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Enrique Austria Manalo

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  1. “A key aspect of that effort is maintaining a vigorous exchange of information and ensuring that any decision that is to be taken is supported by accurate and timely data and informed by the prevailing dynamics among the key actors involved. We also would like to emphasize and reiterate the importance of the primacy and centrality of a particular regional and subregional organization in providing inputs on how to address region-specific issues on conflict prevention and resolution.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  2. “Concerning measures to form and enhance cooperation among regional organizations, prior to that a determination must first be made of the common and most pressing security threats between and/or among regions that are not catered to by existing modalities of cooperation. If such a void were found to exist, then there would be a compelling need to devise new modes of cooperation among regional organizations. There are pre-existing modalities of cooperation between and among Member States. We can put to use our resources better through maximizing existing modes of cooperation rather than through exploring new platforms of exchange. There is indeed value in enhancing cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in enhancing confidence-building and dialogue in conflict prevention and resolution.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  3. “Beyond being accorded the status of an observer in the General Assembly, there are established modalities for ASEAN-United Nations relations at various levels based on mutual benefit, from Secretariat-to-Secretariat interaction between our organizations and the ASEAN-United Nations Ministerial Meeting all the way to the ASEAN-United Nations Summit, at which ASEAN leaders and the United Nations Secretary- General engage in strategic dialogue. ASEAN and the United Nations can build on these modalities further by continuing meaningful exchanges on security matters, especially on the emerging and non-traditional security threats that we are facing as time goes by.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  4. “As the partnership continues to uphold ASEAN’s centrality in the evolving regional architecture, it also aims, among other things, to “develop effective partnership and promote closer cooperation for sustaining peace, in confidence-building measures, preventive diplomacy, humanitarian affairs and … peacebuilding”. We recognize the value of holding annual meetings between the Secretary- General and the Office of the President of the General Assembly during the regular sessions of the General Assembly to further enhance that partnership. ASEAN’s community-building efforts are complemented and supported by its robust external partnerships, including with the United Nations.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  5. “In terms of experiences and lessons learnt, we promote sustainable security in the region by reinforcing strategic trust and mutual confidence within ASEAN and in the wider Asia-Pacific region, helped by reaffirming the principles of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, enabling the bloc to reap the peace dividend. With a combined gross domestic product of $3 trillion, ASEAN now accounts for 3.5 per cent of the global economy in nominal terms. There is an opportunity to take advantage of and put into action the ASEAN- United Nations comprehensive partnership through the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between ASEAN and the United Nations for the period 2021-2025.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  6. “However, beyond the political commitment to pursue and promote a cooperative relationship is the evolution of ASEAN regionalism, which is anchored in dialogue and consultations aimed at reaching consensus. The primacy accorded to dialogue and consultations with the aim of arriving at consensus has enabled ASEAN member States to address the issues confronting the region, arrive at approaches that are S/2021/394 acceptable to all and to manage differences, thereby enabling them to move forward notwithstanding the diversity in their political, economic and social systems. In our part of the world, we call it the ASEAN Way — a unique manner of dealing with issues that to some outside observers is difficult to comprehend but is fully understood by us in ASEAN.”

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  7. “Turning to the importance of enhancing confidence-building measures and dialogue, we in ASEAN believe that regionalism and multilateralism are important principles and frameworks for cooperation and that their strength and value lie in their inclusivity, rules-based nature and emphasis on mutual benefit and respect. It is in that manner that ASEAN has achieved a level of success in maintaining peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We have a shared commitment to maintaining and promoting peace, security and stability in the region, as well as to the peaceful resolution of disputes, including full respect for legal and diplomatic processes without resort to the threat or use of force, in accordance with the universally recognized principles of international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.”

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  8. “In that context, one challenge for the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, is knowing when to step in and when to step back and when regional and subregional organizations’ inputs should be made indispensable before any measure or resolution is put forth to that body. As can be gleaned from recent events, we may need to institutionalize the practice of involving the relevant regional and subregional groupings when addressing security issues that hit closer to home. We can take advantage of regional and subregional groupings to better help identify sensitivities. We can derive gains from the mutual trust and confidence among the members of regional and subregional groupings to build on support for constructive propositions on conflict prevention and resolution efforts.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  9. “Maintaining international peace and stability remains a serious challenge, as many regions and countries in the world still experience tensions and instability, often due to ethnic or racial conflicts, inter-State disputes, transnational crimes and terrorism, among other things. These are further exacerbated by non- traditional security threats and new forms of threat, such as the coronavirus disease pandemic, for which neither individuals nor institutions were prepared. Security threats are often multidimensional and, as highlighted by the presidency in its concept note (S/2021/297, annex), regional and subregional organizations have the comparative advantage of geographical proximity, experience and in-depth knowledge of local dynamics.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source

  10. “As a fellow member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), we commend you, Sir, for your leadership in advancing cooperation with regional and subregional organizations. As Secretary-General António Guterres said in his 30 January 2020 briefing to the Security Council, “[a]t this time of increasingly complex challenges for global peace and security, cooperative and inclusive multilateral efforts, including strong partnerships between the United Nations and regional organizations, are essential.” (S/PV.8711, p. 2) There are new challenges to promoting and substantiating partnership with the United Nations.”

    2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source