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1. “Therefore, additional efforts are necessary in order to attain 100 per cent deployment as soon as possible in order to ensure AFISMA's efficient transformation into a United Nations stabilization operation under Chapter VII of the Charter. As we all know, every United Nations peacekeeping operation requires the prior consent of the host State. We are therefore pleased that, in a letter dated 12 February (S/2013/ 113, annex), addressed to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Government of Mali requested the deployment of a United Nations operation in Mali in order to restore the stability, authority and sovereignty of the Malian State throughout its territory.”

   2013-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6944 (2013) · source

2. “There is an urgent need to immediately implement the measures necessary to ensure the effective deployment of those troops. With regard to force generation, and based on the work of a battalion comprising 850 elements, the following countries have committed to providing infantry battalions: Burkina Faso - one battalion; the Niger - one battalion; Togo - one battalion; Nigeria - one battalion; Chad -two battalions; Sierra Leone 4 onebattalion; Senegal and Guinea, jointly - one battalion; Cote d'Ivoire - one battalion; and the Gambia - one company for the protection of the force's civilian police. Moreover, we note paragraph 45 of the report of the Secretary-General, that as of 22 March, 6,288 military personnel had been deployed.”

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3. “That is why, at its extraordinary meeting held on 25 and 26 March in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, the General Committee of Chiefs of Staff of ECOWAS concluded that it was indispensible that the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) be provided as soon as possible with all necessary financial and material resources for its further upscaling and upgrading, in order to enable it to take over from the French forces, which are scheduled to withdraw in the near future. Accordingly, the current transition is of crucial importance, particularly in terms of AFISMA's transformation into a United Nations stabilization operation under Chapter VII of the Charter. In that respect, estimates indicate a need for 11,200 military troops and 1,440 police officers.”

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4. “As has been underscored by the previous speakers, the situation in Mali has enjoyed positive developments since the launching of Operation Serval, In the military and security domains, the counter-offensive waged by the allied forces was decisive, enabling rapid northward progress to Tessalit. Current efforts seek to launch offensives against the jihadist havens, particularly those located in the Adrars des Ifhogas region and the Niger Strip.”

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5. “Mr. Bamba (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the 15 States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In turn, I wish to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on Rwanda's assumption of presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. My country, C6te d'Ivoire, which maintains friendly and brotherly relations with Rwanda, naturally wishes you every success in fulfilling your mandate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the situation in Mali (S/2013/189) and express my delegation's appreciation for the briefing provided by Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.”

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6. “It is that concern which led ECOWAS in 2006 to transform the moratorium on small arms and light weapons into a convention, which should be seen as a legally binding instrument to regulate the transfer and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in our subregion. Moreover, ECOWAS expresses the wish that the future arms trade treaty, whose final negotiating session will resume in a few weeks, might incorporate elements of the ECOWAS convention, which seeks to strengthen the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Economic Community of West African States is ready to contribute to such an objective.”

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7. “In that regard, the protection of civilians in armed conflict would be more effective if we strengthened cooperation between the Security Council and the International Criminal Court. Indeed, we agree that it is not possible to improve respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law without strengthening the means to ensure the accountability of those who are responsible for such violations, including parties to a conflict and people who have acted individually. In conclusion, allow me to return to the causes of armed conflict and to underscore that ECOWAS remains convinced, with respect to our subregion, that the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons must be the basis of any strategy to sustainably protect civilians in situations of conflict.”

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8. “Indeed, the current crisis situation in Mali, of which the Security Council is seized, is of great concern to ECOWAS, as it raises the issue of the respect for the rules of international law by non-State armed groups that have clear links with terrorist organizations. The Economic Community of West African States cannot deny the pressing need for access to populations by humanitarian actors, but it is also important that the physical integrity and security of those actors be protected. With respect to the obligation to ensure accountability, ECOWAS supports that principle to the extent that we believe it in many ways to be the cornerstone of the fight against impunity.”

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9. “The Economic Community of West African States rightly welcomes the exemplary action taken by the United Nations in Cote d'Ivoire under that resolution, which made it possible to spare an incalculable number of human lives by bringing a swift end to the post- election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. With respect to the recommendation in paragraph 76 ofthe Secretary-General's report, ECOWAS believes that the terms used should be qualified somewhat, taking into account the responsibilities of the States Members of the United Nations within the framework of cooperation in the fight against terrorism.”

