Remarks upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

Je suis trFs content de venir a nouveau a Kigali. On a pas mal de choses a discuter avec le PrTsident Kagame. C'est la deuxiFme fois que je viens ici depuis que j'ai TtT nommT SecrTtaire gTnTral. Mais on a eu l'occasion de parler assez souvent par tTlTphone et on s'est retrouvT a plusieurs reprises a New York et ailleurs et derniFrement a Durban.

So once again I am looking forward to very constructive discussions with the President. I've just come here from Kinshasa and Kisangani, where I found a new spirit and a new sense of urgency for the work we are trying to do for peace. It was not with the leaders that one has sensed that the Congolese want peace, that they are tired of war and would want to move on. The people spoke with their bodies, with their expressions, with their voice and the banners they put up. And I think we can build on this new enthusiasm and this new spirit and in my discussions with Rwandese brothers, I have sensed the same spirit and I think we should, as an international community, work with those countries and the parties, which signed the Lusaka Agreement to move forward for the benefit of the people of this region, who have suffered for too long and need peace and stability and I look forward to pursuing these discusions further with the President. Thank you very much ! *****