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Le Roy

lines on the record: 386
first: 2008-10-28
most recent: 2016-05-11
sittings or episodes: 28
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“The past two months have been no exception. Attacks on UNAMID and humanitarian workers, intertribal 08-66225 violence and clashes between the Government and the armed movements have even intensified. In the first year of its operation, UNAMID lost 21 personnel. Most recently, on 29 October, a UNAMID soldier was killed and another injured during an attack while guarding a water point near the Kassab camp, in Northern Darfur. On 9 November, another UNAMID soldier was injured during an ambush of a UNAMID convoy travelling on the El-Jeneina road. During the past year inter-ethnic fighting has also claimed many lives. In October alone, seven separate armed tribal clashes reportedly took place, killing at least 41 men and several children and injuring many more. Several women were raped during the clashes.”
2008-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6054 (2008) · source
“While some progress has been made in various areas over the past year, it has been much too slow in providing real improvements for ordinary citizens in Darfur and inadequate in resolving the Darfur crisis. As the conflict enters its sixth year, over 2.5 million people continue to live in internally displaced persons camps, completely dependent on humanitarian assistance. The situation has not improved. Over the past six months, nearly 100,000 more people have been displaced. As Council members heard recently from Under- Secretary-General John Holmes, the humanitarian community continues to struggle with issues of security and humanitarian access, with the hope that the situation will improve over the coming year. It is of grave concern that, year after year, the security situation remains volatile and unpredictable.”
2008-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6054 (2008) · source
“The report of the Secretary-General (5/2008/781), which is before the Council, aims at providing a comprehensive picture of the situation in Darfur over the past 60 days. I will therefore limit my briefing today to developments affecting the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur, the status of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and progress made in the political process. Under-Secretary-General Malcorra will then highlight some key issues relating to the deployment of UNAMID and some of the major challenges that we continue to face in this area. It has been almost one year since the transfer of authority from the African Union Mission in the Sudan to UNAMID. This milestone provides an opportunity for reflection on the efforts made to date to resolve the conflict in Darfur.”
2008-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6054 (2008) · source
“The commitment of Members will allow for enhanced opportunities for the exchange of views beyond this single annual gathering.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Over the coming year, we will make it a priority to monitor the effective implementation of all the guidelines on gender and peacekeeping that we have issued, while also continuing to revise our policies to take into account the lessons learned from our experience on the ground. Finally, I would like to reiterate the full commitment of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to cooperating with the Council as it oversees the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) during the coming year. I strongly urge the Council to take women's participation and contributions to peace processes into account when it decides upon the mandates of peacekeeping missions, undertakes field visits, requests briefings from the leadership of peacekeeping missions, and reviews periodic reports from our missions.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, the adoption of a law on sexual violence in 2006 was facilitated in a large part through strategic partnerships between women parliamentarians and women in civil society. In Liberia, women in civil society have been key allies in awareness-raising and outreach activities aimed at recruiting more women to the Liberian National Police. In conclusion, through the efforts carried out in the development of policy and of guidance and training norms, we have sought to better assist peacekeeping missions in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“We count on the cooperation of Member States to enable us to lead by example. It is an unfortunate fact that we have yet to appoint a woman to a force commander or deputy force commander position in any peacekeeping mission. I would like to challenge Member States to nominate women to future senior military appointments in our missions and I will proudly report on that next year. (spoke in French) Another important lesson we have learned to date is that our strategy for advancing women's leadership in peace processes must incorporate support for women's civil society organizations. Women in civil society can critically help women who are elected to political office to more effectively advance women's rights in post-conflict situations.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“and United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict to develop guidance to better assist military peacekeepers in protecting women and girls from sexual violence. However, increasing the number of uniformed peacekeeping personnel to better respond to operational priorities remains a challenge. To reverse the trend, we need troop- and police-contributing countries to nominate greater numbers of women, particularly as military observers and police officers. That will ensure that we reach out better to women in the local population in our areas of operation. It would further enable us to respond more effectively to gender-related challenges, such as sexual violence crimes. Women peacekeepers also serve as role models and standard-setters for local women. We have seen evidence of that across all our missions.