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“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): Let me begin, Sir, by expressing my thanks for the opportunity to participate in this open debate which you have convened in such a timely fashion to address the question of post-conflict peacebuilding. This issue is relevant to us, in view of our own experiences since the signing of our Peace Agreements in 1996, with a significant United Nations presence. I wish also to express my thanks to the Secretary-General, Mr. McKechnie of the World Bank and Ambassador Heraldo Mufioz, for their presentations, which have undoubtedly enriched this debate. We welcome the Secretary-General's emphasis on the importance of national ownership, the central idea of his report (S/2009/304).”
2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In the coming years, both the General Assembly and the Security Council will have a very prominent role to play to make that concept operational; this offers an opportunity to continue improving the United Nations assistance framework. We must collectively ensure that populations at risk have access to the best possible protection at all times. The Security Council and the entire international community will be judged by their capacity to protect the most vulnerable. That is a challenge to which we must immediately respond.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“To conclude, in view of what I have said, allow me to mention one subject that cannot be omitted from our debate today and is of particular relevance in meeting the previously mentioned challenges. Our delegation is among those that consider paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60/1) to be one of the most important achievements of that meeting. The development of the doctrine of humanitarian law in the past years marks, in our opinion, an important step forward. The primary responsibility to protect civilians falls on States, and they, in turn, are obliged to seek international help when they cannot provide it.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Fourthly, access to humanitarian assistance, while not recognized as an obligation under international law, is undoubtedly a fundamental prerequisite for humanitarian action. We are concerned by the reversals experienced in this area in recent years. We welcome the annex to the report of the Secretary-General, which contains an analysis of the restrictions to access, and hope that its recommendations will soon become concrete measures. Fifthly, with regard to accountability for violations, we must remember that the Security Council is not a legal, but a political body, entrusted with the maintenance of international peace and security. Therefore, we must turn to international cooperation and mutual assistance in criminal matters, as the report proposes, through measures directed at States.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Secondly, in order to promote compliance by non-State armed groups, we must engage in outreach aimed at sensitizing such groups, as well as civil society, to the importance of maintaining the strictest respect for civilians, international humanitarian law, human rights and refugees. Thirdly, enhanced protection of civilians will depend on a broad scope of action by the Security Council. We support a multidimensional approach, addressing all aspects of the protection of civilians through thematic and country-specific and group- specific considerations. The effectiveness of protection will also depend on other external factors, some of which we have the power to affect, such as the allocation of adequate resources, the number of personnel on the ground, and the logistical and tactical capacity-building.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“With regard to the five core challenges outlined by the Secretary-General, given the need for determined action within and beyond the United Nations to enhance the protection of civilians, we wish to be a part of the proposed culture of protection. In that regard, we offer our firm support for the reinvigorated commitment noted by the Secretary- General and wish to make the following specific observations. First, regarding compliance with international law, our efforts should not be limited to ensuring respect for existing norms, but should also be aimed at strengthening them. The inability of the parties to a conflict to respect international law applicable to armed conflict exposes civilians to the harshest effects of hostilities.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Ten years have passed since the first debate in the Security Council on the protection of civilians. While there is no doubt as to the importance of all the reports, resolutions and actions of the past decade, the report of the Secretary- General reveals that the situation confronting civilians in current conflicts is depressingly similar to that which prevailed in 1999. Civilians still account for the vast majority of casualties and continue to be targeted and subject to indiscriminate attacks and other violations by parties to conflicts. Any progress will therefore remain relative if it is not accompanied by substantial improvement in the protection of civilians on the ground.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): We are pleased to take part in this debate under your presidency, Sir, on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. This issue is of extreme importance not only for the Security Council but for the United Nations system as a whole. My delegation welcomes the valuable report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/277), as well as the briefing by Mr. John Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, containing information and concrete proposals to enhance the United Nations collective capacity to protect civilians in armed conflict, a vulnerable group that merits our immediate attention. While noting the conclusions and key proposals identified in the report of the Secretary-General, my delegation wishes to comment on their eventual application and importance.”
