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President Kabila

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  1. “Indeed, prosecuting those responsible for serious crimes, without neglecting the aspect of compensation for the victims of such crimes, is essential if we wish to create the conditions for true reconciliation, to prevent recidivism and to re-establish respect for the sanctity of life and the inviolability of human dignity. The world is becoming more globalized every day, together with the challenges facing us. Yet, regional specificities remain as important as ever, and the effectiveness of solutions depends on them. The right balance between the global and the regional is therefore the answer. With regard to Africa, it is up to us who are meeting here today to find that happy medium.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

  2. “Such a fund would have the mission and the merit of ensuring that regional organizations have lasting and predictable funding for the peacekeeping operations that they undertake. On another front, the widely recognized inability of preventive diplomacy to put an end to the new forms of armed violence in Africa cannot be ignored. If we are to preserve peace and prevent or manage conflicts, there is certainly a need for dialogue, diplomacy and negotiation. But also, and in particular, there is a need for order, respect for national and international law, strong and effective institutions and, above all, justice. And, regardless of how noble and useful those institutions may be, it must be not only transitional justice, but also, and in particular, justice that promotes and unapologetically enforces the law.”

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  3. “The United Nations should support the establishment of the standby force and the African Military Commission, as well as greater professionalization and better operating of the brigades existing within subregional organizations such as the Economic Community for Central African States and the Southern African Development Community; and strengthening the institutional capacities of the regional centre for training and peacekeeping for AU member States. To ensure the implementation and follow-up on the prevention and resolution of conflicts, it is important to strengthen the good offices missions and mediation capacities of the Secretary-General. Moreover, the Peacebuilding Support Office should be strengthened, the Peacebuilding Fund should expand its activities and, if necessary, a special fund for peacekeeping should be established.”

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  4. “United Nations support should therefore extend to AU peacekeeping missions in its various member States, particularly in the sphere of communication and logistics; to strengthening peacebuilding capacities before and after the cessation of hostilities; and to supporting humanitarian actions undertaken by the Peace and Security Council, in conformity with the Charter and the protocol establishing the Peace and Security Council.”

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  5. “Moreover, by virtue of the cooperation thus strengthened, the Secretary-General should be invited to appeal to the relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes to intensify their efforts to support cooperation with the African Union. More broadly speaking, the United Nations system, whose primary responsibility is to promote and maintain international peace and security, should increase its assistance to the AU with a view to reinforcing the institutional and operational capacity of its Peace and Security Council, inter alia, in early warning, through the regular, continuous and coordinated exchange of information, training of military and civilian personnel, and jointly carrying out certain mediation missions.”

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  6. “Recognizing this complementarity, we need to include among the special areas for cooperation between the United Nations and the AU the struggle against the illegal exploitation of natural resources in Africa; strengthening cooperation in conflict prevention and resolution, including the management of crises and peacebuilding and peacekeeping in post- conflict periods on the continent; supporting the 14 December 2006 decision by the AU Peace and Security Council regarding the Coordination and Consultation Mechanism between the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council; and implementing the agreement on the organization of joint meetings between the AU Peace and Security Council and the Security Council at least once a year.”

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  7. “On the other hand, regional and subregional organizations are knowledgeable with regard to the sociological situation on the ground and are therefore the only ones that can even propose the most operational solutions to specific conflicts.”

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  8. “They therefore deserve joint attention and support of the United Nations and the African Union by virtue of the principles of the United Nations Charter and of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and of the powers of the two organizations, which in this case are complementary. The United Nations is, in fact, the only organization that can lay down rules and standards that are imposed on all humankind and that can oblige the whole world to respect them, including by weapons. That is essential, given that the indirect and direct actors and protagonists in conflicts are sometimes not on the continents where the events are taking place.”

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  9. “It is in this context that the recent progress made, both internally and externally, including the signing of several agreements marking out the path towards peace in the east of our country, must be placed. The persistence of conflict in the world in general and in Africa in particular has given rise to serious and complex problems. Among them are the large flows of refugees and internally displaced persons, the spread of infectious disease, the proliferation of increasingly harmful weapons and drugs, and the destruction of the environment and of biodiversity. Fortunately, these issues, which form the daily lot of African societies, are at the heart of United Nations concerns.”

