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1. “Conflict prevention remains the most cost- effective conflict management tool, yet it is the least resourced. I would therefore like to recommend to the Council that both the African Union Commission and the United Nations Secretariat establish an institutional approach that will allow for real-time consultations, joint assessments and joint analysis with a view to recommending coherent options to our respective policy organs that would allow for timely prevention of conflicts, including but not limited to preventive diplomacy. The April 2017 Joint United Nations- African Union Framework for an Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security represents a good foundation through which to institutionalize that practice.”

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2. “Last week, the African Union Peace and Security Council declared that AMISOM. had successfully achieved its mandate over the past decade, on the basis of a recently concluded lessons-learned study by the African Union Commission. Yet, AMISOM. remains the least- resourced Mission in comparison with other deployed regional or international enforcement missions with similar mandates. It is against that background that I would like to make a few proposals for the consideration ofthe Council on how best to support African capacities in the prevention and effective response to peace and security challenges in Africa. First, the United Nations and the international community should promote greater strategic cooperation and coherence in the prevention of conflicts in Africa.”

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3. “Over the past decade, the African Union has mandated or authorized the deployment of more than 100,000 uniformed and civilian personnel, many of them to some of the world's most high-risk and volatile environments. That has come at a huge human cost. In that regard, it is worth mentioning that in the past decade, the casualties among African troops in peace support operations have exceeded the total combined casualties experienced by United Nations peacekeeping missions over the past 70 years. This compelling reality demonstrates the commitment of Africans and the African Union to durable peace and stability on the continent. Despite these sacrifices and commitment, African troops are faced with some of the most challenging situations due to inadequate force enablers and multipliers, as well as financial resource gaps.”

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4. “I am also grateful for the Secretary-General's comprehensive presentation and would like to pay tribute to his unflinching commitment to peace, security and stability in Africa and his tireless efforts to consolidate and further promote the strategic partnership between the African Union and the United Nations, including in the area of peace and security. I would like to assure him of Africa's full respect and support. The African Union is an indispensable partner in the promotion ofpeace and security in Africa. Through those efforts it is making a consistent contribution to the task of addressing global security challenges, which are becoming increasingly complex and transnational - indeed transregional.”

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5. “Mr. Chergui: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the important subject ofenhancing capacities for peace and security in Africa. I would like to express my gratitude to the People's Republic of China for the invitation both on behalf of the African Union Commission and for myself personally. I am pleased to be briefing the Security Council under the presidency of China, which has made such an invaluable contribution to peace and security in Africa. In that regard, I would like to recall the donation of $100 million that China has provided in support to the enhancement of the African Standby Force and the regular contributions it has made in recent years to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), to name only a couple.”

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6. “The success achieved in ourjoint efforts to enhance support to African peace support operations will no doubt be a litmus test.”

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7. “Finally, the African Union remains confident that this discussion on the Peace Fund and the possibility of predictable funding, including through United Nations assessed contributions, is consolidating the strategic partnership that has emerged between the African Union and the United Nations. It should be recalled that, on 19 April, during the annual African Union-United Nations conference in New York, Secretary-General Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson signed a Joint United Nations- African Union Framework for an Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security. That was an important step towards ensuring more institutionalized cooperation between both organizations in addressing the security challenges that Africa continues to face. The African Union remains committed to that partnership.”

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8. “In addition, the Chairperson of the African Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, recently extended and expanded the mandate of Mr. Donald Kaberuka as the African Union High Representative for the Peace Fund and for the financing of the Union. We are certain that those significant steps will sustain the political momentum, which will lead to the accelerated operationalization of the Peace Fund. Fourthly, let me state, in the clearest terms possible, the unflinching resolve of the African Commission to strictly observe and promote transparency and good governance, not only in the daily management of the Peace Fund but on all resources devoted to African Union-led peace support operations. The Chairperson of the Commission will appoint the members of the board of trustees of the Peace Fund in the coming days.”

