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M'Beou

lines on the record: 127
first: 2012-06-25
most recent: 2013-12-12
sittings or episodes: 17
sources: un-security-council

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“In conclusion, we reiterate our gratitude to the 1737 Committee, whose work we have come to appreciate in the two years of our membership of the Council. We also extend our appreciation to the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1929 (2010) for its constant and valuable support to the Committee in fulfilling its mission. We particularly appreciate the fact that it has always taken the opportunities offered by the workshops and meetings to inform States of the importance of implementing the measures taken by the United Nations. We urge it to continue to practice rigor and impartiality in its investigations.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7082 (2013) · source
“However, my country believes that recent developments justify hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. Moreover, as we just mentioned, they show the new Iranian authorities' willingness to cooperate with the P5+l and the IAEA. All these concerted efforts of Iran, in addition to the expected implementation of the Additional Protocol, should help to bolster the confidence of the international community, especially since the Iranian people have suffered too much under the sanctions on the country's economy, as indicated by the report of the Secretary- General on the human rights situation in Iran for the current year. We once again take this opportunity to request continued serious and impartial investigations on all pending cases, in particular the case of the ship seized in Yemen.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7082 (2013) · source
“We hope that inspections of other sites under IAEA guarantees, including the Gachin mine, will be undertaken on a continuous basis since, as also noted by the Agency, full respect by Iran ofits obligations is crucial to convincing the international community of the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme. We hope that Iran will demonstrate full good faith in responding to requests of the Agency regarding all nuclear facilities and locations outside facilities, such as the Natanz enrichment facility, for which descriptive information is still pending, and the Fordow fuel facility, about which Iran must also provide additional information. There are still many issues on which answers are expected from Iran.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7082 (2013) · source
“We are pleased that the agreement not only relaxes sanctions in exchange for a downward revision of Iran's nuclear programme, but also introduces a new framework for more trusting and collaborative relations between Iran and the entire international community. The joint statement on a cooperation framework signed on 11 November, which includes six first practical steps by Iran within three months, has allowed the IAEA to inspect the Arak heavy-water production plant on 8 December. It was an opportunity for the inspectors to get details on the design and operation of the site, which they had not had for over two years.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7082 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (spoke in French): I thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his briefing and congratulate him on his exemplary leadership as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). At our meeting in September (see S/PV.7028), we noted the creditable efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to communicate and collaborate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a result of the change at the head of the executive branch, which augur well for the chances to resolve the nuclear issue. Beyond simple communication efforts and statements of intention, those acts are the basis on which the historic agreement in Geneva, known as thejoint action plan, was signed 24 November between Iran and the P5+1 - an agreement that we would like to once again welcome.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7082 (2013) · source
“We would also like to thank UNMIK, the Kosovo Force, EULEX, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and all partner organizations that support the authorities of Kosovo and Serbia in normalizing their relations.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“We are concerned about such incidents, which are related to the uncontrolled use of firearms and explosives and which target both civilians and Kosovo and international security personnel. The use of violence and intimidation to try to impose political views is unacceptable. We urge Kosovo's senior officials, in particular those in charge of the police, to continue their efforts to investigate each incident and bring the perpetrators to justice. I would like to conclude by reiterating my congratulations to the European Union, especially its High Representative, for its pivotal in bringing about significant progress in the implementation of the 19 April agreement, including the holding of the recent municipal elections.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“We urge them to pursue the dialogue on the outstanding issues in the same spirit, so as to ensure the full implementation of the 19 April agreement. Stability and security continue to prevail in Kosovo overall. However, as mentioned earlier, political tension and acts of violence continue in the north and are the work of a part of the population that refuses to join in the process of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia. We condemn the assassination in that context of a customs officer who was part of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on 19 September. No effort should be spared in bringing the perpetrators of that crime to justice.