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She Okitundu

lines on the record: 310
first: 1999-03-19
most recent: 2018-03-07
sittings or episodes: 13
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“Mr. She Okitundu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): First, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. My delegation is particularly honoured to see the United Kingdom - a friend - steering the Council's deliberations. I would like to thank the Council for this opportunity to speak at today's meeting on the situation in my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Secretary-General Anto'nio Guterres and to convey to him best wishes on behalf of my Government as, like his predecessor, he discharges the noble mission assigned to the United Nations to bring much-needed peace to countries throughout the world, including my own.”
2017-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7903 (2017) · source
“Finally, I commend the Panel of Experts headed by Ambassador Kassem on its report, which establishes objectively, on one hand, the link that exists between the armed aggression that has victimized the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the illegal exploitation of its resources and, on the other hand, the parallel between this conflict and the pursuit of an occupation in whose shadow one of the greatest economic plunderings the African continent has ever seen is being carried out.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“The international community should now make manifest its deepest and most concrete commitment to the settlement of this war of aggression, particularly through the renewal of MONUC's mandate and its swift deployment in the areas of ongoing tension. We appreciate the praiseworthy efforts of the Secretary-General; the Security Council; Mr. Moustapha Niasse, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General; and of MONUC, under the leadership of Mr. Amos Namanga Ngongi. We commend the devotion of the civilian and military staff, who are all committed to the return of normalcy and lasting peace in my country and the Great Lakes region.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Under the provisions of conventions, custom and even jurisprudence, international law recognizes that every Government, including that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has the right to use its own discretion in exercise of the full prerogatives of the State over its territory, its natural resources and its economic activities. Given all this, the actions of members of the Government are valid under international law and cannot, without prejudice to the principle of sovereignty, be equated with those of the aggressors and insurgents. I cannot conclude without conveying my deep thanks to the international community as a whole, which, convinced that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been a victim of aggression, is now fully committed to seeking a lasting solution.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“This company is identified by the Panel of Experts, in paragraph 57 of document S/2002/ll46, as having evaded the law in order to despoil the Congo of its resources in areas under Government control. The activities of that company have been suspended by the Government. The Congolese State remains sovereign and therefore enjoys all the prerogatives of effective governance. Thus, all the resolutions of the Security Council on the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, beginning with resolution 1234 (1999) of 9 April 1999, have reaffirmed the territorial integrity, political independence and sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including over its natural resources.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Thus, it must be recalled that, with respect to the legal system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a State of law, any abuse or misuse of power, by whomsoever committed, is punishable by the courts and tribunals. Moreover, a national anti-fraud and anti-corruption commission has been established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by presidential decree. By way of example, I would point out that the Government has launched a clean-up of the economic environment, including through an official complaint lodged by the Ministry of Mines against the Minerals Business Company for non-conformity with the laws of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“My delegation further notes a contradiction between the excellent analysis of the Panel of Experts and some of its recommendations, particularly those banning travel for certain individuals or freezing their assets. We note that a list of those persons or of the names of the major culprits, whose actions were set out in the first and the final reports, is strangely missing, in particular those of the two major Rwandese and Ugandan sponsors, identified as such by the Panel of Experts. More specifically, with respect to the accusations made against certain members of the Congolese executive, my Government would make the following observations. The incrimination of officials acting in their official capacity arises from the public mandate they assume on behalf and to the benefit of the Congolese people.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“My Government believes that condemning the initiatives that allowed us to defend our national sovereignty would be tantamount to forcing us to renounce the fundamental rights and duties of every Government to defend the sovereignty and integrity of its country by all means possible. With a View to transparency, and out of respect for the will of the Congolese people expressed at the national dialogue in Sun City, South Africa, we have adopted a resolution on the creation of an ad hoc commission to consider the validity of agreements that could serve as the framework for the reconsideration of certain contracts and concessions signed during the war.