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9. “That document is consistent with the African Union's strategic priority of financing the African Standby Force and its rapid-deployment capability in three phases, namely, predeployment, deployment and post- deployment. The Commission will remain seized of the matter and will continue to inform the Security Council on the areas of support that can be addressed within the resources in the Peace Fund. Thirdly, the most central issue confronting the Africa Union at this stage is the need to mobilize resources from AU member States. I am happy to report that, currently, almost 30 per cent of African Union member States have made contributions to the Fund. Some member States expressed their willingness to make their statutory contributions during the recently held meeting of the Peace and Security Council.”

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10. “Secondly, questions have been repeatedly raised on the envisaged scope of operations that will require possible United Nations assess contributions. This question has been partly addressed by the Peace and Security Council in its decision to adopt a case-by-case approach based on the scope ofthe operations in meeting the new demands of the evolving nature of security challenges in Africa. At the same time, the African Union Commission has developed a common-costs document that clearly articulates the viable operational requirements that could form the basis of burden- sharing between the African Union and the United Nations in future Africa Union support operations.”

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11. “The report contained proposals on the scope of African Union operations, the implementation of an enhanced governance structure and accountability framework, and the status of implementation of relevant provisions of resolution 2320 (2016). This endorsement by the Peace and Security Council was a milestone and an expression of the political commitment of African Union member States to the realization and effectiveness of the Peace Fund. The Security Council may wish to consider this report and communique of the Peace and Security Council, which has now been officially transmitted to the Secretary-General, especially in current and future discussions of options for possible predictable and sustainable United Nations support to African Union peace support operations.”

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12. “Resolution 2320 (2016) was a major milestone in enhancing United Nations cooperation with and support to African Union peace support operations. It expressed the United Nations willingness to consider African Union proposals for funding its peace support operations, consistent with applicable international obligations, accountability, transparency and compliance frameworks for African Union peace support operations. I would like to make four key observations on the progress being made on the Peace Fund for the Council's consideration. First, the African Union Peace and Security Council, at its 689th meeting, held on 13 May, endorsed the report of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Peace Fund.”

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13. “Tremendous sacrifices have been made and, in many cases, the ultimate price has been paid by our troops. Donations in kind made by all member States have also played an important role in the deployment of peace support operations and have often not always been reflected in the overall accounting ofcontributions to have been made. In taking these financial decisions, the Assembly sought to address three key issues: first, the lack of a dedicated African Union operational peace and security budget; secondly, overreliance on external, ad hoc and unpredictable sources of funding; and thirdly, the absence of a credible African Union instrument that could provide the right accountability framework for managing African Union member State and external financing.”

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14. “During the July 2016 Kigali Summit, the African Union Assembly decided to institute a universal levy of 0.2 per cent on eligible imports to finance the African Union. The 0.2 per cent levy will endow the Peace Fund with a total of $400 million by 2020. I wish to underline that, with respect to peace support operations, the fundamental problem that the African Union Assembly's financial decision intended to address is the lack of predictable and sustainable financing for African Union-mandated or authorized peace support operations. The African Union has demonstrated its political will in deploying peace support operations in the most challenging environments. Thirteen missions have been deployed since the establishment of the African Union. In all these cases, the financing arrangements were ad hoc and highly unpredictable.”

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15. “Mr. Chergui: Allow me from the outset to express the appreciation of the African Union Commission to the members of the Council for inviting me and Mr. Kaberuka to address the Council with the aim of discussing options for further cooperation and support to African Union peace support operations pursuant to resolution 2320 (2016). Enhancing the financing of the Africa Union, including its peace support operations, is a central priority for African Union member States. It should be recalled that at the 15 January Addis Ababa Summit, the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government decided that member States would fund 25 per cent of the peace support operations budget.”

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16. “If peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa is to move beyond partial success, the African Union Commission and the United Nations peacebuilding architecture need to consider developing a joint 10-year strategy for implementation, with a robust monitoring and evaluation plan that would enhance the peace dividends in Africa for many families, communities and societies. What we need is for both the African Union and the United Nations to fully play their roles, which would consolidate sustainable peace, human rights and development in Africa. In doing so, we would be better prepared to anticipate future conflicts and adapt our interventions accordingly.”

