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  1. “In this context, we firmly believe that the Organization should play a central role in post-conflict Iraq, as well as in other post-conflict situations. The European Union also believes that in order to strengthen the collective security system of the United Nations system, regional arrangements or agencies should enhance their role in conflict prevention and resolution. Since this requires closer and more coordinated cooperation with the United Nations system, we welcome any new developments in this area.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  2. “The European Union welcomes the efforts of the Secretariat's Department of Peacekeeping Operations to work closely with all relevant actors in Africa at regional, subregional and national levels, in particular for enhancing the capabilities of troop contributors and for capacity-building for regional and subregional organizations. We welcome an active role for the United Nations, specifically in the areas of sharing information, promoting transparency, mobilizing support and stimulating contacts between recipients and donors of assistance, for example, in training, equipment and logistics. The European Union strongly supports United Nations peace-building action that prevents the recurrence of conflict and ensures peace and stability in the future.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  3. “These figures manifest clearly our strong and unwavering commitment to peacekeeping, while we remain engaged in a continued dialogue with the United Nations aimed at further strengthening our partnership in peacekeeping. The European Union supports regional and subregional cooperation in Africa through assistance to the African Union, ECOWAS, the East African Community and SADC. We are also actively engaged in various initiatives intended to enhance peacekeeping capacities in Africa. We encourage a close relationship between the United Nations and the African Union and subregional organizations, inter alia, the Economic Community of West African States, and we commend the recent efforts of these organizations in peacekeeping operations in Africa. These actions require an assessment of needs, information sharing and coordination.”

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  4. “While supporting regional peace-building capacity, the European Union and its member States significantly contribute to United Nations peacekeeping through actively supporting and participating in relevant operations and activities throughout the world, from the Balkans to Africa and Asia. We currently have more than 30,000 women and men working hard for peace in the United Nations and United Nations- mandated operations. The EU member States have troops, military and civilian police observers and civilian staff in all current United Nations peacekeeping operations. In addition to these considerable personnel and other contributions, we also provide over forty per cent of the total peacekeeping budget.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  5. “Those targets involve concrete numbers of personnel that member States have committed themselves to providing. They also include concrete goals in order to be able to respond quickly to crises. The European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the first example of the practical possibilities of cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union in crisis management operations. We are committed to developing many more. We are currently exploring modalities for cooperation between the United Nations and the EU in the police as well as other civilian crisis management areas. We are also looking at cooperation in the military domain. The responsibility of the international community, through the United Nations Security Council, for peace and security is indivisible.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  6. “They will contribute to the next high-level meeting between the United Nations and regional organizations, which is scheduled to take place in July 2003. The list of European Union instruments directly or indirectly relevant to the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts is long. It includes development cooperation and external assistance, economic cooperation and trade policy instruments, humanitarian aid, social and environmental policies, diplomatic instruments such as political dialogue and mediation, and economic and other sanctions. Ultimately it will also include the new instruments of European security and defence policy. In pursuance of each of our goals, we have set ourselves targets to be achieved by the end of 2003.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  7. “The conference brought together the United Nations, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and NATO to discuss how to strengthen capabilities and cooperation in order to prevent violent conflicts. The conference was held in response to the call made by the United Nations Secretary-General, in his report on the prevention of armed conflict, for regional workshops to discuss the regional dimensions of cooperation in conflict prevention. High officials from the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) also attended the conference. It aimed to stimulate increased interaction between the United Nations and other organizations and held out the possibility for similar meetings in other regions. The chairman's conclusions were forwarded to the Secretary-General.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  8. “In relation to operational interaction, as foreseen in its programme for the prevention of violent conflicts, the European Union, through the European Commission, is intensifying its practical cooperation with the United Nations system and other regional and subregional organizations. The list of possible examples is long, ranging from support to United Nations peace-building efforts through the Trust Fund for Preventive Action in order to facilitate early United Nations action in the whole range of preventive diplomacy, to support for various regional projects like the African Union's observer mission in Burundi and the Horn of Africa initiative. In that respect, a regional European Union conference on conflict prevention entitled "Partners in Prevention" was held at Helsingborg, Sweden, in August 2002.”

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  9. “That requires action at the political level in terms of the capacity building of partner organizations and through operational interaction. At the political level, dialogue with the United Nations and other regional organizations takes place in a wide range of contexts. Peace and security issues can be raised in such discussions, although in the case of regional organizations the scope will depend on the specific mandate of the organization concerned. With regard to capacity-building, a key aspect continues to be the relevant needs of the regional organizations in terms of early warning, conflict- prevention and peacekeeping.”

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  10. “They underlie the establishment of four priority areas for the European Union's civilian crisis management capacity, namely, police, the rule of law, civilian administration and civil protection. Those capacities can be put at the disposal of the EU crisis management operations or at the disposal of the operations of the United Nations or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). As a successful example of regional cooperation that is itself contributing to peace and stability, the European Union is committed to building and sustaining mutually reinforcing and effective relationships with the United Nations as well as with other regional organizations in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.”

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  11. “The second guiding principle of European Union crisis management is therefore that crisis management must include a wide range of instruments, military as well as civilian. That is why we have placed as much emphasis on the civilian side as on the military domain in establishing priority areas and setting targets. The third guiding principle of European Union crisis response is that our efforts must bring real added value to international crisis management. Our effort to develop capacity can bring about benefits only if it contributes to our collective global effort to respond effectively to threats to international peace and security. Those principles have shaped our efforts since 1999.”

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  12. “In developing a crisis management capacity, the European Union aims to support the Security Council in carrying out its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations. As we all know, those responsibilities are onerous. Addressing the challenges of conflict prevention, management and resolution requires an array of political, military, economic, social and cultural instruments. We in the European Union are particularly conscious of that fact. Originating as an experiment in conflict prevention in the aftermath of two world wars, and determined to prevent regional wars in the future, European integration brings our member States together in a multitude of ways.”

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  13. “In recent years, a number of regional arrangements, organizations and agencies have created institutional capacities for early warning and conflict prevention in order to respond to the proliferation of internal disputes that may pose a threat to regional or international stability. The European Union strongly supports that development. Since 1999, it has been making a concerted effort to develop its organizational capability to respond effectively to the challenges posed by internal disputes. Three principles are guiding us in that endeavour. First and foremost among those is the recognition that the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and stability lies with the United Nations.”

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  14. “As this is the first time we are speaking under your presidency, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your duties. I would also like to extend our congratulations to the previous President, Guinea, for their excellent work. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries - Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia - and the associated countries of Bulgaria and Romania have aligned themselves with this statement. The European Union recognizes the increasingly important role of regional arrangements and organizations in the maintenance of international peace security and welcomes the consideration of this issue by the Security Council.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source