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first: 2011-02-11
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“It also identifies post-conflict governance and leadership, the rule of law, economic empowerment and access to basic social infrastructure - while emphasizing that men and boys need to be engaged as partners. The Peacebuilding Commission will continue to use its unique leverage to advocate actively for dedicated technical expertise on gender equality and peacebuilding, as well as dedicated funding within the United Nations, and also among its national and international partners. The combination of senior leadership commitment, specialized expertise and dedicated financial resources is what can make a real difference. Her Excellency Ms.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“Similarly, top-down bureaucratic processes in implementing the women and peace and security agenda have neglected the local ownership aspects that a complementary bottom-up approach would help bring about. Those manifest bottlenecks have compelled the Peacebuilding Commission to embark upon the development of its first gender strategy, with the support of the Peacebuilding Support Office and UN- Women. The strategy, which we expect to adopt before July, spells out specific recommendations to strengthen the substantive, cross-cutting integration of gender perspectives in all Peacebuilding Commission country- specific thematic and strategic engagement. It identifies thematic priority areas such as women's participation in peacebuilding/mediation processes and prevention.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“Hindrances to women's participation in peace and security include cynical cultural practices that maintain patriarchal attitudes and norms; insufficient political will across the board to fully implement resolution 1325 (2000) and associated resolutions; militarized interventions and approaches to conflict resolution that tend to crowd out other organic initiatives within society that help build resilience, particularly during peacekeeping and countering violent extremism, which put women at a disadvantage; and the absence of gender-sensitive economic recovery following conflict, which poses a barrier to women empowerment during transitions.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“While the Peacebuilding Commission's country- specific instruments of engagement recognize the role of women in peacebuilding, translating formal commitments into concrete action on the ground has not been as systematic and efficient as we would like it to be. The high expectations for the transformative change and strengthening of women's participation in peace and security anticipated in resolution 1325 (2000) has not been fully delivered. Yet despite the persistent exclusion of women from the loci ofpower and influence in many societies across the world, women have continued to make a significant contribution to developing inclusive approaches to security, peacebuilding and conflict prevention in their own unique ways. As such, women remain a resource that has not been effectively utilized or enabled to build sustainable peace.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“That is also true of the work of Peacebuilding Commission. During its entire lifetime, the Commission has demonstrated a keen interest in gender equality and women's empowerment. Mirroring international policy developments, particularly the presentation of the Secretary-General's report (S/2010/466) on women and peacebuilding, and including his Seven-Point Action Plan, in 2010, the Commission developed its own declaration on women's economic empowerment for peacebuilding in 2013. Equally, the Security Council has adopted various resolutions on women and peace and security since the late 2000s.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“The report of the Advisory Group of Experts on the review of peacebuilding architecture strongly reaffirms that ensuring women's full participation in peacebuilding processes is "crucial to the success of economic recovery, political legitimacy and social cohesion" (5/2015/490, annex, para. 56). That understanding of women's role in peacebuilding is widely shared. The Security Council, in its landmark resolution 1325 (2000) and in subsequent resolutions, including resolution 2242 (2015), adopted by the present Council, has given us a broad normative framework that I believe is universally supported by Member States. Yet as the report from the Advisory Group of Experts and as the global study on resolution 1325 (2000) reminded us last year, much remains to be done in practice to turn global commitments into reality on the ground.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“Mr. Kamau: I wish to thank you, Madam, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council today in my capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission during this important and timely open debate on the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution in Africa. I also thank you, Madam, for providing us with a comprehensive concept paper (S/2016/2l9, annex) to guide the debate. Since its establishment, the Peacebuilding Commission has supported the idea that women must participate in peacebuilding processes and contribute to decision-making in the reconstruction of their countries. The Peacebuilding Commission strongly believes that women's participation is crucial to inclusive, participatory and sustainable peacebuilding processes.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“Together we will be able to, first, mobilize attention to drivers and root causes of conflicts that contribute to preventing the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflicts; secondly, bring greater focus and priority to the regional dimension of building sustainable peace and provide a platform to promote the perspectives of regional actors; and, thirdly, but not least, provide political support to the practical integration of security, political, human rights and developmental responses over medium- to long-term engagements.