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Moustapha

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2018-07-10
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2019-02-04
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  1. “In conclusion, Chad reiterates its commitment to continuing to work to strengthen cooperation with neighbouring States, the countries of the subregion and the international community as a whole, with a View to combating mercenarism and other threats to peace and security in the region and the rest of the world.”

    2019-02-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8456 (2019) · source

  2. “Despite making immense efforts to consolidate peace and security for its people and contribute to peace and security in the subregion, my country, Chad, remains threatened by this scourge, as demonstrated by the criminal acts directed against our territory and citizens. We therefore call on the international community to give special attention to fragile regions and countries, particularly in the Sahel and Central Africa. Chad also remains convinced that resolving the crisis in Libya and the return of State authority throughout the territory of that sisterly country will contribute to reducing the threat throughout the Sahel.”

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  3. “In addition, Chad, the Sudan, the Niger and Libya signed a memorandum of understanding in N'Djamena on 31 May 2018, aimed at strengthening cooperation on security and border surveillance among the four countries in response to the security challenges arising from the situation in southern Libya, which is characterized by the proliferation of terrorist groups, traffickers of all kinds and armed groups engaged in mercenarism. That constitutes a serious threat of destabilization for neighbouring countries as well as for international peace and security more broadly. Chad has repeatedly emphasized that the volatile situation in southern Libya offers conditions that allow for the establishment of armed groups, including mercenaries being paid for their services in various conflicts.”

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  4. “For example, the forty-seventh meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, held in N'Djamena from 3 and 7 December 2018, allowed for a review of the political and security issues in the Central African subregion. The issue of mercenarism was included on the agenda. Among its conclusions, while stressing the complexity of the mercenary situation, the meeting called on "the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States and the United Nations to increase their cooperation with a view to strengthening their commitments to combating mercenarism, including through the implementation of existing legal instruments".”

    2019-02-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8456 (2019) · source

  5. “At the bilateral level, Chad regularly organizes, together with neighbouring and friendly countries, joint general or sectoral commissions that provide an appropriate forum for discussing issues of common interest and concern, including those related to security, with a view to providing the required solutions. Together with the Sudan, Chad has set up a joint border force that has achieved exemplary results in the border security field. In the Lake Chad basin, the Multinational Joint Task Force, while effectively reducing the operations of the Boko Haram sect, is also involved in the systematic dismantling of its networks for arms and ammunition supply and people recruitment. Furthermore, subregional organizations serve as a platform for discussion and information exchange on the issue of security.”

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  6. “There is therefore an urgent need to implement the existing legal instruments and tailor them to the evolving threat. In that spirit, Chad has developed a legal arsenal to prevent and punish all mercenary acts. Our new criminal code, adopted in 2017, criminalizes and cracks down on that phenomenon. It provides for a prison sentence of 20 to 30 years for any person who engages in such criminal activity. Legal persons can also be declared fully responsible for mercenary acts, and therefore heavily punished. The ratification of the Organization of African Unity Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa is also part of that process. The Government of Chad has always strived to combat insecurity in all its forms, in collaboration with its bilateral, subregional, regional and international partners.”

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  7. “Nevertheless, the evolution of international security paradigms - with the emergence of non-State actors, including terrorist groups and traffickers of all kinds - and the increasing and harmful impact of their actions on the international scene makes the fight against insecurity factors, such as the use of mercenaries, more complex. Similarly, the weakening or even collapse of States in certain parts of the world and the prospect of non-State groups controlling entire portions of national territory have significantly increased the threat, given the access of those groups to huge financial and natural resources and, above all, their control of large quantities of weapons and ammunition, which they undertake to circulate. That prospect is of concern to the international community and requires it to be much more vigilant.”

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  8. “As well, I commend the relevant and very illustrative interventions made by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, C6te d'Ivoire and Gabon. Mercenarism has always been a factor of insecurity and destabilization throughout the ages. As the preamble to the Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa aptly points out, this phenomenon poses a serious threat to the independence, sovereignty, security, territorial integrity and harmonious development of States. It is therefore right that the international community tackle it energetically by putting in place appropriate legal instruments.”

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  9. “Mr. Moustapha (Chad) (spoke in French): At the outset, I wish to convey to you, Mr. President, the sincere apologies of your brother and friend Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, who would have liked to participate in this debate had the constraints of his schedule permitted. He has asked that you, Sir, accept his expression of gratitude for having convened this important debate on the impact of mercenarism in Central Africa - a topic that is highly relevant to the growing security challenges that surround the subregion and many others. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, whose presence at this high-level debate is evidence of his commitment to peace and security in Africa.”

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  10. “Honouring the pledges made by all our partners at that meeting - and we would like to thank them here - is essential for Chad and for the empowerment of women and girls."”