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  10. “Certainly, pacification of the country is by no means complete. And even though our institutions have once again become legitimate, thanks to the fruition of political will following the constitutional referendum and general elections, they still need to be strengthened. We have boundless determination to consolidate democracy; enhance the rule of law; complete the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration; finalize the establishment of a professional, national and republican army and police force; operationalize an accountable judicial system that guarantees social peace; and create within the Great Lakes region, and more widely in Central Africa, a political environment stripped of all factors hindering peaceful coexistence among countries and peoples.”

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  11. “It should integrate them into its global vision and should consider them in light of what they really are: regional components of its universal mission. Peace is so precious that the quest for it, however frustrating it may be at times, cannot afford to put up with discouragement or, even less, neglect. It cannot be left to chance; it must rather be built, managed and maintained. To achieve that, the factors that often jeopardize peace must be identified, and we must learn from the experience of societies and peoples who have succeeded in taming it and who over the years have been able to enjoy the rewards that peace brings. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we have experienced years of war with our share of misery, misfortune and grief. Today, that regrettable interruption is fortunately finished.”

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  12. “My most ardent desire is that with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security, the solutions we come to at the end of this day of discussion make a substantial contribution to rendering more extensive, sound and efficient the cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union. Indeed, I believe that if these solutions, despite their imperfections, manage separately to contain the damage caused by human folly, together and working in concert they would obtain even better results towards a safer, more human world. The Security Council should therefore do more than just encourage; it should support regional efforts to maintain peace and security.”

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  13. “I myself am Chairman-in-Office of the Economic Community of Central African States, and I warmly welcome the invitation to take part in this meeting. My being here today is meaningful in two ways. It is a sign of the value that my country attributes to international peace and security. It also expresses our recognition of the valuable support the United Nations has ceaselessly given to my country and other countries in our subregion in the resolution of recurring conflicts that jeopardize our stability and undermine our possibilities of achieving development.”

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  14. “May I begin, Mr. President, by stating my warm congratulations to you and my wishes for a fruitful mandate for the Republic of South Africa's presidency of the Security Council during the month of April. May I also say how much my country appreciates your initiative in organizing this special Council meeting devoted to relations between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union (AU), on the subject of peacekeeping and international security. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and all his team, those at Headquarters and those on mission throughout the world, for their laudable and tireless efforts to promote and defend the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter. My country is currently in a phase of peacebuilding, renewal and reconstruction.”

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  15. “All the good words that have been expressed will not erase the fact that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is under foreign occupation - an unjust occupation in relation to all international laws - and that this occupation must end as soon as possible.”

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  16. “I would also like to reaffirm the commitment of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of myself as the President ofthe Democratic Republic ofthe Congo to seeing to it that we reach those objectives that we have set - the final objective being the democratization of the political life ofthe Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nevertheless, it would be inappropriate ifI do not add that this chain of events will come about only if the forces that invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo are one way or the other forced to get out of it so that it regains its national territorial integrity.”

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  17. “President Kabila: I should like first of all to thank all those who have expressed their condolences to me in person and, of course, to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I should also like to thank all those who have encouraged the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stay on track and to move on in the way that it has chosen - the way towards peace. At the same time, I would like to remind the Security Council that its unwavering support is needed to accomplish this particular task in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo.”

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  18. “Once peace has been regained and territorial integrity restored, our work will involve, with your assistance and that of the international community, preparing free and transparent elections so that the people can choose the person who will preside over the future ofthe Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. We are also among those who believe that the peaceful settlement of disputes and recognition of the inherent dignity of every member of the human family and of their equal rights are the basis of freedom, justice and peace in the world. This is the Congolese approach, which must, in my view, lead us to the restoration of peace in the Great Lakes region.”

