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“The African Union is further committed to working towards addressing violence against women perpetrated through human and drug trafficking, and to articulate the gender perspectives of child labour, prostitution and abuse. Furthermore, the African Union has developed a gender training manual for AU peacekeepers, designed to be a resource for the African standby force and other hybrid operations, and for training institutions in troop-contributing countries. Other important measures taken by the AU include the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, the AU Gender Policy and the launching of the African Women's Development Fund.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It further calls for the use of the Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups as the basis for programmatic interventions in Africa, which should incorporate measures to prevent sexual abuse and pervasive discrimination against women and girls as weapons in armed conflict, and to promote their equal status in society. The AU Gender Policy also calls for the mobilization of women leaders to participate in peace mediation and related processes and in post-conflict processes. It also calls for the AU to work jointly with relevant United Nations bodies on measures to track violations against women and girls during conflict and to find lasting solutions to abuses.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The African Union Gender Policy, launched two years ago, stresses the need to reinforce good practices of respect, equality and human dignity between men and women in the workplace and in society at large, and to enforce zero tolerance for gender-based violence, sexual harassment, assault, rape, sexual favours, gender stereotyping, sexism and abusive language and actions in the workplace, society and situations of conflict. It stresses the need ensure severe sanction and punishment for perpetrators of such acts.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“(spoke in English) Regarding the specific topic of today's debate, the African Union has continued to develop its specific policy and institutional capacity in this area. In July 2003, following a decision by the Executive Council, the African Women Committee on Peace and Development was strengthened to serve as an advisory body on peace and security matters and on empowerment and advocacy for gender equality in general to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In so doing, they manifested their solidarity with all the women and, by extension, the peoples ofAfrica. I would like to offer some background. The African Union (AU) is about the same age as Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). I am sure it will be understood that this historic coincidence or opportunity has had an impact on the very structure of the African Union Commission, with its five female and five male Commissioners. That is a sacrosanct rule of the African Union. The Constitutive Act of the African Union incorporates gender elements from the international bill of human rights, as does the Union's Solemn Declaration on the Equality of the Sexes. This issue is clearly of great importance to the African continent and is reflected in its legal instruments.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The United Nations was represented by Deputy Secretary- General Asha-Rose Migiro, another African sister serving the Organization. We also commend the leadership of Ms. Bachelet. Her term has begun well with this energetic and busy meeting, punctuated for once by applause. We assure her of the African Union's cooperation. I am compelled to begin by stressing the great interest that Africa attaches to the subject at hand. Africa is host to 70 per cent of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, so today's issue is of direct relevance to its peoples. I would like to thank all the women of the world for the solidarity they demonstrated, above all to the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when they marched this month in Bukavu.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Given the time allotted to us, I will try to state the essence of my statement, which has been provided to the Secretariat. I represent an organization that comprises a quarter of United Nations Member States, so we do have much to say. I would like to apologize on behalf of Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, who was unable to stay on in New York to participate in today's debate. I would also like to commend the Ugandan presidency for raising issues that are of great interest to Africa. I commend the role of the Secretary-General, who despite being far away was resolved to address us this morning. I especially commend the United Nations commitment to Africa. This month, we launched the African Women's Decade in Nairobi, Kenya.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Clearly, we are united through thick and thin. But we also have to give substance to these partnerships, and that substance will come only from firm action from the Council, from all States Members of the United Nations and from all partners working for Somalia - and above all with the help of Somalia itself.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“needs sufficient, predictable and lasting resources, as I have indicated. Without sufficient and predictable resources, AMISOM. will not be able to guarantee the security conditions necessary to allow the Transitional Federal Government to complete its transitional tasks, including the development of Somali security forces and the establishment of conditions conducive to stability and development in Somalia. Finally, I commend the statement made by the representative of Somalia. I would especially like to welcome the partnership to be developed among the African Union, the United Nations and IGAD. In the meantime, we will have to give substance to these partnerships. We clearly heard Mr. Mahiga when he talked about the attacks that took place during his trip to Somalia in the company of the representatives of IGAD and the African Union.