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Adamo/Mr. Biang

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first: 2022-10-06
most recent: 2022-10-12
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“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 4.55 p.m.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9151 (2022) · source
“(spoke in French) I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I now call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.”
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“For that to work most effectively, all efforts should be made to concretely link the coordination, deliverables and learning between the Verification Mission and the United Nations country team. In conclusion, I would like to make a special mention of the leading efforts of Kenya in bringing a strong focus to the linkage between Africa and its diaspora in the work of the Security Council. That is particularly the case with the efforts of the A3, which has led to more delegations taking up aspects of the cause. As Kenya winds down its term, it can take pride in having tangibly contributed to the strengthening of pan-African solidarity. It is an effort that the A3 will continue into the future. The A3 reaffirms its solidarity with the Government and the people of Colombia in their tireless pursuit of total peace and prosperity.”
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“The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia has been instrumental in monitoring and verifying the progress in the implementation of the Final Agreement. It remains particularly critical at this moment. The A3 therefore supports the renewal of the Verification Mission’s mandate for another year. We urge the international community to continue to support the Government’s efforts technically and financially. Some of that support, particularly from the United Nations, can involve mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a specific focus on their impact on the most vulnerable. The SDGs have specific goals and benchmarks. Making them part of measurable action by the Government will be key to demonstrating inclusivity, fairness, justice and sustainable development for the most vulnerable Colombians.”
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“In particular, we are concerned by the attack in the Huila department, where seven policemen were recently killed. Beyond the Final Agreement, the A3 supports all efforts that seek to consolidate the peace process, including through the incorporation of groups that are not parties. We support the willingness of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional and other armed groups to engage in dialogue with the Government. That is a positive step in the realization of total peace. The normalization of relations with its neighbours remains key to the continued security and prosperity of Colombia and to regional stability. We therefore welcome the steps taken to normalize relations with Venezuela.”
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“We underscore the need for the urgent implementation of the National Commission security guarantees extended to the vulnerable, taking into consideration specific gender needs. In that regard, we commend the Government’s efforts to highlight the need for integrated State response to address persisting violence in conflict-affected areas. We pay particular attention to the measures aimed at providing specific responses to the challenges that women, in particular Afro-Colombian and indigenous women, continue to face, whether regarding their security, their participation in political life or their economic empowerment. The initial measures taken by the new President gave us the hope that women would take a greater part in building peace in Colombia. We condemn any attacks directed at Government security forces.”
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“Unfortunately, until now, the level of compliance with the ethnic chapter has been low. Its principles and goals, cutting across different parts of the Final Agreement, have not been addressed with the level of attention and seriousness that they deserve. It is particularly important that the lands in which indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities live and their economic life involve the implementation of the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition. Safe participation in all relevant processes should be assured. The brutal killings of human rights defenders, particularly from ethnic and indigenous communities, should be aggressively investigated, and those responsible held accountable.”
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“We believe that, by raising such high expectations for themselves, Colombians have given the world a precious example to follow. We also recognize, with profound respect, the victims and survivors who suffered greatly, but who are still willing to offer forgiveness for the sake of peace. For the agreement to truly deliver peace, it is critical that the principles and provisions of the ethnic chapter, as a cross-cutting measure, be implemented. A lack of progress in that part of the agreement and in the economic and political empowerment of the most vulnerable is an early-warning signal of future conflicts. The A3 will continue to support tangible action regarding the ethnic chapter as the clearest proof of a commitment to, and the success of, the peace process.”
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“There are many Colombians yearning for fairness and inclusion. We focus the most on Afro-Colombians and the indigenous community because they have suffered the most historically. We also focus on them because, as the A3, we are guided by the Constitutive Act of the African Union and its embrace of our continent’s diaspora. The world over, all people of African descent whose ancestors left our shore in duress or in search of opportunity are our kin. We care for the fates that they met, and we will do our utmost to encourage all States and institutions to treat them with dignity and fairness. Inclusion, equity and justice for all Colombians is the promise of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace.”
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“The election of President Petro Urrego and Vice-President Márquez Mina is a statement of Colombia’s desire for fundamental change, particularly with regard to the inclusion of those who were left behind and were consigned to the margins of economic, cultural and political life. We applaud the President’s inclusive efforts, as reflected in his appointment of Afro-Colombian and indigenous professionals to key public positions. As States with a multi-ethnic, multireligious and multicultural basis, we recognize that the practical and fair embrace of inclusion by the State is a key competence. It is required by all States, no matter their wealth or might, as a foundation for their sustained peace and security. The people of Colombia demonstrated their recognition of that requirement in their country.”
