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Ben Sliman

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2012-10-15

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2014-12-16

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1. “The experience of recent years has shown that the United Nations and the African Union are working, in the framework of their partnership in the area of peacekeeping, towards establishing a solid, effective and innovative peacekeeping architecture based on lessons learned from recent years. However, flexible, sustained and predictable financing for those operations remains a vital precondition for their success. It is highly desirable that we see a more sustained international commitment to financing such operations and to strengthening the operational capacity of the African Union in the areas of conflict prevention, crisis management and post- conflict stabilization.”

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2. “Nevertheless, we support further consideration with regard to the lessons learned from experiences acquired during the transition of operations from the African Union to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with a view to improving the conditions necessary for such transitions and to avoid delays, which are sometimes too long, in deploying a new peacekeeping operation. It is crucial to rapidly deploy contingents, peacekeeping staff and support staff for reconstruction. It is equally important to consider the possibility of establishing a system of standby forces and capacities in order to rapidly intervene when crises occur. That should be based on an early-warning system so that the necessary measures can be taken at the appropriate time.”

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3. “Similarly, we believe it is appropriate that, next March, the Secretary-General will submit an assessment report and recommendations dealing with partnerships between the United Nations and regional organizations in peacekeeping operations. My country, which is involved in a number of peacekeepingoperationsinAfricaasatroop-contributing country - the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, among others - welcomes these various transitions and adaptations of peacekeeping operations and their immediate impact on the ground.”

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4. “Innovative arrangements - such as the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and the transformation of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali into the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, and of the African-led International Support Mission for the Central African Republic into the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic - illustrates the flexible approach that now prevails at the United Nations and the African Union. In that context, we welcome the Secretary-General's initiative for an a overall review of peacekeeping operations and to include in that review, pursuant to resolution 2167 (2014), modalities for transitioning an African mission to a United Nations peacekeeping operation.”

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5. “The new cooperation mechanisms that are being put in place between the United Nations and the African Union, such as the annual meetings between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council contribute greatly to defining the guidelines and common approaches for responding to complex and multifaceted crises, civil wars, rebellions, terrorism and crime, as well as to the ongoing evolution of peacekeeping. This close partnership, based on the comparative advantages of each organization, strengthens the resilience of both organizations to new threats and to the demands of the rapidly changing realities on the ground.”

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6. “These missions have undoubtedly contributed to the improvement and evolution of African-led peacekeeping operations, while generating organic and even strategic links between the African Union and the United Nations, which are especially important in light of the fact that the continent is the focus of a majority of the activities of the United Nations and hence of the Security Council's work. Today, 50 per cent of peacekeeping operations, 80 per cent of Blue Helmets and 70 per cent of the peacekeeping budget are devoted to Africa.”

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7. “This resurgence of Chapter VIII as an instrument to promote the participation of regional and subregional organizations in the establishment and building of peace and security not only strengthens the universal character of the Charter, but also gives regional organizations a growing role in the management of crises and post-conflict stages. With this in mind, we welcome the leading role played by the African Union in the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture. Despite the weakness of its material and financial resources, Africa has managed to deploy African peacekeeping missions of peace in the Sudan, Darfur, Somalia, Mali and the Central African Republic.”

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8. “It clearly reflects measheightened awareness and a commitment to working jointly to meet the peace and security challenges facing that Africa through the building and strengthening of a strong and innovative partnership between the African Union and the United Nations. The experience of judicious cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, led by the African Union, demonstrates the foresight, wisdom and pioneering vision of the authors of the Charter of the United Nations, who decided to include Chapter VIII, recourse to which is nowadays indispensable to the maintenance of international peace and security.”

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9. “Mr. Ben Sliman (Tunisia) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset to offer our condolences to Pakistan following this morning's horrendous attack on a school in Peshawar. I would like to congratulate Chad on the occasion of its accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to convene this debate, which provides an opportunity for a constructive exchange on ways to further strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in the context of peacekeeping and international security, characterized by numerous challenges, the proliferation of crises and multifaceted threats. We cannot but welcome the increase in recent years of the number of Security Council meetings devoted to the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations.”

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10. “In that regard, we very much appreciate both the United States- Russian agreement and resolution 2118 (2013), on the destruction of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. Those weapons are indeed a threat to the peace, security and stability of the region and to international peace and security. We hope that development will be a positive step towards a political settlement ofthe Syrian crisis and the holding, at the earliest possible date, of an international conference on a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruciton in the Middle East.”

