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  1. “Close cooperation with regional organizations and the involvement of civil society in peacebuilding will be important for the Commission's success. The relevant regional organizations should be involved in accordance with their working areas, roles and capacities. As a leading global player in peacebuilding and a major provider of funds to this effect, the European Union is committed to fully and actively contribute to the work of the Commission from the beginning. I will conclude by stating that it is a priority for the European Union to continue to deepen and broaden its cooperation with the United Nations, both in the areas I have indicated and in many others.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  2. “The significant overall contribution of the EU member States, becoming the backbone of UNIFIL, demonstrates that the European Union lives up to its responsibilities. A further area of cooperation that I would like to emphasize, as the Secretary-General has in his report, is conflict prevention. Indeed, since 2003 a regular geographical desk-to-desk dialogue has been taking place between the EU and the United Nations on conflict prevention. Let me mention the newly established Peacebuilding Commission, which is now becoming operational. The Commission will have a central role in the United Nations system in the definition of peacebuilding strategies for countries emerging from conflict and in enhancing coordination.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  3. “The deployment of some 300 EU observers occurred with the full logistical support of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), and the EU Election Observation Mission's security arrangements enabled it to request assistance by MONUC where required throughout the EU Mission's period of deployment. Another recent development is the EU's role in the efforts to ensure a swift implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). At the extraordinary meeting of the Council of the European Union on 25 August, the EU Foreign Ministers had an exchange of Views with Secretary-General Kofl Annan on the situation in Lebanon. The Council welcomed the elements provided by Mr. Arman on the operational framework of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  4. “I will not go into details on technical cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, but will just briefly draw attention to a recent achievement: the European Union has deployed a military operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the deployment to Kinshasa of an advance element of several hundred military personnel and a battalion-sized force over the horizon, quickly deployable if necessary. The United Nations and the European Union have also cooperated constructively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as regards election observation.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  5. “A consultative mechanism, the Steering Committee, was set up in order to enhance coordination in those areas between the United Nations - in particular the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs - and the EU staff. Since the beginning of 2003, the EU has engaged in more than a dozen military or civilian operations, most of them in close cooperation with the United Nations. The new relationship with the United Nations has undoubtedly also stimulated the European Union's efforts at improving its crisis management capacity, and it has developed into very fruitful cooperation.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  6. “And the EU-led Operation Artemis, carried out in the summer of 2003 in accordance with Security Council resolution 1484 (2003), succeeded in stabilizing the security conditions, improving the humanitarian situation and protecting the civilian population in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those examples of cooperation on the ground constituted a major breakthrough in relations between the two organizations. A framework for consultations between the two organizations was set up by the Joint Declaration on United Nations-EU Cooperation in Crisis Management, of September 2003, which identified four areas for further cooperation: planning, training, communication and best practices.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  7. “This began to develop at a time when the United Nations was looking at the reform of its peace operations in the framework of the process of the report (S/2000/809) of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations chaired by Lakhdar Brahimi, which coincided with the laying of the foundations of the European Security and Defence Policy. The United Nations, confronted with the changing nature of peacekeeping, sought increased support from regional actors. Two operations under the European Security and Defence Policy, in 2003, were real and successful tests of the EU-United Nations relationship. The EU Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina took over from the United Nations International Police Task Force.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  8. “The EU was created to overcome the legacy of two world wars and to prevent new wars in Europe. The founding idea of the European Union is to create a zone of peace and prosperity based on the voluntary pooling of sovereignty, common institutions and the rule of law. The EU emphasizes the same values in wider international relations. Building on its own experience, the European Union is an active proponent of effective multilateralism. The EU's commitment to support the United Nations has been reaffirmed on many occasions, both in important statements, including at the level of heads of State or Government, and through action. Relations between the European Union and the United Nations have been intensified in recent years. I would like in particular to highlight the EU-United Nations cooperation in crisis management.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  9. “I will address these issues in further detail in our statement at the seventh high-level meeting between the United Nations and regional and other international organizations, on 22 September. In the context of today's meeting, I will rather explain the philosophy behind the European Union's cooperation with the United Nations and give a concrete example of how this is translated into action, in particular in the area of crisis management. The European Union considers that its relations with the United Nations are one of the cornerstones of its external action. As stated in the European Security Strategy of 2003, one of the EU's central priorities is strengthening the United Nations and equipping it to fulfil its responsibilities and to act effectively. The European Union is itself a structure for peace and security in its region.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  10. “While fully supporting efforts to enhance capacity-building, in particular of the African Union and of African subregional organizations, the European Union agrees with the Secretary-General that we should not adopt a one-size-fits-all approach. What counts are the results. The EU considers that flexibility, light structures and, first of all, pragmatism should be the guidelines for cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. The report of Secretary-General (S/2006/590) identifies a number of areas for strengthened cooperation, in particular conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and disarmament and non-proliferation. These are all areas where the European Union is active and cooperates with the United Nations.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  11. “We should look for results, and we should be careful to avoid creating additional structures. I fully agree with the Secretary- General that the establishment of a more effective partnership should be based the comparative advantage of each organization. We should also be careful not to force a uniform framework on organizations that are very different from one another. It can be useful to provide conceptual clarification on the role of the organizations participating in this framework. The Capacity Survey by the United Nations University clearly shows the vast discrepancy in the working areas, roles and capacities of the organizations taking part in this partnership.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  12. “Capacity-building to enhance the cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations is also addressed in the excellent discussion paper by the Greek presidency of the Security Council (S/2006/719, annex), and the EU is ready to discuss its recommendations. We welcome the emphasis on the increased responsibility of regional organizations for and ownership of efforts to solve regional conflicts. At the same time, it is important that this take place in framework of the United Nations and with the Security Council's support, and that universal principles such as the rule of law, human rights and peacebuilding be respected. It is useful for us to be together here today to exchange views on the way forward. I would, however, also like to add a word of caution.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  13. “At the 2005 world summit, the United Nations membership agreed on supporting a stronger relationship between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter. One of the European Union's priorities for the sixty- first session of the General Assembly is to support the development of cooperation between the United Nations and relevant regional organizations as a way to strengthen effective multilateralism. We see this as an area with potential; such cooperation has already yielded results. The cooperation among the European Union, the United Nations and the African Union is a good example of how these efforts can lead to concrete achievements.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source

  14. “Mr. Lyra: My Foreign Minister truly wanted to be here today, but he is now attending a meeting of the Quartet on the Middle East peace process. I have the honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Croatia and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, align themselves with this statement. Let me first thank the presidency of the Security Council for organizing this timely meeting.”

    2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source