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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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“Such extremely negative factors account for the recurring cycle of political and ethnic violence and the almost permanent state of instability in the region. They also explain the fact that, despite its enormous mineral, water and agricultural resources, our region has been slow to begin its economic and social development and economic integration. Various elements are also adding a regional dimension to the effects of those conflicts, both due to tension among States and to the repercussions of that tension beyond the national borders of the countries concerned. The consequences of this situation are well known and extremely serious and worrisome.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“In a large part of Central Africa - to which some of the States present here today belong - the United Nations has shown its willingness to associate itself with wide-ranging action with a view to tackling comprehensively the root causes of problems, of conflicts and of instability and to promoting peace and sustainable development in the region, inter alia by recommending the convening of an urgent international conference on peace, security, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region. The conflicts in our region are largely due to the accumulation over many years of such complex and interrelated problems as bad governance, the lack of democracy, individual or ethnic monopolies over political power, entrenched political exclusion, endemic corruption, nepotism, violations of basic human rights and ever-increasing poverty.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Concerning problems related to peace in Central Africa, I note that, for too long, the Central African region has been shaken by violent conflicts that cause unprecedented human suffering and that hinder the region's development. The international community, through the United Nations, is doing its utmost to help the countries of the region to relieve the suffering of populations and to find and implement negotiated solutions for that situation.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“First of all, seven of the 11 countries in the region are prey to disastrous and ruinous conflicts. Five of the 12 United Nations peacekeeping, peace-building or peacemaking missions on the continent are located there. Six of the 20 Special or Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General in Africa are in Central Africa. My delegation fully subscribes to the statement made earlier by my colleague from the Republic of the Congo, who expressed with eloquence and clarity the major concerns of our subregion. My statement will address problems related to peace in Central Africa, mechanisms for cooperation between the United Nations system and the States of the Central African region in maintaining peace and security, and the real scope and current prospects of the problems.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“Mr. She Okitundu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having placed on the Council's agenda a sensitive and crucial item: peace and security in Central Africa. Through you, I thank the entire Council for the interest that they have always shown in the evolution of the geopolitical and security situation in the subregion, which has been rocked by conflicts for decades. Moreover, one need only consult the Council's agenda to see that, on a regular basis, questions concerning Central Africa and the Great Lakes - Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to name but a few - remain at the centre of the Council's ongoing concerns. The potential for conflict in our region is illustrated, inter alia, by the following facts.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630 (2002) · source
“That is a sacred principle of our diplomacy, which we have always wished to be constructive and not subversive. The Democratic Republic of the Congo looks forward to the advent of a region where peace, security, justice and prosperity prevail.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“We ask the international community to assist that country's efforts so that it can restore internal peace and national concord. In saying that, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo wishes to assure all its partners - in particular our brothers in neighbouring countries - f our fervent desire to live in perfect harmony with the whole world, in a spirit of tolerance, solidarity and frank cooperation. The Pretoria Agreement is the very foundation for restoring the trust that has been lost, on the basis of which we can together renew the bonds of friendship and good- neighbourliness that should govern our future relations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo will never serve as a channel to sow discord and desolation in any country, in particular our neighbours.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The international conference could help the region's countries ensure the security of their States and of their populations so that no element can intervene to disrupt order and tranquillity, while at the same time conceiving, defining and fostering the creation and development of economic activities of common interest and, lastly, promoting and intensifying trade and the movement of persons and goods. A new order at the regional level presupposes a new order at the national level. Processes of democratic transition are under way in our country and in Burundi. We remain certain that they will succeed. Furthermore, we welcome the willingness expressed by the Rwandese authorities to hold elections in their country in the medium term.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“First, it is urgent that the Democratic Republic of the Congo conclude with the Governments of Uganda and Burundi agreements similar to the Pretoria Agreement. The Government of Burundi has, in a timely manner, informed us of its intention to do this. Contacts have already been made at the highest level. We must translate into concrete action the good will expressed on both sides. Then we must sit down together and discuss our region's future. The international conference for peace, stability, security and development that we earnestly wish for should lay the basis for a new order.