2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source
“My delegation would like to stress the importance of training on child protection matters for peacekeeping contingents in the field, since the effectiveness of our work is measured in the timely execution of programmes for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of boys and girls in their communities or in the society. Those programmes must receive more resources so that they become sustainable in the long term. Finally, I would like to refer to children accused of illicit activities carried out during their affiliation with armed forces or groups. They should be treated as victims, in accordance with international law, in the context of restitution and rehabilitative justice.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“However, we believe that the Department must more precisely define the role and responsibilities of these advisers and strengthen the mechanisms and oversight arrangements to curb sexual violence, as well as outline clear modalities for cooperation with United Nations agencies, funds and programmes. We praise the designation of a coordinator or focal point to liaise with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, within their respective mandates. However, we reiterate our concern about the delay in the appointment of a person to assume that latter post.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We hope that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations will finalize its policy directive on mainstreaming the protection of children affected by armed conflicts in peacekeeping activities, as requested by the Special Committee since 2008. This policy will also provide directions on the role and functions of child protection advisers and will outline the policy framework for their activities, further defining their cooperation, coordination and consultation with other key child protection actors in the field. We support the recommendation that, when appropriate, specific child protection provisions should be included in the mandates of peacekeeping operations and the deployment, on a case-by-case basis, of child protection advisers should be foreseen in those operations.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We believe that the adoption of resolution 1612 (2005) in July of 2005 was an important achievement in offering a conceptual framework that helps strengthen the protection of children who are victims of conflicts. In particular, we must devote all our attention to the social disintegration caused by gender- based violence and displacements, as well as the brutal violence and sexual slavery to which girls are subjected, and to the resulting stigmatization in their communities. Guatemala has actively participated, in the framework of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, in the matter related to the progress made in including questions regarding children and armed conflict in United Nations political missions and peacekeeping operations.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We also appreciate the report on this matter presented to us by the Secretariat. Almost twenty years have transpired since the Council first took notice of the fate of children in areas of conflict, and ten years since resolution 1261 (1999) was adopted - the Council's first resolution dealing with children and armed conflict. The results since the adoption of that resolution, which was followed by six others in the intervening years, have been decidedly mixed. In spite of some progress achieved - thanks in great part to the initiatives taken by the United Nations - we have also been witness to changes in the tactics of war by which the civilian population has become even more exposed to a spiral of violence and to new threats to boys and, especially, girls.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): First and foremost, allow me, Mr. President, to express our solidarity with the Government and people of Mexico on account of the outbreak of influenza that has taken so many lives and has affected not only your country but others on the planet. We feel solidarity with Mexicans. We also thank Mexico, in exercising the presidency of the Council during the present month, for having convened us to discuss children and armed conflict. We are pleased to have had the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, with us. That highlights not only the importance that Mexico attributes to the matter, but also its active commitment to advance the fight against the many atrocities committed against boys and girls in situations of conflict.”
2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source
“My delegation believes that the efforts of the international community to address the problem of disarmament - in particular that of small arms - and the attention that the General Assembly has given to the issue will be significantly strengthened by the adoption of the draft presidential statement before the Security Council today. We are confident that it will provide further political impetus to efforts to implement the 2001 Programme of Action. It will also ensure that the United Nations continues to play a central role in the multilateral effort to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The exchange of information on issues relating to control and tracing is one of the areas in which that regional programme is active. Guatemala therefore supports the early adoption of a legally binding instrument to establish common international standards on the import, export and transfer of conventional arms. Such a treaty should be transparent, non-discriminatory and negotiated at the multilateral level. It is for all those reasons that we agree with the Government of Costa Rica that disarmament should have a prominent place on humankind's thematic agenda, as well as on that of the United Nations.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Such an environment is also conducive to the pursuit of positive steps through reciprocal unilateral measures that are conducive to averting competition for military supremacy among States. From the vantage point of my own country, our priority is to reduce and control small arms and light weapons and to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing, transfer, circulation and proliferation of those weapons. That priority gave rise to one of the many commitments contained in our peace accords of 1996, which we are attempting to implement through the adoption of a new arms and munitions law currently being debated in Guatemala's Congress. We are also participating actively in the Central American Programme on Small Arms Control.