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Those friendly countries and the Congolese people have paid the price of blood for the survival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and we are grateful to them. My Government notes, however, that since the issuance of the addendum and the final report, there seems to be a desire to attack Zimbabwe for reasons that are well known. In this respect, it would be unwise to equate my country with the political-military entities created in the wake of the aggressor army. That would represent a misunderstanding of the reality of the situation, which is that of a sovereign country aggressed by its neighbours. In other words, the victim, bowed under the yoke of the oppressors, cannot be placed on an equal footing with them and their proteges.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“In this respect, my Government believes that it was within its legitimate rights to take all necessary measures to meet the armed aggression in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, including seeking assistance from the States members of the Southern Africa Development Community by invoking their natural right to collective and individual self-defence. I need hardly recall that the aggression was ruled illegal by the international community. Indeed, had Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe not come to our salvation, and had all the ethnic groups of the Congolese people not clearly expressed their will to remain united and to exercise their self-determination as citizens of one and the same country, our country would at this moment be under the Rwandese yoke, with all its unpleasant consequences.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“To that end, my Government would request the Security Council to begin considering the establishment of an ad hoc international criminal court for the Democratic Republic of the Congo to judge and convict those who are guilty of crimes against humanity in our country and to punish them and obtain compensation for all the harm done to the Congolese people. My delegation is grateful to the Panel of Experts and to the Security Council for recalling, in all of its relevant resolutions on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the need to preserve the national sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of my country.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“My Government recalls the relevant provisions of article 91 of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, which directs that "A Party to the conflict which violates the provisions of the Conventions or of this Protocol shall, if the case demands, be liable to pay compensation. It shall be responsible for all acts committed by persons forming part of its armed forces." The Geneva Conventions also hold that the occupying party shall be held responsible for all damage in the area under occupation. My Government would recall that, in similar situations, the international community, through the Security Council or other United Nations organs, has taken steps to redress the harm suffered by the peoples of such States under foreign occupation. The question of impunity and of reparations due to the Congolese people is of the highest importance.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“However, making it a prerequisite in favour of the aggressor countries would be asking the international community to bow to the diktat of State terrorism and to reward aggression. It would be an unfortunate precedent. We must rather exert pressure, including through the suspension of all forms of economic assistance, until the effective and certified withdrawal of the troops of aggression from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We must also place an embargo on them with respect to transit and the sale of my country's natural resources. As to environmental destruction, my Government is requesting the assistance of the United Nations system in order to rehabilitate our ecosystem and to protect vanishing species, such as the okapi, the gorilla and the white rhinoceros that are symbols of pride in my country.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“If necessary, the Council might consider establishing a national monitoring commission that would enjoy adequate assistance from the United Nations and the international community through the national expertise of Congolese working in the United Nations system and the international expertise of foreign advisers or international civil servants. As regards the recommendations concerning peace dividends, my Government shares the Security Council's view that the peace processes in the Great Lakes region must yield peace dividends for our peoples, particularly those of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, who have suffered the worst of the region's turbulence.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Organizing this conference should be a priority of priorities for the Security Council and the Secretary-General. We also agree with the Panel of Experts that it is necessary to increase the United Nations monitoring capacity. The Council should pursue its consideration of such a mechanism. My Government is open to any suggestion, but we insist that the terms of reference for a monitoring body to be created by the Security Council be established with the Congolese Government's approval and in respect of the prerogatives of its national sovereignty, as guaranteed by the United Nations Charter and the Constitutive Act of the African Union.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“The final report by the Panel of Experts contains a certain number of recommendations. My delegation agrees with most of them. The recommendation having to do with an international conference on peace, security, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region under the auspices of the United Nations and the African Union merits the Council's urgent attention. We agree with the Panel of Experts that we must take advantage of the peace prospects which offer us the opportunity to organize this conference in the next few months. This is an opportunity that we must not miss, for the conference without doubt is the appropriate regional framework for seeking comprehensive solutions to the conflicts and the endemic instability that are tearing up the countries in the region.