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Kpayedo

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2013-06-14
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2020-03-11
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  1. “Not only does it create a permanent state of psychosis among the population, but also and above all it undermines the enormous development efforts made by our countries, despite often scarce resources. The international community’s response must be not only global but also, necessarily, preventive and proactive. The meeting rose at 4 p.m.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  2. “Those measures are clearly reflected in the national development plan, whose third area of action — the consolidation of social development and strengthening of inclusion mechanisms — is designed to build appropriate institutional and human capacities in order to meet development challenges and guarantee the enjoyment of all rights and freedoms with a view to strengthening social cohesion and ensuring that the fundamental principles of equity and inclusion are effectively taken into account. Moreover, my country firmly supports any action to maintain and consolidate peace and to combat terrorism in the world. Its commitment in that regard is irreversible. The terrorist threat to peace and security in Africa is serious and challenges the entire international community.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  3. “Furthermore, my country firmly believes that, in order to effectively combat terrorism, measures aimed at the inclusion of all must be taken and encouraged. In that regard, Togo, through its anti-terrorist strategy, has been committed for many years now to preventing terrorist networks from recruiting combatants by directing its actions, as a matter of priority, towards the consolidation of the rule of law, the entrenchment of democracy, peace and civics education and the fight against hate speech.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  4. “Through the Counter-Terrorism Committee, it supports States in their national initiatives to curb that scourge. In Togo, for example, following an assessment visit from 22 to 24 July 2019, the Counter-Terrorism Committee made recommendations concerning the national architecture, led by the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism, established on 15 May 2019. Thus, the work of the Committee and its local branches was assessed with a view to strengthening and operationalizing them. Measures have also been taken, including with the support of the National Financial Intelligence Unit, to combat the illicit transfer of funds in order to remove possible sources of financing for terrorist networks.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  5. “Indeed, given that security emergency, my country welcomes the new momentum generated by the 15 States members of the Economic Community of West African States, which in September 2019 announced their intention to earmark $1 billion over four years to support G-5 Sahel efforts in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in the region. Moreover, within the context of subregional cooperation to combat terrorism, we welcome the Accra initiative, via which five countries — Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana and Togo — signed an understanding in September 2017 on intelligence-sharing and capacity- building for their security services. Here, I also wish to welcome the commitment of the United Nations alongside the Member States.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  6. “Need I remind the Council that, over the past four years, West Africa alone has sustained upwards of 2,200 attacks, resulting in 11,500 deaths, thousands wounded and millions displaced. Against that bleak backdrop, I commend the efforts of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) to counter that scourge and secure the various afflicted areas. The difficulties encountered by the force on the ground and the proliferation of terrorist groups in the region, despite its efforts, call for a broader approach to that fight. Such an approach cannot and must not be confined solely to the States that have long been enduring that scourge.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  7. “Mr. Kpayedo (Togo) (spoke in French): At the outset, Togo would like to thank China for taking the initiative to convene this debate on an issue that is of great concern not only to Africa but the entire world. It cannot be said often enough that the terrorist threat to peace and security in Africa, fuelled by the rise of violent extremism, is a profound evil, the consequences of which weigh heavily on the socioeconomic development and national cohesion in our States. I wish to particularly emphasize the growing seriousness of the terrorist threat to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, especially West Africa, where not a single day goes by without terrorism claiming another victim.”

    2020-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8743Resumption1 (2020) · source

