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1. “I would suggest that the PBC and the Peacebuilding Fund support efforts in this area. Fifthly, I would like to underline the importance of creating a good environment for the organization of peaceful and democratic elections in 2020, including through the full and equal participation of women. I would like to conclude my statement by thanking the Security Council for its continued interest and support for the engagement of the PBC in Burundi.”

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2. “Secondly, the mediation efforts that President Museveni and President Mkapa are undertaking on behalf of the EAC deserve our full political and technical support. The socioeconomic conversation must complement those efforts and the work by the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Michel Kafando. Thirdly, a frank and open discussion between the Government and its international partners on socioeconomic cooperation and a conducive environment for effective assistance is necessary in order to improve the economic situation and is thus an essential element of peacebuilding in Burundi. I therefore intend to pursue the socioeconomic dialogue between the Government of Burundi and its partners. Fourthly, it is important to pay increased attention to the question of national reconciliation and dealing with the past.”

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3. “Furthermore, the meeting with the President was an opportunity for me to raise the questions of national reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the outstanding memorandums of understanding with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the African Union in relation to the deployment and engagement of human rights and military observers in Burundi. Based on my latest observations and conversations in Burundi, I have drawn the following conclusions regarding peacebuilding in Burundi. First, the international community should continue to follow developments in Burundi carefully and take all aspects of the current situation into account.”

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4. “I mentioned that the regional engagement in follow-up to the East African Community (EAC) summit of 20 May and the report by President Mkapa had received very positive feedback from the members of the Configuration, adding that the broadly shared expectation among Member States is that the Government of Burundi fully engages in this process. The President outlined Burundi's national development efforts, with a particular focus on education, health, agriculture and energy supply, mentioning both the progress achieved and challenges remaining. He made clear that Burundi continues to need international partners and expressed gratitude for the current assistance. He also mentioned the demographic challenges that the country is facing and thanked the United Nations Population Fund in particular for its support in this area.”

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5. “One of the recommendations, which the Government and the participating partners noted in their joint summary and which is of particular relevance for the Configuration, states that the socioeconomic dialogue should continue and involve additional partners who were not invited to attend the retreat of 12 July. On 13 July, the President of the Republic received me in Gitega, the second largest city of the country. He reiterated his appreciation for the efforts of the PBC Burundi Configuration. I thanked him for the cooperation between his Government and the PBC, and informed him about my current engagement and the outcome of the socioeconomic retreat of the previous day.”

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6. “With regard to the macroeconomic sector, one of the recommendations of the joint conclusions states: "In order for the country to gradually achieve a balanced payment, assistance to the budget is needed, for which the Government and its development partners are invited to enter into a dialogue." Apart from such specific elements, the participants also formulated some general recommendations, such as the need to obtain more reliable socioeconomic and macroeconomic data, to align Burundi's socioeconomic priorities with the Sustainable Development Goals, and to involve Burundi's international partners in the current elaboration of the National Development Plan.”

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7. “Other challenges include the high mortality of mothers and small children, HIV/ AIDS, demographic growth and malnutrition. The participants concluded that additional qualified staff and financial resources, better access to health data and a range of other measures could help to meet the current challenges. The educational sector is facing challenges such as insufficient school infrastructure and a lack of school material and teachers, and 46 per cent of school-age children are currently not attending school. According to the participants, additional resources would be needed to train teachers, improve infrastructure, build additional school canteens, produce textbooks and strengthen the peacebuilding perspectives in school education.”

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8. “Allow me to provide a few examples of the socioeconomic and humanitarian challenges and of the recommendations that were reflected in a joint summary at the end of the retreat. In the agricultural sector, the participants identified low productivity, the impact of climate change, insufficient infrastructure for stockpiling and transportation for agricultural products, the lack of mechanization in the sector, the lack of fertilizers, and plant diseases among the main challenges. In response, the participants recommended measures such as the agro-industrial transformation of agricultural products, additional investments and addressing the problem of land scarcity. The continuing malaria epidemic was a priority subject among health experts.”

