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first: 2021-05-27
most recent: 2023-10-25
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“In conclusion, I reaffirm Kenya’s commitment to all efforts to build a more ambitious collaboration between the United Nations, the African Union and subregional organizations in the pursuit of peace, security and prosperity for Africa and its peoples.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“It is critical for such efforts to be supported by international partners, including through the provision of the necessary resources as well as technical and logistical capacities. Finally, we recommend that our partnership appreciate the transboundary nature and geopolitical dimensions of crises and conflicts. In some cases, African countries are grappling with a confluence of extraregional actors and interests that are increasingly complicating peace efforts and even aggravating insecurity. Neighbours and countries of the region should be consulted in order to ensure that these conflicts are contained, particularly when insurgent and terrorist organizations are involved. The Security Council also needs to be bold enough to address clashes of external interests so that they do not undermine the search for sustainable peace in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“We suggest enhanced cooperation with the African Union such that more African countries would contribute troops in order for Africa to own such mission, and since they have a better understanding of the operating environments. We also call on the Security Council and the United Nations, in general, to scale-up efforts to place Africa’s subregional organizations at the centre of its peace efforts. They have a huge stake in the peace and stability of their regions and in the past have delivered timely and decisive interventions. A good example of that is the current effort being led by the East African Community, at the invitation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to seek a peaceful resolution of the security situation in the eastern part of the country.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Crises in Africa deserve the same attention and priority as situations in other parts of the world. It is inconceivable, for instance, that AU-led peace support missions should perennially be pleading for adequate, predictable and sustainable financing. And yet those operations are essentially being undertaken on behalf of the international community and the United Nations. The Security Council should adequately and sustainably facilitate such missions through assessed contributions to ensure that they remain fit for purpose. In addition, the Security Council should reconsider how it undertakes peacekeeping in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Before that welcome watershed moment is reached, we can do more to make the Council inclusive and responsive to Africa through reforms to its methods of work. Penholdership, for instance, needs to change in response to African responsibility, knowledge and ownership; it would bring extra life to the Chapter VIII linkage to the African Union. We are debating on the eve of the seventh informal joint seminar and the sixteenth Annual Joint Consultative Meeting between the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council. This debate provides a great opportunity for us to advance the realization of a strategic partnership that focuses on the real delivery of peace, security and development in Africa. The Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security, including in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Haiti is part of the African Union’s sixth region, and there is room for the AU and the United Nations to explore, side by side and in response to the people of Haiti, how we can do more together in order to help them. A major part of stabilizing the global security order requires reform. It is by now clear that the current structure of the Security Council is not effective in maintaining international peace and security. We can continue to make every effort to make the collaboration between the United Nations and the AU more effective, but we will achieve real and sustainable results only when the Council is more balanced by permanent African membership. I welcome the openness for reform expressed by delegations this morning. Let us now move to the concrete actions that will deliver the change.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“In the coming months and years, its outward-facing dimensions will need to be crafted into a platform of engagement that responds to the profound and growing risks to Africa from Europe’s broken security order. In that regard, we commend the efforts of the AU Chairperson and the Commission’s Chair to encourage dialogue and humanitarian responsiveness in the context of the war in Ukraine. Their efforts reflect Africa’s global responsibilities and linkages and also assist African countries in this moment of great need. We urge them to maintain their effort to reach out and to continue doing so while strongly supporting the principles underlying the Charter of the United Nations and the AU’s Constitutive Act. As we rightly focus on Ukraine, it may be time for more collaboration with regard to Haiti, which is also facing a profound crisis.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, for their briefings. We appreciate the Secretary-General’s efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership between the United Nations and the AU. Our cooperation is happening in the context of a dangerous global crisis in Europe that is causing serious harm to Africa’s food security and, as a result, its political stability. Even as we celebrate the growing collaboration between these two organizations over the past few years, we must pay greater attention to ways in which that framework can be a plus for international peace and security. The Constitutive Act of the AU faces the world even if it primarily focuses on the challenges, opportunities and obligations within Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“I apologize for taking the floor again, but I was tempted by other members doing the same. The resources in Africa have been key to its vicious oppression since at least the Berlin Conference. We can debate today over who is most to blame, but what is important is the future. That is a future of African ownership, where Africans benefit from our resources. They should be protected, including through changes to the permanent membership of the Security Council, so we have Africans able to sustain a campaign for fairness, justice and sustainability. We have heard the appetite for reform from the membership of the Council. Let us now act on it so that Africa is not just a subject of conversations about who is responsible for what, but rather an empowered, respected and included participant.