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    For more, See InnerCityPress.com. Background before meeting: In Burundi, Killings Included UNDP Staffer, Journalist Held, Ban to Saudi By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- As killings in Burundi have increased, a November 9 UN Security Council meeting was belated announced, from Paris, on Friday November 6. Inner City Press, with a more than 100-part series on Burundi, asked UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric who would brief the Security Council for the Secretariat, but got no answer. From other senior UN sources the Press was told on November 6 that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would speak on Burundi inside the Council, along with Prince Zeid and the chair of the UN Peacebuilding Confirmation by video from Burundi. On November 8, Ban announces he will instead go to Saudi Arabia. Priorities. On Monday in New York in rebuttal, Burundi will speak, but not Uganda as mediator: it's said President Yoweri Museveni has not finished reading the report about Burundi: “I was reading the report today but I haven’t finished it,” Museveni told journalists at State House Entebbe. On November 7 came reports of killings, including it was said a UN system staff member. This has been confirmed by UNDP - but only the local Buurndi office. Still from the UN, nothing. The Security Council issued a Press Statement on November 7... about Libya. Burundian journalist Blaise Célestin Ndihokubwayo has been arrested and sent to the Service national de renseignement (SNR). Where is UNESCO and its director, who wants to be the next UN Secretary General? On October 23 Inner City Press asked UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft about the status of the draft Presidential Statement in the UN Security Council. He said there are differing views, but the UK is concerned about the "threat of genocide." Video here. On November 3, Inner City Press again put a Burundi questions to Rycroft, now President of the Security Council for November. Video here, story here. The son of human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa has reportedly been murdered, after Pierre Nkurunziza tweeted that "No one living abroad should consider himself superior to those who stayed in Burundi, since most of them have left their families here." On November 6, a belated Security Council meeting on Burundi was announced -- from Paris, by French foreign ministry spokesperson Romain Nadal. Why the delay? Why announced in that way? Later on November 6, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (whose spokesman could not tell Inner City Press if Ban will have any representative in the Security Council's meeting on Monday) put out this statement. Inner City Press at the November 6 UN noon briefing asked how these concerns were consistent with Ban deferring to the Ugandan Defense Minister (for the EAC, Ban's spokesman pointed out), and asked if Ban will even have a representative briefing the UN Security Council on Monday. UNclear. Video here. The US' Tom Perriello, filmed at the State Department, noted the weekend deadline. But why then was the UN Security Council meeting left until after the deadline? US Ambassador Samantha Power put out this statement, here. Behind the continued killing, here's an issue: Inner City Press is informed that a number of Burundian civil society leaders and journalists have improperly been flagged to Interpol as if their passports had been stolen. This has made it impossible, for example, for Vital Nshimirimana to travel to a speak about the crisis in Burundi at a conference in (Ban Ki-moon's native) South Korea. Inner City Press on November 4 asked the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Ivan Simonovic and UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric about this. Interpol often brags at the UN how it is useful on the issue of foreign fighters. It's Secretary General Jurgen Stock spoke before the UN Security Council on May 29, 2015. But what about when Interpol is misused by a government like Pierre Nkuru

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    For more, See InnerCityPress.com. Background before meeting: In Burundi, Killings Included UNDP Staffer, Journalist Held, Ban to Saudi By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- As killings in Burundi have increased, a November 9 UN Security Council meeting was belated announced, from Paris, on Friday November 6. Inner City Press, with a more than 100-part series on Burundi, asked UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric who would brief the Security Council for the Secretariat, but got no answer. From other senior UN sources the Press was told on November 6 that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would speak on Burundi inside the Council, along with Prince Zeid and the chair of the UN Peacebuilding Confirmation by video from Burundi. On November 8, Ban announces he will instead go to Saudi Arabia. Priorities. On Monday in New York in rebuttal, Burundi will speak, but not Uganda as mediator: it's said President Yoweri Museveni has not finished reading the report about Burundi: “I was reading the report today but I haven’t finished it,” Museveni told journalists at State House Entebbe. On November 7 came reports of killings, including it was said a UN system staff member. This has been confirmed by UNDP - but only the local Buurndi office. Still from the UN, nothing. The Security Council issued a Press Statement on November 7... about Libya. Burundian journalist Blaise Célestin Ndihokubwayo has been arrested and sent to the Service national de renseignement (SNR). Where is UNESCO and its director, who wants to be the next UN Secretary General? On October 23 Inner City Press asked UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft about the status of the draft Presidential Statement in the UN Security Council. He said there are differing views, but the UK is concerned about the "threat of genocide." Video here. On November 3, Inner City Press again put a Burundi questions to Rycroft, now President of the Security Council for November. Video here, story here. The son of human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa has reportedly been murdered, after Pierre Nkurunziza tweeted that "No one living abroad should consider himself superior to those who stayed in Burundi, since most of them have left their families here." On November 6, a belated Security Council meeting on Burundi was announced -- from Paris, by French foreign ministry spokesperson Romain Nadal. Why the delay? Why announced in that way? Later on November 6, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (whose spokesman could not tell Inner City Press if Ban will have any representative in the Security Council's meeting on Monday) put out this statement. Inner City Press at the November 6 UN noon briefing asked how these concerns were consistent with Ban deferring to the Ugandan Defense Minister (for the EAC, Ban's spokesman pointed out), and asked if Ban will even have a representative briefing the UN Security Council on Monday. UNclear. Video here. The US' Tom Perriello, filmed at the State Department, noted the weekend deadline. But why then was the UN Security Council meeting left until after the deadline? US Ambassador Samantha Power put out this statement, here. Behind the continued killing, here's an issue: Inner City Press is informed that a number of Burundian civil society leaders and journalists have improperly been flagged to Interpol as if their passports had been stolen. This has made it impossible, for example, for Vital Nshimirimana to travel to a speak about the crisis in Burundi at a conference in (Ban Ki-moon's native) South Korea. Inner City Press on November 4 asked the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Ivan Simonovic and UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric about this. Interpol often brags at the UN how it is useful on the issue of foreign fighters. It's Secretary General Jurgen Stock spoke before the UN Security Council on May 29, 2015. But what about when Interpol is misused by a government like Pierre Nkuru