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“The presence of women in Darfur as Chief of Security and as Deputy Commissioner in UNAMID is also sending a positive signal to local women and State authorities about women's capacity to successfully exercise leadership in non-traditional professions. Thirdly, just as in the political arena, the retention of women within security institutions requires investment in building support networks to enable them to combat discrimination, sexual harassment and marginalization within low-ranking jobs. In working to promote gender-sensitive policing practices, DPKO has recently issued gender guidelines to enable United Nations police in peacekeeping missions to address gender concerns in the advisory, mentoring and training support they provide to local police in post-conflict countries. We have also recently joined forces with UNIFEM.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Secondly, increased representation of women in the police can facilitate greater attention and responses to sexual and gender-based violence in the post-conflict period. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, the commendable work of Major Honorine, a female police officer who heads a women and children protection unit in South Kivu, is greatly contributing to efforts to combat sexual violence against women and girls. Similarly, in Liberia, we have observed that increased recruitment of women to the police sector is facilitating more serious attention to sexual violence crimes and helping to change the attitude of male officers to dealing with such crimes. Both of these examples demonstrate how the presence of women in the police can enable better responses to gender-specific crimes in post-conflict environments.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Our experience in peacekeeping has also underlined the importance of supporting women's leadership aspirations in situations where we have a mandate to support security sector reform. For example, the percentage of women recruited to the police sector in such missions has been higher than the global average, which is presently under 10 per cent. Yet in Timor-Leste, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Kosovo, the percentage of women in the police force averages between 12 and 20 per cent. The lessons from this are clear. First, targeted outreach to enhance the recruitment of women to the security sector and the use of special measures to offset women's qualification gaps, as in Liberia, have proven successful.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“At the D-2 level, three new women have been appointed in the past year: Ms. Donna Maxfield, as Chief of Staff; Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, as Director of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division; and Ms. Margaret Carey, as Director of the Africa Division. Our first female Deputy Police Adviser, Ms. Anne- Marie Orler, has also recently been appointed to the Police Division. At the field level, we have also appointed two women as Deputy Special Representatives in the past year: Ms. Rima Salah, to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad; and Ms. Leila Zerrougui, to the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That brings to six the current number of women Special Representatives and Deputy Special Representatives in our peacekeeping missions.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“In Darfur, continued appeals by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for women's participation in the peace process have defined a space for women to express their views and encouraged rebel groups and the Government to have women in their negotiating teams. Exercising our standard-setting role also requires that we have more women in senior positions both within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support and at the field level in peacekeeping missions. We have made some modest progress in that regard over the past year. As the Council knows, at the Headquarters level, the appointment of Ms. Susan Malcorra to the post of Under-Secretary-General for Field Support has enabled us to maintain gender balance at the highest level of decision-making in peacekeeping.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Thirdly, we must provide training support to women politicians as well as their male counterparts to ensure that they promote legislation on issues of direct concern to women. In the lead-up to elections in Burundi in 2005, our gender unit facilitated strategic planning sessions between some women running for electoral office and peacekeeping personnel from rule of law and human rights components in order to support them in setting priorities for addressing issues of real concern to women at the grass-roots levels. Fourthly, our role as standard-setters requires that, in all negotiations with national authorities, we underline the importance of women's participation.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“To create an enabling environment for women's political participation, we must therefore first invest in providing technical support to those who are unfamiliar with constitution- making and with the working of formal political procedures and legislative processes. That is as true today for the Democratic Republic of the Congo as it is for Nepal. 