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1. “Prevention may make it possible to save considerable resources needed for sustainable development, and sustainable development may prevent conflict relapse, which is clearly a win-win situation. Finally, another word often quoted was "implementation". Indeed, if we implement our agreements under the pillars of development and peacekeeping/peacebuilding, and support the efforts of the Secretary-General to strengthen those pillars within the Secretariat, we may be very well on our way to achieving a peaceful and sustainable planet.”

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2. “A recent report of the International Peace Institute states that sustaining peace is "a goal and a process to build a common vision of society". While this process is hard to define and harder to break down into concrete, operational steps, we have a number of building blocks at our disposal, including, but not limited to, greater links between peace, development and human rights; inclusive national ownership, where local actors have a consistent voice and women and youth play a critical role; and more strategic and close partnerships with diverse stakeholders that are better utilized. Last year, during the Secretary-General campaign, the words "prevention" and "sustainable development" were among those most quoted by all candidates, and rightly so.”

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3. “When the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2151 (2014), it reaffirmed that reforming the security sector in post- conflict environments is critical to consolidating peace and stability; promoting poverty reduction, the rule of law and good governance; extending legitimate State authority; and preventing countries from relapsing into conflict. Slovakia, as a long-term troop-contributing country that places strong emphasis on applying prevention measures to broader multilateral concepts, stands ready to contribute and offer its capacities and experience, in particular in the area of security sector reform, in collaboration with members of the Group of Friends of Security Sector Reform, the relevant departments of the Secretariat and external partners.”

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4. “In spite of the many successful efforts that the United Nations has made in the past to help entire nations and millions of people, in many situations we have either arrived late, or were unable to intervene, or have been prevented by subjective political interests from even discussing the possibility of how to prevent conflicts, despite having plenty of evidence of emerging threats. It has been generally recognized that nationally owned institution-building efforts are at the core of peacebuilding.”

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5. “We encourage the Secretary-General to propose the measures needed to improve management and financing within the Secretariat, including suggesting and identifying funding for strengthening and streamlining prevention and mediation capacities. My delegation is ready to work with the Secretary- General on developing a comprehensive, modern and effective operational peace architecture that integrates prevention more systematically into the three pillars of the work of the United Nations. In that context, Slovakia stands ready to support and contribute to the preparation and holding in September 2017 of a high- level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace.”

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6. “Strengthening and streamlining the Secretariat's political, strategic, analytical and deployment capacities would benefit both the Security Council and the wider membership. Regarding engagement with regional organizations, we should consider taking further steps to promote closer operational cooperation between the United Nations and its regional partners. In the area of national capacities, the United Nations should do more to help countries build their own national capacities for conflict prevention. Last but not least, we believe that we can arrive at more effective measures by examining the root causes of conflict.”

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7. “We also need continuing engagement and greater coherence and coordination among the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, consistent with their mandates as set out in the Charter of the United Nations. With regard to early warning, we should put considerable emphasis on the importance of detecting emerging conflicts early, in order to prevent them from erupting in the first place. The Secretary-General should provide the Security Council with good analysis and correct, detailed information and advice. Where mediation and gender equality are concerned, we should to draw on the best available expertise in the global community of mediators, both men and women. By now it is a well-established fact that women's involvement in mediation and conflict prevention is essential rather than optional.”

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8. “While we align ourselves with the statement delivered early by the observer of the European Union, we also support the statement made by the Chair of the Group of Friends of Mediation. I would now like to make some observations in my national capacity. In 2015, all the major peace and security reviews stressed the centrality of conflict prevention to the work of the United Nations. We believe we should consider taking eight steps to help to implement that prevention. First, we should increase the sensitivity to conflict and strengthen the foundations for conflict prevention across the whole United Nations system, so that the Organization is in a better position to prepare and implement preventive action and mediation in order to address threats to international peace and security more efficiently.”

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9. “I am delighted to be able to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and to wish Sweden every success in promoting global security and stability during its term as an elected member of the Council for 2017 and 2018. I would also like to join others in thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing on how he intends to improve our peace and security architecture's functioning in the areas of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. I would like to take this opportunity to condemn the terror attacks that took place in Afghanistan today and to express our condolences to the families of the victims and our wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured. We believe that the perpetrators of such acts must be held accountable for them.”

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10. “Security-sector reform must remain a key element in the political processes of States recovering from conflict. Governments, regional organizations and the United Nations must continue their assistance in support of national efforts to develop security institutions that are accountable, accessible and responsive to the needs of their population. In conclusion, I would like to underline that the relevance of civil-society engagement, including women's civil-society organizations, in peace and security matters is emphasized in both the 2015 report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) and the 2015 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture.”

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11. “Effective peacebuilding requires a thorough reform of the security sector in societies emerging from conflict, as the provision of security and the rule of law are assumed to be core preconditions for the achievement of sustainable peace. In unanimously adopting resolution 2151 (2014), the Security Council reaffirmed that reforming the security sector in post- conflict environments is critical to consolidating peace and stability, promoting poverty reduction, the rule of law and good governance, extending legitimate State authority and preventing countries from relapsing into conflict. The Security Council also recognized the important role of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund in supporting security-sector reform.”

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12. “Chronic wars and protracted conflicts prevented the full achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in many countries around the world. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1) - the next generation of development goals - acknowledges the role of violence and fragility in cycles of poverty and the important link between peace and development. The inclusion of Goal 16 and its 12 related targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects the growing recognition of the importance of peace, safety and good governance to the traditional development paradigm. When countries transition out of conflict, Goal 16 should provide a platform for continuity of support to reforms in all rule-of-law areas, which are critical to sustaining peace.”

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13. “More should be done to better harmonize and adjust the mostly standard development strategies and activities of international organizations and bilateral donors to the complex political, security and social realities in conflict-affected countries. I would also underline the need for gender mainstreaming in all United Nations peacemaking and peacekeeping work. It is vitally important to better understand and explore ways to make peace more durable, and to deal with the root causes and issues that drive conflict. More than a decade after the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission, we still face the challenges of how to more effectively measure, monitor and evaluate progress in the context of peacebuilding.”

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14. “The peacebuilding architecture was established 10 years ago to prevent countries from relapsing into violence, to mobilize resources and political will, and to build national capacity for long-lasting peace and development. It was established as an integrated field that brings together different elements of conflict resolution, with particular emphasis on holistic United Nations action and the eschewal of fragmented approaches. Today peacebuilding activities have become increasingly complex, multidisciplinary and multifaceted. Post-conflict development programmes are implemented in countries where the root causes of conflict - underdevelopment, rising inequality, denial of human rights and weak State institutions - are intricately linked.”

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15. “Sustaining peace requires continued engagement by and greater coherence and coordination among the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, consistent with their mandates as set out in the Charter of the United Nations. Currently, we are in a critical period for global peacebuilding, as demonstrated by our ongoing efforts to reinforce the relevance and impact of United Nations peacebuilding on a successful war-to-peace transition. We hope that the current stocktaking and analytical review of the peacebuilding architecture will result in the strengthening of its added value to overall United Nations peace efforts.”

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16. “I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on post-conflict peacebuilding and the review of the peacebuilding architecture. I should also like to thank the briefers - the Permanent Representatives of Sweden and Kenya to the United Nations, and Ambassador Gert Rosenthal - for their comprehensive presentations. My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union. I will limit myself to a few remarks. Advancing peace and security, and helping to build peaceful and just societies around the world lie at the heart of the work of the United Nations.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source