BAN SAYS GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR GREAT LAKES PEACE DEAL CAN HELP AFRICA WRITE ‘NEW NARRATIVE’ INVOLVING CEASE TRADE OF IVORY

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BAN SAYS GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR GREAT LAKES PEACE DEAL CAN HELP AFRICA
WRITE 'NEW NARRATIVE'New York, May 29 2013 7:00PMSecretary-General
Ban Ki-moon today called on Governments and private investors alike to
be courageous and help Africa's Great Lakes region leave behind its
strife-torn past and a craft a "new narrative" based on peace,
security and long-term development.

The United Nations chief made that call as he spoke to reporters after
briefing the Security Council on his week-long visit to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda with World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim, and Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Mary
Robinson.

The visit to the region, which also included stops in Mozambique and
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was to support the Peace, Security and
Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the
Region.

The UN-brokered accord, signed in February by 11 African leaders, aims
to end the cycles of conflict and crisis in the eastern DRC – where,
in the most recent hostilities centred around the area of Goma, rebels
from the 23 March Movement (M23) have clashed repeatedly with the DRC
national armed forces (FARDC) – and to build peace in the wider
region.

Mrs. Robinson has dubbed the accord "a framework of hope," and the
Secretary-General echoed that sentiment today, underscoring that the
agreement gives the people of eastern DRC their best chance in many
years for peace, human rights and economic development. "It is also a
foundation for stability and progress for the entire Great Lakes
region," he added.

Mr. Ban <"http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=2846">told
reporters that he and Dr. Kim had visited the Heal Africa hospital in
Goma to meet women and girls who had been brutally raped by armed
groups, including Congolese armed forces. "They, and the people lining
the city streets, had a clear message: no more war, no more abuse, no
more impunity," he said, recalling the hand-written signs the
villagers had waved as he and the World Bank chief had made their
rounds.

Yet, he said, a peace deal must deliver a peace dividend – health,
education, jobs, opportunity. "That is why Dr. Kim announced a new $1
billion dollar World Bank initiative to support social safety nets,
cross-border trade, energy and essential infrastructure," Mr. Ban
said, noting that these investments will boost the work both
organizations are doing to support sustainable economic growth in the
Great Lakes region.

"The region has enormous potential for those with the vision and
courage to invest – Governments and private investors alike," he said,
noting that in the energy sphere alone, geothermal, methane and hydro
resources meant the DRC and the wider Great Lakes could be a
"powerhouse."

Mr. Ban said there is no reason why the DRC cannot follow the
development path of countries such as Mozambique, which had emerged
from a bitter civil war to achieve peace and economic growth.

"Across Africa we see the same story: where there is sustained peace
and good governance, economic growth and prosperity follow. These
changes do not happen overnight – but they are happening," he
declared.

Pledging his determination to do everything in his power to encourage
and nurture "this new African narrative, all the while knowing that
progress can be fragile and that serious challenges remain," he told
reporters that he planned to hold further talks on these matters this
weekend at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development
(TICAD).

He also reminded reporters that his high-level panel on the post-2015
development agenda will release its report tomorrow. "Even as you
cover today's immediate crises, I hope you will also pay attention to
this effort, which aims to put in place the solid foundations for a
peaceful tomorrow," he said.May 29 2013 7:00PM
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