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President Lourenço

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  1. “Based on all the foregoing underlying reasons, the Luanda summit mandated the Heads of State of Angola and Congo, the current Chairpersons of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the Economic Community for Central African States, respectively, to address the Security Council on behalf of the States and the peoples of the two subregions and request the lifting of the arms embargo that still exists against the legitimate Government of the Central African Republic. We hope that the Security Council will start looking at this case with a new mindset and offer greater justice to a country that is shackled by a measure that is not in harmony with the prevailing situation today.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  2. “While the country counts on the presence of personnel of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and other forces on the ground to help the Central African Republic train its troops and equip them with weapons and equipment, the national forces must learn to stand on their own feet and be in position to ensure their own defence and security when the foreign forces finish their mission and withdraw. At the same time, we consider it important that Central African authorities work towards neutralizing the negative forces that invest in weakening its relations with the United Nations and influential members of the Security Council with whom they have to work in the spirit of partnership and mutual respect in the defence of peace and security for our countries.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  3. “The situation is aggravated by the fact that world Powers have decided to expel mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya without disarming, assisting or repatriating them — a situation that can exacerbate the proliferation of terrorism and increase the threat to peace and stability in the Sahel region and the countries of Central and Southern Africa. It is imperative that States acquire the capacity to defend themselves against this very real threat. The army of heavily equipped mercenaries, which travelled thousands of kilometres towards N’Djamena, would have continued its destructive path had Chad not invested in its armed forces. This confirms the idea of the need for States to be strong in the fields of defence and security.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  4. “If we take into account the fact that the current Government was legitimately elected in the last general elections, and this was recognized by the international community. The Council would be sending a wrong message if the international community that is working towards disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation of members of armed groups is also impeding the building of legitimate armed forces capable of meeting the challenges of a troubled country and a troubled region at a time when international terrorism has moved its epicentre from the Middle East to Africa.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  5. “All States have the inalienable right to create the capacity to defend themselves against internal and external threats by equipping their armed forces with personnel, weapons and equipment that meet their needs and capabilities, unless there are strong, objective reasons that may lead the international community through the Security Council to curtail that right. The arms embargo authorized by the Security Council, which makes it impossible for the Central African Government to acquire weapons, was a measure taken at a particular juncture, and it was appropriate and necessary at that time, but the context is different today. Years have gone by, and the picture has changed. It is therefore unrealistic to believe that the justifications for such measures in the past should continue to prevail in the current situation.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  6. “It is in this framework that Angola immediately sent its Minister for Foreign Affairs to Paris to brief President Emmanuel Macron on the progress achieved at the April summit, and, with the same purpose, the Minister was sent to Addis Ababa, where he also briefed the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat. In May and June, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Rwanda met on three occasions in Bangui to adopt a proposed joint road map for peace in Central African Republic, which defines the main activities to be developed.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  7. “The Heads of State and Government further decided to establish a task force led by the Ministries for Foreign Affairs of the Republics of Angola and Rwanda to work to implement, in collaboration with the Central African authorities, the recommendations resulting from the consultations with the armed groups. The summit also committed the Heads of State and Government and other international partners to achieving peace and stability in Central African Republic within the spirit of the Republican Dialogue road map.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  8. “Political leaders welcomed the results obtained and mandated the Government of the Central African Republic to carry out the implementation of the conclusions of the Heads of State through a ceasefire so as to allow the establishment of a favourable climate for peace and national reconciliation. On the same occasion, the Heads of State and Government urged the armed groups not to carry out actions that might jeopardize the ceasefire, and they called on the international community, in particular the United Nations, to encourage the regional efforts aimed at revitalizing the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  9. “During the proceedings, the Heads of State and Government were briefed on the results of the political and diplomatic consultations carried out with the Republic of Angola on the political and security situation in the Central African Republic that led the main armed groups to commit to abandoning the armed struggle and to joining the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation programme. It is fair to acknowledge the role played throughout this process by the Chadian authorities who contributed greatly to the success of this mission.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  10. “On 20 April, the second Summit on the political and security situation in the Central African Republic was held in Luanda, which, in addition to the Heads of State mentioned above, was also attended by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and representatives of the Heads of State of the Sudan, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This summit was marred by the sad news — received during the meeting — of the death in battle of the President of the Republic, Marshal Idriss Deby Itno.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  11. “They also tasked the current Chairs of ICGLR and ECCAS to take the necessary steps, together with the Security Council, in order to lift the arms embargo imposed on the Central African Republic. The Republic of Angola, in its capacity as Chair of the ICGLR and in continuous consultation with the Central African authorities, has brokered political-diplomatic consultations with Cameroon, the Congo, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan with a view to collecting and sharing the information needed to facilitate the process of contacting key political and military actors.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  12. “Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic; senior representatives of the Heads of State of Rwanda and of the Sudan; as well as the Chairperson of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Commission and the Executive Secretary of the ICGLR. The Heads of State and Government renewed their commitment to promote dialogue and continuous consultation among political actors and civil society with a view to bringing the Central African Republic out of the current crisis. They called on the rebel groups to observe an immediate and unilateral ceasefire and to abandon the siege of the city of Bangui and return to their initial positions, as well as to open the Duala- Bangui corridor to allow the free movement of people and goods.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  13. “The Government of Angola recognizes that international support is now increasingly important to contribute to the Central African Government’s efforts to ensure peace and stability in the Central African Republic. On 29 January, in Luanda, capital of the Republic of Angola, we held an ICGLR Summit in reduced format on the political and security situation in the Central African Republic. In addition to Angola, the Summit was attended by His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo; His Excellency Mr. Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, as a special guest; His Excellency Mr.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  14. “The strategic plan of Angola’s chairmanship is enshrined in the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region of 15 December 2006 and is guided by the principles of international law, namely the Charter of the United Nations Organization and the Constitutive Act of the African Union. The security situation in the Great Lakes Region, particularly in the Central African Republic, is characterized by the active presence of armed groups, of which 14 groups are signatories of the 6 February 2019 Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, six of them having denounced the Agreement.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  15. “President Lourenço (spoke in Portuguese; English text provided by the delegation): Allow me to congratulate the distinguished Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations, Mr. Sven Jürgenson, on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. On 20 November 2020, the Republic of Angola was elected as Chair of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). During the two years of its term, Angola intends to dynamize and strengthen the ICGLR to face the challenges of maintaining peace, security, stability and development in the region, with the support of bilateral and multilateral partners namely, the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source