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  1. “This timely thematic debate will hopefully help the Organization develop a more strategic and integrated approach to waging and sustaining peace, rather than only protecting an instrument to better manage the symptoms of asymmetrical threats. I submit that the continued relevance of the United Nations should be judged by the former not the latter.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  2. “Fifthly and finally, while more empirical evidence is needed to fully understand the impact and potential of preventive initiatives, peace operations could already start mainstreaming some of these initiatives as part of context-specific integrated mission strategies for preventing and sustaining a piece. While doing so, it should adopt a do-no-harm approach and exercise caution in the use of labels. In conclusion, the added value of the United Nations in helping to address asymmetrical threats is not to deliver a decisive military response, but to support and strengthen preventive multi-stakeholder approaches to sustaining peace.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  3. “Fourthly, United Nations peace operations should have honest conversations with host Governments about what the United Nations does not do to fight against asymmetrical threats, including terrorism, and where the United Nations can add value and support Member States' priorities in preventing terrorism, including in the areas the rule of law, security institutions and human rights, and in advising on national strategy development, including on which national counter- terrorism measures can be counterproductive. Peace operations should also encourage host nations to address the conditions conducive to the spread of violent extremism, including by promoting better governance and State-citizen relations.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  4. “In this regard, mandates and structures should not be an obstacle to either United Nations system-wide collaboration or to adopting more strategic approaches to addressing the drivers of asymmetrical threats without securitizing those mandates. Thirdly, it is important that United Nations peace operations preserve and expand the space for dialogue with all parties to a conflict. Security Council sanctions do not legally bar United Nations actors from talking to listed armed groups and their leaders, and there should not be an a priori branding of who is a legitimate or illegitimate interlocutor without a balanced analysis of who they are and whether dialogues or alternative strategies may bear fruit.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  5. “First, United Nations peace operations need to develop a more nuanced understanding, not only of terrorist groups, but also of the drivers and grievances leading to radicalization and violence, as well as of local capacities for peace and resilience. This will require better and more real-time information and analysis, including regional analytical frameworks in some contexts. Secondly, greater coherence and clearer policy guidance on these issues are needed. This requires continued United Nations system-wide discussions not only between United Nations counter-terrorism bodies and peace operations teams, of course, but also among Member States and across the three pillars of the Organization's work.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  6. “Can it be done in a context of limited resources and expertise without impairing their impartiality or complicating relations with host countries? Can it be done while ensuring the safety and security of staff? And critically, how should the issue of fragmented policy development at United Nations Headquarters and the resulting lack of clear guidance and resources for field missions be addressed? Allow me to highlight a few key recommendations the report puts forward for how peace operations could adopt more cohesive and strategic approaches to addressing the threat of terrorism and violent extremism, which shape a number of asymmetrical threat environments.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  7. “Both underscore the limitations of securitized approaches alone, approaches that focus on symptoms rather than causes and advocate for greater investment in preventive multi-stakeholder strategies. That is the added value of the United Nations. Therefore, the IPI report seeks to expand the scope of the discussions beyond whether peace operations can adapt to asymmetric threat environments to how they can better implement their mandates and support national Governments and local communities in the face of terrorism and violent extremism. That raises a number of key questions relating to whether, where, when and how preventive approaches could and should be integrated into the mandates of peace operations and how to capacitate United Nations field missions as a consequence.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  8. “There has, however, been comparatively little exploration of the broader political and practical challenges, opportunities and risks facing United Nations peace operations in such complex environments. That has created a gap between the policy debate here in New York and the realities confronting United Nations staff on the ground. The three major United Nations peace and security reviews in 2015 all highlighted the need for United Nations peace operations to adapt to the changing nature of conflicts. They also emphasized the primacy of political solutions for preventing and ending conflicts and for sustaining peace. That emphasis on prevention came up in the Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and during the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  9. “Secondly, it has also focused on the range of capabilities and the posture required to protect civilians in complex security environments and to improve the safety and security of United Nations personnel on the ground. Establishing missions in such environments has costs, both human and financial, that we must bear in mind. While it is indeed essential for the United Nations to adapt its mission presence and activities when operating in such environments, the practical question before us is how to adapt while upholding the spirit and letter of the doctrinal principles that have governed United Nations peacekeeping thus far. It is clear that retreating behind secure compounds, known as bunkerization, is not the solution to the dilemma.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  10. “The deployment of peace operations in countries where there may be little or no peace to keep and where terrorist attacks are part of the landscape of threats, adds to the complexity of the challenges facing the United Nations system, Member States and national and local partners. To date, the discourse among experts and policymakers on peace operations operating in asymmetric-threat environments has focused narrowly on two key issues. First, it has focused on whether peacekeeping operations can undertake kinetic counter- terrorism operations. On that, the 2015 High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and the follow- up report of the Secretary-General concluded that United Nations peace operations are not the appropriate tool for military counter-terrorism operations (see S/2015/446).”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  11. “The IPI report, which serves as a basis for this briefing, entitled Waging Peace: United Nations Peace Operations Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism, which I co-authoured with Naureen Chowdhury Fink, was produced by IPI and the Global Centre on Cooperative Security and is the result of extensive conversations with United Nations officials, representatives of Member States and practitioners, as well as field research carried out over the past year. Of the 11 countries most affected by terrorism and other asymmetric threats globally, seven currently host United Nations peace operations, which range from small special political missions to larger peacekeeping operations.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

  12. “Mr. Boutellis: Let me first thank everyone on behalf of the International Peace Institute (IPI) for the opportunity to present the results of some of the research and convening work that our think tank has done over the past year on challenges facing peace operations operating in countries confronting asymmetric threats, including terrorist attacks. Think tanks like ours help policymakers make informed decisions on emerging issues by offering practical, research-based ideas and by stimulating debates on how best to operationalize those ideas.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source