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Elnour

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first: 2017-05-15
most recent: 2019-02-27
sittings or episodes: 13
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“In conclusion, my delegation hopes that all regional and international partners can intensify their efforts so that together we can achieve the grand objective of silencing the guns on the African continent.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Fourthly, we must work to effectively address the root causes of conflicts and security threats in Africa, foremost among them lack of development, the discrepancies between development levels in various parts of the continent, the impact of drought, desertification and climate change, poverty and weak State institutions in some of the African States. Fifthly, the international community, as represented by States, regional and international organizations, should strengthen its contribution in terms of national capacity-building in African countries in the areas of conflict prevention, mediation, peacemaking, peacebuilding and sustaining peace.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Thirdly, appropriate and sustained financing for the peacekeeping operations of the African Union must be provided through the United Nations, and the obstacles that prevented consensus on a draft resolution presented by the three African members of the Security Council in December 2018 must be removed. We must also take into consideration the fact that African operations actually represent a significant investment in international peace and security, one of the main objectives of the United Nations.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Secondly, it will be vital to strengthen coordination and the exchange of information between the African Union Commission and the African Union Peace and Security Council on the one hand, and the United Nations Secretariat and the Security Council on the other, while enhancing coherence and integration between the work of the two organizations, as well as avoiding any conflict of effort between them, such as occurred during the peace process in 2018 in South Sudan between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the African Union on one side, and the Security Council on the other. A similar situation developed in Libya in 2011 between the African Union and certain members of the Security Council.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“In that regard, my delegation calls on the international community to strengthen its support for post- conflict objectives, the most important of which are the resettlement of displaced persons and refugees, the restoration of infrastructure, demobilization, disarmament and reintegration, the strengthening of national reconciliation and the social fabric, and the provision ofjob opportunities for young people.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Sixth, the Sudan has welcomed its brothers and sisters fleeing armed conflicts in neighbouring countries and in the Middle East, and is currently hosting more than 2 million foreign refugees. Seventh, we signed a tripartite convention to deliver humanitarian assistance to populations affected by the conflict in South Sudan, an endeavour that began through the Sudan's territories in July 2014 in cooperation with the World Food Programme and the Government of our sister Republic of South Sudan. With regard to enabling the initiative of Silencing the Guns by 2020 to achieve the best possible results, we want to highlight a number of important points. First, we emphasize the close links between peace and development. One is impossible without the other.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Third, at the domestic level, an extended ceasefire has continued throughout the Sudan with a view to establishing an environment conducive to ensuring continued political negotiations, the protection of civilians and unobstructed humanitarian action. Fourth, the Sudan approved all the proposals presented by regional and international partners for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to areas under the control of insurgent groups, which rejected all these initiatives. Fifth, the national weapons collection campaign in Darfur has been a great success in helping to stabilize the security situation, ensure the protection of civilians and normalize economic and social life.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“First, we made significant diplomatic efforts within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development initiative for peace in South Sudan, which culminated in the signing of the Khartoum declaration on 23 June 2018, followed by further progress in the form of the signing in September 2018 of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan. Second, the Sudan has been contributing major efforts in the context of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, as a result ofwhich an agreement on peace and reconciliation was initialled in Khartoum on 5 February and was finally signed in Bangui the following day.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Vasu Gounden, Founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, for their valuable briefings this morning. On 1 July 2017, the African Union Peace and Security Council announced its African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 on the ground. In that regard, we want to express our full support for all the efforts of African States to find African solutions to African problems. That motto is evident in a number of African initiatives and we would like to cite some of the most important efforts that the Sudan has undertaken to achieve that pivotal objective.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Mr. Elnour (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, and your friendly country on your presidency of the Council this month. We also thank you for convening this important debate, as well as for the concept note on this topic (S/2019/169, annex) and your valuable briefing this morning. And I want to convey the apologies of Mr. Al Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed Al Dikhairi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan, whose commitments prevented him from attending today's important debate. We thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, High Representative of the African Union for Silencing the Guns in Africa; and Mr.