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Wiltzer

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first: 2004-03-25
most recent: 2005-02-23
sittings or episodes: 2
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“The draft resolution presented by the Benin presidency endeavours to respond with ambition and determination to the various points I have just raised. That is why we fully support it. I hope that our debate today will strengthen Benin in its determination, and that agreement can be reached quickly on the text that has been presented.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“It is intolerable that parties identified in the black lists of child recruiters continue to be supplied with light arms, which are easily used by children. It seems to us therefore that the Council should send a strong message in that regard. Ultimately, effectively stopping child recruitment and fighting against the many violations on the ground require us all to mobilize - States, United Nations bodies and agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations, regional and subregional organizations and civil society. Each one must come face to face with its responsibilities. At the beginning of my remarks I expressed the hope that our debate today would be action-oriented.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“Experience shows - and this is particularly true in West Africa and the Great Lakes region - that recruits are often re-enlisting: having been demobilized, but lacking adequate care, children are enrolled again in the ranks of armed groups. The reintegration segments are often the poor relations in DDR programmes for want of the necessary financing, and also for the lack of proper coordination among all the actors involved on the ground. In this regard, it is important and urgent to appoint a leader to ensure the coherence of all actions undertaken on the ground. My final point - one that is of particular concern to us - is the proven link between small arms trafficking and child recruitments. Last week's debate in the Council (see S/PV.5127) cast light on that link.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“Denied the right to education and their chances for balanced development - in short, cheated of their future - these children are victims above all. But we must also prevent them, deprived of family and social guidance, from becoming a potential factor for the recurrence of crises. Any country emerging from war takes a risk by leaving its young people on the sidelines, without prospects and knowing only the culture of violence. Programmes for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of combatants must take into account the specific needs of children - in particular those of girls, as just mentioned, who are often even more severely affected than boys, and whose reintegration is even more difficult.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“The first element is a monitoring and reporting mechanism. Its purpose is to provide for the systematic and rapid gathering of objective, accurate and reliable information on violations against children in situations of armed conflict. This information is absolutely necessary if we want to move to action. The Secretary- General, in his recent report, proposes an action plan for setting up such a mechanism, involving a broad range of actors, including, naturally, his Special Representative, Olara Otunnu, and UNICEF. The Council should approve the plan and request that it be implemented as quickly as possible. The role of non- governmental organizations within this system will have to be clearly identified. The second key element is the reintegration of child soldiers.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“One of those questions relates to the fact that groups identified in the black lists are involved in conflicts well beyond the range of situations on the Council's agenda. We will also have to take into account the fact that some of those groups are already subject to sanctions regimes. Lastly, we will have to keep in mind the fact that recruitment itself is part of a whole spectrum of very serious violations, particularly those linked to sexual violence. All those questions will naturally have to be studied and discussed in detail. At the same time, we must avoid concentrating exclusively on the issue of sanctions. Those measures, while certainly necessary, must be part of a comprehensive mechanism of monitoring and reporting, as well as follow-up, with respect to demobilized children. Let me briefly touch on those mechanisms.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“However, that resolution, like resolution 1379 (2001), has not been implemented in terms of its main provisions. France, the author of both those texts, which it submitted to and negotiated in the Council, deems this situation unacceptable. Accordingly, we subscribe fully to the recommendation of the Secretary-General, who, in his most recent report, reiterates the request he made last year to the Security Council, that is, to agree on specific, targeted measures in the absence of progress on the ground. Those measures are necessary. They are explicitly envisaged in the last three resolutions adopted by the Council on this matter. We must now move from consideration to action. We are well aware that the decision to impose targeted sanctions raises many questions.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“Indeed, since 1999, the Council has adopted five resolutions demanding an immediate end to child recruitment and progressively stepping up pressure on the armed groups responsible. Two of those resolutions illustrate that progression clearly: first, resolution 1379 (2001), adopted on 20 November 2001, requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Council a "blacklist" of parties to an armed conflict that recruit or use child soldiers in violation of international norms, and for the first time envisioned targeted sanctions; and, secondly, resolution 1539 (2004), adopted last year, demanded that the parties identified in the blacklists halt any practices in violation of international law and established a graduated, concrete regime on the ground providing - in the absence of progress and as a last resort - for sanctions against the parties concerned.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“That is why our debate today must be action- oriented. It must enlighten us as to the urgent and necessary measures that must be taken to put an end to this situation. As the Secretary-General's latest report rightly notes, we are confronted today with a cruel dichotomy. On the one hand, clear and rigorous standards have been adopted at the international level to ensure the protection of children in armed conflict. On the other, however, atrocities continue to be perpetrated on the ground, and those who commit them enjoy almost total impunity. That failure to implement the standards it has decreed must be a matter of concern to the international community. More particularly, it is a matter of concern to us, the members of the Security Council.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“Mr. Wiltzer (France) (spoke in French): May I first thank you, Mr. Minister, and, through you, Benin, for having taken the initiative to convene this debate on children and armed conflict. As the Council is aware, France has for a number of years been deeply involved in this question at the United Nations and with its European Union partners, and fully supports you, Sir, in this initiative. All over the world, wars continue to bring death and suffering to vast numbers of children. The staggering numbers referred to by Mr. Otunnu and Ms. Rima Salah - both of whom I would like to thank - make clear this unacceptable reality. The suffering of a child caught up in the storm of an adult war is always revolting, but for a child to be exploited and used in such a war is a scandal that the international community must not tolerate.”
