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1. “According to some reports, Al-Shabaab has been involved in more than half of all the violent events attributed to militant Islamist groups in Africa in the first three quarters of 2017. We applaud the political agreement reached on 16 April for a national security architecture to integrate regional and federal forces, as well as the Security Pact agreed at the London Conference, and we look forward to the security conference to be held in Mogadishu in December. We firmly believe that it is only through viable political settlement that we can help chart an agreed pathway towards creating professional national security forces. To realize our common goal of defeating and degrading Al-Shabaab, it is important to underscore that continued and enhanced support will be required for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces.”

   2017-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8099 (2017) · source

2. “At the outset, Djibouti wishes to express its profound gratitude to the members of the Security Council for this opportunity to offer Djibouti's perspective on the unresolved border dispute with Eritrea and the heightened tension and insecurity following the withdrawal of Qatari forces on 13 June. It further wishes to thank Mr. Kairat Umarov, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, and to commend the United Kingdom for its efforts leading to the adoption today of resolution 23 85 (2017). On Somalia, I would like to underline Djibouti's strong concern that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to the peace and stability of the region. We have in particular witnessed a worrying trend of incredibly vicious multiple attacks this year.”

   2017-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8099 (2017) · source

3. “In conclusion, I wish to reiterate our profound gratitude to the members of the Council for their continued vigilance and support. Indeed, no country can continuously defy the Security Council's resolutions and expect not to face the consequences of its actions.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

4. “Djibouti promptly submitted to His Royal Highness the Emir of Qatar a comprehensive statement of pertinent facts and legal principles applicable to this matter. To date, seven days later, Eritrea continues to refuse to comply with the provisions of the agreement. On Eritrea's support to armed groups, Eritrea continues to harbour, train, equip and provide logistical support to armed groups seeking to overthrow and destabilize the Government of Djibouti. It continues to do so, without an ounce of remorse, in violation of its obligations under Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations, customary international law and its obligations under Security Council resolutions. Djibouti urges Eritrea to permanently cease and desist from such activities.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

5. “On the prisoners of war, Eritrea should be urged to clarify the situation of 13 remaining Djiboutian prisoners of war still unaccounted for. Not only is that a requirement of the Security Council, but it is also required by the international treaty and customary law by which Eritrea is bound. On Eritrea's compliance with the 2010 Qatar mediation agreement, the Security Council has determined that the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region. It has urged Eritrea to implement in good faith the dispositions of the accord and enter into talks with Djibouti with the ultimate objective of reaching a final and binding agreement on the border dispute, in accordance with international law.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

6. “In support of that strategy, it has formulated a victimhood narrative that may sound appealing to those who do not know the facts of the situation in the region. The facts have nevertheless come to the surface, as highlighted both in numerous Security Council monitoring reports and the report of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on transnational threats in the IGAD region. Conversely, Djibouti has twice welcomed experts of the Monitoring Group to Djibouti this year and has been able to share valuable information. On Eritrea's support to Al-Shabaab, Djibouti is of the view that Eritrea continues to provide support to Al-Shabaab. It has shared information that it deems credible and verifiable with the members of the Monitoring Group.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

7. “It has consistently and arrogantly refused to allow the Monitoring Group to verify the facts. Instead of openly and transparently cooperating, as directed by the Council, it has slammed the door on the Group and denied it any access to the information it needs to determine whether or not Eritrea was in compliance with the Council's resolutions. In other words, Eritrea cynically seeks to be rewarded for its defiance of Security Council resolutions. It seeks just to stonewall, refuse to cooperate, prevent the missions from finding the facts and hold on until the Council is sufficiently frustrated by the failure of its actions and sufficiently troubled by the impact of its sanctions to throw up its hands in surrender.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

