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1. “The African Union thus re-iterates its readiness to continue to participate in policy debates such as that today in the Council, and to implement in the field related opportunities arising within the continent and in partnership of the United Nations and international partners.”

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2. “In conclusion, we wish to note that, in its observance of 2010 as the Year of Peace and Security in Africa, the African Union launched various peace and security initiatives that brought together Government, private sector and civil society actors. This experience confirmed the view that opportunities abound for promoting linkages between security and development on the continent. Therefore, enhanced assistance is essential for regional organizations such as the African Union so that they may fully develop the capacity to leverage such opportunities in order to promote development on the continent.”

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3. “Furthermore, in its efforts to address some of the factors impeding the mobilization of resources for the continent's financial security and development, the African Union is currently conducting preparatory processes towards establishment of pan-African financial institutions, as provided for in article 19 of the Constitutive Act of the Union. These include three key institutions - the African Central Bank; the African Monetary Fund, to be based in Yaounde, Cameroon; the African Investment Bank to be based in Abuja, Nigeria - and a pan-African stock exchange. The African Union is counting on the support of the international community for the successful launch of these institutions in order to harness the nexus between security and development.”

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4. “On its part, the African Union launched the New Partnership for Africa's Development to implement its vision of renaissance and growth, and we seize this opportunity to underscore the importance of stronger support from the United Nations and international community for its implementation. In this context, the African Union also continues to develop partnerships with various bilateral and multilateral actors and with the African diaspora, civil society and expert 47 organizations, through which development and security are increasingly considered in an interlinked and integrated approach.”

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5. “Having said that, we are also aware that the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) process have revealed the extent to which Africa remains vulnerable due to the persistent socio-economic and development challenges it faces - a situation that has been exacerbated by the financial and economic crisis. Current trends indicate that several African countries are unlikely to attain the MDGs by the target date of 2015. The African Union therefore seizes this opportunity to underscore the importance of ensuring that all possible steps are taken to help the African States to meet the MDGs in order eliminate some of the socio-economic and root causes of instability and insecurity in a number of countries on the continent.”

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6. “Related efforts, such as those of the African Ministerial Committee on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development in the Sudan, clearly demonstrate both the feasibility and the benefits of linking security and development in such contexts. In the same vein, we continue to express the appreciation of the African Union to the Peacebuilding Commission for its efforts on the five African countries on its agenda, and in particular for the leadership of Brazil, which has been crucial to the advances we have seen in a number of situations.”

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7. “The African Union Border Programme, which has been mentioned by a number of speakers, is also seeking to address the challenges of secure movement around the continent and to help curb the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, as well as other illicit transborder activities that fuel conflict and undermine development in a number of areas around the continent. As has been underscored by several speakers, the African Union fully shares the view that post-conflict reconstruction and development constitute a key track for promoting integrated security and development objectives in countries emerging from conflict. It is within this context that the African Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Framework was adopted within just three years of the launch of the African Union.”

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8. “However, it has also been well established that predictable and sustainable funding is crucial both for timely and effective conflict prevention and for the long-term consolidation of peace in order to sustain an environment conducive to development. Ongoing processes of security sector reform should also help to enhance professionalization of the security sector, for instance to enable engineering and service corps to increase their contributions to national efforts to address the social and development needs of their peoples.”

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9. “These provide early peace dividends to local people and help in confidence-building and reconciliation, which are prerequisites for attaining sustainable peace and development in such situations. The Continental Early Warning System of the African Union in particular is designed to ensure that development trends that could undermine or trigger insecurity are detected and addressed in a timely and preventive manner. This also emphasizes the importance of communications capability to the nexus between security and development. The Panel of the Wise was established to draw on the wisdom and experiences of Africans with track records in addressing peace and security issues in order to provide early engagement with emerging situations of concern to prevent conflict from erupting and sapping already limited resources from development.”

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10. “These include the multilayered and synergized continent-wide peace and security architecture of the African Union, which comprises the Peace and Security Council supported by the Continental Early Warning System, the African Peer Review Mechanism, the Panel of the Wise and the African Standby Force, to name just a few. The experience of Africa in its peace support operations in contexts including Burundi, Chad, and currently Somalia, has illustrated that military and security services can indeed work in conjunction with civilian stakeholders to achieve socio-economic stability and recovery through the implementation of quick-impact projects incorporated within peace support missions, which should therefore be supported.”

