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1. “She was a Nepalese doctor, and she had been working with the Congolese police during the coronavirus disease, but she also undertook many initiatives, including one of working with the Congolese to plant a billion trees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

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2. “Today I can say that the lessons learned in that area have to do with dealing with the movement of crowds — as we saw in Goma — and on establishing containment measures when there are outbreaks of disease or pandemics. We are also trying to capitalize on that in terms of capacity-building, and that is what we did during the Ebola outbreak. Finally, our commitment in UNPOL means that within the Department of Peace Operations and our police component we have officers in charge of health and the environment. The police officer who was named police officer of the year last year was from MONUSCO.”

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3. “However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the real concern for us is the question of conflict and violence, and every time the issue of climate comes up people say the solutions are already there. But there is a climate-change dimension in our efforts with the Congolese police. The work we have done with the police on natural disasters — for example, in Goma last year when the volcano erupted and when we worked with them two or three years ago managing an Ebola outbreak in the Beni area — all those experiences and our work with them are things we must capitalize on in managing any disasters linked to climate change. So we are conducting Action for Peacekeeping activities with them to help to increase their training on the concepts and the capacity-building needed to tackle climate change.”

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4. “The Congolese police have already asked us if new partnerships could be initiated to monitor and prevent disruptions of law and order, particularly in the pre-electoral period in 2023. And we are thinking that we can have partnerships with actors such as the United States that already have programmes there, to see how we might be able to build something with them. I would like to make a final point with regard to climate change. The Mission is in a country where every time we try to discuss the issue of climate change, we talk about country solutions. We can point to the discussions being held in Egypt around the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”

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5. “That leads me to the last questions posed by the representative of the United States. The final question was about the link between disinformation and the manipulation of information. In UNPOL, we believe that we must continue to equip the national police in their investigations with tools, and those are the same tools that can be used in preventing and identifying misinformation. In terms of our expectations for the Security Council — in response to a question that was asked — we need the police-contributing countries and the Security Council to acknowledge the expertise that is needed. The Congolese people are urgently seeking new technologies. At the moment, South Korea, as I mentioned, is partnering with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but we need new technologies to address crime.”

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6. “We always try to take into account the possibility that we may have to make supplementary efforts if our partners do not support us. The police component is working in an integrated way tO defuse the anti-MONUSCO sentiment. We are in contact with the police and with the community. We make use of early warnings, and every time we receive information we make sure that the information is passed on. We make sure the information goes up the chain, and propose solutions based on the knowledge that we have of the networks and actors on the ground. I gave an example in my briefing of that as an effective tool for addressing organized crime. We are continuing to build capacities among the Congolese, where this problem can be addressed at the level of the police, as a crime that manipulates public opinion in order to carry out attacks.”

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7. “With regard to the question from the representative of Ireland on strategic communications in relation to the anti-MONUSCO climate, which is my third response, I think that — moreover, Under-Secretary-General Lacroix reiterated this on several occasions — what is happening with MONUSCO is unprecedented. The provisions that we have for MONUSCO stipulate that the host State can help us with security and support us in our efforts to protect ourselves. Unfortunately, with regard to the most recent outbreaks, at the end of July, the host State’s security services, which we have been working with for almost 20 years, failed to take action. Police components are therefore considering some of the elements of our strategy for engaging with the force and the Department of Safety and Security when we set up contingency plans.”

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8. “When we talk about the protection of civilians, we know that the United Nations policy, as was recalled in this Chamber today, is to take into account two thirds — that is, political engagement and dialogue on protection, engaging in physical protection against imminent threats, but also creating a protective environment. All the work that we do with regard to those two thirds is taken up with, and often overtaken by, considerations linked to the second third, which is that the violence is ongoing, and they expect the United Nations to literally replace the State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in protecting the population.”

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9. “We believe that that was an important step in the overall strategy of our commitment to combating sexual violence. The police component was able to report and raise awareness, as well as change the behaviour of the police towards communities. Nonetheless, as was recalled by the representative of India, we are the subject of attacks because, overall, we are seen as the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). And very often we are also scapegoats for the situation here in the country because — and by way of conclusion on this part — the mandate requires that we ensure the protection of civilians.”

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10. “Whenever there are demonstrations, we work with our human rights colleagues, who sit down with local police to see, incident by incident, why such a person was injured and what happened. By way of a response, we also enter into discussions every time that the police say that they were violent because they did not have enough materiel or because they did not have teargas. The police component mobilizes with the mission leadership to find out what is needed. The final positive assessment of us from the population are the teams combating sexual violence, which were initially in Goma and Bukavu. They are in contact with the community. They carry out awareness- raising, and they show that the Congolese national police is listening to victims of sexual violence.”