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    On Burundi, Uganda PR Nduhuura's UNSC Speech, Nov 9, 2015

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    For more, See InnerCityPress.com. Background before meeting: In Burundi, Killings Included UNDP Staffer, Journalist Held, Ban to Saudi By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- As killings in Burundi have increased, a November 9 UN Security Council meeting was belated announced, from Paris, on Friday November 6. Inner City Press, with a more than 100-part series on Burundi, asked UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric who would brief the Security Council for the Secretariat, but got no answer. From other senior UN sources the Press was told on November 6 that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would speak on Burundi inside the Council, along with Prince Zeid and the chair of the UN Peacebuilding Confirmation by video from Burundi. On November 8, Ban announces he will instead go to Saudi Arabia. Priorities. On Monday in New York in rebuttal, Burundi will speak, but not Uganda as mediator: it's said President Yoweri Museveni has not finished reading the report about Burundi: “I was reading the report today but I haven’t finished it,” Museveni told journalists at State House Entebbe. On November 7 came reports of killings, including it was said a UN system staff member. This has been confirmed by UNDP - but only the local Buurndi office. Still from the UN, nothing. The Security Council issued a Press Statement on November 7... about Libya. Burundian journalist Blaise Célestin Ndihokubwayo has been arrested and sent to the Service national de renseignement (SNR). Where is UNESCO and its director, who wants to be the next UN Secretary General? On October 23 Inner City Press asked UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft about the status of the draft Presidential Statement in the UN Security Council. He said there are differing views, but the UK is concerned about the "threat of genocide." Video here. On November 3, Inner City Press again put a Burundi questions to Rycroft, now President of the Security Council for November. Video here, story here. The son of human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa has reportedly been murdered, after Pierre Nkurunziza tweeted that "No one living abroad should consider himself superior to those who stayed in Burundi, since most of them have left their families here." On November 6, a belated Security Council meeting on Burundi was announced -- from Paris, by French foreign ministry spokesperson Romain Nadal. Why the delay? Why announced in that way? Later on November 6, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (whose spokesman could not tell Inner City Press if Ban will have any representative in the Security Council's meeting on Monday) put out this statement. Inner City Press at the November 6 UN noon briefing asked how these concerns were consistent with Ban deferring to the Ugandan Defense Minister (for the EAC, Ban's spokesman pointed out), and asked if Ban will even have a representative briefing the UN Security Council on Monday. UNclear. Video here. The US' Tom Perriello, filmed at the State Department, noted the weekend deadline. But why then was the UN Security Council meeting left until after the deadline? US Ambassador Samantha Power put out this statement, here. Behind the continued killing, here's an issue: Inner City Press is informed that a number of Burundian civil society leaders and journalists have improperly been flagged to Interpol as if their passports had been stolen. This has made it impossible, for example, for Vital Nshimirimana to travel to a speak about the crisis in Burundi at a conference in (Ban Ki-moon's native) South Korea. Inner City Press on November 4 asked the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Ivan Simonovic and UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric about this. Interpol often brags at the UN how it is useful on the issue of foreign fighters. It's Secretary General Jurgen Stock spoke before the UN Security Council on May 29, 2015. But what about when Interpol is misused by a government like Pierre Nkuru

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    UGANDA

    Permanent Mission of Uganda

    TeR : (212) 949 - 0110

    To the United Nations


    New York

    Fax : (212) 687 - 4517

    STATEMENT
    BY
    AMBASSADOR RICHARD NDUHUURA
    PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
    AT THE
    SECURITY COUNICIL BRIEFING ON THE SITUATION IN BURUNDI

    NOVEMBER 9, 2 0 1 5
    New York

    Please check against delivery

    Mr. President
    I take this opportunity to congratulate you and your country-United Kingdom
    upon assumption of the Security Council Presidency for this month and for
    organizing this important meeting on the security situation in Burundi. I also thank

    you for inviting Uganda to brief the Council on the East African Community
    efforts to facilitate dialogue in Burundio
    Until recently, Burundi had been a success story of the efforts undertaken by the
    region to address insecurity in the country. The efforts of the region led to the
    signing of the Arusha Peace Accord, and the Heads of State of the countries of
    the region have continued to provide their support for the peace building efforts
    in Burundi.

