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2004-01-19
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  1. “The role of the United Nations in maintaining peace and security continues to be redefined, requiring a more extensive involvement not only in assisting in bringing about peace and security but also in maintaining that peace and security once the parties have ceased hostilities. In order to prevent the risk of sliding back into conflict, it is our common obligation to assist communities in their endeavours to secure development and to take their rightful place among peaceful nations.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  2. “The creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was the manner we chose to deal with our own past and future. Countries emerging from conflict have to find their own ways of bridging the past with new possibilities for the future in the context of their own unique circumstances. South Africa has assisted, and will continue to assist, at their request, countries emerging from conflict to devise their own mechanisms and institutions of national reconciliation. The role of the international community does not end once the parties have ceased hostilities. Reconciliation has to be coupled with a firm commitment from the international community to assist in post-conflict reconstruction and development.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  3. “The African Union established its Peace and Security Council as "an operational structure for the effective implementation of the decisions taken in the areas of conflict prevention, peacemaking, peace- support operations and intervention, as well as peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction". The protocol that established the Peace and Security Council also specifically stipulates that "in the fulfilment of its mandate in the promotion and maintenance of peace, security and stability in Africa, the Peace and Security Council shall cooperate and work closely with the United Nations Security Council". As in peacekeeping operations, different situations require different responses to deal with post- conflict reconstruction and reconciliation.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  4. “Close cooperation with other United Nations bodies and regional organizations strengthens the implementation of Security Council decisions by widening the collaborative effort of all interested parties to achieve a desired outcome. As set out in Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter, regional and subregional organizations, in collaboration with the Security Council, have a critical role to play in building a durable peace. On our own continent, the African Union recognizes this important link in its own efforts to seek durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  5. “The Security Council's mandate therefore cannot end with the departure of peacekeepers, although post-conflict reconstruction is not a core function of the Security Council. The Security Council should work closely with other United Nations organs such as the Economic and Social Council to ensure that international peace and security are indeed maintained. The two Ad Hoc Advisory Groups of the Economic and Social Council, on Guinea-Bissau and on Burundi respectively, have already proven to be very useful in this regard. Those bodies have created bridges for closer cooperation between the two Councils on those countries. More important, they have also contributed to creating a seamless continuum from peacekeeping to post-conflict reconstruction and development.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  6. “One of the most important requirements of post- conflict assistance is the immediate humanitarian needs for basic necessities and health services. In that regard, the United Nations has a coordinating role to play in efforts to bring aid and donor assistance to an affected country through consolidated appeals and donor conferences. It is imperative that other United Nations organs and multilateral institutions, such as the Economic and Social Council and the Bretton Woods institutions, become more deeply engaged in the process. In the past, the Security Council tended to regard the end of conflict as the elimination of the threat to international peace and security. Experience has, however, shown that United Nations involvement is as critical after the peace deal is signed as it is in ending the violent conflict.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  7. “The engagement of the United Nations brings legitimacy and moral authority to conflict resolution based on the universally accepted norms and principles of the Charter. Durable peace is not achieved simply through the signing of peace agreements. In addition, it also requires a comprehensive approach that involves the active participation of the entire United Nations system. The role of the United Nations is to create the enabling environment in which this process can occur, and the Organization should assist in creating the mechanisms to bring about reconciliation. These could include assistance with constitution drafting, the devising of electoral systems and the creation of judicial and human rights institutions.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  8. “While national reconciliation in post-conflict situations can take many forms, it is ultimately driven by a common will of the people affected by the devastation of the past to realize a more positive future. The parties have to be made aware of the benefits of coming to terms with what has occurred, and must proceed to rebuild their societies. Nevertheless, the people look to the international community, and particularly to the United Nations, for support during such a traumatic time. As the United Nations is the lead voice of the will of the international community, its engagement bears heavily on all the parties, and its active, sustained engagement is particularly instrumental in seeking options that are acceptable to the conflicting parties.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  9. “The disparities that existed among South Africans as a result of the policy of apartheid required immediate redress and continue to place a strain on our national capacity to cope with the demand of ordinary citizens that they be able to experience the fruits of liberation. In order to avoid the risk that people's expectations might lead to instability, the Government has embarked on large-scale social and economic upliftment and empowerment projects that address such basic needs as water, sanitation, housing, education and the provision of heath services. Post-conflict reconstruction is a long-term project of sustainable development that builds on the peace and relative stability of the negotiated settlement.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  10. “Normally, when countries move through the difficult transition from oppression to democracy, they deal with the past in one of two ways: either the leaders of the old order are put on trial or dealt with summarily, or previous events are swept under the carpet and the suffering of those subjected to violence is ignored. South Africa followed a third, unique, way when it ended apartheid. To those who had committed grave violations of human rights, it offered amnesty in exchange for public disclosure of the truth about their crimes, and to the victims, it gave an unusual opportunity to be heard, as well as hope for reparations." National reconciliation, however, did not automatically emerge at the closing of the work of the Commission but is continuing to develop as we build a nation based on shared values and a common destiny.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  11. “State institutions, political parties and organizations and the business sector were also required to elaborate on their respective roles in the past. The compromises were sometimes painful, as was confronting the truth of past oppression. However, for us it was our way to reconcile decades-long oppression and proceed with nation-building. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who chaired the TRC, has written, "The establishment of South Africa's TRC was a pioneering international experiment, with a potentially far-reaching effect on the way we all deal with conflict.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  12. “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established with the aim of: granting amnesty from criminal and civil liability to people who made full disclosures of acts committed with a political objective during the course of conflicts of the past; affording victims an opportunity to relate the violations they suffered; taking measures aimed at the granting of reparations to victims; restoring the human and civil dignity of victims of violations of human rights; and making recommendations aimed at preventing the commission of gross human rights violations. Many South Africans had the opportunity to appear before the TRC in a series of public hearings that it held, either as victims or as perpetrators of acts that violated human rights.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  13. “In our own country's experience, steps were adopted to create a bridge between the past - that of a deeply divided society characterized by strife, conflict, untold suffering and injustice - and a future built upon the recognition of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence for all South Africans. The questions of reconciliation and the future, on the one hand, and the necessity to establish the truth in relation to past events and ensure reparation to the victims of gross human rights abuses, on the other hand, had to be carefully considered and balanced, both during and after the historic transition from apartheid and oppression to a constitutional democracy.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  14. “Madam President, my delegation wishes to thank you for having convened this open debate on the role of the United Nations in promoting national reconciliation in post-conflict situations. While the Security Council has in the past tended to focus narrowly on the resolution of conflicts, experience has shown that the maintenance of peace is sustainable over the long term only if due attention is also given to the achievement of national reconciliation in post-conflict situations. We believe that this subject warrants greater discussion throughout the various organs of the United Nations, and we commend you for having brought this matter to the attention of the Security Council.”