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“We remain convinced that any action which might have been taken by the Council to implement one or a number of recommendations in the first report of the Panel of Experts would have had a deterrent effect. Unfortunately, one must note that that was not the case. As the Panel of Experts has rightly pointed out, in paragraph 96 of its report, this war has caused the death of more than 3.5 million Congolese since it was triggered in September 1998, and it goes on to say that these deaths are a direct result of the occupation of the country by Rwanda and Uganda. In addition to human loss of life, criminal pillaging activities, which have gone on thanks to the war, have brought social economic losses which will have incalculable consequences for present and future Congolese generations.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Fourthly, there must be recognition of the serious moral, material and physical harm that the Congolese people are suffering as a result of this war and the criminal activities it has engendered. Fifthly, the reparation and compensation consistent with this harm must be set up in order to restore the rights of the Congolese people. Finally, judicial proceedings against the authors of these events and their co-authors and accomplices must be ordered. These demands are fully legitimate and topical. Before even planning to study the recommendations in the final report, the Council should examine its own conscience and tell us what has been accomplished regarding the recommendations of the first report. My delegation is deeply concerned here.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“First, the deployment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) must be accelerated, because only a full and final withdrawal of the aggressors will be such as to guarantee the cessation of the pillaging of the natural resources of the country. Secondly, there must be an effective demilitarization of Kisangani, reparations for property damage in the city and compensation for its population, in accordance with Council resolution 1304 (2000). Thirdly, with regard to the party which refuses to demilitarize Kisangani, as well as the country supporting that party, all measures which could be imposed on them must be applied, in conformity with the responsibilities and obligations, that the United Nations Charter confers on the Security Council.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Concerning the rights connected with the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, my delegation believes that the natural resources and other forms of wealth of the country must first and foremost benefit its people. The Congolese people are the main victim of these criminal activities. Justice must be done. Thus, to put an end to this shameful pillaging, it is important for the Council to follow up on the whole set of recommendations made by the Panel of Experts, from its first report, in document S/2001/357, to the final one being considered today, which are inextricably linked. Thus, my Government first reiterates its request for the implementation of all the recommendations by the Panel of Experts, including those contained in the first report, in particular the following.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“It is obvious that these groups, for different reasons, have one common interest in maintaining the dynamics of war. This interest takes the form of the quest for riches, both for individuals and for the State oligarchies. Current events in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo show more and more clearly that the economic dimension of the war of aggression remains the determining factor. So it is this frantic search for profit in the systematic exploitation of the wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which must be the starting point of the Council's reflection if it wishes to take effective action.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“The report shows once again that this pillaging of the soil and sub-soil of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a major element of the conflict: it is a large- scale, illegal exploitation, systematic and systemic, which accounts for, feeds and perpetuates the armed aggression and occupation of the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for purely mercantile reasons. The final report itself is very eloquent in terms of the criminalization of the economies in the Great Lakes region and on the emergence of important parallel economies. Large sectors of the economies are outside the control of the State. The different conflicts that have developed have given rise to criminal alliances between weapon merchants, private companies and some representatives of the public authorities of the aggressor countries.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“I welcome the final report now under consideration because it describes the massive training by the Ugandan armed forces in that region of young people for the purpose of perpetuating the disorder once their troops have left, in order to justify keeping them in Congolese territory and perpetuating the pillaging. At the beginning of this month, the Tanzanian authorities intercepted a cargo of 36 tons of coltan, which Rwanda intended to ship through the port of Dar es Salaam. This is tangible evidence that some Mafia networks have not been dismantled, on the contrary. The final report of the Panel of Experts is very eloquent on the subtle change of tactics on the part of the aggressors, who are maintaining in place criminal networks that are fully devoted to them.