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“is working closely with its partners, including the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM, to develop an active communication strategy targeted to counter this manoeuvre. Moreover, AMISOM. and the United Nations country team agree in principle on the establishment of a working group to share information on the situation of civilian casualties and to adopt practical measures to deal with the different concerns. In conclusion, let me reiterate the African Union's determination to assume its fair share of the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, working closely with the Council, Member States and all our international partners in seeking and implementing our common goal - a Somalia that is stable and at peace. However, we must emphasize that AMISOM.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“I therefore urge the Council to consider authorizing all possible cooperation and collaboration between AMISOM. and United Nations operations under way in the region in order to deliver personnel and air and maritime logistical support for AMISOM. Let me now speak briefly about the problem of civilian casualties. The humanitarian community is expressing growing concern over the high number of casualties resulting from the fighting in Mogadishu between insurgents and Government forces. Some organizations and media have repeatedly accused AMISOM. of blindly looting civilian zones in Mogadishu in reaction to attacks from Al-Shabaab insurgents in those neighbourhoods. These accusations are launched by the Al-Shabaab propaganda machine. In that regard, AMISOM.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“financing be not only sufficient but also predictable and sustainable, and that cannot be guaranteed unless the regular budget is used to cover all key operational elements of AMISOM, including military equipment and implements of war deployed by troop-contributing countries in the highly precarious security environment of Somalia. Obviously, the situation in Somalia poses a threat to international peace and security. Unrestrained piracy and the bomb attacks of 11 July, mentioned by many delegations, show the extent to which insecurity in Somalia has a profound impact beyond its borders. A firm response from the international community is necessary. The commitments made by the African Union to re-establish peace and security in Somalia need international support.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“Other United Nations support measures for AMISOM, including reimbursement for the contingents' logistical arrangements, come from the special United Nations Trust Fund for AMISOM. Member States are making generous contributions to the Fund and we thank them for that. At the same time, we need to find a solution to a number of conditions imposed by donors banning the use of funds in certain critical areas. With some rare exceptions, these restrictions, as some delegations have noted, have largely curbed expenditures in the military components of AMISOM. AMISOM. continues to be subject to significant financial restrictions that prevent it from being operationally effective, which could discourage new troop contributors. It is therefore vital that AMISOM.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“The results of that process will be submitted to the Council once they have been endorsed by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. As we finalize the planning of new deployment phases for AMISOM, allow me to draw attention to a number of challenges that we are already facing today. Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) of 16 January 2009 authorized a "logistical support package to AMISOM, including equipment and services" (para. 10). The operational aspects of that logistical support package provided to AMISOM, as noted in a letter from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/804), will be funded through regular contributions from States Members of the United Nations.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“Moreover, the Conference endorsed the decisions contained in the Communique of the fifteenth Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, held in Addis Ababa on 5 July 2010, aimed at enabling AMISOM. to achieve the authorized 10-5364] level of its personnel of 8,100 men. And this morning, we heard that reviewing this figure upwards is being considered. In implementing the mandate conferred on it by the Conference of Heads of State, the Commission has begun to plan new deployment phases for AMISOM. That process, including drawing up new strategic directives and a concept of operations for AMISOM, has necessitated consultations with partners, including the United Nations, and will soon be completed.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“Against that very complex background, I would like to report that the situation in Somalia has received the highest political attention both in the region and on the continent. As the delegations who spoke before me have emphasized, the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, held in Kampala, at its closure reaffirmed its full support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and resolutely condemned the attacks and other acts of violence perpetrated by Al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups against the TFG, the Somali population and AMISOM, as well as the attacks in Kampala, Uganda, on 11 July.