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“It is also imperative that the reopening of the river network for humanitarian assistance and commercial trade between Kinshasa and Kisangani become a reality and that the city of Kisangani be accessible once river traffic is opened to trade in the reunified zones, pursuant to the Sun City agreement. Here, I should like to pay tribute to our friends in MONUC, under the leadership of Mr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for the quality of the work that they have done and for their total devotion to the cause of peace and the restoration of dignity to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their efforts deserve to be encouraged and supported. For their part, the States of the region must supplement their efforts.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) needs to review its operations, particularly with regard to the protection of civilians under imminent threat of physical violence, as the Council reaffirmed in resolution 1417 (2002). The Council must redefine the concept of MONUC's operations in order to enable it to properly carry out the mission conferred on it by the Pretoria Agreement. MONUC must be given the means to enable it to operate and have unhindered access to needy populations. For example, it is indispensable that the MONUC team be authorized without further delay to have access to the locality of Minembwe in the high plateaux.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The creation of a truth and reconciliation commission on the South African model could provide an element of response. We must do justice for the millions of Congolese dead, formulating concrete measures with a view to putting an end to impunity, compensating victims and preventing the resurgence of such acts. The process of restoring peace and establishing and consolidating relations of trust must continue and be strengthened by increased credibility for the United Nations and the Security Council, for there is a risk of seeing crumble the whole edifice of the partnership that the Council has patiently built with the parties bound by the Lusaka Agreement.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“Leaders dedicated to the moral values of governance, their greatest virtues remain disinterest and love of country. As Mrs. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted in her report to the Council, impunity remains one of the principal causes of human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Putting an end to such impunity is a fundamental requirement for the return to a durable peace in the region. The choice of transition leaders should take that requirement into account. Such an approach is in conformity with the recommendations in the High Commissioner's report, namely, strengthening the rule of law and the administration of justice, and the creation of mechanisms whereby all those responsible for human rights violations and for war crimes must answer for their acts.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“Talks are now under way, on the one hand, with the signatory parties to the Sun City agreement and, on the other, with the other armed component, its dissidents and the components of society and the unarmed opposition, in order to define the contours of an agreement that would be more consensual and inclusive. The essential here is that we must procrastinate no longer, but rather must decide to make headway on this issue. In that regard, we are convinced that the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Moustapha Niasse, will meet with success. Those working to advance the transition will certainly be political leaders of all stripes, but also leaders representing religious faiths, the academic world, the media, private and public enterprise and civil society.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The situation - which continues to be fragile, as demonstrated by recent events in Kisangani and by the deadly skirmishes between the Rwandese Patriotic Army and Congolese combatants of Tutsi origin in the high plateaux of Kivu- may worsen. That would augur ill for the credibility of the United Nations as a whole. We must avoid that at all costs. The improvement in the prospects for peace in the Great Lakes region enables us to look with more serenity to the process of reconciliation and national concord in our country. The political agreement for consensual management of the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, concluded at Sun City, has made possible the reunification of more than 70 per cent of the national territory.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The international community, which welcomed the Pretoria Agreement, must invest in it tangibly and unstintingly, on either the bilateral or the multilateral level, to assist the two signatory parties and the third parties in their determination to end a conflict that has caused the deaths of more than 3 million people in four years. For its part, the United Nations can help immediately, especially by formulating for its Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a new concept of operations that would effectively activate phase III of its deployment and would both support the verification mechanism and enable it to participate in the execution structure that the third party will put in place, within the framework of the Pretoria Agreement. Action is needed now.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“It provides a response - which we hope is adequate - to Rwanda's security concerns, although it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has been experiencing total insecurity for four years. The Agreement also envisages the restoration of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was gravely imperilled by the Rwandan presence. Finally, the Agreement embodies the ingredients for a return to normality for the countries and the peoples of the Great Lakes region. We must succeed, but we must be helped to succeed.