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Abou Moussa

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  1. “Needless to say that UNOCA will, in addition, continue to actively follow developments on the two issues that I have already mentioned, namely, the LRA and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate UNOCA's gratitude for the support of the United Nations system as a whole, and to the Security Council for its strong and continued support of our efforts.”

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  2. “The second factor is the existence of a regional architecture for peace and security, comprising a set of institutions and mechanisms, including ECCAS, which serve as the basis for our support. In that regard, also, we are going to maintain close cooperation with subregional organizations, particularly ECCAS. Finally, the establishment of UNOCA, tasked with facilitating the coordination of peace initiatives in the subregion, is generating new momentum and creating strong expectations for a more robust approach to dealing with the challenges that the subregion is confronting. UNOCA will continue to work closely with the leaders of the subregion, other United Nations missions and key partners in the subregion.”

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  3. “The report before the Council emphasizes the need to enhance our support through existing peace and security mechanisms in Central Africa and to better coordinate our collective efforts to ensure coherence and comprehensiveness in our support to the region. There are three key factors working in our favour. The first is the political will shown by subregional authorities to collectively address the challenges in Central Africa. We need to continue to reinforce this political will by, among other things, enhancing our support in the subregion to address underlying challenges such as poverty and unemployment. In that regard, UNOCA will work closely with United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in the subregion.”

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  4. “As most of the issues noted during my consultations with Heads of State and Government and other stakeholders are also of concern to the secretariat of the Economic Community of Central Africa States, I am working in close collaboration with the Secretary- General of that institution. Desk-to-desk meetings are also taking place, bringing together experts of UNOCA and the ECCAS secretariat to examine specific questions of common concern. The subregion would benefit tremendously from United Nations support to national and subregional actors in their efforts to address the causes of conflict and to put in place durable mechanisms for sustainable peace.”

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  5. “The report of the Secretary- General that I have just introduced (S/2011/693) describes the actions undertaken at various levels to fight against the LRA. The fallout in Libya presents new challenges for countries in the subregion, particularly Chad and the Central African Republic. The vulnerability of returnees, the loss of revenue from remittances and the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons by armed groups, including the LRA, are of grave concern. There are concerns that stolen weapons from Libya could fuel criminality and undermine the progress achieved in the subregion.”

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  6. “On the same issue, I am in close contact with my colleague, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, in Dakar, to better coordinate our respective actions, and those of the two subregions, in response to that growing challenge. As the Council certainly knows, an assessment mission that was recently deployed to West and Central Africa by the Secretary-General is expected to come up with recommendations for a coordinated strategy to improve security in the Gulf of Guinea. Lastly, the Security Council is equally aware of the seriousness of the persisting threat to peace and security in Central Africa posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).”

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  7. “Apart from seizing vessels, criminals are carrying out other unlawful activities, including poaching and the use of the Gulf as a hub for the trans-shipment of narcotics. Recognizing the importance of enhanced cross-border security in that area, the countries of the subregion adopted the Framework to Secure the Gulf of Guinea and a protocol creating the Regional Coordination Centre for Maritime Security in Central Africa in Kinshasa in 2009. The subregion has been subdivided into zones. The countries of Zone D - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe - where significant acts of piracy and terrorism have been reported, have reached a technical agreement on the modalities of conducting maritime security operations and surveillance.”

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  8. “Regarding the issue of small arms and light weapons, it is noteworthy that States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa signed the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly - known as the Kinshasa Convention - in Brazzaville during the Committee's thirty-first ministerial meeting. UNOCA intends to work closely with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, in collaboration with ECCAS, to promote the ratification of the Convention with a View to ensuring its early entry into force and implementation. The issue of piracy and maritime security remains of great concern.”

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  9. “Following consultations with leaders and other stakeholders in Central Africa, the following emerged as the key challenges facing the subregion: cross- border security and the activities of armed groups such as the Lord's Resistance Army, the circulation of small arms and light weapons, drugs and human trafficking, transnational organized crime, youth unemployment and stability, the illegal exploitation of natural resources, piracy and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, the impact of the conflict in Libya, terrorism, election-related disputes, and the strengthening of the institutional capacity of subregional organizations and their peace and security mechanisms, in particular those of the Economic Community of Central Africa States.”

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  10. “I have visited all ECCAS member States except one, which I plan to visit in the near future. I also visited the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa and the United Nations Office to the African Union. Following those consultations, UNOCA brought together representatives of the United Nations system in Central Africa at a regional seminar held in Libreville in October. The seminar provided an opportunity for the United Nations system to agree on how to align its support to countries in Central Africa in a more coordinated manner, with UNOCA playing a coordinating role. In that regard, we are working with the United Nations Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, in Yaounde, and the Central Africa Subregional Office of UN-Women, in Kigali, which have agreed to strengthen cooperation with UNOCA.”

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  11. “About 87 per cent of the staff have assumed their duties in Libreville, and the remaining outstanding recruitment and operational tasks will be completed soon. Besides those actions, I have engaged in a process of consultations with the Heads of State and Government, the representatives of subregional institutions and of the United Nations system, and other partners in the subregion. The objectives of those consultations were twofold, namely, to obtain a broader awareness of the nature of the peace and security and other challenges confronting the subregion, and to better explain the mandate of UNOCA to the region's leaders and other stakeholders, as well as to obtain their perspectives on and their expectations of the implementation of that mandate.”

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  12. “In that regard, the leaders of the subregion worked closely with the United Nations to establish the Office on 1 January 2011, and subsequently to inaugurate it on 2 March. On 11 March, the Secretary-General appointed me as his Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA. I assumed my functions on 24 May and arrived in Libreville on 15 June. Since my arrival in Libreville, I have focused on three key issues: first, the operationalization of the Office; secondly, courtesy visits to the authorities of the subregion to familiarize myself with the key challenges confronting the subregion; and thirdly, taking initial steps towards enhancing coordination among the United Nations entities in the subregion. I am pleased to report that the Office is now fully operational and that we have started implementing its mandate.”

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  13. “It also notes the practical provisions made for the effective functioning of the Office. In that regard, I would like to renew the thanks of the United Nations to the Gabon Government for the cooperation given to UNOCA to facilitate its operation. The report further indicates the vital support given to the Office by various entities of the United Nations system, in particular the Secretariat, the logistical base in Brindisi and the United Nations bodies in the Central African subregion. Without that support, it would have been difficult for the Office to achieve the current results. (spoke in English) The establishment of UNOCA follows the willingness of the leaders of Central Africa to find appropriate solutions to the conflicts that have affected a number of countries in the subregion in the past.”

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  14. “I would first of all like to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to present to the Security Council the first report (S/2011/704) of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). I would also like to welcome the presence in the Chamber of Their Excellencies the Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations. That further demonstrates the interest in cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations. The report before the Council presents the process of setting up the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in Libreville, Gabon, and underscores the difficulties encountered during the launching phase.”

    2011-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6657 (2011) · source