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“remains firmly entrenched in all strategic points, including Villa Somalia, the airport, the port and Kilometre 4. Recently, it has gained ground and slightly widened its zone of influence by deploying its forces at new strategic points in the Bondere and Abdiaziz districts of Mogadishu. As other delegations have underscored, the humanitarian situation too continues to deteriorate in Mogadishu and in other parts of Somalia, while fighting among the various armed groups continues. Thousands of civilians are directly affected by the violence, which is increasingly causing casualties and displaced persons, who urgently need humanitarian assistance. The humanitarian agencies have extremely limited access owing to the widespread insecurity, intimidation, harassment and attacks perpetrated by armed groups, in particular Al-Shabaab.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“The Special Representative of the African Union for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Diarra, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and the IGAD Facilitator for Somalia Peace and Reconciliation are talking with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) with a view to reaching greater harmony and cohesion among the transitional federal institutions to help adopt more positive measures likely to facilitate achieving the tasks foreseen for the transitional period, which will end on 20 August 2011. Security remains volatile. The Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam groups continue to carry out indiscriminate attacks against the positions of the TF G and the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu and the surrounding areas, causing many civilian casualties. However, AMISOM.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union Commission, described the situation in Somalia to the Security Council (see S/PV.6313), we have seen a number of positive and less positive developments on the ground that have had an impact on the peace process. I will speak briefly about those developments before turning my attention to the way in which the African Union has approached the problems and challenges associated with them. On the political front, as other delegations have said, the process of adopting a new constitution drafted by the Independent Federal Constitution Commission continues despite the tensions caused by differences among leaders of the transitional federal institutions.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“We also welcome the briefing provided by Ambassador Mahiga, whom the African Group received yesterday. His statement to the Group and the discussions with his team fully convinced the Group that his efforts need the support not only of the Group he visited yesterday, but of the entire international community, so that results can be seen on the ground. We know his commitment to the continent, and we have known him as a colleague in New York. We think that one could not find a better person - one who knows not only the issues, but also the Organization - for this position on Somalia. But Mr. Mahiga is only one part of our driving force, and without our driving force, that part could not function. Since May, when Mr.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“First, allow me, on behalf of the African Union, to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, which gives our organization the opportunity to brief the Council once again on what the African Union is observing on the ground. It will also allow us to explain the challenges that we face in supporting the implementation of the peace process. In addition, this meeting clearly demonstrates the Security Council's commitment to remain fully seized of the situation in Somalia. We welcome the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya and hail the pivotal role that his country is playing in the region, as well as the role played by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), acting in the region on behalf of the African Union.”
2010-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6386 (2010) · source
“We do not mean, of course, that conflicts in Africa will cease in 2010, but we believe that this is an important step in our efforts for everyone to engage, as we are today, in the search for more global solutions to African conflicts.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“We would like to echo the call of the Assembly to various United Nations bodies and international partners to support the Charter's implementation. The Commission of the African Union is to actively promote its ratification and develop a plan of action for its implementation, as requested by the Summit. (spoke in French) The Council will recall that the African Union proclaimed 2010 as the Year of Peace and Security in Africa. We believe that today's initiative is also a step in that direction, and we therefore reiterate our call for the awareness-raising initiative launched by the African Union to continue to have the support of all of our partners.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“In this context, the African Union Commission is planning to undertake a series of activities aimed at raising awareness among the continent's key stakeholders, mobilizing the necessary political will, building capacity at all levels, securing the required resources and building partnerships. Within this context, we are confident that beyond the Council's deliberations today, all parties will continue to carefully consider the options proposed by the Secretary-General in the report that is under consideration in this very meeting. Still in Kampala, the Assembly of the African Union adopted the African Maritime Transport Charter, which contains important provisions relating to maritime and port safety and security aimed at ensuring safe, secure and efficient shipping and port operations.