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10. “In that regard, ECOWAS, of course, fully supports the five main requirements identified in the report of the Secretary-General to assure more effective protection of civilians: first, respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law; secondly, respect for the international rules on the protection of civilians by non-State armed groups; thirdly, the protection of civilians by United Nations peacekeeping missions; fourthly, humanitarian access; and, fifthly, the obligation to ensure accountability. With respect to our subregion, we note that it was on the basis of those five major principles that the Security Council, in the context of the post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, adopted resolution 1975 (2011).”

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11. “Violence and other human rights violations of which civilians are the victims are the consequences of those factors, and that is why I would like to not only express the full support of ECOWAS for the principles and efforts made by the United Nations in general and the Security Council in particular, but also to underscore the need to effectively strengthen cooperation between the Security Council and regional and subregional organizations in the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”

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12. “The legal framework and mechanisms for specific action set up by ECOWAS, which make up our collective subregional security system, have endowed us with the instruments necessary to prevent conflict and the appropriate means to establish peace. Those ECOWAS structures have evolved within the larger context of close cooperation with the United Nations, pursuant to the relevant provisions of its Charter, and remain essential tools for strengthening the protection of civilians in our subregion. Experience compels us to admit that armed conflict in our subregion is, undoubtedly, linked to a series of causes: first, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons; secondly, a lack of democracy; and thirdly, poverty.”

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13. “Given those situations, in which civilians have been massacred, the States members of ECOWAS responded in 1991 by adopting the Declaration of Political Principles in Abuja, which addresses the basic human rights of the citizens of ECOWAS. That was followed in 1999 by the adoption of the Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security in the subregion, which institutionalized the ECOWAS intervention framework by creating the ECOWAS standby force. The Mechanism was complemented in 2001 by the supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance and in 2008 by the ECOWAS Strategic Framework for Conflict Prevention.”

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14. “I take this opportunity to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his courageous statement at the beginning of this debate, which more than ever before confronts the international community with its responsibilities with regard to the violence and unacceptable threats to human life and dignity in areas of conflict around the world. The Secretary-General's report indicates that civilians account for 90 per cent ofthe victims of armed conflict, of whom women and children constitute 80 per cent. That regrettable reality is, unfortunately, true of our subregion in West Africa as well, which has seen several armed conflicts since 1990, including in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire and recently in Mali.”

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15. “Mr. Bamba (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 15 States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the initiative taken by your country, the Republic of Korea, to organize this debate on the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, whose importance is clear to all. I would like to welcome Mr. Kim Sung-hwan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, who has come to New York to preside over this important meeting. I would also like to welcome the concept note prepared by the Mission of the Republic of Korea (S/2013/75, annex), as well as the excellent report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2012/376).”

    2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source

16. “In that regard, ECOWAS is of the View that it would be in the interests of peace for the Transitional Government in Guinea-Bissau to be recognized and for development partners to be able to resume their cooperation with that country. I would like to conclude by affirming loud and clear that West Africa greatly needs peace and stability in order to develop the subregion's economic potential. That can happen only if the situation in Guinea-Bissau is resolved once and for all in a sustainable way, all the more since the subregion is suffering from the situation in Mali, which threatens not only West Africa but also international peace and security.”

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17. “That new mandate, we believe, should encourage the option of establishing a common strategy of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, ECOWAS and the CPLP in order to resolve the crisis in Guinea-Bissau. In that regard, I would like to underscore that the new Special Representative has already begun to make contact with people at all levels so as to successfully discharge his duties. Such steps are of course supported and agreed to by ECOWAS. ECOWAS maintains that it is high time to work together to strengthen coordination among all stakeholders and to climb down from extreme positions, which to date have not allowed the international community to speak with one voice on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.”