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Lastly, we mustconferagreaterrole on peacekeeping missions, special political missions and United Nations regional offices in addressing climate change, and offer solutions at the local and national levels.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“Thirdly, developed States must honour their pledges to developing States, thereby empowering them to achieve sustainable development and enabling them to be more resilient in facing effects of climate change. Fourthly, efforts must be intensified to achieve peace, especially in areas affected by climate change, while increasing focus on post-conflict countries. Fifthly, the capacities of developing countries must be strengthened in order to enable them to address climate change and adapt to environmental change while benefiting from technological advances in that regard. Sixthly, we must promote cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations on climate issues and conflicts, and pay greater attention to the regional aspects of security threats caused by climate change.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“First, we must strengthen preventive diplomacy and address the effects of climate change before they lead to conflict, while promoting cooperation among the Security Council, the Secretariat and its related agencies with respect to climate change, on the one hand, and international financial institutions, on the other. Efforts must be stepped up to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In that regard, my delegation hopes that the 2019 September climate summit, to be convened by the Secretary-General on the margins of the seventy-fourth General Assembly, will be a criticaljuncture in our work to address climate change and its effects. Secondly, greater attention must be paid to early-warning systems, particularly with regard to climate-related conflicts.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“We have stepped up efforts to achieve peace throughout the country, as peace is the first, fundamental step towards achieving sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions. We have also striven to achieve development throughout the country, in addition to increasing hydroelectricity and seeking other sources of renewable energy, particularly solar energy, while planting more trees through Africa's Green Wall initiative, which includes a number of African States from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east. In order to move forward in addressing climate-related threats, we would offer the following suggestions on how to cooperate among various actors in order to address the great challenge that faces our world.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The main cause underlying that conflict was climate change, which led to drought, desertification and scarcity of water. The major economic activity of Darfur's population had been grazing and agriculture. Tensions arose among farmers and herders as a result of competition over scarce resources, which were diminishing due to drought and desertification throughout the entire African coastal region. That was complicated by an increase in the population, the proliferation of weapons and easy access to them as a result of conflicts in neighbouring States. At the national level, in order to confront climate change, the Government of the Sudan has taken several measures.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The list now includes threats caused by climate and environmental changes, which represent an additional driver of the factors threatening international peace and security, thereby causing deterioration in living conditions, human security and Governments' abilities to provide their citizens with their basic needs, particularly in situations simultaneously involving other economic, social, demographic and political challenges. We note that societies and States that are vulnerable to scarcity of resources are most exposed to the negative impact of climate change. The Sudan is one of the States that has suffered from the impact of climate change, leading to the outbreak of conflict and complicating the resolution of conflicts, including the conflict in Darfur, which began in 2003.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“Mr. Elnour (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I thank your friendly country, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also thank the briefers for their valuable briefings this morning. My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by Ambassador Fatima Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union. Armed conflicts and international terrorism are not the sole fundamental threats posed to international peace and security in today's world.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The Government of the Sudan is fully committed to providing its citizens with opportunity to peacefully express their views concerning the political and economic situation in the country. At the same time, the Government of the Sudan is committed to carrying out its constitutional obligations and international law in accordance with its right to protect lives and public property against sabotage, arson and all other forms of violence, which some demonstrators have carried out. I would also like to confirm that those demonstrations are not related even remotely to the topic of this meeting, which is dedicated to a specific agenda item, namely, a discussion on the Panel of Experts final report (see S/2019/34) of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning sanctions imposed on the Sudan.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Moreover, our armed forces and other security entities would be able to fight transnational crime, human trafficking and illegal migration as well as fighting terrorism and carrying out other tasks, thereby making it incumbent upon the international community to support our military institutions. The Security Council must take into consideration that Darfur neighbours three States that are undergoing conflict - a situation that requires the armed forces and other relevant institutions to be able to control the situation on the borders shared with those States. In response to Council members' remarks concerning the demonstrations, violence and sabotage seen in certain parts of the Sudan since 19 December 2018, I would like to state the following.