8. “forces and the Somali National Army to decisively degrade and defeat Al-Shabaab. Likewise, we echo the call made by Secretary- General Antonio Guterres to provide enhanced logistical support for under-equipped African Union forces in Somalia, in particular force enablers and multipliers, including helicopters. We are indeed confident that with the enhanced, sustained and coordinated support of the international community, the new Somali leadership will be able to deliver significant peace dividends to the population and improve security and access to justice. Turning to Eritrea, we are deeply troubled and concerned by the fact that the distinct lack ofcooperation that characterized previous mandates continues to date. Eritrea has deliberately chosen to obstruct the work of the Monitoring Group.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

9. “At the outset, Djibouti wishes to express its gratitude to the President of the Security Council for this month, the United States, and the members of the Council for this opportunity to address the Council. Furthermore, we wish to thankAmbassadorUmarov, Chairman of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, for his briefing to the Security Council. With respect to Somalia, we share the Chair's assessment that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to peace and security in Somalia. It has been ramping up attacks after rejecting President Farmajo's amnesty offer. In light of the gravity and viciousness of the threat, we support the request of the Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for a surge in troops to enable AMISOM.”

   2017-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7925 (2017) · source

10. “In 2015, during the sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Regional Consultative Process on Migration, held in Djibouti, States members of IGAD decided to redouble their efforts to combat trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. My Government recently enacted a new anti-trafficking law on the fight against trafficking in persons and illicit smuggling of migrants, repealing Djibouti's law of 2007. In conclusion, Djibouti is appalled by the commodification and dehumanization of human beings. It reiterates its commitment and its willingness to cooperate with the international community in the global effort aimed at combating this increasingly complex and sophisticated scheme developed by a vast network of facilitators and criminals.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

11. “In the third report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2178 (2014) by States affected by foreign terrorist fighters (S/2015/975, annex), its Executive Directorate encouraged Member States to develop effective regional strategies to deal with cross-border issues and to cooperate closely with border communities to foster knowledge sharing. (spoke in English) Indeed, if we are to effectively tackle this scourge, we need to communicate more effectively, share intelligence and mobilize resources. That requires investment, vigilance and cooperation. Over 90,000 men, women and children from neighbouring countries transit through Djibouti en route to Yemen and other locations in the Middle East.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

12. “Girls who are forcibly recruited or abducted into military service typically face forced domestic labour and sexual violence and exploitation such as forced marriage and/or sexual slavery." (A/71/303, para. 31) Additionally, the report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2016/361/Rev.1) highlighted the fact that in the past two years sexual violence has been increasingly linked to the strategic, ideological and financial objectives of extremist and terrorist groups.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

13. “The spirit of the Convention must be embedded in the national legislation of Member States and duly implemented. In that regard, we attach great importance to the assistance provided by relevant bodies to Member States, such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, particularly the guidance provided on legislation and implementation. We hope that they will make further progress on the issue and we support their crucial work. The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, highlighted the following in her report: "It is estimated that 10 to 30 per cent of children in fighting forces are female.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

14. “In various regions of the world affected by conflict, sexual violence is used to destroy as a tactic of war or terrorism and is a key element of the ideology and activities of extremist groups such as Boko Haram, Da'esh and Al-Shabaab. Those terrorist groups openly advocate human trafficking as part of their military strategy or as a source of funding. As a result, the Security Council must pay particular attention to the links between such phenomena as human trafficking, sexual violence in conflict situations and the activities of terrorist groups. Djibouti recognizes that the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, represent the core international framework for combating human trafficking.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

15. “In addition to suffering the horrors of armed conflict, they are often the victims of trafficking and sexual violence, crimes that comprise an extremely perverse affront to human dignity and that, in certain circumstances, may well be flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and international conventions on human rights and transnational organized crime. The issue of human trafficking has been a main priorityof the United Nations over the past few decades. The 2000 Palermo Protocol and the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons serve as the cornerstones and benchmark documents for all States Members of the Organization. At the same time, in recent years we have seen a shift in the forms of human trafficking, particularly during and after conflict.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

16. “I thank the Secretary-General and the Director General of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as Mr. Kevin Hyland and Ms. Ilwad Elman, for their penetrating perspectives and analyses. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Bolivia on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. Trafficking in persons is a transnational crime that today spares no country. Sadly, we witness all too frequently a tragedy affecting thousands of persons, particularly women and children.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