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  19. “We encourage him to continue along the road that he has considered useful and necessary to restore lasting peace to our country. We are grateful to him, and we are sure that the Congolese people as a whole are also grateful to him. By way of conclusion, may I say that my Government and I have given ourselves the task of continuing to rebuild our devastated country and to meet the expectations of our people. We want to bring together all Congolese, while respecting their differences, because it is the Congolese people as a whole we must serve in its diversity, as well as in its common love for the country. We must also respond to the people's deepest aspirations for a better quality of life.”

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  20. “We would venture to believe that the Security Council will stand by its commitments, inter alia, by swiftly deploying its forces in accordance with the resolution I mentioned earlier and the subsidiary disengagement plan adopted recently at Harare, which provides for an initial deployment along the line of demarcation, followed by another deployment along the adjacent borders with Uganda and Rwanda, in order to provide security along our common borders. We welcome the mutual understanding and close collaboration between MONUC and our Government, and we would like to convey to you our great appreciation for the quality of work done by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Kamel Morjane, who has enhanced the prestige of United Nations diplomacy.”

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  21. “In the course of this month, this Security Council is certainly going to take a decision on the possibility of phase II deployment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). We reiterate to the Council and to the entire world the commitment of my country to cooperate closely with MONUC so that it can effectively discharge its mandate, in particular as regards the urgent deployment of forces to Congolese territory in order to restore peace.”

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  22. “For how can we not accept for ourselves what we undertook in support of our neighbour, Burundi, and what was unanimously supported in this Council? In that way, we demonstrated our nation's strong resolve to contribute not only to the return of peace to our own country but also to the peace of our neighbouring countries, and even more particularly of those that are occupying a large part of our national territory. If a solution to the crisis in Burundi is indeed an indispensable and inseparable element of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of the consequences for our own territory of inter-ethnic conflict in that country, the same also applies to the need for democratization in Uganda and Rwanda. National consensus in all of our countries is a prerequisite for stabilization in the Great Lakes region.”

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  23. “In my capacity as the person responsible for my country, I urge all of my Congolese brothers, regardless of their social origins, regardless of their views, and including those who have taken up arms, to come and sit down with us around a table to talk of peace and of how to organize the future political landscape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to talk of the urgent need for our country to rebuild and to lay the foundations of sustainable development for the well- being ofthe Congolese people. This is why, once again, I launch an urgent appeal to the international community to support the Congolese people as they move towards this dialogue, which must be among the Congolese people without any interference.”

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  24. “As I said in my address to my nation on 26 January 2001, the problems linked to democratization must be resolved within the framework of the inter- Congolese dialogue. Accordingly, we reiterate our urgent appeal to all political players and members of civil society to join unreservedly in preparatory efforts to ensure the success of the dialogue, notably the continuing efforts to complete the Libreville process.”

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  25. “To be effective, the Lusaka Agreement must be reinforced by a binding mechanism that could set an example by punishing the parties that violate the ceasefire and do not respect the measures taken for deployment and disengagement. We ask the Security Council to consider during this month of February a new and precise timetable that would cover four points: the disengagement provided for in the Harare agreement, the deployment of United Nations troops, the unconditional withdrawal of uninvited forces and, finally, the withdrawal of troops from countries that were invited. To confirm the commitment of the Congolese Government to take an active part in this process, I would like to point out to the Council that my Minister for Foreign Affairs is present at this meeting.”

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  26. “I invite the authorities in Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi to return to a better sense of good- neighbourliness, with a view to achieving a peaceful settlement of differences and to cooperating fruitfully for progress in Africa. Therefore, in accord with and in consultation with the allied countries that support us in facing the aggression, we are going to examine ways and means of relaunching the Lusaka Agreement so that it will not only lead to an effective ceasefire but will also restore peace to the Great Lakes region, while at the same time preserving the fundamental attributes of our Republic: independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity, which the Council has continuously reconfirmed.”