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Given the fact that all the reports submitted by the Secretary-General and the Panel of Experts during the period under review confirm the continued improvement of the situation in Darfur, we hope that, in considering the adoption of a subsequent draft resolution in February to renew the Panel's mandate, the Council will review the sanctions regime imposed on Darfur pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005). That would enable the Sudanese armed forces to perform their duties as guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations and the State's Constitution, especially in the light of the planned reduction in UNAMID troop strength in preparation for its exit next year.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“The campaign to disarm citizens and collect their weapons has bolstered stability and security and ended outbreaks of violence, which took place in the past, while combating criminal acts and banditry. The Government has succeeded in exercising its authority and enforcing the rule of law, and is continuing its efforts on a daily basis, which has strengthened security and stability and prompted large numbers of internally displaced persons to return to their homes. Last February, the Council adopted resolution 2400 (2018), which renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts until February of this year. I should like to point out that, in paragraph 3 of that resolution, the Council expressed its intention to review the sanctions regime in Darfur in the light of the evolving situation on the ground.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“All United Nations reports that have been submitted for the period under review by the Secretary-General and the Panel of Experts confirm the continued improvement in the security situation in Darfur. That improvement was the main factor that prompted the Council to adopt resolutions 2363 (2017) and 2429 (2018), which stipulated a reduction in the troop strength of the African Union-United Nations Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in preparation for a final drawdown and full exit by June 2020. The Government of the Sudan has continued to make efforts to normalize the situation in Darfur in its various aspects so that the states of Darfur can return to normalcy. The Government has exerted efforts in the area of security that have led to great strides in achieving both security and stability throughout Darfur.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Moreover, we strongly reject the unverified false information mentioned in the final report of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) (see S/2019/34). Such information was gathered from sources that are not credible or impartial, such as Radio Dabanga. I would like to note that since the sanctions regime was imposed on Darfur under resolution 1591 (2005), there have been many developments and that the current situation in Darfur, as testified to by the Security Council and the reports of the Secretary General, has changed. The circumstances now are very different to those that existed when the sanctions regime was imposed 13 years ago.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Resolving the root causes of the situation therefore depends on the level of commitment shown by our partners and by the international community to support development in Darfur and to respond to the call issued by the High-Level Event on the Transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding and Development in Darfur, held on the margins ofthe high-level segment of the General Assembly in September 2018. Concerning the issue of sanctions, I would like to note the following. We affirm that the Government of the Sudan is committed to cooperating with other United Nations entities and agencies working in the Sudan on the condition that they comply with their mandate and that they respect the sovereignty of the Sudan.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Moreover, certain members of the Council also refused to adopt any measures against the obstinacy of that movement and its leadership, its disregard for the lives of our people in Darfur and the obstacles that it has placed in the way of all national, regional and international efforts to establish peace in Darfur. Thirdly, I would like to note the close link between peace and development in Darfur and that the conflict in Darfur is essentially over scarce resources for development.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“We would like to reiterate our appreciation and gratitude to our partners in Germany, and we look forward to further cooperation with the Security Council and to increased pressure being put on the rebel movements in order to encourage them to join the peace process, in line with the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. Secondly, with regard to the situation in Jebel Marra, I would like to affirm that what took place in that area was the direct result of the refusal of the so- called Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid faction to accept all invitations to hold negotiations in order to normalize the situation that has existed since 2006 and to achieve a peaceful solution.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“We thank her for her briefing as Chair ofthe Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan and for the report that she presented today. I would also express my appreciation to the members of the Council for their statements earlier in the meeting. With regard to the peace process in Darfur, I would like to underline the following points. First, the Government of the Sudan is fully committed to the peace process and to creating the appropriate conditions for it. My Government expresses its readiness to resume negotiations with the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi faction in accordance with the pre-negotiation agreement signed in Germany on 6 December 2018.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“Mr. Elnour (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate your country, Mr. President, on beginning its non-permanent membership of the Security Council for the period 2019-2020 and on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to welcome the States that have recently become non-permanent members of the Security Council, namely, Germany, Belgium, Indonesia and our sister country South Africa. My delegation affirms its commitment to cooperating with them and with the Security Council in all matters pertaining to the Sudan in the work of the Council. We would like as well to express our appreciation to Ambassador Joanna Wronecka.”
