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Mbeki

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first: 1994-05-25
most recent: 2023-10-20
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“In this regard, and to conclude, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the United Nations, the European Union, other intergovernmental organizations, and individual Governments, including members of this Council, for the support they have 3 extended to the Panel to empower us to do the work expected of us. We are pleased that both this Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council remain seized of the question of the Sudan, convinced that this will assist those of us on the AU Panel on the Sudan, in UNAMID, UNMIS and the Darfur mediation more effectively and expeditiously to discharge our responsibilities.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“We will also continue to attend to the important issue of the further democratization of the Sudan. In this regard, in particular, we are working towards convening a forum of the Sudanese political parties that will seek to develop a national consensus on the major challenges facing the country, including the process of democratization. Like the Sudanese themselves and our United Nations partners, our Panel is fully conscious of the complexity of all the matters I have mentioned and the time pressures under which the correct solutions have to be found.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“We will work on these matters together with UNMIS, as we will with regard to supporting the newly-constituted Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, bearing in mind the urgency that attends all these CPA issues. Similarly, later this month we will begin work, especially with UNMIS and the Sudan Council of Churches, aimed at helping to end the communal conflicts in Southern Sudan which continue to claim many lives. We will also continue to work, particularly with the political parties in Southern Sudan, as we did during the general elections, to help prepare the conditions to ensure that the January 2011 Southern Sudan and Abyei referendums are free and fair. In this regard, we are confident that UNMIS will play a vital role to assist in organizing those referendums.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“10-40334 With regard to matters relating to the CPA, the Panel has convened for 21 June the first meeting of the teams that will negotiate the post-referendum arrangements, taking into account both possible outcomes of the Southern Sudan referendum. This meeting will mark the beginning of the post- referendum negotiations. As agreed with the CPA parties, the Panel will then be on standby to assist the parties in the event that they require intervention to resolve any of the matters on the post-referendum agenda. Again, as agreed with the parties, the Panel will work with them to help resolve outstanding CPA matters, in particular the finalization of matters relating to the North-South border, as well as Abyei.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“The meeting will also take into account proposals on this important issue that have been elaborated by the United States Special Envoy, General Scott Gration. Sustained improvement in the security situation in Darfur would help to create the conditions to help the refugees and internally displaced persons to realize their wish to return to the villages from which they were forcibly removed. In this regard, it is obvious that such voluntary returns as may take place will have to be accompanied by a process of reconstruction and development to assist the returnees to resettle and build better lives for themselves.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“In that regard, I should also mention that, when we return to the Sudan later this month, we will engage the officials designated by the Government of the Sudan to work on the details relating to the implementation of the decisions of the African Union on the issues of justice and reconciliation in Darfur. Our intention in this context is that, by the time the Darfur-Darfur conference considers the item of justice and reconciliation, we should have agreed on all the relevant details with the Government of the Sudan. With regard to Darfur, we would also like to mention that when we return to the Sudan later this month, we will again join the Government and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur to consider a detailed programme to improve the security situation in Darfur.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“We therefore fully support the efforts of the Joint Chief Mediator, supported by the Government of the State of Qatar, to bring all the belligerents into the peace negotiations with a view to concluding those negotiations as speedily as possible. Similarly, we support the efforts of the Mediator and Qatar to mobilize Darfur civil society to support the Doha peace process. Again as agreed at the 7 and 8 May meetings, we will take steps immediately to prepare for the convening of the fully inclusive process, in the form of a Darfur-Darfur conference targeted at concluding a global political agreement. Again, I am happy to inform the Council that the Government of the Sudan has agreed to that.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“The joint conveners of the consultative forum, that is, the AU and the United Nations, are determined that the forum should meet as was agreed and effectively carry out the principal tasks for which it was established, namely, to ensure the effective coordination of international action on the Sudan. As the Council is aware, the 8 May meeting agreed with the AU and the United Nations that the global political agreement on Darfur should be concluded this year, ahead of the holding of the Southern Sudan referendum. I am happy to say that the 10-40334 Government of the Sudan has agreed with that proposal. Accordingly, as did the 7 May and 8 May Addis Ababa meetings, we fully support the Doha negotiations, which are focused specifically on concluding a peace agreement involving all the belligerents, as well as a framework agreement.