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17. “The contribution made by the private sector to the African Union's fight against the Ebola virus outbreak provides invaluable lessons. At this juncture, I also stress the need for local perspectives and the empowerment of the marginalized as the key to sustaining peace. The effort to involve local communities and convert their in-kind contributions and indigenous knowledge into coherent plans and programmes requires patience and greater resources and involves security risks where conflict persists. Yet identifying mechanisms for local participation and empowerment is critical to sustaining peace.”

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18. “Rather, it seeks to provide an opportunity for Africa to generate additional "beyond-the-box" ideas for addressing post- conflict reconstruction and development challenges and contribute towards a renewed sense of promoting intra-African solutions to the complex challenges of post-conflict reconstruction and development. The implementation of that initiative will also take into account existing initiatives for post-conflict reconstruction in Africa, as well as other emerging initiatives, such as the global dialogue on fragility, and promote further efforts towards a harmonized conceptual understanding of the transition-recovery- development continuum in the African context. We believe that the Africa Solidarity Initiative will galvanize the private sector as an important stakeholder in reconstruction and socioeconomic development.”

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19. “There are a number of interconnected challenges pertaining to financing for which we have had to find more innovative approaches. First, one such innovation is the Africa Solidarity Initiative, whose funding conference was launched in July 2013 in Addis Ababa as part of the activities marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of African Unity/African Union. The aim was to mobilize the help of Africans to Africans. That includes the sharing of experiences, best practices, the offering of training facilities, the exchange of familiarization schemes and capacity-building. The overall goal is to promote a paradigm shift that promotes African self-reliance driven by the motto "Africa helping Africa". Let me emphasize the fact that that initiative does not seek to overlook the support from traditional and new partners in any way.”

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20. “Furthermore, with a view to addressing the limited sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the United Nations and the African Union, the African Union and the entities within the United Nations peacebuilding architecture should explore practical modalities of sharing experiences, focusing on measures to develop appropriate tools for knowledge management and information-sharing that can empower the continent and regional mechanisms to respond to the initiatives aimed at implementing an adequate post- conflict reconstruction and development policy. In that regard, an annual meeting between the African Union and the United Nations to share experiences, lessons learned and progress in the implementation of the post- conflict reconstruction and development policy should be institutionalized.”

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21. “Moreover, if properly calibrated, the African Union post-conflict reconstruction and development interventions will be critical to the African Union's conflict-prevention strategies. That requires taking into consideration the regional dimensions and transnational nature of conflicts in Africa, which necessitate the formulation of post-conflict reconstruction and development interventions that address those realities.”

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22. “That will require close coordination at the strategic, policy and operational levels with a View to consolidating the implementation of post-conflict reconstruction and development by the African Union, regional mechanisms and entities within the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. In the light of the two United Nations reports on peacebuilding and peace-support operations (see S/2015/490, S/2015/446), we look forward to reflecting on and advancing creative joint modalities so that we can move forward in addressing the current persisting reality of disjointed and incoherent peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction implementation, and to working with other peace and security programmes at the level of the African Union, regional mechanisms and Member States in an effort to have a greater impact.”

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23. “First, the most obvious lesson is demonstrated by the recent relapse of several post-conflict countries into violence and instability, highlighting the crucial necessity for coherent post-conflict reconstruction and development strategies and interventions in Africa. Secondly, and in View of the magnitude and complex challenges connected with post-conflict reconstruction and development, more attention must be given to the coherence and coordination of all actors to enhance synergies of action and integrated planning and operations, which effectively lead to structured and effective implementation.”

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24. “This year, as we celebrate 10 years of the African Union's post-conflict reconstruction and development policy, we need to consider the evolving global peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction discourse and how it impacts our response in the light of the interconnected strategic, structural and operational challenges. As a dynamic organization, the African Union has taken note of the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, the report of the Advisory Group of Experts (see S/2015/490), the report of the High- level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) and the global study on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). I wish to outline several lessons that we have learned and on which we can build for more effective peacebuilding in Africa.”

