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2006-01-27
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2008-04-16
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  1. “Zambia would, in that respect, support early warning systems that anticipate human-made social, political and economic upheavals which are the precursors of Africa's conflicts.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868Resumption1 (2008) · source

  2. “As regards the deployment and management of African Union-led peace support operations, Zambia recommends for consideration at this meeting that such operations be funded through United Nations assessed contributions. Considering the importance of resources to the success of AU missions - and indeed, to those of the United Nations - it is proposed that an in-depth analysis of the current financial outlays to peace missions also be made. While financial resources are cardinal to positive outcomes in conflict zones, Zambia would support cooperative mechanisms that ensure human dignity based on the development of coherent strategies and policies that would protect civilians in armed conflicts.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868Resumption1 (2008) · source

  3. “Africa continues to suffer from a lack of resources and capacity to secure lasting solutions to the continent's conflicts. There is a need, therefore, to develop and work on mechanisms with the United Nations system to enhance the provision of predictable and sustainable resources to Africa's efforts in finding solutions to its conflicts. The United Nations efforts in that respect should include the funding of peace operations, especially that related to start-up financing for equipment and logistics. Zambia supports in that regard the amendment of United Nations rules on peacekeeping budgets to finance regional operations authorized by the Security Council.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868Resumption1 (2008) · source

  4. “This meeting also comes at a time when the international community is seeking to partner with the African Union to find solutions to Africa's flashpoints. Finally, South Africa's presidency also comes at a time when the world is looking to the continent to assume greater responsibility for its own human condition arising from conflict situations. While we recognize the centrality of the Security Council in the maintenance of peace and security, the evolution of conflicts and their management has thrust new responsibilities on the African continent, and indeed the African Union (AU). Africa's willingness to find solutions to some of the hard conflicts has increased Africa's role in the finding of solutions to those conflicts on behalf of the international community, especially the Security Council.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868Resumption1 (2008) · source

  5. “First of all, I would like to commend South Africa for its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, which comes at a momentous period in the affairs of the African continent. With regard to peace and security on the continent, Africa continues to grapple with intractable peace and security situations in many parts of the continent. South Africa's presidency is therefore a further confirmation of the confidence of the international community in the leadership and role that South Africa continues to play in the various conflicts and their resolution. South Africa's role has in many ways enhanced Africa's initiatives in the resolution of some of Africa's long-standing conflicts. In that regard, the convening of this meeting is relevant in our attempt to find solutions to Africa's raging conflicts.”

    2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868Resumption1 (2008) · source

  6. “We would therefore appeal to the United Nations to continue to maintain its important role in the peace process not only by extending the presence of the joint United Nations/African Union secretariat, but also by strengthening the administrative role of its staff in Nairobi.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  7. “Zambia is aware and shares with the Group of Friends its understanding of the negatives encountered in the process. We want to encourage the Council, however, to see that the road to peace is not always peaceable in itself. Our experience in the fight for freedom for southern Africa in particular bears testimony to that. Let us therefore stand firm together. We are encouraged that the future holds great promise for the Great Lakes region. Let us turn those challenges into a greater vision for that area with such great potential for regional and world peace. As we approach the second summit in Nairobi, which will launch the pact on security, stability and development, the participation of both the Group of Friends and the joint United Nations/African Union secretariat in Nairobi is bound to become more crucial and dependable.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  8. “At the national level, it is important to note that in 2005 Zambia held workshops for youth, women, the media, civil society, non-governmental organizations, the private sector/permanent secretaries as policy implementers, and parliamentarians in order to strategize their respective roles in the implementation of the Dar es-Salaam Declaration. In the area of democracy and good governance, Zambia has just successfully completed a review of its electoral laws in readiness for this year's presidential, parliamentary and local Government elections. Meanwhile, a new draft constitution is in the process of being made ready for enactment by Parliament. Zambia would like to join those members that have commended the work that the Group of Friends has been doing in the peace process in the Great Lakes region.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  9. “Within the context of peacebuilding and development, Zambia has continued to participate in United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions, thereby maintaining its profile in global and international relations. At the regional level, every effort has been made to share the regional ownership of solutions to most of the root causes of poverty and underdevelopment in the Great Lakes region through Zambia's participation and membership in the African Union, the Southern Africa Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and, only recently, as a new signatory to the Peer Review Mechanism of the New Partnership for Africa's Development.”

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  10. “Therefore, Zambia would like to associate itself with the efforts towards the operationalization of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission within the context of the 2005 world summit outcome. Zambia as a nation is always seeking peace and peaceful means to attain world peace, looks forward to contributing to the activities of the Commission and is available to host any programmes and projects that will be deemed necessary in order to add value to the peace process in the Great Lakes region. I would be remiss in my contribution if I did not account briefly for Zambia's activities in the peace process of the Great Lakes region.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  11. “In short, peace and security have depended very much on the fight against poverty and underdevelopment; hence, the need to emphasize peacebuilding and development as a linchpin of the peace process in the Great Lakes region. Furthermore, in accepting the fact that the root causes of Africa's wars, conflicts and political instabilities are complex and multifaceted, Zambia suggests that the approach of establishing linkages between the four thematic areas already identified in the peace process in the Great Lakes region should be maintained and strengthened. Within that context, we believe that the emphasis on peacebuilding and development should take centre stage in the achievement of peace and security in the Great Lakes region.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  12. “We believe that there cannot be durable or lasting peace and security without sustainable human development and, conversely, that there cannot be any meaningful development without peace and security. We also believe that the absence of war does not always guarantee human security and dignity, particularly where poverty levels are high; nor does it guarantee peace. Zambia therefore maintains that, since gaining political independence, many countries in the Great Lakes region, like other former colonial countries, have had to deal with the challenges of correcting the ills and inadequacies of the colonial past, while at the same time trying to meet the demands of newly independent populations to provide for new jobs, more schools, hospitals, housing and so forth.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  13. “Madam President, allow me to congratulate you upon your country's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. The occasion is special in that the United Republic of Tanzania has also served as Chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region since the first Summit, in Dar es-Salaam in November 2004, when our heads of State and Government adopted the Dar es-Salaam Declaration on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region. We therefore wish you success as you preside over the affairs of this Council. Zambia shares the view that peace and development are two sides of the same coin.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source