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“In conclusion, I would like to commend the Council's continuous work for a better integration of efforts to fight transnational organized crime in the Sahel region and West Africa, and to address its impact on peace, stability and security. Luxembourg is firmly convinced that it is important to address the dimensions of peace and security, of development and human rights in a comprehensive manner, paying equal attention to each of them.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission has a role to play in that regard. In the context of the Guinea configuration, which I have the honour to chair, important progress has been made in the area of the reform of the judiciary and the security and defence sectors. Similarly, the recent charges made by the panel of judges investigating the violence of 28 September 2009 confirm the strong will of the Government of Guinea to make progress in the fight against impunity. We very much hope that Guinea will soon be able to contribute actively to the West Africa Coast Initiative and to the fight against the scourge of transnational organized crime.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“In order to strengthen the dynamic that has been generated, we trust that the new leadership of the Economic Community of West African States, whom I would like to congratulate on their election, will give priority to the renewal of its regional action plan on illicit drug trafficking and organized crime, so that all countries affected by the scourge of drug trafficking and organized crime may benefit from it and participate in the West Africa Coast Initiative, in partnership with the United Nations system and INTERPOL. With its intimate knowledge of West Africa, we would in particular encourage the United Nations Office for West Africa to continue its efforts to bring together the activities of the United Nations system and establish links with major ongoing regional, subregional and national initiatives.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Since it is obvious that security represents part of the solution, any sustainable stabilization of the region will need to be based on a parallel socio-economic development of the countries of the region, with particular emphasis on vocational training and job creation for young people. In that spirit, Luxembourg has provided substantial support over the past decades to the States of the Sahel and West Africa, notably Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, the Niger and Cape Verde. We intend to continue those partnerships in the future. We fully share the opinion of the Secretary- General concerning the need to strengthen international cooperation in support of the region and the need to improve its coherence and coordination. The strategy for the Sahel that the European Union recently adopted is grounded in such an integrated approach.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The meeting of 10 African heads of State in Cotonou on 18 February to discuss security in the Sahel region should be commended as an important step in this direction. In the short term, a concerted security response, as initiated by some of the States of the subregion, notably through the pooling of resources, could truly make a difference and should be supported by the international community. Given the transnational nature of organized crime and terrorist networks, border control and Governments' presence in their countries' most remote regions are two essential elements, which should be at the heart of strategies and operations, at the national, regional and multilateral levels, in order to avoid the security vacuum being filled by criminal and terrorist organizations.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The acts of terrorist groups like Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and Boko Haram in West Africa, as well as other armed groups and the multitude of illicit traffickers, are transnational issues that concern all States of the region and that threaten considerable destabilization on a regional and even international level. The report of the United Nations assessment mission on piracy and other criminal activities in the Gulf of Guinea (see S/2012/45) points to a similar conclusion. A considerable effort will be required in the sharing of intelligence, the updating of legal frameworks, the building of the capacity needed to allow States to fulfil their sovereign functions and the fight against bad governance and corruption.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg fully subscribes to the statement made by the observer of the European Union. I would like to warmly thank the President of the Togolese Republic, His Excellency Mr. Faure Gnassingbe, for his initiative in organizing this important debate. The report of the mission sent by the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the African Union, to assess the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel region (see S/2012/42), confirms an alarming situation. The countries of the Sahel region are facing a situation of chronic poverty, an imminent humanitarian crisis and serious security problems, which predated the Libyan crisis but were exacerbated by it.”
