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  1. “That would enable the Joint Force to put an end to funding concerns and instead focus entirely on its fundamental mission, namely, to bring security to the region in order to create a climate conducive to development where the populations fully enjoy well-being and their human rights. Finally, I would once again like to thank all bilateral and multilateral partners for their support to the G-5 Sahel and its member States. Alongside the efforts of the member States themselves, that support has contributed to the progress made by the G-5 Sahel. The continued and increased support of partners is essential for the achievement of the G-5 Sahel’s objectives.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  2. “We welcome his consistent position on the need to ensure sustainable and predictable funding for the G-5 Sahel Joint Force, which our Heads of State have repeatedly stressed at every opportunity. We reiterate once again our appeal in that regard to the Security Council. The G-5 Sahel States also fully share the Secretary-General’s conviction that a United Nations support office would be best positioned to provide the appropriate support that the G-5 Sahel needs. Therefore, we reiterate our call to the Security Council to create a support office so as to provide the G-5 Sahel Joint Force with sustainable, predictable and reliable funding.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  3. “We take note of the report of the Secretary- General and welcome the relevance of its analysis and conclusions. The progress noted reflects the ongoing efforts decided by the Heads of State. The reforms aimed at strengthening the institutional capacities and efficiency of the organization are being finalized. We are counting on the support of our partners to achieve that universally sought-after objective. With regard to the two options presented by the Secretary-General in his report on support for the Joint Force (S/2021/850), the final decision lies with the Security Council. Nonetheless, we would like to thank the Secretary-General once again for his analysis and conclusions.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  4. “We reiterate once again the firm commitment of the G-5 Sahel, in accordance with the instructions of its Heads of State, to carry out structural reforms of our organization to render it fully effective and able to fully assume, in accordance with the established standards, its responsibilities in the pursuit of the G-5 Sahel’s objectives. With regard to the implementation of the human rights due-diligence policy, considerable efforts have been made and progress achieved. However, challenges remain, and our commitment to continue in our efforts and collaboration with our partners is steadfast. We reassure our partners that we will spare no effort to reach the required standards. We are relying on their support and assistance to achieve that.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  5. “The reform of the Executive Secretariat has already been completed, and there is also a process under way to revise the G-5 Sahel convention of establishment to take into account the implications of that reform. It is also worth recalling that a trust fund to receive contributions to the Joint Force was established in 2018 and is fully operational, with the Executive Secretariat bearing responsibility for its management mechanism. That means considerable efforts are under way, with concrete results already having been achieved in terms of the strengthening of the governance and institutional capacities of the G-5 Sahel.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  6. “We all share the will and ambition to pursue our common goals at the national level and within the framework of our organization, the G-5 Sahel. In that regard, I would like to stress that, in order to ensure effective governance of the G-5 Sahel and its optimal institutional capacity, structural reforms have been undertaken at the Executive Secretariat, formerly known as the Permanent Secretariat. During the G-5 Sahel Summit held in N’Djamena on 15 February, the Heads of State instructed the Ministerial Council and the Executive Secretariat to accelerate the finalization of the reform process in order to provide the organization with an effective institutional structure for the implementation of its strategy.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  7. “Those projects, which are highly anticipated by our populations, address the areas of infrastructure, governance, resilience and security and are necessary for improving the living conditions of the G-5 Sahel populations. As the Secretary-General notes in his report, major challenges remain. Nevertheless, our States have demonstrated the political will to tackle those challenges in order to achieve the full operationalization of the various G-5 Sahel mechanisms. That operationalization must be conducted in accordance with the overarching guidelines, standards and norms set out by our Heads of State, particularly in the area of human rights, as agreed with our partners, and to which our countries are committed.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  8. “Those instruments have been developed through extensive consultations with and support from international partners. The G-5 Sahel Joint Force and its Priority Investment Programme therefore remain the most appropriate solutions to the problems facing the Sahel region. They require consistent support from all friends of the Sahel to achieve their objectives, which constitute our shared goals. It should be noted that important progress has been made in the context of the operationalization of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force. As for the development component, it is awaiting the additional resources promised by partners for the implementation of Priority Investment Programme projects.”

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  9. “The G-5 Sahel States are also convinced that, if it has adequate resources commensurate with those serious challenges, the G-5 Sahel has the capacity to eradicate the terrorist threat and bring about security and well- being for its people, to the benefit of the entire region and the world. While the G-5 Sahel is an initiative of its member States, it is also an instrument for international peace and security, for security is indivisible. The security of the Sahel and Africa is also the security of the world. The Joint Force and the G-5 Sahel economic pillar, the Priority Investment Programme, are carefully considered, pragmatic, realistic and feasible responses, based on the reality on the ground and the real needs of each country.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  10. “If such a return is not done in an orderly manner under the aegis of the United Nations and in close coordination with the States concerned, within a proper disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process, the repercussions of that return risk further destabilizing the Sahel and undermining the efforts of the States of the region, supported by partners, to secure and stabilize the region. The G-5 Sahel States are therefore now more convinced than ever that the G-5 Sahel is a unique, relevant and beneficial initiative, emanating from the States concerned, and remains the only framework for action capable of providing the most appropriate solutions to the challenges facing our subregion.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  11. “In addition, the lack of significant progress in ensuring security by eradicating terrorist attacks, despite the efforts of the G-5 Sahel States, and the presence of external forces could undermine the action of States and their partners and cast doubt over, or even question, their ability to root out terrorist groups, who will not hesitate to take advantage of the situation, if they have not already done so. The return of mercenaries and foreign fighters expelled from Libya is an additional element in an already very dark picture.”