    2013-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6915 (2013) · source

18. “We therefore welcome the recommendation of the Secretary-General in paragraph 53 ofhis report (S/2013/26), which provides for the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) to be extended for three months, until 31 May. ECOWAS hopes that the new Special Representative will be able to visit West Africa and Guinea-Bissau in order to make all necessary contacts in the subregion and to collect the views of the main stakeholders. On the basis of the conclusions of that trip to the subregion, of course, the Special Representative may propose an adjustment of the United Nations mandate in Guinea-Bissau to the Secretary-General.”

    2013-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6915 (2013) · source

19. “Jose Ramos-Hortas, former Head of State of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. That appointment is very timely given the important coordinating role that the United Nations must play in the concerted pursuit of solutions to the crisis. I would like to take this opportunity to pay the greatest tribute to him and his predecessor, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, whom we commend. ECOWAS looks forward to the new Special Representative, who is due to assume his duties in February, coordinating and invigorating the new momentum of the international community's concerted action, established by the joint mission.”

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20. “Finally, the joint mission met members of the Guinea-Bissau diplomatic community. As the Assistant Secretary-General said, the report of the joint mission has not yet been endorsed by the appropriate bodies. However, now we have some information that I would like to share with the Council. First, a direct dialogue among the parties, including the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), has been established with a view to concluding a transitional pact. That means that the political process is acceptable to all parties and is therefore irreversible. The Parliamentary Commission, under the chairmanship of the PAIGC, has been established to review the transitional road map and, in particular, to propose new realistic dates for the holding of general elections. ECOWAS welcomes the appointment of Mr.”

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21. “As the Assistant Secretary-General said, in Guinea-Bissau, the mission met the authorities, in particular the interim President, the Prime Minister and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Defence, the Interior and Justice, as well as other officials of the Transitional Government. The mission also met the Bureau of the People's National Assembly and the Parliamentary Commission, tasked with amending the transitional pact and the political agreement recently concluded by ECOWAS. The joint mission then met with the Office of the National Electoral Commission. It met with the various political parties, both those supporting the current transition and those not participating in it, members of civil society, including women's groups, traditional and religious leaders, socio-professional bodies, businessmen, lawyers and journalists.”

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22. “Specifically, the mission had the following objectives: first, to assess the political and security situation on the ground; secondly, to examine the underlying causes of the recurring crises in Guinea- Bissau; thirdly, to study the possibilities for a consensus among the partner organizations on Guinea-Bissau on the way forward; fourthly, to facilitate the establishment of a series of recommendations on the best ways and means for the organizations concerned to work together in order to assist Guinea-Bissau in overcoming the challenges facing it in the short, medium and long term; and fifthly, to make recommendations on the establishment of an appropriate follow-up mechanism.”

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23. “That meeting, it should be recalled, was convened at the initiative of the African Union, in close cooperation with ECOWAS and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), on Saturday, 29 September 2012 at the headquarters of the African Union Mission in New York. At the end of that critical meeting the two parties approved an initiative to send a joint mission to Guinea-Bissau, comprising officials of the African Union, ECOWAS, the CPLP, the United Nations and the European Union. The Peace and Security Council of the African Union supported that initiative at its meeting of 2 November 2012, as did ECOWAS at its extraordinary session in Abuja on 11 November 2012. In that context, the joint mission visited Guinea-Bissau from 16 to 21 November 2012.”

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24. “Given the resulting budget deficit, the Transitional Government therefore received various budget assistance, in particular $5.5 million from the West African Economic and Monetary Union, $10.6 million from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and $2 million from the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. I would now like to recall the historic meeting between the President of the Transitional Government, Serifo Nhamadjo, and the former President of Guinea- Bissau, Mr. Raimundo Pereira, both representing Guinea-Bissau parties at the highest level, which took place here in New York and inspired great hope.”

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25. “On 7 November 2012, we attended the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Guinea-Bissau and ECOWAS with a view to implementing the reform of the defence and security sectors. Furthermore, we would note that on 29 November 2012, the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau reached its full strength of 677 personnel, comprising troops, police and civilians. At the economic level, in 2012 the falling price of cashew nuts, Guinea-Bissau's main export, caused a drop in the economic growth rate to less than 1 per cent, contrary to the initial forecast of 4.5 per cent.”