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“For example, there is no clear dividing line within the United Nations between the functions of the General Assembly and those of the Security Council, nor between the work of the Conference on Disarmament at Geneva and the bodies based in New York, including the Disarmament Commission. Nor is there a neat dividing line between the functions of the United Nations and those of regional institutions, although we believe that the concept paper that Costa Rica has prepared for us is correct in placing strong emphasis on the cooperative relationship between the United Nations and regional disarmament bodies. Another issue worth mentioning is the great value of conflict prevention efforts. Among other things, such efforts contribute to establishing an environment where States feel less inclined to undertake armed aggression.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That is especially so given that the main threats facing humankind today are of equal to, or even greater than, those of armed aggression and terrorism. They include, first, hunger, poverty and social exclusion; secondly, environmental challenges, including global warming; and, thirdly, organized crime. Your own country, Mr. President, is an example of the positive effects of diverting public resources from maintaining armed forces to social expenditures. That has produced notable tangible results, given Costa Rica's health and education indicators as compared to those of the rest of Central America. Another element of this issue pertains to the institutional aspects of disarmament, in particular when it comes to determining who does what.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on presiding over the Security Council this month, as well as to thank you for having convened this open debate. That initiative is consistent with the long and courageous efforts of President Oscar Arias to support disarmament and peace, which we sincerely appreciate. We are also grateful for the clear concept paper that your delegation has circulated among all delegations. The topic identified by you and your colleagues for this meeting can be addressed in many different ways. What makes the most sense to the vast majority of the countries of the world is the fact that spending on armaments and disproportionately sized military forces constitutes a poor allocation of resources.”
2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That is especially true when a change of attitude is needed so that a culture of tolerance and dialogue can blossom where it did not exist before. The concept paper to which I have referred several times correctly emphasizes the near term, but our experience indicates that we must persist for a very long time if we wish the rule of law and democratic institutions to take root. It is for that reason, and to combat the important islands of impunity that still persist in my country, that last year Guatemala again partnered with the United Nations in a creative exercise to strengthen penal prosecution through the creation of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. Those are the points we wished to bring to the attention of this Chamber.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“On the one hand, it was the Government that set the priorities and guidelines for action for such activities, and on the other hand, the two heads of mission made deliberate efforts to act in a coordinated manner. In that respect, although the recommendation contained in the concept paper prepared by the United Kingdom on placing all United Nations activities under the responsibility of a single person is noteworthy, our experience also suggests that alternative pragmatic solutions that can be acceptable from the point of view of coherency. Finally, I mentioned at the outset that some effects of the conflict persist, which is another way of saying that the phase of peacebuilding and reconciliation can be protracted.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“It is also interesting to note that, except for a brief Security Council mandate to send a contingent of military observers to Guatemala for three months, the United Nations presence was always under the authority of the General Assembly. Thirdly, during the existence of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala, the United Nations had two presences in Guatemala: the director of the Verification Mission and the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system. While that situation at times led to overlap and a certain amount of tension, it did not in general impede an acceptable level of coherence in the Organization's activities in Guatemala. That was due to two elements.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That underlines the role that the United Nations can play in domestic capacity-building. Secondly, the United Nations has played a uniquely important role in Guatemala, the scope of which has changed over time. The Organization was perceived as an objective facilitator without an agenda of its own. First, it supported the negotiations between the parties. Then it played a verification role with respect to human rights. In 1997, that verification role was augmented to cover all aspects of the peace accords. In 2004, as proof of the progress achieved, the United Nations Verification Mission left Guatemala. But the United Nations presence has continued and is now manifested through an office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“First, it was the national stakeholders, in particular the Government and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, that led the peace process. The United Nations and the Group of Friends of the process were invited by both sides to support the negotiations and, subsequently, the implementation of the peace agreement. At no time did Guatemalans in general perceive external actors as intrusive elements. Rather, they were present at the express request of the parties. I mention this only because the concept paper circulated today to orient our debate emphasizes the role of the United Nations in post-conflict situations. But before the Organization gets involved, however obvious this may seem, it is indispensable for national stakeholders to bear the primary responsibility for peacebuilding.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): Thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate and for having circulated an informative concept paper (S/2008/29l, annex). More than 11 years have passed since the Guatemalan peace accords were signed. Notable progress has been achieved, to such an extent that it is a matter of pride for us that the standing item on the situation in Central America no longer appears on the agenda of the General Assembly. However, some effects of the conflict persist to the present day and, at any rate, the peace process in Guatemala offers some lessons that, in our opinion, can enrich today's debate. I would like to refer very briefly to four characteristics of our peace process, which, in turn, support four conclusions. These address some of the questions posed in the concept paper.”
