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Baipo-Temon

lines on the record: 231
first: 2019-02-21
most recent: 2023-10-26
sittings or episodes: 10
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“Council members should know that the Central African Republic, my country, is a country with an estimated population of 5 million inhabitants, which means that there are 5 million women and men whose rights and dignity continue to be disregarded and scorned, in this twenty-first century, by lawless and faithless enemies of peace. In the madness of their desire to serve dark causes, these enemies of peace wage a proxy war against the Central African people and the institutions of the Republic, obtaining remuneration through the illicit exploitation of natural resources that they galvanize to strengthen themselves with weaponry. In this way, they remain useful actors in all efforts aimed at destabilization with a view to gaining power by force or through any other means.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“In addition, I would support Ambassador Hilale’s briefing and urge the international community to remain involved in the Central African Republic in order to strengthen security cooperation and achieve success in the form of an effective return to peace. While we welcome the achievements resulting from our collective efforts, it should be noted that improvements still need to be made through coordinated and mutually respectful work so that anomalies and inconsistencies cease to be a hindrance to the political process for peace and that they stop fuelling insecurity and precariousness in the Central African Republic. I would now like to share with the Council the situation in the Central African Republic and my Government’s comments on the report of the Secretary-General.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“I add my voice to his in calling for support for the upcoming local elections, to be held in July 2023, the timetable of which has been set out by the National Electoral Authority. Turning to the subject that has brought us together today, namely, the situation in the Central African Republic, on which the Secretary-General has issued a report organized around 11 points, I would like, first of all, to express the gratitude of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic for the international community, acting through MINUSCA, and thank it for its multifaceted support in a context that is as complex as it is complicated.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate her for her clear and concise briefing and for the work she has done with the Central African authorities, and also to provide her with encouragement as she meets the heavy burden of leading MINUSCA to achieving results. I could not end my thanks without acknowledging Ambassador Hilale’s commitment to the Central African Republic Chair of the country configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. I would like to express to him the gratitude of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic for the work he has carried out to mobilize the partners and the friendly countries of the United Nations to remain in solidarity with my country. This gratitude also extends to every member of his team.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“I would like to especially congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s presidency for the month of February. It is with renewed pleasure that I appear before the Security Council to speak on behalf of the Central African Republic, my dear and beautiful country, in order to share with Council members the situation in my country as well as my Government’s remarks and commentary on the report of the Secretary- General (S/2023/108), which has just been presented to us in summary form by Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza, Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Ms. Baipo Temon (Central African Republic) (spoke in French): Allow me to extend my warm greetings to the Security Council, and my thanks for the greetings that were addressed to me. I would also like to thank all the participants here today, and I convey to them the thanks of His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic and Head of State, the Central African Government, led by Mr. Félix Moloua, Prime Minister and Head of Government, and the Central African people for the interest shown in our country, the Central African Republic, through the support of the international community, represented by the United Nations, in particular the Security Council. Allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate the new States that have joined the Security Council as non-permanent members.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“I refer in that regard to my Central African compatriots, the Forces armées centrafricaines, the internal security forces, the Blue Helmets and our brothers in arms who have come in the name of peace to the Central African Republic. I express the gratitude of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic to all partners who have stood by our side seeking peacebuilding and economic recovery, the international community, MINUSCA, the African Union, the Community of Central African States, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and all bilateral partners. The meeting rose at 3.55 p.m.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Let us work together for a better world and a better future for the Central African Republic. We can do that if and only if we want to do it. Everything is a matter of the will of people. As Mr. Souleymane Boel said, “Marginalization is rarely the choice of an individual or a State, but rather the fate of a society whose poverty we want to maintain”. I will conclude — and I apologize for having spoken at length — by paying tribute to all those who have lost their lives in the Central African Republic in this despicable conflict perpetrated by the enemies of peace, which we must have the courage to condemn not in grand speeches but in a firm and factual manner.