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission will work to leverage the collective weight of its membership, particularly with the members of the Security Council, and to bring together partners, regional organizations, UnitedNations system actors, academia, civil society and non-governmental organizations, including women's organizations, to contribute to greater coherence and commitment to building sustainable peace.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“As we work together to operationalize the outcome of the review of the peacebuilding architecture, we shall need to develop the links between our collective efforts to build sustainable peace and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In doing so, the Peacebuilding Commission, working with the Peacebuilding Support Office and the United Nations Development Group, will continue to look for ways to entrench its peacebuilding efforts in the relevant aspects of the work of the United Nations and the upcoming quadrennial comprehensive policy review, which presents a very good opportunity to deepen that relationship. In conclusion, I am fully aware of the high expectations for a more effective Peacebuilding Commission.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The importance of strengthening World Bank-United Nations collaboration as a way to promote sustainable peace and channel resources to peacebuilding is something we intend to deepen alongside collaboration with regional financial institutions such as the African Development Bank. But while Africa continues to be the priority destination for peacebuilding activities, we would not wish to create the impression here that only Africa is crying out for peacebuilding interventions. Anyone who reads the daily newspapers knows that Africa has no monopoly on violence and the absence of peace, on the contrary. As time moves on, we will need to ask ourselves what more the Peacebuilding Commission can and could do in other parts of the world to deepen the roots of peace and help stop violence.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The importance of enhanced partnerships with regional and subregional organizations, as well as with international financial institutions, in building peace cannot be overemphasized. The African Union and European Union (EU) in particular are among the strategic partners, as Africa remains important to the United Nations peacebuilding efforts. We shall work closely with the African Union, the EU and other regional organizations to ensure that peacebuilding initiatives are not only regionally owned and reflect the interests and needs of local populations, but are also regionally anchored and internationally supported based on each other's comparative advantages.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“However, we would like to call upon all Member States, including non-traditional donors and other partners, to consider making or increasing their multi-year commitments to pooled funds in support of sustainable peace. Furthermore, all financing-related proposals in the report of the Advisory Group, including those aimed at appropriately resourcing peacebuilding programmes during transitions, need to be comprehensively considered by Member States during the current review. We need to address the predictability and sustainability of financing. We must consider all the viable options available to maximize the potential and the predictability of the Peacebuilding Fund.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“That dilemma often invites the obvious question of whether there could be a reduced need for emergency conflict responses if peacebuilding and prevention efforts were prioritized. The United Nations experience shows the critical role that peacebuilding efforts and the Peacebuilding Commission can play in the mobilization of long-term and sustained international support to critical national capacity needs. The role of the Peacebuilding Fund in providing financing to countries at their request has evidently been important, but remains, by far, limited in its impact. Clearly, the Fund needs to be enhanced. Currently, multi-donor pooled funds for peacebuilding seem to be the single most attractive option for peacebuilding.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission, in its advisory role to the Security Council, stands ready to serve as a bridge between the Security Council and other principal intergovernmental organizations, with a view to strengthening the collaboration and enhancing the impact of their collective peacebuilding work in the world. Thirdly, building lasting peace requires predictable, sustained and adequate financing to address the root causes of conflict. According to the report of the Advisory Group, while countries emerging from conflict require significant financing over extended periods, funding is often channelled into short-term emergency responses that would produce immediate tangible results.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Its key message is a lesson we have all learned over the years, namely, that investments in the prevention of the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflict are considerably less expensive and more sustainable than merely reacting to crises. Secondly, the current review comes at a time when there have been increasing calls pressing for the need to address the fragmentation in the United Nations system's efforts and a growing unanimity on the importance of building coherence in our collective efforts across the peace and security, development and human rights engagement of the United Nations at the intergovernmental and operational levels.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I shall highlight some of salient elements of the report (see S/2015/490) of the Advisory Group of Experts on the 2015 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture that I believe deserve the particular attention of the Council and of the wider membership. First, the report of the Advisory Group of Experts, entitled "Challenge of sustaining peace", reiterates the need for a comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and sustainable peace. In my understanding, the report does not introduce a new concept but merely restates what we all know needs to be done to achieve lasting peace - the main purpose for which the United Nations was created.