  8. “In conclusion, I would once again like to invite all the parties to the Guinea-Bissau crisis to show a spirit of compromise, responsibility and openness to a peaceful, negotiated and lasting solution to this dispute, which hampers development efforts in the country and therefore in the entire subregion, which is still dealing with persistent security challenges. The meeting rose at 5pm.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  9. “They include suspended participation in Community activities, and a travel ban and financial assets freeze for those listed and their families, wherever they may be. The sanctions cannot be effectively implemented without the assistance of the United Nations and other multilateral and regional organizations. In that regard, I would like to take this opportunity to call for multifaceted support to ECOWAS in implementing these measures, which we hope will help to create an atmosphere conducive to the restoration of dialogue among the people of Guinea-Bissau, with a view to resolving this political and institutional impasse, which has lasted too long.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  10. “As a result, 19 political figures have been subject to sanctions since 4 February, in accordance with our decision 01/2018, on individual sanctions designed to promote the restoration of democratic governance and respect for the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau. The list is not exhaustive,and the monitoring committee for the implementation of sanctions i composed of Togo, Guinea and the ECOWAS Commission - therefore reserves the right to revise it as the situation on the ground changes. Here I should point out, as the representative of Cote d'Ivoire noted earlier, that these sanctions were established through ECOWAS's Supplementary Act of 17 February 2012 concerning sanctions regimes against Member States that do not honour their obligations to the Community, and are based on article 45 of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  11. “Its purpose was to assess the progress made by the parties to the crisis in implementing the Agreement and to report to the ECOWAS Heads of State on the potential consequences if the stalemate persisted. Following that report, the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, in view of the fact that no significant progress has been seen in the implementation of the Conakry Agreement despite ongoing mediation and calling on all of Guinea-Bissau's political leaders to show their sense of responsibility and respect for their country's Constitution through a frank and inclusive dialogue, decided to activate the sanctions mechanisms against individuals and organizations that are hindering a settlement of the crisis, with the aim of promoting the restoration of democratic governance and respect for the rule oflaw in Guinea-Bissau.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  12. “Since then, the impasse is still there, despite the proposal for a new road map by President Jose Mario Vaz at the conclusion of the fifty-second Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, held in Abuja on 16 and 17 December 2017, and reaffirmed in Addis Ababa at the ECOWAS Extraordinary Session held on 27 January, on the margins of the 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly. In that regard, the President-in-Office of ECOWAS, Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, in consultation with his peers, dispatched a mission of the ministerial sanctions committee to Guinea-Bissau on 31 January and 1 February 2018, led by Mr. Robert Dussey, Togo's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  13. “Since it began, the crisis in Guinea-Bissau has continued to be a source of great concern for the Heads of State of West Africa, who are therefore sparing no effort to arrive at a favourable and lasting outcome. This issue has been on the agenda of every recent meeting of our subregional organization's Summit. In my last statement to the Council in August (see S/PV.8031), I discussed the trampling of the implementation of the Conakry Agreement, which led to the possibility of having recourse to the ECOWAS sanctions.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  14. “Mr. Kpayedo (Togo) (spoke in French): I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council once again on the situation in Guinea-Bissau, in my capacity as Coordinator of the Ambassadors of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that are accredited to the United Nations. I also want to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his report on the situation in Guinea- Bissau (S/2018/110), presented today by Mr. Modibo Toure, his Special Representative, whom we welcome here, along with his team, and whose briefing has provided us with a thorough picture of the situation in that country. Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. Mauro Vieira for his commitment and efforts in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission.”

    2018-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8182 (2018) · source

  15. “Finally, I would like to convey the gratitude of the ECOWAS senior leaders to the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries for their unyielding and continued confidence in and support for the mediation efforts of ECOWAS.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  16. “In relying on the Conakry Agreement, he believes that Guinea-Bissau is at a decisive turning point regarding its future and that henceforth it is now up to all stakeholders, on the one hand, to accelerate the pace of normalization by settling all the ongoing disputes and, on the other hand, to concentrate the vital forces of the nation on the tasks of recovery and economic development so as to meet the immense expectations of its youth and general population. Moreover, he did not fail to warn of the dangers of the persistence of the crisis in a region of West Africa that is facing an increasing number of new dangers, first and foremost among which are terrorism and transnational organized crime, which are fuelled, to a large extent, by chronic political instability, poverty and the social disarray they engender.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  17. “At its fifty-first ordinary session held in Monrovia on 4 June, the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government elected the President of the Republic of Togo, His Excellency Mr. President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, as Chair of the of the subregional Authority. The new Chair immediately and urgently appealed to the parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and responsibility so as to ensure every chance ofa negotiated and durable exit from the crisis. He also held meetings on 16 June in Lome with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General concerning short-term prospects and modalities of support to ensure the success of the ECOWAS mediation process.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  18. “The latter include, inter alia, the appointment of a Prime Minister by consensus during the interim period leading up to the 2018 legislative elections, the formation of an inclusive Government and the reintegration of the 15 members of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Lastly, with a view to ensuring a rapid and lasting exit from the crisis and after commending the neutrality observed thus far by the Guinea-Bissau army, ECOWAS has affirmed its steadfast determination to implement, if necessary, sanctions targeted against all those who would impede the proper implementation of the Conakry Agreement - the first step in the implementation of the ECOWAS six-point road map signed in Bissau on 10 September 2016.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  19. “Its withdrawal had initially been scheduled for 30 June in order to maintain the calm required to enable all Bissau-Guinean political actors and stakeholders to implement the Agreement. Unfortunately, two months following the extension of the mandate of the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea- Bissau, motivated by the request of the President of Guinean-Bissau, Mr. Jose Mario Vaz, to give a chance to the success of the initiative ofa group of women who have been committed to facilitating the implementation of the Conakry Agreement, no significant progress has been made with regard to the conflicting issues fuelling the crisis.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  20. “Following the assessment of the situation delivered by the high-level ministerial committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Conakry Agreement after its visit to the country on 23 and 24 April, the summit took note of the promises made by stakeholders to ensure the implementation of the Conakry Agreement. It called upon all actors concerned to strictly adhere to the terms of the Agreement. In the light of all that I have mentioned and given the political stalemate, which is a detriment to stability and social peace, the Monrovia summit reaffirmed the primacy of the Conakry Agreement as the only credible basis on which to resolve the crisis. For its part, and to demonstrate its commitment and good will, ECOWAS decided to extend the mandate of the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau by an additional three months.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  21. “Driven by a deep concern about the stalemate in the process aimed at resolving Guinea-Bissau's political and institutional crisis, which has lasted for more than two years, despite the fact that stakeholders have signed the Conakry Agreement on 14 October 2016 in order to find a sustainable solution to the crisis in the country, the fifty-first ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, held in Monrovia on 4 June, called upon all political actors to take all the necessary, immediate measures to ensure the smooth functioning of Guinea-Bissau's State institutions, in the interests of the population. To that end, the summit requested that the international community and development partners honour their pledges and commitments.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  22. “Mr. Kpayedo (Togo) (spoke in French): At the outset, allow me to thank you, Sir, for inviting us to today's meeting. We also thank you for steering the work of the Security Council this month. Like those who spoke before me, I would like to commend today's briefing of the very detailed report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (S/2017/695). Its relevant findings are an excellent description of the situation on the ground and reflect the willingness of international community, including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to help Guinea-Bissau to resolve the crisis by peaceful means - an inclusive and sincere political dialogue and appropriate reforms.”

