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  1. Finally, we commend the role played by the President of the ECOWAS Authority, President Faure Gnassingbe' of Togo, and the ECOWAS Mediator for Guinea-Bissau, President Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea, as well as other regional and international facilitators in resolving the political crisis. Last but not least, let me express our full support to the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Jose' Viegas Filho. Let me also express our sincere gratitude to his predecessor, Mr. Modibo Toure, for his efforts aimed at resolving the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Guinea- Bissau.

    2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

  2. Aristides Gomes, the reopening of the National Assembly, the election of the President of the National Electoral Commission and the announcement of parliamentary elections to be held in November constitute major steps to ending the political impasse and successfully implementing the Conakry Agreement. Against that backdrop, drug trafficking and organized crime continue to represent grave threats to peace and stability in Guinea-Bissau. In that regard, we call on the political leaders and State institutions to combat those crimes in cooperation with UNODC, ECOWAS and the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau.

    2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

  3. I will now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Poland. I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Taye-Brook Zerihoun and Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their very informative briefings on the recent developments in Guinea-Bissau. I would also like to thank Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for his comprehensive analysis. Poland welcomes the recent positive developments in Guinea-Bissau following the Summit ofthe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held in Lome on 14 April. The appointment of an inclusive Government, headed by consensus Prime Minister, Mr.

    2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

  4. I thank Mr. Vieira for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.

    2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

  5. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisionalrules of procedure, I invite the representative of Guinea-Bissau to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Taye-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; and His Excellency Mr. Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. Mr. Fedotov is joining today's meeting via video- teleconference from Vienna. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Zerihoun.

    2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source