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  1. “I would also like to thank our interpreters for their excellent work, as always, our colleagues from Security Council Affairs Division and our conference officers for all they do. The meeting rose at 5.50 pm.”

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  2. “I thank Mr. Yacouba for the clarifications provided. I thank all colleagues for what has been an excellent and thoroughly interactive discussion. I am particularly grateful to our three Police Commissioners for finding the time to brief the Security Council. Under-Secretary- General Lacroix is a more regular fixture, but it was good to have him, as well. I thank Ms. Fitah-Kona for joining us from Bangui, where, I know, it is now quite late, and for staying with us. It has been a rich opportunity to get information from those working on the ground. With particular regard to the Police Commissioners and those who serve under them, they have the gratitude and respect of the Council, which sends them on deployment and is very conscious of its obligations when it does so.”

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  3. “We had a good round of questions and answers halfway through, and we have had a few more questions since then. I will again turn the floor over to the briefers to respond to the questions posed or make further comments. I give the floor to Mr. Lacroix.”

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  4. “Fitah-Kona's views on best practices regarding the issue of community policing and establishing trust. As others have said, and echoing what the Commissioner of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, Ms. Gahonzire, had to say, we would like to see action against the obstacles that prevent women from entering the United Nations Police. I have one specific question for Mr. Abdounasir, the Commissioner for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is about what the most pressing challenges for United Nations Police are in the context of the recent strategic review of 24 September, and how he intends to meet them. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”

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  5. “We therefore want to see the Strategic Guidance Framework setting out the doctrine for policing finalized as soon as possible, including all guidance manuals. I would like to conclude by noting that I was struck by what Police Commander Yacouba of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali had to say about the relationship with the population and the importance of human rights and trust. To succeed in their mission, officers clearly need to be able to police locally in order to understand communities. A police officer by definition is an officer of the place where he or she serves. I believe that trust is more readily formed if police officers reflect the diversity of the world to which they are sent to protect. Like our colleague from Peru, I would be interested in Ms.”

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  6. “Secondly, we want to see United Nations missions continue to support the development of law enforcement in host States - we heard from some of our commanders today about that - and to do that based on an assessment ofhost State needs and capacity. We believe that to maximize impact, the police need to have the right specialists with the right disciplines in the right places. We therefore encourage the Police Division to improve efficiency in recruitment and subsequent deployment. Recruitment can be slow and bureaucratic. It should be based on skills, capabilities and expertise. It should be transparent, fair and open, and it should differentiate between formed police units and individual police officers or specialized teams. Of course, police deploying into missions should be trained to the highest standards.”

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  7. “We believe that the recent report on policing by the Secretary-General (S/2016/952) provides an opportunity to take stock of the various strands of reform and set out a clear plan for the future. There are two areas that I want to briefly highlight. First, the United Kingdom wants to see the full integration of policing advice into mission planning processes to ensure that policing expertise is included in decision-making throughout the life of a mission. That means, in simple terms, that police experts should be at the table and should be listened to. That needs to be underpinned by a strong analytical capability.”

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  8. “If United Nations policing is to remain effective, then whether we are members of the Council, police-contributing countries or police commanders, we need to listen to the experiences of police officers on the ground and consider how reform can make a practical difference. Our German colleague talked about United Nations policing not yet being at its full potential, and I agree with that. As the United Kingdom, we are of course strong supporters of resolutions 2185 (2014) and 2382 (2017) and of the 2016 external review of the functions, structure and capacity of the United Nations Police Division, although more should be done regarding the outstanding recommendations of that review.”

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  9. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. Policing is vital, and as we further consider and develop our understanding of peacebuilding, it is now more important than ever, given that police are often more effective in that context than the traditional reliance on troops. Mr. Lacroix talked about the State liaison functions of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur in his introductory remarks on the Sudan. In that context, I think that as we look at the transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding in the Sudan, a policing component will be vital in the follow-on mission. It would be good to hear any comments he may have on that point.”

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  10. “I thank Mr. Yacouba for the clarifications he has provided. I shall now give the floor to members of the Security Council for further questions.”

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  11. “I thank Mr. Abdounasir for the clarifications he has provided. I shall now give the floor to Mr. Yacouba to respond to the questions raised.”

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  12. “I thank Ms. Gahonzire for her clarifications. I am sure that action is being taken on this issue in all possible missions. A number of questions were asked of Mr. Abdounasir and I ask him to take about one minute to respond to each. I now give the floor to Mr. Abdounasir.”

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  13. “I thank Mr. Lacroix for the clarifications he has provided. Mr. Lacroix talked a bit about the challenges facing women police, which was a question put to Ms. Mary Gahonzire. I ask her to share her thoughts on that and give her two or three minutes to do so. I now give the floor to Ms. Gahonzire.”

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  14. “Just as we ask United Nations Secretariat colleagues and those in the field to constantly innovate, our presidency is innovating with regard to interaction. 1 will now turn to our briefers to respond to the questions put so far, of which I have counted approximately 15. I hope that will prompt those who have not yet spoken to pick up on those responses or related issues. I ask the briefers to be brief in their responses so that the work on the Council can continue. 1 now give the floor to Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix to respond to the comments and questions raised.”

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  15. “I thank Mr. Yacouba for his briefing. I now give the floor to the members of the Security Council. Should members have a question, I ask that they indicate whether it is directed specifically to any one of today's briefers or whether it is a general question.”

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  16. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The intention of this meeting is for us to be as interactive as we were during the same briefing in November 2018 (see S/PV.8393) and as we try to be during our dialogue with the Force Commanders. We are looking forward to questions from Council members to the Commissioners, and from the Commissioners to the Council, which is why I am going to ask my Council colleagues to show excessive discipline and keep their statements brief so as to give more time to the Commissioners to respond. I would therefore also ask our briefers to try to be as brief as possible. Setting the tone will be Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, to whom I give the floor.”

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  17. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations; Ms. Marie-Joseph Fitah-Kona, Adviser to the Mayor of the Third Arrondissement of Bangui; Mr. Awale Abdounasir, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ms. Mary Gahonzire, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei; and Mr. Issoufou Yacouba, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. I offer my apologies to all of them for any mispronunciations. Ms. Fitah-Kona is joining the meeting via video- teleconference from Bangui.”

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