17. “(spoke in French): I thank you, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this very important debate on trafficking in persons in conflict situations. First, I express my gratitude and congratulations to the delegation of the United Kingdom for having convened this high-level debate today, which allows us to deepen our understanding of a serious phenomenon and develop a joint analysis of its causes and the increasingly sophisticated methods of terrorists and traffickers, as well as to identify appropriate solutions to sustainably solve the problem. We underscore the judiciousness of the concept note (S/2017/198, annex), which clearly lays out the problem, clarifies what is at stake and asks a number of key questions in a heuristic approach.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

18. “We are convinced that investing in prevention so as to avoid the escalation of tensions in water-related conflicts should be one of the main priorities of this organ, as it has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The benefits far outweigh the costs.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

19. “(spoke in English) It is also worth underlining that IGAD and the United Nations have agreed to develop a collaborative effort aimed at sharing experiences and good practices and, most important, at promoting a conflict-sensitive approach to managing natural resources, including fresh water and rivers. We wish to take this opportunity to commend the role played by the International Committee of the Red Cross in raising awareness about the norms of international humanitarian law and in continuing to ensure the protection of water in times of armed conflict, and also for its vital humanitarian work as one of the main providers of water to populations affected by armed conflict. To conclude, Djibouti wishes to reiterate its profound gratitude to Senegal and to the members of the Security Council for putting this issue on our agenda.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

20. “They agreed to promote closer cooperation for the equitable, sustainable, lasting and coordinated use, protection, conservation and management of transboundary water resources within the IGAD region; to promote and facilitate the establishment of institutional agreements and arrangements for the management of transboundary water resources within the IGAD region; to foster the harmonization of policies and legislation on the use of the development, protection, conservation and management of transboundary water resources; and to encourage research, technological development, awareness and capacity-building in the development and management of transboundary water resources.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

21. “In 2015, ministers responsible for water resources of the member countries ofIGAD demonstrated strong political will to meet, in a coordinated manner, the multiple challenges linked to the common management of natural resources, in particular water governance.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

22. “There is also increasing recognition that transboundary groundwater must be better factored into transboundary cooperative arrangements for water. Moreover, transboundary water cooperation is needed for the proper implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially indicator 6.5.2, on the proportion of transboundary basin areas with an operational arrangement for water cooperation. (spoke in French) The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), our regional organization, has devoted much time and attention to developing a regional policy and legal framework for water resource management.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

23. “Flood and drought have already imposed huge social and economic costs, and climate change is making water extremes worse. The action plan of the High- Level Panel on Water and Peace affirms that "If the world continues on its current path, projections suggest that the world may face a 40 per cent shortfall in water availability by 2030. The consequences ofsuch stress are local, transboundary and global in today's interconnected world." Water is an important element ofthe discussion as a potential driver of conflict, a potential cause of disaster and an essential precondition for development. It is high time that we raised the political commitment to urgently address the issue. Africa has 64 transboundary river basins, covering 90 per cent of the continent. There is still no agreement for some of those river basins in Africa.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

24. “(spoke in English) Djibouti wishes to commend Senegal for its leadership in convening the Arria Formula meeting on the same subject last year, presided over by His Excellency President Macky Sall. It built on past efforts by the Security Council to consider the nexus between water, peace and security and the protection of natural resources as a tool for preventing conflicts and building peace in post-conflict countries. Since the General Assembly's adoption of resolution 47/193, of22 December 1992 -which declares 22 March each year World Day for Water - pressure on water has been rising and action is urgent. In many places growing populations, more water-intensive patterns of growth, increased rainfall variability and pollution are combining to make water one of the greatest obstacles to poverty eradication and sustainable development.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

25. “Mr. Doualeh (Djibouti) (spoke in French): First of all, I would like to thank the Senegalese presidency for convening this Security Council open debate on an issue that falls under the theme of the maintenance of international peace and security: water, peace and security. My delegation would like to thank today's briefers - the Chair of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, Mr. Danilo Turk; Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Mr. Sundeep Waslekar, President of Strategic Foresight Group - for their contribution to this important public debate. We also wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your concept note (S/2016/969, annex) in preparation for this meeting, as it highlights the salient points of our debate.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