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“These are the same tricks that are at the origin of tragedy we are seeing now in Ituri and which are the pretext for occupying the city of Kisangani, which still has not been demilitarized by the occupying forces, in violation of Council resolution 1304 (2000). My delegation highlights these two examples, Ituri and Kisangani, to illustrate the fact that these are two extremely revealing cases of unbridled, unpunished, systematic pillaging of natural resources and other forms of wealth from the soil and sub-soil of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At Kisangani this pillaging has remained the same, while in Ituri it has taken on other aspects but maintains the basic operating premise.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“I draw the Council's attention to the testimony of the Panel of Experts where, contrary to the information received as to the ostentatious departure of the last Rwandan soldiers from the Congolese territory, only part of the regular army troops have in fact withdrawn, upon pressure from the international community. There are still large numbers of troops on the Congolese national soil, for example, in Kisangani, Goma and other cities in the provinces of Kivu, where they have traded the Rwandan military uniform for that of Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD-Goma). We therefore thank the Panel of Experts, but also the Security Council for exposing the trickery in its latest statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“We commend the Panel of Experts for the relevant observations on this subject and are grateful to them for having the courage, in paragraphs 65 and 66 of the final report, to at least break the myth of fallacious security preoccupations advanced by Rwanda and to show that the presence of the Rwandan occupier is dictated instead by a desire to pursue criminal activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which they are carrying out in close connection with their compatriots, that is, the authors of the genocide, the ex-FAR and Interahamwe, though they have been demonized and are supposed to be tracked down by Kigali.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Having made this brief introduction, I shall now focus on the following issues: the principal conclusion of the Panel of Experts at all three phases of their work, the need to defend the rights connected with the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the recommendations made by the Panel of Experts. Concerning the principal conclusion of the Panel of Experts, I would note that at all three stages of its work it highlighted the direct causal link between the illegal exploitation of natural resources of my country and the pursuit of armed aggression.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Our consideration of the final report of the Panel of Experts is taking place at a time in the armed aggression when real prospects for peace are foreseeable, in particular in light of the signing of the Pretoria and Luanda peace agreements pertaining to my country and the initiatives to conclude a separate agreement with Burundi. Those prospects, which represent a turning point, have established a new dynamic that makes it possible to look to the future and serves to encourage the hope of the people of the Great Lakes region for a peace dividend. That is the merit of the policy of peace and openness followed by Major- General Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has declared 2002 the year of peace and reconciliation, a year whose major goal is to achieve national harmony and reunification in the country.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“I would, however, like to invite all members of the Council and Member States of the United Nations to read those documents, so that they may become more familiar with the reality of the pillage of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, taking place in violation of its national sovereignty, as well as to be able to assess the gravity and scope of that sad phenomenon. I would also like to thank the President for agreeing to our request to distribute those two national reports as official documents of the Security Council in order that all Member States of the Organization may be informed. These national reports, in addition to being more thorough and specific, also complement both the content of, and the recommendations made through, the outstanding work of the Panel of Experts.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“The Security Council has before it the final report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in violation of its national sovereignty. The Council also has before it two documents submitted by my country, namely, the addendum to the Government's memorandum on this question and a summary of that addendum. Those last two documents are clear and specific, and therefore require no comment on our part.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“I would like to ask those friendly countries leaving the Council at the end of this year to continue to work to promote peace and international security through other United Nations bodies and through other forums, not only throughout the world but, in particular, on behalf of the countries and peoples of the Great Lakes region that have been victims of the murderous folly of some States. Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Spain, Germany, Chile, Pakistan and, last but not least, Angola, a neighbouring fraternal and friendly country with which we have a long and rich history. I commend those countries on their election to the Security Council.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“Mr. She Okitundu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Allow me, first of all, to do the pleasant part of my job, namely, to thank you on behalf of my delegation, Mr. President, for your excellent initiative to convene this public meeting of the Security Council to debate the matter of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in violation of its national sovereignty. Before I continue, I would also like to pay solemn and well-deserved tribute to the outgoing members of the Security Council. I extend to them the gratitude of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the tireless effort they have always exerted in pursuit of peace in my country.”
