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1. “In conclusion, I would like to say that the African Union firmly supports the report of the Secretary- General and asserts that no effort should be spared in supporting the G-5 Sahel Joint Force.”

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2. “On the political front, the African Union continues to be engaged in the peace process in Mali and also in Libya and will continue its efforts to resolve the crises that are besetting those countries. In terms of development, the African Union is supporting the countries of the Lake Chad basin in the framework of the Regional Stabilization, Recovery and Resilience Strategy for Areas Affected by Boko Haram. The African Union continues to support the G-5 Sahel in advocating for the mobilization of the resources pledged during the partners and donors coordination conference in Nouakchott on 6 December 2018 for the financing of the G-5 Sahel Priority Investment Programme. The African Union also recently held in Niamey a regional conference on climate change in the Sahel and adopted relevant resolutions.”

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3. “Given the situation prevailing in the Sahel region, the operationalization of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force has now become an absolute and urgent necessity. This is an effort that the entire international community should support. It is, however, an effort that must be part of a comprehensive perspective that takes into account the other challenges of the Sahel region, such as governance, development and climate change. The African Union aligns itself with that vision because it believes that it will provide greater hope for the people. On the security front, the African Union has revitalized the Nouakchott process in order to strengthen regional security.”

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4. “The Peace and Security Council addressed a number of recommendations, namely, that the financing promised for the Force during the donor conference organized in February 2018 in Brussels be made available quickly; that the assistance of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali be expanded to cover the entirety of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force; and that the African Union Commission consider how it can further support the Force as part of a comprehensive strategic vision for stabilizing the Sahel region. I would like to take this opportunity to recall the regular requests from the Heads of State of the G-5 Sahel for the Joint Force to enjoy direct financing from the United Nations and operate under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, as recommended in the report of the Secretary-General.”

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5. “The African Union firmly supported that decision, and its Peace and Security Council, at its meeting on 13 April 2017, adopted the strategic concept of operations and authorized the deployment of the Force for an initial period of 12 months. The Peace and Security Council renewed the mandate of the Joint Force at its meeting on 9 April, while also noting the progress that had been made, the operations conducted and the support that countries continue to provide to the Force. The Peace and Security Council congratulated the countries of the region as well as the Force Commander and encouraged them to forge ahead.”

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6. “In Chad, in addition to insecurity linked to the activities of the terrorist group Boko Haram, the country fell victim in January to a rebel attack in the north-east. The presence of the Malian Armed forces in Operation Barkhane has not able to prevent the deterioration of the security situation in the Sahel. It is that continued deterioration of the security situation that led the leaders of the States of the Group of Five for the Sahel to establish the G-5 Sahel Joint Force. The African Union commended that extremely responsible decision, which is in line with the principles of the African Peace and Security Architecture.”

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7. “The African Union once again condemns that despicable act and offers its condolences to the families, the aggrieved and the Government of the Niger. In Burkina Faso we have observed an expansion in the terrorist brutality from the north to the east, and even in the centre of the country, with a trend towards the targeting of churches in recent days. We can see evidence of that in the heinous attacks perpetrated on Sunday, 12 May, in a Catholic church in Dablo, in the centre-north of the country, which resulted in the death of six people, including the parish priest, and on 13 May, in the north of the country, where four believers were kidnapped and then brutally murdered. The expansion of terrorist attacks to the south-east of the country now means that the threat is expanding towards Togo, Benin and Ghana.”

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8. “The attack on the Dioura camp and the massacre of civilians in Ogossagou, which killed more people than all the terrorist attacks in 2018 combined, have made headlines in recent days. In the Niger, in addition to terrorist incursions into border areas with Mali and attacks on police stations, the country also faces insurgents from Boko Haram in the south, particularly in Bosso and Diffa, where the many attacks claimed by that group have led to a massive displacement to the centre of the country. The 14 May attack in Mangaize, in the Tillaberi region of western Niger near the Malian border, which targeted a military column of the Nigerian armed forces and killed 28 people, was a reminder that the infamous Islamic State is still active in the tri-border area.”

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9. “On behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, I would like to congratulate the Indonesian presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for inviting the African Union to this biannual briefing on the situation in the Sahel, in particular the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-S Sahel). I also commend the Secretary-General for his excellent report (S/2019/37l), which covers all issues in the Sahel. At the time of this briefing, the security situation remains difficult in the Sahelo-Saharan region. In Mali, terrorist acts in the north have persisted and have spread to central Mali, while intercommunal conflicts have exacerbated an already worrisome situation.”