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The perpetrators remain free and ready to take action because of the ambiguous message that the Security Council and the international community are sending them by not naming them explicitly in the resolution, which blurs the international community’s message in favour of the armed groups and to the detriment of the victims, and because the peacekeeping operations are not deterring the perpetrators and lack the necessary effectiveness on the ground and concrete action to support the Government’s efforts to combat impunity. Disputes over interference in the internal affairs of the Central African Republic that stir up division through misinformation create tensions within the institutions of our Republic. We cannot counter disinformation and incitement to hatred with more disinformation and incitement to division and hatred.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Beyond geopolitical interests, the Central African Republic wants to be a land of peace for all partners that share its goal of ensuring security for its people, its territory and its development. We must therefore not forget the bloody aggression perpetrated from house to house, which created thousands of orphans and left families jobless and displaced.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Let us work together to prevent the laying of mines by armed groups and reduce the capacities of armed groups, which go as far as to attack peacekeepers in their bases. Let us work together for the development of the Central African Republic, in particular in terms of energy and infrastructure. It is important to welcome the collective efforts that have been made and that have made it possible to achieve some important and unexpected gains, given the chaos in which the Central African Republic found itself in 2013. Let us avoid the cliché of friends versus enemies, because your friends may not be our friends, just as your enemies may not be our enemies.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“MINUSCA’s freedom of movement has not been impeded either, as reflected in the recent arrival of the Bhutanese contingent in the Central African Republic without the authorities having been notified beforehand. In addition, the Central African Republic once again calls for coordination and respect for its sovereignty. In particular, it requests that vehicles that do not bear the emblem of the United Nations not be used and that illegal weapons not be transported in unmarked vehicles or in the direction of areas where armed groups are very active. A regulation cannot suddenly be subjected to conditions and pressure for the sake of a Mission whose limits have moreover been demonstrated elsewhere or with respect to which evidence of abuse has been noted.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The Government reiterates its readiness to work in a coordinated manner with MINUSCA and in strict compliance with its sovereignty in order to further and strengthen the significant progress made with the support of MINUSCA and all the technical and financial partners of the Central African Republic. The Government therefore reaffirms its willingness to work with MINUSCA teams on night flights, in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the Government and MINUSCA, as well as the regulations of international civil aviation and of the Central African Republic. I would like to point out that there is not, and indeed has never been, a ban on night flights, although there have been some constraints owing to the national context and some difficulties related to the electrical grid.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“As President Touadera has said repeatedly, the people of the Central African Republic have suffered greatly from misunderstandings and misinformation, which has unfortunately gone on for too long. Our people seek only peace and security for their development. The Government of the Central African Republic is aware of the challenges it faces and asks that its tireless efforts be recognized and supported by prioritizing the actions that need to be taken to achieve the country’s objectives, which are peace and stability. To do that, we must focus on peacebuilding and the recovery of the Central African Republic by stabilizing the country to create the right conditions in which the Government can go about its work.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“I would like to share with the Council a comment that is relevant to the situation in the Central African Republic, which was made by former American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who said: “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource”. In other words, it is time for the Central African Republic to build itself and train its own elites, its own sons and daughters, who are committed to building a prosperous State by drawing on their own resources. It is unthinkable that, for generations, the daily life of Central Africans should depend only on the goodwill of the enemies of peace.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Together, we must continue the collective work already started in order to bring the Central African Republic out of this crisis situation, in which armed groups want to confine it, so that we can break the vicious cycle of human rights violations as a result of poverty, instability and insecurity, since where people are condemned to live in poverty, human rights are always violated. That is why the authorities of the Central African Republic are requesting an evaluation of MINUSCA’s work on Central African soil in order to focus on effectiveness and, together, achieve our objectives.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Through me, the Government and the people of the Central African Republic give the Mission all the support that it needs to carry out its difficult task, and we urge the Council to provide it with all the support and backing in terms of equipment and mandate, not to politicize the mission, as some actors would like, but to perform the priority tasks of protecting civilians, restoring State authority, strengthening the rule of law, combating impunity and promoting security sector reform and support for the political process, in conjunction with African subregional organizations based on the principle of subsidiarity. That must be done in accordance with the basic principles of United Nations peace operations and the sovereignty of the Central African Republic.