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25. “In furthering the advancement of women's empowerment and gender equality, the African Union Commission has sponsored initiatives to promote women's participation in democratic processes and institution-building in post- conflict settings. Thirdly, the African Union Commission continues to engage a number of partners in the implementation of its post-conflict reconstruction and development policy. The Peacebuilding Commission and other United Nations agencies, the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa, civil society organizations and bilateral actors are some of the key partners that have been engaged thus far.”

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26. “Such engagements have also been geared towards developing and implementing regional strategies for women's effective participation in peace and security frameworks at the regional and national level, the implementation of quick-impact projects and peace-strengthening projects in the areas of the deployment of African Union peace-support operations, and through the African Union liaison offices. Secondly, all such post-conflict reconstruction and development programmes and policies are obliged to mainstream gender and comply with resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security and related African Union instruments.”

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27. “Since the adoption of its post-conflict reconstruction and development policy, the African Union Commission has taken a number of steps towards its implementation. They include the identification of joint activities in support of the implementation of peace agreements in member States of the African Union emerging from conflict, conducting needs-assessment missions, consolidating and scaling up security-sector reform, pursuing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration initiatives, and sustained collaboration with regional groupings, mechanisms and civil-society organizations.”

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28. “I wish to underline that the African Union's authoritative policy framework on post-conflict reconstruction and development, endorsed 10 years ago by its Executive Council, outlines six indicative elements that provide the foundation for achieving sustainable development in a post-conflict setting, namely, security, humanitarian and emergency assistance; political governance and transition; socioeconomic reconstruction and development; human rights, justice and reconciliation; and women and gender. That policy requires the African Union to work with the regional economic communities, the relevant United Nations agencies and other institutions and African non-governmental organizations in a collaborative manner to realize and consolidate post-conflict reconstruction and development in post-conflict and conflict-prone States.”

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29. “It is in that context that the theme of today's open debate resonates well with our vision of ensuring a better Africa for all our citizens, especially women and youth, who are particularly affected by the tragic consequences ofconflicts and often find it hard to access the resources that will ensure them a better livelihood, as better livelihoods contribute to nation-building. Experience has shown that any failure to ensure the consolidation of peace is to be viewed as a clear threat to peace and human security, and that is a reality for many countries in Africa, especially those emerging from conflict.”

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30. “As everyone knows, in 2013 the African Union celebrated 50 years of existence since the birth of that continental body in 1963, under the theme of pan-Africanism and African renaissance. While we remember the great strides that the continent has made in the economic, political and social areas, we are also aware that there are still numerous challenges to peace and development in Africa. We therefore need to continue to undertake sustained, bold and innovative initiatives and endeavours, inspired by the ambitions that led to the birth of the African Union and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity.”

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31. “Mr. Chergui: I thank His Excellency Mr. Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, for presiding over today's meeting, I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Her Excellency and my sister, Ms. Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Kenya, and the ministers present here. I wish to express the gratitude of the African Union (AU) to the Security Council and also to Japan for organizing this open debate on the subject of peacebuilding in Africa. The high calibre of the representatives gathered here in the Chamber shows the importance that we all attach to the critical issue of peacebuilding in Africa. At the outset, let me say that I fully endorse the important contribution made by my sister, Amina, on this matter.”

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32. “I cannot conclude without recalling the need for greater promotion of the rights of children and women in the region. Any type of violence against women must stop immediately. And the inclusion of women in conflict prevention, in conflict resolution and in reconstruction is not an act of charity, but rather an investment in a society that would be fair, inclusive and respectful of the rights of everyone and in harmony with the eternal values of Africa. Finally, I hope the Kinshasa Investment Conference will send a decisive signal on support for cooperation, development and solidarity in combating the ideology of hatred, suspicion and recurring crises in the Great Lakes region.”

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33. “The very high number of refugees, as well as displaced persons, must also command our full attention. Given the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the constitutional time line is approaching for the holding of presidential elections, the African Union remains alongside the Democratic Republic of the Congo and intends to support it in every effort to hold inclusive, peaceful, credible, free, just and transparent elections. I welcome the support of the United Nations, as well as of the entire international community, to the efforts of the facilitator of the African Union, Mr. Mkojo, with a view to holding a political dialogue with the Congolese stakeholders to find solutions with regard to the electoral time line, as well as the actual holding of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in peace and unity.”