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“I thank Ms. Moreno Barco for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon. (spoke in English) I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ruiz Massieu, Ms. Elizabeth Moreno Barco and Mr. Muhith for their briefings. We also welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia. We warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Petro Urrego and Her Excellency Ms. Francia Márquez Mina on their electoral victories. We believe that their election heralds new hope for Colombia and its resilient, peace-loving people.”
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“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/715, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I now give the floor to Mr. Ruiz Massieu.”
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“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Colombia to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia; His Excellency Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; and Ms. Elizabeth Moreno Barco, Legal Representative of the Community General Council of San Juan.”
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“I now call on Her Excellency Mrs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States and member of President Biden’s Cabinet.”
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“Let us have the courage today to see the scale of the deprived young people who are driven by despair into the ranks of armed and terrorist groups. Let us have the courage to see the skeletal children who are dying from hunger or thirst at the mercy of birds of prey in the arid lands of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Let us have the courage to exhume from the depths of the Mediterranean the remains of young Africans whose pained and peaceless souls lie at the bottom of that immense cemetery of shame. Let us have the courage to deal with such human suffering here and now, and let us act without further delay by responding to the climate imperative as a threat to international security. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.”
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“Instead, the necessary collective action should lead us to focus in particular on five essential goals: developing an appropriate institutional framework, which includes adaptation to climate change as a pillar of good governance; strengthening coordination among the various partners and mobilizing all actors, especially women and young people, to curb the harmful effects of climate change on security and peace in Africa; ensuring that national adaptation action plans reflect the sociopolitical and economic realities of States and the drivers of crises; developing and articulating the linkage between peacebuilding and development strategies and climate change adaptation; and linking international policy frameworks, in particular the range of different international approaches to the related issues of peacebuilding, development, adaptation and disaster management, while encouraging regional cooperation on adaptation, especially between regional organizations and the United Nations.”
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“The Security Council now faces its responsibilities and has the choice between denial or scepticism, on the one hand, and action, on the other. It goes without saying that the outcome of denial and doubt around this table is the slow demise of countless local communities, an increase in food insecurity, increasing uncontrolled migration and social tensions as a result of shrinking living space, rising prices and expanded pools of recruits for armed groups and terrorist organizations. That is quite simply a wager on widespread hardship and turmoil.”
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“The initiative focuses on three objectives: providing Africa with reliable data to analyse and predict climate events, mobilizing the necessary financing and supporting the implementation of appropriate national policies. The international community’s response to climate security must drive us to putting the issue of conflict and climate change as high as possible on the international political agenda, with innovative initiatives to reach agreement on the importance of adaptation, particularly in fragile States, and make adequate financing available. We must immediately engage in frank international cooperation at the global, regional and local levels, prioritizing the understanding of, and the fight against, the effects of climate change in order to prevent violent conflicts.”
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“In this Chamber, where the peoples of the entire world have placed the destiny of their security and dignity, we can no longer ignore or ponder the relentless reality, particularly clashes among farming and pastoral communities caused by droughts and the insecurity of water resources. The evidence is so compelling that we can no longer wait to act. We must collectively find solutions to the threat that is posed not only to the African people, but to humankind as a whole, because we must acknowledge our shared and distinct responsibilities. Africa is firmly committed to action through the Africa Adaptation Initiative, of which President Ali Bongo Ondimba is the political champion on behalf of the African Union.”
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“Those conflicts will in turn leave communities poorer, less resilient and less able to deal with the consequences of climate change. In addition to the typical conflicts that Africa has experienced — political conflicts, identity conflicts and conflicts over natural resources — climate change is emerging as either a clear root cause or an aggravating factor of conflicts in Africa. To be sceptical about the obvious and direct link between climate change and conflict in Africa is to be blind to the reality of what is happening in the Sahel region, the Horn of Africa and the Lake Chad and Great Lakes regions. The Security Council must stop looking the other way and recognize climate change as a factor that is inherently fuelling political instability and crises in many countries in Africa.”
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“Large-scale migration carries a high risk of conflict because of the frightening reactions it often provokes and the humanitarian crises that ensue. Not long ago, the President of Gabon, His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, made a dreadful observation about the lack of rainfall and harvests in the Sahel, recalling that the Sahara was steadily advancing southwards and that Lake Chad was fast receding, and stressing that those were undeniable factors in the mass movements of environmental refugees, which could destabilize countries south of the Sahara. Today many of the world’s poorest countries and communities are therefore facing a dual problem — climate change and violent conflicts, with the genuine risk that climate change will result in, or exacerbate, a tendency for violent conflicts.”
