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Abarry

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  1. “Several factors may still undermine the progress made, including the still ineffective State presence in several regions of the country formerly occupied by armed groups, insufficient funding for the implementation of the Final Agreement and the assassinations of human rights activists, leaders of indigenous peoples and former combatants. The country is also facing the reconfiguration of paramilitary groups and the rearmament of some of the armed groups that have decided to drop their commitments with the Colombian State. Nevertheless, we welcome the categorical rejection by Colombians on all sides of such attempts to undermine the peace process. The adoption of the road map for reintegration will hopefully enable progress in the social sectors and will bolster the country’s current positive momentum.”

    2020-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8702 (2020) · source

  2. “The violence, which had reached a worrying level at the end of last year, is now somewhat reduced, which has enabled elections to take place, even in areas where elections could not previously be held due to insecurity. My delegation is pleased with the smooth running of those inclusive municipal elections, in which a woman, for the first time, was elected mayor of the capital, Bogotá. Despite that progress, my delegation would like to call on all actors to redouble their efforts to consolidate the gains I mentioned earlier.”

    2020-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8702 (2020) · source

  3. “Three years have passed since the signing, in Havana, of the Final Agreement for Ending Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, between the Government of Colombia and the rebels of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) in 2016. Today, we are pleased to note that the implementation process of the Final Agreement has made significant progress in some areas. Although it is slow or even insufficient in some respects, that progress nevertheless demonstrates the strong will of the Colombian authorities and other stakeholders to advance the peace process and is to be welcomed. As a result of the war and organized crime, Colombia continues to register serious human rights violations and ongoing criminal activities.”

    2020-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8702 (2020) · source

  4. “Mr. Abarry (Niger) (spoke in French): At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for having the Security Council observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and for the victims of terrorism in my country. I express my condolences to the Government and the people of Oman following the passing of Sultan Qaboos. I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his very informative briefing. I also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia and her delegation for their presence here today.”

    2020-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8702 (2020) · source

  5. “The complex nature of international relations makes multilateralism even more necessary today in an increasingly globalized world in which States are increasingly interdependent. In conclusion, I would thank Viet Nam once again for having made the wise choice of the theme of today’s debate and also paraphrase my President by saying that the world needs governing institutions. While it is true that national interests govern the foreign policies of States, these national interests are better defended through cooperation rather than through confrontation. My country, the Niger, remains committed to the principles and ideals of the Charter of the United Nations and, along with other Members, it will continue to defend those”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  6. “The same was true of the attempt to establish the League of Nations after the First World War and the creation of the United Nations following the Second World War. Each time, the objective was to create rules and institutions capable of establishing an order that was conducive to peaceful international relations and governed by the rule of law and that could enable us to emerge out of a state of nature in which every State had absolute freedom to resort to force” (A/74/PV.4, p. 11). In its Preamble, the Charter of the United Nations quite rightly recalls the need to spare succeeding generations from the scourge of war. We must therefore not forget the teachings of history.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  7. “Chapter I of the Charter, containing the principles on which multilateralism is based and to which my country is firmly committed, calls upon Member States to promote collective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace and to respect the sovereign equality of Member States. As the President of the Republic of the Niger, His Excellency Mahamadou Issoufou, said in his address to the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session, “multilateralism has made progress only in the wake of bloody conflicts, as was the case with the treaties of Westphalia, in 1648, and the Treaty of Vienna, which founded the European orders that succeeded the Thirty Years’ War, the Eighty Years’ War and the Napoleonic wars, respectively.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  8. “That is particularly true in my region — the Sahel — which, in recent years, has seen terrorist groups use asymmetric warfare to kill innocent civilians, stir up intercommunal conflicts and no longer even hesitate to attack the defence and security forces of States head-on. In this arena and in others, the international community should show solidarity. That is particularly true of the Security Council, which, pursuant to the Charter, has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. As we meet today, a Nigerien military camp 40 kilometres from the Malian border is being attacked by terrorist hordes.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  9. “In addition to the colossal number of human casualties they have caused, those threats have inflicted untold suffering on civilian populations, especially women and children, throughout the world. They have also generated massive displacements of people at a level rarely equalled in the history of humankind and have generated waves of migration whose tragic consequences are all too well known. Terrorism has become one of the worst threats to international peace and security today. It deserves our special attention because, in addition to taking lives, it undermines the very foundations of nation States.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  10. “Fortunately, despite the frequent crises which have broken out in a number of regions, we have generally been able to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter — although we have not been able to take effective collective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace and to suppress acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, as provided by the purposes and principles of the Charter. In the 75 years since San Francisco, the end of the great wars has not been synonymous with the restoration of peace in the world. On the contrary, conflicts of varying intensity have been compounded by threats of a new kind, such as terrorism, cybercrime, serious epidemics and the harmful effects of climate change, to name but a few.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  11. “It is therefore to your credit, Mr. President, that you have placed the Charter at the centre of our concern. This debate gives us the opportunity to renew our commitment to multilateralism in the pursuit of the noble objectives that we set ourselves 75 years ago and to more effectively take into account certain imperatives in the implementation of the Charter in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedies that led to the creation of the United Nations in 1945.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  12. “Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing and his ongoing commitment to the ideals enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and thereby to international peace and security. The President has convened this debate on the theme “Respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as soon as key element for the maintenance of international peace and security”, a theme whose relevance need not be demonstrated, as it invokes the fundamental objectives of our Organization. As we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations in 2020, this debate is an opportunity to remember our priorities in the face of the many crises and challenges all over the world and to propose appropriate mechanisms to address them.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  13. “Mr. Abarry (Niger) (spoke in French): At the outset, I would like to apologize on behalf our minister, who, due to time constraints, was unable to travel to New York to attend this important debate. On behalf of the Government of the Niger, I would also like to once again congratulate the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on its election to the Security Council, a mandate begun with the great responsibility of presiding over the Council for the month of January. I also congratulate Estonia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Tunisia, on their election as new members of the Council, along with my country, the Niger.”

