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Ben-Shaban

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2007-08-28
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2007-08-28
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  1. “Libya has acted as a key mediator in resolving a number of African conflicts and disputes. It has effectively enshrined the principle of the peaceful resolution of disputes, making an effort to mediate and end conflicts in a number of countries, including Chad, 07-4920] the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan. My country hopes that greater efforts will be devoted to conflict prevention in Africa so that African countries can concentrate on development issues and on achieving prosperity and dignified lives for their peoples.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  2. “The United Nations should respond positively to its need to build up its peacebuilding capacity and to finance its operations. General Assembly resolution 60/ 1, adopted at the 2005 World Summit, in fact encourages such initiatives by the African Union and subregional organizations in the areas of conflict prevention, resolution and mediation, with United Nations help. Whereas Security Council resolution 1631 (2005) reaffirmed the Council's primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, it also recognized the increasing contribution made by regional organizations. My country has always supported efforts to prevent conflicts or resolve them peacefully, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the norms of international law.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  3. “Since its inception in 1999, the African Union has steadily worked to improve its role of a partner of the United Nations and its cooperation with United Nations peacekeeping missions. It has contributed proactively to mediation and reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in a number of African countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, C6te d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda and Somalia, to name a few. The African Union has played an essential role in the maintenance of international peace and security, thereby lightening the Council's burden. We at the United Nations should therefore render greater support to the African Union and cooperate with it.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  4. “My delegation therefore supports the current trend of allowing regional organizations to plan a larger role in the maintenance of peace and security on the African continent, with United Nations participation. 07-4920] If cooperation between the Council and those organizations is carried out in a methodical and institutional manner, that should lead to a great deal of interaction, experience-sharing and joint efforts to help significantly in resolving African conflicts. The basis for such cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations consists in community of purpose and integration of effort in dealing with the challenges facing the establishment of peace and security in Africa.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  5. “However, there is still much for the Council to do in resolving those most complex issues in the international arena, which entail overlapping historical, political and social factors, as well as the negative effects of colonization in that continent. Given the special nature of conflicts in Africa and the overlapping of the numerous factors to which I have just referred, the establishment of regional and subregional organizations in Africa has effectively contributed to resolving some problems and ending others. That is because those organizations possess the necessary knowledge and are in a position to understand the various dimensions of the conflicts on the continent.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  6. “It should be kept in mind that effective prevention and recovery strategies require the establishment of a comprehensive approach through which a series of measures can be undertaken - including, for example, policy, humanitarian and institutional measures and steps to strengthen sustainable development, eradicate poverty and promote national reconciliation, good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for and protection of human rights. In resolution 1625 (2005) the Security Council, reaffirming its responsibility for international peace and security, expressed its determination to strengthen United Nations effectiveness in the area of the prevention of armed conflict and to follow up situations that could result in armed conflict.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  7. “Every day the international community increasingly acknowledges the importance of dealing with the conflicts that arise in certain parts of Africa and the need to settle them peacefully. This means that the international community is becoming more aware of the importance of dealing with the root causes of these conflicts, of the link that exists between them, and of reform, reconstruction and sustainable development and the role these play in solidifying peace.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source

  8. “Mr. Ben-Shaban (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your effective handling of the work of the Council this month. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, the Chinese Ambassador, for the wise way in which he conducted the work of the Council last month. Mr. President, your initiative to organize this debate on conflict prevention and resolution in Africa comes at the right time, considering that Africa is the theatre of a number of developments. Consequently, the Council's desired role in Africa must be reviewed and compared to efforts to prevent conflict in Africa in order to help that continent overcome its difficulties and surmount its obstacles.”

    2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source