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The Government is also aware of the difficulties experienced by MINUSCA, particularly the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, due to an operation that is not geared towards achieving the objectives set.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Those crimes and violations remain unaddressed by the Human Rights Division of MINUSCA and the Human Rights Council, which stayed silent until 2021, when the cause of Central African victims became topical. There are also reports of human rights violations against personnel employed by MINUSCA officials. I will not dwell on the illicit trade that is creating unfair competition for local traders, as even onions, tomatoes, potatoes and other staples are being exported in violation of the host country agreement, which has also reached its limits and is now hampering the country’s economic development through unfair competition and loss of earnings.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“A new insurgency emerging on Central African soil will mark a failure of the resolution adopted today or will provide grounds to the population, worried about the lack of proactivity by troops from countries with military experience in dealing with armed militias. The Government and the people of the Central African Republic reaffirm that no operation on Central African soil — to date, there have been 13, including the MINUSCA operation — has been free of human rights violations. Since 2013, unacceptable crimes and violations have been recorded: illicit trafficking in arms and natural resources by peacekeepers in particular and the rape of minors by peacekeepers.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The Central African Republic would like to call on the Security Council, short of acknowledging the failure of previous solutions and peace missions, to demonstrate insight by providing adequate support to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic so that, after 10 years, the MINUSCA operation can see signs of an end to the crisis. To that end, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General must have the freedom to use the strength of her mandate and employ armed force to deal with an ever-increasing insurgency, which shows the limits of a peace operation that has no mission or mandate to address the cause of the problem, namely, armed groups.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“That is why the Central African Government asked the Security Council to prioritize that task in the MINUSCA mandate so that the protection of civilians becomes a tangible reality for the population, which is still waiting to see the results of a peacekeeping operation that is vaunted as being robust, but whose effectiveness on the ground is not apparent owing to the ongoing activity of armed groups. Let us remain committed to security sector reform and restructuring. Let us overcome the sanctions that put an end to the training of uniformed personnel under false and unproven pretexts, driven by geopolitical stakes.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“I said it before, and I cannot reiterate it often enough, that it is not enough to talk about being human; we must practice being human and deal with conflicts in their context. With regard to the Central African conflict, let us remain determined to support the efforts of the Central African Government in its quest to restore State authority throughout the country by supporting a policy of decentralization, which, by holding municipal elections, will make it possible to expedite the process and promote local development, thereby bringing about benefits for the population.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Furthermore, the text listing the good offices of MINUSCA, even in matters of sovereignty, is proof of a desire not to resolve the Central African conflict but to maintain it, since we also know that the host agreement imposed and signed in 2014 at a time of extreme vulnerability deliberately maintains the country’s dependence on the international community in its efforts to preserve a sense of dominance. Multilateralism seems to lose its meaning when decisions are taken only on the basis of the bilateral positions of Member States. I therefore call for self- reflection on the part of all in order to clearly accept the consequences of destructive and often ill-timed actions. Resolving the Central African conflict is simply a question of political will on both sides. For that to happen, we need to talk to each other at a human level.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Similarly, there is a disconnect between the humanitarian discourse and humanitarian action, as we are all aware that 80 per cent of the major donations from contributor States are primarily used not for the human cause, but for the running of organizations that champion the humanitarian cause. Humanitarian action fuels humanitarian action and the insecurity of an entire population, which is made to rely only on humanitarian emergency plans, not economic development programmes.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“With its experience in conflicts, either as a victim or as an effective supporter — I am talking about Africa’s contribution in the First and Second World Wars — Africa, fairly represented, could contribute to a better world. If even history does not commemorate or pay tribute to our African relatives who lost their lives in support of a cause that they deemed just, then Africa has a duty to remember history. Moreover, it should be noted that a number of powerful countries are responsible for various theatres of conflict at the expense of the weakest. I would like to mention Libya, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad and so on.