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11. “Furthermore, the objectives of the Union's principles, as set out in articles 3 and 4 of its Constitutive Act, include clear provisions for the promotion of democratic institutions and respect for human rights, the rule of law and gender equality in order to strengthen popular participation and democracy. This is also vividly captured in the human security and development approach embraced by the African Union, which establishes the linkage between the financial and political stability of the State and the physical and psychological security of its people. Though much remains to be done, Africa, with the support of the international community, has made significant progress in the ardent pursuit of this vision 11-23198 for security and development, both through thematically-focused initiatives and integrated programmes and projects.”

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12. “This approach emphasizes early response to potential conflict situations and active mediation on the continent in order to avert potential conflict situations. Furthermore, the policy shift from non-interference, as practiced by the former Organization of African Unity, to one of non-indifference in the African Union is a clear mark of Africa's commitment to eliminating the phenomenon of unconstitutional changes of Government that often lead to instability and insecurity, thus undermining democratic governance and development on the continent. The African Union approach on the interdependence of security and development also underscores the core imperative of addressing the root causes of conflict in order to ensure social justice and thus attain sustainable development.”

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13. “A new dawn has emerged in Africa, however, following intense efforts deployed by the continent to assume its share of responsibility for its own security and development. This new vision of renaissance and growth is set out in the Constitutive Act of the African Union and other instruments of the organization, which clearly assert the interdependence between security and development. One is not possible without the other, as has been affirmed by a number of speakers during this debate. The African Union therefore, right from its launch, explicitly recognized that the persistence of conflict would undermine its broad democracy and development agenda, and therefore adopted a proactive approach to resolving conflicts in the continent.”

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14. “We are grateful for the leadership of His Excellency Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of External Relations of Brazil, who travelled to New York to preside over this meeting in person, and for the participation of the Secretary-General, the Ministers from Germany, Colombia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, India, Gabon, Costa Rica and Slovenia and the various other participants who made statements during this debate. As the Security Council is aware, several countries in Africa have been the theatre of conflict linked to factors such as the illegal exploitation of resources, poverty and a lack of economic empowerment opportunities, unconstitutional changes 46 of Government, often conducted with backing from illegal criminal networks, and a lack of opportunity, overall in particular for young people.”

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15. “Mrs. Mungwa: On behalf of His Excellency Ambassador Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, who is away from New York this week, I would like to begin by joining previous speakers in commending you, Madame President, for having organized this debate on the interdependence between security and development, a theme of paramount importance to Africa as a developing region. The organization of this open debate is not only a mark of strong political support for this theme by the Council; it also illustrates the role the Council plays in generating new ideas to boost related efforts being made by Member States, bilateral and multilateral donors, United Nations agencies and regional organizations such as the African Union in its overall work for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

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16. “We are convinced that all of these frameworks will contribute to strengthening the entire process of institution-building in the aftermath of conflict. With these brief remarks, we again welcome the Council's consideration of today's theme, and we take this opportunity to reiterate the African Union's appreciation to the Security Council and United Nations for their unwavering support for post-conflict reconstruction and development in Africa as a whole, among all the other areas to be focused on. The African Union remains ever grateful and looks forward to the continuing support of the Council on this issue, including on a number of initiatives launched within the context of the recently concluded Year of Peace and Security in Africa.”

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17. “The growing cooperation between the Security Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, as well as frameworks such as the recently launched African Union-United Nations Joint Task Force on Peace and Security, will, we believe, play a crucial role in guiding institution-rebuilding in African countries emerging from conflict. Furthermore, the African Union looks forward to the implementation of the outcome of the review of the Peacebuilding Commission. We are also very pleased with the ongoing cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations regarding the strengthening of international civilian capacities. We also look forward to the review of the Ten-Year Capacity-Building Programme for the African Union that is being implemented by the Peacebuilding Commission.”

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18. “As others have today, we take this opportunity to commend the Peacebuilding Commission for its work on the five African countries under its consideration. We would like to take the opportunity to re-pledge and restate the support of the African Union and its intention to continue working closely with the Peacebuilding Commission. Please also allow me to take this opportunity to recall the sentiments expressed to the Security Council late last year by the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, regarding Somalia in particular (see S/PV.6409). We would also like to underscore the importance of strengthening various institutionalized and inter- agency frameworks of cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations for effective institution- building and recovery in post-conflict countries in Africa.”

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19. “These have included the establishment of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Committee on the Sudan, as mentioned by the Permanent Representative of South Africa in his remarks earlier today. We seize this opportunity to commend the outstanding leadership of South Africa on this issue. The African Union also maintains field offices in a number of member States that are facing the complex situation of having to rebuild after conflict, such as Burundi, Chad, the Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, the Sudan and Somalia, in order to provide permanent support and to accompany them with the arduous tasks they face in consolidating peace and rebuilding the institutional, policy and human development fabric that is often devastated by conflict.”