26. “In conclusion, allow me to thank the members of the Security Council for their continued vigilance and support for the legitimate goals pursued by Djibouti, in particular the settlement of the border dispute with Eritrea and the release of all 13 prisoners of war. The meeting rose at 10.50 am.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

27. “In its most recent open debate (see S/PV.7802), the Security Council carefully analysed the magnitude of the threats posed by asymmetrical attacks by terrorists and other armed groups targeting peacekeepers. Once again, Djiboutijust recently lost soldiers to such attacks in Somalia. But, of course, we will continue to support our brothers and sisters in Somalia at this critical juncture of the political process. We all face competing priorities as developing countries. One wonders why a developing country with so many challenges would divert precious funds destined for its development efforts to undertake activities that aim at undermining peace in the region.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

28. “Instead of honouring its international obligations and commitments, Eritrea has continued to conduct activities aimed at destabilizing the region and inciting violent strife in Djibouti, as documented in the report (see S/2016/920) of the Somalia/Eritrea Monitoring Group, but has also provided weapons and ammunition to Al-Shabaab in Somalia. We have provided evidence of that to the Monitoring Group and the members of the Security Council and we stand ready to provide additional information. It is in violation of Security Council resolutions and runs counter to our collective efforts. That justifies the strengthening of sanctions, not rescinding them.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

29. “Nearly six years have passed and Eritrea still refuses to provide the list or otherwise account for the remaining Djiboutians it has in its custody, incommunicado, and in the most inhuman and degrading conditions for the past eight years. Djibouti was hopeful that the release of four prisoners of war earlier this year would signal a radical departure from past practices and induce a change in the behaviour of the State of Eritrea. Denial, obfuscation and procrastination belong to the past. The Secretary-General, and indeed the international community as a whole, welcomed that development as positive and expressed hope that tangible progress would be made - but that hope quickly vanished.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

30. “In various forums, Eritrea has often cynically characterized the border dispute with Djibouti as one of the pretexts under which the sanctions were justified and invoked the 10 June mediation agreement facilitated by His Highness the Emir of Qatar as a purported basis for rescinding sanctions. But it would be no exaggeration to state that the assertion that Eritrea is fully committed to Qatari mediation process is dishonest and not proved by the facts. With respect to prisoners of war, the mediation agreement includes a single provision that each State promptly provide a list of names and identification numbers of all prisoners of war and other missing persons held in its custody. Djibouti did just that.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

31. “At the outset, Djibouti wishes to express its profound gratitude to the members of the Council for this opportunity to offer Djibouti's perspective on the status of the mediation between Djibouti and Eritrea and to share some recent negative developments that constitute a violation of the Security Council's repeated demand that Eritrea cease arming, training and equipping armed grounds, including Al-Shabaab. Djibouti feels compelled to make this contribution today because Eritrea has often offered a misleading and deceptive account of the progress made on the implementation of the 2010 mediation agreement signed by Djibouti and Qatar, in an unconvincing attempt to justify a call for the rescinding of the sanctions imposed on Eritrea by resolutions 1907 (2009), 2023 (2011), 2044 (2012) and 2317 (2016), just adopted today.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7807 (2016) · source

32. “To achieve that, we cannot economize on the importance of regular, collective reflection, particularly through holding regular meetings of the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

33. “It is urgent that we find fertile ground for increased synergies, a harmonious African Union-United Nations partnership for preventing, mediating and managing violent conflicts and providing opportunities for more joint efforts to increase resource mobilization. In that regard, greater flexibility in interpreting Chapter VIII of the Charter would significantly reduce such problems in matters related to international peace and security. Seventy per cent of the world's crises are concentrated in Africa, and the Security Council devotes two thirds of its deliberations to them. It is therefore vital to the continent's security, and to international peace and security generally, that we identify long- term solutions.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