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10. “I thank all partners for their support, call for greater commitment, and reiterate the full support ofthe African Union at all levels - political, technical and material.”

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11. “The African Union remains convinced of the importance of strengthening ties between the African Union and the G-5 Sahel Force and making them an integral component of the African peace and security architecture. In the light of the growing deterioration of security conditions, the African Union reiterates its support for the call issued by the Heads of State of the G-5 Sahel, at their meeting held on the margins of the African Union Summit in Nouakchott, to endow the Force with a mandate under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and to enable it to enjoy direct United Nations financing. We find ourselves at a critical juncture and the Force deserves the support of the international community. To conclude, I commend the members of the G-5 Sahel for the sacrifices that they have made in their struggle against terrorism.”

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12. “The Commission is pursuing its efforts to support the G-5 Sahel on the political, technical and material levels, to the extent that it is able to do so. The African Union Peace and Security Council, at its 679th meeting, on 13 April 2017, adopted a concept of operations for the Force and authorized its deployment for an initial, renewable period of 12 months. The Peace and Security Council reiterated its support for the Joint Force at its of 759th meeting, on 23 March this year. The African Union supports the idea embodied in the report that the concept of operations should continue to be tailored to reflect the realities on the ground. I also welcome the Secretary-General's emphasis in his report on the overriding need to establish a support group for the G-5 Sahel Force.”

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13. “I take this opportunity to reiterate my deepest sympathies to the victims of the heinous attack targeting the Sevare headquarters of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force that took place on 29 June, as well as to their families. The security situation in the Sahel continues to deteriorate. There are increasing asymmetrical attacks against defence and security forces and civilians in the area of operations of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force. It is imperative that the Force be operationalized as soon as possible and integrated into a comprehensive approach that encompasses security, development, improved governance - specifically vis-a-vis the presence of State institutions throughout the territory - and respect for human rights. I now turn to the African Union's contribution.”

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14. “Maman Sidikou, who has skilfully and decisively put his heart and soul into ensuring that the G-5 Sahel becomes an institution that matters, and I reiterate my deepest gratitude to the bilateral partners and subregional, regional and international organizations that are working together for the operationalization of the Joint Force by providing training in various areas, strengthening capacity-building, restructuring the Permanent Secretariat and delivering logistical support. We are convinced that such support is vital if the G-5 Sahel Joint Force is to achieve the goals that have been assigned to it. I also laud the opening of the Sahel Defence College and the Sahel Security College, which are institutions that will enable member States to harness high-quality human capacities over the short, medium and long terms.”

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15. “I should also like to pay tribute to the G-5 Sahel and its member States for their sacrifices and steadfast commitment to achieving the operationalization of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force in all its components. That reflects the political will of member States as they strive to surmount the multifaceted crises plaguing the region. I especially commend the Permanent Secretary, Mr.”

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16. “I would like to begin by warmly congratulating China on its accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and I particularly welcome the Council's topical choice of agenda items, which demonstrate its indisputable interest in Africa. On behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, I thank Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his detailed and comprehensive report (S/2018/1006), which paints a clear picture of the efforts that have been undertaken in the operationalization of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-S Sahel) Joint Force and proposes possible solutions to the challenges that have been identified.”

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17. “I refer here to the establishment of the Group of Five (G-5) Sahel, which emerged as a result of all the debates held since 2013 under the Nouakchott Process. The G-5 must be supported, but we must not forget that the Sahel region covers an area greater than that, and that in order to meet certain challenges, such as those of security and development, we must cast our gaze beyond the G-5.”

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18. “The first is the situation in northern Mali, where despite all that has been done by the international community there is no improvement. Something must therefore be done to avert a future in which the terrorists will have gained the upper hand over the rest of the international community. The second is the situation in Libya. So long as Libya remains unstable, there will be no peace in the Sahel. It is as simple as that. These issues must therefore remain on the Council's agenda. Turning to development, we happily note that there is continued interest in the Sahel, but the region's needs are huge and the international community's efforts must be long-term. One felicitous development in the region that must be supported is the assumption of ownership of all these strategies on the part of countries of the region.”

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19. “First is the mobilization of African institutions working in the economic sphere, such as the African Development Bank, the New Partnership for Africa's Development and several departments of the African Union Commission. The second involves the coordination of Sahel strategies. Given the multiplicity of such strategies, it was agreed in November 2013 that a coordination framework would be established for those strategies, to be managed by the countries of the region. Mali chaired the framework for today years; today Chad is in the Chair. The African Union and the United Nations provide the secretariat for what we have called the Ministerial Coordination Platform of Sahel Strategies. In conclusion, the Sahel remains a regional rife with difficulties. With respect to security issues, two situations deserve the ongoing focus of the Council.”