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“It is our determination to change the old ways of doing business that will deal the greatest blows to terrorist groups and their cruel assaults on the innocent.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Further, the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area should account for conflict minerals so that the Area strongly supports countering terrorist and insurgent groups. Fifthly and finally, the Security Council must be more committed to dismantling terrorism networks in Africa. As we have stated often, the Council must apply in an equal manner its counter-terrorism architecture against terrorist groups and their affiliates, including those in Africa, such as the Al-Qaida-linked Al-Shabaab. This should include sanctions against dealing in what we want to call “terrorist minerals”. It is time for Africa’s natural resources to fully benefit the African people. Our common efforts to this noble end will determine the human condition in the twenty-first century.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, with regard to supporting States in the fight, support for national and regional military actions must be accompanied by campaigns to strengthen States in accordance with national priorities. We also urge that the Council consider additional ways of supporting affected countries to ensure that under-governed spaces are properly controlled by States. This will require either changing the nature of United Nations peacekeeping or providing predictable and adequate financing, including from assessed contributions, for regional forces. The Peacebuilding Commission has a valuable role to play as well. Fourthly, with regard to action at the regional and continental level, Africa’s peace and security architecture should incorporate the tools we have recommended.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Governments in countries receiving these resources should deliver the necessary regulation and compliance oversight as a way of contributing to peace and security. Transparency to enable pro-peace advocacy will help ensure that offending companies deal with reputational and market consequences. Secondly, on the global nature of illicit trade, we have to close the gaps that enable illicit financial flows from natural resource sales in Africa. This needs effective legislation, sectoral risk assessments and rules against conflicts of interest. Corporate structures must be made more transparent. Trade invoice fraud must be punished. Supply chains must be analysed for weaknesses, and countermeasures must be deployed. Providing expertise and funding in these areas is a win for peace and security.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“By consensus, the Council, in a presidential statement adopted at that meeting (S/PRST/2021/19), renewed its commitment to support countries in the Great Lakes to address the root causes and drivers of conflict by harnessing the region’s natural resources for social and economic transformation. Our urgent task now is to build on this promise and extend it to all other regions suffering from illicit extraction. We must then go beyond the statements and practically support the following measures if security is to prevail in Africa. First, the main changes must be directed at the private sector. All companies globally importing and processing African natural resources should have in place conflict-minerals-awareness and conflict- minerals-monitoring systems.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“For real development to be achieved, we must break with the inhumane approaches used in the last few centuries, in which African natural and human resources have been an important part of international trade and production. We therefore propose that the bottom line of our debate be that law and order must prevail in the extraction, transport, sale and utilization of Africa’s natural resources, and that law and order must reflect fairness and equity to Africa. To deliver peace and security, we must minimize illegality and immorality in relation to Africa’s natural resources at the local, national, regional and international levels. During our presidency of the Security Council in October 2021, we convened a high-level debate on the Great Lakes Region about utilizing the region’s natural resources lawfully to promote peace (see S/PV.8884).”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“We can also agree that African States making heroic efforts are doing so with limited financial means, significantly because they cannot stop or tax illicit revenues. When the wealth is instead claimed by criminal actors, the State cannot meet its obligations, citizens become disillusioned, and grievances grow and feed into terrorist recruitment. To truly come to grips with the challenge, we need to grant that militants are not the only ones partaking of this destructive exploitation. By recognizing the fundamental underpinnings of today’s debate, we are led by logic to conclude that the protection of peace and security in Africa is impossible if the continent’s natural resources are not reclaimed for the people.