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  1. “Secondly, there are budgetary constraints and, under the traditional mandate of the United Nations police in terms of capacity-building, serious organized crime is one of the elements of the judicial police and as such those aspects cannot be completely overlooked. I believe, therefore, that we must find the right balance of resource allocation. For our part, we are currently dedicating four MONUSCO police officers with some limited resources, but they still manage to have an impact and, in terms of civilian and military coordination, it is possible, for example, to have some aspects of this effort linked with those of the military component of MONUSCO beyond dealing with armed groups in eastern Congo, as the aim of our general approach on the serious organized crime is to work on a national scale.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  2. “With respect to organized transnational crime which is connected to one of the questions that was raised in the context of the very prescriptive versus somewhat flexible mandates adopted by the Security Council, I would say that, in the context of the current MONUSCO mandate, the trafficking of natural resources is an important subject. We do not necessarily see the mandate as very prescriptive in terms of requiring the MONUSCO police to work specifically on serious organized crime. Indeed, in bringing all of these items together in the context of budgetary constraints, I would say that the right balance has to be found, first, to take into account that, as stated in the mandate, there is a problem involving the trafficking of natural resources.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  3. “If we have reduced our use this year, it is because priority must be given to military use for dealing with a number of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particular the Allied Democratic Forces, the Forces de resistance patriotiques en Ituri and the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda. A second reason for the reduction in the use of drones by police is that we also have to recruit police officers who have a certain sensitivity on the police use of unarmed drones, give them some training on the ground and follow up on and manage them in a somewhat specific manner. But it is a subject that we have naturally not set aside.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  4. “I would just like to note that we have put in place a mechanism for reporting any allegation of sexual violence or abuse to the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic People's Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) within three hours. I think this is the key to a number of other mechanisms, since the disciplinary unit is also informed within in the same time period. On the use of new technologies, in particular drones, the police use of unarmed drones last year showed some promise with respect to maintaining public order, monitoring of illegal barriers, deterrence of crime in urban areas and a range of police-oriented aspects as to the use of these new technologies.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  5. “With regard to the role of women, last year we set up a very active United Nations police women's committee, and this year I appointed a very dynamic woman as gender equality adviser. Through our action plan to protect the victims of electoral violence, which consists of 120 points for the next two years, we have been trying for the past two months to figure out how we can fully integrate a gender perspective across our work. That is not an easy undertaking given the role of women in the Congo, but we are working on it and it is very motivating. With respect to sexual violence and abuse, since the month of August we have obviously made an extremely great effort under the leadership of our Special Representative of the Secretary-General.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  6. “The effort on behalf of SOLIB was especially burdensome. The United Nations police needs multidisciplinary, human, technical, operational, methodological, logistical, financial, administrative and performance assistance. To conclude, the Congolese National Police are in a delicate situation. No miracles can be carried out without flexibility support. We must act beyond simple advice and review. Finally, the protection of civilians requires determination, capacities and resources, which is as true for the Congolese National Police as for the United Nations.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  7. “The United Nations police faces a number of challenges and limitations - such as the complexity of partnerships and coordination, the mobilization of all kinds of resources, the transformation in the United Nations police and MONUSCO, further developing command and control, and performance guidance - that it is seeking to overcome with the means at its disposal. Attaining greater effectiveness in the United Nations police will require certain measures. The swifter and more resolute implementation of resolution 2185 (2014) would respond to many of our difficulties. The integration ofthe United Nations police operational strategy component, in particular, would facilitate the tactical performance of our tasks. The police component must continue to implement its strategy Forward to 2020 within the strategic guidance framework.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  8. “The total number of arrests and individuals brought tojustice amounts to 1,500 in Beni - including more than 300 soldiers and police officers and a dozen ADF and Mayi-Mayi rebels - and 200 in Oicha. The population and the authorities welcome this work and its security benefits on a regular basis. We follow up through a regular monthly satisfaction survey. The elected officials have noted an improvement in the climate of trust with the Congolese National Police and now welcome meetings with civil society organizations. The PNC authorities in North Kivu want to extend the model to several cities, including Goma.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  9. “Concerning the Rights Up Front initiative, in November 2014 we were able to act in accordance with those principles. The formed police unit could not, in accordance with United Nations regulations, intervene in Beni because its initial training was not complete. Given the disturbances, the United Nations police decided on the immediate use of the unit, which contributed to the security of the population. Some results have been achieved. We have set up a coordination, command and control centre linked to the two SOLIB hotlines to improve police response. Over 16 months, we have had 3,000 calls that have led to 1,000 interventions, 700 interrogations and 7 search-and-raid operations.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  10. “On the authorization of the Mayor, the SOLIB team coordinator participates in the meetings of the Urban Security Committee. Meetings have been organized between the PNC and civil society, working to ensure community security. Three seminars have been held by non-governmental organizations on community policing and human rights. And we have formally collected and processed information on armed groups. Our experience in 2014 on the police use of drones has shown their added value in public security, but it has not been currently implemented. The United Nations police is also involved for 16 months in very significant efforts to secure logistical support for the Congolese National Police, for example by providing $7,000 for two SOLIB telephone hotlines to be used by the population to call for help or inform the police.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  11. “SOLIB is involved in 37 operational, administrative and logistical activities, including training, mobility assistance, monitoring and advising; human resources; rapprochement between the population and the authorities and listening to their voices; joint security management; civil-military coordination; and naturally, strengthening joint, immediate-impact preventive and law enforcement actions to assist the population. SOLIB has benefitted from the performance leadership of the United Nations police, including the Chief of Staff's office in Goma and Beni, and regular Visits from the United Nations police monitoring teams. The MONUSCO police are committed to providing specific responses to reduce threats to the population. I will mention a few.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  12. “The Strategy also combines the protection of civilians and the restoration of State authority towards the two objectives of strengthening the professional and operational capabilities of the PNC and ensuring security and public order through a coordinated security response from all local actors, be they civilian or military, Congolese or from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  13. “In that regard, I pay tribute to the courage and determination of many police officers at all levels who have shown their skill and determination despite a situation of extreme deprivation. Progress, while not very tangible, does exist. The number of deaths during the presidential elections decreased considerably in 2011 as compared to 2006. SOLlB was designed in accordance with the following principles. The joint United Nations police-PNC undertaking goes beyond the mere police dimension and takes on a more comprehensive approach that seekss to involve as many partners as possible.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  14. “The diagnosis took into account a number of factors, including the infiltration of local criminals and accomplices; insufficient coordination between the Forces armees de la Republique democratique du Congo and the Congolese National Police (PNC); the uncontrolled movement of armed police and military personel, who are poorly paid and poorly trained; the intra-State and cross-border trafficking of weapons linked to the illicit exploitation of natural resources; and the people's loss of trust in the security services. The Congolese National Police suffer many shortcomings in Beni territory, as they do in the entire region. Officers are poorly trained, the infrastructure needs to be overhauled and facilities are poorly financed, primarily by the Government and the United Nations.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source

  15. “I am very grateful to the Security Council for having given me the floor today. I wish to introduce an aspect of our work on the protection of civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Strategy to Combat Insecurity in Beni (SOLIB) in the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) territory. The model is not yet well known, and I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Dmitry Titov for mentioning it to the Council on 20 August (see S/PV.7508). SOLIB was established in April 2014 to respond to serious threats and multiple killings in the previous months inBeni. We were observing increasing insecurity at that time. In four months, there had been 17 murders, 15 terrorist acts, 14 armed robberies, threats or assault, and 6 cases of mob justice that had killed 20 and injured 29.”

    2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source