""We are firmly convinced that the organization of this fifth Belgian week in our country will contribute to the promotion of trade in general, the industrial sector and the private sector in particular, thus strengthening our relations of friendship, understanding, mutual assistance and cooperation"

"Those structures must be must be reviewed and gender dimension must be included in public administration since during the war leaders don't care about granting positions to women in public administration."

"This has forced us to prepare a continental action plan that takes into account the difficulties of these countries and has forced us to move faster in our own reforms to be available to other countries,""

"In post-conflict country like Burundi, there are priority sectors whose legislature needs change."

"Women’s associations that have confided in SOS Médias Burundi, including those created in exile, have indicated that they “wish her success”."

"Ms. Kanyana, who therefore becomes the first woman to occupy this position, is the third Burundian ombudsman."

"We hope that she will promote dialogue between people. But we also want her to be our torchbearer in the area of inheritance law."

"We cannot succeed when half of us is held back."

"We entered into democracy without having the means of dealing with it. The process was too rapid. There was no time to form political leaders. So parties formed on the simple criteria of ethnicity. With Rwanda, we have in common inexperience in democracy and ineptness in managing power."

"I cannot approve of my government entering into negotiations with people who assassinated our leaders."

"It’s very difficult to say who has power now. The army does not seem to want to lose it. I have no military, no police force, and no control of the media. I have nothing."