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  27. “It is our ardent hope that the panel of experts will submit to the Security Council in March a full report on the situation, which will enable the Council to take decisions on the basis of complete information. We would like the report to be a fair and equitable one that can establish the truth about the tragic plundering of the natural resources of our country. My Government has often spoken to the Security Council of the very deep-seated yearning for peace felt by all sectors of the population of my country. This is why, given the challenges involved in the restoration of peace and the strengthening of national harmony in a country that has been torn apart, I have decided on behalf of my people to work towards a policy that fosters dialogue and reconciliation.”

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  28. “Today, that figure is clearly low, because it does not take into account the additional casualties that have occurred since May 2000 due to the continuing war of aggression since then. The illegal exploitation ofthe natural resources of our country - primarily tantalite, coltan, timber, gold and diamonds - that finance the war effort of the aggressor countries is a devastating phenomenon, and it will have serious consequences for present and future generations in my country. An end must be put to this illegal exploitation. My Government would like to assure the Security Council that it will do its utmost to cooperate fully with the Ad Hoc Expert Group, made up of eminent internationally recognized individuals of proven competence. We reiterate to them our fullest confidence and support.”

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  29. “As I take the floor here for the first time in the Security Council, I remember the historic day, 24 January 2000, when President Laurent-De'sire' Kabila, in this same Chamber, called for a withdrawal from our national territory of the armies of aggression of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, on the basis of Security Council resolution 1234 (1999) of9 April 1999. A year after his speech, the situation has not changed despite the many efforts made. Indeed, on the contrary, the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has lasted for almost three years now, and the casualties have been extremely heavy. Some 1.7 million people died in 22 months in the occupied territory in the eastern part of our country, according to a report from the International Rescue Committee issued in May 2000.”

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  30. “I should also like to offer my thanks to the Permanent Representative of Singapore for the new dynamism he was able to bring to the Security Council during his presidency ofthe Council last month. Lastly, I would like to pay genuine tribute to a man who spares no effort in order to give significant impetus to our worldwide Organization and who deserves our greatest respect: Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General. My country owes him a great deal for the persistent and intensive efforts that he has made to promote the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and, in particular, to bring peace to the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo.”

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  31. “It is a great honour for me to speak here for the first time before the Security Council. The Government and the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo would like to thank the President, as well as the Council as a whole, for having involved us in today's discussion of the situation in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. Before continuing, I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to the President on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. My delegation is pleased to see the Security Council being led this month by the representative of a friendly country, Tunisia, as this principal organ of the United Nations responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security once again addresses the situation in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo.”

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  32. “I should like once again to reiterate to all members of the Security Council my country's full respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter, by which we are all bound. To my friends, the heads of State present here today, I wish to say in all sincerity that they can count on me and my delegation to discuss openly and seriously the ways and means of putting an end to this tragic war, so that together we may rebuild a region in which our peoples can live in peace.”

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  33. “I wish to reiterate in all solemnity that any Congolese who wishes to come to Kinshasa to participate in the national dialogue will be able to do so in full security. My Government and I seek only peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region. We therefore seek the establishment of a system based on democratic principles and prosperity founded on the sound management of the economy and of my country's significant resources. On behalf of my Government and the Congolese people, I wish most sincerely to thank the President and members of the Security Council and the Secretary-General for having given us this opportunity to meet with a View to restoring peace and justice to my people.”

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  34. “We certainly need the United Nations, despite the fact that we had a bad experience with the Organization at the time of our independence. We recognize that, in the interim, the United Nations of which we are all Members has gained almost 40 years of experience in peacekeeping. I myself wish publicly to express my support for the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We had a few problems and misunderstandings early on in their deployment. I therefore wish to reassure the Security Council and the Secretary- General that my Government will do its utmost to ensure their security and to support the members of the Joint Military Commission when it is established in Kinshasa.”

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  35. “We call on this institution to persuade our aggressors of the need to make similar efforts to establish peace within their own countries, a prerequisite to the establishment of peace throughout our region. That is why we welcome the incorporation of our proposal to convene an international conference on the Great Lakes region into Security Council resolution 1234 (1999). As far as I am concerned, I am ready to begin the national dialogue today. The Congolese people and I await the imminent arrival in Kinshasa of the new Facilitator, the former President of Botswana, Sir Ketumile Masire. We wish to assure him of our support and encourage him to establish contact with the religious groups and all those who seek peace so that, together, they can clear the way for the holding of the national dialogue.”