08-57476 Secondly, we must support networking platforms and cross-party caucuses for women in political office to enable them to strengthen their power base in advocating for gender-sensitive laws. In Timor-Leste, for example, the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) are supporting cross-party representation of women to fight discriminatory practices against women in politics.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“In most cases, we have facilitated an unprecedented registration of female voters. We have also seen significant progress in the election of women to political office, both local and national, particularly in situations where we have worked with political parties and national authorities to adopt constitutional quota guarantees for women, such as in Afghanistan, Burundi and Nepal. Our experience through those processes has taught us that it is not enough to have women voting or being elected to office. The bigger challenge is ensuring that women in elected offices stay in those positions and that they help implement gender- sensitive policies. In Timor-Leste, for example, four women parliamentarians quit within three months of their election to office in 2002.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“The theme of this year's open debate, "Women's equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security" serves as an important reminder of one of the core principles that underlines resolution 1325 (2000), namely, that women in post-conflict countries are not merely victims of war, but agents of change with immense contributions to make to establishing policy priorities. In the peacekeeping context, the clearest entry points to support women's participation in decision-making are of course through the political process and through the reform of security institutions. (spoke in English) In recent years, we have supported the participation of women in elections in a number of countries including Afghanistan, Burundi, Haiti, Liberia and Nepal.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Whether in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Kosovo or in the Cote d'Ivoire, women have sought to establish regular channels of communication with the leadership of our missions. For our part, we have sought to standardize that practice of regular consultations between women's groups and mission leadership through a recently-issued checklist for senior managers, which underlines their personal responsibility for implementing resolution 1325 (2000). Indeed, we as peacekeepers understand all too clearly that our efforts to avoid conflict relapses in fragile post-conflict countries can only succeed if we ensure that all members of society have an equal stake in safeguarding the peace dividend.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“It is a great honour for me as well to address the Council to review the progress made in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). It is no exaggeration to say that, in the eight years since its adoption, resolution 1325 (2000) has changed the way we manage peacekeeping operations. From our planning processes to the principles guiding development, training, staffing and operational priority-setting, we are ensuring that gender issues within those areas are accorded due consideration and priority. The resolution has, moreover, galvanized women in post-conflict countries to demand greater accountability from us to respond to gender issues during post-conflict transitions.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Unless there is a fundamental change in the intent of parties and the ambitious declarations made in Khartoum are reflected quickly on the ground, I fear that we will still be meeting in this Chamber to discuss Darfur for many months to come.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“I have spoken at some length about the status of UNAMID and our intention to do our utmost to protect civilians, even as we press forward with deployment - all in an extremely volatile environment. It is crucial, however, to be completely clear: UNAMID will not solve the problems of Darfur. Our around-the-clock presence in one camp cannot be replicated in the 71 camps of Darfur on behalf of 2.5 million refugees and displaced persons. UNAMID can only assist and contribute to a solution and alleviate the sufferings of part of the population. The conflict will end only through a negotiated political settlement, predicated, of course, on a decision by the parties to halt military action and engage in peace negotiations. In that context, the recent violence in North Darfur is deeply disturbing.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“Bassole himself said, when he assumed his functions, one of the central challenges for the Sudan People's Initiative will be to ensure that it prepares the conditions required for direct dialogue among the various movements. Of course, in the meantime, Mr. Bassole' has maintained contacts with the Qatar initiative. As his work progresses, such contact has become increasingly important to ensuring that he receives the broad support required for him to effectively discharge the mandate given to him by the Council. For my part, I emphasize that Mr. Bassole is continuing to benefit from the broad support of the United Nations, its Secretariat and the African Union in the implementation of his mandate.