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“And, in most African countries, natural capital accounts for between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of total wealth. Africa’s immense riches are at the core of the world’s industrial production and wealth creation. But the fact that they originate in countries with limited criminal justice systems makes them an irresistible opportunity to terrorists and insurgents. They dominate and hold territory to trade in illicitly acquired natural resources. Counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency efforts are being undertaken by States, regional forces and international partners. They are necessary and must continue, but by now we can all agree that they are insufficient because the groups are able to financially replenish themselves.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Groups that started claiming the moral prestige of a just cause eventually become thinly veiled brutal criminal enterprises. We fear that if they are not defeated in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes and elsewhere, the promises of security, development and human rights that bind the United Nations will remain unmet. Unfortunately, Africa is filled with opportunities for these malign actors. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the continent possesses 30 per cent of the world’s mineral reserves, 8 per cent of the world’s natural gas and 12 per cent of the world’s oil reserves. It has 40 per cent of the world’s gold and up to 90 per cent of its chromium and platinum. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in the world are in Africa.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Terrorist groups affiliated with Al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant are a dire threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of — and human rights in — far too many countries in Africa. Their militant campaigns begin with real or imagined grievances that are shaped by fascist ideologies into violent demands for political and social change. In time, even as the poverty of their ideas and the political impossibility of their positions become clear, sustaining their campaigns becomes an end in itself. Their need for financing, smuggling and other criminal capabilities tips the scales as their ideological commitment falls. The motivation for personal financial gain and corruption among their leaders and financiers takes deep root.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“I congratulate you, Mr. President, and through you, His Excellency Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Gabon’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Kenya holds Gabon’s principled and cooperative efforts in the Council in high regard. We therefore have every reason to anticipate, Sir, that your presidency will be exemplary, and, to that end, our delegation will provide with you every support. I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate, and I also thank Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Ms. Ghada Waly and Mr. Paul-Simon Handy for their briefings. I further welcome the participation of the representatives of the Central African Republic, Egypt, the European Union, Morocco and Senegal in today’s meeting.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Our affirmative vote is based on Kenya’s principled defence of the Charter of the United Nations and, in particular, its protection of the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all Member States. Our affirmative vote today is necessary on principle, but insufficient in practically ensuring that the Security Council carry out its mandate. We urge all members to do more to find a path to dialogue and diplomacy, rather than turning the Council into an arena for the continuation of the conflict by diplomatic means instead of its resolution. With its vote, Kenya reaffirms its recognition of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Kenya has consistently called for the cessation of hostilities to allow for dialogue leading to a stable European security order. Whether that is established now or following a protracted war that can escalate to an extreme danger to international peace and security, negotiation is inevitable. It is critical to the world, and especially to developing countries suffering from increased food insecurity and damaging economic turmoil, that it be undertaken now in a way that addresses the security concerns of all parties. The draft resolution (S/2022/720), whether here in the Council or in the General Assembly, will not solve the crisis.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“We emphasize our solidarity with the Government and the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and reaffirm our respect for its territorial integrity, sovereignty, and political independence.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“In his statement to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session (see A/77/ PV.5), President Tshisekedi Tshilombo expressed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s commitment to managing its rich biodiversity in order to contribute to saving humankind from climate change. We encourage the countries of the region to cooperate and pursue a common approach to protecting and sustainably exploiting their biodiversity for their social and economic development. Strengthening regional economic integration is a critical component in mobilizing resources to promote peace, stability and economic development. In conclusion, the A3 commends the efforts of MONUSCO in promoting peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“Going forward, it will be important to systematically shift from short-term to long-term, resilience-based humanitarian assistance. That will entail rebuilding civilian infrastructure, restoring essential services and empowering the host communities through the provision of farm inputs for improved food security, as well as equipment and technology in support of local entrepreneurships that can sustain livelihoods. The world is staring at a climate-change-induced energy crisis. But Africa remains rich in sustainable renewable energy sources and raw materials, and a substantial part of them are located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We support the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s call to MONUSCO to review the joint transition plan and ensure that among other things the benchmarks encompass strengthening key defence and security institutions and early-warning initiatives, as well as preventive interventions that can mitigate any relapses into conflict. Regarding the humanitarian situation, the A3 is deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an estimated 27 million people are in need of assistance or protection. We commend the outstanding work of humanitarian organizations in providing continued support to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo in difficult circumstances.