    2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source

  14. “The Niger commends the tireless efforts of the Special Representative, as well as his personal commitment and that of his teams. We are also aware of the difficulties involved in the implementation of his mandate, the scope of which is broadening with the closure of some offices in the region, in addition to the growing security challenges. I take this opportunity to call on the Council, on behalf of the region, to provide him with all the assistance necessary, in terms of both human and financial resources, to enable him to continue his efforts to promote dialogue, peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel with the same effectiveness.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  15. “Here too, the international community should help those countries, which are now directly affected by the attacks of armed terrorist groups, to deal with them in the most efficient way by helping them to secure predictable funding. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the friendly countries that support our armed forces in these difficult times, through multifaceted support. The Council will have noted that, while serious security concerns persist, the political prospects in the region are rather encouraging. More than ever, West Africa and the Sahel need the solidarity and concrete action of the international community in order to ensure that the democratic gains achieved are not thwarted by the criminal activities of armed terrorist groups, which undermine the very foundation of the State.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  16. “In addition to national commitments in the fight against terrorism, which varies from 15 to 30 per of a given country’s budget, mobilizing the region in the fight against terrorism has resulted in the adoption by the ECOWAS Priority Action Plan for 2020-2024, aimed at eradicating terrorism, with a financial package of $2.3 billion, of which $1 billion will come from internal resources. In the same vein, five countries of the region have established the Group of Five for the Sahel Joint Force, which, although having accomplished successful missions, is still struggling to reach its full level of operationalization due to a lack of adequate financial and material resources.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  17. “The progress made in Mali, with the launch in Bamako, on 14 December 2019, of the inclusive national dialogue, which saw the participation of nearly all parties of the Malian nation, must also be noted. Likewise, we must also welcome the progress made in the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, emanating from the Algiers process, particularly in the area of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Such progress, which was achieved in a particularly difficult context, deserves to be encouraged and supported.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  18. “It is heartening to note that, aware of the fact that peace, security and stability in the region are a prerequisite for the integration and economic development of their region, the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), over which the Niger currently presides, have committed themselves to strengthening governance and democratic institutions in their countries, as well as promoting respect for the rule of law. In that regard, in addition to Guinea- Bissau, which recently completed an electoral process that was difficult but enjoyed a successful outcome, elections will be held this year in six other countries of the region, as detailed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General earlier.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  19. “While recalling that the Sahel is the lynchpin in the fight against terrorism, the Niger recommends that UNOWAS be given a mandate that enables it to address, with the same level of effectiveness, the challenges facing the Sahel today, namely, terrorism and intercommunal conflicts, among others. In addition to its role in preventive diplomacy and support for political processes in the region, UNOWAS will need to address the challenges I have just outlined.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  20. “Violent non-State actors, including terrorist groups, criminal networks and community and tribal militias, repeatedly carried out attacks on civilians and defence and security forces, in particular in Burkina Faso, Mali and my own country, the Niger. That has undoubtedly constituted an obstacle to achieving regional stability and the Sustainable Development Goals in West Africa and the Sahel. The Niger reaffirms its support for the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and the United Nations Support Plan for the Sahel, whose overarching goal is to complement the Strategy and build on the gains made.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source

  21. “Mr. Abarry (Niger) (spoke in French): Allow me first of all to commend the commitment of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), who continues to provide outstanding support for the region’s efforts in the search for peace and sustainable development. The Niger welcomes his support for inclusive approaches in national dialogues and elections, as well as his assistance in promoting and ensuring respect for human rights and institutional reforms. Despite the multidimensional efforts that have been made in the Sahelo-Sahara region, the security situation there remains extremely worrisome. The year 2019 saw more than 700 terrorist attacks in the region.”

    2020-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8698 (2020) · source