    Fifteen years after the signing of Arusha Peace Accord, all the country's political
    leaders, including those in exile, must aim to find a common cause and commit

    to build on the stability that was ushered in by the said Agreement.


    Mr. President,

    Uganda underscores the role of the regional and sub-regional organizations in

    peaceful settlement of conflicts in line with chapter VIII of the Charter of the
    United Nations. United Nations and the international community should support
    efforts of the regional and sub-regional organizations in addressing challenges
    relating to peace and security, human rights and development.
    On 31st May, 2015, an emergency Summit of the East African Community on the
    situation in Burundi was convened. The Summit was also attended by H.E Jacob
    Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa and guarantor of the Arusha
    Peace Accord, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, UN SecretaryGeneral's Special Envoy on the Great Lakes Region and Executive Secretary of
    the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. The Heads of State
    were concerned about the violence in Bujumbura and other parts of Burundi
    which resulted into the deaths of many people, influx of refugees in neighboring
    countries and destruction of property. The Summit called upon all parties to stop
    violence and exercise restraint.

    At the 3rd Extra-ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the East African
    Community (EAC) held on July 6, 2015, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of

    the Republic of Uganda was requested to lead and facilitate dialogue at the
    highest level in a bid to find a lasting solution to the political situation and ensure
    that peace returns to Burundi. Accordingly, from ]4 -15 July, 2015, President
    Museveni was in Burundi and met all the stakeholders in a bid to set momentum

    for dialogue. The President has also been in contact with the UN SecretaryGeneral and Leaders in the region.
    Subsequently, President Museveni delegated Hon. Chrispus Kiyonga, Uganda's
    Minister of Defence to continue facilitating the dialogue in Burundi. The Minister
    on behalf of the President travelled to Bujumbura and chaired stakeholders
    meetings on 16, 17 and 18 July, 2015. In his engagements, the Minister
    underscored the need to find a durable political solution through dialogue
    among all parties and called upon them to desist from incitement and violence.
    He left Bujumbura and elections for the President took place on 21 July, 2015.
    On 26 July, 2015, H.E Pierre Nkurunziza sent his Special Envoys to Kampala, Hon
    Nyebanda, Speaker of Burundi Parliament accompanied by Hon Agathon
    Rwasa, first deputy Speaker and two other Members of Parliament. It was further
    agreed that the EAC mandated dialogue must continue.

    Mr. President,

    Uganda remains committed to facilitating the dialogue as mandated by the


    East African Community Heads of State. In this regard, Hon Kiyonga, recently
    visited Bujumbura from 28- 29 October, 2015 to follow up with his assignment in
    Burundi.

    He held meetings with the following officials;


    1. The President of the Senate and his two deputies,
    2. The President of the National Assembly with his two deputies, including
    Hon. Agathon Rwasa who comes from the opposition,
    3. Hon. Minister of Home Affairs and
    4. The Commission appointed by President Nkuru7iza to conduct the InterBurundi dialogue.

    In all the meetings he held with the officials mentioned above, the Minister of
    Defence got consistent and similar messages that while they welcome the EAC
    intervention, their preference is for the EAC to play an advisory role to the
    Commission.

    Hon Kiyonga reiterated that the East African Community facilitation efforts
    would proceed as originally conceived but would indeed work with the
    commission Given the Minister's position, the officials promised to get back
    after consultations with their Principal, H.E Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the
    Republic of Burundio We are therefore optimistic that there will be progress in
    light of the recent meetings held in Bujumbura.

    The next Summit of the East African Community Heads of State is scheduled to
    take place on 30th November, 2015 and certainly the security situation in Burundi
    will be on the agenda

    Mr. President,

    It is important to note that, the region has remained actively seized of the
    matter, and recently, on 20 October, 2015, the International Conference on the
    Great Lakes region held a meeting of the Ministers of Defence in Luanda,
    Angola, which discussed among others the security situation in Burundio The
    meeting in its recommendations;
    . Appreciated the efforts of the EAC Mediation process led by H.E Yoweri
    Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda in search of peace and

    stability in Burundi,
    Welcomed the willingness of the Government of the Republic of Burundi
    to engage in an all-inclusive inter-Burundi dialogue to be conducted in
    and outside Burundi under various thematic areas in consideration of
    peace and unity required by the people of Burundi.
    Equally, the African Union Peace and Security Council has continuously

    demonstrated its ability to follow closely the security situation in Burundi as


    reflected in its recently adopted Communiqu6 of 17 October, 2015.

    All these regional efforts are consistent with chapter Vl and VIII of the United
    Nations Charter.
    Mr. Presidenf,

    We stress the importance of coordination among international and regional


    efforts in supporting dialogue in Burundi.
    All efforts must be focused on a credible and inclusive dialogue aimed at
    reestablishment of trust and reconciliation that will ensure confidence building
    among all parties and return of security and stability to spur development in
    Burundi.

    m fhank you for your atfenfion.

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