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“Naturally, we shall continue to work in this way with the Sudanese Government in a spirit of transparency and good faith. Ms. Malcorra will be speaking to this issue in some detail shortly. The report before you also provides a brief summary of the work of the Joint African Union- United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur, Mr. Djibril Bassole. In addition to what is found in the report, I would like to confirm that Mr. Bassole' is pursuing his intensive consultations with Government and rebel leaders. In that respect, we look forward to the results of the Sudan People's Initiative launched by the Government of the Sudan. As Mr.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“I hope that we will be able to share some concrete achievements with the Council when this issue is next considered. I should like also to take this opportunity to reiterate that the message I received from the Government at all levels, both in Khartoum and from the governors in the field, was uniformly supportive of the deployment of UNAMID. My predecessor, Mr. Guehenno, always stressed that there could not be deployment without the complete and sustained support of the Sudanese Government. That is as true today as it was then. I believe that we have come a long way in clearly defining the expectations and obligations both of the Government on the one hand and the African Union and the United Nations on the other. This clarity will help us to measure progress and to identify and address difficulties in going forward.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“That must be our collective goal, even as civilian and military colleagues work to deploy in a difficult phase IV security environment. Achieving this goal will require a unified effort. We will need leadership that is courageous even as it seeks to mitigate risk. Here at Headquarters, we will have do everything possible to move the remaining troops, police and equipment into the Sudan. But Member States will also have a central role to play. Troop and police contributors will have to continue mobilizing personnel and equipment, and donors will have to assist in filling resource gaps. Most important, the Mission will obviously need the full support of the Security Council and the acknowledgement that the risks being taken will be accepted as a collective and full responsibility.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“Nevertheless, we must press on, because where we are able to lean forward there are tremendous opportunities to have a positive impact. I mentioned Kalma camp earlier, and the 24-7 presence there of UNAMID police. That presence has clearly improved the security of the IDPs, who themselves say so. The humanitarian community says so as well, and the Government, in my meetings with Southern Darfur Government representatives, also welcomed our presence in the camps. (spoke in French) During my visit to Darfur, I has the opportunity to meet with Mission leadership and with colleagues in each of the Mission's three sectors to discuss how we could work together to multiply such forward-leaning action: by replicating the Kalma experience, by increasing patrols and by increasing outreach to our humanitarian colleagues.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“In all of 2007 there were 158 such carjackings. In 2006, there were 116. All of these aspects add up to a high-risk environment. In fact, it is an environment where there is not yet peace to keep. In United Nations terms, it is a phase IV security environment, where we are obliged to minimize risk for United Nations civilian staff by reducing their numbers until we are able to provide a reasonable level of security for them as they carry out their duties. It is in this environment - short of the envisaged number of troops, without the envisaged military transport and attack helicopters and with infrastructure still being put in place i that the United Nations must act. It is a high-risk proposition, and I remind the Council that UNAMID has already sustained a significant number of casualties.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“We still receive reports of rapes and of civilians under imminent threat. In short, deployment may be UNAMID's focus, but it is not the 3 Mission's only priority. We are also implementing our mandate with regard to protecting civilians. This presents a serious challenge. The environment is volatile. In fact, over the past weekend alone, we received reports of military action by the Sudanese Armed Forces in the North Darfur town of El Hilif, and of clashes between Government forces and the rebel forces of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)- Abdel Wahid near Kutum, also in North Darfur. There is also a relentlessly high level of banditry and criminality in Darfur. This year, up to mid-October, the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations have had their cars taken forcibly 273 times.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“In practical terms, this means the senior leadership of the Mission is heavily concerned with the political, logistical and operational complexities of deployment. It means that significant military and police assets are being dedicated to escorting convoys and protecting construction sites. It also means that the Mission itself is in a state of real-time evolution. New units are arriving, new sites are being built and the overall picture is really dynamic. This should be viewed as positive news. Of course, we must continue to press forward to put the Mission in place. At the same time, while we need to deploy and to focus our energies on the strengthening of the Mission, we cannot do so in isolation from the day-to-day tumult and tragedy of Darfur. There is still fighting. There is still displacement.