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9. “In his opening remarks, the Foreign Minister suggested that we focus on the most urgent needs of the population and emphasized the readiness of the Government to engage in a dialogue with its partners. In my statement, I situated the socioeconomic dialogue in the broader peacebuilding engagement of the PBC, and underlined that sustainable peace is not possible if we do not advance simultaneously within all three pillars of United Nations engagement: peace and security, socioeconomic development, and human rights. Macroeconomic analysis was not the main focus of the event, but the indicators cited during the retreat showed that the situation remains concerning. For instance, the Central Bank of the Republic of Burundi rated headline inflation at 21.1 per cent for March, driven mainly by a rise in food prices of 34 per cent.”

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10. “Besides the Chair ofthe PBC Burundi configuration, the Foreign Minister had invited Mr. Garry Conille, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Burundi, representatives of several United Nations agencies, the World Bank and the African Development Bank in Burundi to the retreat on 12 July. Government participation also included the Minister for Agriculture; representatives of the Second Vice-Presidency; the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Public Health; the Ministry of Finance; and the National Platform for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management. The main objective of the retreat was to specify the main socioeconomic challenges in the three priority areas of agriculture, education, and health and to discuss possible responses.”

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11. “That retreat was the latest stage in the ongoing socioeconomic dialogue that the PBC Burundi Configuration had launched in November 2016 near Geneva, in cooperation with the then Resident Coordinator, with consultations among Burundi's main multilateral partners: the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank. In March 2017, I had participated in a meeting between the Government and United Nations agencies in Bujumbura, which focused on the socioeconomic challenges in the areas of agriculture and food security, health and education. In the context of that March meeting, the Government had expressed its wish to organize a retreat with partners in Bujumbura on the challenges in the same three sectors in summer 2017.”

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12. “Many interlocutors characterized the economic situation as deteriorating and gave examples on how that development affects them personally. Burundi's international partners described the broad range of their engagement with Burundi, which reaches from humanitarian assistance to structural support for the health service and investments in the energy sector. At the same time, they are confronted with certain obstacles to their cooperation, such as accessibility to foreign currency, the lack of reliable data and the restrictive law on non-governmental organizations and others. A key event during my visit was the socioeconomic retreat I mentioned, which took place on 12 July.”

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13. “On 12 July, I participated in a retreat, which was organized by the Minister for External Relations and dedicated to the socioeconomic situation in Burundi. All in all, the city of Bujumbura made a lively impression when I was there, and the security situation seemed calm. However, during my stay, some cases of violence were reported. I also continued to hear reports about the prevalence of a climate of fear and repression. The importance of the EAC-led dialogue and interaction among political parties was highlighted by many interlocutors, including the Secretary General of the ruling party. Most interlocutors also welcomed the dialogue initiative with Burundi's political parties, which had been launched earlier this year by Burundi's ombudsman.”

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14. “During my visit of 10 to 13 July, I was received by the President of the Republic of Burundi, the Minister for External Relations, the Minister of Finance and the Secretary General of the ruling party, the Conseil national pour la defense de la democratic-Forces pour la defense de la democratie. I also held numerous meetings with Burundi's international partners, namely, with representatives of the member States of the Configuration. Furthermore, I met His Excellency Mr. Michel Kafando, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General; His Excellency Mr. Francois Fall, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa; His Excellency Mr. Ibrahima Fall, the Special Envoy of the African Union; and representatives of the private sector and the United Nations country team.”

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15. “The main objectives of my visit were, first, to pursue the dialogue on the socioeconomic situation and international cooperation with the Government and its partners in Burundi; secondly, to insist on the relevance of the dialogue process led by the East African Community (EAC) and to refer to the large support it enjoys among the States Members of the United Nations; and thirdly, to have a first-hand impression of the developments in the country. I would like to start my briefing with a word of thanks to the Government of Burundi for its hospitality and confidence and to Ambassador Albert Shingiro, the Permanent Representative of Burundi, for his support in organizing the visit.”

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16. “Mr. Lauber: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Council on the latest activities of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). As usual, the following statement was submitted to and approved by the members of the configuration, including the country concerned, Burundi. From 10 to 13 July, I undertook my fifth visit to Burundi as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, concentrating this time on socioeconomic cooperation.”