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11. “We also stress the need to step up efforts to achieve a political settlement to the crisis, which has become unbearable. We also emphasize the importance of Syria's sovereignty, territorial integrity and the cohesiveness of its society. In that regard, my country supports the current efforts towards the holding of the "Geneva II" conference to achieve a political settlement that is agreed upon and supported by all Syrian parties that desire peace. Such a settlement should put an end to the more than two years of strife that has had tragic consequences for Syria and the countries of the region. We also reiterate our strong condemnation of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict. We believe that to be a criminal act against the Syrian people - indeed, against humanity.”

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12. “We call for the stifling embargo imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2007 to be fully lifted in order to put an end to its serious and tragic economic repercussions, under which Palestinian citizens, including women and children, are deprived of the simplest and most basic elements of decent living. We also call for an end to Israel's occupation of Lebanese and Syrian territories. My delegation would like to express its deep concern concerning the situation in Syria and the continuing acts of killing, destruction and terror in all parts of the country. That has the potential for grave consequences for Syria and its future, and indeed the entire region, particularly on the humanitarian level. Tunisia reiterates its support for the aspirations of the Syrian people for freedom, dignity and democracy.”

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13. “Tunisia also condemns the attacks by the occupying forces and Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties, the confiscation oftheir lands and farms, and the harassment, humiliation and violation of their most fundamental rights, including the rights of detainees and prisoners. Those, in the opinion of the international community, are a clear challenge to the principles of human rights and international humanitarian law. My country strongly condemns the attempts to Judaize the city of Jerusalem, to eradicate its Islamic sites and to change its demographic and geographic character, in addition to the daily campaigns of attacks against Muslim and Christian shrines, particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian faithful therein.”

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14. “In that context, Tunisia condemns the continuing illegal Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory - including the West Bank, East Jerusalem and surrounding areas - which, as indicated in the latest report by Peace Now, the Israeli peace organization, increased by 70 per cent in the first half of 2013, as compared with the same period last year. My country calls on the international community to act urgently to put an end to such practices, which the international community agrees are a flagrant breach of the norms of international law, resolutions of international legitimacy and the fundamental framework for a peace process.”

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15. “The Council has before it today a historic opportunity to provide conditions for a just, balanced and durable solution that allows all parties an opportunity that cannot be squandered, particularly in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, which cannot afford further setbacks. However, most regrettably, what we see on the ground are the practices and policies by the occupying forces. We see unconstructive statements by its officials that do not reflect awareness or the necessary seriousness to achieve the desired peace. We believe that to be a serious threat to the current negotiations and a settlement between the two sides.”

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16. “My country expresses its support and encouragement for the resumption of direct talks between the Israeli and Palestinian sides, under the aegis of the United States of America. We thank the United States for its efforts. We look forward to the talks culminating in a comprehensive final settlement of the question of Palestine in all its aspects. Such an outcome should include a clear and well-defined timetable that enables the Palestinian people to regain the right to establish their independent sovereign State within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, thereby allowing peaceful coexistence among all parties in the region on the basis of durable peace and security.”

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17. “In my country's opinion, the question of Palestine is one of the core issues in the Middle East, particularly in the light of the latest developments in the region, the grave challenges entailed and the need to find urgent solutions. We therefore believe that this issue must remain central on the United Nations agenda as well as on those of all its bodies. The issue requires the continuing effective attention by all Member States until a final, just settlement is achieved. Undoubtedly, that will be one of the fundamental keys to stability and comprehensive peace in the region. In that context, it is our belief that there is no alternative but peace in order to achieve stability and to open new horizons for the peoples of the entire region.”

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18. “Mr. Ben Sliman (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to express our warmest congratulations on Azerbaijan's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Let me also express my gratitude for the convening of today's open debate on the agenda item entitled "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question" - a new opportunity to consider the latest developments in the region, particularly those pertaining to the question of Palestine. Allow me also to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the subject this morning.”

