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Lusala

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  1. “It has also enhanced collaboration and integration among the mission’s components, the host community and other stakeholders, especially when it comes to the issues of cattle rustling, migration in my area of responsibility and issues of sexual and gender-based violence and conflict-related cases. It has also enhanced a timely response to crime and incidents fuelling human rights violations. With the early-warning system and responses, we get information and react before the incident can happen.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  2. “As I mentioned earlier, we are currently operating at seven team sites, but I intend to open the eighth team site. It is already in place. I am just waiting for the weather conditions to improve so that I can deploy officers at that team site. Concerning lessons learned from the establishment of the early-warning system, I would like to report that the early-warning system, as documented, has enhanced the effective response to, and the prevention of, sexual and gender-based violence and other elements of criminality within my area of responsibility.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  3. “Another point concerns monitoring and supporting community protection committees and joint protection committees by building their capacities through training workshops and co-locating with respect to law enforcement, as community protection committees and joint protection committees are the only law enforcement entities on the ground with which we are collaborating with regard to their communities. The next point involves enhancing gender- sensitivity capacities by encouraging women to embrace peace and security. That especially relates to women in community protection committees where we have established a gender desk at every community protection committee station. Another issue concerns enhancing United Nations police operational coverage in the area under my responsibility.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  4. “Another aspect involves the reduction of the human rights abuses of detainees, such as the release of minors and juveniles from prison. Another point concerns raising awareness and responding to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and conflict-related and sexual violence within the host community. Another issue involves encouraging the reporting of cases of sexual and gender-based violence within the community, especially in areas where we do not have community protection committees or joint protection committees, as we do in the northern part of the country, such as those in Diffra.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  5. “Ms. Lusala: In response to the question posed by you, Madam President, with regard to how we feel as the Heads of police components concerning the protection of civilians, I will start by saying that, first, I will enhance the protection of civilians by conducting effective operations through intelligence-led policing to sustain work in relation with all stakeholders. In that case, by gathering intelligence, I will be able to head off criminal incidents before they happen. The second point concerns reducing overcrowding in detention centres, especially at this point in time when we are faced by coronavirus disease, by implementing a dispute-resolution alternative mechanism with respect to our justice system.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  6. “In appreciation of the impact of the Secretary-General’s Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy, I am pleased to report that the proportion of women in police components in UNISFA has reached 60 per cent deployed in professional positions, including the sexual and gender-based violence adviser, and 34.7 percent of individual police officers. I urge the Council to impress upon the two Governments the need to immediately establish the Abyei police service. Moreover, the establishment of a public defender’s office in Abyei would facilitate judicial action and alleviate conditions in the detention centres. The Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan should be encouraged to provide basic services across the Abyei Area. Meanwhile, UNPOL continues to deliver on its mandate, adapting to the realities on the ground.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  7. “Concerning options for UNISFA to address the evolving situation, building on the gains made by UNISFA so far, UNPOL continues to actively engage the leaders of both communities in Abyei and encourage them to resume dialogue for intercommunal peace. In terms of recommendations, there is a need for increased UNPOL capacity, through the deployment of the three FPUs and the additional IPOs, from the current strength of 50 to the authorized ceiling of 148 IPOs. I look forward to a situation where a significant proportion of the anticipated FPU deployment will be female, as that will enhance the response to the concerns and priorities of women and girls.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  8. “The continued non-existence of the Abyei police service has created a vacuum for local law enforcement. The lack of basic services, such as water, health and education, is also a criminogenic factor. Regarding the situation in the three temporary detention facilities in Abyei, dilapidated structures and limited legal services have resulted in overcrowding, poor living conditions and prolonged detention periods. Services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence remain non-existent, hence the need for the establishment of a referral pathway so that psychosocial, counselling and legal services are made available to survivors, most of whom are women and minors.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  9. “The mission’s efforts have resulted in a reduction of acts of criminality and human rights violations. For instance, compared to last year, the current year saw a 60 per cent reduction in arms-related incidents, including a 62 per cent reduction in the number of civilians killed. UNPOL’s efforts are hampered by the unwillingness of South Sudan to participate in a joint integrated planning exercise for the establishment of the Abyei police service; the failure of both parties to review and endorse the memorandum of understanding on the handing over of suspects; the reluctance of the Sudan to issue visas for UNPOL personnel to enable the component to reach the authorized ceiling of 148 individual police officers (IPOs) and to deploy three formed police units (FPUs). That has hampered the mission’s efforts to address criminality.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  10. “With regard to progress in the implementation of the protection of civilians mandate, the presence of armed elements, intercommunal clashes and cattle-rustling continue to negatively impact the implementation of the mission’s mandate, despite UNISFA’s continued role in the maintenance of public order, the prevention of crime and the protection of vulnerable populations. The transhumance migratory season, which is between October and April, is especially problematic. The mission’s response to those threats includes ground and aerial patrols conducted by UNPOL and the military, checkpoints and engagement with the local communities to foster dialogue and conflict resolution. UNPOL personnel, deployed in 7 out of 15 team sites, monitor and report on human rights violations and foster the maintenance of public law and order.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  11. “UNPOL currently works with 31 community protection committees and one joint protection committee station comprising 767 members, including 132 females, in the delivery of the protection of civilians. Activities include gender- responsive community interactive patrols; prevention and protection for women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence; the monitoring of human rights compliance; as well as training and capacity-building for the maintenance of law and order, respect for human rights, gender and child protection and community- oriented policing.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  12. “The United Nations police (UNPOL) continues to mitigate the situation in Abyei in line with UNISFA’s mandate, the Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative and the women and peace and security agenda. I will provide a brief analysis of the situation. Resolution 1990 (2011) initially mandated UNPOL to help establish the Abyei police service, but that has not been realized to date as several invitations to the relevant parties to jointly plan for the police service have not been honoured. In the absence of the Abyei police service, resolution 2205 (2015) authorized UNISFA to enhance the capacities of the voluntary community protection committees.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source

  13. “Ms. Lusala: I thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity to take part in this important briefing. I will first discuss the most recent developments in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). UNISFA, which was established in 2011, is in its tenth year of operations. The improved relationship between our two host countries — the Sudan and South Sudan — has not yet translated into progress towards finding a political solution for the final status of Abyei. Challenges to the protection of civilians and mandate implementation in general remain — among them, the limited rule of law structures, human rights violations, impediments to humanitarian assistance and the impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic.”

    2021-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8901 (2021) · source