2008-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5895Resumption1 (2008) · source
“It may thus be that the crucial element in our efforts to strengthen the role of the United Nations in peacekeeping operations is convincing the Governments of Member States to provide their unstinting support to such operations.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Interesting functional associations have also been established between the United Nations and regional organizations, particularly the African Union; we welcome these. No doubt, much remains to be done. The Department of Peacekeeping Operations must continue to develop its capacity to respond effectively and swiftly to sudden increases in needs and must adopt a new management culture. Above all, however, we must impress on public opinion in our respective countries the need for the supply of peace operations to keep pace with demand. In the long run, the investment will be a highly profitable one, because it is obvious that maintaining and building peace and preventing conflict are generally less costly than war.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“But, we would shoulder the burden, in the full conviction that our contribution would strengthen world peace, which, in the long run, would benefit us all. It is in that spirit that on 12 November 2003 we signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations relating to the provision of standby peacekeeping forces. We believe that we know far more now than we did a few years ago about how best to meet the challenge. We have available valuable assets which are the fruit of lessons learned from the many complex operations carried out over the past 15 years. We also have the guidelines contained in the 2000 Brahimi report (S/2000/809) and the concrete steps taken to implement many of its recommendations, chiefly by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“We wish to express our decided preference for the latter alternative, which is in keeping with the Organization's lofty aims under the Charter but which has the drawback that it imposes grave responsibilities on all Member States - and, of course, on the Secretariat. Perhaps it is easy for a country of small size and low income, such as Guatemala, to take that position. But it would not be entirely fair to say that: if the United Nation were to undertake all the operations that are anticipated, our financial contribution to their expenses would reach an amount not far below that of our contribution to the regular budget, which would involve sums that would by no means be insignificant for my Government.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Given the rapid increase in the number, size and complexity of the peacekeeping forces required in various countries and regions, the question arises of whether the Organization has the management capacity, the financial resources, the availability of troops and the political will necessary to ensure that supply matches demand. Growing awareness of the risks that peace operations entail for the safety and security of the personnel assigned to them further complicates matters. In response to this challenge, there are only two possible alternatives. One is to adjust demand to supply, employing a sort of triage that deals only with the most salient cases; the other is to adjust supply to demand, thereby compelling the United Nations to address all the situations for which its participation is needed.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on Pakistan's initiative to organize this open debate and to thank you for the lucid non-paper you have circulated among all delegations. We are making this brief statement for two reasons: first, because Guatemala was the beneficiary of a small peace operation, authorized by the Security Council in its resolution 1094 (1997), within the framework of a broader mission authorized by the General Assembly to verify compliance with the peace agreements signed in December 1996; and secondly, because we agree with you, Sir, that the work of United Nations peacekeeping operations is at a crossroads and that it behoves us all to meet the challenge. The challenge, Sir, is clearly described in your non-paper.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Bearing witness to that is, for example, the electoral process that led to the orderly and democratic transfer of power on 14 January. Therefore, I believe the United Nations can be proud of its presence and its participation in the implementation of the peace agreements in Guatemala.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“It involves a new type of international mission that, acting within the framework of Guatemalan law, is authorized to investigate the clandestine mechanisms and to seek their dismantlement by identifying those responsible, ensuring their criminal prosecution. Through that provisional and special effort, we intend to strengthen local security and judicial capacities and to provide strong momentum for institutional and legal reforms in the country. There is a final piece of information that is very convincing for the purposes of this debate. Peace is irreversible in Guatemala. In other words, in our case, there is no longer any risk of returning to a conflict situation. Therefore, despite the possible defects and inadequacies in the implementation of the agreements, the overall result is highly positive.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The report also helped to emphasize the general call for a strengthening in the justice system. Fifthly and lastly, in achieving reconciliation, one cannot overestimate the importance of strengthening the rule of law and the administration and implementation of justice. In our country, as a legacy of armed conflict, illegal organs and clandestine mechanisms still function that violate human rights. In a new and innovative effort to fulfil its commitment, the Government of Guatemala, at the request of the human rights ombudsman and with the approval of both the outgoing and incoming Administrations, signed at the beginning of this month an agreement with the United Nations aimed at addressing that situation.