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“Furthermore, within the context of the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling this phenomenon, African leaders, at the recent summit in Kampala, stressed the importance of adequate protection of the African maritime domain, and that of island States in particular, against organized crime, as well as illegal fishing and dumping of toxic waste, and reiterated their call for the convening, within the framework of the United Nations, of a conference to develop an international convention on piracy, as contained in the Tripoli plan of action. They also renewed their call for more efforts at the national, regional and continental levels to promote maritime security and safety, to ensure that Africa takes responsibility and full advantage of its maritime domain, as part of the overall efforts towards the development of the continent.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“Expressing its support for the conclusion of the Addis Ababa workshop, the Assembly urged the Commission to pursue the efforts towards a comprehensive response to piracy, including the elaboration of a continental strategy for the management of the continent's maritime domain with the involvement of the emerging African Standby Force in efforts to promote maritime security and safety.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“The workshop, which was attended by AU member States, regional economic communities and other AU institutions, as well as by the United Nations and other multilateral and bilateral partners, provided an opportunity to review the challenges facing Africa in terms of maritime security and safety. Emphasis was placed on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, the dumping of toxic waste, arms and drugs trafficking, human trafficking, oil bunkering, piracy and armed robbery at sea, and other factors. At its most recent summit, held in Kampala in July 2010, the AU Assembly restated its concern over the persistence and spread of maritime piracy, which is an international crime pursuant to the relevant international instruments, including resolution 1918 (2010).”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“For its part, at its thirteenth ordinary session, held in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, in July 2009, the African Union expressed serious concern at the mounting insecurity in the maritime spaces around Somalia and Africa in general, strongly condemned all illegal activities in these regions and welcomed the initiatives undertaken by the Commission to develop a comprehensive and coherent strategy to combat this scourge. As a follow-up to this decision, the Commission of the African Union convened a workshop on maritime security and safety in Addis Ababa, on 6 and 7 April 2010.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“First, the African Union believes that piracy is only one symptom of the broader challenge of peace and security in the area of the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa as a whole. Some have even noted that activities involving piracy at sea are rooted in causes on land. Secondly, the African Union has continuously advocated the need for the international community to adopt a comprehensive approach to addressing this issue in a sustainable manner. Thirdly, the African Union has, for its part, launched a process for maritime security in Africa as a whole. In the light of these three key views, we see resolution 1918 (2010), which requested the Secretary- General to present the report under consideration today, as an important step towards a comprehensive approach to tackling the phenomenon of piracy.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“We cannot conclude our thanks without mentioning the valuable assistance that we receive from all of our partners, the United Nations and all others, and expressing our appreciation to all the countries that contribute troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) who, as the Council knows, are sparing no effort on the ground, with every means at our disposal, often in very difficult conditions, to fight the terrorists who sow death among the Somali civilian population. (spoke in English) The African Union has had occasion to stress the following three main views regarding piracy in the Gulf of Aden, with attacks even having occurred in the Gulf of Guinea.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“We share the concerns expressed by the Secretary-General regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the violent acts committed against civilians, and we echo his call for more vigorous action to deal with those promoting this violence. We too express our thanks to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, and we are thankful for all the efforts undertaken by partners, and even by some African countries who we have heard speak today, such as Seychelles and Kenya.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“I would like to begin by reiterating our condolences to the Government and people of Somalia. We take note of the Secretary-General's words this morning referring to the events in Mogadishu yesterday. He has reminded us all of our responsibility to ensure that a lasting solution is found to the conflict in Somalia. We welcome the efforts of Russia on the specific issue of piracy, which have led to today's presidential statement. We are certain that the proposals made this morning by the Secretary-General - whose report (S/2010/394) we welcome, as we welcome the fact that he personally presented it - are an important step in this direction.”