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“(spoke in French) The effects of climate change interact with socioeconomic and political problems in the poorest countries. The related process shows that there are four key elements of risk: political instability, economic weakness, food insecurity and large-scale migration. Political instability makes it difficult to adapt to the physical effects of climate change, as it becomes difficult to manage the conflicts that arise without violence. Economic weakness reduces the range of opportunities for the population to earn incomes and deprives the State of resources that allow it to meet the needs of the population. Food insecurity challenges the very basis of liveability in some localities where living conditions become critical.”
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“But fortunately, an alternate future still remains possible. If we come together as an international community and deal decisively with climate change, we can avoid the worst of its impacts. But if we do not, future generations will live through a horror that humankind has never seen. That is why President Bongo Ondimba travels to the four corners of the Earth to try and influence the climate negotiations. That is why the Gabonese Republic has scheduled today’s debate. And that is why I am urging the Security Council to set aside the rhetoric that we all know and understand and come together to focus the collective energies and know-how of the members of the Council on the threat posed by climate change to security in Africa.”
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“The Congo basin forests, including Gabon, are the heart and lungs of the African continent, pumping water, the life blood of the continent, as far as the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the Congo basin forests store the equivalent of almost 10 years of global carbon emissions in their vegetation and soils. Therefore, if we do not keep the Congo basin forests standing, we lose the fight to keep “1.5°C or 2°C” alive, and we are heading to a 3°C or 4°C warmer world, which would mean it would get up to 10°C warmer in continental Africa. If this happens, climate refugees across the continent will be counted in the hundreds of millions rather than tens of millions, and the entire African continent will be destabilized, just as Kofi Annan warned us 13 years ago. This is not a bad Hollywood horror film. This is real.”
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“The truth is, as a rain-forest nation, we are acutely aware that the decisions we make concerning the development of our country have potentially stark implications for other nations. Science tells us that the forests of the Gabonese Republic and the Republic of the Congo are linked by atmospheric rivers to the much-drier Sahel region. If we cut our forests, rainfall in the Sahel will falter, further exacerbating the issues I referred to previously. The same relationship exists between the forests of the eastern Congo basin and Ethiopia. Rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands is linked to the Congo basin rain forests. If we lose those forests, we lose agriculture in Ethiopia, we lose the Blue Nile, and we cause famine in Egypt.”
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“They will be fought because of the pressures exerted by a growing body of [humankind] on the natural world that sustains all of us and whose balance has been destabilized by the activities of one species — man.” Some 10 to 15 years on, have we made any significant progress to avoid the future that Kofi Annan and President Bongo Ondimba warned us about? Some Council members might ask why the Gabonese Republic, 88 per cent of whose surface area is covered by tropical rain forests with abundant fresh water, and which is arguably one of the most naturally climate-resilient countries in Africa, is so engaged in the climate-change negotiations. Why is President Bongo Ondimba such a climate activist?”
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“In March 2012, in London, His Excellency President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, speaking at a climate and resource security dialogue for the twenty- first century, stated, “Today rainfall and crops in the Sahel are failing, the Sahara is advancing to the south, and Lake Chad, which is receding fast, will soon be little more than a distant memory. Will this be the source of the next mass movement of environmental refugees, leading to the destabilization of countries further south, such as my own? Will it lead to wars for access to scarce resources? Let us be clear — it will. As will poverty. “The resources over which we fight in the future will not be oil, gold and diamonds: the wars of the future will be fought over water, food and land.”
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“Climate change leading to desertification and higher human-population densities have resulted in increasingly stressed Peul or Fulani nomadic herders struggling to find places for their cows to graze. Youths in these groups are turning to protected areas, first, perhaps, to provide increased grazing for their cows, but subsequently as staging areas for attacks on civilian populations, resulting in the destabilization of governance, economic strife and armed conflict. Often these individuals and groups started by looking for access to natural resources, taking over areas with weak governance, and only later become radicalized or co-opted by Islamic interests, which use them for their cause.”
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“Since then, the international community has lost 13 years through insufficient action to reduce carbon emissions, despite ever more stark alerts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The frequency and severity of climate-related crises seem to be rising exponentially in all corners of the globe. The year 2022 has seen catastrophic droughts, floods, cyclones and fires, all of which are judged to have been made more severe by climate change. As we speak, 22 million people are threatened with starvation in the Horn of Africa. The expansion of the jihadist movement in West Africa is a clear example of what Kofi Annan was referring to.”
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“Climate change is a reality that is already affecting the lives of millions of Africans by reducing agricultural production and food security, increasing water stress, facilitating the spread of diseases, increasing the risk of droughts, flooding and mass migration, as well as by eroding coastal habitats and valuable agricultural space through rising sea levels. “This reality is threatening to overwhelm fragile communities and push millions of Africans even deeper into poverty... “[Some] 23 African countries will face ‘a high risk of violent conflict’ when climate change exacerbates traditional security threats. A further 14 African countries face ‘a high risk of political instability’”.”