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The implementation of the commitments generates resistance and opposition, which sometimes even cause setbacks. By its very nature, this progress tends to be slow, which means that both national and international actors must persevere. It will come as no accident that, when MINUGUA leaves Guatemala at the end of this year, it will have spent 10 years in the country. A long- term commitment, then, is needed. Fourthly, in Guatemala - as in other countries - a commission for historical clarification was created. The publication of the commission's report, entitled "Guatemala" memory of silence", undoubtedly contributed to reconciliation in that it brought to light previously concealed facts. It also gave rise to a compensation programme, although some consider that programme to be too modest.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“That involves not only the daily work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) or the support provided by the United Nations Development Programme for the dialogue and consensus-building round tables organized in the past few years, but also support for strengthening the context in which dialogue, tolerance and understanding can flourish. Obviously, it is easier to achieve reconciliation in conditions of economic affluence than when there are not enough resources to go around. It is also obvious that, for there to be reconciliation, we need to strengthen the institutions on which democratic societies rest. Thus, the progress made in implementing the agreements results from the efforts of Guatemalans, supplemented very significantly by external cooperation. Thirdly, the progress made has not been linear.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“First of all, it is essential that there be a minimum basis for agreements among the various sectors of civil society and the Government regarding the path to be taken. Reconciliation must originate from within, since any attempt to impose it from outside will surely fail. In the case of Guatemala, there fortunately was and still is such a minimum basis for agreements. The agreements in question were concluded by the Arzu Administration and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in 1996, assumed as State agreements by the Portillo Administration in 2000 and, scarcely a week ago, again assumed by the Administration of President Oscar Berger. Secondly, international cooperation has been essential and the presence of the United Nations irreplaceable.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) (spoke in Spanish): I congratulate you, Madam President, on Chile's initiative to organize today's open debate on an item that is of great importance both for the Security Council and for the entire United Nations system. Guatemala has had first-hand experience in this area through the implementation of our peace agreements. Although they have their own unique characteristics, they also contain lessons that can, with the necessary adaptations, be universally applied. Those lessons, however obvious they may appear, offer guidelines with regard to the subject we are considering. I shall cite five, all of which have domestic roots but reflect on the role of the United Nations.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal: I have just one brief point of information I would like to share with the members of the Council. The Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Kumalo, visited Burundi a week ago. Its members are Burundi, Ethiopia, France, Japan and South Africa. I joined them as President of the Economic and Social Council; and the Permanent Mission of Angola joined them as the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group of African Countries Emerging from Conflict. We hope that the report - the collective opinion of the members of that Group - will be ready in early January. Of course, we will share it with the members of the Security Council as soon as it is ready.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“As I stated in this Chamber less than two weeks ago - when we met with the President of Guinea- Bissau - I believe that our mechanism of ad hoc groups on African countries emerging from conflict can make an important difference. Certainly Burundi offers us the possibility of demonstrating this proposition in a very decisive manner.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“The larger challenge is to offer Burundians the possibility of a return to normalcy and an opportunity for a decent standard of living. Finally, it is abundantly clear that the United Nations will not be the only - or even the principal - source of assistance. But we can play a catalytic role in working with bilateral and multilateral donors, non- governmental organizations and even the business sector in supporting the Burundians in their efforts to undo the immense damage they inflicted upon themselves and to strive towards a better future. We can advocate for a solid partnership between the international community and Burundians.