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“It must, rather, become the political and physical symbol of renewal and return to dignity for the whole of the Congolese people, the emblem of the hope for a better life for present and future generations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time, all illegal activities to exploit the natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which feed the continued war of aggression, must end. Our Government, which is fully cooperating with the group of experts set up for that purpose, will ensure that this is done. The Agreement is certainly the most serious opportunity for peace since the beginning of the war of aggression on 2 August 1998.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“Rwanda, for its part, has considerably increased its forces and remains the only country to be engaged in large-scale military operations on Congolese soil. There will be tremendous rejoicing when the Congolese people, the third party and the international community are officially informed, in a few hours, of the withdrawal plan for Rwandese troops from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pursuant to the programme of implementation of the Pretoria Agreement. Another promising sign will be the beginning of the demilitarization of the city of Kisangani, pursuant to resolution 1304 (2000). This city, as we have stated before, must no longer be the symbol of the martyrdom of a whole nation.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“With respect to the withdrawal of foreign troops, it should be noted that the majority of the parties to the conflict had already submitted their plans to the Joint Military Commission and have commenced their withdrawal. Among the countries that came to the assistance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in defending its national sovereignty and its territorial integrity - countries that we wish once again to thank on behalf of the Republic for the sacrifice of their sons and daughters to the noble cause of truth, justice and dignity - Namibia has totally withdrawn, and Angola and Zimbabwe have repatriated a large number of their contingents. As to the uninvited forces, withdrawal movements have been observed only on the part of Uganda and Burundi.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“With respect to the DDRRR process, the Democratic Republic of the Congo undertakes strictly to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, inter alia, by pursuing the process of the demobilization and disarmament of Rwandese combatants which began at Kamina and by extending it to other areas of the country under foreign occupation as the authority of the State is established there. Moreover, we would like to express to the international community as a whole our trust in the fact that we will receive support from it in the simultaneous process of the withdrawal of troops and repatriation, reintegration and resettlement of combatants in their countries of origin, in conformity with international law.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The Pretoria Agreement is also in conformity with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council calling for the orderly withdrawal of all foreign troops and in particular resolution 1341 (2001), whereby the Council, for the first time, called for, among other things, the elaboration of a plan and a precise timetable which would lead to the finalization of the total and orderly withdrawal of foreign troops, as well as for disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement (DDRRR) programmes.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The Pretoria Agreement, which is basically bilateral and guaranteed by the third party, falls - as the South African Minister said just now - within the framework of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. In this regard, the Pretoria Agreement is likely greatly to facilitate and speed up the completion of the remaining phases provided for in the timetable for the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“In order to settle the question of the war of aggression once and for all, since last year our Government has been in direct contact with the leaders of countries whose forces are illegally occupying our country, pursuant to the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, which call for the holding of such meetings in order to establish the necessary relations of trust in order to promote the cause of peace. For his part, the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, has tirelessly committed himself to this process, particularly in terms of organizing meetings with the Rwandese party, the most recent of which, at which he was present, took place in Durban, in parallel with the OAU/African Union Summit.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“Salim Ahmed Salim, was the first to highlight the useless and senseless nature of this war of aggression. The efforts of the interim Chairman of its Commission, Mr. Amara Essy, has always been, and remains, decisive in the quest to restore peace and calm to our region. May I lastly thank Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary- General of our universal Organization, for his important statement. We are very grateful to him for having lent his moral weight by endorsing the Pretoria Agreement. We wish in this connection to express our full appreciation for all of his endeavours, and especially for his commitment to tirelessly exploring all possibilities likely to bring about a successful and prompt conclusion of the peace process that began at Lusaka.