2019-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8446 (2019) · source
“My country's delegation hopes that the Security Council will send a message to the international community in support of the countries of the region in that regard. The existing grave challenges require concerted regional and international efforts in order to achieve our desired objective. Let us therefore work together to create a new success story in East Africa to be added to the other success stories in Cote d'Ivoire and its neighbours Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“That includes roads, railways, riverine transport and electricity, in addition to supporting the efforts made by the two countries to complete the peace process in Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur states by putting pressure on the rebel movements that continue to obstruct the peace process, and by actively participating in the high-level event on transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and development in Darfur. In conclusion, we have a historic opportunity to make significant progress in the Republic of South Sudan, strengthen regional cooperation and build a better future for IGAD countries, especially in the wake of the ongoing positive developments in the Horn of Africa region.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“With regard to the special relations between the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, in addition to the many ties between the peoples of the two countries, as well as the link between their peace processes, there is a need for the international community, especially the United Nations and the Security Council, to support the efforts of the two countries in order to strengthen their cross-border cooperation and to build and rehabilitate the basic infrastructure linking the two countries.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“They include national reconciliation, social cohesion and transitional justice; the return of refugees and internally displaced persons; reconstruction and development; building the capacity of State institutions; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, as well as building the capacity of security institutions; and providing job opportunities for young people.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“The two Councils and IGAD must organize joint field visits to South Sudan and the countries of the region and strengthen trilateral cooperation among the United Nations, the African Union and IGAD during the upcoming period. We also stress the need to promote the presence of Security Council members in South Sudan and in the region so as to closely follow developments on the ground and cooperate with national and regional partners in support of the implementation of the revitalized Agreement. The signing of the revitalized Agreement is just the first step towards achieving peace and stability in the sisterly Republic of South Sudan. Many steps and challenges remain ahead, which will require strengthened coordination and cooperation among all national and regional partners on a number of issues.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“Over the past few months, and as the peace process in South Sudan reached an advanced stage, there was another divergence of Views between IGAD members, on one hand, and certain Security Council members, on the other, with respect to the usefulness of sanctions and their impact on the peace process in South Sudan. Sanctions were imposed by the Council. My country hopes that, in the coming weeks, the Security Council will support the requests made by IGAD to review and expand the mandate of the Regional Protection Force in South Sudan, in order for it to play its role in supporting the implementation of the revitalized Agreement in South Sudan. There is an urgent need to strengthen coordination and cooperation among the Security Council, the African Union Peace and Security Council and IGAD to support the peace process in South Sudan.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“We stress the importance of strengthening coordinating regional and national efforts, on one hand, and international efforts, on the other, to achieve peace, stability and development, and we stress the importance of avoiding any negative repercussions in neighbouring countries. There was a divergence of views in 2011 between the African Union and certain permanent members of the Security Council with regard to the situation in one of the African countries. That divergence of views had dangerous repercussions in that country, which continue to this day.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“Today's meeting is also being held as IGAD members, including the Sudan, have stepped up their efforts to achieve peace in the Republic of South Sudan. The phase of implementing the revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan has begun. That Agreement was signed on 12 September in Addis Ababa, after considerable efforts by IGAD, led by the Sudan, and intensive negotiations that took place in Khartoum. We hope that the Security Council will support our efforts and those of IGAD and the African Union to achieve peace in those sisterly States - the Republic of South Sudan, Libya and the Central African Republic.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, for their valuable briefings this morning. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. We would like to add the following comments in our national capacity and highlight the role of the Sudan and members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in peace processes in our region. Today's open debate comes at a critical time for my country. The Sudan has made great efforts to settle conflicts in neighbouring countries - the Republic of South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Libya - because we believe in the importance of peace and the relationship between peace and security in the Sudan and peace and security in neighbouring countries.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“Mr. Elnour (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express my condolences to the delegation and the people of the United States on the passing away of former President George Herbert Walker Bush. I would also like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your sisterly country on presiding over the Security Council during December. I congratulate China as well on its able leadership of the Council in November. I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening today's open debate on the role of States, regional arrangements and the United Nations in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and for the concept note that you have prepared in that regard (see S/2018/1064, annex). I also thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, as well as Mr.”