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26. “Mr. Bamba (Cote D'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the 15 States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). We would like to extend our congratuations to you, Mr. President, on the Republic of Korea's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. ECOWAS welcomes the excellent report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/26) on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. There have been numerous developments in the situation in Guinea-Bissau since the adoption of resolution 2048 (2012). On 21 October 2012 there was a major incident at the Bissalanca air force base in Bissau, which appeared to be a forcible coup. The Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS firmly condemned that attempt to destabilize the Transitional Government.”

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27. “In the light of that, ECOWAS would like to reiterate that the Tuareg issue and the question ofthe north ofMali cannot be hijacked by terrorist forces. A11 mingling between Tuareg and narco-terrorists must be avoided, and the settlement of the underlying causes of the conflict must be approached with pragmatism. The Government of Mali must therefore establish, in collaboration with ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations and all partners, the conditions for a genuine national dialogue with all components of the nation, including the representatives of the communities of northern Mali.”

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28. “In conclusion, as was emphasized by President Ouattara at the summit held last week in Abidjan, the military intervention and the current course of events were imposed upon us just as all of the efforts of ECOWAS and the African Union were focused on a political resolution among the Malian parties as part of the discussions of Ouagadougou and Algiers and in the context of resolution 2085 (2012). ECOWAS therefore would strongly remind the transitional Malian authorities of the need to comply with resolution 2085 (2012), the relevant decisions of ECOWAS and those of the African Union as it develops the transitional road map that will permit the holding of the presidential election within the timetables given, with the support of the international community.”

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29. “On behalf of the Chairman of ECOWAS, I would like to renew the appeal launched to the Secretary-General for him to continue to be personally involved with a view towards making the logistical and financial support package available to AFISMA on an emergency basis. ECOWAS would therefore like the Secretary-General to be able personally to attend and co-chair the donors conference, given the stakes of that meeting for the entire African continent. In that regard, we are convinced that the effective presence of the Secretary-General at that important donors conference would not only ensure its visibility but it would above all ensure its success.”

    2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source

30. “Motivated by the urgent needs that have arisen in the theatre of operations in Mali, the African Union and ECOWAS, as stated in the press release of the African Union dated 11 January, renewed their request to the Council that it authorize emergency financing through United Nations contributions in order to allow for the swift deployment of AFISMA and the effective conduct of operations. For its part, ECOWAS is taking internal measures to make its contribution in order to deal with the situation. Furthermore, ECOWAS calls on the goodwill of all people to play an active role and to make commitments to contribute during the donors conference scheduled for 29 January in Addis Ababa, in order to mobilize the financial, logistical and material resources that are essential to accelerating an effective and efficient deployment of AFISMA.”

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31. “Thirdly, AFISMA does not have the logistics support it needs to deploy outside Bamako, while AFISMA troops should be rapidly deployed to reinforce Malian and French troops in places liberated from the terrorists. Given the gravity of the situation in Mali and the subregion, ECOWAS therefore calls the attention of the Security Council to the vital need of making the emergency logistical and financial support package available as requested by the ECOWAS Commission President in his correspondence dated 18 January, which was passed on to the Secretary-General and the Council as an official document.”

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32. “The delegation also visited French troops, held a working meeting with the AFISMA command and met the troops already there, namely, troops from Benin, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. Given all the announcements that were made, the total number of AFISMA personnel, which was projected to be 3,300, could be doubled. Up to now, however, only 946 have been deployed. The visit on the ground brought up three major difficulties, as Mr. Feltman indicated. First, the AFISMA budget has not yet been established, given that contributions are not yet available. Secondly, the AFISMA Force Commander does not have the resources needed for its smooth operation.”

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33. “With regard to force generation, I would like to say that the following ECOWAS countries have pledged troops - Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. A number of other African countries, although not members of ECOWAS, also pledged troops or other forms of support, thereby showing the great solidarity of the African continent on this matter. Among others, those countries include Burundi, Chad, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania. From a practical point ofview, I would like to inform the Council that, on the orders of President Alassane Ouattara, a mission led by the Minister for Foreign Affaires of Cote d'Ivoire went to Bamako yesterday in order to support and encourage the ECOWAS troops deployed in AFISMA.”