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“We fully share her vision, and - as our head of State, Major-General Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stated at the signing ceremony of the Agreement - the obligations and commitments undertaken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo pursuant to this peace agreement will be scrupulously complied with. Here we wish to extend our very sincere thanks to President Thabo Mbeki, his Government and the people of South Africa for their determination, and I would even say their obstinacy, which took us from Sun City to Pretoria by way of Durban, to ensure that peace prevails once again in the Great Lakes region. We wish also to pay tribute to our regional organization, the African Union, which, through the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Mr.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“The Minister has clearly and eloquently described the Peace Agreement that was concluded at Pretoria on 30 July between our Government and that of the Republic of Rwanda, as well as the programme for implementation covering the withdrawal of Rwandese troops from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the dismantling of the former Rwandan army (ex-FAR) and Interahamwe forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Minister has described what is at stake in the Peace Agreement and the prospects for success.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“We also wish thank you, Sir, for having convened this important meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which certainly once again has the merit of helping us better to evaluate the peace process that is under way and to welcome the recent and very significant advances made to put an end to the war of aggression that has been waged against my country for more than four years now. We hope also that it will help to pave the way towards lasting peace for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for all the countries of the region. The Security Council has just heard a comprehensive statement by Ms. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“Mr. She Okitundu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Mr. President, we wish to associate ourselves with earlier speakers in offering you our warmest congratulations and in saying how gratified our delegation is to see you presiding over the Security Council in this month of August 2002. We believe that your intellectual skills and your diplomatic talents, together with your lengthy experience of international relations, will ensure the success of the work of the Council this month. We wish also to convey to your predecessor, Sir Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, our warm congratulations and our sincere thanks for having guided the work of the Security Council with a great deal of energy and skill last month.”
2002-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4596 (2002) · source
“This is our understanding of the scope of the international conference on peace, stability, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region, to be convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in close cooperation with the Secretary- General of the Organization of African Unity. My Government sincerely hopes that that conference will succeed and serve as a model for the peaceful settlement of disputes, not only for Africa but also for all parts of the world where peace processes are under way or are being initiated, in the best interests of all the populations concerned.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“The maintenance of peace is an important element of the activity of the United Nations. I would like to express the hope that the Security Council, the principal organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace and security, will be up to the task of fulfilling its responsibilities more effectively, in keeping with the spirit and the letter of the commitments renewed at the Millennium Summit. The United Nations must be innovative with regard to international strategy. Conflicts notwithstanding, relations of deterrence or force must not be used to build peace. Rather, it should be allowed to emerge through the sound common management of needs and various problems that arise, in particular by taking maximum advantage of inherent socio-economic potential.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“These new challenges could halt its development and threaten its very existence. Together, we must reaffirm the importance of concerted international action to address the HIV/AIDS scourge, given its negative impact on the social fabric and thus on the future of the current generation and of those to come. To that end, we must, inter alia, encourage the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to continue strengthening its cooperation with African States with a view to developing better national practices and policies in HIV/AIDS education, prevention, detection, counselling and treatment. In conclusion, I wish to reiterate my delegation's firm belief in the existence of a close link between development in Africa and the establishment of peace and the stabilization of its socio-economic situation.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“My Government welcomes the fact that the Economic and Social Council has held a debate on the role of the United Nations system in support of the efforts of the African countries to achieve sustainable development. We also welcome the decisions of our heads of State last year to launch the New African Initiative and, in October, to consolidate the Initiative by establishing the New Partnership for Africa's Development. These commendable initiatives prove, if there is any need to do so, that Africa is ready to assume full responsibility for its own development and future. In addition to the many obstacles it faces - notably poverty, the burden and management of debt, underdevelopment and war - Africa is encountering the new challenges presented in particular by the emergence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“At the dawn of the twenty-first century, with the end of the cold war and the rapid development of new technologies, especially information technologies, we must review our strategies not only in the field of peacekeeping, but also in that of development. In that respect, my Government encourages greater coordination between the main agencies involved in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction, in particular