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11. “When we have gone into communities, whether it be places that we left, such as the Kasai or now Tanganyika province, the operational strategies that we implemented have in fact been opportunities for the Congolese national police to carry out community policing. People were able to use free access numbers to telephone the police, and the police received fuel and other support in order to answer those calls. That meant that UNPOL’s presence and work received positive feedback. Our presence within the population and the various investigations that we carry out in relation to our presence also mean that all those actions also look at promoting human rights. In each area in which we are present, we set up ad hoc committees to discuss the issue of police violence.”

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12. “On the second question from the representative of Norway about the mindset of the population, I can say that there is indeed a feeling of general distrust with regard to the presence of the United Nations mission, because we are associated with the problem or due to the fact that the basic problems of the population in terms of security have not been resolved. Against that backdrop, I think that, as humbly and realistically as possible, we can say that the assessment of the work of the United Nations police (UNPOL) overall is positive. As I was saying earlier, our assessment and evaluation is made very specifically based on the kind of support that we provide.”

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13. “That is how, while the United Nations is working together, we also have the European Union, which is providing assistance through a new programme; the United States, which continues its support through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; France, which also supports the Congolese people through the police forensic programme; very recently, the Republic of Korea, which is strengthening its presence in new technologies with regard to investigations; Japan, working in community policing; and a new training partnership that is being developed with the United Arab Emirates.”

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14. “The Special Representative of the Secretary-General therefore instructed us to set up a joint police capacity-building programme, which means that the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Mine Action Service and the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now all working together in a number of areas of engagement, the purpose and objective of which are to build capacities so as to tackle the root causes of the conflict. The last aspect of that issue is that the Democratic Republic of the Congo itself, in taking control of its presence, remains very open to bilateral and multilateral cooperation.”

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15. “As the Council knows, for us that was more of an exercise that allowed us to refocus on our priorities, knowing that those priorities already existed. That exercise was also a great opportunity for us to continue with the directions and guidance provided by the Security Council, whereby the transition process meant that the Democratic Republic of the Congo should of course be able to shoulder its responsibility for security, but also that there should be greater integration between the peacekeeping operation and the other United Nations entities.”

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16. “When the Security Council established the parameters for the transition by drawing up benchmarks, in terms of the police we followed discussions at the political level with strategic discussions with the police leadership. For us, the strategy is to take into account the fact that any transformation process is based on national leadership, and, on that basis, whatever the political direction, we must build on what already exists. In terms of capacity- building, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is therefore on its third five-year plan for developing the police capacity. At the time of the transition, the discussions focused on which elements of the current, third five-year plan could help to improve the security environment in order to meet the benchmarks, as well as the capacity-building needs.”

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17. “I will try to summarize the comments that I have on the questions raised. First, regarding the question from the representative of Norway about the status of capacity-building, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo we are in a situation in which all our work must be shaped by so- called humility. As Council members know, it is a huge country with numerous problems. We often forget the fact that there are more than 100,000 individuals in the police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congolese police force has 138 police officers, while the Congolese army has 150,000 troops. We are in a process of transition, which has been a great opportunity for us.”

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18. “It is also aware of the very changing nature of the peacekeeping environment, and it remains convinced that performance-evaluation measures are essential to the success of the work being done on the ground, not only in the context of building national capacity in accordance with the mandate, but also in the context of the guidance provided by the Secretary-General through the Action for Peacekeeping initiative in the supporting UNPOL’s contribution to the security of United Nations personnel.”

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19. “We are working collaboratively with the MONUSCO force and the Department of Safety and Security to contribute to the full range of elements that are included in the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, and as the Council knows, we are in an environment where the threat is evolving and the situation very volatile. MONUSCO’s police component is aware of the magnitude of the current challenges in the specific context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

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20. “Cooperation with the Congolese National Police extends beyond assessment measures and is also a way to contribute to the security of United Nations personnel deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNPOL contributes to mobilizing national stakeholders to assume their responsibility in the investigation of serious crimes committed against peacekeepers and participates in joint efforts with the other entities of the Mission in the context of work within the criminal justice system. Our technical and forensic support extends beyond the national police and also includes the military justice system and has facilitated numerous arrests for serious crimes and crimes against humanity. In a similar vein, MONUSCO has equipped its formed police units with advanced technology, such as drones, to strengthen the safety of the camps.”