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17. “The PBC Burundi configuration remains a platform where actors from all three areas - political dialogue, human rights and security, and the socioeconomic situation - can compare notes and exchange information on and assessments of the developments in Burundi as we jointly, together with the Government of Burundi, strive for progress in all three areas. I will gladly inform the Council about the outcome of the planned socioeconomic retreat and the further engagement of the configuration.”

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18. “We hope that the participants will agree on concrete steps to make cooperation more efficient and overcome existing obstacles. I am glad that Burundi's major bilateral partners, EAC Facilitator President Mkapa and the representatives of the EAC member States, also see value in continuing the socioeconomic dialogue. Of course, and as mentioned before, this dialogue cannot take place in a vacuum. The political dialogue in Arusha and the socioeconomic conversations are complementary. The socioeconomic track can inform the Arusha process, and vice versa.”

    2017-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7978 (2017) · source

19. “On 21 April, I travelled to Washington, DC, where I met Burundi's Minister of Finance, Budget and Privatization, as well as representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. They updated me on the current socioeconomic situation and all welcomed the idea of organizing a retreat between the Government and key multilateral partners in Bujumbura. The PBC Burundi configuration has now started to prepare that socioeconomic retreat, which is tentatively scheduled for 11 July. The retreat will allow the Government and its international partners to share updated macroeconomic and socioeconomic data, inform one another about ongoing humanitarian and socioeconomic assistance, and discuss the modalities of cooperation.”

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20. “On the one hand, this working lunch provided for an open exchange on the current socioeconomic and humanitarian challenges and on the ongoing national and international responses in the three priority sectors - food security, health and education-that had been identified during the socioeconomic consultations in Geneva in November 2016. On the other hand, the meeting was an opportunity for the Government and its United Nations partners to jointly reflect on modalities of cooperation. At the end of that meeting, I agreed with the Foreign Minister and the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim to continue the socioeconomic dialogue in the format of a joint retreat to be held with the Government and its main international partners in Bujumbura in July.”

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21. “The monitoring and reporting of both institutions, in cooperation with the host Government, have the potential to contribute to a further stabilization of the situation. Besides these two areas, we must not neglect the socioeconomic and humanitarian situation. In recent months, the PBC Burundi configuration focused in particular on socioeconomic development, which was a key aspect in the consultations that I held in Burundi and Tanzania from 27 to 31 March. A written report on the outcome of that visit was submitted to the PBC and the Security Council in April. During the visit, I co-hosted a socioeconomic meeting in Bujumbura together with His Excellency Alain Aime Nyamitwe, Burundi's Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation, and Mr. Bo Viktor Nylund, the then United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim.”

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22. “The inter-Burundian dialogue, led by the Commission nationale de dialogue inter-Burundais, as well as recent initiatives by the Ombudsman, should evolve in synchronization with the EAC-led process. A greater international presence can considerably contribute to improvements in the area of human rights and security. Whereas the Government of Burundi has signalled its readiness to accept a continued presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Burundi, the modalities of the cooperation between the Government and OHCHR remain to be agreed. I furthermore hope that the rest of the 200 agreed military and human rights observers of the African Union (AU) can soon be deployed to Burundi and complement those AU observers who are already in the country.”

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23. “Benjamin Mkapa, EAC Facilitator and former President of Tanzania, presented a proposal on the way forward that outlines a series of steps towards overcoming the current situation and creating the necessary preconditions for peaceful and democratic elections in 2020. The EAC Heads of State welcomed that proposal, and I hear similar positive reactions from Burundi's major socioeconomic partners. Political dialogue, security and human rights, as well as socioeconomic development, are closely interlinked, and it is important to see progress in all three areas. In the political area, the plan outlined by President Mkapa, and endorsed by the EAC Summit on 20 May, offers a clear pathway towards progress.”

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24. “I very much look forward to the cooperation between Mr. Kafando, Mr. Conille and the configuration. One of the key events that marked the period since the previous Council briefing on Burundi (see S/PV.7895) was, as the Assistant Secretary-Generaljust mentioned, the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit on 20 May in Dar-es-Salaam. The Summit demonstrated once again the importance of regional engagement. Mr. Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, now assumes the chairmanship of the EAC, and he reiterated his personal commitment to the EAC- led Burundi mediation. He also called for a resumption of socioeconomic cooperation with Burundi. Furthermore, the Summit provided clarity about the direction of the mediation process. Mr.”