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34. “It was also decided that logistical supplies and financial support would be requested of the United Nations for the deployment of AFISMA, pending the Council's decision on the logistical support called for in resolution 2085 (2012) and given the evolution of the events on the ground in Mali, which has required the accelerated deployment of AFISMA. The President of the ECOWAS Commission was also instructed to take, in close collaboration with the African Union, all the necessary steps for the holding of the donors conference scheduled for 29 January in order to mobilize financial, logistical and material resources for the deployment of AFISMA.”

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35. “Feltman said, the appointments of Maj or General Shehu Usman Abdulkadir of Nigeria and Brigadier General Yaye Garba of the Niger, as the Force Commander and Deputy Commander of AFISMA, respectively, have been approved. The establishment of a joint coordination mechanism for implementing resolution 2085 (2012) by the United Nations, the African Union and ECOWAS was decided for the purpose of facilitating regular consultations on political leadership, resource mobilization and accountability, as well as the monitoring and assessment of expenditures.”

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36. “We welcome the substantial involvement of the European Union as well, which confirmed at the end of the 17 January meeting its commitment to providing training for the Malian armed forces. In the same vein, we would like to thank the neighbouring countries in the Sahel and Maghreb regions for their frank cooperation in this process. We call on them to cooperate further to improve security across the entire region. The extraordinary ECOWAS summit took important decisions in the context of resolution 2085 (2012). Those decisions relate to the specific and immediate methods for a stepped-up deployment of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), given the deterioration of the security situation in Mali and the neighbouring countries. In that regard, as Mr.”

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37. “That was, moreover, the core of the message delivered by President Alassane Ouattara, Chairman of ECOWAS, at the extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held on 19 January in Abidjan, when he said "The time has come for a broader commitment to show greater solidarity with France and Africa". It is fitting to express our sincere gratitude to France for its leadership in handling the crisis in Mali and to the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Spain and many other countries for the various forms of support they are providing in the ongoing operations in Mali.”

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38. “In the light of these events, the whole world is once again reminded of the brutality and barbarism constantly displayed by terrorists. Those tragic events confirm, as if there were any further need, that terrorism is a global threat, to effectively counter which will call for strengthened international solidarity. The intervention of French troops, at the request of the legal authorities of Mali, to assist the Malian armed forces in beating back the offensive by terrorist groups underscores the urgent need for such international solidarity.”

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39. “Mr. Bamba (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 15 member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). At the outset, I would like to thank the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for his very informative briefing on the current situation in Mali. I would also like to thank Ambassador Oumar Daou, Permanent Representative of Mali, for his statement, as well as Ambassador Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union, for his intervention, which ECOWAS fully supports. Before taking up what Ambassador Tete Antonio has just said, I would like, on behalf ofthe 15 ECOWAS member States, to pay tribute to the victims of the tragic events that took place at the in Amenas gas plant in Algeria. The events claimed victims of several nationalities.”

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40. “In conclusion, in the light of what I have referred to, I would like to echo what was just said on the financing of AFISMA and to reiterate the formal request made on Saturday, 19 January, by President Alassane Ouattara, Chairman of ECOWAS, at the ECOWAS extraordinary summit on Mali, held in Abidjan. He called on the Secretary-General and the Security Council to quickly adopt the logistical package financed by the United Nations and to establish a special trust fund to ensure that the actions of AFISMA are effective.”

    2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source

41. “They must have human, material and financial resources at a predictable and sufficient level so that those operations can be successful. We know that the military spending of the 15 biggest countries of the world in 2010 alone represents the sum of $1.6 trillion, while the total cumulative spending of all peacekeeping operations from the first one in 1948 to 2010 was only $109 billion, or 23 times less. Recent events involving the actions of terrorists demonstrate the global nature of the threat of terrorism as it affects all citizens of all the countries of the world. That reality cannot be ignored, and therefore requires enhanced international solidarity to strengthen the United Nations international collective security system.”

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42. “Their goals are, inter alia, to restore public order and security, allow for the provision of humanitarian assistance, protect and promote human rights, ensure the protection of civilians in situations of danger, as well as of women and children, taking into account, in particular, the situation of child soldiers, support the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex- combatants, assist in and facilitate electoral processes, support security sector and justice reform, and help to restore administration, the economic sector and the rule of law. Peacekeepers therefore play a key role in the stability of all regions of the African continent. They need to have clear and viable mandates and the political support of all members of the Security Council and the international community.”

