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Dag Inge Ulstein

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2021-05-19

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2021-05-19

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1. “We must remember what we all signed up for when agreeing on the Sustainable Development Goals — to leave no one behind. If we confront the root causes of conflict as well as their consequences, I believe that we can still eradicate extreme poverty before the decade is over.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

2. “Women’s empowerment through meaningful participation is not just a self-evident human right. It is also a well-proven way to make peacebuilding effective. This pandemic will not be over anywhere until it is over everywhere. We must fully acknowledge that post-pandemic recovery cannot wait, even as we increase our efforts to ensure vaccines for all. We must start planning now — addressing the root causes of conflict — through partnerships and preventive diplomacy. We need to build back better, not resume business as usual. Let us lay the foundations for sustainable peace and sustainable development. Let us fill the trust gaps, the poverty gaps, the gaps between humanitarian assistance and long-term development, and the education gaps.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

3. “Norway is doing its part by co- chairing the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Facilitation Council together with South Africa. The AU initiative for a partnership for vaccine manufacturing will play a crucial role in increasing production of vaccines on the continent. We must also work to remove any obstacles posed by conflict or weak infrastructure that will hinder vaccination campaigns after vaccines become available. Building and sustaining peace will require strong partnerships in support of nationally owned solutions. The AU’s normative work on democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law is essential. We encourage the AU to take further steps to resolve the conflict in Tigray. I also commend the work of the Peacebuilding Commission. National and local voices must be brought to the table and heard.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

4. “Comprehensive attempts to limit the spread of the virus are hampered when State authorities are absent or too weak to play their designated role. Lack of stability makes it extremely challenging to roll out vaccines. Attacks on health-care institutions and personnel are unacceptable. Creating trust in vaccination campaigns means creating trust in political leadership and institutions. We need to use the same rationale and approach to combat this pandemic as we use to build peace and promote sustainable development; we need to address the root causes of fragility and violence, and our approach must be long-term, dynamic, fair and inclusive. I commend the AU for its role in the pandemic response, most notably the efforts of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Beating the pandemic will also require global partnerships.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

5. “However, climate change continues to change the conditions on the ground for the worse. Heatwaves and flooding are increasing in frequency, destroying harvests, destroying homes and transforming food security into a question of hard security. Tackling this issue requires the active involvement of those who will be affected the most. That is why I am so happy to see young people all over the continent taking part in the global debate on climate action. I am pleased to see that many countries are stepping up their climate ambitions, as most recently seen in the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, hosted by President Biden. Navigating the pandemic so that we can emerge stronger will require strong partnerships to ensure that no one is left behind.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

6. “The pandemic must be met with leadership, partnership and a clear willingness to address the root causes of conflict and deal with the consequences of those root causes. Causes and consequences alike must be met with collective action based on trust — trust between Governments and citizens, trust between the United Nations and the African Union (AU), trust among all of us around this table, and trust that we can continue to improve the fine architecture for multilateral cooperation that has been constructed since the Council was summoned for the first time. The pandemic must be met with the kind of leadership and determination that the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have demonstrated recently in Mali and in partnership with the United Nations in the Central African Republic.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source

7. “As we meet today, the pandemic continues to batter Africa with unrelenting force. It is exposing and exacerbating existing vulnerabilities. The virus is compounding the double impact of conflict and climate change and compounding the root causes of conflict. The pandemic is widening the poverty gap, undermining development gains, fuelling local conflicts and disrupting peace processes. It makes it harder to reach our goal of leaving no one behind and widens the trust gap. The pandemic response has been used as a pretext to limit civil liberties and human rights and restrict democratic space. That is not the way to build trust; rather, it is a way to help the virus and curb future development.”

   2021-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/490 (2021) · source