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“To improve the effectiveness of all the forces deployed on Congolese territory, it will be essential to set up a joint coordination mechanism under the auspices of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Regarding the progress of priority benchmarks for the effective withdrawal and exit of MONUSCO, the A3 would like to remind the Council that an effective transition of the Mission should include benchmarks that ensure the successful transfer of key security- related tasks to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We note with concern that some of the priority benchmarks outlined do not provide for the successful and sustainable drawdown and exit of the Mission.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“A starting point would be for MONUSCO to focus on the many areas highlighted in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/709), including the need for the Mission to prioritize the protection of civilians, improve troop preparedness through capacity- building and training and invest in base defences and other force multipliers. The A3 welcomes the communiqué adopted by the African Union Peace and Security Council on 31 August endorsing the Nairobi and Luanda processes for reconciliation, stabilization and securing lasting peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region. We urge the United Nations and the international community to enhance their support for those mechanisms and processes in order to sustain the peace and security efforts.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We demand that all armed groups surrender their weapons unconditionally, engage with the Government under the inter-Congolese peace dialogue process and embrace the national Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization Programme. Another issue of concern to the A3 is the strained relations between the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the local populations. It is unfortunate that MONUSCO forces have faced hostilities from the people who should be looking to them for protection. Every effort must be made to rebuild trust and confidence between MONUSCO and the host communities.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We further recognize the progress made in promoting gender equality and opportunities for women in governance, judicial and administrative institutions, as well as political and peace processes. Regarding the security situation, we are gravely concerned about the fact that armed and terrorist- affiliated groups continue to operate with impunity, especially in the eastern part of the country, disproportionately affecting civilians, especially women and children. The A3 strongly condemns those armed groups and their terror activities and reiterates the need for concerted efforts to bring an end to them.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“On the political front, we welcome President Tshisekedi Tshilombo’s commitment to enhancing trust between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries through continued consultation on issues of common interest, including by concluding security cooperation and economic partnership agreements for the development and prosperity for the region. We also welcome the Government’s commitment to holding elections in 2023, in accordance with the Constitution. We are particularly encouraged by the comprehensive approach adopted by the Independent National Electoral Commission in planning and managing the electoral process. We welcome the revisions made to the electoral law to create spaces for dialogue and ensure the wider participation of all Congolese in the elections.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“I have the pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African countries that are members of the Security Council (A3), Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bintou Keita and Mr. Emery Mudinga for their briefings. We also welcome the participation of Ambassadors Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claver Gatete of Rwanda and Zéphyrin Maniratanga of Burundi in today’s meeting. We thank Ambassador Michel Biang, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for his briefing. Our statement will focus on the political, security and humanitarian situations.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“Reforms should not be limited to allowing only for other major Powers to have a seat at the table. It is clear from the historical record that the voice and presence of developing countries with no major military interests to protect regionally or globally need to be strengthened significantly. A multilateralism founded on the principle of the powerful exacting what they can while the weak suffer what they must is a poor protection against the scourge of war, as we are all witnessing today. Kenya once more reaffirms its recognition of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“The major Powers are so bent on protecting and projecting their interests and security concerns that they seem unable to act in the broader interests of our United Nations. Today the inarguable truth is that the protections afforded by membership of the Organization are insufficient. Rather than the Charter granting us equality, we are governed by the destructive logic encapsulated by the saying, “The question of justice only enters where there is equal power to enforce it, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” It is time that we sought real changes in global institutions, including the Security Council. It is time for real inclusion and real fairness. We can start with procedural rules in the Council and eventually make changes to the Charter.