00:00I resume my function as a President of Council.
00:30L'objectif pour la République démocratique du Congo demeure inchangé.
00:49Obtenir une paix juste, durable et véritable n'ont une accalmie factice et éphémère
00:58qui, depuis près de 30 ans, a trop souvent déçu l'espérance de notre peuple.
01:03Nous attendons de la communauté internationale et de ce Conseil de sécurité qu'ils se tiennent
01:10avec constance et courage du côté du droit.
01:14C'est à ce prix que la vérité l'emportera sur l'impunité et que la paix redeviendra possible.
01:20La République démocratique du Congo est un pays de vie, de richesse naturelle et de résilience humaine.
01:28Nous voulons contribuer à la paix mondiale, mais la paix commence par la reconnaissance de notre propre tragédie.
01:36J'adresse à cette Assemblée un appel solennel.
01:40Reconnaissez les génocides congolais, soutenez notre combat pour la vérité et la justice
01:46et aidez-nous à bâtir enfin une paix durable au cœur de l'Afrique.
01:51Nous demandons que les Nations Unies instaurent un régime de sanctions ciblé contre les auteurs des crimes économiques,
01:59mais aussi des crimes de guerre, crimes contre l'humanité et crimes de génocide commis à l'est de mon pays
02:06et qu'elles soutiennent toutes les actions visant à tarir les circuits illicites d'approvisionnement
02:12en minerais qui financent depuis des décennies la guerre et la tragédie humaine.
02:17La communauté internationale a le devoir moral et politique de reconnaître cette tragédie pour ce qu'elle est,
02:27un génocide, et d'agir en conséquence.
02:30Le silence et l'inaction face à ces crimes s'apparentent à une complicité.
02:35Nous demandons la mise en place immédiate d'une commission d'enquête internationale indépendante et dotée de moyens
02:43pour rétablir la vérité, rendre justice aux victimes et rompre le cycle de l'impunité qui nourrit ce drame depuis des décennies.
02:53Monsieur le Président, en ce qui concerne la MONUSCO, la position de mon pays a déjà été exprimée maintes fois ici.
03:01Mon gouvernement est en plus favorable à l'option d'un rôle opérationnel à conférer à la MONUSCO
03:08en matière de vérification d'un éventuel cessez-le-feu et de soutien à la mise en œuvre des accords de paix.
03:16Nous voulons insister sur la nécessité pour les conseils de sécurité de renforcer diplomatiquement, militairement ainsi que financièrement la MONUSCO
03:25pour l'accomplissement de son mandat qui sera bientôt renouvelé.
03:30Nous en appelons au Conseil de prendre des décisions pour contraindre le Rwanda et son supplétif du M23-FC
03:38de ne pas entraver les libertés de mouvement de la force de paix de la MONUSCO.
03:43Thank you for giving me the floor and allow me to begin by commanding the peace process provides a structured and inclusive framework for dialogue
03:53aimed at tackling the root causes of conflict including issues of governance, exclusion, armed groups and ethnic tensions.
04:02Rwanda sees hope in these efforts.
04:06But their success depends on full commitment and genuine political will from all parties involved.
04:13This is a one-time chance to bring lasting peace to the DRC.
04:17And the Security Council must lend its unequivocal support.
04:21We call on all parties to honour their commitments, engage constructively,
04:25and ensure that this process translates into concrete measures that will bring peace and address the underlying drivers of conflict in the Eastern DRC.
04:35I want you to reiterate that Rwanda is fully committed to this process and we shall implement it to the letter.
04:43Having reviewed the Secretary General's report under consideration today,
04:47I wish to share Rwanda's principal concerns, notably the underreporting of critical facts,
04:55the imbalanced portrayal of armed groups, the persistent and dangerous presence of the DRC-backed effort there,
05:03and the implications for MONUSCO's future role as the peace agreement moves into implementation.
05:09I want you to reiterate that the Washington agreement creates a role for MONUSCO.
05:15And this requires that MONUSCO positions itself to implement this role in a constructive way.
05:22So the advice we are giving here is in that logic.
05:26While we value reporting, the latest report on Eastern DRC reflects troubling omissions.
05:36The chief among them is the failure to sufficiently address one of the most dangerous drivers of violence,
05:43and that is hate speech and identity-based persecution.