2005-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5129 (2005) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. May I take this opportunity to thank all the speakers for participating in this meeting. The meeting rose at 1.35 p.m.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council considers reform of the security sector an essential element for peace and stability in West Africa and urgently calls on donor countries and the international financial community to coordinate their efforts to support ECOWAS, in particular its Executive Secretariat, and to assist the States in the subregion in their efforts to reform the security sector. "The Security Council, in the context of its emphasis on the regional dimension of the problems in West Africa, expresses its intention to keep under review the implementation of the above-mentioned recommendations and requests the Secretary-General to report on them at the occasion of his regular reports on the United Nations missions in the subregion." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2004/7.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council considers that civil society actors, including the media, have an important role to play in crisis management and conflict prevention in the region and that their efforts in this regard deserve to be actively supported by the regional States, ECOWAS, the international community and the United Nations system. Increased support should be provided for the media to raise awareness about the plight of child soldiers, the use and proliferation of small arms and the recruitment of mercenaries. "The Security Council welcomes the consideration being given in the International Contact Group on Liberia (ICGL) to broadening its mandate to the cross-border issues concerning Liberia and its neighbouring countries.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council recalls that the existence of the many illegitimate checkpoints and the practice of extortion at them in the region harms the security of civilians and is a major stumbling block to the economic development of all West Africa. It therefore invites the Governments concerned to take the necessary steps to effectively address this impediment to regional economic integration with the support of the international community. "The Security Council calls on the ECOWAS member States to work together to agree a coherent approach to the problem of foreign combatants. "The Security Council calls on the Mano River Union States to resume dialogue and consider holding a summit of heads of State and meetings of ministers to develop a common approach to their shared security issues and confidence-building measures.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council recognizes the need to address both the supply and demand side with regard to private companies selling illegally small arms or security services and invites the Governments concerned to take appropriate steps to prevent such illegal sales. "The Security Council recalls the measures it has implemented on the illegal exploitation and trade of diamonds and timber in the subregion and encourages ECOWAS and its member States to promote transparent and sustainable exploitation of these resources. "The Security Council encourages ECOWAS to publicly identify parties and actors who are shown to engage in illicit trafficking of small arms in the subregion and use mercenaries, and expresses its intention to consider adopting such practice in relation to the conflicts in West Africa.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council invites the ECOWAS member States to take all necessary steps to better combat illegal trafficking in small arms and light weapons in the region, such as the establishment of a regional register of small arms and light weapons. The Security Council calls on donor countries to help the ECOWAS member States implement these steps. "The Security Council urges all States, in particular those in the region and those with a capacity to export arms, to ensure that arms embargoes are fully implemented in the subregion. It expresses its intention to pay close attention and remain in consultation with ECOWAS and Member States on steps to stop the illicit flows of arms to conflict zones in the region.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council reiterates the importance of finding durable solutions to the problem of refugees and displaced persons in the subregion and urges the States in the region to promote necessary conditions for their voluntary and safe return with the support of relevant international organizations and donor countries. "The Security Council considers that illegal trafficking in arms poses a threat to international peace and security in the region. It, therefore, urges the ECOWAS member States to fully implement their moratorium on the import, export and manufacture of light weapons signed in Abuja on 31 October 1998. It also invites them to study the possibility of strengthening its provisions.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council invites the Secretary- General and ECOWAS to take the requisite practical decisions to improve the coordination of United Nations and ECOWAS activities in West Africa. "The Security Council stresses the importance of a regional approach in the preparation and implementation of demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) programmes. To this end it invites the United Nations missions in West Africa, the Governments concerned, the appropriate financial institutions, international development agencies and donor countries to work together to harmonize individual country DDR programmes within an overarching regional strategy to design community development programmes to be implemented alongside DDR programmes, and to pay special attention to the specific needs of children in armed conflict.