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20. “In the countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the African Union has strongly supported the use of the Multinational Joint Task Force against Boko Haram. In other countries of the region in the Sahel, we practice preventative diplomacy and closely monitor developments in those countries when it comes particularly to elections, especially in the Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso. The African Union is also involved through certain projects and programmes to promote or support good governance, particularly decentralization, deradicalization, support for electoral processes, and human rights. Economically, the African Union has two items on its agenda.”

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21. “In Mali, the African Union was at the very heart of the peace process since Ouagadougou and Algiers, and is today involved in the implementation of the Peace Agreement. The African Union is chairing the subcommittee of the follow-up committee addressing political and institutional matters. We know that this problem is at the heart of what we could term the implementation of the Peace Agreement, which is barely gaining momentum, although we still believe that the prospects for peace in Mali are real because the signatories of the Peace Agreements still believe in it, thanks to the massive political and economic support of the international community. With regard to Libya, the African Union is working via neighbouring countries and the dispatch ofa special envoy and an international Libya monitoring group.”

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22. “It yielded results following the Grand-Bassam attacks. Four countries of the region joined forces to investigate the networks of the perpetrators of those attacks, and the results are tangible. We must therefore continue along that path. I think that is what emerged also from the Abuja Summit recently. Another dimension of African Union involvement the assessement, undertaken at the request of the Heads of State of the countries in the region, of the situation in northern Mali and to see how the African Union and the countries of the region can come together to strengthen the fight against terrorism. In that regard, an the report of the assessment mission will soon be issued. My next point involves the contribution of the African Union to governance and the political realm.”

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23. “The African Union participates in the technical commission on security that monitors the ceasefire, and in the committess on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, integration and security sector reform. The second aspect of African Union involvement is to promote regional security cooperation via the Nouakchott Process, whose emphasis is on information exchange. For example, every two months we bring together the heads of the security and information services from 11 Sahel countries. Every six months, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers of 11 Sahel countries come together because we find that political confidence is engendered by security cooperation. Today, it is an established fact that regional cooperation is the way forward. It yields results in the countries of the Lake Chad Basin.”

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24. “The third source of insecurity arises from the situation in Libya, where the situation is confused but poses a real threat to the entire Sahel region, particularly with the presence of the Islamic State there. Heretofore, young people from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa went to Syria and Iraq to be trained; today they do not need to travel so far. They can go to Libya. What is the contribution being made by the African Union? From the beginning of the crisis in Mali, the African Union has been working on the liberation of northern Mali, on mediation and follow-up of the Ouagadougou Agreement and Algiers Platform, and in following up on the peace agreements.”

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25. “There are still the usual terrorists movements - Ansar el-Dine, the Mouvement pour l'unicite et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - who are operating there against Mali forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the population, and so on. Today, we also have what I could term a new generation of terrorist groups, including the Macina Liberation Front. We see that instead of decreasing, insecurity is even extending not only southwards but throughout West Africa. Incidents in Ouagadougou and the Grand- Bassam reflect that trend. The second cause of a lack of security lies in the countries of the Lake Chad Basin. We have heard for about 10 days now that the situation is under control, but we are aware that there is still a very high level of violence.”

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26. “It lies in the fact that the Sahel region straddles several regional economic communities, including the Economic Community of West African States, the Economic Community of Central African States, East African Monetary Union in the North and Intergovernmental Authority on Development and other organizations in eastern African. What is the contribution of the African Union to security? As many have said, there are three hot issues involving security in the Sahel. The situation in northern Mali is well known. Unfortunately, it is not improving despite the signature of the Peace Agreement.”

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27. “The role of the African Union, in cooperation with other international community organizations, is to help countries in the region cope with the three challenges identified - security, governance and development - without assuming their national roles. If we consider the three challenges, we believe that the African Union can bring a comparative advantage, in particular in the areas of security and governance. Why is the African Union investing in security in the Sahel, whereas, normally, according to the rules of the organization, the regional economic communities deal with security? The answer to that question is very clear.”

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28. “In the African Union strategy document, we start by defining the Sahel, because there is no common understanding of a definition of the Sahel. For us, the Sahel consists of the area straddling the southern Maghreb and northern sub-Saharan Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. It includes numerous countries, which is important to highlight. In discussing the African Union strategy, we consider the African Union in its entirety - namely, the Commission, the regional economic organizations, and a number of specialized agencies in Africa involved in development or governance. There are organizations that are dedicated to the environment, such as the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel.”