2010-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6374 (2010) · source
“To conclude, we believe that the issue of the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons must be holistically analyzed in Central Africa. We think of the illicit exploitation of natural resources. For several years in that region, we have seen the illegal exploitation of natural resources. It is therefore high time that the phenomenon of the illicit exploitation of natural resources be fought with the same vigour with which we combat the illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons. The African Union will spare no effort to implement all measures to make peace a daily reality for all the sons and daughters of Africa, a dream that is shared by countless men and women around the world and that we must hand down to future generations. We believe that the presidential statement to be adopted today will contribute to that goal.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“As far as Central Africa is concerned, as we heard the Secretary General of ECCAS say today, the region has adopted mechanisms that should be supported, such as the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa. The capacities of ECCAS itself should be strengthened, as should the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. All these strategies must continue to be developed. It is also important for the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security in Central Africa to enjoy the means necessary to continue to play an active role in tune with the needs of the region. We welcome the opening of a United Nations bureau in Central Africa, trusting that its mission will essentially to buttress subregional capacities.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“The Windhoek conference requested the African Union Commission to develop a binding legal instrument to prevent, combat and eradicate illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. In 2006, the Executive Council of the African Union adopted a global political framework on post-conflict reconstruction and development, identifying mines and light weapons as challenges to post-conflict reconstruction peace- building. The African Union continues its endeavours to meet its obligations in developing peacebuilding, to which the Secretary General of ECCAS referred today. It is clear that the adoption of good strategies and action plans are not the main point. The main point is their implementation.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“On the basis of the outcome of the Bamako Conference, the African Union has adopted other measures to curb illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. At the seventy-fourth session of the Executive Board, held in Lusaka in 2001 in advance of the adoption of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, measures were taken enabling Africa's active participation in the United Nation Conference held in 2001, at which the continent defended a long-term international partnership. Furthermore, in Windhoek, Namibia, the African Union adopted the Common African Position for the United Nations Conference of 2005.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“The Bamako Conference recommended that certain measures be taken, inter alia, the development and implementation of national programmes for responsible management of light weapons, the voluntary surrender of small arms and light weapons, the reintegration of demobilized people, the harmonization of legislation and the reinforcement of subregional cooperation. The Conference also launched an appeal for an international partnership to combat the proliferation and illegal traffic in small arms and light weapons. We are delighted that certain delegations, such as that of Austria, have emphasized the cooperation that the African Union has developed with many partners, including the European Union and the United Nations.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“What has the African Union done? As certain previous speakers have emphasized, the first African Union conference on this issue - the Ministerial Conference on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa, held in Bamako, Mali, in 2000 - adopted the African Common Position on small arms and light weapons. The Ministerial Conference recognized that the proliferation of small arms and light weapons undermines good governance and economic development in Africa.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“We all agree on the paradox that the African continent produces few weapons but is beset by the scourge of the illicit arms traffic, the consequences of which range from massive violations of human rights and international humanitarian law due to violence to the phenomenon of child soldiers and the traffic in small arms and light weapons, as well as to an almost endless list of such phenomena as terrorist networks and piracy in certain areas of the continent. Today, we heard from the Secretary General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) of a new phenomenon - the role played by fundamentalist religious circles in the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons in Central Africa. Aware of all these threats, African countries have taken national, subregional and continental measures.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“I would like to begin by commending the Gabonese presidency of the Security Council and to express, Sir, through you, our deep gratitude to the Republic of Gabon for its initiative to organize a debate on a subject of the utmost importance for the African continent. This initiative is part and parcel of the valuable service that your country has always rendered to Africa whenever our continent has been threatened or the peace of an African country jeopardized. The most recent visit to New York of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who defended the highest causes of our continent and of peace in the world, only supports my words. I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary- General for her briefing this morning, Mr. Costa for his presence, and Mr. Duarte, who plays an extremely important role in disarmament in Central Africa.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“The African Union is also working on the development of guidelines on policy revisions at the national and regional level, as well as on the creation of a database for African experts on post-conflict reconstruction and development, which will be made available to member States emerging from conflict. The African Union is also working on mobilizing resources to that end and on capacity-building, including through the use of volunteers. In conclusion, I would again like to thank the French presidency of the Security Council for this initiative and express the hope that our deliberations today will lead to recommendations that will advance our collective peacebuilding efforts in countries emerging from crisis situations.