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  1. “SADC also wishes to stress the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing regional organizations when they undertake peacekeeping under a United Nations mandate. We call on the United Nations and regional organizations to continue investing in conflict- prevention, including through mediation, which is less costly than peacekeeping. Efforts already undertaken to assist the African Union, including in the context of its Ten-Year Capacity Building Programme, and subregional blocs in building subregional blocs to build capacity to deal with security challenges are appreciated and encouraged.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  2. “SADC also welcomes the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, signed on 24 February 2013 and supported by resolution 2098 (2013), whose goal is not only to address the instability in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also to create enabling conditions for political dialogue and peacebuilding. Had the Council ignored our calls, the situation might have deteriorated further, with dire consequences for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. In conclusion, we wish to underscore the significance of close consultations and cooperation. This alliance should also manifest itself in improving mutual understanding of each other's structure and organization, and in improving channels of communications.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  3. “This approach will reduce enduring uncertainties and occasional tensions between the United Nations mandate responsible for international peace and security and regional organizations, such as the African Union, which plays a supporting role. Acting in accordance with the African Union Protocol on Peace and Security, SADC has established a standby brigade whose mandate includes, among other things, undertaking interventions for peace and security restoration in a conflict situation, at the request of a member State. We are grateful that the Council has shown willingness to work with the bloc to address the instability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo through the Force Intervention Brigade.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  4. “The Council should be flexible in meeting this challenge and correct past failures. The Council should intervene when serious crimes, such as atrocities against civilians, are being committed. The Council should also be ready to reach out to partners willing and able to take responsibility to restore and maintain peace in conflict-affected countries. Peacekeepers need a greater readiness to cooperate with other actors that may be introduced in the field. This collaboration is particularly necessary with the increase of interfaces and synergies between United Nations peacekeeping and regional organizations. This would not only deepen the partnership but also enhance the possibilities for a successful mission. Therefore, it is critical that the mandate be clear.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  5. “We believe that the future effectiveness of peacekeeping operations depends on the ability to harness national and regional capacities in affected countries to strengthen coordination and build mutual understanding of operational imperatives for regional commitments. Therefore, it is desirable and necessary that respective regions have a greater voice in the formulation of peacekeeping mandates impacting their regions because, as recognized by this body in its previous resolutions, regional organizations are well placed to understand the root causes of armed conflict and well positioned to influence their prevention and resolution. The nature and complexity of contemporary conflicts suggest, in certain instances, another approach. In that sense, the structure and scope of peacekeeping must necessarily respond to the reality on the ground.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  6. “It crystallized with the formation of the African Union Standby Force and was further consolidated by the adoption of specific subregional arrangements, such as the SADC Mutual Defence Pact. The Mutual Defence Pact, which was developed in 2003 to operationalize the SADC mechanisms and for mutual cooperation in defence and security matters, has contributed to peacekeeping and the stabilization of the region, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as to the training of defence forces and security in that country. It is in this regard that SADC welcomes this open debate, for we attach great importance to the issue of peacekeeping. We also see the evolving relationship as key to building a more meaningful and sustainable framework for peacekeeping.”

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  7. “They have also provided the framework for a stronger cooperation with Africa that has also advanced the objectives of the African Union Charter in promoting peace, security and stability on the continent. This partnership has not been static. It has evolved, widened and strengthened. It has encompassed mediation, peacemaking and humanitarian support. As a result, one of the contemporary realities is that peacekeeping in Africa is no longer the sole prerogative and responsibilty of the United Nations. This evaluation has taken place in a challenging environment. Its roots go back to 1990 when the Economic Community of West African States first intervened in Liberia.”

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  8. “We also emphasize the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union through the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea- Bissau and the Economic Community of West African States, which led to the recent general elections and the restoration of constitutional order in that country. These missions, together with the African Union Mission in Somalia, attest to the continued partnership and mutual commitment of both the United Nations and the African Union. It is a partnership that will certain characterize the future of peacekeeping in the African continent. The cooperation and operations underpinning the relationship have served to advance the goals of the United Nations, and particularly of the Security Council, in the maintenance of international peace and security.”

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  9. “This partnership was born out of recognition that the United Nations and regional organizations have unique and complementary capacities that can contribute to conflict prevention and resolution. Clear testament to that partnership are the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. In this context, we welcome the peace agreement reached in the Central African Republic on 25 July.”

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  10. “I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 15 States members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SADC wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Observer of the African Union on behalf of the African Group. Today Africa is home to nine ofthe 16 active United Nations peacekeeping operations. Nowhere is the growing importance for United Nations peacekeeping of partnership with regional organizations more visible than on the African continent. Partnership with the United Nations has long been a hallmark of peacekeeping operations in Africa. The foundation of that cooperation lies in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which attests to the role and scope of regional actors in furthering the Organization's ideals.”