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  12. “The absence of coherent responses with a real impact on the ground, based on the specificities and vulnerabilities of the region in the context of global climate action, as well as the unfulfilled promises to countries in difficult situations, such as those of the G-5 Sahel, in the context of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the third International Conference on Financing for Development, add to the disillusion and despair of the local populations.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  13. “In addition to the terrorist threat facing our States for several years, the lack of a solution to the multidimensional crisis in the Sahel unfortunately gives free rein to the proliferation of other emerging opportunistic challenges due to existing tensions, which persist despite the efforts of States of the region and their partners to curb them. The intercommunal conflicts that are multiplying and causing loss of life in several G-5 Sahel States are fuelled by the security crisis against a backdrop of competition for increasingly scarce resources as a consequence of the climate crisis, whose effects are felt throughout the Sahel due to the region’s structural and ongoing vulnerabilities.”

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  14. “Mrs. Baroud (Chad) (spoke in French): First of all, I would like to congratulate Mexico on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation extended to Chad to participate in this important meeting devoted to the operationalization of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) Joint Force and the situation in the region. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his relevant report (S/2021/940) and Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his insightful briefing on the report and the situation of the G-5 Sahel. The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrisome, as the Secretary-General highlighted in his report.”

    2021-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8903 (2021) · source

  15. “In conclusion, Chad recalls once again the pressing need for inclusive political dialogue, including with armed groups, to definitively restore peace to the Central African Republic. Chad endorses the call by ECCAS regarding the need for regional mediation and underscores the importance of coordinated action between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, with a view to a resumption of dialogue and the implementation of the peace process. Indeed, progress on inclusive dialogue and in restoring State authority throughout the country in the context of the peace process will make it more likely that the embargo imposed on the Central African Republic to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of militias and armed groups and exacerbating violence will be lifted.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  16. “The growing role of foreign mercenaries risks wiping out the gains made over several years and dragging Africa back into renewed cycles of devastating violence. Chad calls on the international community, primarily the United Nations and the African Union, to ensure that the progress made in terms of peace and stability is upheld and strengthened. The most recent report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic, of 16 June 2021 (S/2021/571), details the recurrent attacks that MINUSCA faces, imperilling the lives of peacekeepers. Chad calls on the perpetrators of such attacks to cease them, reiterates its full support for MINUSCA and calls on the Security Council to grant the Mission all resources necessary to discharge its mandate.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  17. “Despite that attack against its territory, the Government of Chad showed restraint in order to give dialogue a chance. It was in that framework that a Central African Republic delegation was received in N’Djamena that included the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security. Following these bilateral discussions, it was decided to establish an international impartial team comprising experts from the United Nations, the African Union and ECCAS to establish the facts and assign responsibility. That deadly attack against Chadian territory did not help efforts to resume dialogue as called for by subregional organizations, including the African Union, which has been resolutely committed to efforts seeking to silence the guns in Africa.”

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  18. “On 30 May, the outpost of Sourou on Chadian territory was attacked by the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic and the foreign mercenaries accompanying them. Six Chadian soldiers died, five of whom were taken prisoner and then coldly executed on Central African territory. That attack inside Chadian territory is indisputable proof that the situation in the Central African Republic represents a serious threat to the stability of the entire region. That deadly attack, about which the Central African authorities say they are surprised, demonstrates the prominent role of foreign mercenaries in the conduct of military operations and control of the country. The presence of those mercenaries during the attack against Chad leaves no room for doubt.”

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  19. “Chad shares the concerns expressed in various reports, particularly those of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, with regard to the increasingly prevalent role played by foreign mercenaries in the deterioration of the situation in the Central African Republic, thereby exposing the civilian population to atrocities and human rights violations. Chad appeals to the United Nations, and MINUSCA in particular, to strengthen the protection of civilians.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  20. “The latest developments in the situation in the Central African Republic, marked by human rights violations and atrocities committed by foreign mercenaries against civilians, run the risk of exacerbating the violence, with all the humanitarian, social and security consequences that that entails for the Central African Republic and neighbouring countries. That situation concerns us all. Chad wishes to express its deep concern about the rupture of the peace dynamic and the lack of progress in the peace and reconciliation process despite the ongoing appeals of the international community, in particular the Security Council, the African Union and subregional organizations. Chad regrets that the military option has taken precedence over negotiations with all Central African actors, including armed groups.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  21. “On several occasions, Chad has not hesitated to share the few means at its disposal with its sister country, the Central African Republic, when it was necessary. Chad has also consistently supported all subregional, regional and international efforts to restore peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic, and will continue, alongside the international community, to advocate and work for the peaceful resolution of the Central African crisis through inclusive dialogue. Since the resurgence of violence in the Central African Republic, on the eve of the presidential election last December, the peace dynamic created by the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, signed by the Central African parties in February 2019, has been lost.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  22. “Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central African Republic, for his very enlightening briefing on the developments in the situation in the Central African Republic, and to Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and, of course, Ms. Rita Laranjinha, European Union Managing Director for Africa, for their inspiring briefings. Chad and the Central African Republic are neighbouring countries with a long border of more than 1,900 kilometres, sharing a common destiny, history and centuries-old ties between the populations on both sides of the border. That is why Chad has always stood by the Central African Republic, including at difficult moments in its history.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source

  23. “Mrs. Baroud (Chad) (spoke in French): First of all, I would like to congratulate the Republic of Estonia on its successful presidency of the Security Council during the month of June and on convening this important meeting on the situation in the Central African Republic. I would also like to welcome the presence at this meeting of His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and Acting Chairperson of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to my brother, Mr.”

    2021-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8802 (2021) · source