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“A third part falls somewhere in between, including support in the area of demobilization, disarmament, reinsertion and reintegration of ex- combatants, and of humanitarian assistance to help in the resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons. There is also the potential for a direct role for United Nations-based technical assistance - for example, in supporting the electoral process. In other words, it is clear that the United Nations can play a wide-ranging role in supporting Burundi in an integrated manner. A second point to be made is that - as is usually the case in countries emerging from conflict - peace is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development, while development is the principal ingredient in making sure that peace is durable. The immediate challenge in Burundi is to avoid slipping back into conflict.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“Part of the needed assistance clearly falls within the purview of the Security Council, such as ensuring that the African Union mission peacekeepers either stay in place or are replaced by United Nations peacekeepers, or a combination of both, as put forward so eloquently by the Deputy President of South Africa. Another part clearly falls within the purview of the Economic and Social Council, such as supporting the transition between rehabilitation and reconstruction, on the one hand, and longer-term development on the other. Among other aspects, I have in mind advocating for debt relief, budgetary support and the imperative of creating productive jobs.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“Mr. Rosenthal: Mr. President, you have asked me to share with the Security Council the views of the Economic and Social Council on the latest developments in Burundi's peace process. Of course, I cannot speak for all members of the Economic and Social Council, but there are three points that I can safely make in the broader context of the deepening cooperation between our respective Councils. The first thing I should like to say is that Burundi appears to have all the makings of what the framers of the Economic and Social Council's ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict surely had in mind. There is no doubt that the peace accords that are currently being implemented require tough decisions on the part of Burundians themselves, and that the steps already taken warrant - indeed, demand - international assistance.”
2003-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4876 (2003) · source
“For this reason, we trust that the recent differences in points of view that have characterized the Security Council regarding the elimination of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq can be overcome in the next phases that this forum will have to address on the matter. As the Secretary-General recalled, should this not be forthcoming, all our organs and the United Nations in its entirety will suffer the consequences.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The Charter itself lays out some connecting vessels between the three organs mentioned - as the President of the General Assembly has just reminded us - and praxis has added additional links, such as those I have just mentioned. We must continue to deepen this trend, since, as banal as it may sound, it is nevertheless a truism that without development there is no peace and that without peace there is no development. Finally, and in the context of the United Nations system of governance, we would like to believe that the strengths of each of our organs tend to be transmitted to the others, but we also recognize that the same holds true regarding weaknesses.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Our own forum has achieved important progress in consolidating that mutual support and in enhancing coherence, cooperation and coordination between the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. I believe that during our recent Economic and Social Council meeting of 14 April, held in the context of follow-up activities to the Monterrey Consensus, we took an important step in that direction. Thirdly and in more general terms, under the orientation of the General Assembly, both of our Councils reflect, institutionally, the two great pillars on which the United Nations reposes: the maintenance of peace and constructive coexistence among nations, on the one hand, and economic and social development, respect for human rights and humanitarian assistance, on the other.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“That Group, mandated to examine the humanitarian and economic needs of the country and to promote international cooperation to that end, expressly includes among its members the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Security Council on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. We trust that this pioneering action of cooperation between our two Councils is a harbinger of an even more fruitful interaction in the future. Secondly, for several years now various forums of the United Nations have been insisting on the need to deepen reciprocal support between themselves and the Bretton Woods institutions. Among many other aspects, this is a matter that is not alien to the Security Council in its peace-building efforts.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“In my capacity as President of the Economic and Social Council, I appreciate the invitation extended to us to participate in this open meeting of the Security Council. I would like to make use of the few minutes allocated to me to make four points. In the first place, if we were to identify one single issue that offers the possibility of a more productive interaction between our two Councils, it would no doubt be the attention that the United Nations accords to countries emerging from conflict. The clearest example is found in the decision adopted by the Economic and Social Council in July last year to create an Ad Hoc Advisory Group On African Countries emerging from conflict. That decision found concrete expression in the creation, in October of 2002, of the first of such groups, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source