    2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source

  11. “In that connection, SADC would like to pay tribute to all of the men and women who have served and those who are serving today in various field missions under extremely difficult situations, sometimes in a hostile environment, for their dedication, courage and selfless sacrifice. In particular, we remember with sadness but gratitude those colleagues and friends who have made the ultimate sacrifice through their efforts to contribute to the maintenance of peace and security.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

  12. “We are proud of our continued active participation in that regard, as a participating regional body, as individual country signatories and as actors in the effort to achieve lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework. We believe that it is a role that will continue to be invaluable, given our new collective membership's experience, in efforts to peacefully resolve conflicts occurring in the region. SADC's collective conviction is therefore that eventual resolution of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will only come about through a political settlement. In closing, let me reiterate that SADC is committed to a continued partnership with the United Nations to enable the realization of sustainable peace and security in our region.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

  13. “In observance of the above considerations, working in tandem and in close cooperation with the Security Council, SADC agreed to deploy the Force Intervention Brigade to the Democratic Republic of Congo under the aegis of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), as authorized by resolution 2098 (2013). The Brigade's robust posture contributed not only to the routing of the Mouvement du 23 mars, an illegal armed group that had reached an intolerable level of impunity by capturing a whole city within MONUSCO's area of responsibility, but also to the restoration of the population's confidence in MONUSCO.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

  14. “In the medium to long terms, such active positive engagement will make would-be criminal elements think twice before targeting peacekeepers and the civilians whom the peacekeepers are deployed to protect and will enhance, rather than diminish, the safety and security of our peacekeepers. Thirdly, to ensure the eventual resolution of conflict dynamics, it is important for troop- and police-contributing nations to bring their political capital to bear on the situation in tandem with their troop and police contingents. By the same token, out of practicality and a meaningful unity of effort, it is necessary that the United Nations strive to harness both the political will and the joint cooperation of the regional bloc to which the country in conflict belongs and those of all neighbouring nations bordering the country in conflict.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

  15. “Secondly, given the extent of impunity for crimes usually perpetrated against an innocent civilian population by a multitude of increasingly criminal and even terrorist-oriented armed groups, SADC believes that it is not only logical but also imperative to keep in mind the operational and strategic consideration that troop- and police-contributing countries deploying troops to missions should be necessarily versatile, capable and sufficiently politically determined in both posture and mindset to deter impunity, including by using force where necessary when it is so mandated.”

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  16. “That is critical in order to avoid the fallacy of overexpectation of what a peacekeeping mission can achieve and the local population's view of the same. It is also a question of ensuring that United Nations missions continue to have the cooperation and support of the population whom they are deployed to assist.”

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  17. “That is why peacekeeping has justifiably become the flagship activity of the United Nations. However, the Council, in cooperation with the entire United Nations membership, needs to put that same role into a clear perspective. In undertaking the task, a number of issues require the serious consideration of the Council and of the entire United Nations membership. For timekeeping reasons, I will mention only three of those issues. First, if peacekeeping operations are to remain truly relevant, the mandates given to peacekeeping missions must be crystal clear with regard to both what they are envisaged to achieve and the resources available to implement them. In that vein, it remains imperative that the allotted resources be commensurate with the mandated tasks.”

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  18. “To that end, it remains the Security Council's responsibility to heed the plight of the innocent victims and to assist the legitimate sovereign authority of the country concerned in restoring peace, while, at the same time, reaching out to and enabling the parties to the conflict to resolve their disagreements through negotiation. In addition, it must be ensured that such efforts take place within the context ofthe need not only for a lasting peace, but also for one that is sufficiently comprehensive to enable the rebuilding of institutions of governance, as well as the necessary resumption of the socioeconomic development process. All the points that I have mentioned are what we, the United Nations membership, have proudly undertaken for more than 60 years of the peacekeeping effort and continue to do so.”

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  19. “The fact that the Security Council is the body mandated by the Charter of the United Nations to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security is an obligation that collectively binds us as a global membership, which we, as SADC, support. At the same time, we should not lose sight of the fact that most current conflicts are intra-State, pitting legitimately elected Governments against armed groups, some of which may have clearly stated political goals, while others have none, with some of their declared leaders not able even to seek or recognize international mediation efforts. However, what often remains abundantly clear are the impunity of violence and the untold deaths, suffering and general socioeconomic deprivation that the majority of the innocent civilian population continue to face under such circumstances.”

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  20. “1 have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) during this open debate of the Security Council on the topic of new trends in United Nations peacekeeping operations. At the outset, let me express my appreciation to the Russian presidency for selecting the topic at hand. Indeed, this debate is not only timely but also of critical importance, especially given the very complex, multidimensional and dynamic nature of peacekeeping operations today. In order to genuinely engage in the debate on new trends facing the conduct of United Nations peacekeeping today, it is imperative that we establish the correct legal standing.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source