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  1. “It seeks to show that, with the support of the international community, countries can be helped to replace competition for access to water - a source of conflict - with cooperation around this strategic resource, and, in that way, prevent conflicts and strengthen relations between States. Finally, it remains for me to reiterate the unwavering commitment of Senegal to continue its efforts to prevent water-related conflict, and for the the idea of creating a Group of Friends on Water, Peace and Security has emerged and will no doubt soon become a reality.”

    2017-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7959 (2017) · source

  2. “We wish also to welcome the outstanding work done by the Secretariat, in particular the Department of Political Affairs, and to thank them for their valuable support for their mediation efforts throughout the world. Given all of these efforts, we wish to seize this opportunity to invite the Security Council, the guarantor of international security, to take a careful look at the issue of transboundary waters in order to strengthen its conflict-prevention efforts. Make no mistake, the future of preventive diplomacy lies in cooperation. Given the multiplicity and interrelatedness of existing security challenges, our motto should remain that of preventive multilateralism. That message is exactly what the Senegalese initiative on water, peace and security is trying to promote.”

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  3. “But for this, the international community must muster the political will to strengthen its mediation capacity, in particular by helping the existing cooperation framework or, where there is a need for it, in helping to establish new ones. It is all the more necessary to recall, as underscored by Mr. Danilo Tiirk, President of the Global High-level Panel on Water and Peace, in the Council last November, in saying that of the 263 international watercourses, only 84 have joint management institutions, and many are inefficient. It is our common responsibility, therefore, to promote a mediation that is complementary to cooperation, particularly within the framework of the United Nations, three quarters of whose Members share watercourses with their neighbours.”

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  4. “Historically, as we know, rivers have been the cradle of great civilizations, and we should never lose sight of this historic role if we wish water and transboundary waters in particular to continue playing a uniting role. But knowing the geostrategic challenges surrounding this resource, we cannot exclude the threat of future conflicts concerning water. In this light, the Council has no other option but to turn to prevention. It is therefore important to promote cooperation in the management of transboundary water resources, which would make it possible to guarantee peace and provide for the interests of all.”

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  5. “In doing so, OMVS member States ensured access to water for riparian communities and enabled them to invest in energy, agriculture and transport while promoting good-neighbourly relations in the region. It is in that same spirit that Senegal will be undertaking its presidency of OMVS after the election on 17 May of President Macky Sall to preside over the Conference of Heads of State and Government for the upcoming two years. President Sall intends to modernize the organization at an accelerated rate and implement new projects in the area of energy and the navigability of the river, and to promote inclusive cooperation in a spirit of solidarity so as to ensure that the Senegal river unites and does not divide riparian countries.”

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  6. “This resource-sharing among uses is based on the following principles: the obligation to ensure a balanced management of water resources; the fair and reasonable use of river water; the obligation to preserve the environment; the obligation to negotiate in case of conflict; and the obligation for each riparian State to inform other riparian States before undertaking any action or project that could have an impact on the availability of water, or about the possibility of implementing a future project. This vision was very forward-looking because the Charter, well before its time, established the principle of "polluter pays" and grants representatives of users, territorial communes, non-governmental organizations and decentralized management committees observer status within the Standing Commission on Water.”

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  7. “Those three founding countries, joined in 2006 by the Republic of Guinea, defined what has become known as the Water Charter, which is based on the idea that since water is a rare commodity and therefore potentially an object of conflict, it must be shared on the basis of its uses, not among member States, so as to ensure joint management of the basin in a spirit of solidarity.”

    2017-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7959 (2017) · source

  8. “That is why it is my pleasure to talk to the Council about the Senegal River Basin Development Organization (OMVS), which represents a success story in the area of the joint management of transboundary waters. Given the serious consequences of the severe droughts of the 1970s, three countries - Senegal, Mali and Mauritania - guided by the ideals of solidarity, sharing, fairness and peace, decided in March 1972 to adopt a forward-looking vision that resulted in the creation of the OMVS, successor to the Senegal River Riparian States Organization.”

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  9. “In fact, given rapid demographic growth, runaway urbanization, the worrying issue of global warming and the increasing need to invest in hydraulics, the question of access to water is today more burning than ever in a world where 60 per cent of water resources are located in nine countries. This frightening state of affairs requires a paradigm shift on the issue of water in order to set in motion a preventive approach that is based on two major pillars: cooperation, in order to ensure access to water resources and mediation, in order to resolve differences among States. We believe, therefore, that the goal is no longer simply to make clear how water is related to peace and security, or the fact that we need to prevent water- related conflicts, but, rather, how to share experiences of successful cooperation.”

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  10. “The fact that this body has met three times, with growing interest on the part of Member States and in such a short time, on this issue is an affirmation, if such were needed, that this is a relevant topic. We would highlight also the well-considered decision made by our respective countries, Senegal last year and Bolivia today, to consider this issue from the perspective of prevention, which the Secretary- General, Mr. Antonio Guterres - whom I thank for his important statement - decided to place on the list of absolute priorities within the framework of the maintenance of international peace and security. It can never be said often enough: the continued scarcity of water resources, together with their unequal distribution throughout the world, leaves us no room for inaction.”

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  11. “Mr. Gueye (Senegal) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset, Sir, to say what an honour and a pleasure it is for the Senegalese delegation to see you personally presiding over this meeting of the Security Council, which you decided to devote to the important issue of transboundary waters and preventive diplomacy. That decision has made it possible for the Council to consider, for the third time in 14 months, the issue of water and its relationship with peace, in the wake of the Arria Formula meeting held on 22 April 2016, under the effective presidency of Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, and the open debate held on 22 November 2016 (see S/PV.7818), presided over by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senegal abroad, Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye.”

    2017-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7959 (2017) · source