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“We urge that any efforts to design and deploy emergency food- and energy-security mechanisms be accompanied by planning for transformed food systems in the most food-insecure regions. A major part of that would be making the necessary investments in sharply increasing agricultural productivity, particularly in Africa. Doing that is key to preventing cycles of humanitarian crises and the declining donor-funded responses to the worst of them. It will also allow investing in climate-change-resilient food systems at a time when catastrophic effects are being experienced in multiple regions. Finally, greater production, increased storage and sufficient transport infrastructure will lead to low food prices and therefore greater political stability. The multilateral system cannot continue as it is today.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“It is a matter of life and death for all actors to respond to the global food insecurity crisis. The Black Sea Grain Initiative and the agreement to ensure unimpeded exports of Russian food and fertilizer to world markets were a promising start. It is imperative that all institutions that are enforcing compliance with sanctions ensure that all unintended blockages are removed. There are sufficient reports of negative secondary effects on banking, insurance, transport and other critical enabling mechanisms. We also urge major grain and fertilizer producers to avoid stockpiling and breaking delivery contracts. Ongoing plans to create emergency mechanisms in that regard may be to the serious detriment of global food security.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“There appears to be little appetite and, because of this war, even less unity to deliver the reforms and policies that we all know are needed. Bold action is required to halt the extreme food insecurity, and even starvation, in the world. The World Food Programme (WFP) has calculated that in East Africa, as an example, fertilizer prices have more than doubled in the past year, in particular since the invasion of Ukraine. Fuel prices have also risen sharply. The WFP calculates that the result will be a year-on-year decline of 16 per cent in cereal production, representing 7.2 million metric tons. In an already food insecure region, the impact will be to increase the number of hungry people by almost 7 million. That situation is reflected in other regions.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“The referendums will undermine the prospects of a longer-term negotiated peace settlement. By attempting to create a fait accompli, they will encourage those who increasingly put their faith in the strengthening of armed alliances in preparation for war. As if that were not sufficiently alarming, we have heard serious threats being made of the use of weapons of mass destruction. To pull back from the brink of disaster, Kenya calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a stop to all attempts to unilaterally alter internationally recognized borders. Our frequent briefings, debates and consultations on the situation in Ukraine are taking place as the economic and conflict situations in different parts of the world worsen. Unfortunately, the most powerful actors are focusing far more on the conflict in Europe than on any other crisis.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“I thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on the dire situation in Ukraine. We again send our heartfelt condolences to all Ukrainians who are suffering the physical, psychological and economic ravages of war. We are very concerned by the reports of the referendums being held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya and their impact on Ukraine’s status as a Member of the United Nations and on international peace and security. The Secretary-General clearly stated: “Any annexation of a State’s territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law.” (S/PV.9135, p.2) That is the fundamental truth that should be heeded by the Russian Federation and all Members of the United Nations.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the A3 reaffirms its respect for the sovereignty and political independence of Haiti and its undying solidarity with all Haitians.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“The African Trust created the largest buyer market for vaccines and used economies of scale for members of the African Union, and also for the Caribbean. The same approach can be used in the acquisition of grain and fertilizers in a way that will benefit Haiti. Africa is inspired by the Haitian Revolution and its triumphant realization of freedom and independence. The people of Haiti continue to suffer the consequences of their rejection of oppression and exploitation. It is now time for Africa to go beyond an appreciation of that glorious history to achieve practical solidarity in responding to the challenges that Haiti faces. We will do so with humility, as we also face major emergencies, but confident in the knowledge that our unity can deliver solutions.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“A competent State is a minimum requirement for a peaceful and prosperous Haiti. It is imperative that investment be undertaken in the training of the public service and that its incentives be aligned with effective delivery. That requires patience, scale and financing. Grants by bilateral and multilateral partners should prioritize public sector reforms and strengthening. As long as Haitians are food-insecure, they will have a serious deficit of hope in the future. We commend bilateral and multilateral actions to provide immediate relief and aid, which should be complemented by ambitious efforts to increase agricultural productivity with a view to providing cheaper food and improved livelihoods. The milestone lessons learned during the design and deployment of the African Union/African Vaccine Acquisition Trust can be applied.