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2007-01-31
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  1. “Invitations to the chairs and the chairs of country-specific meetings to brief those bodies would be another. The European Union remains committed to working on integrated peacebuilding strategies with the Peacebuilding Commission and with the countries concerned. We are determined to make that key project of United Nations reform a success and to make its impact felt positively in the regions where the Peacebuilding Commission is engaged.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  2. “The Security Council has started to discuss its relation to the Peacebuilding Commission, how to intensify communication between the Council and the Commission, and how best to achieve implementation of advice from the Commission. A similar dialogue is getting under way between the Commission and the General Assembly with the upcoming open debate in that organ. The European Union welcomes those efforts and also recognizes the contribution that the Economic and Social Council can make. There are many ways to enhance cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. Regular meetings between the Commission chairs and the presidents of those bodies would be one possibility.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  3. “The Peacebuilding Commission should focus on areas that have a direct and traceable link to the causes of conflict, areas in which instruments of so- called classical development are not available or functional, and areas where coordination and integration are especially needed. All peacebuilding initiatives in the field should be linked to existing strategies and programmes to avoid duplication of efforts. We want the Commission to be able to work coherently, continuously and in a result-oriented way. To achieve that, the Commission should focus on activities in the field. It should enhance cooperation with all relevant actors, including donors and non-State actors. It should make use of regular informal meetings in between formal meetings and find a way to capture and condense lessons learned from its work.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  4. “The European Union would like to contribute to the discussion among the Commission's members on structuring the future work of the Commission and its interaction with other actors. In doing so, we would draw on our own experience in coordinating European Union programmes, as well as on the experience of the first country-specific meetings. The Commission has defined general areas of priority for each country under consideration. It will now be useful to further prioritize within those areas, in consultation with the countries concerned, United Nations country teams, donors, civil society and the private sector. Defining priorities necessarily means making a selection among a huge number of possible areas of engagement.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  5. “Here, the Commission also needs the support of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, and dialogue must be broadened in the countries concerned to include national civil society, the private sector and other relevant parties. One year after its establishment, the Commission will also have to make decisions as to its strategic goals. If the Commission is to add value to peacebuilding efforts worldwide, and particularly in the countries themselves, it will have to be ambitious. It will have to be more than the tools we already have, more than a mere coordination mechanism, and more than a donors' conference. Promoting the development of a viable peacebuilding strategy that has broad ownership is where the Peacebuilding Commission can really add value.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  6. “The European Union is committed to actively supporting the work of the Peacebuilding Commission on the basis of its experience, resources and worldwide operability. The Peacebuilding Commission has got off to a good start. After only two sets of country-specific meetings, it has identified areas of priority action for the two countries under consideration. The Commission has also established a dialogue among Governments concerned, the United Nations system, institutional donors, regional actors and members of the Peacebuilding Commission. Now, the recommendations of the Commission must be implemented in the countries concerned and within the institutional framework of the United Nations.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  7. “They include political and development-related tools, as well as conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms. The European Union, the States members of the European Union and the European Community engage in peacebuilding activities worldwide - in Africa and Asia, as well as in the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia and Latin America. European member States and the European Community fund and implement projects in all areas of peacebuilding. A few such important areas include demobilization and reintegration, security sector reform, good governance, reconciliation efforts, child- and gender-related post-conflict assistance, trade-related measures and reconstruction operations.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  8. “Together with the Peacebuilding Support Office and the Peacebuilding Fund, it forms the core of the United Nations new peacebuilding architecture. As a flexible instrument, the Peacebuilding Commission is "learning by doing". In our view, members should be willing to work creatively within the given framework. From its inception, the European Union has supported the concept of the Commission as a body that will ensure an integrated approach to peacebuilding, taking into account the links between security, development, human rights and the rule of law. That very much corresponds to the European Union's comprehensive approach to conflict prevention, development and peacebuilding. Over the years, the European Union has developed and used an array of instruments.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source

  9. “I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania and Serbia, and the EFTA country Iceland, member of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this declaration. The European Union would like to thank the Russian Federation, as presidency of the Security Council, for organizing this very timely debate on the work of the Peacebuilding Commission following the first two rounds of country-specific meetings. The European Union sees the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission as a key achievement of the United Nations reform process.”

    2007-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5627 (2007) · source