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19. “In that context, we hope that the United Nations, especially the Security Council and the General Assembly, can comply with their historic obligations at this critical juncture of the Palestinian question by reaffirming its core principles, the framework instruments and the terms of reference so as to pave the way for a new path in the peace process, for which a first landmark would be giving full support to the ongoing efforts to help Palestine acquire non-member State observer status in the General Assembly. We are confident that Palestine's acquisition of that status would demonstrate to the whole world its readiness to assume its role as a peace-loving State, fully committed to United Nations resolutions and instruments, as well as a critical factor in the maintenance of peace and stability in the region and in the world as a whole.”

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20. “We all recognize that a two-State solution is critical to any meaningful peace process that can lead to the restoration of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights. These are the core ingredients of a settlement of the conflict that does not emanate from a vacuum but is inherently anchored in international and regional instruments and United Nations resolutions. We must reaffirm our resolve that they will be revived and enforced, in the hope that the international community will continue to have a chance to put an end to the current impasse in the negotiations, salvage the peace process and imbue it with a new dynamism.”

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21. “Such practices are a natural result of Israel's continuing lack of commitment to its international obligations, its ongoing occupation and its alteration of the facts on the ground, which has targeted the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings in an effort to change its Arab and Islamic identity and to annex vast tracts of Palestinian land. The Israeli occupying forces also continue to seize by force large areas of Palestinian territory - farms, residential neighbourhoods and aquifers - under various pretexts and designations. All these practices are designed to make any future agreement based on the two-State solution a virtually unattainable if not completely impossible option.”

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22. “While my country calls for increasing such debates and maintaining their regularity, at the same time it urges that ways be found to inspire hope among the Palestinians and the entire international community through respect for the moral and legal authority of the relevant United Nations resolutions. That would be an incentive to rapidly and seriously relaunch the peace process on all tracks in order to achieve the two-State solution in line with those resolutions. The failure of the international community to address the Palestinian question with the earnestness and scrupulousness that the tragic situation of the Palestinian people requires has led to the escalation of acts of aggression committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinian citizens and their property.”

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23. “Regrettably, such meetings have proved that they do not live up to the responsibility required of the serious situation that threatens the Palestinian people's security and the region's stability. The region needs a climate of trust to bring about peaceful exchanges among its peoples and to establish institutions and structures that promote the development of democratic societies. Our meetings and the long-standing methods of the United Nations in dealing with the Palestinian issue are nothing other than steps towards conflict management. They do not establish the dynamic to address the core issues in order to resolve the conflict and enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable national rights and to establish an independent State, within the 1967 borders, with Holy Jerusalem as its capital.”

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24. “The Palestinian people are living in a disastrous situation with no decisive international position on Israeli violations of international law and its provisions. They can no longer tolerate neglect and indifference. I must be clear that the lack of a credible solution would ultimately lead to a new situation, inciting sentiments that would be exploited by extremist elements throughout the world. Unfortunately, here and there we have started to hear calls for jihad to be adopted as the key instrument to putting an end to the historical injustice long endured by the Palestinian people. I call on all delegations gathered here today in the primary organ and forum entrusted with the maintenance of international pace and security to consider the value of our meetings.”

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25. “Israel's non-compliance with its international obligations and its ongoing flagrant violations of the fundmental human rights of the Palestinians only exacerbate the situation. The Palestinian people are therefore living constantly under the aggression and violence not only of the Israeli military machine but also of the extremist settlers with the full complicity of the occupation army and the Israeli Government, as well as international betrayal. The Israeli Government has therefore come to perceive that as condoning its ongoing serious violations and policy of uprooting and ethnic cleansing. Moreover, Israel has been rewarded and even shielded from accountability with impunity.”

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26. “At the outset, I would like to express our grave concern about the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the increasing suffering of the Palestinian people as a result of the scourge of the occupation and deprivation and a suffocating economic crisis, exacerbated by diminishing international aid, despite the pledges of numerous countries and international bodies and organizations. The deadlocked political outlook of the Palestinian issue has serious implications not only for the Palestinian people but also throughout the Middle East, a region that is in a critical position, thus putting it in a state of constant turbulence and instability.”

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27. “Mr. Ben Sliman (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I extend to you, Mr. President, my warm congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I commend you on guiding the Council with wisdom and efficiency. Today, we meet in an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, against the backdrop of a complete standstill, the lack of any prospects for peace and the inability of the Organization to uphold the noble purposes for which it was established, in particular with regard to the Palestinian issue.”

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