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Michael K. Kiboino

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2020-10-29
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2021-02-11
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  1. “We call for the urgent de-escalation of tensions and the relaxation of virus-related restrictions in order to create a conducive environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those most in need, including elderly citizens, women, children and persons living with disabilities. At the same time, we urge all relevant actors to facilitate safe, timely and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need of assistance, in accordance with humanitarian principles, and to allow international actors to fulfil their mandates effectively. In conclusion, we encourage all parties to intensify diplomatic efforts and focus on achieving an inclusive, sustainable and peaceful solution based on cooperation and dialogue, within the Normandy format, which remains the most promising path to long-term peace and stability.”

    2021-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/159 (2021) · source

  2. “The full implementation of commitments under the Minsk agreements, including the package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements, remains critical to achieve a sustainable resolution of the situation. Kenya commends the OSCE’s efforts in Ukraine to carry out its mandate by monitoring the implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements, which were endorsed by the Security Council in resolution 2202 (2015). Kenya notes with concern the humanitarian situation in the conflict-affected areas, as the hardship resulting from the protracted conflict has been compounded by the coronavirus disease pandemic, including related response measures such as the months-long closure of crossing points.”

    2021-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/159 (2021) · source

  3. “Kenya thanks Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Heidi Grau, Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson- in-Office, and Mr. Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, for their briefings. We welcome the encouraging developments, particularly the January meeting of the Normandy format, which held discussions concerning the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the consensus reached at the group leaders’ summit in Paris in December 2019, as well as the release of conflict-related detainees.”

    2021-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/159 (2021) · source

  4. “The Council needs to show its commitment to addressing the impact of climate on security through drawing relevant advice and specific data from key international and regional instruments, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Environment Programme. In the area of climate action, the Government of Kenya has established policies and legal climate-change frameworks, including the National Climate Change Action Plan, to mainstream climate actions into our development planning processes.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  5. “Concerning climate change, peacebuilding and sustaining peace, studies have shown that the majority of regions impacted by climate change also host a substantive number of multilateral peace operation missions, including the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. In the Horn of Africa, pastoralist communities have become increasingly vulnerable to climate variability — a situation that has proved to be both a root cause of and exacerbator to conflict within the context of dwindling pastures and reduced water sources. With rising sea-levels, climate change constitutes an existential threat among small island and developing States, as it touches on the very existence of statehood and territory.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  6. “The Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire and the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2532 (2020) were an important step in recognizing that conditions of violence and instability in conflict situations can exacerbate the pandemic and that inversely the pandemic can exacerbate the adverse humanitarian impact of conflict situations. In Kenya, we saw the value of collectivizing the response to the impact of the pandemic through the pooling of resources and working with multiple levels of stakeholders to address those challenges. Our COVID-19 national task force consists of a team of experts cutting across the fields of health, law, safety and security, not to mention economists and communication experts.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  7. “In Kenya, we continue to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals in various sectors inter alia, the formulation of our national action plan on women and peace and security, and peace operations training curricula. With regard to pandemics, peacebuilding and sustaining peace, global health emergencies, such as the Ebola crisis, have had significant adverse impact on social cohesion, food security and economic development, leading to a reversal of gains made in peacebuilding processes particularly in West Africa and the Sahel.Although the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected big and small economies, there has been a greater impact on the work of local peacebuilders and peacekeeping missions particularly in regions already experiencing fragility and conflict, as well as in refugee and internally displaced persons camps.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  8. “We therefore appreciate the Secretary-General’s ongoing three-track call for reform in greater collaboration across the United Nations peace and security pillar, the development system and management. Indeed, the three founding pillars of the United Nations system — peace and security, human rights and development —recognized that these elements were mutually reinforcing and envisaged an operational strategy, whereby addressing the root causes of conflict would take a comprehensive approach, including the eradication of poverty and building resilient and inclusive governance institutions with tangible results for the people on the ground without leaving anyone out. The year 2020 inaugurates the Decade of Action to accelerate our delivery on the Sustainable Development Goals.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  9. “They underscored the need for strengthened coherence and collaboration among the Security Council, Governments, subregional and regional organizations, local peacebuilders, civil society and academia in order to ensure the sustainability of peace, security, development, human rights, the rule of law and justice. In keeping with the spirit of African-owned and -led peacebuilding efforts, my delegation particularly welcomes the Council’s engagement with the African Union Development Agency, which continues to identify development and peacebuilding priorities and coordinate regional projects under Agenda 2063. With regard to development, peacebuilding and sustaining peace, underdevelopment and insecurity are intricately linked, particularly in developing countries.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  10. “The Charter of the United Nations envisions a preventive diplomatic strategy that would require the Security Council to work in coherence with the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, under Chapter IV, Article 11 and Chapter X, Article 65, respectively, to enable “the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations”. Consequently, for the Council to effectively fulfil its mandate, it is necessary to consider the relevant economic, political and social dimensions of conflict. The various briefings given earlier have further reminded us that building and keeping peace is a shared responsibility.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  11. “I commend the Security Council presidency for the month of November for convening this open debate. Noting that the contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity are increasingly of a political, socioeconomic, health and environmental nature, we are confident that this debate will serve as a platform to exchange views on the security implications of contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity, as well as the role of the Security Council in fostering an integrated and coherent whole-of-system response approach.”