2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source
“The latest developments in the Horn of Africa promise a bright future for the region following the implementation of the peace agreement in South Sudan and the efforts to advance the peace process in the Central African Republic, in addition to the positive developments between Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia and bilaterally between Somalia and Eritrea. All these positive developments will require support from regional and international partners so that we can foster development efforts in those countries and enhance regional complementarity, which is continuing to make progress.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“We all know the growing importance of ensuring financing for African-led peacekeeping operations, which will help them to address conflicts before they intensify and spin out of control, at which point such conflicts are much more difficult to address. In that regard, we note the AU's efforts to establish a Peace Fund providing 25 per cent of the funding needed for AU-led peacekeeping operations, enabling the African continent to contribute to addressing its own security challenges.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“And we want to focus on the importance of strengthening the capacity of African countries with regard to all the various aspects of peacekeeping forces - military, police and civilian personnel - so that we can truly silence the guns in Africa by 2020. We also want to highlight the importance of enhancing partnerships between peacekeeping operations and host countries. In that regard, we note the successful coordination experience of the Government of the Sudan and UNAMID establishing a triangular mechanism that brings together the Sudanese Government, the United Nations and the AU and oversees all of that peacekeeping operation's developments and needs.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“However, the Framework will become effective only when the necessary financial and political obligations are implemented. In coordinating peace efforts in Africa, we must consider regional and subregional perspectives, along with those of neighbouring countries, so that we can resolve conflicts where they arise and address them on the basis of the principle of African solutions for African problems. We urgently need to improve the coordination between the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council, in addition to enhancing the partnerships between the Security Council and the regional and subregional organizations working to maintain peace and security in Africa, such as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“It was preceded by the African Union Mission in the Sudan, which was transformed into the hybrid operation that is currently preparing for closure and has successfully made the transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and development. The drawdown began in September on the margins of the high-level week of the General Assembly. After reviewing the situation on the ground, the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations recommended in its report (see S/2015/446) that the partnership between the United Nations and the AU be strengthened by providing additional funding specifically directed to African-led peacekeeping operations. That recommendation was implemented through the Joint United Nations-African Union Framework for an Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, which was signed in April 2017 here in New York.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered this morning by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, and we would like to add the following comments in our national capacity. We must reaffirm the importance of Africa in African-led peacekeeping operations. The partnership in peacekeeping between the United Nations and the AU is a successful one, and of the several examples of that, the most notable is the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), which is nearing its closure. UNAMID is a success story in terms of African-led joint coordination and efforts.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Mr. Elnour (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today's open debate on this important issue, and we appreciate your wise leadership of the Council for the month of November. We would also like to thank Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Mr. Sma'il Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU), for their insightful briefings this morning. I would like to express my condolences regarding the peacekeepers from Tanzania, Malawi and Mali who lost their lives while carrying out their sacred missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“My country's delegation hopes that regional and international efforts to promote the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes and in the exchange of best practices to that end will be stepped up in the future. We need to build the capacity of developing countries for mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, as well as that of regional and subregional organizations. It is also necessary for the reform process within the United Nations today, which prioritizes prevention, to pave the way for increased international cooperation in that regard. I also wish to underline the complementarity of the efforts of regional organizations, on the one hand, and of the Security Council, on the other. All parties should work in the same direction so as to achieve the desired objective.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“Recently, it led to an agreement between the parties to the conflict, in particular with regard to governance and security measures, following the agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire. There remain some outstanding details, and there are ongoing attempts to achieve an understanding on those issues. The initiative of President Al-Bashir of the Sudan, delegated by the leaders of IGAD countries, has played a decisive role in achieving that agreement, which was signed on 5 August in the presence of the Presidents of the States members of IGAD, as well as the representatives of the Secretary-General and of the African Union.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“The fact that regional and subregional organizations are also aware of the geopolitical, social, cultural and natural dimensions of such conflicts further highlights the importance of their role. In that context, the Sudan welcomes the Joint United Nations-AU Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, established in April 2017. The Framework aims at developing the AU capacity and promoting mediation mechanisms and the peaceful settlement of disputes, while emphasizing the role of women and the 2030 Sustainable Agenda for Development, as well as the AU Agenda 2063. The role of regional and subregional organizations is effective. I would highlight the role of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in the mediation for a peaceful resolution ofthe conflict in South Sudan.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“Those initiatives have achieved tangible results in finding African solutions to African problems within Africa. We must support such initiatives aimed at maintaining peace and security pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter, which attaches a central and key role to regional organizations in maintaining regional peace and security. Furthermore, regional and subregional organizations, as well as neighbouring countries, are always the best placed and the most capable of acting as mediators. That is particularly true when internal conflicts become increasingly complex and when they spill over national borders and include other actors at the regional and international levels.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“We underscore the importance of the Council's presence in promoting efforts to settle disputes peacefully, because even if mediators are objective and impartial, the support of stakeholders, in particular the Security Council and regional and subregional organizations, is needed. Needless to say, the objective and impartial positions of the Security Council towards the parties to a conflict remain the cornerstone ofits role in settling conflicts. We also believe that the Security Council should remain united and condemn parties that prolong conflicts, in particular non-State actors. The Sudan welcomes regional and international initiatives to settle disputes peacefully and, in particular, those of the African Union (AU), which continue to be developed.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source