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“On the positive side, important arrangements were arrived at by the parties on 8 September on the issues of telecommunication and energy. Similarly, we welcome the efforts undertaken by the Serbs to transfer the parallel structures in northern Kosovo to Kosovo authorities, including the police and judiciary. It would appear that those developments were made possible thanks to the leadership, political courage and commitment of the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to gradually settle the disputes between the two parties in the interests of their people. Togo would like to applaud their efforts with a view to reaching that goal. The difficult compromises they had to reach should be able to open the way to European integration for Serbia and Kosovo.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“However, we condemn the attempt by some Serbian nationalists opposed to the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo to compromise the elections through acts of violence and threats. My country believes that this protest approach is counterproductive. It is in the interests of all Serbs of northern Kosovo to take control of the destiny of their communities by getting involved in the implementation and operation of the association of Serbian municipalities, which, in accordance with the 19 April agreement, are provided with a certain degree of autonomy, including in the areas of economic development, health and education. As noted in the report under review, the implementation of the 19 April agreement is ongoing in many other areas.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“Indeed, by committing to lifting the obstacles of a procedural or political nature, grappling with logistical problems that marked the organization of the election, and agreeing, inter alia, to the participation of displaced persons and the representation of Kosovo Serbs in the Central Election Commission, the parties opened the way to a transparent and credible election. Their robust involvement aimed at ensuring significant participation in the elections on the part of of Kosovo Serbs and ensuring that the elections were held successfully reflects their strong commitment to work definitively towards normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Ultimately, the elections were held, on the whole in a satisfactory manner and with significant participation by Serbs living in the municipalities of the south, which my country commends.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“Togo welcomes the major role that the European Union (EU) continues to play in helping the parties overcome their difficulties. High-level meetings between Serbian and Kosovo authorities, organized under EU sponsorship, and the ongoing meetings of bilateral technical working groups have indisputably facilitated significant progress in implementation of the agreement. My country notes with satisfaction that the dynamic of dialogue made it possible in November to hold municipal elections for the first time in Kosovo.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (spoke in French): I would like thank Mr. Farid Zarif for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/631) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I also welcome the presence of the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo at today's meeting and congratulate them on their statements. I will limit my statement to a few comments on the progress of the process of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia, in the light of the historic agreement they signed on 19 April and in view of the security situation in Kosovo. Despite repeated obstacles resulting notably from differences in occasional interpretation that might have impeded the process of normalization, Kosovo and Serbia continue tirelessly with their efforts to implement the aforementioned agreement.”
2013-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7064 (2013) · source
“I would like to reiterate Togo's support for the efforts of the High Representative during his mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for the civilian and military personnel, in particular those working for the European Union Force-Operation Althea, who are striving to ensure that parties abide by the Dayton Agreement and working for the stability of the country.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“However, it remains the responsibility of the main political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to shoulder their responsibilities and to take the initiative of forging harmonious coexistence among the various ethnic groups. At this stage, the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina still requires the support and assistance of the international community. That is why my country stiII considers the international presence necessary, in accordance with the Dayton Agreement.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“In that regard, Bosnia and Herzegovina should draw on the positive aspects of its different peoples, rather than trying to deny the existence of one group or another. It is essential that all Bosnian political stakeholders overcome their differences in order to fully join in that vision. Only then will they be able to undertake a full set of reforms that will allow Bosnia and Herzegovina to make progress towards joining the European Union, allowing its institutions to function more effectively in order to ensure peace and development in that country. We call on countries neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have historic ties with different communities, to work constructively towards the unity of the Bosnian State.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“In spite of all sorts of obstacles, the report indicates that in October, for the first time in 22 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out a population census. We hope the main aim of the census was not to establish a balance of power between the various communities or to reopen old wounds that have barely healed but, rather, to implement a reliable system of statistics to help plan and guide public policy. While Bosnia and Herzegovina's neighbours are progressing towards European integration, Bosnian political leaders have no choice but to meet the expectations of their people by tackling the challenges of national development and shaping a truly functional, multiethnic State, as stipulated in the Dayton Accords.