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El Alaoui

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2009-06-29
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  1. “The overextended state of United Nations peacekeeping, along with the increasing demand for renewed or expanded missions, requires a concerted and genuine response from the entire membership. We therefore call on all Member States to continue their support for this important activity, despite the challenges being faced as a result of global economic turmoil. United Nations peacekeeping remains one of the most important and cost-effective tools in the United Nations arsenal for achieving international peace and security. In conclusion, NAM. is proud to have been represented by its members in almost every peacekeeping operation since 1948 and will remain engaged in advancing the cause of peace and security.”

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  2. “To ensure the appropriate level of response in terms of the scope and scale of peacekeeping, the entire membership should deal with the difficulties stemming from deployments in hostile environments and difficult political contexts. Furthermore, much broader sharing and contribution by all Member States would ensure unity of vision to reach our common goal of peace and security. Prioritization entails a political engagement that is well conceived and supported by all the parties concerned and by the international community. It also requires a comprehensive planning process that ensures mission coherence, clear lines of command and control, integration between mission components, training, deployment, and resources and guidance for DPKO and DF S in the management of the missions. TCCs can provide much-needed expertise for the way forward.”

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  3. “Such involvement, formally operationalized, would assist, inter alia, the Security Council to better define clear and achievable mandates and achieve a greater integration of efforts. In this regard, I would like to thank Japan for all its efforts as the Chair of the Security Council Working Group of the Whole on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. United Nations peacekeeping operations cannot continue to be supported by only a portion of the United Nations membership. All developed countries must share the burden of peacekeeping and engage their troops in the field under United Nations command and control.”

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  4. “In the light of the ongoing debate on how adequately to meet the rising expectations for peacekeeping today, the mechanism of triangular cooperation between TCCs, the Security Council and the Secretariat must be energized in a meaningful manner. TCCs are bearing the burden of implementing mandates crafted and authorized without their involvement in the planning and decision-making processes. Often they are the sole object of criticism when missions face difficulties. Therefore, we should build on the frequency of private meetings with TCCs and briefings by the Secretariat in order to foster a culture of interaction in which Security Council members are fully engaged. TCC involvement is a key to addressing the current shortcomings and to ensuring the effectiveness of United Nations action.”

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  5. “Indeed, TCCs should be involved in the planning process and in all aspects and stages of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Since mandates are ultimately to be implemented in the field by troop-contributing countries, they should be involved as a major partner right from the start - from the formulation of policy - through the decision- making process, and on to the deployment phases as well. Troop-contributing countries' first-hand experience, as I outlined previously, would contribute to an objective assessment of where and when to deploy and where to strengthen, where to cut or draw down, having peace and security as the main objective and benchmark. Resolution 1353 (2001) gave us the full spectrum of what should be done in this regard.”

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  6. “The Non-Aligned Movement also emphasizes that respect for the principles of the sovereign equality, political independence and territorial integrity of all States and non-intervention in matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State must be upheld. These guiding principles are the foundation of United Nations peacekeeping as they guarantee its sustainability and its legitimacy as a universal tool for the maintenance of peace and security. Last January, in the Council, NAM. expressed the view that the operational planning process deserves sustained attention and called for rethinking it to ensure coherence in vision, goals and objectives. The concept paper prepared by the presidency outlines some very useful thoughts on the importance of meaningfully engaging with those countries that provide troops and police.”

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  7. “We would have preferred to receive the Secretariat's entire non-paper prior to this meeting in order to engage in a more meaningful debate. Nevertheless, NAM. will provide its views when it deems necessary. The Non-Aligned Movement wishes to underscore the importance of consistently applying the principles and standards set for the establishment and conduct of United Nations peacekeeping operations and stresses that peacekeeping should observe the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter and abide by the United Nations peacekeeping operations guiding principles, which are the consent of the parties, the non-use of force except in self-defence, and impartiality. The defence of the mandates should be consistent with United Nations principles.”

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  8. “In this context, NAM strongly believes that the merit of any new initiative or process, whether Member State- or Secretariat-driven, should be carefully gauged in the context of its relevance to and coherence with the ongoing reforms. Such coherence, as well as continuity, should be the guidelines of the Secretariat's endeavours. All efforts should ultimately contribute to the common vision of United Nations peacekeeping that continues to save lives and prevents States from relapsing into conflicts. Following the 26 June briefing to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the heads of both DPKO and DFS addressed the Council today on the New Horizon non-paper as a contribution aimed at restructuring our thinking and approach towards peacekeeping.”

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  9. “The General Assembly, through its Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, is fulfilling its mandate in addressing all aspects of United Nations peacekeeping, including the effective planning and management of United Nations peacekeeping operations. After the initial reform process launched by the Brahimi report (S/2000/809), the Special Committee considered and monitored the implementation of the agenda for reform for 2010 and, more recently, the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the creation of the Department of Field Support (DFS). These reform efforts are recent and Member States have not had sufficient time to assess their impact, much less to rectify any shortcomings that may have resulted from those reforms.”

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  10. “I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for arranging this debate on a critical and a flagship activity of the United Nations. I would also like to extend special thanks to Under-Secretaries- General Le Roy and Malcorra for their comprehensive briefings. The Non-Aligned Movement is best placed to contribute to an objective assessment of the challenges facing the United Nations capacity in peacekeeping, since its members have first-hand experience in the field as troop-contributing countries (TCCs), providing more than 87 per cent of personnel to United Nations peacekeeping operations, and hosting most of the current missions. The sustained surge of today's peacekeeping has been emphasized within and outside the United Nations.”

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