2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Finally, I would like to highlight the support that for a number of years Luxembourg has provided to the activities of the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, as well as our support for the proposed United Nations rule of law indicators, implemented jointly by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. It is by working together that we will succeed in strengthening the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Court is complementary to national jurisdictions, and its permanent character allows it to help prevent the most serious crimes and to fulfil a critical role in conflict and post-conflict situations. Luxembourg's commitment to the rule of law further manifests itself through our engagement with the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The experience of the PBC shows that lasting peace cannot be achieved without the implementation of the principles underlying the rule of law - universal access to justice and equality before the law, the maintenance and protection of the rights and freedoms of each individual, the primacy of law and the fight against corruption. It is therefore only right that the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law is a priority for each of the six country-specific configurations of the PBC.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The expansion of the mandate of the Ombudsman under the Al-Qaeda sanctions regime pursuant to resolution 1989 (2011) and the growing use of the International Court of Justice to clarify the legal elements of international disputes are examples of measures that strengthen the legitimacy of actions undertaken by the Council. The Court's role in maintaining international peace and security is further strengthened when Member States recognize its compulsory jurisdiction, as Luxembourg has done since the Court's establishment. Allow me also to highlight the importance that we attach to combating impunity, as well as to the International Criminal Court in that regard. The International Criminal Court is a classic example of the interaction between the national and international levels with respect to the rule of law.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“More important, it has included support for the rule of law in the mandates of many special political and peacekeeping missions. The increasingly frequent participation of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the meetings and deliberations of the Council serves as further testimony to this growing commitment. We can only encourage the Council to continue on this path and to take full advantage of the available tools, including special procedures. In order to maintain the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Council's action in this field, it is all the more important for the Security Council itself to adhere to the fundamental principles of the rule of law in the conduct of its work.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Secretary-General's October 2011 report (S/2011/634*) on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies illustrates the wide range of activities undertaken by the United Nations and its Member States to promote the rule of law at the global level. We encourage the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to address rule of law initiatives in a comprehensive and multidimensional manner. In that regard, the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels, scheduled for 24 September, will be an important milestone. The Security Council is undeniably playing an increasingly active role in promoting the rule of law. Since 2004, it has referred to the rule of law and transitional justice in more than 160 resolutions.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): I would like to begin by congratulating the South African presidency of the Security Council for having organized this open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. I fully associate myself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union. The efforts of the United Nations in the service of the rule of law are indispensable to international peace and security. During and after conflicts, it is important to assist countries to re-establish the rule of law by upholding the principle of accountability, providing assistance to victims, strengthening the normative framework of transitional justice and restoring citizens' confidence in their justice and security institutions.”
2012-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6705Resumption1 (2012) · source
“But the continuing improvement of the Council's effectiveness is of interest to all of us who have subscribed to the Charter, which stipulates in Article 24 that the Council acts in the name of all Member States to ensure the rapid and effective response of the Organization to preserve international peace and security. Our credibility and that of our Organization depend on it.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission can also offer an integrated and holistic perspective on the interdependence between security and development, a subject that the Council took up on 11 February, on Brazil's initiative (see S/PV.6479). The PBC can help the Security Council not to lose sight of the absolute necessity of bettering socio-economic conditions in post-conflict countries in order to make sustainable peace viable. Luxembourg, a founding Member of the United Nations, has never been a member of the Security Council. We are therefore particularly attentive to the interaction between member and non-member States of the Council, and between the Council and the other main organs of the United Nations, especially the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Guinea's case is special in the sense that Guinea is the only country on the PBC's agenda that is not also on the agenda of the Council. The PBC's support of Guinea, aimed at consolidating peace and helping democracy take root there, is nonetheless relevant to the Council's work. Beyond the specific situations of the countries that are on the agendas of both the Council and the Commission, the latter's experience and expertise can be helpful to the Council, whether on questions of the links between peacekeeping and peacebuilding and the transition through the various post-conflict phases, on preparing for elections in fragile States, or on subjects of regional significance, such as combating transnational crime and drug trafficking in West Africa.