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21. “For us, counter-organized crime investigations and techniques are not only an opportunity to transfer skills in terms of managing crime scenes for our Congolese colleagues but also an opportunity to contribute to national efforts to stop the spread of small arms and light weapons through the various units set up in the framework of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As we near the end of 2022, we can see that over the course of the year our units have supported no fewer than 212 investigations through various forms of assistance to our Congolese counterparts, including assistance in complicated investigations on improvised explosive device explosions.”

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22. “Therefore, with practical support, we have set up instruments that can statistically measure what we have achieved at the national level and also allow us to evaluate the individual and collective commitment of our units. The second example is the deployment of teams in charge of capacity-building in the area of organized crime. Those teams prioritize thematic training, which can and must contribute to our national efforts to combat impunity. The Congolese National Police has therefore received training in intelligence and investigation techniques on serious organized crime, such as kidnapping for ransom, illicit trafficking in minerals and various other types of crime.”

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23. “In that regard, I would like to mention two particular areas of commitment. The first example is the operational strategy to combat insecurity — which we call SOLI — and is a tool for measuring performance in combating crime in urban areas. It is also a model for community policing methods and the use of statistics to measure police performance. Currently, we have seven of the so-called SOLI teams conducting monitoring and capacity- building activities among the Congolese National Police. Notable results have been recorded in terms of crime prevention in 2022. In the areas in which we maintain a presence, that mechanism has allowed us to respond to no fewer than 223,000 calls from the population, resulting in more than 17,000 police reactions and responses and more than 4,500 arrests.”

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24. “The police component has also put in place a monitoring and assessment mechanism, which consists of systematically collecting information on the implementation of the annual work plan, as established globally and divided into quarters and trimesters. That allows us to review how the units deployed on the ground are working and review the performance of each officer and each unit. That is an important tool for us to be able to identify where things are going well and where there are shortcomings. That assessment is not just technical work of ticking boxes, but it is also a way to measure our commitment with our partners at the operational level. Our commitment, alongside our partners, is measured by capacity-building activities in which UNPOL provides major contributions to bring about calm and security through established strategies.”

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25. “Those rapid and concrete results and the successful performance of the teams have encouraged us in our discussions with the police-contributing countries to broaden that kind of configuration and recreate that model with a view to providing specialized teams for public order. During their deployment, training continues on topics to build police officers’ competencies. The effectiveness of police officers’ performance is measured objectively through the use of various monitoring and measurement systems, such as the Comprehensive Planning and Performance Assessment System, which measures the impact of UNPOL’s mandate on the ground.”

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26. “In order to identify and implement those resources, there is ongoing communication with the 31 police-contributing countries, which is essential. That allows us to not only individually identify resources but also communicate with regard to the quality of the formed police units and undertake discussions to identify the specific skills that we need for our specialized teams. For example, our Mission currently receives support from Canada, Sweden and Tanzania, through which we have received specialized police teams to combat sexual and gender-based violence. Those teams have quickly gained the trust of the local population through their know-how and commitment to professionalizing specific units to deal with that issue within the Congolese National Police.”

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27. “In terms of human resources, the MONUSCO police component is currently comprised of 384 individual police officers out of a total of the 591 officers authorized. We also have 1,223 formed police unit personnel. All those personnel are today deployed in five sectors in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the context of that deployment, in accordance with the provisions established by the Department of Peace Operations and through the assessment process set up at the national level, an evaluation of the various skills and the specific needs of the Mission has been carried out. We aim to identify the expertise that meets the needs of our national partners, in particular in the transition context of our Mission.”

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28. “Despite the difficulties encountered on the ground, efforts therefore continue to be made by the police component to further improve its performance in order to achieve the objectives established by the Mission’s mandate. In that regard, allow me to take stock of some factors that contribute to measuring the component’s performance. Those factors illustrate what was described by Under-Secretary-General Lacroix through the various instruments that are in place within countries and within the Mission. Those include human resources management and performance improvement by means of internal training within the Mission and operational engagement on the ground, as well as assistance in national capacity-building, particularly in the areas of investigations, training and the advisory and monitoring activities of our national partners.”

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29. “It is an honour for me to brief the Security Council today on the topic of the contribution of the United Nations police to the Declaration of Shared Commitments on Peacekeeping Operations and the priorities of the Action for Peacekeeping Plus (A4P+) initiative, in particular the efforts of the police component of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO ) to further improve the performance of the police officers deployed here in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Like other police components, MONUSCO’s police component has made peacekeeping a priority in achieving its key objectives.”

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