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“The demonstrations that took place in June related to the failure to issue of identifiction numbers for newborns, a situation resulting from a dispute between the Federation and the Republika Srpska on the implementation of a decision by the Constitutional Court, point to the disquiet of the people at the procrastination of their leaders in terms of building tha central State. We remain concerned by statements and defiant actions on the part of political leaders of the Republika Srpska in terms of central State institutions, which undermine national cohesion. Togo criticizes such an attitude, which seeks to block the decision-making process of the central State and weakens the country when it comes to the possibility of partition.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“The report of the High Representative (S/2013/646, annex) notably points out that, as a result of the ongoing paralysis in Parliament, no new legislation was adopted during the period under review. However, in 2012 the Bosnian authorities committed to implementing the country's Constitution along with the recommendations made by the European Court of Human Rights in order to end political discrimination against minorities. It is essential that those reforms be launched before general elections in October 2014. That is a worrying situation for the international community, which has made significant efforts to bring peace and stability to this country, as well as to the Bosnian people.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (spoke in French): I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his presentation. His briefing underscores the ongoing political impasse in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the little progress that has been made in terms of the reforms necessary for promoting development in the country and shaping a multi-ethnic Bosnian society. Togo regrets that no tangible progress has been made on the five objectives and the two conditions for the closure ofthe Office ofthe High Representative and the revision of the country's Constitution. Moreover, when it comes to numerous other areas, the political parties sharing power in Bosnia and Herzegovina are struggling to reach an agreement on reforms to help the country move ahead.”
2013-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7057 (2013) · source
“We express the strong hope, since we are discussing this as an outgoing member, that the permanent members will show themselves much more willing to undertake a real reform of the working methods. They have long experience of Council's working, and they know better than anyone the limits of current working methods. This internal reform will enable the Council to successfully carry out the mission that the Charter of the United Nations has conferred upon it, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security. A successful reform of the working methods could augur a promising future for the discussions, which have been going on for nearly two decades in the General Assembly, on the question of the reform of the Security Council.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Their consideration enables us to better understand them and to propose appropriate solutions. Since those meetings promote a dialogue with experts and specialists, we believe that they should be encouraged. We commend the efforts of the Secretariat to encourage their convening. In order to reduce costs of participation of people are invited to participate, we could perhaps use videoconferencing. As mentioned earlier, the points of understanding in the Informal Working Group, which were the subject of the presidential notes, are as important as they are varied. The note of 28 August 2013 (S/2013/515) expresses the points ofview. We welcome the agreements reached within the Council, but we think that the hardest thing to do remains their implementation. Too many decisions have already been taken without being effectively implemented.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“We welcome those excellent initiatives and would like the time spent in these meetings to really enable us to go through the item on the agenda. Moreover, we would like cooperation with regional and subregional organizations to be strengthened and supported, because they enable us to attain positive results in the maintenance of peace and security. The fourth point concerns Arria Formula meetings and informal interactive dialogues. The usefulness of such meetings is clear. In those meetings Member States, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and civil society can exchange opinions on specific issues that are on the agenda of the General Assembly and of the Security Council and that have a real impact on the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“During past debates, some delegations also stressed the need for greater interaction between different stakeholders in peacekeeping operations. In that regard, we would like to commend the establishment of an annual meeting with the commanders of different missions around the world. We would like this sort of meeting to be also organized with the Peacebuilding Commission and with country teams in order to evaluate their work on the ground . In addition, regular meetings with troop- and police-contributing countries are opportunities to exchange views on existing problems and to report on new measures, in the context of the harmonious and coordinated implementation of mandates in order to achieve the desired results.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Third is the interaction with other organs of the United Nations and with regional and subregional organizations. This issue is of major importance. My country welcomes the various initiatives that have been taken to date in this framework by the Council. With regard to the General Assembly in particular, the presentation of the annual report of the Security Council does meet the concern about transparency, in that it allows the sharing with all Members ofthe United Nations the work carried out on their behalf during the year. Therefore, it is important that all countries actively participate, not only in drafting the report but also during its presentation by giving statements and suggestions. Greater cooperation with the Economic and Social Council should also be encouraged.