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Neither will it be resolved by sanctions to hide the fact that nature abhors a vacuum and that futile disputes are not acceptable when a State is in survival mode, or by texts produced in comfortable ivory towers and in complete isolation from the reality on the ground. It should be noted that national and international public opinion observes and judges the credibility of the decisions taken within the Security Council. The world is nothing but conflict, which means that, as with the League of Nations, there is an urgent need to rethink the organ that guarantees international security. The reform of the Security Council has become inevitable, and a more balanced representation of Africa in the Security Council can only be beneficial to ensuring international security.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“We can continue the list of inconsistencies in the decisions taken by the powerful, the permanent members of the Council, with the support of States chosen à la carte. Moreover, we note that the majority vote here is also explained by the fact that many Member States represented here are both judge and jury as contributor States to peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic and elsewhere. The Central African crisis will not be resolved by summoning the State under attack, which is accused of not being able to ensure respect for human rights and of still experiencing an appalling situation in humanitarian terms.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“They are not sufficiently proactive and have overly cumbersome methods of engagement on the ground, where we see contingents arriving after the violence. I will give two examples — houses burned down in Kaga Bandoro in 2021 and nuns being burned to death in their cars at the hands of armed groups in front of powerless contingents. To take the Kaga Bandoro incident, which is a telling example. I would like to point out that, as various houses were on fire, the contingent present in the locality for many years was called on to help by the population. However, it did not arrive at the scene of the violence until the next day to see the dead burned alive and count them for the purposes of a statement strongly condemning the atrocities of armed groups.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The Central African Republic commends the States that have supported the Central African cause by effectively helping to ensure that the principles of the Charter of the United Nations are not violated. The reaction to such violations is based on the degree to which their continent resembles those of Council members, with double standards applied — so that, sadly, in Europe we see proactive solutions sought for conflicts, sanctions against aggressors, arms supplies and appeals for solidarity, whether voluntary or compelled, while the attitude to conflicts in Africa wavers, with peacekeeping operations whose limitations and inability to effectively live up to the situations they are placed in are clear for all to see. Those peacekeeping missions lack adequate resources and equipment to deal with heavily armed groups.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The text adopted by a majority vote of the Council today responds first and foremost to the call for solidarity and support from the international community, which is not in question, something that it is important to remember. It is also important to highlight the vigilance of certain Member States, for which I am grateful and which has ensured that the reality on the ground and the situation in the Central African Republic have not been diminished by a text that would have focused more on geopolitical issues, directed by Powers to the detriment of weak countries such as the Central African Republic, and that would have diverged from the Security Council’s primary mandate for the maintenance of international security. The Central African Republic would once again like to thank those Member States for their vigilance.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“The Central African Republic was pleased to receive a French delegation on Central African soil to whom, on behalf of my Government, I expressed our appreciation to France, as well as our expectations and the urgent needs of the MINUSCA peacekeeping operation. The sensitivity of this subject is clear, owing to the lengthy discussions that were necessary to bring the text of the resolution to a vote. As far as the Central African Republic is concerned, the text is unsatisfactory because it does not take into account the needs and expectations of our country or the aspects that are vital to ensuring that the peacekeeping operation can be more effective.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“My country, the Central African Republic, takes note that following the deliberations on the draft resolution setting the terms for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic, the penholder’s text was adopted with 12 votes in favour and three abstentions as resolution 2659 (2022). I would first like to take this opportunity to thank France, which as the Security Council’s penholder on matters concerning the Central African Republic, presented the text of the resolution, taking care to do it with an attitude of openness to the Central African Republic, as the concerned party.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“Ms. Baipo Temon (Central African Republic) (spoke in French): First of all, I would like to congratulate Ghana on its presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and especially you, Mr. President, for your excellent guidance of the discussion in today’s meeting. I warmly thank the representatives of the Security Council members here today and extend my best wishes to them. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic for her work and all of the other representatives for their statements. The topic of today’s meeting is extremely important to the Central African Republic in particular, but also to the Security Council, the organ with the primary responsibility of ensuring peace, both around the world and among the Member States of the United Nations.”