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“I thank Mr. Youssef for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon. (spoke in English) I thank Mrs. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Permanent Secretary of the Climate Council, and Mr. Patrick Youssef, Regional Director for Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross, for their instructive briefings. As long ago as 2009, the Africa Progress Panel, chaired by the late Kofi Annan wrote, “The evidence is clear.”
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“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/737, which contains the text of a letter dated 3 October 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Ms. Pobee.”
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“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Colombia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Namibia, the Niger, Poland, South Africa and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in the meeting: Ms. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations; Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, former Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change; and Mr. Patrick Youssef, Regional Director for Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
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“To conclude, I would like to stress the urgent need for the Council to act with greater determination to cut off the financing of armed groups that increase instability and violence in many regions of the world. Natural resources should not be a curse for the countries in which they exist. (spoke in French) I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I call on the Minister for National Security of Ghana.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“We need to initiate a positive dynamic and overcome political divisions, conflicts of interest and hidden agendas in order to build a consensus based on shared standards and actions on conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Gabon calls on the Security Council to strengthen the mechanisms available to combat the networks that plunder natural resources to finance armed groups in Africa. In addition, we seek the Council members’ support, without reservation, for the efforts and advocacy of the African Peace and Security Council. At this critical moment, the African continent is plagued by the proliferation of armed groups, assaults by terrorist groups and other asymmetric threats to peace and stability.”
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“The strengthening of cross-border security cooperation through joint regional operations, the exchange of financial information among countries, combating environmental crime, the freezing of assets, extrajudicial cooperation, countering the illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons and combating money-laundering are all measures that must be implemented in a coordinated manner at the regional and global levels. (spoke in English) It is of paramount importance that we nurture a general understanding of the complex links that exist among natural resources, their exploitation and violent conflicts through better coordination of the activities of the various peacebuilding actors.”
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“In that regard, we reaffirm our support for the Kimberley Process and welcome the measures taken by African States and international organizations to regulate the mineral supply chain in order to promote transparency and establish a certification system that ensures that mineral resources are not used to fund arms groups. Such certification systems must include both the producers and the buyers. Moreover, it is also imperative that the assets of armed and terrorist groups overflowing in Africa be tracked with the same rigour as international terrorist groups through the use of the full range of counter-terrorism financing mechanisms, both at the supply chain level and with regard to end buyers.”
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“Beyond today’s discussion, the Security Council must address that alarming situation, which is affecting several regions of the African continent, and find urgently needed solutions to adequately deal with the bloodshed and hardship resulting from the financing of armed and terrorist groups. The scope of the task requires a multidimensional response involving both security and development. We must identify the grey areas of the criminal economy and its links with the official economy. Determining the links among companies, armies, transporters, arms dealers and traffickers, banks, illegal financial networks and the wide array of intermediaries, including companies that enjoy respectability via a veneer of legitimacy, is a must.”
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“Consequently, underground criminal economies have been established in certain parts of States’ territories and cross-border areas. As a result of the predatory exploitation of natural resources, conflicts are self- sustaining, with mineral revenues financing the purchase of arms and the recruitment of militias. A military and criminal economy has been established based on trade in wild species of fauna and flora, coltan and gold, as well as on tin mines and child labour. That parallel economy is being run by military groups, security companies, buyers, brokers and clandestine exporters, with regional and international repercussions.”
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“It is indisputable that natural resources, mainly from the soil and subsoil, fuel conflicts as a source of funding and, at the same time, are the principal goals of such conflicts. The African continent abounds in innumerable natural resources. Those resources, which are the pride of the continent, are unfortunately at the heart of well-organized trafficking that sows terror within our villages and cities, within which the people are the indiscriminate victims of atrocities. A new illicit triangular trade is linking Africa as an exporter of raw materials to countries that export weapons and mercenaries through countries that offer parallel financial arrangements. Furthermore, armed and terrorist groups have progressively set up supply channels for various types of resources in order to better finance themselves.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Handy for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Gabon. I thank the Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly; the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mr. Adeoye; and the Regional Director for East Africa and Representative to the African Union, Institute for Security Studies, Mr. Handy, for their informative briefings. The mapping of armed groups attests to the clear link between their location and control over natural resources. The illicit exploitation of natural resources, be they biological or mineral, is linked to human trafficking, kidnapping for ransom and drug trafficking and is a major source of financing for armed and terrorist groups.”
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“Olof Skoog, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/728, which contains the text of a letter dated 30 September 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I wish to warmly welcome the ministers. Their presence here today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion. I now give the floor to Ms. Waly.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of the Central African Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco and Senegal to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; His Excellency Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; and Mr. Paul-Simon Handy, Regional Director for East Africa and Representative of the Institute for Security Studies to the African Union. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr.”
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