    2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source

  15. “Therefore, it is important to avoid duplication of initiatives in areas of common effort by the Council and the Assembly, as identified in the Secretary- General's report. Accordingly, we trust that the Council will remain seized of this matter and will continue to take effective and practical steps in support of the implementation of the Programme of Action.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  16. “In that regard, South Africa fully supports the Secretary-General's recommendations related to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) initiatives, and we welcome the inclusion of such measures in Security Council- mandated peace operations. Involvement and support on the part of international financial institutions as well as relevant development agencies - especially in the reintegration process - cannot be overemphasized, as their participation will ensure the success of the DDR process as a whole. South Africa continues to believe that the Security Council and the General Assembly have two complementary, but distinct, roles to play in preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  17. “Although no concrete work on the issue of end- user certificates has yet been mandated by the United Nations, South Africa believes that the General Assembly, at its fifty-ninth session, should consider the possibility of establishing a mechanism to study that important issue and to provide the Assembly with recommendations on how to deal with it. South Africa's policy on small arms has identified the importance of regional approaches in addressing the problem of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons. We have learned from our own experiences that peace and security are conditions for sustainable development. The inclusion in the New Partnership for Africa's Development of a peace and security initiative maps out the commitment of the African continent to the promotion of long-term conditions for development and security.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  18. “South Africa concurs with the observation by the Secretary-General that the issues of end-user certificates and illicit brokering activities have emerged as areas where interaction between the Security Council and the General Assembly can be enhanced. We have learned through experience that, if activities related to fraudulent end-user certificates and illicit brokering are not curtailed, we will surely fail in our endeavours to eradicate the scourge of illicit small arms and light weapons. We hope that the work envisaged by the General Assembly on illicit brokering activities will culminate in a better understanding of that problem and will identify practical steps to eradicate such activities.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  19. “We believe that the negotiations on a tracing instrument, to be undertaken in the General Assembly's open-ended working group, will culminate in a practical and effective instrument that will assist Member States in tracing the origin of these weapons and the routes used to transfer them. Such an instrument will also facilitate the effective implementation of arms embargoes, as mandated under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. Cooperation among Member States on the issue of tracing illicit small arms and light weapons and the minimum standards for marking and keeping records of these weapons will make it increasingly difficult to undertake activities aimed at circumventing such embargoes.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  20. “The proliferation and excessive accumulation of small arms and light weapons continue to pose a threat to the security and stability of many nations, inhibit their development and undermine good governance. The human suffering caused by such weapons needs to be addressed urgently in a practical and action-oriented manner, which would provide substance to the many statements made on this issue in the recent past. In that regard, South Africa is pleased to note from the Secretary-General's report that significant progress has been achieved in the tracing of illicit small arms and light weapons.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  21. “The General Assembly, through its recently adopted resolution 58/241, on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, prioritized the work of and set the small arms agenda for the international community until 2006, the year in which the implementation of the Programme of Action will be reviewed by Member States. In terms of that resolution, the time frame and venue for the 2006 review conference of the Programme of Action have been set and an open-ended working group to negotiate an international instrument on the tracing of illicit small arms and light weapons has been established. In addition, further work on the important issue of brokering has been mandated.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  22. “The United Nations Programme of Action, which the international community adopted in 2001, set out important steps on which we, as Member States, should take action at the national, regional and global levels in order to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects. The full and early implementation of the Programme of Action is crucial if we are to succeed in our collective efforts to address this illicit trade, which affects us all. The United Nations First Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action - which was held in July 2003 under the able leadership of Ambassador Inoguchi of Japan - proved that the political will exists to eradicate this illicit trade, in collaboration with civil society.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source

  23. “I wish to make use of this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and to express our appreciation for the convening of this important open debate on an issue that greatly affects us all. South Africa also wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his report on small arms (S/2003/1217), which contains numerous recommendations that warrant our attention. My delegation notes in particular the recommendations on the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action, and we acknowledge the valuable role played by the Security Council in combating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source