2022-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9190 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, I want to emphasize the importance of adopting a fitting paradigm that consists in providing States that are constrained by armed groups with the means to promote women’s meaningful leadership so that they can thrive in the political, economic, social, cultural and even personal arenas — in order to replace the current paradigm, which makes the support that the State needs conditional on the principle of equality instead of parity, which is based on equity — and in enabling women to assume their aspirational and deserved place so that their leadership can better benefit the public interest.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“The Government of the Central African Republic welcomes the support provided to our women and calls attention to the vital importance of improving the structure of the NGOs and associations concerned to ensure that they are more effectively involved in the State’s recovery and in overcoming challenges so that we have better social cohesion and coexistence, and not just in the political arena. We must encourage women to be bold with regard to principles of parity and to get more involved in decision-making bodies and in public affairs — all in a spirit of equity as predetermined by the concept of parity, which accordingly requires bringing together a sufficient number of Central African elites, especially young women.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“All of them are positions that have been entrusted to women in times of extreme tension and pressure. We must also recognize that measures to promote resilience and women’s leadership and ensure a sense of certainty, confidence and security have been implemented and continue to be implemented, including by a follow-up committee that is working on the issue of human trafficking, a problem that mainly affects women. The President has given the committee special attention and it is being overseen directly by the executive branch, with a Minister Councillor enlisted for the task. That exceptional and noteworthy resilience is also supported by the technical and financial partners of the Central African Government, placing them at the heart of the support system they provide to my country.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“In 2013, a woman — Catherine Samba-Panza — also served as interim President during the transition, at the height of a major crisis, a critical and extremely sensitive period during which at least 80 per cent of the country’s territory was occupied by armed groups, which were not from the Central African Republic. That trend of looking to women’s leadership in the Central African Republic increased with our return to constitutional order, including in 2016 with the accession of Mr. Faustin Touadera to the presidency and the appointment of women to Government positions. Women have held and continue to hold important positions, including in our Ministry of Defence, the diplomatic corps and the area of reconciliation. Even the position of President of the country’s Constitutional Court is held by a woman.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Moreover, Central African civil society now has a good number of associations, including those whose members are women, women doctors, women lawyers and young women leaders. The resilience of women in the Central African Republic correlates with leadership in terms not just of initiatives but of their capacity to resist pressure and take on positions of responsibility. Although our State has yet to appoint the number of women required to achieve the goal of gender parity, it should be acknowledged that it is a model in terms of women’s promotion. During the time of our illustrious Emperor Bokassa, the Central African Republic saw the appointment of its first female Prime Minister, Elisabeth Domitien.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“In the face of adversity and the consequences of armed conflicts that have created an exponential rise in the number of orphans, the women of my country have come together to improvise decent shelter for orphans by opening their homes or makeshift houses to accommodate them. They have dealt with the emergency, and over time, with the help of more experienced associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), they have organized to provide a more adequate welcome and better care. They have come together and individually and collectively helped to carry out humanitarian work. In order to encourage their initiatives, some of the projects of the Central African Republic recovery plan have been entrusted to them, helping and promoting their work.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“In response, we must acknowledge the remarkable resilience of the women of the Central African Republic, who despite the individual suffering they may have endured as a result of rape, the loss of their husbands and the murder of their children, have stayed standing, committed to refusing to render evil for evil and steadfastly remaining resilient in order to provide the children who survived human barbarity with a way to rise again. That sense of responsibility and self-sacrifice for one’s family is a true driver of resilience for the women of the Central African Republic.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Those two major conflicts have undeniably left in their wake various forms of trauma caused by the extreme violence of the crimes that were committed — with systematic violence and sexual violations against women and children, crimes perpetrated from house to house with the sole intention of killing the men of the house and raping women and girls under the helpless gaze of their husbands and children, sometimes even forcing their sons to have sexual relations with their mothers or grandmothers. The history of the Central African Republic is indeed a sad one, and one can wonder how the people of the country hold on and keep themselves from descending into chaos.