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20. “Various member States of the African Union are also leading key efforts for post-conflict reconstruction and development through the establishment of institutions such as the African Centre for Study and Research on Terrorism, based in Algiers, and through the commendable initiative to establish an institution for post-conflict reconstruction and development announced by the Permanent Representative of Egypt in his intervention in the Council today. While building necessary continental institutions- which I have just mentioned - to support the task of post-conflict reconstruction and development as a whole, the African Union has also taken a number of concrete steps towards translating the Policy Framework into concrete actions at the level of concerned member States.”

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21. “In the interests of time, we would simply highly recommend that policy instrument to members of the Council and all stakeholders. In adopting the Policy Framework on Post- Conflict Reconstruction and Development, the Executive Council of the African Union indeed addressed the need to build the institutions of the African Union, which would then drive the task of post-conflict reconstruction and development, including institution-building. This included a ministerial committee on post-conflict reconstruction and development, to be established to provide political support and resource mobilization for implementation of the Policy Framework. It is also envisaged that the ministerial committee will interface with the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission at the highest level.”

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22. “We would like to note that this was one of the very first policy instruments adopted by the African Union, just three years after its establishment in 2002, to indicate the importance of the issue at the level of the African Union. This Policy Framework details the concepts, principles, approaches and even the benchmarks that are concerned with the important topic of post-conflict reconstruction and development as a whole. A significant amount of the content is devoted to the question of institution-rebuilding and building. Previous speakers have mentioned the concept paper. we are very pleased to note that the international community has mentioned a lot of the elements contained in the concept paper and in the African Policy Framework to which I have referred. I do not think that I can do justice to presenting the Policy Framework.”

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23. “President, for the concept paper (S/20ll/ 16) that you provided for the guidance of this debate, and also for the presidential statement delivered early in the meeting today. As a matter of high priority to Africa, post- conflict reconstruction and development as a whole is one of the issues addressed in a range of policy instruments of the African Union, beginning with its Constitutive Act and including the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. In their remarks in the debate this morning, representatives of various African States mentioned the African Policy Framework on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development, which was adopted by the Executive Council during its 7th Ordinary Session, held in Sirte, Libya, in July 2005.”

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24. “Mrs. Mungwa: I would like to begin by presenting the apologies of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, His Excellency Ambassador Tete Antonio, who has travelled to Addis Ababa for the meetings of the upcoming African Union summit and was therefore not able to attend this meeting in person. We join previous speakers in commending you, Mr. President, for initiating consideration of the well- focused theme of this debate, which is extremely pertinent for Africa. We are grateful to the Secretary- General, the Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, and the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission for attending this meeting in person, and for their pertinent remarks delivered to the Council earlier today. Thank you also, Mr.”

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25. “We therefore strongly encourage the Security Council to draw on all the related, relevant and constructive ideas that have emerged from that special peacekeeping mission and from the work of other United Nations-related processes, such as that of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the Council's Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and other initiatives taken by Member States, as well as on the strategic exchanges that have taken place in the past few years between the African Union and the United Nations. We also encourage the Security Council to draw from the overall process of United Nations reform, and in particular Security Council reform.”

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26. “In other words, the African Union stands fully ready to play its role in such a partnership with the United Nations and other stakeholders of the international community as a matter of shared vision, responsibility and ownership, in order to strengthen new hopes and confidence in efforts to pursue peace, security and development in Africa and around the world. Indeed, the launching of the first African Union- United Nations hybrid operation, in Darfur, was an important step in the evolution of peacekeeping operations. It revealed what the international community can achieve when working together in a coordinated and coherent partnership.”

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27. “We are therefore pleased to note that the executive brief of the non- paper by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support rightly couches the New Horizon for United Nations peacekeeping in a partnership framework - a partnership in terms of purpose, action and the future. The African Union clearly sees itself as a natural and integral part of that partnership. Indeed, we believe that the peace-support operations and efforts of the African Union have clearly demonstrated Africa's resolve to assume its fair share of the burden of international peace and security.”

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28. “We wish to thank all previous speakers who have also echoed that call during this meeting. Finally, as you are aware, Mr. President, in the conceptualization of the African Peace and Security Architecture and in the conduct of its peace support operations, the African Union has always reaffirmed the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security. In that light, the African Union has maintained the conviction that its peace-support operations deployed with the authorization and the consent of the Security Council are conducted on behalf of the Council and the international community, in furtherance of international peace and security.”