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“The African Union has included the concept of development into its approach to post-conflict reconstruction. In that context, in decision 228 (VII) of the Executive Council, the Commission was asked to develop the African Union Policy Framework on Post- Conflict Reconstruction and Development, based on the relevant provisions of the Protocol Establishing the Peace and Security Council and on experiences accumulated on the continent. As a result, the African Union Commission has undertaken a number of initiatives that led to the adoption of the decision endorsing the African Union Policy Framework.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Our approach to peacekeeping, including through the Peacebuilding Commission, is silent on this matter, and it is high time that these bodies, whether it be the peacekeeping operations or the Peacebuilding Commission, address it. We also believe, along with Brazil, that we must strengthen the concept of development and lay the foundation for development during the peacekeeping and peacebuilding phases. Indeed, peacebuilding requires timely assistance to meet immediate needs. However, there are often difficulties in moving from emergency to substantial development assistance. Introducing such innovative elements will contribute to a successful exit and transition strategy, as it will enable peacekeeping operations and the Peacebuilding Commission to leave behind a solid basis for stable peace in countries emerging from crisis.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“We also need to reflect on an increased role of civilian personnel during this phase, as underscored by the delegation of Gabon, including recourse to the diaspora of the States concerned, in cooperation with local authorities. In addition, at a time when there are signs of impatience to see Blue Helmets leave certain countries, including African countries, there is a need for us to address the issues of timelines, without questioning the achievements in the field of peace and stability in those countries. The implementation of exit and transition strategies must start, as indicated in the concept paper that the French delegation has so kindly shared with us (S/2010/67), by defining a clear and credible mandate in order to preserve the prestige of the mission in the eyes of the public it serves.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“A question that is often raised here in this Chamber is that of how to reduce the boundaries between peacekeeping operations and peacebuilding. A number of ideas have been raised here today concerning the forecasting, from the initial phase of peacekeeping operations, actions for peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. It would be useful to re- enforce the idea of a hybrid formula, by which peacekeeping operations would be bolstered by significant peacebuilding actions aimed at strengthening national capacities, including the creation of conditions conducive to establishing strong State institutions. It has been demonstrated in a number of cases that deterioration of the State usually leads to degradation of other components of the economic and political apparatus, and even of the social fabric of the country.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“As this Council well knows, the African Union is present in Darfur, alongside the United Nations, through the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The African Union has also deployed a force in Somalia, which is currently 5,500 men strong, to protect the institutions of that country - the only country in the world that has had no State, no institutions for close to 20 years and has been abandoned by almost everybody. It is therefore natural that our organization should be interested in today's debate and in exit and transition strategies. In Darfur, the report drawn up by the panel led by the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, which was presented to the Security Council (S/2009/599, annex 1), contains important elements for an integrated approach for crisis exit and transition management.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Efforts include the setting up the Peace and Security Council, the development of the necessary normative and institutional frameworks, including the continental peace and security architecture, and the adoption of numerous instruments on human rights, governance, the rule of law, democracy, elections, disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation, terrorism, and policies of good-neighbourliness. Those instruments constitute a consolidated whole of norms and principles, respect for which will significantly reduce the risk of conflicts and violence and will contribute to peacebuilding. We believe that a number of elements of that consolidated whole, developed by the African Union, are also necessary for the successful transition for countries emerging from conflict.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“As African heads of State indicated in the Tripoli Declaration, Africa is determined to put a definitive end to the scourge of conflicts and violence, aware of its shortcomings and its errors but motivated by the will to mobilize all means and human resources necessary and to seize every opportunity to promote and advance the agenda for conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as for post- conflict reconstruction. Therefore we cannot but seize the opportunity afforded us by today's exercise to share the varied experiences that can enrich the action of the African Union, which has itself gone through a number of important stages in its efforts to meet, in a comprehensive and global way, the challenges of the prevention, management and settlement of conflicts in Africa.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“It has thought a great deal about issues of peace and security in Africa and declared 2010 the year of peace and security in Africa. Indeed, for the African Union this debate constitutes a substantial contribution to that objective, which is aimed at seeking lasting solutions to the conflicts in the African continent. It is a continent where thousands of men and women are deployed as part of United Nations political and peacekeeping operations and where the Peacebuilding Commission is sparing no effort to ensure that peace becomes a lasting reality in Burundi, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and the Central African Republic.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source
“Mr. President, I would like first to thank you for pronouncing my name correctly. I wish to express my great satisfaction at participating in this debate and to congratulate the French presidency of the Council for having chosen a topic so important to the African continent, one which constitutes one of the challenges that we must meet but whose recipes for success remain to be clearly determined. I also wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all speakers who preceded me for proposals that will enrich the experience that the African Union is working to develop. As far as we are concerned, one could not have chosen a better time to debate a topic so vital to thousands of Africans who daily endure the consequences of armed conflict. The African Union has just concluded its summit at Addis Ababa.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270 (2010) · source