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  1. “Lastly, we must promote effective leadership and division of labour vis-à-vis cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union. To that end, we must draw on past experiences and clearly delineate the roles and responsibilities of each organization. Established budgetary processes, including oversight mechanisms, must be applied without exception to all United Nations funding. In conclusion, Switzerland welcomes the A3 initiative for a new decision by the Council on predictable, sustainable and flexible funding for African Union-led peace support operations. That would be a decisive step for the future of peace operations. Switzerland intends to contribute constructively to that end. I resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  2. “Switzerland acknowledges and welcomes the progress that the African Union has made since 2018 on the normative framework for peace support operations. The task now is to implement it through a robust structure in order to prevent violations, ensure compliance with applicable standards, enable independent investigations and, when necessary, punish violations. Secondly, our goal must be to promote and facilitate sustainable solutions. In that regard, regional ownership of peace operations is key. Regional organizations must be able to plan, carry out, manage, support and finance their operations independently. In that regard, we are encouraged by the consensus paper adopted by the African Union this year. It will therefore be important to find an ambitious and achievable form of burden- sharing for peace support operations.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  3. “The African Union is well placed to play an active role in addressing current and emerging security challenges on the continent. Switzerland has always been committed in that regard. For example, in 2018, when the Security Council was considering this issue, Switzerland co-sponsored the draft resolution proposed by the three African members of the Security Council (S/2018/1093). Today we take note of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/303) and its conclusions, which allow us to focus our attention on the key elements. First, all security forces must respect the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law, human rights and refugee law. That respect must be a prerequisite for the provision of United Nations funding. It is a human rights due diligence requirement on the part of the United Nations.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  4. “It is therefore evident that Africa is fulfilling its responsibility for African-led solutions to African challenges. Switzerland welcomes that important contribution. We look forward to using our term on the Security Council to work even more closely with Africa and to continue our long-standing support for the peace and security architecture on that continent. In order to fulfil their mandates, peace missions must be able to depend on predictable, sustainable and flexible funding. That also applies to the regional missions authorized by the Security Council. That is crucial for the credibility of the United Nations system. We therefore welcome the proposal to use assessed contributions for that purpose. The debate on the financing of African Union-led peace support operations is not new.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  5. “I thank Ms. Tadesse for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation. I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Commissioner Adeoye and Ms. Tadesse for their briefings. This day is important in two respects. We are commemorating 75 years of United Nations peacekeeping, and we are celebrating Africa Day. Congratulations to us all. Our debate on future peacekeeping models and their financing is therefore timely. Peacekeeping missions are an essential instrument of the Security Council for peace and security in the world. They are particularly important in Africa, where many of those missions are deployed, but even more significantly, 13 of the top 20 troop-contributing countries are African.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  6. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; and Ms. Bitania Tadesse, Program Director, Amani Africa. 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/2023/303, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on implementation of Security Council resolutions 2320 (2016) and 2378 (2017) and considerations related to the financing of African Union peace support operations mandated by the Security Council. I now give the floor to Ms. DiCarlo.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  7. “I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence at this solemn moment. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Peace and security in Africa Report of the Secretary-General on implementation of Security Council resolutions 2320 (2016) and 2378 (2017) and considerations related to the financing of African Union peace support operations mandated by the Security Council (S/2023/303)”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  8. “I now invite all members to stand and observe a minute of silence. The members of the Security Council observed a minute of silence.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  9. “Before the start of today’s debate, I invite all members to join me in paying tribute to the more than 4,000 peacekeepers who have fallen in the line of duty. Today we celebrate not only 75 years of peacekeeping operations, but above all we pay tribute to the men and women who have given their lives in the service of peace. Let us assure their families that we will not forget them and that their sacrifice was not in vain. Let us also reiterate the importance of peace operations mandated by the Security Council. Let us together find ways to make them even more effective and to improve the security of peacekeepers. As it is the Council that mandates peace operations, it is appropriate that we also commemorate — here and together — the losses suffered. Let us therefore take a moment to honour those who have paid the ultimate price.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source