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Kogui Ndouro

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2012-02-21
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2012-02-21
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  1. “My country, Benin, is particularly grateful for the effective and efficient support of the Nigerian naval forces, alongside their Beninese brothers, in carrying out joint patrols. We also express our profound gratitude to France, the United States, the European Union, China and other States for the active solidarity they have demonstrated towards Benin and for their substantial contribution to national capacity-building in countries of the subregion. The Government of Benin hopes that the meeting of the Security Council to deal with the report of the assessment mission that visited Benin and some other West and Central African countries in 2011 (S/2012/45) will lead to concrete measures aimed at ensuring an adequate response to existing threats.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  2. “It is important to prevent that distressed population from being won over by armed groups that seek to destabilize States in order to take control of their resources. That is imperative to ensure effective conflict prevention. Before I finish, I must refer to piracy and armed robbery at sea, an aspect of organized transnational crime. We welcome the Security Council's intention to allocate a special meeting to this issue during the current month. In that regard, I wish to express the thanks of His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin, to His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and to all members of the Security Council for the appropriate measures they have taken to assist Benin and other countries of West Africa that are facing those serious threats of criminality in our States.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  3. “In particular, the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons must be combated with greater determination, in close liaison with the African Union and subregional organizations. Particular attention should be given to the essential linkage between security challenges, developmental challenges and challenges linked to the fragility of our State institutions, in order to enable the implementation of coherent regional strategies. An integrated approach is also necessary to address the problems of resident migrants and those in transit, unemployed citizens and scattered armed combatants. Their disarming and productive reinsertion into the economic life of their host country must be supported with appropriate measures.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  4. “The Government of Benin welcomes the attention given to strategic relations between the Security Council and the African Union, in view of the security challenges faced by the African continent, and in particular the Council's adoption of resolution 2033 (2012), which contains relevant provisions to make possible significant improvement in interaction, cooperation, consultation and the regular coordination of activities at various levels. The Government of Benin believes that the international community must devote greater attention to issues of public security in Africa and give greater support to individual and collective efforts of States to counteract transborder organized crime.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  5. “The law has largely been implemented throughout the entire territory by ministerial teams. Those actions are based on United Nations conventions to which Benin is party, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the important contribution of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in supporting efforts of Governments to strengthen relevant national institutions, including judicial structures, and to enhance synergies necessary for the efficacy of policies implemented and of resources mobilized to reach that goal.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  6. “Thus, recently some godfathers of transnational crime were identified and expelled from Benin. In that regard, Benin enjoys fruitful cooperation with its immediate neighbours, in particular with the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in coordinated efforts at the subregional level and beyond. Among the measures taken at subregional, regional and international levels, we note in particular the establishment of various legal, political and security measures and the implementation of coordinated operational activities. Aware of existing risks, President Yayi has launched a determined fight against corruption and is promoting reforms in various areas. In order to restore respect for ethics and good professional practices, the Government has adopted a law against corruption and related misdemeanours.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  7. “That situation holds considerable threats not only for the inhabitants of border regions and isolated areas, who are daily exposed to increasing hardships, but also for the large urban centres. Acts of armed aggression are on the rise. National security forces on constant alert have undertaken effective measures to combat criminal acts, including trafficking in drugs and counterfeit medicines and money laundering. To that end, the Government of Benin has just established a canine unit with sniffer dogs. Benin has adopted a systematic policy of burning all confiscated material to eliminate the risk of dispersion. The public security forces are supported by the national defence forces whenever such intervention is considered necessary for appropriate and determined measures to combat criminals in their corners.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  8. “President, for the high quality of the background document your country prepared to inform this debate on problems whose complexity you have highlighted (S/2012/83). The Government of Benin agrees with the analysis in the report and in this Council urgently appeals to the international community to properly assess what is at stake for international peace and security due to the situation in West Africa and the Sahel. Our Governments are being sorely tried in the exercise of their governmental functions with respect to protecting people and property within our territories. It is difficult for them to guarantee satisfactory conditions for survival within their borders.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  9. “Those phenomena have considerably intensified the challenges facing West Africa, and the Sahel in particular, with respect to combating organized transnational crime. They have been destabilizing factors, increasing the strength of existing rebellions in certain States of the Sahel and leading to their radicalization. They have also led to the resurgence of pernicious forms of coordinated criminal activities, such as kidnapping with ransom demands and gun battles with security forces that are sometimes limited, due to the superior firepower of the insurgents. We must also be concerned by the infiltration of dirty money, which brings great risks to our young democracies. I would like to thank you, Mr.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  10. “Mr. Kogui N'Douro (Benin) (spoke in French): I would like first, Mr. President, to renew the congratulations of your friend and brother, His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin, on the outstanding election of your country, the Togolese Republic, to the Security Council as a country of West Africa and on its assumption of the presidency for this month. President Boni Yayi was unable to travel to New York in response to your invitation, for his high-level commitments as current Chairman of the African Union obliged him to remain in Africa. He asked me to represent him at this historic debate, which is of vital importance for security in Africa. The collapse of the old regime in Libya has resulted in massive population movements and the dispersal of the arsenal of the former Libyan army.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source