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Therefore, those countries and other bodies have perforce to wait around in the immediate environs to collect, by any means they can, information on the Council's deliberations. To remedy that state of affairs, we would like the members of the Council to agree systematically on the information content to be delivered by the President to the media in order to provide the same level of information to all the interested States on the result of such consultations. That would enable their Governments to determine their position on those matters. Moreover, needless to say, the consultations are private in name only, since non-members know shortly after the meetings the content of deliberations, with precise details, and sometimes the views expressed by each member.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“However, note 507 suggested that interested non-members, particularly countries directly or indirectly affected by the issue, should be consulted in order to get their views and contributions. Therefore it is important - as numerous non-member States expressed during previous debates - for the documents that result from these meetings to be adopted later in order to allow the views expressed by States and interested bodies to be incorporated. My second point concerns open briefings and consultations. Open briefings provide an opportunity for countries and other bodies affected by the topic to share their views and intentions with Council members. Closed consultations, on the other hand, take place just among members of the Council, and do not offer this opportunity.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Open debates take place in a formal setting that allows States not members ofthe Council to express their views on issues of major importance, for the settlement of which the United Nations has delegated the power of decision to the Council. Even if we acknowledge, after two years in the Council, that only a quarter of non-members take an active part in these debates, we nonetheless consider that their usefulness is such that the Council should use them more in order to promote more interaction with all Members of the Organization. These open debates have often ended with the adoption of resolutions or presidential statements that have been cleverly negotiated beforehand, solely by members of the Council.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“I welcome the substantial progress made since 2006 on a number of topics to respond to the concern over ensuring the transparency and effectiveness of the work of the Council and its interaction and dialogue with non-member States.In this context, I welcome the remarkable ongoing work of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, under the excellent chairmanship of Argentina since the beginning of this year. The points covered in note 507, and those adopted since then, are numerous and are all equally important. But in the framework of this debate I will focus on just four points, since during the debate on the same subject on 26 November 2012 (see S/PV.6870), we presented our position at length on many of them. The first point is the open debates.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (spoke in French): Mr. President, I thank you for having convened this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council. I congratulate you on the thorough concept paper (S/2013/6l3, annex) that is guiding our discussions. This is the sixth open debate on the matter, and it gives us a real opportunity to evaluate the road covered in implementing the note by the President in document S/2010/507, which reviewed and completed note S/2006/507.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“We therefore urge both institutions to continue to interact and share their experiences. In that regard, it is my delegation's belief that progressive implementation of the framework adopted in Geneva in 2012, and identifying the areas of cooperation planned between the United Nations and the OIC, should become the priority approach of focused efforts.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“In that regard, further strengthening and support of the dynamic cooperation between the United Nations and the OIC in the fight against that scourge is crucial in order to ensure strengthened capabilities of OIC member States to face the threat. However, it is important that the response to the phenomenon not remain confined to the area of security alone, but that it takes into account the development dimension in affected areas and ensure good governance and respect for human rights. Many areas of cooperation between the United Nations and the OIC require development and further strengthening commensurate with the significant challenges to international peace and security. The facilitation of a political process capable of ending conflicts, especially in Syria, should become a priority.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“In that context, Togo urges the United Nations, the OIC and the entire international community to pursue, through consensus rather than confrontation, efforts under way to facilitate the coexistence of principles valued by our States - freedom of expression and combating all forms of religious discrimination and intolerance. In that context, Togo particularly welcomes the work of the Istanbul Process as well as the interfaith dialogue and cooperation efforts of the General Assembly. Nevertheless, the evolution in recent years within States members of the OIC - particularly African States - of the terrorism phenomenon remains a source of great concern. Criminal groups are threatening the stability in Africa in the name of religion and are expanding their areas of operations to sow further terror.