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“I saw this clearly in Labado, where Rwandan soldiers are doing their best to project a presence despite evident shortages of some key equipment. This problem will ultimately be addressed by the rotation into UNAMID of new units that will be equipped to United Nations standards, drawing on assessed contributions. In the meantime, business as usual is not an option, so we are doing everything we can to ensure that the basics are in place so that our troops and police can function. But the real solution will come with increased deployment of robust troops with the necessary capabilities. That is why deployment continues to be the focus both here at Headquarters and for colleagues in Darfur.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“08-57267 Those are all signs that the Mission is now taking shape and that the hard work of troop and police contributors and civilian staff is beginning to bear fruit. Nevertheless, I will be the first to tell the Council that we still have a considerable way to go. In many locations, we are still living with the legacy of the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS), where troops were equipped through ad hoc arrangements with donors and were often forced by circumstances and by the demands of the Mission to deploy to remote locations without the necessary materiel. As a result, there are still locations where the men and women of UNAMID are seriously underresourced, vulnerable and living and working in extremely difficult conditions.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“I saw first-hand the impact of effective relations between UNAMID and the humanitarian community in West Darfur, where the fighting of last January brought the peacekeepers and the humanitarians together to respond to the needs of the displaced. This partnership is now maturing and strengthening. I also heard for myself from the internally displaced persons in Kalma camp that the 24-7 presence of UNAMID police in the camp was a clear, positive development of great importance, because in their view it greatly increased their safety. I also heard from Government officials at every level that a new page had now been turned and that every effort would be made to support our efforts to deploy UNAMID.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“Meeting the targets described in the Secretary- General's report, namely 60 per cent deployment by the end of the year and 80 per cent by the end of March 2009, is one of our highest priorities. Under-Secretary- General Malcorra will speak in more detail on this issue. We speak of increased numbers, but more important is increased capability, which will give UNAMID a chance to implement the wide-ranging mandate given to it by the Security Council. Above all, it will give UNAMID the tools to protect civilians, as initially envisaged by the Security Council. I believe we are making good progress. I visited the Nyala super camp, which is now an impressive facility nearing completion, built by UNAMID troops from a brownfield of scrub and desert.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“08-57267 I concluded my visit to the Sudan with conversations in Khartoum, where I met a range of senior Sudanese Government officials, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deng Alor; the Senior Adviser to the President, Nafie Ali Nafie; the Director of National Security, Salah Gosh; and the senior official responsible for liaison with UNAMID, Mouttrif Siddiq. Perhaps above all, the visit allowed me to obtain a first-hand understanding of the situation in Darfur, the conditions under which the 2.5 million displaced persons are forced to live and the many daunting challenges facing UNAMID in its effort to contribute to an improvement in the overall situation. Turning to the peacekeeping operation, I would like to assure the Council that every effort is being made to move forward rapidly with deployment.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“This afternoon, members of the Council will also be briefed by Under-Secretary- General Malcorra, who will speak on the logistical aspects of UNAMID's deployment. I visited Darfur from 8 to 11 October. During that time, I travelled to El Fasher, Nyala and El Geneina, as well as to the site of the UNAMID team in Labado, South Darfur. I was also able to spend time in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) Kalma and Ardamata camps in South and North Darfur, respectively. In addition to discussions with the leadership and staff of UNAMID and informative visits to the Mission and sector headquarters, I met with Government officials and had fruitful exchanges with IDPs both in Kalma camp and in El Fasher and with representatives of the humanitarian community. I also met with Minni Minnawi in a remote location in Northern Darfur.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source
“Mr. Le Roy: I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Darfur and the efforts of the United Nations, working with the African Union, to bring an end to that terrible conflict. The Council has before it the most recent report of the Secretary-General on Darfur (8/2008/659). In accordance with Security Council resolution 1828 (2008), the report provides a detailed update on the status of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), the political process, the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur and compliance by all parties with international obligations. I will not repeat the contents of the report, of course, but would instead like to share with the Council some of the impressions of my visit to the Sudan earlier this month.”
2008-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6003 (2008) · source