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43. “But in the light of the large-scale massacres of civilians, mass atrocities and human rights violations, in the light of the attempts by radical terrorist groups and transnational criminal networks to destabilize sovereign States, is the United Nations to stand idly by and passively watch as crisis situations and violence develop? The experience of recent events in Mali leads us to hope that, when the situation requires it, the Security Council will formulate more robust mandates for the imposition of peace, which would subsequently evolve into peacekeeping mandates and, subsequent to that, peacebuilding mandates. ECOWAS believes that a multidimensional approach to peacekeeping operations is a positive development. Their scope is broad and comprehensive.”

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44. “In that respect, there is a need to further explore the possibilities offered by the normative framework for peacekeeping operations, in particular in the timely articulation of the provisions of Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. In that respect, the analysis (see S/PV.6702) conducted on 12 January 2012 during the high-level Security Council debate organized by the South African presidency on the crucial cooperation in the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter between the United Nations and regional organizations, including the African Union and ECOWAS, in the prevention, management and resolution of crises in regional theatres, needs, in our View, to be deepened. It is often said that the job of the United Nations is not to wage war; that is true, and we agree.”

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45. “Resolution 2085 (2012), adopted by the Security Council on 20 December 2012 to authorized the deployment of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), was obtained at the end of lengthy negotiations that reflected the full complexity of peacekeeping mandates. But the recent offensive by terrorist groups in the south of Mali, which provoked the decisive and beneficial reaction of France in response to a request by Mali's legal authorities, as well as the deadly hostage-taking situation at the natural gas facility in Algeria by a radical terrorist group, means that the United Nations has to attempt to seriously adapt its capacity to respond more effectively to those types of crises.”

    2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source

46. “The ECOWAS Protocol Relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security in the subregion enables the immediate deployment of the ECOWAS Standby Force in the case of crises, following a decision of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, and above all with the consent of the legal authorities of the country concerned. Those two conditions were satisfied in the case of the Mali crisis. However, mindful of supporting its action in Mali on a robust international legitimate basis, ECOWAS requested the prior authorization of the African Union and the United Nations Security Council before any deployment took place.”

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47. “In other words, we are talking about the complex and changing character of crisis situations and conflicts that threaten regional and international peace and security, as is the case in Mali right now. In the face of such threats, the international community, in particular the Security Council, must provide appropriate responses. When it comes to conflict management in West Africa, ECOWAS can boast of considerable experience forged over more than 20 years of engagement in the settlement of crisis situations, in particular in Liberia in 1990, in Sierra Leone in 1997, in Guinea-Bissau in 1998 and 2012, in Cote d'Ivoire in 2002, and today in Mali.”

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48. “Peacekeeping operations are one of the key instruments used to that end, although they are not specifically mentioned in the Charter. Moreover, with the changing nature of conflict, from inter-State to intra-State, peacekeeping missions have had to adapt to that change, which increasingly places the protection of civilians at the heart of their mandates. They are dangerous missions, which have cost the lives of peacekeepers, in particular in Cote d'Ivoire. We take this opportunity to hail the memory of fallen peacekeepers who have died in the line of duty. In addition, we must acknowledge the appearance of new non-State actors, radical terrorist groups and their transborder criminal networks that threaten the stability of States, particularly in West Africa and the Sahel.”

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49. “Mr. Bamba (cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): It is my honour to take the floor on behalf of the 15 States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). I would like, first, to thank the Pakistani presidency of the Security Council for the month of January for its initiative in organizing today's important debate on peacekeeping operations. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his important statement at the start of today's debate. Finally, ECOWAS welcomes the Council's adoption of resolution 2086 (2013) at the start of today's debate on peacekeeping operations. As we all know, the Charter of the United Nations confers upon the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

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50. “I now invite Council members of our bilateral partners and international institutions to informal consultations to continue our discussion on and organizations, including the Security Council, we the subject. are sure that we can successfully meet those challenges. The meeting rose at 3.40 p.m.”

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