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We also welcome initiatives aimed at better preparing the Security Council to react to new threats to international peace and security, particularly the practice initiated by the United Kingdom of inviting the Department of Political Affairs to brief the Council on topics whose destabilizing potential makes them worthy of attention. Luxembourg is also following with great interest the work of the group of five small nations, which has put forward concrete proposals for making further progress in the Council's working methods. We broadly endorse those proposals. 11-61406 Allow me to raise a subject particularly dear to me in my capacity as chair of the Guinea country- specific configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC): the importance of encouraging ever closer relations between the Security Council and the Commission.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We encourage the Council to continue in this direction in order to, among other things, further entrench new forms of informal dialogue with non-member States of the Council and parties concerned with situations on the Council's agenda; make more regular use of Arria Formula meetings in order to strengthen interaction between the Council and civil society and non-governmental organizations, whose analyses and experience on the ground may have particular relevance for the Council's deliberations; organize a meaningful number of open Council meetings in order to assure direct transparency in the Council's deliberations for both non-member States and the international community as a whole; improve transparency in the deliberations of subsidiary bodies of the Council, particularly the sanctions committees, and encourage the chairs of those committees to take every opportunity to seek the views of non-member States that are actively interested in their areas of activity and to keep them informed about their ongoing work; and, finally, strengthen relations with regional and subregional organizations on issues of international peace and security, so as to benefit more from their special expertise.”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg warmly congratulates the Portuguese presidency of the Council on its initiative in organizing this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council, and on its commitment to progressing towards greater effectiveness, increased transparency and improved interaction with non-members of the Council. I also commend Bosnia and Herzegovina for the results achieved under its chairpersonship this year of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. Since the last open debate on this subject was held in April 2010 (see S/PV.6300), the Security Council has, commendably, continued to work on applying many of the proposals in the 2010 presidential note (S/20lO/507).”
2011-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6672Resumption1 (2011) · source
“22) In the context of Burundi, first discussions have begun on a further change in approach of the PBC engagement and on a path towards leaving the PBC agenda, although several members of the configuration think that would be premature. The upcoming visit of the Chair of the country configuration to Burundi will provide an opportunity to further pursue those discussions.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“In the context of Siena Leone, the PBC will have an important role to play in ensuring that the United Nations long and costly investment in the country is not subject to unnecessary political and financial shocks when the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone withdraws and the United Nations moves to a Resident Coordinator- led presence focusing on development. As foreseen by the founding resolution 1645 (2005), the Security Council "recommends that the Commission terminate its consideration of a country-specific situation when foundations for sustainable peace and development are established or upon the request by national authorities of the country under consideration". (resolution 1645 (2005), para.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“We are happy to share the results of our consultations with those bodies with the Security Council and to contribute to deepening and strengthening the partnerships between the Council and those increasingly important regional actors. Finally, the PBC has a clear role in bringing about the conditions that allow for the withdrawal of peacekeeping missions, as well as the graduation of countries off the PBC agenda. In new contexts, like Guinea, the PBC's work to accompany the process of consolidating peace and democracy is also a way to help the country to stay out of conflict and thus off the Security Council's agenda and to contribute more broadly to the stabilization of the subregion.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“As mentioned earlier, the PBC has started to build partnerships with regional and subregional bodies, most notably the African regional economic communities, ECOWAS in the context of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the East African Community in the context of Burundi, and the Economic Community of Central African States and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community in the context of the Central African Republic. The same applies to the international financial institutions, like the African Development Bank, which we as the PBC Chairs Group will visit in Tunis at the beginning of November.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“As the Chair of the Guinea configuration, I am working with partners on solutions to fund the retirement of some 4,000 military personnel from the Guinean army to kick-start the security sector reform that is a crucial element of Guinea's peacebuilding agenda. However, we have to recognize that we need to do more in terms of mobilization of partners and resources to increase the relevance of the PBC for the countries on its agenda. Efforts are being undertaken through the working group on lessons learned to pursue more effective resource mobilization and to improve coordination among various actors in order to achieve a more efficient engagement of the PBC.