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“Moreover, while welcoming the establishment in 2011 of the OIC Independent Permanent Commission on Human Rights, Togo calls on the OIC to urge its States members to rapidly implement its 10-year programme of action, in particular as it pertains to good governance and the promotion of human rights in the Muslim world, especially the rights of women and children. Those measures will contribute to reducing factors leading to crises within the Muslim world and its individual States. Increasing intolerance and discrimination due to religious belief or conviction today seriously threaten global peace and security.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“In that respect, it is crucial that the OIC further strengthen internal unity and solidarity to end the rivalries between some of its member States, which threaten the achievement of negotiated solutions to conflicts in those countries. In the same vein, we welcome the establishment, on 20 March, of a peace, security and mediation unit under the auspices of the OIC Secretary-General in Jeddah, as well as the close cooperation established with the United Nations Mediation Support Unit. We believe that the unit's establishment will strengthen the OIC's role and capacity in using mediation as a tool in the prevention and resolution of conflicts.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“In that respect, we especially recall OIC initiatives including the appointment of a special envoy for Mali and the Sahel, mediation efforts to facilitate negotiations among the armed movements in Darfur and the Sudan, the OIC's support for the high- level efforts on inter-Afghan relations and its support for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. With respect to those conflicts, the OIC has participated as a strategic partner of the United Nations in seeking solutions and ensuring support for humanitarian issues. My country urges the OIC to further its constructive role through greater investment in conflict-prevention efforts.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“We are confident that under his leadership the organization will continue to make a valuable contribution to building a more peaceful and prosperous world. Today's world is witnessing political upheavals in Africa and the Middle East taking place within and around the Muslim world that call for intensified efforts among regional organizations and the United Nations, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. Togo welcomes the OIC's active role in speaking on behalf of the Muslim world in international efforts, including United Nations efforts to resolve such conflicts and crises.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (Spoke in French): I, too, would like to thank the Azerbaijani delegation, and you in particular, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which has facilitated the Council's consideration, for the first time, of the issue of cooperation between the two institutions in terms of the Council's work. I thank the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and of the OIC for their respective briefings. I especially congratulate Mr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, whose mandate will soon expire, for his leading role as head ofthe OIC in promoting Islamic principles of solidarity, tolerance and moderation. Similarly, I congratulate Mr. Iyad Madani on his election as Secretary-General of the OIC.”
2013-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7050 (2013) · source
“The United Nations and its institutional partners must continue to promote the greater diversification and sustainability of funding for peacekeeping operations. We hope that this discussion will generate new ideas and strategies in order to expand, deepen and improve cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations with a view to strengthening the capacity of the international community to respond effectively to new and old threats to international peace and security.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“An acceptable relationship must be found between the willingness of those organizations to assume the task of conflict management, or at the least to provide leadership, and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, as those organizations are in the best position to assess the most appropriate approach to conflicts in their region. In any event, there should be no conflict of responsibility or procrastination in the actions to be taken when people's lives are at stake and when the State's capacity to protect them is lacking. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations should prioritize the critical issue of the financing of peacekeeping operations, which has always been a major challenge to regional organizations in assuming the responsibility of security in their regions.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“That will assist in, inter alia, avoiding the frustrations and misunderstandings that sometimes arise due to differences in strategies or solutions between the two organizations. One advantage of their regional and subregional experience and expertise is that the organizations are often more quickly informed about evolving situations that could lead to conflict. The United Nations, particularly the Security Council, should therefore strengthen ties with those organizations with a view to responding faster and protecting people in danger.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The creation 10 years ago of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the active cooperation with subregional organizations such as ECOWAS, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Southern African Development Community and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to settle ongoing crises in West and Central Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region form part of such positive action. However, we believe it essential to further clarify the relationship between the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council in order to better define their respective responsibilities and to allow both organizations to benefit from their respective advantages in the spirit of resolution 1631 (2005).”