34. “While Somalia remains fragile owing to the continued existence of areas of insecurity, a great deal of progress still remains to be made on the humanitarian front. In order to provide AMISOM. with logistical support, and in keeping with carrying out its mandate effectively, the United Nations established the United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia, aimed at strengthening AMISOM's limited operational and financial capacity. However, despite that support, the lack of force multipliers, such as helicopters, has been no help at all to the African force's task on the ground. To that we have to add the upcoming 20 per cent cut in funding from the European Union, which will have a severe effect on the Mission and risks becoming a serious setback to everything that has been and still remains to be achieved.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

35. “The deployment of Blue Helmets, 50 per cent of them Africans, in a number of peacekeeping operations in various parts of the continent clearly demonstrates the commitment of African Member States and of the African Union and its regional components and member States to contribute, in complementarity with the United Nations, to collective security as it was envisaged by the Charter. The examples of cooperation with the African Union are many and varied - the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and the joint missions in the Central African Republic and Mali, as well as the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), are illustrations of that partnership. Since its deployment in 2007, AMISOM, with its 22,000 soldiers and police, has contributed to a significant improvement in the security situation in Somalia.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

36. “Thanks to such mechanisms, cooperation at the inter-organizational level should be another resource to take advantage of. Such tools should inevitably result in developing shared strategies founded on joint assessments, solid decision-making mechanisms based on consultation and information-sharing, and follow-up arrangements that enable cooperation on planning and operations throughout the conflict cycle. Only with productive partnerships can we improve collective security.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

37. “The forthcoming signing of the framework document for the 10-year strategic partnership document on peace and security between the United Nations and the African Union; Agenda 2063; and the campaign for "Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020", combined with the annual joint consultations since 2007 between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council constitute a major institutional framework for cooperation between the two entities. We have noted with satisfaction the implementation of this framework for cooperation with the United Nations through the creation of several regional and subregional organization liaison offices and the recent signing, in Djibouti in November 2015, ofa partnership framework between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the United Nations.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

38. “(spoke in French) In 2015, the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) considered it essential to improve cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, including through recommendations on strengthening conflict prevention capabilities and mediation. It also recommended emphasizing the importance of political solutions and joint cooperation on such solutions in order to ensure that the resulting broad range of partners would enable potential crises to be detected well in advance.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

39. “How do we ensure that the peacekeeping institutions, the regional economic communities, the African Union and the United Nations do indeed see their relationships as partnerships rather than a competition for which goes first and which leads in which process? Drawing on lessons learned and building on the pertinent views of many stakeholders and on the outcome of today's open debate, we should identify concrete ways for further strengthening an integrated worldwide system for cooperative action, as envisioned in Chapter VIII of the Charter.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

40. “What started largely as improvisation, to quote a former United Nations official, has evolved tremendously, and the African Union Peace and Security Council has proved a reliable partner on that journey. As the concept note (S/2016/428, annex) rightly points out, and as echoed by many speakers today, the changing nature of conflict on the continent and the operational questions it raises add another layer of complexity to the cohesiveness of our global links, which have often been seriously tested in the past. How do we engage with non-State actors that do not respect humanitarian law? How do we deal with the increase in illegal activities and violent insurgencies?”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

41. “Djibouti aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations sets out the international consensus on global-regional relationships. United Nations support in managing conflicts in Africa has become increasingly robust over the past 25 years, rising from two United Nations-led peacekeeping operations in 1990 to 15 in 2015. The missions in Africa constitute the majority of United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide and have served as an important proving ground for United Nations engagement in managing conflict.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source

42. “At the outset, Djibouti would like to express its gratitude to the delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt for its leadership in organizing this important debate ofthe Security Council on the theme "United Nations-African Union peace and security cooperation: Chapter VIII application and the future of the African Peace and Security Architecture". We would also like to thank the presidency for the concept note (S/2016/428, annex) drafted in preparation for this meeting, which helps frame the issues and sharpen our focus on key achievements as well as on the serious deficiencies that need to be remedied. We would also like to express our appreciation for this morning's very useful briefings.”

    2016-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7694 (2016) · source