2002-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4634 (2002) · source
“My delegation also calls the Council's attention to the urgent need for post-conflict assistance so that we can restore the country's economy, infrastructure and ecosystem and strengthen its institutional and human capacities. In the short term, it is urgent and crucial to strengthen the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) after the aggressor forces start withdrawing and support efforts to hold a successful and inclusive dialogue culminating in national reconciliation through free and transparent elections.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“At the national level, after five years of foreign occupation that were preceded by several years of chaotic administration, and bearing in mind current developments, including the signing of peace agreements between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, new prospects of peace with Burundi, and the preparations for an inclusive national dialogue, my delegation, on behalf of President Kabila, calls the attention of the Security Council to the need for critical support on the part of the United Nations so that my country can consolidate the peace process by recovering its territorial integrity, strengthening national reconciliation and putting into place new democratic institutions.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“My delegation would like, in that connection, to welcome and thank the World Bank for its positive initiative in proposing a programme of demobilization and reintegration that operates in several African countries, including some that are not part of Central Africa. Here, I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming the presence of Mr. Mbi of the World Bank. Generally, increased involvement of the United Nations is required and must be encouraged in all its human, institutional and financial dimensions. This is why my delegation appreciates and supports the initiatives aimed at holding an international conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes, which will help to find a solution to end the cycle of violence and enable the development of the region.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“We believe that priority should be given to the following: establishing an effective response system for the conflicts that are tearing Central Africa apart, namely establishing an early-warning mechanism for Central Africa (MARAC) and a Central African multinational peacekeeping force (FORMAC); partnership with the United Nations system in training for peacekeeping operations and the formation of military units trained for the job; partnership with the women's organizations for peace and security in Central Africa, given the recognized role of women in the processes aimed at restoring a lasting peace; humanitarian assistance for refugees and displaced persons, especially as regards their integration and reintegration, and the rehabilitation of their homes; material and financial support to implement the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) programmes.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“The United Nations system can also help the States of the region to implement the decisions and recommendations adopted by the Economic Community of Central African States, in the framework of regional cooperation, as well as those on the settlement of conflicts, peace-building, humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced persons, and all other relevant measures adopted in the framework of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“At the regional level, the United Nations system should help all of the Central African States in promoting and implementing goals deriving from the Charters of the United Nations and the African Union, in particular by taking measures which will help strengthen harmony, peace, security, democracy and respect for human rights and economic development, supported by transparency in administration, governance, combating corruption and regional cooperation.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Yet, for the first time in a long while, prospects for a return to peace are emerging in most of the States concerned. The Security Council is being asked particularly to take all necessary measures to encourage, accompany, speed up and consolidate positive developments and make the incipient peace process irreversible. Along these lines, the agreements and peace protocols signed by different warring groups in the region should be seen as provisional arrangements which, in order to be lasting, must necessarily be supported by various confidence-building measures, either between States or within States.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“The least we can say is that existing mechanisms for cooperation have generally not made it possible to achieve real physical, economic and political integration. That has been due mostly to the persistence of conflict, insufficient human and institutional capacity - especially with regard to integration - and the very slow pace of implementing the political commitments made at the highest levels in this regard. With regard to prospects and based on what I have said, it would appear that the challenges are still there. The strategies to be adopted must be multifaceted and take into account all dimensions, internal and external, if we want them to be lasting solutions that would restore peace, security and development to us.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Those countries are either in an open state of war, still in the process of negotiating and making peace, or have just completed electoral processes after years of troubles whose consequences they still feel. A number of persistent problems continue to beset the entire region, including those associated with common monitoring of borders where there are cross-border conflicts; disarming armed groups; trafficking in small arms and light weapons; large-scale transnational banditry; implementing lasting solutions to the problem of refugees in accordance with the relevant international conventions; and, finally and obviously, serious problems pertaining to economic and social development, poverty and the promotion and enjoyment of human rights.