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29. “They are some of the poorest areas in Africa - indeed, in the world - and their populations are exploding. In terms ofthe ecosystem, the situation is very fragile. Certain areas see regular food insecurity, natural disasters, flooding and droughts. The link between security and climate change, for example, has been established by examining the situation in northern Mali. It is common knowledge that the people who unleashed hostilities in northern Mali were Touareg Malians. They are basically Arabs who emigrated to Libya in 1973 because of a terrible drought that occurred at the time. In that case, we see that the link between insecurity and climate change in the Sahel is a reality that has been proven by the history of the region.”

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30. “Those include security problems, terrorism; smuggling, including the trafficking of drugs, other products and humans; migration, rebellions and domestic conflicts linked, among other things, to competition for natural resources caused by climate change. In the area of governance, it has been noted that the countries in the Sahel region have several problems. In particular, they are vast countries. Their populations have been nearly abandoned to the margins of the region, particularly in areas experiencing enormous economic and environmental fragility. Those countries are fragile in terms of governance. They have access to limited resources. They do not fully control their territory. There are problems of corruption. With respect to development, those areas are very poor.”

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31. “A report was published by the mission and considered by experts in March 2012, in Addis Ababa. Recommendations were made to both the African Union and the United Nations. Those recommendations laid the basis of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. Those very recommendations will also inspire the African Union strategy for the Sahel, adopted on 11 August 2014 by its Peace and Security Council. Through the strategy, the African Union is seeking to respond to the three challenges identified in the Sahel: security, governance and development. In the area of security, we have seen that the Sahel region has experienced many problems that have been touched upon here.”

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32. “At the outset I wish to thank the President for this opportunity to take the floor and inform the Council of the activities of the African Union in the Sahel region. My intervention will focus on four points: first, a reminder of the data and principles that underpin the African Union strategy in the Sahel; secondly, the African Union contribution to meeting the security challenges; thirdly, meeting the challenges of governance; and fourthly, meeting development challenges. The African Union commitment to the Sahel region dates to the Libyan crisis. In December 2011, a joint United Nations-African Union mission was despatched to the Sahel region. The idea was to examine the impact of the return of migrants on the stability of the countries of the region.”

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33. “The challenging and increasingly complex situations on the ground require concerted responses by our two organizations and a stronger and deeper partnership, based on a innovative reading of the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations in order to allow the African Union and its regional mechanisms to fully play their roles as integral components of the global collective security system.”

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34. “For their part, the African Union Commission and the United Nations Secretariat should continue to work towards greater cooperation and coordination. We look forward to the outcome of the review of the United Nations peacekeeping operations to be undertaken by the High-level Panel recently appointed by the Secretary-General, under the very able leadership of former President Jose' Ramos-Horta. This review provides an opportunity to further our common objective of building an innovative and forward-looking partnership within the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. Allow me to conclude by expressing our hope that this meeting of the Security Council will mark a new step in the enhancement of the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations.”

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35. “From the African Union's perspective, those principles should revolve around support for African ownership and priority setting, consultative decision-making, and a division of labour and sharing of responsibilities based on our respective comparative advantages. Furthermore, practical steps should be taken in order to enhance the effectiveness of the annual joint consultative meetings between the Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council. The interactions between their respective presidents must be held on a regular basis, and joint field missions should be undertaken. It is equally important for the Security Council to give due consideration to our legitimate requests and to address in a more systematic manner the funding of peace support operations undertaken with the consent of the United Nations.”

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36. “Obviously, the African Union is encouraging its member States to increase their contributions in that regard, so that outside support, including that of the United Nations and our partners, is truly complementary to our own means and efforts. If the United Nations and the African Union are to successfully address the peace and security challenges confronting the continent, it is also critical that they achieve greater political coherence. Significant efforts must be deployed to further enhance their partnership in terms of consultations prior to decision-making, a shared understanding of the issues at hand, consistency and support to African-led peace efforts. More specifically, the African Union and the United Nations should agree on a set of principles aimed at clarifying their relationship and anchoring it on a more solid platform.”

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37. “Clearly, the African Union and its regional mechanisms have demonstrated their determination to fully play their role and make a significant contribution to collective security efforts on the continent. In so doing, they have developed comprehensive architectures covering the entire range of security challenges facing the continent, including those related to governance deficits. However, the experience of recent years has amply shown that one of the greatest obstacles facing the African Union and its regional mechanisms is the issue of flexible, sustainable and predictable funding for their peace efforts. Therefore, it is crucial that an appropriate solution be urgently found to this question, bearing in mind that the Security Council has the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.”