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34. “In that regard, I am pleased by the ECOWAS appointment of Mr. Benjamin Mkpa as the new facilitator for the Burundi crisis. Mr. Mkapa has just conducted a consultation mission to Bujumbura, Rwanda and Uganda with a view to holding this dialogue as soon as possible. The African Union, like the United Nations, is committed to providing its entire support to the mediation team in order to provide every opportunity to that dialogue. At the same time, the African Union continues its operation to deploy 200 human rights observers, as well as military experts, approved by the Government of Burundi and the Peace and Security Council of our organization in order to support the dialogue and also to restore a secure environment in the country where human rights and freedom of expression are respected.”

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35. “I would like to renew the unreserved support of the African Union for the efforts of President Mogae as head of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Mission of the Peace Agreement on South Sudan in order to establish peace and to promote both parties' full respect for the ceasefire. That would prevent a worsening of a humanitarian situation, one that is already disturbing, at a time when a large part ofthe region is experiencing a serious drought and is facing an acute food crisis. The African Union remains concerned by the security and humanitarian situation in Burundi, where a durable solution would be the holding of an inclusive dialogue, under the facilitation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), without preconditions, among all the actors in the crisis.”

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36. “On South Sudan, the signing of the agreement on security arrangements on 3 November 2015 will make it possible to implement the peace agreement signed in August 2015 under the facilitation of Intergovernmental Authority on Development between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Mr. Riek Machar. I would like to renew our support for the security measures under way to finalize the return of the First Vice-President to Juba, as well as the setting up of a transitional Government. I hope that the return of Mr. Machar to Juba is a matter of days, not of weeks. The African Union, through its High Representative, President Alpha Oumar Konare', is continuing its mission to support the peace process under way.”

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37. “I hope that those initiatives will help us to identify possible solutions to questions linked to the repatriation of ex-combatants of the M-23 cantoned in Rwanda and Uganda, the repatriation of the FDLR cantoned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the neutralization of the combatants of the F DLR. The latest political developments in the Central African Republic are a reason for hope for the African Union and the United Nations, which have spared no effort for the return of stability to that country. That is why I would like to congratulate the transitional authorities for the sound holding of the elections that led to the election of a new democratically elected President as head of the country.”

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38. “In that regard, we must also congratulate the co-guarantor organizations of the Framework Agreement - the Southern African Development Community, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the African Union and the United Nations, as well as the two co-chairs of the Technical Support Committee - for their efforts in implementing the Framework Agreement. I would like to encourage the planned visit by the co-guarantors to Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda from 11-25 April, as well as the evaluation mission of the members of the Support Committee to Goma during the same time period. Both those visits would be a part of the decisions that emerged from the second ministerial retreat of Member States and the guarantors of the Framework Agreement, which was held on 28 January in Addis Ababa.”

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39. “In that regard, we also welcome the resumption of cooperation between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on joint military operations against the Forces democratiques pour la liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) and the other negative forces that are present in the eastern part of the country. Council members will remember that the Heads of State of the region had encouraged the resumption of that cooperation during the sixth meeting of the follow-up mechanism of the Framework Agreement, which was held here in New York on 29 September 2015.”

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40. “However, thanks to the efforts of the countries of the region, supported by bilateral and multilateral partners, significant progress has been made, namely, since the signing of the Peace, Security and Coooperation Agreement. The most outstanding progress is the neutralization of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23), the signing ofthe Nairobi Declarations, on 12 December 2014, as well as the organization of the Private Sector Investment Conference for the Great Lakes Region held in Kinshasha on 24 and 25 February.”