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“President, point out in your concept note, the reviews of the peacebuilding architecture under consideration in the Security Council and in the General Assembly call upon Member States to see peacebuilding in a broader perspective and to face it with greater determination. The review of the peacebuilding architecture is currently in its final stages, and the United Nations is being called to re-examine its entire approach to peacebuilding in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1), which we all adopted in 2015, while remaining true to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The note clearly spells out some of the crucial challenges that peacebuilding is facing and why we must redouble our efforts at better peacebuilding within the collective United Nations family. We agree with your note that the Security Council and the General Assembly have acknowledged, for some time now, that the Peacebuilding Commission can contribute to the prevention of the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflict, as acknowledged by the landmark resolution 2171 (2014) on conflict prevention, adopted in 2014. The Peacebuilding Commission and its configurations continue to work in that vein, and we remain thankful for the support and acknowledgement we receive from the Council in that regard. This debate comes at a crucial moment. As you, Mr.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Mr. Kamau: First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, for your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for February 2016, as well as to commend you on the manner in which you have conducted the affairs of the Council. I thank you for organizing this timely open debate ofthe Security Council on peacebuilding and for circulating an informative concept note (S/2016/104, annex) to guide us. I also thank you for the initiative of inviting me to address the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. We at the Peacebuilding Commission welcome very much not only the opportunity to be here but also the concept note that you, Sir, circulated for our debate today.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The starting point must be with the long-standing need to reform the international institutions entrusted with ensuring international peace and security, including the Security Council and those created to promote equitable economic, social and environmental balance, while fighting poverty and inequality.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Furthermore, in the search for permanent peace, the international community should also focus on stabilizing post-conflict societies and facilitating reconstruction and development, while addressing the transnational challenges that often emerge subtly, over a long period of time. The landscape of security and insecurity is vastly complex, and analyses and policies aimed at improving security must be grounded in the internal and external realities of each State. The primary challenge of analysing transnational security threats is determining which ones are the most critical to national and international security. In conclusion, I would like to state that, in order to improve our search for permanent peace, we realize that today's threats are interconnected and must be addressed jointly at the global level.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“As I mentioned earlier, the concerns of national and international security have evolved significantly since the days of the Cold War. While States are still concerned with traditional threats, such as military hostility from other States, today's threats to our security are much more interconnected. Transnational security threats constitute a greater threat to political stability than traditional State-based military threats. In recent times, transnational security threats have caused serious damage to economic, social and political development at the national and regional levels and, as we have seen, also at the global level.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“The Kenyan example reveals how investment in non-coercive measures, such as institutional strengthening, bolstering the rule of law and combating hate speech, can help prevent atrocities when reforms are undertaken early, with sufficient resources and with international support. The role of subregional and regional economic communities in assisting countries to consolidate peace and economic recovery cannot be gainsaid. Those regional bodies are the anchors of the international system in the search for permanent peace. That explains the maxim in peacebuilding, supported by many African countries, that initiatives must be nationally owned, regionally anchored and internationally supported. A reflection on the causes of war and the search for permanent peace are incomplete without focusing on the inherent threats that lead to conflict.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“From 2008 to 2013, the Government of Kenya, with the support of the Kenyan people, civil society, the media and international partners, embarked upon a broad range of fundamental constitutional and institutional reforms that culminated with the promulgation of a new transformative Constitution in 2010. Among the institutions reformed were the judiciary, the Electoral Commission and the National Police Service Commission. Various commissions, such as the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, were formed to help heal the country and strengthen the social fabric.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“The Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions, which are the epicentres of the current intense conflagrations in the continent, are endowed with vast mineral and natural resources, yet ironically characterized by some of the most intractable wars, dating back to the colonial and Cold War eras. It is my sincere hope that today's debate can shed some light on the root causes of those conflicts and the links among war, weak institutions and vast mineral and natural resources. Let me now turn to the Kenyan experience, which I believe has lessons, especially for countries trying to consolidate peace after conflict. Kenya held peaceful, fair and free elections in March 2013, much to the bewilderment of many pundits who had predicted a recurrence of the violence witnessed in 2007.