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council expresses its intention to consider the Secretary-General's recommendations to facilitate cross-border operations and to strengthen cooperation among the United Nations missions in the region, including the possibility of 'hot pursuit' operations, joint air patrolling, shared border responsibility, the possible reinforcement of airspace monitoring and joint planning for the repatriation of foreign combatants. It looks forward to receiving as soon as possible the Secretary-General's recommendations after due consultation with the Governments concerned. It also encourages the States in the subregion to organize common patrols along their respective borders, jointly if need be with the respective United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council encourages the Secretary-General's Special Representative for West Africa to continue to hold regular meetings on coordination among the United Nations missions in the region in the interest of improved cohesion and maximum efficiency of United Nations activities in West Africa. It also encourages the greatest possible harmonization among United Nations agencies within countries of the subregion. "The Security Council requests the Secretary-General to encourage the United Nations missions in West Africa to share information and their logistic and administrative resources as far as possible, without impeding the satisfactory execution of their respective mandates, in order to increase their effectiveness and reduce costs.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“It consequently urges ECOWAS to work closely with the United Nations system, the international financial institutions and the other international and regional organizations concerned, including the newly established African Union Peace and Security Council, as well as with interested States, in drafting a regional conflict prevention policy taking fully into account the recommendations of the recent joint United Nations and European Union mission to the region. "The Security Council stresses the importance of the role of the Secretary-General's Special Representative for West Africa in facilitating the coordination of a coherent United Nations approach to cross-border and transnational problems in the subregion.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council takes note in this regard of the report of the Secretary-General dated 12 March 2004 (S/2004/200) and its recommendations to address cross-border issues, in particular the plight of child soldiers and the use and proliferation of mercenaries and small arms, within the context of a regional approach. The Security Council believes action on the report should be taken as part of a wider strategy of conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict stabilization in the subregion. "The Security Council welcomes the principles set out by the African Union and NEPAD, which provide an important framework for such action. It encourages ECOWAS member States to ensure that these are fully implemented.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“Following consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council. "The Security Council, recalling its relevant resolutions and the statements of its President, emphasizes the importance of addressing the continuing factors of instability in West Africa within a regional framework. It recognizes the need for a comprehensive and composite approach for durable solutions to the complex crises and conflicts in West Africa. Such an approach should address the root causes of conflict and consider means to promote sustainable peace and security, including development and economic revival, good governance and political reform.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“These initiatives all attest to the African willingness to respond to challenges of their continent. The international community must support these efforts. France provides them all its support and will continue to do so. It remains very active with its partners within the European Union so that the latter may reinforce its efforts for the service of peace and development in Africa. I now resume my functions as President. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Ireland. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“I have already mentioned ECOWAS in West Africa, but the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in the Central African Republic and the African Union in Burundi are also key players in the restoration of peace through their intense diplomatic efforts but also, when necessary, through the establishment of a military presence for stabilization. The African Union has decided to set up a Council for Peace and Security. This new body will be a special partner of the United Nations Security Council, since a large part of the latter's activity is devoted to Africa. Within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), African States have chosen to further develop their collective action for peace and security, and for this they have decided to increase their institutional and operational capacities.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“Generally speaking, we should coordinate this preventive approach in the different international authorities concerned - the United Nations and the Security Council, of course, but also regional and subregional organizations as well as international financial institutions. Let us better coordinate our collective action in order to prevent these crises and conflicts. Lastly, a new mobilization of Africans for peace and development in their continent should also be supported. The stabilization of West Africa and the continent can be possible and lasting only through the mobilization of the African partners themselves. We should pay special tribute to the initiatives already undertaken.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“For example, why should we not consider setting up, in a regional context, an embargo on arms destined for armed groups and non- States groups? Or perhaps we could help the countries of the region strengthen their control over their natural resources through the support of United Nations peacekeeping operations or through other mechanisms. Apart from these ideas and proposals, the States of the region and the international community as a whole must also stress conflict prevention in order to prevent falling into a spiral of instability. We must be attentive to situations that, without being overt crises, are likely to deteriorate rapidly. The Secretary-General drew our attention to this point in the conclusion of his report. He invited us to pay particular attention to the situation in Guinea.