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Lazarus O. Amayo

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2020-04-27

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2020-07-02

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1. “Working in partnership with other United Nations bodies, funds and agencies, it will be critical for us to start building on and centralizing the findings and reports of national, regional and international stakeholders with respect to the health- peace dynamic, including in terms of the gendered and disproportionate impact of COVID-19, in order to develop informed and context-appropriate guidelines and recommendations moving forward.”

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2. “We observed significant setbacks during the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014 and 2015. There is therefore a need to prioritize, invest and identify new security partners, including health and technology experts, in order to build resilient infrastructure. The Council also needs to start looking ahead in terms of what a post- COVID-19 world will look like for women and children and displaced, marginalized and vulnerable populations in conflict-affected and fragile countries and regions.”

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3. “The pandemic has also put a tremendous strain on national health- care systems and economies across the globe, no matter the level of a country’s development. Consequently, the health crisis also has the potential of exacerbating underdevelopment as a trigger to instability, particularly in already weak economies. Sustainable funding is also essential for the sustainability of essential infrastructure. An interdisciplinary approach is needed to harmonize medical, public and political responses to pandemics. Given the significant impact of COVID-19 on the global economy, there is even a larger possibility of setbacks to the gains that have been achieved in ensuring food security, poverty eradication, growth of domestic industry, and regional integration.”

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4. “The security situation triggered by the pandemic has created an important opportunity to broaden and hasten the implementation of the existing recommendations contained in the resolutions on women and youth and peace and security, particularly in terms of the pillars of participation, protection, prevention and partnership, within the pandemic framework. In addition, upon request by national stakeholders, the international community can rally around fragile countries and offer support in building resilient critical governance infrastructure, particularly health-care systems, personnel training and the provision of essential equipment. Access to functioning health-care facilities can mitigate the risk posed by the health-and-insecurity nexus.”

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5. “National and regional policies that include transparency and accountability measures during pandemics will further ensure the safety of all personnel, including the free flow of humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable. We have also witnessed the essential contribution of women in peace operations, as well as the contributions of women as community leaders and as front- line health responders. However, women and girls have also been disproportionately hit by the health, economic and social impacts of the pandemic.”

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6. “Kenya and other countries in the Horn and Central African regions are addressing the pandemic amidst other competing emergencies, including floods and locust infestations. The COVID-19 pandemic is also having an enormous impact on peace operations in mission settings. Similarly, ongoing peace negotiations between warring parties and humanitarian aid flows have been negatively affected, particularly in refugee and internally displaced persons camps. In this regard, my delegation wishes to acknowledge the sacrifices being made by peacekeepers, local peacebuilders, community leaders, women’s and youth organizations, civil society, and health personnel in Africa and globally. Implementation of a global ceasefire will ensure that peace operations continue to deliver on their mandates in times of health crisis.”

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7. “This health crisis also has the potential to create a platform where violent extremism and terrorism can further thrive. As noted by the Secretary- General, the pandemic has also caused interruptions in ongoing negotiations in the Juba peace process and in talks with Al-Shabaab on its terrorist activities in the Horn of Africa. In this regard, Kenya stands behind the Secretary-General’s 23 March call for silencing the guns globally. We also fully align ourselves with the call on 8 April by AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat for all of us to focus on collectively fighting COVID-19 as a united global community. Climate change and environmental challenges have also proved to be additional hurdles that countries must overcome during the pandemic.”

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8. “Pandemics cannot therefore be addressed solely as health concerns, particularly in conflict-affected regions and in countries emerging from conflict. My delegation also welcomes the African Union update, which underscored its policy of acting together and working in solidarity with ongoing mitigation efforts through the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in order to ensure that Africa is not left behind when it comes to production of vaccines and essential equipment. Existing fragility and conflict situations are some of the triggers that can transform a health crisis into a security threat. The pandemic’s impact in fragile and conflict-affected countries, for example in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and other regions that are in protracted conflict situations, is proof that pandemics can be an evolving threat to peace.”

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9. “Additionally, efforts aimed at flattening the curve are being undertaken amidst diverse realities in the peace-conflict continuum. The multiplicity of these challenges is indeed a test on international crisis management. We need to act fast and act together. The various briefings by the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Peter Maurer, and the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Social Affairs, Ms. Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil, have further demonstrated that pandemics have multifaceted implications for peace and security, causing humanitarian needs to spike and triggering the reversal of the progress previously made in peacebuilding and development.”

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10. “Kenya commends the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations for bringing the global reality of pandemics and their implications on security, including health security, before the Security Council for its consideration. We also welcome the Council’s unanimous adoption on 1 July 2020 of resolution 2532 (2020), on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and thank France and Tunisia for their tireless efforts aimed at bringing about this outcome following protracted negotiations. As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, Governments across the globe are taking measures to address the unprecedented political and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on their populations. For most countries, the challenges are multifaceted.”