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Thirdly, it must be fair, transparent and equitable in its involvement of the States and people of the world, not only as beneficiaries of the system but as actors in it. A world that condones impunity will never find lasting peace, but neither will a world that manipulates justice and its institutions to promote outcomes that favour the powerful, and thus undermine a permanent peace. Africa continues to play host to a large number of global hot spots and peacekeepers to deal with them. That is due, in large measure, to structural deficiencies in the continent, including weak institutions and poor governance.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Among the main causes of the recurrence of violence and war are the perpetuation of impunity and the lack of a credible justice system, at both the national and the international levels. But for the international criminal justice system to realize its full potential to contribute to lasting peace, it must meet the following three conditions. First, there must be a balance between the pursuit of punitive justice and the pursuit of restorative justice in the framework of conflict resolution, within and among nations and nationals. Secondly, it must reflect deeply on the multiplicity of justice and cultural systems and practices all over the world. It cannot, and indeed must not, appear to favour some while neglecting or side-stepping others.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Those inequalities within and among the various countries continue to grow significantly, owing to imbalances in the international system. In its 2007 Annual Report, the International Monetary Fund recognized the close connection between an inadequately managed process of globalization, on the one hand, and the world's great inequalities, on the other. However, not much in terms of reform has been carried out, and the world continues to reel from one economic crisis to another, with the spectre of war ever present. In the international criminal justice system, the International Criminal Court is an important and integral part of the international multilateral system. It is important because fighting impunity and promoting justice must be an integral part of the search for a permanent peace.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Today's modern means of information and communication technologies, especially television and the Internet, make economic, social and cultural inequalities and abuses obvious to everyone, be they citizens of rich countries or those in the developing world. That often gives rise to both inter-State and intra-State tensions. The international system and its institutions are characterized by inherent structural deficiencies that, at times, perpetuate or generate conflict, instead of promoting an equitable, economic and social environmental balance that could nurture peace. From the Security Council to the World Trade Organization to the Bretton Woods institutions, just to mention a few, policies and structures are skewed in favour of the most powerful countries and the interests they support.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“The common thread is, however, that conflict occurs in human society owing to structural inequalities and social divisions, some of which are historic, religious, cultural, sociopolitical or economic in nature, including unresolved issues or memories of past conflicts. While diplomats, civil society actors and politicians grapple with conflict mediation, resolution and peacebuilding, scholars on the other hand are trying to make progress towards the development of more sophisticated and perhaps more useful theories on the causes and prevention of war. However, the deep- seated structural causes of conflict in human society remain.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Those challenges raise the likelihood of more complex transnational conflicts and call for a paradigm shift from the traditional conflict- mitigation models and war-prevention tools. Seventy years on from the creation of the United Nations, a large percentage of the budget of the Organization is still spent on peacekeeping. That is due to endemic wars, even as more urgent needs for human development abound. Looking back at modern history, we see that, since the dark era of the transatlantic slave trade, which itself resulted in a civil war, through colonialism, the two World Wars and the Cold War era, war has been a permanent spectre and feature ofhuman history. The only difference has been the immediate causes, nature and intensity of the various wars.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“At the outset, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and for having organized this important debate. It is indeed good to see you presiding over this meeting. This debate is important to the Security Council, which is itself a creation of the aftermath of a major world war. You, Sir, have invited Member States to reflect on the deeper causes of war and the search for a permanent peace. This debate is even more timely in a changing international system characterized by rising levels of international economic interdependence and environmental scarcity, as well as political and inter-State tensions.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“In the name of Africa and in the name of Kenyans, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the guidance, camaraderie, solidarity and support that we have received and enjoyed as a Mission and as a Government in this effort. And we also thank those who saw it fit to give us support inside and outside the Council. Kenya will not forget. Africa will not forget. For many of us, our business here is done, but the matter is not closed. Clearly, however, the Council has removed itself from being part of an amicable solution and with that it has done irreparable damage to the Rome Statute and its furtherance in the future.