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“The last two major conflicts in particular had especially violent consequences for women and children — the conflict in the early 2000s involving the Bayamoulengué mercenaries from the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the leadership of Jean-Pierre Bemba, and that of 2013 involving the Séléka rebels and mercenaries who re-emerged in strength in 2020 under the name of the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Humankind has been placed in danger by the tyranny of Man with a capital M, by our persistent will to dominate and subjugate the other. I would like to commend the Secretary-General for his report (S/2022/740) and urge him to go further in taking concrete action to fight in solidarity against destabilization, terrorism and armed groups. My country, the Central African Republic, has experienced a shocking number of crises and armed conflicts marked by unprecedented violence.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Our battles to have our rights respected, which we commemorate on 8 March, have to some extent been in vain because the fate of women, their rights and respect for their bodies continues to be of true concern. Despite their remarkable determination, leadership and resilience, women and women’s organizations and work are being undermined in countries in conflict. That is why silencing the guns, in Africa in particular but also in every region of the world, must be a priority for us all and part of our shared commitment for the sake of international peace and security. We must work harder for peace because our actions and decisions are compromising the future of the world and of women, who are the givers of life.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“It should be noted that in armed conflicts, women and children are the first victims, while also taking account of the fact that in most countries in conflict women represent a majority of the population. It is therefore important for countries in conflict to work on strengthening women’s leadership so that they can effectively participate in the process of restoring peace. We must applaud their remarkable resilience and ability to maintain and safeguard the economy during conflicts — women whose courage and actions, which reflect solidarity, can be a driving force for the resilience of an entire population. It is regrettable and unacceptable that in 2022, women are still terribly exposed to violence, barbarism and the deprivation of their rights.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“Ms. Baipo Temon (Central African Republic) (spoke in French): At the outset, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, which enables us to share our experiences on today’s topic on strengthening women’s resilience and leadership in regions plagued by armed groups. I would also like to acknowledge the briefings by women’s representatives from various organizations — Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women; Ms. Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission; and Ms. Zahra Nader, Editor-in-Chief of Zan Times. I thank them for the information that they have provided on such an important subject. I also thank you, Sir, for inviting me to share the experiences of the Central African Republic in this debate.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158 (2022) · source
“In resolution 2086 (2013), paragraph 7, the Council “[r]ecognizes that the mandate of each peacekeeping mission is specific to the needs and situation of the country concerned...”. I have made the foregoing several reminders in the hope that the voice of the patient will be heard by the doctors who comprise the Security Council, so that a diagnosis may be made that does not result in further serious harm to the patient.”
2022-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9156 (2022) · source
“For this reason, I recommend that the upcoming renewal of the mandate of MINUSCA take into account the recommendations adopted in this very forum by resolution 2086 (2013), more precisely on 21 January 2013, which states, in its paragraph 3, that the Security Council: “[r]eiterates its commitment to continue to improve its consideration and reflection of early peacebuilding tasks in the mandates and composition of peacekeeping operations, and in this regard, stresses the necessity for the Secretariat to plan early peacebuilding tasks in phases with clear objectives...” In resolution 2086 (2013), paragraph 4, the Security Council “[s]tresse[d] the importance of grasping the challenges of peacebuilding from the inception of a peacekeeping mission through Integrated Strategic Assessment and Planning processes, so as to ensure coherence between, and integration of, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and development to achieve an effective response to post-conflict situation from the outset...”.”
2022-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9156 (2022) · source
“The fragile situation of the Central African Republic does not date from 2020, nor from 2021; 2020-2021 is the date of when the Central African Republic appealed for support in the bilateral framework. The fragile situation dates back to a period when the country was scarred by an aggression of its territory and population by armed groups called Séléka in 2013 and Coalition des patriotes pour le changement in 2020.”
2022-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9156 (2022) · source