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25. “Mr. Lauber: Iwould like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council from the perspective of the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). As usual, my statement has been subject to consultation with, and approval by, the members of the configuration, including the country concerned, Burundi. Let me start by welcoming the two appointments just mentioned by the Assistant Secretary-General: those of Mr. Michel Kafando as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and of Mr. Garry Conille as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Burundi. We also acknowledge the rapid accreditation by the Government of Burundi. We furthermore welcome Mr. Kafando's visit to Burundi, scheduled for the end of the month, to make the first contact with the national authorities in Bujumbura.”

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26. “The Group of Friends would like to encourage States having not yet done so to consider acceding to the Additional Protocols to the Geneva conventions of 1949, in particular this year, the year of the fortieth anniversary of Additional Protocols I and II, and to engage constructively in the ongoing discussions in Geneva about ways and means to strengthen respect for international humanitarian law.”

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27. “Greater respect for international humanitarian law and negotiations for the purposes of gaining humanitarian access may imply contacts with all parties to armed conflicts, including armed groups. The Group of Friends takes note of the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians currently endorsed by 40 countries, aimed at reinforcing the protection of civilians by troop-contributing countries and police-contributing countries in the framework of peacekeeping operations. The Group ofFriends calls on all current and future Security Council members to take timely and decisive action to prevent or end genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”

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28. “Ensuring assistance and protection but also the development of opportunities for displaced persons is crucial, especially when looking at the many protracted situations. A gender perspective is also a key component of effective protection. At the same time, preventing forced displacement in the first place becomes even more important, including by addressing the need to avoid civilian harm during hostilities in an urban environment and to prevent the indiscriminate use of weapons, in particular in areas with concentrations of civilians. Access remains a central challenge in conflicts around the world. For example, millions of civilians are on the brink of famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, and humanitarian access restrictions imposed by parties to conflict played a key role in this crisis.”

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29. “Through such measures, we can deter future crimes by closing the impunity gap. The report ofthe Secretary-General in the protection of civilians (S/2017/414) rightly puts an emphasis on prevention. Preventing armed conflict in the first place is the best way to protect civilians. However, prevention also applies within the context of armed conflict. Good practice that spares civilians from harm should be developed, implemented and shared, as identified in the Secretary-General's report. The report underlines the importance of finding comprehensive strategies to address forced displacement. We recall that two thirds of forcibly displaced persons are displaced within their own countries.”

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30. “The Mechanism is mandated to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses and to prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings in national, regional or international courts or tribunals. It is anticipated that the Mechanism will not share information in circumstances in which a trial may be held in absentia on the basis of universal jurisdiction. In line with the principle of complementarity, we call on all States to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to penalize the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole and to enable the ICC to investigate such crimes should national justice systems not be able or willing genuinely to do so.”

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31. “The Group of Friends underlines the importance of deterring violations of international humanitarian law and promoting accountability. States must make greater efforts for systematic data collection, analysis and reporting on incidents, including on civilian casualties; for full, prompt, impartial, independent and effective investigations into alleged serious violations under international law; for the prosecution of alleged serious violations; and for the provision of assistance to victims. In this sense, we welcome the adoption by the General Assembly ofresolution 71/248, establishing the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011.”

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32. “Member States have the primary responsibility to ensure that proper legal, policy and operational frameworks are in place to ensure full implementation of international law. We call on all Member States to take action on the Secretary-General's recommendations which will allow for the full implementation of resolution 2286 (2016). The Group of Friends condemns attacks against schools, which, as civilian objects, enjoy protection against direct attacks and the effects of such attacks under the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law. When schools and children are targeted, the future is attacked. In this regard, the Group of Friends takes note of the Safe Schools Declaration, currently endorsed by 64 countries, aiming at the protection and continuation of education in armed conflict.”

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33. “The unanimous adoption of resolution 2286 (2016), condemning attacks against medical units and personnel in armed conflict by the Council in May 2016, with a large number of sponsors, was an important signal that, despite the numerous violations observed in recent years, international law is clear. The wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, as well as hospitals and other medical facilities, must be respected and protected. This is an issue of great concern to the international community. The Group of Friends acknowledges the Secretary General's recommendations on implementing resolution 2286 (2016) and urges States to implement them, in accordance with their national legal framework.”