    2018-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8306 (2018) · source

  11. “On its path towards social and economic development - a guarantor for peace, stability and security - is drawing the lessons of its past experience to henceforth measure the efforts of its development partners against concrete results that can be measured in terms of improvement in people's living conditions. "In conclusion, I hope that the Deputy Secretary-General's vision - in which, again, you participated, Madam President - will open a new chapter in our partnership so that Chad can be supported in its efforts aimed at promoting sustainable development by improving the status of women in line with our national development plan, which was the subject ofa round table organized last September in Paris.”

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  12. “"We therefore launch an appeal to all our development partners, including the United Nations, for a shift in approach to partnership to transition from conventional humanitarian assistance to pooled efforts focused on sustainable development and resilience. In that regard, we commend the envisaged recalibration of the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy for the Sahel through the Sahel support plan. We underscore the need for robust involvement in the review process by the countries concerned, including taking their priorities into account. Following decades of humanitarian and development assistance, we regret that the impact of the results on the target populations fall woefully short of expectations.”

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  13. “The joint efforts to that end by national authorities and United Nations agencies play an important part. However, the road ahead is long and strewn with obstacles. The economic difficulties faced by Chad constrain the Government's ability to act, which has already been significantly limited by our military commitments in combating terrorism in the Lake Chad basin and Sahel. Given the mounting terrorist threat, Chad unfortunately finds itself forced to allocate its scarce resources to the security of the country and the subregion, to the detriment of economic and social development - for there can be no peace or stability, and much less development, without security.”

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  14. “"Moreover, by way of a law adopted on 22 May, the Government of Chad has established phased parity between men and women when it comes to both elected and appointed office, with the immediate implementation of a 30 per cent quota for women. Likewise, a law adopted in 2015 prohibits girls being married before the age of 18, while a prison sentence of five to 10 years has been added to the criminal code for any individual who in any way forces a minor into marriage. Religious and civil society leaders made their contributions on that issue and were made aware of the importance of their participation in the fight against early marriage. "The gender issue is a key facet and a priority for our Government in crafting and implementing development policies.”

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  15. “The momentum generated by that Government reform dovetails with the goals set out by resolution 1325 (2000) and provides a sound foundation for the drafting under way of a plan of action for the resolution's full implementation. We look forward with anticipation to the contribution of UN-Women in that regard. "Along the same lines, in addition to the specific measures undertaken with regard to women, which include providing microcredit to promote revenue-generating activity, thereby improving women's living standards, the Government is especially focusing on girls' education and adult literacy, without which an awareness of those reforms as well as their impact will be limited.”

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  16. “Those refugees and displaced persons share with their hosts the scarce resources on which they depend upon for their daily survival. At the same time, that situation puts pressure on the economic and environmental conditions in the region. "Given that very complex and fragile context, courageous, determined and resilient women are daily heroically facing every obstacle to ensure the survival of their families. Given the role and the status of women in the process of development and crisis management, the Government of Chad has undertaken major reforms to address the situation of women so as to eliminate all the existing inequalities, discrimination and gender-based violence by 2030.”

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  17. “The field visit to the region, where refugees and internally displaced persons are concentrated, mostly women and children, allowed the mission to see at first hand the tragic consequences of the combined effects of terrorist attacks and climate change on vulnerable victims of those two phenomena. "The situation in the region reflects the precariousness of people's living conditions, especially women, exposed to the adverse consequences of climate change on development and to the effects of the conflict afflicting the neighbourhood. The crises and conflicts in Chad's vicinity have also given rise to a wave of refugees and internally displaced persons, most of whom are women and children, whose numbers are estimated to exceed 700,000 people on Chad's territory.”

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  18. “Bineta Diop, African Union Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, and commend her commitment to helping Chad to implement its action plan arising from resolution 1325 (2000). "Chad was one of the destinations of a joint United Nations-African Union-Sweden mission during the Swedish presidency of the Security Council, which was led by Deputy Secretary- General Amina Mohammed. I should like to thank Ms. Mohammed, and through her the entire delegation and the United Nations, for having visited my country, including the city of B01, the place in the Lake Chad region most afflicted by the barbaric terrorist attacks of Boko Haram.”

    2018-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8306 (2018) · source

  19. “Mr. Moustapha (Chad) (spoke in French): His Excellency Ambassador CherifMahamat Zene, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chad should have liked to take part personally in this important high- level meeting but could not make the trip for reasons of timing. He has instructed me to deliver, on behalf of Chad, the following statement to the Council: "I would first like to congratulate Sweden on its accession to the presidency of the Council for the month of July, and to thank it for organizing this important open debate on a very important topic. I warmly note the moving testimony offered by Ms. Wallstrom on the situation of women in the Lake Chad region. "I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her briefing and for the riveting scenario she painted of the current challenges facing Chad. I further offer our thanks to Ms.”

    2018-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8306 (2018) · source