    2017-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8031 (2017) · source

  23. “We urge the Kosovo police to continue their efforts to investigate the most recent events affecting minority communities, the defacing of property, acts of vandalism against religious sites, the desecration of graves and other acts of intolerance. I would like to conclude by again expressing my country's congratulations to the European Union, in particular the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, whose decisive role made it possible for the 19 April agreement to be signed. We also wish to thank UNMIK, the Kosovo Force, the European Union Rule of Law Mission, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and all partner organizations standing with the Kosovo authorities in the stabilization of the territory and the construction of democratic institutions.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source

  24. “We encourage the Serbs in northern Kosovo who believe that their concerns have not been sufficiently taken into account to fully join in the process of normalization and to play a part in the local elections to be held in neighbouring municipalities. By doing that, they will be able to form the association ofmunicipalities, which will be in charge of the administration of their municipal constituencies, pursuant to the 19 April agreement. My country wishes to welcome the fact that the security situation has remained stable in Kosovo during the period under consideration, despite tension observed in the mixed zones in the north of Kosovo. We also are concerned by the incidents involving the use of firearms and explosives affecting both civilians and personnel of the Kosovo security forces.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source

  25. “There is a risk that the normalization under way in relations between Serbia and Kosovo might not achieve its purpose ifthe peoples who are principally concerned, particularly the Serbians in North Kosovo, are not involved in the new dynamic. The many demonstrations that the community organized before and after the signing of the agreement to voice its hostility to any connection with Kosovo and the demands put forward by the representatives demanding the convening in Serbia of a referendum on the Brussels agreement are a major source of concern. That is why Togo urges Serbia and Kosovo to take the necessary steps to explain the basis of the agreement and the comparative advantages that it affords to the various communities.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source

  26. “We believe that the first task of the Committee must be to propose judicial reforms in order to align legislation with the 15 points of the agreement. Togo also urges both parties to pursue dialogue on the questions remaining in abeyance, particularly the issues regarding those persons who have disappeared or who are displaced, property ownership and the integration of the Kosovo Serbs into central institutions. Moreover, we welcome the progress achieved in other areas of dialogue, particularly the exchange of liaison officers, which should, as emphasized in the Secretary- General's report, foster communication between the two parties and the provisional agreement on customs and taxation questions.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source

  27. “The agreement signed grants a large measure of autonomy to the Serbian municipalities in North Kosovo and gives the Kosovo Government powers over all its territory, which constitutes a considerable step forward towards a consensus-based definition ofthe final status of Kosovo. My country commends the political courage shown by the two parties in overcoming the resentment and the hostility of some of their people, who feared that the agreement might sacrifice their interests in the interest of a reasonable compromise. We urge parties to rapidly the implement committee called for by the "First agreement on principles governing the normalization of relations" so as to bring about its effective implementation.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source

  28. “Mr. Kpayedo (Togo) (spoke in French): I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the quarterly report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/254) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I should also like to thank the representatives of Serbia and Kosovo for their important statements. The agreement signed on 19 April between Kosovo and Serbia constitutes a decisive historic step on the path to the normalization of their relations. Fourteen years after the end of the conflict and five years after independence proclaimed by Kosovo, the parties, after months of tough negotiations, have finally initialled this agreement in order to put an end to the conflict in Kosovo and open up new prospects for both States.”

    2013-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6979 (2013) · source