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“With regard to the scope of these efforts, as the Council might be aware, although in recent years cooperation between the United Nations and CEEAC through the Advisory Committee has resulted in the adoption of numerous relevant and practical decisions aimed at promoting and strengthening peace in the region, only some of those recommendations and decisions have been implemented, while the majority have yet to be put into effect. Moreover, most, if not all, of the bodies established in this cooperative framework have not yet begun to function. Moreover, while some States enjoy a security situation that could be called stable, most of them continue to face serious social and economic problems, as well as domestic and/or international conflicts.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Those measures and recommendations pertain to, inter alia, the promotion and respect for human rights, including minority rights; the establishment of viable socio-economic conditions; promoting transparency in democratic governance; strengthening economic integration; increasing cross-border cooperation, including in the area of transportation; bolstering military and security cooperation, including by organizing joint patrols and joint training exercises to promote participatory democracy; and the peaceful resolution of disputes. The entire set of measures and recommendations would take too long to recite here.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“My delegation would also like to express its full satisfaction with the tremendous amount of work done by the secretariat of the Advisory Committee, which has been responsible for the holding of 18 ministerial meetings and numerous conferences and workshops. Every one of those meetings, seminars and conferences adopted very diversified recommendations and measures in the priority areas identified by the member States of CEEAC under the auspices of the Committee.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“The Committee's programme of action calls for a set of measures to be taken in the areas of preventive diplomacy, peace- building, peacemaking, peacekeeping, compliance and monitoring. Among the most important decisions taken by States members of CEEAC under the auspices of the Standing Advisory Committee are the non-aggression pact adopted in Libreville, Gabon, in September 1993 and signed in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 8 July 1996; the establishment of the Central African Early Warning System; the establishment of the Central African Multinational Force; the setting up of the Central African Defence and Security Commission; the establishment, on 25 February 1999, at Yaounde, Cameroon, of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa, following the signing of the relevant protocol at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 25 June 2000; the establishment of a subregional centre for human rights and democracy in Central Africa; and the establishment of a subregional parliament in Central Africa.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“The Lorne conference also recognized that greater cooperation among the States of the subregion in the areas of security and defence would help bolster confidence and speed up the process of socio-economic development in member countries, in line with the constitutive treaty of the Economic Community of Central African States. We are grateful to the entire United Nations system for helping us in this effort, in particular by establishing the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa in May 2002. The purpose of that Committee is to promote peace, security and development in Central Africa through confidence-building measures, arms limitations and disarmament.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Those measures included establishing a legal framework for a system of subregional collective defence that includes a common armed force; creating a centre for strategic military studies; holding joint military exercises and patrols; setting up a standing crisis committee for the prevention of conflict and the peaceful settlement of disputes; encouraging periodic meetings between ministers for foreign affairs and/or defence; and strengthening diplomatic cooperation by opening new embassies and consulates, establishing hotlines between the region's heads of State and concluding border treaties.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“They also seek to promote adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations by focusing on peace, the peaceful settlement of disputes, human progress and human rights, as well as to establish lasting peace and solidarity among the States and peoples of Central Africa. Given that request and the overall responsibility of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security, a meeting was held in Lome, Togo, from 15 to 17 February 1998 on the subject of promoting confidence, security and development through the CEEAC framework. The conference identified measures to increase trust and security and to promote development within the Economic Community of Central African States.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“In order to establish mechanisms of cooperation among the States of the region that might serve to end this grave situation, the countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) decided to ask for the help of the United Nations under the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly. Their proposal, whose primary objective is to establish peace and progress in the region, calls for a set of activities to promote trust, security and development in the framework of ECCAS. The following are some of the activities already envisaged by our States. Our members seek to create an atmosphere of peace and constructive cooperation among themselves that is characterized by stable and predictable relations based on mutual trust among the States of the region.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“They include a serious social crisis; the devaluing of human life as a result of decades of brutal oppression of populations, massacres and other even more despicable violations of human rights; deterioration and ageing of infrastructure and production facilities; the ravaging and criminalization of economies and the emergence of significant shadow economies; a decline in qualifications and the displacement of the workforce; negative impacts on cooperation and regional development; a long-term humanitarian crisis; and a precarious and explosive overall atmosphere.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source