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President Bizimungu

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2000-01-24
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  1. “53-54) It is in this spirit that my country wishes to engage the United Nations fraternity to ensure that this report does not gather dust on United Nations shelves like so many others before it. I sincerely hope that our deliberations today will inspire the Security Council to move forward more resolutely and give our region reasons for hope and confidence for the future.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  2. “Rwanda is prepared to adopt any measure which can expedite that implementation. Let me conclude by reiterating the responsibility of the United Nations to the Rwandese people. We must find a forum in which the Carlsson report can be fully debated and its recommendations implemented. In this regard, the report suggests that "The international community should support efforts in Rwanda to rebuild the society after the genocide, paying particular attention to the need for reconstruction, reconciliation and respect for human rights, and bearing in mind the different needs of survivors, returning refugees and other groups affected by the genocide." (S/1999/I257, annex, pp.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  3. “Our representatives on the Joint Military Commission have already made recommendations on a number of issues, including the determination of humanitarian corridors, exchange of prisoners of war and working relations with the International Committee of the Red Cross; mechanisms and procedures for disengagement; mechanisms for disarming and tracking down the perpetrators of crimes against humanity; and a plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces. But these will remain a dead letter if the Security Council's commitment and mandate remain vague. We are pleased that, finally, all the Congolese parties have agreed on a facilitator; former President Masire has all our blessings. I therefore call upon the Security Council to adopt an enabling resolution for a comprehensive implementation of the Lusaka Agreement.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  4. “Those who closely follow military activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are also aware of air drops of arms, munitions and other war materiel, which are being distributed to the negative forces. The Security Council has full responsibility to halt such activities. The Joint Military Commission (JMC), which is a very important organ in the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement, has started its work. I want to place on record our appreciation to those countries that have contributed financially or made pledges to the JMC budget. May I also appeal for these pledges to be quickly made available. We, the members of the JMC, also have the duty to ensure that the JMC is more dynamic in fulfilling its task.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  5. “My delegation is here to urge the Security Council to favourably consider these requests contained in the Lusaka Agreement. The Council has the capacity, and it is the Council's responsibility to do so. All the Council needs to do is to muster the moral authority and courage to do it. The very first step is obviously to ensure that the ceasefire holds, while other mechanisms are being put in place. We have already had many predictable ceasefire violations. The proper deployment of the United Nations monitors, although of paramount importance, is not a sufficient deterrent. The commitment to this Agreement can be tested, or, better still, reinforced, only through its implementation. That is why we believe that plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must be elaborated now, and not tomorrow.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  6. “In this respect, the UN Security Council shall provide the requisite mandate for the peacekeeping force." On the security of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbours, the United Nations, in collaboration with the Organization of African Unity and the signatories, is expected to neutralize and remove from the Democratic Republic of the Congo all criminal forces; neutralize and disarm armed Congolese who are non-signatory forces and civilians; organize a national army, as agreed by the Congolese parties to the Agreement; and organize an orderly withdrawal of foreign forces. With regard to the Congolese national political agenda, the Lusaka Agreement calls on the Congolese to engage in negotiations which would culminate in a new dispensation or new institutions comprising all political forces of the country.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  7. “Article III, paragraph 11 (a), of the Agreement states, "The United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter and in collaboration with the OAU, shall be requested to constitute, facilitate and deploy an appropriate peacekeeping force in the DRC to ensure implementation of this Agreement; and taking into account the peculiar situation of the DRC, mandate the peacekeeping force to track down all armed groups in the DRC.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  8. “Here, I need to remind the Security Council that throughout the negotiations on the Lusaka Agreement, we engaged the United Nations in terms of what role it could play in the implementation process. Indeed, the United Nations representative signed the Agreement as a witness who participated fully in the negotiations. Our understanding is therefore that the organs of the United Nations are in full support of the Agreement.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  9. “Fundamental to us is article II of the Agreement, which addresses the security of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her neighbouring countries. We must always recognize and deliberately work for the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement in its totality. There can be no achievement of peace and security in the region if some of the provisions of that Agreement are taken lightly. While it is true that the main burden of its implementation lies with the signatories, the role of the United Nations is equally significant. That is, indeed, why we are here today. What does the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement ask the United Nations to do for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region?”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  10. “We also recall the summit meetings of Victoria Falls I and II, Pretoria, Durban, Port Louis, Nairobi, Windhoek and Dodoma. These efforts culminated in the signing of the Lusaka Agreement for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement is not an end in itself. It is meant to facilitate a process of bringing a durable peace to the region. It is an expression on the part of all signatories that they have the goodwill to attend to the root causes of the present situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I wish to declare once more my country's commitment to the principles of the Lusaka Agreement, as enunciated in its article III. I wish also to state that my country has faithfully respected the ceasefire and regrets the many violations that have so far been committed by some of the signatories.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  11. “It was later established that these forces - Ex-FARS and Interahamwe - linked up with other negative forces, mainly from Uganda and Burundi, set up a crime-driven network of arms supply and wrecked havoc in our countries. Once again, there was no action on the part of the United Nations. Two wars linked to an attempt by our countries to protect our citizens - indeed to prevent genocide, terrorism and war crimes - ensued. Today we want to appeal to the United Nations to take over that responsibility, through the mandate given to it by our region in the terms of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. There have been numerous efforts in the past to look for solutions at the regional and international levels. We all recall a number of Security Council resolutions on the matter.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  12. “A debate on the situation in what has become known as the Great Lakes region, and more particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a debate on how we can get our act together to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, mass murder, war crimes and international terrorism. When we failed to stop genocide in Rwanda, those who committed it got away into what was then Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two subsequent United Nations investigations established that these criminal elements were utilizing Congo territory to launch attacks through Rwanda and the neighbours, utilizing refugee camps and enjoying protection under international law. The decision to end that scandal failed to raise our collective enthusiasm.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  13. “It is a very important report, and it should be given special attention for two reasons; first, its relevance to the problem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and second, its specifics on Rwanda and United Nations operations since 1993. There should be no mere mea culpa attitude to this report, but rather a practical approach that addresses the consequences of our inaction. I took note of the words pronounced by our Secretary-General upon receiving the Carlsson report. He stated, "of all my aims as the Secretary-General, there is none to which I feel more deeply committed than that of enabling the United Nations never again to fail in protecting a civilian population from genocide or mass slaughter". This is what today's debate is all about.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  14. “When the United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco in 1945, and when the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted in Geneva in 1948, the spirit was, "Never again shall we let it happen". I will not delve into what went wrong in the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, or what went wrong in Rwanda itself. I believe the story is well known. Indeed, there have been many versions, which led the Secretary-General to appoint an Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. That commission of inquiry, led by Mr. Ingvar Carlsson, recently produced its report.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source

  15. “President Bizimungu: I would like to express my country's appreciation for the initiative taken by the current presidency of the Security Council to devote some time to and to focus on Africa's problems. Our personal participation in this meeting is out of the conviction that we can move away from the rhetoric to concrete actions in our search for solutions to Africa's problems. Exactly six years ago, in this very Chamber, and indeed in the United Nations Secretariat, there were numerous debates on the events that were engulfing my country, Rwanda. Sitting in the United Nations Security Council as a Rwandese, I cannot help but reflect on what led to the establishment of this important body.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092 (2000) · source