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34. “The despicable trend whereby medical facilities, personnel and their means of transport and the wounded and sick are deliberately targeted, so as to violently deprive civilian populations of vital services, has to be reversed. Access restrictions and assaults on humanitarian and medical workers impede the delivery of urgently needed assistance. The number of deaths of humanitarian and medical workers to date this year, one of the deadliest on record, should horrify us all. Therefore, it is with a sense ofurgency that we must promote respect for international humanitarian law. As highlighted in the Secretary General's report (S/2017/414), all States have an obligation to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law in all circumstances.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

35. “I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of members of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and my own country, Switzerland. The Group of Friends thanks Uruguay for organizing today's open debate and the briefers for their statements. Deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians are widespread in many armed conflicts. A growing number of parties to armed conflicts openly disregard long-established rules of international humanitarian law, especially with regard to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of civilians.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

36. “I will keep the Security Council informed about my visit to Burundi and about the configuration's further engagement, as per established practice.”

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37. “I welcome any efforts at reconciliation within Burundi, as well as ongoing dialogue inside and outside the country, in particular the efforts of the EAC Facilitator. In that regard, I wish to reassure President Mkapa of the continued support of the Burundi configuration of the Commission for his work. I am planning to travel to Burundi from 27 to 31 March in order to get a first-hand impression of the situation on the ground, meet with the Government opposition and civil society, pursue the socioeconomic dialogue and brief the Government on my continuous conversation with Burundi's partners. I see the continuation of the socioeconomic dialogue not only as an opportunity to address the socioeconomic challenges, but also as a means to increase confidence between the Government and its international partners.”

    2017-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7895 (2017) · source

38. “I would therefore like to invite Burundi's regional and international partners, in particular the relevant parts of the United Nations system, to maintain and, where possible, step up their support in the areas of peace and security, human rights, political reconciliation and institution-building, as well as with regard to humanitarian aid, socioeconomic development and preparations for credible, peaceful and democratic elections in 2020. At the same time, I invite the Government of Burundi to recognize its partners" goodwill and to facilitate the efforts of the EAC, the AU and the United Nations in engaging with Burundi to advance the inter-Burundian dialogue and to strengthen the cooperation with both the AU and the United Nations.”

    2017-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7895 (2017) · source

39. “Nevertheless, I am personally afraid that, faced with the current situation, the international partners may decide to disengage vis-a-Vis the Government and the people of Burundi. Peacebuilding in Burundi requires a long-term vision and sustained efforts. Abandoning Burundi now would mean wasting past efforts and putting the country and its people at risk of recurring conflict. While the primary responsibility for the well-being of the Burundian people lies with the Government of Burundi, the international partners must maintain their support for the current efforts aimed at reaching a peaceful settlement of the crisis in Burundi.”

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40. “While recognizing the importance of the contribution of Burundi in African Union and United Nations peacekeeping operations, members of the configuration expressed concerns about the signals of disengagement sent from the Government of Burundi to their regional and international partners, for instance by suspending the cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We welcome the fact that the Government of Burundi transmitted, on 24 February, to the Office of the High Commissioner in Geneva a draft agreement between the Republic of Burundi and the United Nations concerning the establishment of an office of the High Commissioner in Burundi.”

    2017-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7895 (2017) · source

41. “Food insecurity affects a much larger part of Burundi than in 2015, and consumer prices are on the rise. Participants identified food security and agriculture, health and education as the sectors that are most seriously affected by the current situation. Besides these sectors, the need for broader macroeconomic engagement in Burundi was emphasized, since decreasing fiscal revenues, partly related to decreased investments and direct budgetary support, put the national budget under pressure. In view of these economic indicators, Burundi's partners showed continued readiness to address the needs of the population and to prevent a further deterioration of the socioeconomic situation.”