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11. “Gender equality is an important tool for any peace and security initiative, not to mention that gender-equal societies have proved to have more resilience to the threat of conflict and violent extremism.”

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12. “Gatwal Gatkuoth, the youth representative from South Sudan, who reminded us that peacebuilding in such contexts is not just a process but a necessity. We welcome the reaffirmation by the Secretary-General of the 2018 progress study on youth, peace and security, entitled “The missing peace: independent progress study on youth and peace and security” (see S/2018/86), published by the Peacebuilding Support Office and the United Nations Population Fund. The study embodies the important principle that most young people are resilient and peaceful and are a positive force for building peaceful and just societies. In conclusion, my delegation reiterates that the implementation of the youth, peace and security agenda should not be in isolation from the women and peace and security agenda.”

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13. “Other related national initiatives that ensure strategic investments in young people include the Uwezo, or Ability, Fund, which finances businesses for young entrepreneurs. At the international level, resolution 2282 (2016), on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, reaffirms the important role that youth can play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and the success of peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts. The Peacebuilding Commission, as an intergovernmental advisory body to the Security Council, has further engaged with youth peacebuilders in country-specific contexts. We encourage the Council to continue to seek the Commission’s recommendations, including with regard to how young people’s potential can be positively harnessed in fragile and conflict-affected countries. That was well articulated by Mr.”

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14. “This initiative ensures that the youth work alongside Government officials, community leaders, civil society, the private sector and international partners to contribute to the peace agenda. Currently, the Department of Youth is utilizing social media to disseminate important facts and guidelines with regard to COVID-19. We thank the United Nations Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, for her recognition of this Kenyan youth initiative this morning. 1n 2019, Kenya’s National Youth Service, which has been in existence since 1964, was transformed into a fully fledged semi-autonomous State corporation that is aimed at training and mentoring our youth through technical and vocational programmes.”

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15. “Preparing young people to positively focus their creativity and aspirations on resolving societal challenges in various fields, such as the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and information and communications technology, including innovation, cybersecurity and low-cost technologies, will contribute to sustainable peace and sustainable development. In Kenya, we have rolled out initiatives geared towards ensuring that the youth are part and parcel of the formulation of national strategies pertaining to sustainable peace. The Government has established a State Department of Youth under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Service Youth and Gender.”

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16. “The reintegration of young men and women directly involved in conflict or those returning from refugee situations needs to be comprehensive and sustainable. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is further compounding pre-existing social and economic challenges, which has the potential of leading to further disenfranchisement of the youth. Our collective mitigation measures should prioritize ensuring that young people are not left behind.S/2020/346 Investment in youth is a preventive measure.”

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17. “This morning we heard the reiterated call from young people for the translation of policies pertaining to youth into practice, including access to sufficient funding for the effective operationalization of youth-led projects. The five pillars of action embodied in resolution 2250 (2015) — namely, participation, partnerships, prevention, protection and disengagement and reintegration — need to be put into practice and integrated into the work of the Security Council. The inclusive participation of youth in decision-making should be approached from a partnership perspective. Working with the youth is more beneficial than attempting to work for the youth. Our youth need to be protected during conflicts. Young men and young women need to be protected from all forms of sexual and gender-based violence.”

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18. “Kenya supports the localization of these resolutions and initiatives in order to make the recommendations relevant and accessible at the grass-roots level. As Member States, we need to develop contextual road maps that reflect measurable implementation benchmarks for the youth, peace and security agenda. The experiences and insights shared by the diverse group of youth representatives this morning not only were informative but also demonstrate that young people are indeed agents of positive change and need to be an integral part of peace processes and conflict resolution at the local, national, regional and international levels.”

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19. “We also commend Peru and Sweden for spearheading resolution 2419 (2018), which is complementary to resolution 2250 (2015). My delegation would further like to highlight the presidential statement presented by South Africa in 2019 (S/PRST/2019/15), which focuses on the provisions of Agenda 2063 of the African Union and the role that African youth can play in silencing the guns in Africa by 2020, in particular, and peace and security, in general. In addition, we welcome the first-ever report of the Secretary-General (S/2020/167) on this agenda item, published in March. This report, read alongside the Secretary-General’s Youth 2030: The United Nations Strategy on Youth, provides important action points and tools for communities seeking to empower the youth demographic.”

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20. “The young have taken ownership and have become implementers of significant global agendas that touch on international peace and security. It is incumbent upon the international community to rally around these constructive contributions and the emerging leadership of the young. In that regard, my delegation commends the Dominican Republic for prioritizing the youth, peace and security agenda during its presidency. As we look to mark the agenda’s fifth anniversary this December, Kenya stands behind the call to accelerate the implementation of the related resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018). We congratulate the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the initiative to adopt resolution 2250 (2015) and for taking leadership of the youth agenda within the United Nations system.”

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