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  1. “I thank the representative of Australia for his kind words to the presidency. There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 pm. The meeting was suspended at 1.10 pm.”

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  2. “I thank Mr. Wolfensohn for his common sense and his very good statement. On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Michael Ambiihl, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and I give him the floor.”

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  3. “Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, who is unable to be in New York this morning, will be joining us via videolink, and we will now establish this link. I request the technician to connect Mr. Wolfensohn with the Security Council now. This is a novel way of doing things. He is here on the screen now. Welcome, Mr. Wolfensohn. I give you the floor.”

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  4. “I thank the Deputy Secretary- General for her statement. 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 text in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to the representative of New Zealand. On behalf of the Security Council I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency, Mr. Phil Goff, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand.”

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  5. “To sum up, we need to develop peacebuilding strategies that, first, aim for local ownership and regional engagement; secondly, are coordinated between all actors in the field and at the Headquarters level and that make efficient use of the available resources within and outside the United Nations; and, thirdly, ensure sufficient financial means and long-term donor commitment. I hope that our debate may serve to further strengthen the substantive case for establishing a Peacebuilding Commission at the September summit. I now resume my responsibility as President of the Council. I give the floor to the Deputy Secretary-General.”

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  6. “The mandate of the recently approved United Nations operation in the Sudan serves as a perfect example of a well-integrated mission, where peacebuilding activities such as security sector reform, DDR, the rule of law and governance are given equal weight with military aspects such as ceasefire monitoring and separation of forces. It is, however, of key importance that the international community be ready to provide the funding pledged at the donor conference on 11 April in Oslo to initiate the implementation of these activities, particularly in southern Sudan. Otherwise the North-South Agreement may start to unravel.”

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  7. “Failure to reintegrate demobilized and disarmed combatants and to provide them with an alternative livelihood is one of the most frequent causes of resumed conflict. Training, job creation and other measures aimed at general growth in post-conflict situations must be subject to much closer cooperation with the international financial institutions and the United Nations funds and programmes. We further believe that at least the initial costs of planning repatriation and reintegration should also be funded through assessed contributions.”

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  8. “It is hugely important to ensure systematic contributions from United Nations development and humanitarian agencies in the United Nations integrated mission planning process for post- conflict situations under the auspices of the Department for Peacekeeping Operations. We must make better use of the knowledge and experience already accumulated by the United Nations country teams. To this end, a system of recording and disseminating best practices should be devised. The objective of coordination at Headquarters level and in the field is to ensure the best possible outcome through efficient use of available donor resources with no duplication of effort. That leads me to my final point, on funding. All efforts at keeping and building the peace will come to naught if we are not ready to provide the operations with a sound financial basis.”

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  9. “We hope to see substantial contributions to the extended pledging conference for the AU Mission in the Sudan in Addis Ababa today. Most post-conflict situations have what one might call a rule-of-law vacuum. The United Nations must be able to more effectively help fill this vacuum. A key prerequisite in this regard is building national judicial institutions, strengthening governance and ensuring transitional justice for crimes committed during conflicts. These efforts require both increased technical capacity and political will for reform in post-conflict societies. I commend the Secretary-General's leadership in that field, and would welcome thoughts on creating a focal point for the rule of law. Secondly, on the institutional set-up, all relevant actors must be brought in.”

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  10. “Otherwise, there is a risk that the new DDR process in Cote d'Ivoire, which involves large cash handouts, will draw opportunistic ex- combatants from neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Regional organizations in different parts of the world are taking on greater and greater responsibilities in the area of peacebuilding. This development should be welcomed and encouraged. We have seen the European Union taking responsibility. Now the African Union is taking on a greater role, particularly in the Sudan. It is important to involve the regional organizations and support them in taking a leadership role. That is exactly what we have been doing, both bilaterally and through the European Union vis-a-vis the African Union (AU).”

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  11. “The regional perspective is often underestimated in the attempt to address a particular conflict. The solution is comprehensive strategies that address the specifics of the conflict and, when appropriate, deal with the regional dimensions. Such strategies must also include cross-cutting issues, such as small arms; demobilization, disarmament and the reintegration of former combatants (DDR); the protection of women and children; and the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons. In West Africa, where soldiers of fortune, mercenaries, and sanctions-busters are taking their deadly business from one theatre of conflict to the next, we should focus more on tackling the cross- border issues by, inter alia, aiming for a comprehensive subregional strategy on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration.”

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  12. “If the international community is not able to act swiftly, the fragile peace is at risk, leading to a loss of more lives. Although the United Nations has made progress lately in strengthening its coherence in post-conflict situations, significant challenges remain in the policy, institutional and financial fields. First, on policy, we need to ensure local ownership of the process of devising and implementing post-conflict peacebuilding strategies so as to make them sustainable. Truly participatory dialogues between the United Nations and local stakeholders need to be developed to reflect the fact that the country in question and its people carry the main responsibility for their own future. This would also impose a responsibility on local authorities to cooperate with and facilitate access for the international community.”

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  13. “The primary responsibility of the Security Council is the maintenance of international peace and security. The nexus between security and development and the importance of addressing both when building lasting peace are facts that we constantly need to keep in mind. Denmark has issued a discussion paper for today's debate, which sets out some of the main challenges we see on the road ahead. I would like to elaborate on a few of them. The aim of peacebuilding is, first and foremost, to ensure the transition from conflict to peace, development and reconstruction, and to prevent the recurrence of conflict. Efforts in the immediate post- conflict phase have often been too slow. We have already seen that insufficient international efforts in the post-crisis phase can result in a relapse into conflict. This is particularly true in Africa.”

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  14. “I would like to open the debate by making a statement in my national capacity as the representative of Denmark. This open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding offers an opportunity to discuss one of the key challenges that confront us. Peacebuilding is a multidisciplinary task involving many States and institutional actors, as well as many instruments. The diversity of stakeholders is reflected in the speakers invited today and in the wide interest aroused by the debate. Under the auspices of the President of the General Assembly, discussions are currently taking place on the reform of the United Nations, including the proposal by the Secretary-General to establish a Peacebuilding Commission. Denmark sincerely hopes that those discussions will have a positive outcome.”

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  15. “At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, who will participate in this meeting via videolink. It was so decided. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2005/316, which contains a letter dated 16 May 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General.”

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  16. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Australia, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided.”

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