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Impagliazzo

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2017-06-12
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2023-06-20
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  1. “I thank the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, through Special Representative Nicholas Haysom; the countries of the region; the Intergovernmental Authority on Development for its efforts in obtaining the Revitalized Agreement; the institution’s board for its implementation and, in particular, the reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism; the troika — the United States, United Kingdom and Norway; the Swiss Confederation, Canada, Italy and Japan; and international organizations, such as the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross.”

    2023-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9353 (2023) · source

  2. “Sant’Egidio is committed to continuing on that path with the intention of creating grounds favourable to eradicating violence. At this juncture, I must mention the important contribution made by civil society representatives and leaders of the country’s Christians and various religious denominations. That participation will only increase in the coming stages and is a decisive impetus in calling government and opposition leaders to their responsibility to the South Sudanese people in their suffering. Finally, I would like to thank those who have supported and are supporting that effort with active participation and a constant exchange of information and guidance.”

    2023-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9353 (2023) · source

  3. “The Rome initiative led to mutual recognition between the Government and the non-signatory opposition and created a negotiating framework for political engagement. Despite the forced interruptions due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, the dialogue has reduced the level of violence in the country and created new hope for peace. The Rome initiative allowed representatives of the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance, the alliance of non-signatories, to be trained for their future inclusion into the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism. The process is more inclusive now, and it is moving further in that direction. The Rome initiative represents a political dialogue complementary to and in harmony with international institutions.”

    2023-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9353 (2023) · source

  4. “Several times, Mr. John Garang, the founding father of the country, visited our headquarters in Rome to seek avenues for dialogue in the midst of a struggle for independence. Our initiative, called the Rome initiative, was born in the aftermath of the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan in the complicated phase of creating the Government of National Unity. Several political and military entities had rejected the Agreement, and it was necessary to bring them in. Pope Francis has personally intervened since his memorable spiritual retreat in the Vatican, enabling the creation of the precondition for convening in Rome the non-signatories to the Revitalized Agreement, with a full mandate from President Salva Kiir Mayardit to negotiate with them.”

    2023-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9353 (2023) · source

  5. “Mr. Impagliazzo: For more than 50 years, the community of Sant’Egidio has been a distinct international actor and a community close to vulnerable people and dedicated to peace, interreligious dialogue and humanitarian aid. It has also been able to conduct international mediation and facilitation in different parts of the world, from the General Peace Agreement for Mozambique, signed in Rome in 1992, to Burundi, and from Guatemala to Kosovo and Mindanao. Indeed, we believe that war is the mother of all poverty. Today I address the Security Council about the crisis in South Sudan. First of all, I want to thank the United Arab Emirates presidency for inviting us to brief about our work before the Council. Sant’Egidio has been following with care and concern the situation in South Sudan since the 1990s, well before its independence.”

    2023-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9353 (2023) · source

  6. “As underscored last Friday by Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman, over the years, Sant'Egidio has demonstrated "its ability to bring non-governmental actors and, in particular armed groups to the negotiating table". Finally, this exercise could help break the deadlock in the national dialogue and accelerate United Nations operations as a whole.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  7. “In that regard, the full implementation of the African mediation initiative could further assist in advancing that process. Secondly, reaching consensus on the final terms of DDRR, restoring sovereign functions to the State and ending the isolation of institutional actors are absolutely urgent, in particular following the spate of violence in recent weeks. To that end, the aim of the meetings is to help to rebuild trust among Central Africans, in particular non-institutional actors - the armed groups. Our experience in the field and our methods of complementarity, confidentiality, flexibility and direct dialogue have met with proven success.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  8. “It is through those meetings that the international community will be able to reap the benefits of efforts that are confidential and that are compatible with and complement other ongoing initiatives that can finalize the ceasefire and ensure that all groups take part in the DDRR process. It will be possible to work on critical points on the issue of transitional justice and on guarantees governing the access and protection of humanitarians, in accordance with the mandate of the United Nations in the Central African Republic. Based on our experience, we believe that, first, direct dialogue between the presidency and its Government, on one hand, and the representatives of the armed groups, on the other, is absolutely necessary and a part of African ownership of the process.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  9. “In some cases, the Government of the Central African Republic itself facilitated the travel of representatives to such meetings, which are supposed to assist, support and complement the efforts of the Government of the Central African Republic and its President. That endeavour spawned a positive dynamic. In the coming days, Sant'Egidio intends to bring together representatives of all 14 armed groups and envoys of the Central African Government tasked by President Touadera to analyse the critical points of the DDRR process andthepoliticaldialogue. Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga will also be present at that meeting.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  10. “In that regard, since November 2016, with the authorization of the Head of State of the Central African Republic, and while informing Special Representative of the Secretary- General Onanga-Anyanga, at every stage - whom I would like to commend and thank for his interesting briefing - representatives of the 14 armed groups visited Rome at various times - both those who had joined the DDRR process and those who opted out, in particular the Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique (FPRC). The meetings remained confidential and did not encroach on the other consultations under way. It should be noted that sanctions were not imposed on any of the participants in the meeting in Sant'Egidio between representatives of the FPRC and the Unite pour la paix en Centrafrique fighting for control of Bria.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  11. “Sant'Egidio also facilitated Pope Francis' visit to Bangui in November 2015, and, in particular his meeting with representatives of the armed groups present in the capital at the time, by asking them to voluntarily strengthen security in the neighbourhoods that the Pope was scheduled to visit. As noted, that visit had a strong positive impact on the stability of the country and on ending the isolation of the Muslim community, and a new impetus was given to the process of national reconciliation. Since President Touadera's election in January 2016, all of Sant'Egidio's efforts have been aimed at enabling the democratically elected authorities to exercise their mandate throughout the country.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  12. “In line with the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, that initiative aimed to extend the authority of the State, maintain its territorial integrity and foster the promotion and protection of human rights as well as disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation (DDRR). Moreover, in 2014, Sant'Egidio worked to foster dialogue between religious communities, in particular to end the isolation to which the Muslim community was subjected after the fall of the Seleka regime. During 2015, an awareness- raising campaign was carried out for the political forces to support the electoral process and to encourage the acceptance of the election results.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  13. “We have an exceptional long-standing relationship with the United Nations, with whom we have just signed an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of intent to strengthen our collaboration in the areas of peace, conflict prevention and crisis stabilization. The Central African Republic is a priority for Sant'Egidio, which has been involved with the country since 2003, in the promotion of peace and dialogue among its various components. I would like to briefly mention our recent initiatives, such as the November 2013 republican pact, which the Council described in resolution 2127 (2013) as "a credible framework to promote an inclusive national dialogue between all political, social and religious parties of the country" (resolution 2127 (2013), para. 7). The Council went on to request the transitional authorities to implement it.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source

  14. “I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for your invitation to address the Security Council. The Community of Sant'Egidio, over which I have the honour of presiding and which is an advisory member of the Economic and Social Council - is an international institution that is present in more than 70 countries and has long experience in mediation and dialogue for peace all over the world, especially in Africa, starting with the General Peace Accords for Mozambique, signed in Rome 25 years ago in 1992. Sant'Egidio is itself partly African, since it has several thousand members in some 30 African countries.”

    2017-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7965 (2017) · source