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“It organized a high-level event in the margins of the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals with the World Bank and a round table in Brussels with the Central African Republic Government and support from the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Development Bank to raise awareness for the priorities in the draft second PRSP. In the case of Guinea-Bissau, the country-specific configuration has been providing enhanced support to the country in its efforts to address major economic imbalances, as well as advocacy for the recognition that Guinea-Bissau had reached the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. The World Bank, the African Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund have all taken steps to increase resources in key sectors.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“In Burundi, the PBC facilitated the timely support to the national authorities in the second PRSP process by providing an expert in order to ensure that strategic planning was done in a more conflict-sensitive manner. In addition to more coherence and harmonization, the country-specific configurations are also playing an increasingly important role in terms of resource mobilization. The Central African Republic configuration managed to mobilize resources for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and for the elections.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, for example, have developed a stronger cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, especially with regard to security sector reform and issues that require a regional approach, such as drug- trafficking. In the case of the Central African Republic, the World Bank, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community have deepened their cooperation with the Central African Republic. African countries have also stepped up their bilateral cooperation with Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic. In Sierra Leone, the PBC has explicitly aligned its work on the second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), the "Agenda for Change".”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“With its mandate from the General Assembly and the Security Council, and given its composition and tools, the PBC can encourage and pursue coherence and coordination among the various actors of the United Nations system as well as bilateral actors, including on the ground, and improve relations between Headquarters and the field, all the while respecting the sovereignty and ownership of the process by the country concerned. In Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic, known as "aid orphans", the work of the PBC country-specific configuration has helped to increase the number of partners engaged with the country, both in terms of bilateral and multilateral cooperation.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“Country-specific configurations are capable of providing continued political attention to situations not constantly on the Council's agenda. In the case of Sierra Leone, the PBC played a supporting role with respect to monitoring the aftermath of the March 2009 violence and will be called upon again over the course of the coming year as the elections process moves forward. That is being done in a spirit of partnership, national ownership and mutual accountability for results, which permits the establishment of a relationship going beyond what the Council, with its very busy agenda, is able to sustain. By bridging the different points of the continuum between conflict, early recovery, transition and development, the PBC country-specific configurations can play an essential role for strategic coordination.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“The PBC can help to provide an integrated and holistic perspective for taking into account the interdependence between security and development, as well as the social and economic situation on the ground in the countries on its agenda. It has the mandate and the composition to address development issues in a country in transition, in particular when a peacekeeping mission withdraws. Peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as has often been affirmed in this Chamber, and as is reaffirmed in the new DPKO and PBSO early peacebuilding strategy, should not be seen as sequential activities. Peacebuilding activities are essential to establishing the basis for sustainable peace and should start at the earliest stages of United Nations engagement, regardless of the form of the United Nations presence.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“In addition to the follow-up of the 2009 report by the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict , a similar reporting structure could also be applied to the civilian capacity review, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) early peacebuilding strategy or the follow-up to the World Bank's 2011 World Development Report. The Chair of the Central African Republic configuration has written to Under-Secretary-General Malcorra, suggesting that she take the Central African Republic and other PBC agenda countries as pilot countries for the civilian capacity review.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“Another way to deepen the relationship is to have the country-specific configuration Chairs participate in the Security Council Working Groups when they deal with the country concerned, such as the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. The PBC is developing a body of experience with United Nations engagement in a range of settings with a variety of field presences, from full-fledged peacekeeping missions, such as in Liberia, to integrated peacebuilding offices, such as in Sierra Leone or the Central African Republic, to Resident Coordinator-led United Nations presence, such as in Guinea. That engagement, and the lessons learned from it, could be used to enhance policy processes that are also of direct interest to the Council.