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“Similarly, the Council will also be familiar with the fact of the 8 May meeting, again held in Addis Ababa, convened by the AU and the United Nations, which brought together the representatives of the Governments and intergovernmental organizations that are actively involved in work to help resolve the challenges that the Sudan faces and which included all the countries neighbouring the Sudan. We were indeed very pleased that that inclusive meeting again reached a common agreement on the approach towards the major challenges facing the Sudan and agreed that the AU and the United Nations should convene a bi-monthly consultative forum to ensure proper coordination of the interventions of the entirety of the international community. Once again, we are certain that the Council is familiar with the decisions adopted at that meeting.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“On behalf of our Panel, I would like to take this opportunity once more to thank Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haile Menkerios and Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole for the opportunity that they have given to our Panel to work with them and the institutions they lead, which I am certain will greatly assist in accelerating progress towards meeting the goals on the Sudan, which are shared by the African Union and the United Nations. In that regard, I am certain that the Council is aware of the fact of the Joint AU-United Nations meeting on the Sudan held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 7 May, and of the statement the two organizations issued at the end of that meeting, which reflects the scope of their shared understanding and coordinated approach.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“I refer here to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and the AU-United Nations Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur - all of which are correctly represented at this meeting and will, as the President has said, address the Council. I am certain that there is no need for us to convince the Council about the importance of that cooperation, which enables our four institutions to share information, coordinate their actions and support one another while fully respecting their various mandates.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“Mr. Mbeki: We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us this opportunity to engage the Council on the issue of the Sudan. As members will recall, the last time we were here, in December 2009, we informed the Council that the African Union (AU) had expanded our mandate to follow up on its decisions on Darfur on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the process of democratization in the Sudan. Indeed, our Panel has been doing what it can to honour that mandate. In that regard, I am happy to inform the Council that, by common agreement, our Panel works in close cooperation with the three institutions that are playing a central role in assisting the people of the Sudan to resolve their problems.”
2010-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6338 (2010) · source
“However, objective reality dictates that the matters we have mentioned - the resolution of the conflict in Darfur, the CPA and North-South relations, the democratization of Sudan and the normalization of relations in the neighbourhood - should be addressed simultaneously and as a matter of urgency. The Implementation Panel will do its best to respond to this challenge. Once more, we thank the Security Council for giving us the opportunity to make a brief presentation on the issues we have mentioned and hope that the Council will favour us and our continent with its support, resulting in the further strengthening of the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“The AU Panel was privileged to have regular interactions with both UNAMID and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan, as well as with the special envoys of countries members of the Security Council and the European Union. The Implementation Panel will strive to sustain this interaction, as we believe that concerted international action is required effectively to respond to the urgent challenges that Sudan faces. 09-66048 The Panel is conscious of the reality of the extensive nature of its mandate and therefore the work it must carry out. It is similarly alert to the fact that it has to act within a very short time frame, given the fact of the impending general elections and the South Sudan referendum.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“As UNAMID approaches the second anniversary of its establishment, at the end of this month, we would like to pay tribute to the extraordinary dedication and courage of the men and women who are serving in Darfur under challenging conditions, as well as to commend the Mission. It is obvious that in addition to the work it has done already, UNAMID will be required to take on additional tasks once the Darfur global political agreement is concluded. We therefore hope that the necessary steps will be taken to ensure that it has the necessary capacity to carry out all its tasks. In this context, we would like to congratulate Mr. Ibrahim Gambari on his assumption of the high position of Joint Special Representative in Darfur; we look forward to working with him as closely as possible.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“The African Union Panel has engaged both Governments on this matter, and the Implementation Panel will follow up on this and will resume its interaction with the other neighbouring countries. As we carry out this work, we will be very mindful of the critical importance of Sudan to its neighbours and the rest of our continent - again, as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission has said. It is self-evident that Sudan, which shares borders with nine other countries in a volatile part of Africa, should serve as a force for peace, stability and development both in the region and in Africa as a whole. Earlier, we mentioned the groundbreaking partnership between the AU and the United Nations, which resulted in the establishment of UNAMID.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We should perhaps have mentioned earlier the continuing challenge to the implementation of all the outstanding agreements contained in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. By agreement with the National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the Panel will interact with these two parties to the CPA to help accelerate the process towards the completion of the agenda detailed in the Agreement. As indicated in the AU Panel's report, we consider the normalization of relations between Sudan and its neighbours to be of vital importance with regard to the achievement of the goal of a peaceful and stable Sudan. Accordingly, we have been greatly encouraged by the steps taken by the Governments of Chad and Sudan to reduce and end the tensions between the two countries.