the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, so as to deepen consideration of questions relating to improved interaction between the two organs and to promote an integrated approach to peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“As to the illegal exploitation of a country's natural resources and other forms of wealth, in which private and state actors engage in order to enrich themselves shamelessly on the sweat and blood of innocent victims and to sustain numerous conflicts, that criminal activity should be the subject of concerted global action to eradicate it. Ever since the creation of the United Nations some 50 years ago, no programme that has been undertaken has succeeded in eradicating poverty. Yet, poverty, ignorance, intolerance and exclusion are at the root of many conflicts tearing Africa apart. The elimination of poverty would therefore clearly have an impact on preventing conflicts and help to make this century one of harmony defined by peace, tolerance and prosperity for all humanity.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Kisangani remains occupied and the sound of marching boots is again being heard. The occupying forces, rather than being withdrawn, are being reinforced on Congolese territory. My Government attaches special importance to the improvement and effectiveness of humanitarian operations in armed conflicts and natural disasters, and particularly to assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons. Similarly, we duly appreciate the efforts of the United Nations to promote and develop international humanitarian law. The natural disaster in Goma, a Congolese city under Rwandese occupation, and the response of the international community are a clear demonstration of the United Nations capacity to respond to humanitarian challenges.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Nothing of the sort occurs in Africa. With regard to the settlement of conflicts, one clearly sees the application of double standards. The most egregious manifestation of that phenomenon is the experience of my country in recent years. The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains an issue of great concern. Years of conflict have created tragic humanitarian situations and dangerous political instability. The Council continues to have trouble ensuring respect for its resolutions. The implementation in particular of resolution 1304 (2000) - which calls for the demilitarization of the city of Kisangani and its environs, the orderly withdrawal of foreign forces from Congolese territory and cooperation in the deployment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - has not even begun.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Indeed, international action based on the Security Council's resolutions seems to yield optimum results only outside Africa, while support for preventing and settling conflicts in Africa in no way corresponds to the magnitude of the problems. "What holds true on one side of the Pyrenees may be false on the other," one French political analyst has said. In other parts of the world experiencing ongoing problems, assistance is granted on a massive economic scale and through trade advantages, while everything is done to encourage countries to improve regional cooperation and to pursue their efforts towards political, economic and social reform so as to enable them to consolidate democracy and human rights, good governance and the promotion of the rule of law and political stability, thus laying the foundations of sustainable development.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“In order to achieve that goal and to inspire the confidence of the United Nations, they must assume their full responsibility in the settlement of disputes and the in the establishment of the conditions necessary to the flourishing of democracy, the pursuit of development and the eradication of poverty. It is therefore important that the United Nations assist in the strengthening of capacities, support subregional initiatives to resolve conflicts on the continent and cooperate more closely with the Organization of African Unity. Such partnership, however, is unfortunately not operational. One clear result of this inadequate cooperation is the perception that the Security Council is often guilty of delaying the full implementation of its own resolutions.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“His presence among us today bears witness to the interest that Africa attaches to this question and is particularly useful in conveying both the concerns and the points of View of Africa. I hope that his participation in this meeting on the situation in Africa will point the way towards a future dialogue between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, which we encourage and hope will prove to be useful, constructive and productive. Africa is, in effect, the theatre of many conflicts and crises violating the United Nations Charter and threatening international peace and security. The spread of these conflicts requires United Nations action in the quest for peace to be reconsidered in order to make it more effective. Governments are, of course, primarily responsible for maintaining the peace.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“The need to give the Security Council an effective role in the maintenance of international peace and security, especially in Africa, has become crucial. The Organization of African Unity/African Union is also playing a very important role in the search for viable solutions, particularly within the framework of the Central Organ of its Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. It is of capital importance that the partnership between the two institutions be strengthened with a view to enhanced efficiency and convincing results. In this regard, I wish to thank Mr. Amara Essy, Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity/African Union, for his particularly informative presentation.