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Kenya, like the rest of Africa, is also most appreciative of the support and direction that the deferral draft resolution has received both from the African member States of the Security Council - Rwanda, Morocco and Togo - and from the other four members of the Security Council: Russia, Pakistan, and in particular Azerbaijan and China in their respective facilitative roles as President. There is little doubt that the victims of the 2007 post-election violence deserve justice. But no one recognizes that more than Kenyans themselves and no one here should doubt that, or imagine themselves more concerned than Kenyans and, for that matter, than Africans for the victims of our mishap in 2007.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“It is an indictment on the state of international relations at the dawn of the twenty-first century. For Africa, the Rome Statute has failed its first crucial test in the Council and has done so in spectacular fashion, in the full glare of the African continent. The Statute is clearly deeply flawed, inoperable and inapplicable in the context of the Council. Nevertheless, and without prejudice to the foregoing, Kenya is grateful for the recognition given to it and its concerns by all the members of the African continent and their respective Heads of State and Government, as well as the African Union Commission and its leadership. Africa's solidarity around this issue has been a watershed; it has been heartwarming and simply amazing.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“For us, it would seem that many members of the Council are stuck in a time warp. Some members, it seems, perceive Africa as ifit were caught in the reality of the 1990s and a few, I dare say, as if we were caught in an even earlier era. One might ask why I say that. It is because there seems to us little if any confidence in either Africans or African solutions among some Council members. There is little trust in our ability to understand our reality, manage our affairs and act in the best interest of our people and countries. Our engagement here has been met by some with derision, suspicion, impatience and even irritation. At every turn, the bogeyman of impunity and dictatorship has been dragged out to devastating effect. That is wrong, and it is unfair, and it is sad and it is tragic.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Clearly, to certain Council members, the supposed fear of setting a precedent or of treading on legal niceties is much more important than the need to promote international solidarity, peace and security or helping to maintain stability in a nation or region under the threat of terror. Indeed, our understanding is now clear. The Security Council is no institutional destination for solving complex and fluid international security and political problems. For Africa, the message is that we need stay only within the African family to solve unusual and complex political problems, working within the African Union to seek solutions to the challenges that we face. That is all right with us. Be that as it may, despite appearances, the Security Council is as much an institution of Africa as of any region.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Only then can a Member State contemplate an affirmative decision by the Council on the basis of article 16. Clearly, that is impossible. Yet, with anything less, we face accusations of setting a bad precedent and of breaking seals. Such accusations come thick and fast, accompanied by the thinly veiled threat of facing the wrath ofthe ICC and its cabal of European Assembly of States Parties members and their friends. The singling out of some African Council members for particular criticism and vitriol has been unfortunate and uncalled for. The deferral request came from the entire continent.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“We take note that some Security Council members have chosen to tie the denial of the request by Africa to the paranoid fear of an imaginary and possible future abuse of article 16 by countries that has nothing to do with the prevailing matter before the Council, the pressing terror threats to East Africans and the need for an adjunct, sustained and uninterrupted leadership. Such a turn of events in the Chamber is simply sad, absurd and confounding. It does nothing for building confidence in or solidarity with the Council, especially at a time when the usefulness of the Council is under question. It would seem that Africa should come to the Security Council only after taking into account all possible imaginary circumstances of abuse of the Statute and other permutations of possible negative applications that could potentially arise.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Africa wanted both the spirit and the letter of the law applied - not a favour or a handout, just the application of the law. Africa wanted that because we believe that the Rome Statute belongs to us as much as anybody and that its application would be without fear or favour. We were under the impression that the good and global citizenry of many African States in fighting terror and promoting international peace and security would resonate and have meaning in the Council. We were wrong. The deferral has not been granted. Africa's request, through the abstentions by certain members of the Council, has been voted down. Reason and the law have been discarded. Fear and distrust have been allowed to prevail. Africa is disappointed. We regret that very much.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Sadly, for some members of the Council, the heartbreaking loss oflives and scores of shattered bodies at the Westgate Mall do not meet the unspecified and imaginary threshold of article 16. In fact, apparently, the threat to the stability and political management of a country that would result from a leadership removed amid a regional war against terror do not meet that imaginary threshold either. Africa came to the Council to seek a deferral by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for 12 months - nothing more and nothing less. We are not here to discuss the cases or the Assembly of States Parties. That is not the busines of the Council. Africa is not putting political pressure, as some misguided and purist activists have claimed. It is the law.