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Burundi: Security Council
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Burundi's physical isolation constitutes a major barrier to trade and has obstructed growth of non-agricultural sectors. But the spiral of population growth, environmental degradation and falling agricultural productivity dictates that solutions to Burundi's food security problems must be found outside agriculture.
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Given the problems with privileging the state as the referent object for any discourse on security in Burundi, what then of other candidates for the role of referent object? One obvious candidate is ethnic identity given that the situation in Burundi is often understood in terms of an ‘ethnic conflict’.
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Adult dependents of U.S. Embassy personnel in Burundi were authorized to return to Burundi in June 2006, and all dependents, including minors, were authorized to return in December 2007. Nonetheless, Embassy employees are still subject to certain travel restrictions. Certain areas of the capital of Bujumbura are off-limits to Embassy personnel. In addition, the Embassy’s Regional Security Officer must pre-approve all travel outside the capital by U.S. Embassy personnel, and employees must travel in two-vehicle convoys. The Embassy recommends that Americans not travel on national highways from dusk to dawn.
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Subsequently, the particular case of Burundi is explored from a Critical Security perspective. This serves not only to further illustrate the nature of the Critical Security approach, but ... – the second aim of the chapter – to provide a conceptual framework for understanding the theory and practice of security in Burundi.
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Horan noted that the Department of State favored normalizing relations with Burundi following progress on coping with its internal conflict. Horan recommended that Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Scowcroft authorize the Department to begin normalization. Kissinger approved the recommendation.
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In a quarterly report to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Council to maintain the peacebuilding force in Burundi. According to Annan, the mission “has contributed in a significant way to the progress achieved in the peace process” and “its presence will continue to play a vital role” during the August 2005 elections (UN Press Release)
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