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“Once again, our Implementation Panel will work with these parties to contribute what it can to the consideration of these post-referendum issues, in part to help ensure that Sudan sustains the peace that was brought about by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement - once more, regardless of the outcome of the referendum. We share the belief that the people of Sudan, in both the North and the South, are very keen to live in conditions of peace, even if South Sudan elects to be an independent State. The Implementation Panel will therefore do everything it can to focus on the issue of peace, among other ways by considering the situation along the North-South border and making the necessary and relevant recommendations to the Sudanese parties.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“It is commonly agreed that this is vitally important in the context of both the fundamental restructuring of Sudan, to which we have referred, and the need to ensure that the 2011 referendum is handled by a democratically elected Government. Again, it is a matter of common agreement that the will of the people of South Sudan should be respected, whatever the outcome of the referendum. In this context, the Sudanese parties have recognized the fact that they must engage one another on the vital matter of the consequences of the referendum, regardless of its outcome. Accordingly, and, again, as the Security Council knows, the South Sudan referendum law requires that the parties engage in discussions to consider all the relevant post-referendum issues.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We make this point to emphasize that the implementation of a just Darfur peace agreement necessarily implies the transformation of Sudan in the manner we have indicated, including the democratization of the country. Because of the central importance of this process of democratization to the resolution of the Sudan crisis, as indicated in the mandate of our High-level Implementation Panel, we will act to encourage the Sudanese parties to create a climate conducive to free and fair elections and to conduct the 2010 general elections in such a manner that all the people of Sudan can freely elect legislatures and Governments of their choice.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“Because of this, the Sudanese people need all the support they can get to help them achieve this objective. We therefore hope that the United Nations will also do what it can in this regard. As the Security Council is aware, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement gives the opportunity for the people of South Sudan to opt for independence, which might suggest that once the South has seceded, if this is the outcome of the 2011 referendum, the historical power relations in North Sudan could remain unchanged. In our interactions with the population in Darfur, there was no serious suggestion that this region of Sudan sought to follow South Sudan with regard to the issue of self-determination.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“It is therefore self-evident that the resolution of the conflict in Darfur, like those in South and Eastern Sudan, cannot but necessitate the restructuring of Sudan as a whole in order to address the historical legacy, the consequence of which has been the various conflicts that have afflicted Sudan for many decades. Accordingly, the Implementation Panel will work closely with the people of Sudan as they strive to give effect to a stated common resolve to build what has been described as the new Sudan. As with any process that seeks to achieve the fundamental restructuring of any society, the creation of that new Sudan, explained in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement as making unity attractive, is and has been difficult and challenging.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“It arose, again as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission has said, essentially from the concentration of power and wealth in an elite centred in Khartoum, resulting in the marginalization, impoverishment and underdevelopment of the so-called periphery, including Darfur. Furthermore, this unequal distribution of power and wealth made it imperative that the centre should, to the extent possible, deny the rest of the country the democratic right to elect a Government of their choice, among other rights. The Darfurians themselves insisted that this historical legacy was the root cause of the violent conflict in Darfur. From this, it follows that the solution of the conflict in Darfur should be located within the context of addressing that legacy.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“In this context, we must mention the fact that Sudan is not the first African country to be faced with the challenge of finding the necessary balance in addressing the interrelated issues of peace, justice and reconciliation. Therefore, if necessary, beyond considering the decisions taken by the AU Peace and Security Council in this regard, the negotiators of the Darfur agreement could draw on this wider African experience. Indeed, I must say, the Darfurians kept referring to that. Members of the Security Council will also have taken note of the fact that the AU Panel underlined that the conflict in Darfur, as was the case with the conflicts in South and Eastern Sudan, is a manifestation of a general Sudan crisis. We explained that this Sudan crisis was of long standing, encompassing both the colonial and post-colonial periods.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We are thus convinced that the positive outcome we all seek with regard to Darfur will have to take the form of an integrated package that achieves the necessary balance among the various objectives of peace, justice and reconciliation. We are convinced that any attempt to emphasize the importance of any of these three objectives at the expense of the others would not bring about the just and stable peace we all desire for the people of Darfur and which the Darfurians themselves seek. This is one of the considerations that informed the manner in which we composed our recommendations, and we believe that these will help the Sudanese negotiators to arrive at the necessarily integrated package to which we have referred.