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1. “As we approach the expiry dates of the Millennium Development Goals, in September, and as we design the post-2015 development agenda, capped with the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, we have a unique opportunity to write a new chapter in our collective history. We can end poverty and inequality and truly ensure inclusive development if we want. Undoubtedly, this will significantly contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security. This is because disputes over resources and their exploitation are among the key causes of conflict and insecurity. Third, equality within nations is central to peacebuilding and development. Poverty and underdevelopment remain major causes of conflict in most parts of the world.”

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2. “We see a close nexus between peace and security and sustainable development. Good governance and adherence to the rule of law also play an important role in this nexus. Here, the conclusion of the United Nations World Summit in September 2005, that there is no peace without development; there is no development without peace; there is no lasting peace and sustainable development without respect for human rights, is especially poignant today. Second, inclusiveness is key to peace and security, as it is to broad development. That is why this topic of inclusive development for the maintenance of international peace and security is so relevant and appropriate.”

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3. “We recognize that ensuring international peace and security remains a daunting challenge that is still elusive despite the efforts made by the Council over the almost 70 years of the existence of the United Nations. In fact, we are witnessing emerging new and complex security challenges such as radicalization, violent extremism and foreign terrorist fighters. These emerging challenges continue to undermine our collective efforts to ensure international peace and security. However, it is our hope that with efforts such as today's and a determined call to action, we shall realize peace, security and development dividends. In this regard, my delegation wishes to make the following seven points, which we believe are central to the maintenance of international peace and security. First, there can be no lasting peace without development.”

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4. “Mr. President, I wish to thank you for this opportunity to speak on behalf of the Kenyan delegation. We wish first to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. My delegation expresses profound appreciation to the Republic of Chile for organizing this important open debate on inclusive development for the maintenance of international peace and security, in connection with the agenda item on the maintenance of international peace and security. We wish also to express our appreciation for the concept note on the subject (S/2015/6, annex), the statements of the Secretary-General and the Nobel Laureate, and the statement made by Ambassador De Aguiar Patriota, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. These made a significant contribution to this debate, and we thank them for that.”

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5. “In conclusion, I would like to assure the Council that Kenya remains committed to contributing to regional and international counter-terrorism efforts. My delegation calls on the international community and the United Nations system to strengthen their collective counter-terrorism measures, especially through the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. That will enhance the gravitas for countering incitement to violent extremism and disrupting terrorist networks, the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and illicit financial flows. Lastly, we urge an intensified, more structured and effective exchange of information among Member States to deal with terrorism.”

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6. “We are also engaged in capacity-building through continuous training, increasing the number of police officers and acquiring modern equipment and technologies. Community policing and counter- terrorism awareness programmes have also been put in place to enhance general vigilance among the population. To counter radicalization and violent extremism, our authorities liaise with religious leaders and civil society organizations so as to counter extremist messaging. Such collaborative efforts between law enforcement and local communities have actually borne fruit, as is evident from the latest successes in countering extremism in the coastal areas of Mombasa. We are also fostering regional and international cooperation.”

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7. “We have enacted counter-terrorism legislation that gives Kenya jurisdiction over various terrorist offences in a manner that corresponds to the universal counter-terrorism instruments to which we are a party. Kenya has acted on violations fiercely and fearlessly. Another measure is aimed at combating the financing of terrorism. To curb the financing of terror, Kenya has established a Financial Reporting Centre to analyse financial transactions and work with competent law enforcement authorities to investigate the financing of terror, even activities that are masked by an innocent-looking front. Another measure relates to border security. In that regard, Kenya's established border control is being enhanced through passenger profiling and screening procedures imposed on persons entering and leaving the country.”

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8. “In addition, we welcome the current efforts by the Secretary-General and the World Bank President, together with other development partners, to establish sustainable peace in the region through an ambitious infrastructure development programme, developed in consultation with the African Union, that would open the region to trade and investments. The Government of Kenya is committed to, and has actually created national versions of, the four pillars of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and has taken steps to implement the Strategy. Such measures include the formulation of a national counter-terrorism strategy that emphasizes the need for inter-agency cooperation among all the relevant stakeholders.”

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9. “Since Al-Shabaab publicly declared Kenya a target of terror attacks, the Kenyan Government has mobilized its law enforcement machinery to counter the threat. It has also fostered regional partnerships with neighbouring countries to tackle the menace. We cannot do it alone. Similarly, the Government has been engaging local communities at the grass-roots level through their respective county governments at the lowest level and other community leadership to fund programmes aimed at reducing the vulnerability of youth to violent extremism. The decentralization of funds and decision-making to county governments so as to initiate poverty-eradication programmes is now a cornerstone policy of the State. It is also enshrined in the country's Constitution.”

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10. “The radicalization and the indoctrination to adopt violent extremism have been facilitated by the prevailing economic hardships and unemployment in countries of the region. The presence of an established Al-Shabaab infrastructure in refugee camps and the use of such refugee cover for terrorist attacks has also greatly contributed to terrorism in the region. The porous nature of our borders facilitates the proliferation of firearms and explosives from Somalia into the camps Those weapons are used to propagate and perpetuate criminal activities and acts of terror in the region. The tentacles of terrorism now encompass other transnational crimes, such as drug-trafficking, poaching, commodity smuggling and money laundering, with the proceeds being used to fund terror activities and extremism in the region.”

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11. “Such linkages have been well documented in successive reports to the Council by the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. We shall, therefore, not elaborate on them now. Kenya's geographical position has made it easier for Al-Shabaab to recruit and radicalize Kenyan youth. Apart from radicalizing our youth, the architects of terrorism have embarked on distributing video CDs propagating radical ideologies and violently targeting Islamic teachers who do not subscribe to their radical interpretation of the Holy Quran. The messages contained in the CDs urge young people to move to Somalia and other jihad theatres to wage war against Governments in an effort to establish Islamic caliphates.”

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12. “Our experience and policies add legal and moral authority to our desire to fully engage here on the theme of today's meeting, not just in terms of our own self-defence, but also in terms of the larger quest to ensure international peace and security with due regard for international human rights and freedoms. In 2011, Kenya crossed into Somalia in pursuit of Al-Shabaab and subsequently joined up with the African Union Mission in Somalia to vanquish that movement. That was because Somalia had become the breeding ground for Al-Qaida in the region as a result of the activities of the Al-Shabaab militia. Through the exchange of foreign fighters and ideological and material support, Al-Shabaab became the link with Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.”

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13. “Dozens of lower-level terror attacks have been witnessed in various parts of the country over the years. That is our story, our experience with terror. Terrorism is not a national phenomenon; it is indeed an international phenomenon. In fact, terrorism in Kenya and the region stems from the perennial instability in neighbouring countries, particularly the Al-Shabaab movement in Somalia. Kenya is a target only because of our avowed war on terror and our unflinching support and partnerships with our key allies in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations.”

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14. “It is a pleasure to see you, Madam President, presiding over this very important subject matter. We appreciate the opportunity to make our statement. Kenya has suffered some of the most atrocious acts ofterrorism. We recall some ofthe most recent. In 1998, the Al-Qaida terror group bombed the United States Embassy in Nairobi, killing 224 people and wounding over 5,000. The majority of the dead or wounded were Kenyans along with several Americans, even though Americans were the main target. In 2002, the Paradise Hotel in the coastal city of Mombasa was bombed by terrorists, targeting Israeli tourists and killing over 15 people. On 21 September 2013, Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of Al-Qaida, devastated the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, an incident in which over 70 people, including Kenyans and foreigners of various nationalities, perished.”

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