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“We hope that they will respond to the willingness of CARICOM and African Union members to be part of the solution. There may be a need for more specialized skills than are currently available. We recommend a Haitian-designed and Haitian-coordinated cooperation framework that enables, if necessary, the deployment of United Nations-supported and United Nations- mandated police, with specific skills in suppressing violent gangs. A stronger police force will succeed only if its work is carried out in concert with a strengthened judiciary. Every effort should be taken to provide resources for the delivery of comprehensive criminal-justice sector reforms. The aim should be to establish functioning court registries, expedite court cases and eliminate prolonged pre-trial detention.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“The continent has the experience and the know-how; it also has the political and cultural sensitivity to be a trusted partner of Haiti. With those concerns and observations in mind, we, as the A3, offer the following proposals. The immediate focus should be to offer the Haitian National Police sufficient training and equipment to effectively challenge armed gangs. It would be particularly helpful if the training were undertaken by countries that have the experience and whose policing professionals can relate well to their Haitian counterparts. We look forward to the Secretary- General’s recommendations, in his report to be submitted by the middle of next month, on the options available to assist the police in tackling armed gang violence.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“As African representatives, we commit to becoming more involved at the political and technical levels. We invite CARICOM to collaborate with the African Union to bring its expertise to bear on the situation in Haiti. As a storied land populated by Africa’s diaspora, Haiti is part of the Sixth Region of the African Union, as articulated in our Constitutive Act. There is no more urgent consideration of the continent’s solidarity with the Sixth Region than by its efforts to support Haiti in every way. We have the ability and the experience. Africa has mediated complex and difficult conflict situations. We have recovered from failed States. We have faced negative armed groups of different kinds in urban and rural environments.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“As such, any actions supported by the Council must take the failures of the past into account and be accompanied by extensive confidence-building, transparency and respect. They must be rooted in Haitian-led, Haitian-designed, Haitian-responsive and Haitian-caring frameworks and mindsets. The trust of the Haitian people in any efforts promoted by the Council, specifically, and the United Nations, in general, is an irreducible minimum. We believe that generating that trust needs new efforts and more partners to contribute to ongoing efforts and institutional initiatives. In particular, we commend the positive actions taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). We urge all international partners to work closely with CARICOM to generate financial and technical resources that are deployed in line with Haitian needs and priorities.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“The dimensions of the crisis are well documented, and there is no further need to dwell on them without putting forward practical proposals. During the Security Council’s previous meeting on the situation (see S/PV.9066) in June, members expressed strong convictions that drastic and urgent action was needed to arrest any further deterioration. However, the solutions proposed paled in comparison to the scale of the crisis. While a strengthened United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti is welcome, as is a relatively modest effort to train and better equip the police, it is clear that more is needed. However, even as the A3 urges more ambitious action, we recognize that, historically, Haiti’s experience of interventions by the international community and external actors has been profoundly damaging.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Ghana and Kenya (A3). We thank the delegation of China for calling today’s meeting. We also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime, Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly and Ms. Valerie Guarnieri for their briefings. We welcome the participation of Their Excellencies the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Haiti, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic and our colleague the Permanent Representative of Canada. The A3 remains deeply concerned about the rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti. If current trends hold, the people of Haiti will suffer State failure, worsening humanitarian suffering and insecurity.”
2022-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9136 (2022) · source
“The efforts we undertake in the Council, particularly in the timing and thrust of meetings, statements and resolutions, is most effective when connected to ongoing efforts to mediate and negotiate ceasefires and settlements. In situations where there is no peace to keep and there are terrorist or militant groups present that are a pervasive and devastating threat to civilians, the Council must reconsider its continuing reluctance to support United Nations financial support for regional enforcement efforts. It should also further embrace the work and recommendations of the Peacebuilding Commission as it embraces the deployment of livelihood support and development in preventing conflict.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“We urge the Council to heed the strong call by countries of the region for initiatives that link climate action with the Organization’s peacekeeping and political missions. The Security Council must maintain its strong support for humanitarian action while making progress in meeting its mandate to protect civilians in situations where international peace and security are threatened. The best way to achieve our mandate is to make stronger efforts to encourage, facilitate and enforce political settlements that deliver ceasefires, dialogue, reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction. That is practical work, first and foremost.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source