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“In that context, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has played a key role in the maintenance of peace. It has long been responsible for its own fate by intervening in Liberia, Guinea- Bissau, Sierra Leone and recently in Mali in order to restore peace before receiving international support. Togo welcomes the development in recent years of the strategic partnership between the United Nations and the African Union based on the spirit of subsidiarityy and the accountability of regional actors, as recently manifested in the joint efforts to combat the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa and the Great Lakes region, and especially the support provided by the United Nations to the African Union Mission in Somalia. The positive momentum of that cooperation must continue to strengthen.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“In that regard, I welcome and fully endorse the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia. However, I would first like to acknowledge the important role played by all regional and subregional organizations throughout the world in the struggle to maintain international peace and security. In Africa, the main factor in the transformation of the Organization of African Unity into the African Union (AU) was the creation of the African peace and security architecture, under which the continental organization, in cooperation with the regional economic communities, gradually assumed responsibility for the maintenance of security on the continent, thereby affirming its role as a major partner of the United Nations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“We believe that such cooperation should not be limited to its traditional context in the maintenance of peace, but that it should go further and focus on finding the causes of conflict and ways to prevent and resolve it, as well as peacebuilding, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and the fight against impunity for perpetrators of serious violations of human rights. My delegation welcomes the fact that the presidential statement just adopted by the Council (S/PRST/20l3/l2) stresses the importance of all those issues in the framework of cooperation. Insofar as these issues are common to all regional and subregional organizations, I will concentrate my remarks on cooperation between the United Nations and African organizations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The numerous discussions held on the issue of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations have all indicated that the United Nations is and must remain at the centre of the international collective security mechanism and that, in that context, the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. However, the proliferation of increasingly complex and multidimensional conflicts has required the regional and subregional organizations to commit firmly and with greater determination to the prevention and resolution of crises in their respective geographical spheres. Their important role has led to further reflection on the nature and form of cooperation between the world Organization and the regional actors.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“Mr. M'Beou (Togo) (spoke in French): I thank the Argentine delegation for having organized this open debate and welcome your presence, Madam President, among us as a demonstration of the importance that your country attaches to the subject. I also thank the Secretary-General and all other speakers for their statements. I welcome Ms. Samantha Powers, the new Permanent Representative of the United States of America, and wish her every success in assuming her new function.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The Council has failed to stop the carnage, but it can at least pressure the parties to negotiate for peace. To that end, it must work towards unity so as to speak with one voice. Clearly, dialogue is the only way out of the conflict, which is having negative and dangerous repercussions for neighbouring countries, particularly Lebanon, which is paying the heaviest price. Once again, we would like to support the Russian-United States initiative to hold the "Geneva II" conference, which should lead to the establishment of a transitional policy based on the Geneva communique dated 30 June 2012 (S/2012/523, annex). We call for its implementation as soon as possible. A political settlement undoubtedly remains the best path to end the conflict and to create a new, peaceful Syria, reconciled with itself.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“The Quartet should also be involved in ensuring that the forthcoming negotiations can yield genuine results. In the Syrian Arab Republic, the conflict has caused more than 95,000 deaths and almost destroyed the country's foundations. The killings and massacres, arrests and arbitrary detentions continue, and our concerns are amplified by the flight of the country's population. A generation of youth has been sacrificed, and the conflict has assumed sectarian dimensions, characterized by a confessional divide that makes us fear the worst for religious minorities. The killing on 23 June ofa Catholic priest, Francois Murad, attributed to jihadist groups, gives us a glimpse of Syria's future if the parties persevere in believing in victory through arms.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“In that regard, we renew our congratulations to the United Nations for all of its efforts, through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, to help those living on the margins. The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taught us that the path to peace is strewn with Obstacles. We have also seen that every time positive steps are taken, acts of violence are carried out by extremists on both sides to undermine the efforts that have been made. Both camps have those who want peace and those fighting to maintain the status quo. That is why Israeli and Palestinian leaders must remain vigilant and show the world that they are firmly resolved to find a lasting solution to the world's oldest conflict. The international community should support them on the path to peace.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source