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“In this regard, the country-specific configurations for Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone organized a joint meeting this June, together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to deepen their knowledge of the problem and seek common solutions to a problem affecting all four countries. The PBC, especially through its country configurations in collaboration with the Working Group on Lessons Learned, stands ready to present more regular reports documenting its findings to the Council and to deepen discussions with the Council on issues on the Council's agenda, such as resolutions or statements regarding the PBC agenda countries that have a significant impact on the situation on the ground.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“Being a creation of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and with some of its members designated by the Economic and Social Council, the PBC has a unique convening power that allows it to bring together interested and committed Member States, as well as competent and relevant actors from inside and outside the United Nations system. In the years since its inception, the PBC has been able to help build a knowledge base in matters of post-conflict peacebuilding, including on issues of interest to the Security Council, whether regarding the link between peacebuilding and peacekeeping, the preparation of elections in the countries on its agenda, or concerning issues of regional relevance such as the fight against organized crime and drugs in West Africa.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“The Council welcomed the review and encouraged the implementation of relevant recommendations. In response, the PBC adopted an action oriented road map for actions, focusing on reinforcing the Commission's impact in the field. Therefore and with an expanded agenda of six countries and its ongoing efforts to adapt its tools of engagement with the countries on its agenda, the PBC is increasingly becoming a central political platform to promote a shared and coherent United Nations peacebuilding agenda. From the Commission's particular experience of concrete peacebuilding work on the ground, I would like to highlight how the PBC's activities are complementary to the Security Council's work and how the Council can benefit from the Commission's experience and advice to the countries under its consideration and beyond.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“Ms. Lucas: I have the honour of addressing the Council on behalf of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). In its previous considerations of the Secretary- General's reports on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict (S/2009/304) and women's participation in peacebuilding (S/2010/466), the Security Council sought the continued engagement of the Peacebuilding Commission as the Secretary- General embarked on the implementation of the recommendations contained in both reports. At the same time, the reports anticipated the completion of the 2010 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, which generated a number of important recommendations aimed at further strengthening the Commission's role in and impact on the evolving United Nations peacebuilding agenda.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“With our support, concrete results are being achieved in three countries - Timor-Leste, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - through partnerships forged between national and local authorities and United Nations missions and agencies. We are determined to maintain and to reinforce that national commitment. By strengthening the role of women in conflict prevention and mediation, we will help to improve society as a whole.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“At this stage, we do not have sufficient data to measure progress towards the goal of allocating 15 per cent of all United Nations-managed funds in support of peacebuilding to gender equality and women's empowerment. Luxembourg continues to place great importance on the plight of women in crisis situations and on mainstreaming the gender dimension into the work of international and regional organizations in that respect. Last December, Luxembourg decided to fund a major project of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations that is aimed at strengthening women's leadership and participation in political life and in peacebuilding activities in countries emerging from conflict.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission is striving to assist Guinea to fully integrate women into all political processes and into economic and social life. In that context, I encourage the Secretary-General to push the entire United Nations system to pursue, with even stronger determination, the implementation of his seven-point action plan on the role of women in peacebuilding. In his report on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) under consideration, the Secretary-General outlines a few areas of progress, but he also acknowledges that progress is slow in an area of particular interest for today's debate - the participation of women in mediation efforts - and in the area of women's economic integration.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“At the same time, we encourage the entire United Nations system and all Member States to help the Secretary-General to implement his zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by the Blue Helmets. Beyond the suffering of women and girls, which we have a moral obligation to prevent, the credibility of the Organization and of our efforts in peacekeeping and peacebuilding in general is at stake. Allow me, in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, to highlight the role that Guinean women must play in the establishment of democracy in Guinea, and specifically in national reconciliation efforts in their country, which was wounded by decades of authoritarian rule and military dictatorship.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“We welcome the Secretary-General's conclusions in his recent report (S/2011/598*) that the indicators proposed last year (S/2010/498), which were endorsed by the Council in its presidential statement of 26 October 2010 (S/PRST/2010/22), had made a major contribution to consistency and coherence in international efforts. We appreciate the Secretary- General's candid assessment of the challenges that lie ahead and support his observations and recommendations. We must focus our efforts even more on implementing the normative framework created over the past 11 years. The strategic results framework is the right tool to accurately measure progress or the absence of it. We encourage the Secretary-General to continue to collect data based on the set of indicators presented in his 2010 report.