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“Here, I should also confirm that, like the AU Panel during its short lifespan, the African Union High- level Implementation Panel is ready to assist the Joint Chief Mediator to achieve this outcome. This means that, among other things, the Panel will engage the various parties in Darfur and the Sudan to encourage them to respond positively and expeditiously to such initiatives as would be taken by the Joint Chief Mediator. Yet another matter I would like to underline is the important reality, mentioned by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, that the three objectives of peace, justice and reconciliation are interconnected and interdependent.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We attached a great deal of importance to this because we were concerned that, should the people of Darfur feel excluded in any way from both the elections and the consideration of matters relating to the referendum, this would serve to underline their marginalization and disempowerment, which were a central cause of the armed uprising that started in 2003. In this context, we would like to reiterate our view that, first, a broad consensus exists in Darfur and Sudan on the various elements that would constitute what we described as a global political agreement on Darfur; secondly, the people of Darfur insist that a negotiated peace should be concluded as quickly as possible; and thirdly, it is both possible and necessary that this objective be achieved without much delay.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We must also mention the fact that after interactions with other Sudanese stakeholders since the report of the AU Panel was published and endorsed by the Peace and Security Council, we can say firmly that the major Sudanese constituencies broadly support the report and its recommendations. Members of the Security Council will also be aware that, in our report, we insisted on everything being done to enable the people of Darfur to participate in both the 2010 general elections and any national dialogue that might take place around the critical issue of the 2011 South Sudan referendum. For this reason, we thought it was important that the Darfur negotiations be concluded before the impending general elections.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“We believe that this is of major practical importance, because it underlines the objective reality that a broad consensus exists in Darfur and in Sudan as a whole which should facilitate the critically important negotiations to end the conflict in Darfur. Just over a week ago, we Visited Sudan, and the AU High-Level Implementation Panel had occasion to meet with, among others, a broad spectrum of the leadership of Darfur civil society. Those leaders emphasized exactly this point: that, to use their words, the situation in Darfur was ripe effectively to accelerate the peace process.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“With regard to that modus operandi, the AU Panel decided to engage the Sudanese stakeholders, and especially the Darfurians, in an extensive process of consultations, essentially to understand what they themselves thought might be done to accelerate the process towards peace, justice and reconciliation in Darfur. Further, to conclude this process of consultations, we also presented our draft recommendations to the same Darfur and Sudan constituencies to solicit their opinions on the recommendations. Arising out of all this, we are happy to inform the Security Council that, in our View, the AU Panel report and recommendations broadly reflect the Views of the major stakeholders in Sudan and Darfur about what needs to be done speedily to achieve the objectives that I have stated.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“Of course, if the Council should require us to comment on any detail in the report, we will do so. Drawing on its collective experience, the AU Panel understood that a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Darfur could only be achieved through a negotiated agreement amongst the Sudanese themselves. In other words, we proceeded from the position that it was neither possible nor desirable to impose a Darfur solution on the Sudanese people. We mention this important point at this stage because it helped to inform both the modus operandi of the AU Panel and the report it ultimately submitted to the AU Peace and Security Council.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“I mention this because much of what we will say will relate to the work of the Implementation Panel, whose mandate, again as mentioned by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, is "to assist in the implementation of all aspects of the AU Panel on Darfur recommendations, as well as to assist the Sudanese parties in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and other related processes, as part of the democratic transformation of Sudan". We are certain that the members of the Security Council are familiar both with the AU High-level Panel report and its recommendations and with the decisions of the AU Peace and Security Council in that regard. We will therefore not discuss the report in detail, but will rather offer what we consider to be a few salient observations.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“Ping has indicated, the essence of the mandate of the AU High-level Panel on Darfur was to advise the African Union on what could be done to accelerate the advance towards peace, justice and reconciliation in Darfur. The Security Council is of course aware that at its meeting of 29 October, the AU Peace and Security Council reconstituted the AU High- Level Panel on Darfur as the African Union High-level Implementation Panel for Sudan.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“First of all, we would like to join the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Mr. Jean Ping, in thanking you, Mr. President, and the Security Council, for giving us the opportunity to be here today to reflect on various matters relating to Sudan, starting with the report of the African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur (S/2009/599, annex I). Similarly, we join the Chairperson of the AU Commission in stressing the significance of the partnership between the AU and the United Nations, which was pioneered in Darfur in the form of both the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)and the Joint Chief Mediator. As Mr.”