    2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source

  12. “Fourthly, we have increased the number of women engaged in peacekeeping missions to 19 per cent. Regional frameworks and mechanisms are also vital in reinforcing national peacebuilding policies and projects. For our region, these include the African Union (AU), the Network of African Women Mediators and the AU Continental Results Framework for Monitoring and Reporting on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa (CFR). We validated the CFR in March 2018, as we see the importance of measuring value in implementation not only in quantitative terms, but in qualitative terms as well. As an incoming elected member of the Security Council, Kenya, in partnership with like-minded States, will advance the women and peace and security agenda with the aim of generating appropriate operational global action on the subject.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  13. “First, we have developed a national action plan to catalyse the mainstreaming of resolution 1325 (2000) into development, conflict-prevention and -resolution, peace and security and reconciliation strategies. We are in the second phase of the implementation of the national action plan, as we also roll out the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals.S/2020/1084 Secondly, we have operationalized gender-based training for women peacebuilders at the grass-roots level and incorporated them into Government- supported peace and reconciliation committees. Thirdly, we have developed gender policies and strategies that advance the career progression of women to leadership and decision-making roles in such peace- and-security organs as the Kenya Defence Forces.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  14. “Therefore, entrenched sociocultural stereotypes that constrain women’s full and equal participation need to be addressed. Fifthly, issues relating to climate change and sustainable development should be included in peacebuilding strategies, as these crises aggravate marginalization, dislocate and weaken communities and exacerbate gender inequality, thereby becoming threat multipliers and bottlenecks to the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). Sixthly, gender-sensitive initiatives and perspectives need to be woven into the design of peacebuilding and peacekeeping processes so as to meet women’s specific needs and aspirations in the peace-conflict cycle. In terms of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), the Government of Kenya has achieved the following.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  15. “First, inclusiveness needs to be sustained through purposeful national policies and strategies that prioritize women’s rights and enhance women’s contribution to peace. Secondly, resolution 1325 (2000) needs to be localized and community-based, in order to address specific implementation contexts. Thirdly, an intergenerational approach that links the women and peace and security agenda, on the one hand, and the youth and peace and security agenda, on the other hand, is critical. These agendas must be aligned for a comprehensive and holistic response that leaves no one behind. Fourthly, the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) is a whole-of-society endeavour that requires concerted and consistent action from both the Government and its citizens.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  16. “The various briefings, discussions and outcomes this morning have further reminded us that there is a need for strengthened coherence and collaboration among Governments, civil society and the international community, in order to ensure that the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on the ground fosters gender equality, the protection of women and girls and accountability when it comes to sexual and gender-based violence in both conflict and non-conflict situations. Although strides have been made in the quest to ensure women’s participation and leadership before, more needs to be done during and after conflict to realize the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and the following relevant points.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  17. “At a time when the world is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, the focus on better implementation, full and equal participation and the political and economic empowerment of women is of paramount importance. Kenya acknowledges the tenacity of women peacebuilders, especially in the face of the coronavirus disease pandemic as front- line health responders, mediators and peacekeepers. particularly among internally displaced persons and in refugee camps.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source