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Although women's participation in Tunisia's recent elections has not lived up to all expectations, we are confident that Tunisian women will be able to assume, at all levels and in all political and economic institutions, their responsibilities in the work of building their country, and that they will thereby set an example for other countries in the region and around the world. We urge Libyan leaders to grant women their full and proper place in the construction of the new Libya. We express our solidarity with the women of Yemen and Syria, who continue to fight against oppression and for their rights to freedom and democracy.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“We particularly welcome the invitations extended to the President of the Economic and Social Council and to the representative of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security to participate in this meeting. Their perspective and expertise are particularly relevant to today's debate. The awarding of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, to her compatriot, Ms. Leymah Gbowee, and to Ms. Tawakkul Karman of Yemen is highly symbolic recognition of women's crucial role in the establishment and preservation of peace. We pay tribute to all the Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan women who have so decisively contributed to shaping the Arab Spring.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg congratulates the Nigerian presidency of the Council for having organized this open debate on women and peace and security, which gives us an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions. We commend you, Madam President, on your concept note (S/2011/654, annex) focusing on the role of women in conflict prevention and mediation. Luxembourg fully aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union. We thank the Secretary-General and Under- Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet for their briefings on the efforts undertaken by the United Nations system over the past year to implement the women and peace and security agenda.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“In its national capacity and as a member State of the European Union and the United Nations, Luxembourg is resolved to maintain its commitment to SSR, including through its participation in the work of the Group of Friends in New York.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“In particular, we have supported the rapid deployment of experts to advise countries engaged in security sector reform, according to their needs and at the request of their national authorities. Many problems affecting the security sector are by their very nature regional or international. My country is convinced that in a spirit of effective multilateralism, all must bear their share of responsibility - the United Nations, the African Union, African regional economic communities such as the Economic Community of West African States, as well as the European Union and bilateral partners. The Treaty of Lisbon has further reinforced the European Union's comprehensive approach to SSR by putting the relevant policy instruments under one roof, the European External Action Service.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“It is in this spirit that Luxembourg has had the honour to support, together with the United Nations Development Programme, the meeting that was organized by the African Union Commission in May to allow its member States' experts to consider the draft African Union policy framework on security sector reform, which we hope will be adopted by heads of State and Government at the next African Union Summit, to be held in January 2012 in Addis Ababa. It is in the same spirit that my country has contributed for several years to the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in order to support its SSR activities.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“A country's security forces and law enforcement agencies must also be a bulwark against corruption and bad governance. To avoid mishaps, it is therefore indispensable to establish an early link between SSR and the implementation of a transparent financial system, as well as a solid auditing system for public finances. When it comes to security sector reform, as for all reforms, there is no substitute for national ownership.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“We salute in this context the innovative approach adopted in Liberia with regard to establishing integrated security and justice hubs and to fully involve women in the efforts undertaken. The legitimacy of the State, whether it is emerging from a conflict or not, hinges on the capacity of its civilian authorities to control its military and security authorities and on the capacity of the latter to defend the human rights and dignity of the civilian population. In this vein, in 2010 Luxembourg financed a project implemented by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aimed at professionalizing the Congolese national police so that it can better discharge its important task of protecting Congolese citizens.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source
“In my capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission's country-specific configuration for Guinea, I can testify to the fact that an in-depth reform of the security and defence sector is necessary for sustainable peacebuilding and the strengthening of the rule of law. In Guinea as elsewhere, certainly, SSR is intimately linked to the other priority sectors for peacebuilding, in particular national reconciliation. Undertaking an in-depth reform of the security and defence sector requires political will and unwavering support, including financial support, by the international community. We will have to respond to appeals from authorities in this respect. Security sector reform is also intrinsically linked to the reform of the judiciary. Citizens need to have the appropriate means of recourse to have their rights respected.”
2011-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6630 (2011) · source