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“With the assistance of the international community, the countries of the region must combine their efforts in order to better monitor their borders, dismantle illegal checkpoints, which hinder the free movement of people and goods, fight the illegal exploitation of natural resources, ensure security in the refugee camps and fight drug trafficking. I am also thinking about the situation of children in armed conflicts, which is a particularly tragic aspect of those conflicts and which should be the object of special mobilization and action on the part of States of the region and of the international community as a whole. There are many very useful proposals in the Secretary-General's report, and we should thank him for them. A few additional ideas could be added to those set out in the report.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“This issue is especially urgent when it comes to the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), which is being carried out simultaneously in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. We must also urgently end the trafficking of small arms and the recruiting of mercenaries who destabilize entire countries. It is the responsibility of all the States in the region, but also - and I am thinking in particular of arms trafficking - it is also the responsibility of all the other States, which are potentially concerned by the export, the brokerage or the financing of operations involving small arms and light weapons.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“In order to be fully effective, the mobilization of the international community must provide a long-term benefit to the region as a whole. Here we welcome the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General in West Africa. The recommendations presented this morning in the Secretary-General's report and in the statements on this subject outline paths of cooperation between States of the region and regional and subregional organizations, including ECOWAS and the African Union, the United Nations and other States and partner organizations. A few points deserve to be highlighted. First, we have to coordinate better the considerable resources that the international community has committed to the region and the many initiatives to support the peace process. This has been said by several speakers this morning.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“For its part, the Security Council has taken many initiatives aimed at restoring peace in the region. France has been at the forefront in many of these areas. In Cote d'Ivoire, France will maintain a substantial presence for peace alongside the United Nations peacekeeping operation which is to be put in place in the coming days. I would like to recall once again that the responsibility for restoring stability and peace rests primarily with the Ivorian parties themselves. When mutual commitments have been undertaken, it is everyone's duty to respect them. Violence is taking place, as we speak, in Cote d'Ivoire. France expresses its concern and urgently calls for restraint and appeals to the sense of responsibility of all of those involved in Cote d'Ivoire.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“This meeting of the Security Council is taking place at a time of hope for the settlement of crises in West Africa but a time in which, as we can see today, threats and elements of fragility persist. Following Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia have in turn initiated peace processes through the Linas-Marcoussis and Accra Agreements, respectively. We must ensure that these hopes for peace materialize. Of course, the primary responsibility in this respect rests with the signatories of the agreements, who must fully and unconditionally, both in Liberia and in Cote d'Ivoire, implement the commitments they have undertaken. France appeals to them to do so. The international community, for its part, must continue decisively to support their efforts, as it has been doing, and in this respect, the involvement of ECOWAS must be welcomed.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“I will now make a statement in my capacity as representative of France. First of all, I would like to say that I am pleased that the Security Council was able to hold this meeting today, a meeting which France had sought for this month in order to examine the cross-border problems that threaten peace and security in West Africa. I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming the presence of Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, who is the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, its Executive Secretary. I would also like to warmly thank everyone who has taken the floor this morning.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Zephirin Diabre. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“I now invite the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his statement and for his kind words addressed to me. I now call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Akufo-Addo.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa, document S/2004/200. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and invite him to take the floor.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Egeland to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Zephirin Diabre to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“At the invitation of the President, Nana Akufo- Addo (Ghana) took a seat at the Council table; the representatives of the other aforementioned countries took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber The President (spoke in French): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, and invited him to take a seat at the Council table.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend invitations to the representatives of Ghana, Ireland and Japan to participate in the meeting without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedures. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana and current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, His Excellency Nana Akufo- Addo.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source