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29. “The Peace and Security Council further participated in the debate of the Security Council on the report, held on 18 March 2009 (see S/PV.6092), and, as requested by the Security Council during that meeting, the African Union Commission has been working closely with the United Nations Secretariat, in particular towards the preparations for the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General later this year. We therefore encourage the Security Council to place special emphasis on the need to strengthen cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations, and, in particular, the need for the Council to strengthen its support for peace support initiatives of the African Union in this new process of the New Horizon of United Nations peacekeeping.”

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30. “Thus African Union peace support efforts in the field are facing challenges in terms of mission planning, the mobilization of logistic, technical and other support, and there are weaknesses in the administrative capacities of the Organization. Those problems have been well articulated in various frameworks of the engagement between the African Union and the United Nations and, most recently, in the report of African Union-United Nations panel (S/2008/813), established by the Secretary- General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1809 of April 2008. As is known, at its l72nd and 178th meetings, held on 24 February and 13 March 2009 respectively, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union considered the report of that panel.”

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31. “That is the African Peace and Security Architecture, a major step of which was the establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union as the standing decision-making organ for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, and as the collective security and early warning arrangement to facilitate timely and efficient responses to conflict and crisis situations in Africa. The Council will be supported by the African Standby Force, the Panel of the Wise and the African Continental Early Warning System, which are currently being established. Various components of that African Peace and Security Architecture are, however, still in their infancy and experiencing teething problems.”

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32. “09-3860] We would also like to take this opportunity to commend the role and the sacrifices of the troop- contributing countries (TCCs) and the police- contributing countries (PCCs), and, in particular, to pay tribute to the valiant men and women who have given their selfless service and paid the ultimate price in the service of peace and security in Africa and around the world. As you are aware, Mr. President, the relevant experiences and the lessons learned from the African peace support efforts helped inform the shaping of an enhanced vision for confronting peace and security challenges in Africa.”

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33. “President, the appreciation and strong support of the African Union for that important process. As the Security Council is aware, since its inception in 2002, the African Union has been actively involved in efforts for the resolution of conflicts and the furtherance of peace and security around the continent, building on the experience of the former Organization of African Unity. We wish to seize this opportunity to restate the profound appreciation of the African Union to the Security Council for its vital and continuous support for and cooperation with the African Union. We would also like to restate the appreciation of the African Union to all international partners and donors for their generous logistic, materiel and other assistance, as well as for their support for the peace efforts of the African Union.”

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34. “This important meeting is taking place at an equally important moment for the African Union because the preparatory meetings for the thirteenth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union are already under way in Sirte, Libya. I would therefore like once again to extend our apologies for the absence of my Ambassador, Her Excellency Mrs. Lila Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, who is away from New York this week to attend those meetings. Issues of peace and security rank high on the agenda of the ongoing summit meetings of the African Union, and so, as we launch the discussions on the New Horizon for United Nations peacekeeping, we wish, at this initial stage, to express to the Security Council through you, Mr.”

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35. “Mrs. Mungwa: Allow me to join previous speakers in commending you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting and for the invitation extended to our Mission to participate. Thank you also for the concept note to facilitate the meeting. Our appreciation also goes to the Under-Secretaries- General for Field Support and for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Susana Malcorra and Mr. Alain Le Roy, for so kindly sharing the executive summary of their non-paper on the New Horizon and for their briefings to the Security Council this morning. The African Union certainly looks forward to receiving the full non-paper in order to continue engagement in that process.”

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36. “With these few remarks, Sir, we thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to participate in this meeting, and we certainly look forward to working on the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the report of the Secretary-General.”

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37. “It is indeed our sincere hope that this debate will strengthen the resolve of the Security Council to enhance the mandates and capabilities of peacekeeping operations, in particular those that are related to the protection of civilians, and to enhance support for the peace efforts of regional organizations such as the African Union. Finally, we also wish to reiterate the importance of addressing the crucial question of the illegal circulation of small arms and lights weapons, which often fall into the hands of non-State actors, who use them to perpetrate attacks against civilians in situations of armed conflict.”

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38. “We believe that, for this to be effective, this partnership should be designed to support and complement national efforts and initiatives, which are responsive and adapted to the realities on the ground. Each actor should be engaged based on what it can do best and focusing on its comparative advantages in relation to the others. We feel fortunate that this debate is taking place at a time when the Security Council is discussing the question of the mobilization of resources and the support of peace support operations by regional organizations such as the African Union.”