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  36. “In a word, it is a question of preparing the bases for the new democratic political order of which our people have so long been deprived. In this respect, I wish to point out that, as our people understand it, the inter-Congolese dialogue is precisely and solely as I have described it. The Government encourages the initiatives of the Congolese religious denominations, which have proposed convening national consultations on the national dialogue on 21 February 2000, and we invite the international community to support them in this. We are resolved to working together with any individual who shares our values of democracy and development in order to raise our country and the Great Lakes region from poverty, insecurity, instability and war.”

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  37. “In the interests of peace and of respect for our international commitments in the field of human rights, I launched the convening of a pan-African forum on the demobilization and social reintegration of child soldiers, held from 6 to 10 December, in which 25 countries participated. It was this desire for peace, respect for human rights and the democratization of our country that led us, in the context of the Lusaka Agreement, to accept the holding of the inter-Congolese dialogue. The dialogue' s objectives are the same as those of the national debate that we convened in April 1999: to re-establish the people as the primary sovereign power and the sole source of legitimacy; to establish the rules to be applied to the exercise of power; and to outline the framework for the operation of political parties.”

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  38. “We issued a general amnesty to allow political exiles and so-called rebels to return to the country and to begin rebuilding it with us. At the regional level, aware of the danger posed to the peace, security and development of our region by the existence of uncontrolled armed groups, in May 1998 we organized, with the support of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, particularly the United Nations Development Programme, a conference on security and development in the Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, the conference failed to take place, as it was boycotted by those who are committing aggression against us today.”

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  39. “What are the prospects for our country and the Great Lakes region? As soon as we came to power, we undertook various initiatives to consolidate peace and stability in our country and region. Domestically, we decreed a "revolution" to pardon all the former dignitaries of the old regime, whom we called upon to help us rebuild our country. In order to end ethnic antagonism in the eastern part of our country, we established a peace commission to maintain a climate of understanding and dialogue among the rival communities. In April 1999, we convened the national debate to enable the Congolese to speak among themselves and to define the basic principles on which the new democratic political order was to be based.”

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  40. “Are we not entitled to ask what has happened to the great hopes raised by the signing, on 10 July 1999, of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement? As far as we are concerned, we signed the Lusaka Agreement in order to regain peace and stability in our country and in the Great Lakes region. We are here today to determine the extent to which the Agreement can be made more effective. We have proposed a solution aimed at restoring our security and that of our neighbours and at addressing the desire of the Congolese people to see the uninvited forces leave our territory, as stipulated in the Agreement. The Congolese people is eager to implement the initiative I launched about a year ago to convene a national debate. That initiative is now enshrined in the Lusaka Agreement, in which it is called the national dialogue.”

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  41. “I do not need to continue with this macabre enumeration of atrocities of all kinds committed in the past, and still being committed, against our country by the forces of aggression, which, unfortunately, are being encouraged by the silence of the international community. The fundamental question now is how we can put an immediate end to this situation, which is so intolerably humiliating to our people. Everyone must realize that there is now an urgent need to halt the illegal occupation, which is a flagrant, constant and ongoing violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Under these circumstances, is the Security Council justified in relying exclusively on the Lusaka Agreement to try to re-establish peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?”

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  42. “All of us have witnessed the fighting in Kisangani, in Congolese territory, between the Rwandan aggressors and their Ugandan accomplices - confrontations during which, in addition to killing 200 Congolese, who were outnumbered, the aggressors intentionally destroyed more than 300 million doses of anti-poliomyelitis vaccine, thereby putting more than 6 million Congolese children in occupied territory at risk of contracting that lifelong disease. Is there anyone here who is unaware of the systematic plundering of Congolese resources on and below the ground by the Rwandan, Ugandan and Burundi occupiers? Their booty - wood, diamonds, gold, cobalt and zebras - is all being sold on the open market, including in some of the countries represented here today.”

