YouSaid · the spoken record

Kai-Kai

lines on the record
8
first
2018-11-20
most recent
2018-11-20
sittings or episodes
1
sources
un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

  1. “While the Declaration aims to strengthen peacekeeping operations, the United Nations and the international community, in addition to providing funding, should make greater efforts to assist African troop- and police-contributing countries with the requisite technical support, including training and equipment, that they need to enhance their peacekeeping capabilities. In conclusion, if we are to strengthen peacekeeping we must also understand and appreciate the nexus between peace, security and development both during and after peacekeeping operations. That is critical to building the resilience that can prevent relapses into conflict, which in turn is essential in order to protect the investments made in peacekeeping.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  2. “The launch of the AU Peace Fund on 17 November is integral to the AU's ongoing reforms and a clear indication of Africa's commitment to resolving conflicts on the continent. It will substantially increase the capacity of the African Union as a first responder in the areas of mediation, preventive diplomacy and peace operations. Sierra Leone applauds the Secretary-General for the launch in March of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, as well as the Declaration of Shared Commitments on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, which has so far been endorsed by more than 150 Member States. For Sierra Leone, as a troop- and police-contributing country, the Declaration of Shared Commitments resonates with our commitment to the maintenance of international peace and security.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  3. “In that regard, it is important to further build on and strengthen the mediation capacities of the African Union and the subregional organizations, as well as civil-society organizations engaged in mediation efforts. The funding of peacekeeping operations in all their complementary aspects, including peacebuilding and State-building efforts, remains a huge challenge to the work of silencing the guns in Africa. In that regard, it is imperative to ensure that the international community seeks lasting solutions to the problem of the funding constraints that continue to inhibit the success of peacekeeping operations. Sierra Leone therefore supports the Security Council's future adoption of a resolution aimed at establishing United Nations assessed contributions for financing Council- mandated AU peace support missions.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  4. “We therefore acknowledge with appreciation the Secretary-General's annual report (S/2018/678) on strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the AU, particularly on the importance of meeting the financing requirements of AU peace operations. Given the evolving role of subregional organizations, it is important to cascade that partnership down to subregional economic communities, in view of their effectiveness in addressing and promoting subregional and continent-wide initiatives for conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The performance of Africa's regional organizations, particularly subregional economic communities, in ensuring peace and security on the continent through peacekeeping operations cannot be overemphasized.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  5. “Sierra Leone also welcomes the signing of the Joint United Nations-AU Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, and we look forward to a more constructive and productive engagement in that regard. In that context, Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which provides for cooperation between regional organizations and the United Nations in addressing matters of peace and security on the continent, should be central to peacekeeping mandates. That will require a more coordinated and integrated approach to resolving conflicts in Africa. In that regard, we should focus on African initiatives emanating from the AU Peace and Security Council, decisions adopted by the AU Assembly and the role of subregional organizations in resolving conflicts.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  6. “The attention and support of the Security Council and the wider international community is therefore required in order to address the challenges of strengthening peacekeeping operations across the continent. And addressing those challenges requires an effective political strategy. In our View, the political strategy should incorporate the need to increase the role that eminent regional leaders can play through their good offices in resolving conflicts, as well as the political engagement of all parties to conflicts for inclusive solutions. Sierra Leone commends the Secretary-General for his reform agenda, which prioritizes the primacy of political solutions in addressing the root causes of conflicts and their prevention, and through that achieving sustaining peace.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  7. “We must pay tribute to the gallantry, bravery and courage of peacekeepers by giving them the appropriate tools and mandate to expand the frontiers of global peace, security and stability. Strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa is immensely important to the international community. That is especially so given that Africa's efforts to maintain regional peace and security are fraught with well-documented challenges, including a lack of sustainable, adequate and predictable financing and the difficulties of operationalizing the establishment of the African Standby Force and implementing sustainable post-conflict reconstruction and development initiatives.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source

  8. “I am honoured to participate in today's open debate on peace and security in Africa and strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and also thank you for convening this important meeting. And I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) for their insightful briefings this morning. Sierra Leone conveys its deepest condolences to the Government and the people of the Republic of Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania for the recent loss of some of their peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source