2009-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6251 (2009) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.40 p.m.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I now invite His Excellency Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I now invite His Excellency Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Special Envoy and Adviser to the President of the Republic of the Sudan, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I now invite Her Excellency Mrs. Rama Yade, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights of France, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I now invite His Excellency Mr. Djibrill Yipene Bassole, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I am quite certain that all of us understand why he had to delay his joining us here this morning in the Council. Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary-General. I now invite The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“I thank Mr. Pascoe for his briefing. In accordance with the understanding reached among Council members, I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now invite His Excellency Mr. Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania and current Chairperson of the African Union, to take the floor.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Our peacemaking efforts on the African continent have shown us that the resolution of conflicts requires an approach that places the views and efforts of the affected country and its people at the centre of the search for a peaceful solution, thus obliging the international community to intervene as a partner in support of the national effort. I sincerely hope that our deliberations will assist us to achieve the objectives of this debate. I shall now resume my duties as President of the Council. I now give the floor to Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who will introduce the two reports before the Council.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Matters of conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping are inextricably linked to the achievement of sustainable social and economic development. Over the past decade, there has been discernible progress with respect to peace, security, democracy and development in Africa. To consolidate these achievements, it is critical that we make an additional effort, effectively and urgently, to address the conflict or post-conflict situations already on the shared agenda of the United Nations and the African Union.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“In fact, the presence in this Chamber of the ambassadors of the African Union Peace and Security Council, who will have a joint meeting with their United Nations counterparts, is a significant step towards strengthening the relationship between the African Union and the United Nations. At the same time, we need a comprehensive review of the experience of both the United Nations and the host countries with respect to United Nations peacekeeping missions. Clearly, this is necessary if we are to improve the effectiveness of these missions. The surge in peacekeeping operations over the years and the increasing role of regional organizations in both conflict resolution and managing post-conflict situations has necessitated such a dialogue. The challenges of Africa are multidimensional and cannot be addressed in isolation, one from the other.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“We therefore welcome the proposal of the Secretary-General to establish an African Union/United Nations panel of distinguished persons to consider in depth the modalities of financing and supporting in other ways the peacekeeping operations undertaken by regional organizations. After all, when the African Union addresses peace and security matters, it does so on behalf of the wider international community. Therefore, today's debate should give a clear indication as to the kind of mechanisms and processes that should be put in place to achieve this objective. 08-30672 Similar attention has to be paid to establishing an effective partnership between the United Nations, especially the Security Council, and the African Union Peace and Security Council.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“The operationalization of the African Union Peace and Security Council and the continental early warning systems, post-conflict reconstruction and development, the Panel of the Wise and the African Standby Force are clear indications of this commitment and the basic architecture for addressing peace and security issues on the continent. However, the availability of the necessary and predictable resources remains the most important constraint that limits Africa's capacity to give effect to these commitments and help resolve its own conflicts. The issue of the funding of regional peacekeeping operations is central to defining and streamlining the relationship between the United Nations and African Union.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“We especially focused on the African Union, given that most of the United Nations peacekeeping operations are in Africa. We have therefore convened this debate of the Security Council to discuss this matter once more and to give a further opportunity, especially to African countries, to share their experiences in regard to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Your high-level attendance of this meeting confirms our shared view of the timeliness of this engagement. We do hope that at the end of this debate we will be able to adopt concrete measures to strengthen the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular, the African Union. The African Union has shown its commitment to resolving African conflicts.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the following documents: a letter dated 8 April 2008 from South Africa transmitting a concept paper for this meeting (5/2008/229); a report of the Secretary-General on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security (8/2008/ 186), and the report of the Secretary-General on conflict prevention, particularly in Africa (8/2008/18). I shall now make some opening remarks and a statement in my national capacity. When we assumed the presidency of the Security Council last year, we initiated discussions on the need to examine the best possible ways of strengthening the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“The Security Council has agreed in prior consultations to extend invitations, under rule 37 of its provisional rules of procedure, to the representatives of Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, C6te d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, and, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union and the Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source
“Here is this architecture by which the Africans are saying: We want to address these problems ourselves, of course within the context of the international responsibilities of the Security Council with regard to peace and stability. But we do want to; hence, the reference to regional organizations correctly raised by the French representative. What is it that can be done to ensure that we increase this capacity in all of those areas? I think if we did that, the result that we would see would indeed be a much more peaceful and a much more stable African continent.”
2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source