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42. “We also learned from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations country team about the deteriorating socioeconomic situation. Regarding the socioeconomic situation, the then United Nations Resident Coordinator in Burundi, Mr. Paolo Lembo, and I convened Burundi's main multilateral partners on 7 and 8 November 2016 near Geneva for a socioeconomic consultation. The World Bank, the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations country team and the European Union participated in those consultations. The participants shared the View that Burundi is currently experiencing severe macroeconomic difficulties, which are reflected in a negative growth of the gross domestic product in 2015 and 2016.”

    2017-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7895 (2017) · source

43. “In their most recent meetings, the members of the configuration heard reports by various United Nations entities, all of which underscored that the situation in Burundi requires sustained attention and support from international partners: We heard reports by human rights monitoring mechanisms on the situation of public security and human rights, including on acts of violence and Violations of human rights, as well as on pressure on civil-society organizations and human rights defenders. We were briefed by United Nations Special Adviser Jamal Benomar on the ongoing political impasse, including the lack of confidence between the Government and the opposition, on the situation of the media, as well as on national, regional and international efforts to find a political settlement of the crisis.”

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44. “Mr. Lauber: I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Council on the activities of the BurundiconfigurationofthePeacebuildingCommission. The following statement has been approved in consultation with the 54 members of the configuration, including the country concerned, Burundi. The full version has been shared with the members of the Security Council.”

    2017-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7895 (2017) · source

45. “This public appeal stresses that human rights must play a more prominent role at every stage of the prevention continuum and that the cooperation between the Security Council and the Human Rights Council should therefore be intensified.”

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46. “As noted by the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, the Peacebuilding Commission has not yet reached its full potential for supporting the Security Council in long-term, structural and inclusive conflict prevention. We need more regular and substantial exchanges between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, including the configuration Chairs. That would allow the Council to embed its measures into more comprehensive long-term peace perspectives in the sense of sustaining peace. Secondly, we encourage all Member States to pay greater attention to the link between human rights and peace. In that regard, at the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Human Rights Council on 13 June, Switzerland and 63 other Member States launched a public appeal to put human rights at the heart of conflict prevention.”

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47. “Let us try to learn from this experience in terms not only of substance, but also of administrative cooperation. Thirdly, I note the role of the peacebuilding architecture. On numerous occasions, States Members of the United Nations have recognized that development, peace and security, and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. The willingness to act on this acknowledgment will be decisive for success in implementing the new peacebuilding resolution, in particular with regard to prevention. A multitude of measures will be necessary to make progress on the following two tracks. First, the link between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission must be strengthened, of course in full respect of their respective mandates.”

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48. “All too often, the different peacebuilding efforts turn into unconstructive competitions and contradict each other. The need for more coherence between the United Nations and regional and even subregional actors is highlighted in the recent peacebuilding resolution 2282 (2016). Particularly in Africa, the United Nations can rely on regional and subregional partners with extended networks and a sound knowledge of the continent, its challenges and opportunities. These partnerships must be driven by synergies in terms both of substance and of institutional structures. I am therefore pleased to note that the Peacebuilding Fund recently signed an innovative agreement with the African Union, covering the financing of African Union observers in Burundi.”

    2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source

49. “Without a corresponding commitment from the Government and national key actors, a society cannot build sustainable peace or launch an inclusive dialogue. Mitigating the risk that State institutions may weaken and become less inclusive and representative in a post-conflict environment is a key challenge for peacebuilding. The will and capacities of political decisionmakers to shoulder the responsibility of their office, as well as the existence of accountable and inclusive institutions, are crucial to the success of peacebuilding. In that regard, I underline that there are many peacebuilding success stories in Africa. Let us learn from and build on these examples . This brings me to my second point. Another reason for the failure of peacebuilding processes is a lack of coordination among international, regional and national actors.”

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50. “Mr. Lauber (Switzerland) (spoke in French): I thank the Japanese presidency of the Council for having convened this discussion. In my intervention, I will focus on three aspects that I believe to be particularly important to peacebuilding: national ownership; coherence among international, regional and national actors; and the role of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. In its peacebuilding engagement in Africa, Switzerland attaches great importance to the principle of inclusive national ownership by closely cooperating with national and local authorities and communities. However, as much as conflict-affected countries need international assistance, peacebuilding cannot succeed if it is designed or perceived as an external intervention.”

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