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38. “The Force will enable appropriate responses to be provided to some of the gaps noted in the recent operations conducted by the African Union in relation to planning, force generation, command and control and mission support. On the basis of the recommendations of the Gambari report on the evolution of the African Standby Force and its rapid deployment capability, a number of steps have already been taken with a view to attaining full operational capability by the end of next year. In the interim, the establishment of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises will significantly enhance both the speed of our response to emergency situations and its robustness.”

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39. “The stabilization efforts carried out by those missions and the sacrifices made by their personnel largely paved the way for, and facilitated the task of, the United Nations missions that eventually took over. In the case of Somalia, the African Union Mission in Somalia continues to operate in a complex and difficult environment with the aim of stabilizing the country while creating appropriate conditions for a more sustained international commitment, possibly through a classic United Nations peacekeeping operation. Concurrent with the deployment of peace support operations, the African Union is also building its long- term capacities by operationalizing the African Standby Force.”

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40. “In order to address those challenges, and in view of their proximity to and familiarity with the issues, the African Union and its regional mechanisms have shown renewed determination to provide the necessary leadership. The deployment of several peace support operations in various areas of the continent clearly illustrates the commitment of the African Union and its regional blocs to contributing, in complementarity with the United Nations, to collective security, as provided for by the Charter of the United Nations. It is in that context that the African Union has deployed, beginning in 2002, a number of peace support operations in response to conflict situations on the continent, including in Burundi, Darfur, Mali, the Central African Republic and Somalia.”

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41. “Despite the progress achieved so far, the African Union is convinced of the need to further deepen its strategic relationship with the United Nations in the area of peace and security. Such an approach is made more compelling by the fact that, despite the significant progress made over the past few years, Africa still has the most conflict situations of any continent. In fact, in addition to the conventional threats to peace, security and stability, the continent continues to face a new set of threats, including intra-State conflicts, violence related to bad governance, terrorism and transnational crime, piracy on both the east and west coasts ofAfrica, border disputes and the effects of climate change and environmental degradation.”

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42. “The collaborative peacemaking efforts between the AU and the United Nations have contributed to the deepening of that partnership. Many examples testify to the close complementarity that exists between the African initiatives and those of the United Nations, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic. The same applies to a number of other cross-cutting issues, ranging from mine action to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, security-sector reform, post-conflict reconstruction and development, and efforts in the areas of counter- terrorism and the non-proliferation of weapons.”

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43. “In that regard, the holding of annual joint consultations between the AU Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council, as well as the coordination between the AU Commission and the United Nations Secretariat through existing institutional mechanisms such as the Joint Task Force on Peace and Security and biannual desk-to-desk meetings, are a clear illustration of the common will to encourage greater synergy between the AU and the United Nations. The new joint United Nations-AU framework for an enhanced partnership in peace and security, signed recently between the AU Commission's Peace and Security Department and the United Nations Office to the AU, is a very good initiative that could be refined and extended across the rest of the AU Commission and the wider United Nations family.”

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44. “The strategic relationship between the AU and the United Nations has been growing steadily, with the aim of forging a more coherent and effective partnership in the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations and article 17 of the Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. This strategic partnership has in particular enabled our two organizations to establish regular consultations on issues of common concern and interest in the area of peace and security, where cooperation is most visible.”

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45. “Today's debate comes at a time of growing awareness of the importance of building a strong partnership between the AU and the United Nations, with a View to enhancing our efforts to promote peace, security and stability in Africa. As this is the second meeting convened by the Security Council this year on the issue of the partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations, including the African Union, today's meeting is also a clear indication of the sustained attention that the Security Council continues to devote to the promotion of peace and security on the continent, as well as of its commitment to build an innovative and creative partnership with the AU.”

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46. “I would also like in particular to express the AU's gratitude to President Idriss Deby Itno for his personal commitment and untiring efforts to rid our continent of the scourge of conflict and violence. The initiative of convening this debate is yet another illustration of Chad's strong commitment to the promotion of a strategic partnership between the AU and the United Nations. I wish to recognize the presence of Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and commend his unflinching commitment to peace, security and stability on the African continent, as well as his tireless efforts in promoting the AU-United Nations partnership in the area of peace and security.”

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47. “On behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who cannot be here today owing to constraints beyond her control, allow me to thank the Chadian presidency of the Security Council for having convened this important meeting on the crucial issue of the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union on peace and security and its evolution. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the appreciation of the African Union (AU) to Chad for its invaluable contribution to peace efforts throughout the continent, not least in Mali, where so many Chadian soldiers have fallen in the line of duty.”

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