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“This mobilization of the international community in support of the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be pursued and broadened in order to help the Congolese people to rebuild their country, restore their unity and create the conditions necessary - especially institutional conditions - to deal with such tragedies. We call on the Secretary-General of our universal Organization and on the Secretary General of our regional organization to spare no effort to coordinate the entire mobilization so as to facilitate the humanitarian work and to promote the unhindered delivery of assistance to the population of Goma and its environs. The responsibility for maintaining international peace and security falls to the Security Council. It is regrettable, however, that insofar as Africa is concerned, results do not always attain the desired level.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“His action, and that of all States, organs and organizations and of all people of goodwill are an expression of their concern to safeguard human life and to respect the dignity of the victims at Goma and its environs. We have been pleasantly surprised by the significant mobilization of means and funds to address the most urgent necessities. We urge the Council to pursue those praiseworthy efforts not only to keep the emergency under control, but also to ensure in the immediate future the reorganization and reconstruction of the city of Goma.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Before continuing, on behalf of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency General Joseph Kabila, and in the name of our Government and people, I would like to express to you, and through you to the whole international community, our gratitude and humble thanks for the generosity and solidarity that you have shown, particularly in reacting with the required speed to the humanitarian emergency created by the eruption of the Nyarigongo Volcano in the Congolese province of North Kivu. Our thanks go especially to our Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for responding as soon as he was informed of the scope of the tragedy in the city of Goma and its environs, especially the loss of life and physical damage.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Thus, conflicts and human tragedies - including the war of aggression of which my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a victim - have received the particular attention of the Council. I am therefore most grateful to the United Nations for keeping the question of the situation in Africa on its agenda, through the Security Council, and for its efforts to find solutions to conflict situations in the world.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“Mr. She Okitundu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Mr. President, at a time when your presidency of the Security Council is coming to an end, allow me to say how proud and deeply satisfied my delegation has been to have the Council guided during January by Mauritius, a fraternal country and, like mine, a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). I would like to take this opportunity to heartily congratulate you for the excellent initiative you have taken in organizing the present meeting on the situation in Africa. Your presidency has been marked by a very special concern - about the problems of Africa, your continent.”
2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source
“In the area that is controlled by the Government, we will see to it that this programme is a success, so that no pretext can be used by Rwanda not to withdraw from our territory. These are the comments I wanted to make following this discussion. Once again, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, as well as the entire Council for having spent so much time on this issue.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“It was merely a physical problem that made it impossible for the supreme body of the national dialogue to meet. I wish also to reassure the Council about the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement programme. My Government pledges to respect its commitments regarding that programme. We are cooperating closely with MONUC, and, as I recalled earlier in my statement, a MONUC team went to Kamina today. The Government will cooperate fully with it so that the programme can succeed. As I also recalled earlier, we want to take away any possible pretext for Rwanda to occupy our country - an occupation that has lasted for three years now.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“It was not held simply because the facilitation did not have sufficient means to convene the plenary, which is the competent body to deal with substantive issues. We are all pleased at the proposal made by the Republic of South Africa to host the national dialogue, because this will make it possible not only to resolve the problem of participation, with respect to pending questions, but also for the plenary to meet. Thus that proposal resolves the financial difficulties. But we believe that international community must remain fully involved in order for the national dialogue to take place. Therefore I wish to reassure all of those who are concerned about what happened at Addis Ababa: the expected results were not obtained simply because the plenary was not able to meet.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“Since January this year, there has been no capital punishment, and this measure will remain in force until measures are taken to abolish the death penalty. There is indeed a problem with the military court, which is a special court, because its rulings are final and cannot be appealed. However, we are thinking about reforming the army, and the court also will be reformed to give defendants the right of appeal to a higher court. I should like to reassure the Council in this respect. Concerning the national dialogue, I wish to stress that all of the components of that dialogue are determined to see it succeed. Though the Addis Ababa meeting was not held as scheduled, it was not the fault of those components. I do not believe that there is any question about the determination to hold this dialogue.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source