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41. “The Secretary-General's visit to Burundi on 25 and 26 February was followed by a high-level delegation made up of five Heads of State and Government of the African Union within the framework of supporting the country to emerge from the spiral of violence that had enveloped it since April 2015. That visit also underscores the unanimous vision and the complementarity of action between the African Union and the United Nations when it comes to Burundi. The Great Lakes region faces numerous security and humanitarian challenges that are mainly linked to the results of the activities of the negative forces operating in the region. They have taken the development of the region as hostage and encouraged the illegal trafficking of natural resources, thus adding to the poverty of the population and preventing development, which is unsustainable.”

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42. “His loyalty to the principles and founding goals of the United Nations naturally led him most recently to the Western Sahara in order to provide the necessary impetus to the peace process so that we can finally achieve the objective for which the UnitedNations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara was established, namely, the organization of a referendum on self-determination for the Saharan people. That was also the reason behind the Secretary- General's recent visit to Burundi and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the month of February in the context of the extension of the mission of Security Council members from 21 to 22 January in Bujumbura.”

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43. “I would also like to take this opportunity to once again express the gratitude of the African Union to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his personal commitment to Africa, as well as for his unstinting support, not only to the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, signed in Addis Ababa on 24 February 2013, but more generally for the initiatives he has taken in favour ofpeace, stability and prosperity in the Greak Lakes region.”

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44. “At the outset, on behalf of the presidency of the Commission of the African Union, allow me to express the deep gratitude of the African Union to Angola, which holds the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March 2016, for scheduling this debate on the Great Lakes region. I would like to thank the Angolan presidency for the opportunity to address the Council.”

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45. “May this meeting of the Council strengthen that momentum, thereby bringing us still closer to achieving the noble common objectives that we are pursuing together in the Central African Republic.”

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46. “Members should not add to the frustration of Africa, the only continent not to have a permanent representative on this very importantbody of the Security Council, by strengthening today and forever the necessary prior consultation of the African Union for the consideration of any issue concerning Africa. Our three non-permanent members are already ready to perform that task, if not as a pen holder at least as the adviser on conflict situations on the continent. I could not conclude without expressing our deep appreciation to all our international partners that support MISCA. The donor conference held in Addis Ababa on 1 February marked the occasion for a true expression of solidarity with Central Africans and of support for MISCA.”

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47. “The effort must be collective in order for it to succeed. It is also urgent to decide how to best combine the respective advantages of each of the actors concerned, while promoting our common objective for Africa's greater empowerment in managing the problems facing the continent. We sincerely believe that the proposals made by the President of the Commission, Mrs. Zuma, will allow us to satisfactorily meet the current challenges. In a few years, when we look back at the Central African Republic and the way in which we managed the current situation, we should be in a position to say that we responded to the Central African people's appeal for help while advancing the international partnership for peace, security and stability in Africa.”

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48. “With that in mind, in order to leave the United Nations a strong mission to lead the next phase of the peace process, the Council must support the establishment of a logistical support model for MISCA, as the Secretary-General has just proposed, financed by the contributions made for the recovery. We thank the Secretary-General for his commitment to work for that goal. We are at a crucial stage in our efforts to successfully overcome the challenges in the Central African Republic. The priority is clear: to protect the civilian population, to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to establish conditions for a successful transition. As the Secretary-General has so rightly said, the challenges that we face require the involvement of all. They go beyond our individual capacities.”

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49. “The proposed approach therefore is part of a comprehensive approach that makes it possible to combine the respective comparative advantages of the African Union and the United Nations. In the current stabilization phase, a peace support operation by the African Union is the best proposed option. Its success will open the way for the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation to support the recovery process of the Central African Republic in the long term. We therefore see MISCA as an essential stage for stronger involvement by the United Nations and, in truth, of the entire international community.”

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50. “I congratulate the Secretary- General on his statement to us today. I can ensure that commission of the full attention and cooperation of MISCA and the African Union. At this stage, I would like to underscore that the approach that we are proposing will make it possible to better support the African efforts. That is essential because there will certainly not be lasting solutions to the challenges to peace and security on the continent without African ownership. Where there is a strong African political will, as is undeniably the case of the Central African Republic, it must be supported and nurtured. Our partners, whatever their goodwill, could still not compensate for our shortcomings.”

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