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“Africa came to the Security Council in the belief that the Council was in command of its own reality and master of its mandate,that the Rome Statute was fully operable, that article 16 of the Statute was alive and an actionable piece of legislation and that the Security Council was capable of executing its singular mandate and responsibility under that Article. Africa has learned that, despite the Security Council's own recognition of the recent terror attacks in Nairobi and the terror threats in neighbouring capitals as threats to international peasce and security, that recognition counts for little in the Council when article 16 is under consideration.”
2013-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7060 (2013) · source
“It is only by doing so that the multidimensional approach necessary for modern peacekeeping can continue to receive the obligatory support it requires from developing countries and the commensurate investment of troop-contributing countries, including under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. In conclusion, I wish to reiterate Kenya's commitment to shoulder its responsibilities and to continue to support United Nations mandates in the interest of preserving peace and security on Earth.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“After more than a year of full engagement in Somalia, my country has been reimbursed only a fraction of the millions of dollars committed by the Council and expended by my country. Clearly, that is an unacceptable and unsustainable situation for a country such as Kenya - a developing country that has great needs for resources to invest for urgent economic and social development. It is in that connection that I request the Security Council and the relevant departments of the Secretariat to ensure that the logistical needs of troops are addressed seriously and comprehensively and that timely and full reimbursement is made without unwarranted delays.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“The reality of modern peacekeeping operations is that they are expensive, even if cost-effective. Troop- contributing countries spend significant amounts of money preparing troops, maintaining readiness and deploying expensive equipment to support given mandates. Across the spectrum of peacekeeping operations, the majority of troops are drawn from developing countries, which in turn expect timely reimbursement for legitimate expenses incurred whenever and wherever they commit troops and equipment. Whereas it might not be the case in every mission, allow me to cite the case of Kenya when it deployed troops and equipment to Somalia in October 2010 and received Security Council support through resolution 2036 (2012), of February 2012.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“Worse yet, they inject into the region the added complexity of asymmetrical warfare. The situation calls for a quick, decisive and concerted response by the international community and, more important, a more sophisticated and specialized counteraction by United Nations peacekeeping. In Somalia, the African Union Military Observer Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has made significant progress in disrupting Al-Shabaab activities. Peace and constitutional democracy are now beginning to take root in the wake of AMISOM's achievements. However, resilience and continued engagement will be the key to sustaining those gains, particularly in helping the Somali Government to establish governance and security institutions, as well as justice and rule-of-law capabilities, among other things.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“The recent action by the M-23 in several towns, including Goma, should be a wake-up call for all of us as to the need for an urgent review of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its mandate, as well as of the concept of operations and the logistics support package that governs the operational capabilities of the United Nations force. Peacekeeping cannot be passive and indifferent to the plight of populations, lest it lose credibility and do irreparable damage to the reputation of the United Nations. Normalcy is returning to West Africa in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but the recent takeover of northern Mali by Al-Qaida and affiliated Islamist militia and the developments in the Central African Republic are a tragic reversal.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“Furthermore, the security situation in Darfur remains volatile, despite the deployment of the large African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur in 2008. Ethnic and tribal conflicts that continue sporadically, along with clashes between Government forces and rebels, pose serious threat to peace. The hybrid peacekeeping mission there is expected to help resolve those difficulties. The emergence of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has rekindled sad memories of rebel groups that controlled the area in early 2000.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“The peacekeepers in those missions are faced with complex challenges, as I just mentioned, that require a unique and specific approach in Africa to succeed. By definition, therefore, multidimensional peacekeeping must embrace the role of regional organizations and entities in a streamlined and synergistic manner in order to increase the chances of success and the effectiveness of the United Nations. In South Sudan and the Sudan, peace will remain elusive unless the gains realized following the signing of a series of agreements in late 2012 are harnessed, followed through aggressively and implemented expeditiously. United Nations peacekeeping has to play its role to facilitate the peaceful resolution of the ongoing disputes.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source