05:48I know in paragraph 79, the report talks about hate speech, but not sufficiently.
05:53Hate speech is something very dangerous.
05:58I have seen reports of the Security Council where you quote from the social media postings.
06:06Who has not seen hate speech in social media, in classrooms, in churches,
06:14where hate is taught to 10-year-olds?
06:17Who has not seen those posts?
06:19Only last week, some people were being tormented because they had a long nose.
06:27Those who know the history of the region know what it means, what a long nose means.
06:33It means death to some people.
06:36So this is not something that the report must refer to in passing.
06:40The report does not address the issue of mercenaries.
06:46There is a whole convention of the United Nations against the use of mercenaries.
06:52There are more than two Security Council resolutions against the use of mercenaries.
06:58There is the African Union resolution against the use of mercenaries.
07:02When did this council ever address the issue of mercenaries?
07:08There are mercenaries now.
07:10There were mercenaries before.
07:12When they were flushed out of the forests, everyone was there to see.
07:16Why is it that the Security Council treats this as a non-issue?
07:21And why is it that the Monosco does not consider this as an issue?
07:26Why is the Rwanda concerned?
07:28Because it is just across our border.
07:32Kinyarwanda speaking Congolese.
07:37Communities, including Banyamurenga in South Kivu,
07:40are being singled out for expansion and extermination.
07:43Again, who has not seen or who did not hear
07:46that there was an ultimatum given in Uvira for Tutsis to leave the country.
07:53A 10-day ultimatum.
07:55I met one senior official of the UN on the eighth day
07:59to ask why the UN had been silent all along.
08:04A commander of the AME issues an ultimatum for the ethnic group to leave the country.
08:10Where was the emergency meeting to address that?
08:16Why is the UN until now silent about it?
08:19Is it normal that an ethnic group is ordered to leave the country of their origin
08:25to go to where they are perceived to be live?
08:28To belong?
08:32Because telling the truth is the only thing we can do here.
08:36And we will not tire repeating it and repeating it.
08:39Decisions will remain entirely yours.
08:42But the truth of the matters, we shall continue to tell.
08:46FDR.
08:49FDR that is backed by the DRC government
08:52has an origin in the force that killed one million Rwandans.
08:56It is the only genocidal group that remained in its military formation in known locations
09:06with the same intentions and disturbed for the period of 31 years now.
09:13There is not any other single group I know in the history that committed the genocide, remained in that military formation,
09:22kept their arms, regrouped, got supported, remained pursuing its intent for 31 years.
09:30And today the report says they have strongholds, undisturbed.
09:35That is FDR that is discussed here as a non-issue.
09:41Actually, let me say something that you may not have to provide an answer for, but take time to reflect about it.
09:48FDR is within Faradese.
09:50And it is known, it is in your reports.
09:55FDR is assisted by the DRC government.
09:58It is there, it is known, it is in your reports.
10:01Monusco cooperates with the DRC government, with DRC AME,
10:06knowing FDR is within DRC AME.
10:09And what Monusco does, and this is on record, is to avoid units and battalions in which FDR is deployed.
10:20So which standard is that?
10:23That there is a formal military cooperation between a UN force and a government force that has a genocide force within it,
10:33as long as they are not kept in the same units.
10:36Formally, that is the position of Monusco.
10:42What does complicit mean if that is not complicit?
10:48Monusco knows FDR units are within Faradese units.
10:52What they do is just avoid those.
10:54So you can use them elsewhere, as long as we don't mix.
10:59But you are in the same efforts.
11:01Same military efforts, same military campaign.
11:03How did it occur in the wisdom of this council to form that partnership against M23, against Rwanda?
11:14M23 are Congolese who are being expelled from their country.
11:18Rwanda is a country that has suffered the genocide at the hands of FDR,
11:21and which has suffered the 21 more attacks after 1994.
11:29If 21 attacks by a non-state group supported by a state member to the UN,
11:39if it does not constitute the reason to activate Article 51 of the charter,
11:47which justifies that, which threshold does exist.
11:5121 attacks in the period of 31 years.
11:55If you wanted to know how many times FDR has attacked Rwanda,
11:59look at how many travel advisories some of your countries have issued.
12:05Because every time they attack Rwanda,
12:07you advise your citizens in order to go to that part of Rwanda.
12:10Thank you very much for me again.
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