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  43. “We condemn the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994, just as we strongly condemn the massacre of hundreds of thousands of women, children and elderly people during our struggle against the dictatorship of Mobutu by my former allies, who today are invading my country. They have never answered to that charge. On the other hand, the evidence provided by prisoners of war and Rwandan deserters, corroborated by the reports of certain non-governmental human rights organizations, have exposed the forcible recruitment by the Kigali authorities of Hutu prisoners and adolescents to serve as cannon fodder in their nefarious war against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Is there anyone who has not heard of the massacres in Kasika, Makobola, Ngweshe, Burinye, Kamituga, Kasala, Budi and Mwenga?”

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  44. “As soon as we came to power, we announced a political democratization programme, designed to lead to the organization of free and transparent elections within two years. Only the war prevented us from completing that programme, parts of which had already begun, in particular the elaboration of a draft constitution by a commission on institutional reform and the convening of a constituent assembly. As for the argument about our pursuit of the Interahamwe and other armed groups that are present in our territory, I should like to say here and now that that argument is as fallacious as others that have been made. I should simply like to say to this Council that my Government cannot ally itself, and will never ally itself, with people who carry out genocide.”

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  45. “Together with our allies in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), we are currently trying to ensure respect for the principle of the maintenance of the territorial integrity of our country. We are not doing so in a spirit of ill will towards our neighbours, even though they are occupying a large part of our territory. Let us recall that Article 2, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Charter of the United Nations requires Members to settle their international disputes by peaceful means. It also calls on them to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. Those are the words of the United Nations Charter.”

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  46. “The Congolese people and their Government therefore hope that during the course of this special meeting, the Council will be able to achieve agreement to end the occupation of a part of our national territory by the occupying armies of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, in conformity with the provisions of resolution 1234 (1999), which, in paragraph 2, "Deplores the continuing fighting and the presence of forces of foreign States in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a manner inconsistent with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and calls upon those States to bring to an end the presence of these uninvited forces and to take immediate steps to that end".”

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  47. “The Agreement, which is based on Security Council resolution 1234 (1999), will not be able to restore peace to our region unless it demands, first, a real and immediate ceasefire; secondly, a deployment of United Nations forces that would systematically replace the troops of the aggressor countries; thirdly, the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the uninvited aggressor forces; and, lastly, the positioning of United Nations forces along the borders between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the aggressor countries.”

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  48. “I am here in New York today, visiting for the first time, because the Lusaka Agreement is deadlocked. The Agreement is not working, and the Congolese people's thirst for peace has not been quenched. Even though history has not always been kind to my country, we are a people that knows how to forgive, and I am here today once again to offer my hand of reconciliation to those who have done us harm. For this goodwill to be effective, it must be mutual. Here, I would like to highlight that the Lusaka Agreement has failed to achieve its objectives.”

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  49. “Before continuing, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the American presidency of the Security Council in the month of January 2000 for taking this welcome initiative. In 1997, the brave Congolese people, under my leadership and under that of many other compatriots who had the same beliefs, put an end to 32 years of the most corrupt dictatorship in Africa. We did not take on this act of salvation in order to prolong the suffering of our people; we did it so that the Democratic Republic of the Congo could resume its seat in the concert of nations, at a time of unprecedented regional and global change. Despite the aggression against my country, I was bold enough to sign the Lusaka Agreement because I am a man of peace and because the Congolese people want peace.”

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  50. “The Democratic Republic of the Congo is glad that the Security Council has convened this special meeting on the war of aggression imposed on it by Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi since 2 August 1998. Indeed, only the strict observance by every member of the United Nations of the principles enshrined in the Charter, as the Council well knows, makes it possible to establish and maintain international peace and security, which is the paramount purpose of the United nations, as explicitly set forth in Article I of the Charter. I welcome the Security Council's awareness of this situation after more than 18 months of breaches of peace and security and violations of the political independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of a United Nations Member State by other Member States.”

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