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39. “The importance of prevention and early conflict- resolution has also been emphasized and widely supported in the debate today. We believe they form the best strategy to avert the tragedies faced by civilians in situations of armed conflict. The African Union, working closely with the United Nations and the international community, continues to initiate and participate in diplomatic initiatives to avert the outbreak of conflict. The protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict is clearly a complex process. That underscores the need to forge partnerships involving all relevant actors, including Governments, humanitarian organizations, civil society, the military in certain situations, the private sector, the donor community and affected populations themselves.”

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40. “We are grateful for the progress that has been made in connection with the support package approved by the Council for the African Union Mission in Somalia. The international community must also not lose sight of the up to 20 million internally displaced people in Africa, most of whom have been in that situation for several years, or even decades in some situations. In that connection, the African Union is also continuing to do its part and is in the process of establishing a new instrument devoted to addressing the question of internally displaced persons in order to strengthen applicable norms of international humanitarian law, which have been the only recourse for internally displaced persons around the continent.”

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41. “Just to take one example, for the past 10 years, during which the Security Council has debated the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict, extensive violence and death have been visited upon innocent civilians in Somalia. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to once again thank the Council and the international community for the efforts deployed so far, as well as to restate the appeal of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, the African Union and other international partners for the Security Council to take necessary measures concerning the situation in Somalia in particular. We also call on the Council to lend its support to the efforts of the African Union as it continues to try to prevent the escalation of the situation in Somalia.”

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42. “Other components of the African Union are also focusing on helping to understand attacks against civilians in situations of armed conflict. In that regard, the Pan-African Parliament and the Economic and Social Council of the African Union are also working with non-State actors to conduct fact-finding missions, lend their support for an increased voice for women in peace talks and provide technical support to various peace-support initiatives of the African Union. However, as has been mentioned by many previous speakers in today's debate, despite the progress achieved in establishing necessary instruments - those I just described as well as those that have been adopted by the Security Council - there have certainly been serious gaps in implementation in the field.”

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43. “We are pleased with the emphasis that has been placed on the protection of women and children in the debate today, because that is also one area where the African Union has placed special emphasis, as demonstrated by the adoption of three major policy instruments since 2002. They include the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, the African Union Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa and the gender policy of the African Union, which was recently adopted. Special emphasis has also been placed on the protection of youth, who are often vulnerable to non-State actors who perpetrate serious attacks against civilians in situations of armed conflict.”

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44. “Overall, following the efforts of the African Union to promote peace and security and democratic governance around the continent with the support of the Security Council, we believe that there is renewed confidence and hope among millions of civilians who are affected by conflicts in Africa that those efforts will significantly improve their situation as the Security Council continues to focus on this particular issue. The African Union is also pursuing other activities and thematic questions that we believe will contribute to the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict as well. Those include the whole question of security-sector reform and the promotion of a human security approach that also seeks to enhance efforts aimed at addressing the root causes of conflict.”

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45. “We continue to call on the Security Council to continue to lend its support for the implementation of those frameworks, which include, in particular, the office of the special representative of the African Union for the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which advocates with both State and non-State actors at the highest level in respect of international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict. African Union leaders also maintain a vigorous system of special envoys and representatives who work closely with member States to conduct early preventive diplomacy and other good offices to help prevent conflict and to de-escalate tensions, working closely with other international partners.”

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46. “The African Union's Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development framework further sets out principles for comprehensive post-conflict recovery, rehabilitation and reconciliation in three phases and six major pillars. The adoption of that legal framework demonstrates the commitment of African States to fully play their role in efforts to protect civilians in situations of armed conflict. Various frameworks have been established aimed at their implementation.”

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47. “Indeed, article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union further conveys a mandate on the Union to intervene in a member State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances - namely, war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity - in order to protect civilians. Furthermore, the provisions of institutions comprising the African Peace and Security Architecture - notably the Peace and Security Council, the African Stand-by Force, the Panel of the Wise and the African Continental Early Warning System - also include important elements pertaining to the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict.”

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48. “The protection of civilians - in particular of women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities - during a situation of conflict is a basic foundation of African culture, which is also synonymous with international humanitarian law. Indeed, barely three years into its existence, the former Organization of African Unity enacted the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa. In the same vein, since its inception in 2002, the African Union, in seeking to foster the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict in the continent, has established major policy frameworks and institutions.”

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49. “Mrs. Mungwa: Allow me to join previous speakers in commending you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate, as well as to convey to you the apologies of my Ambassador. She is away from New York today to attend meetings for the upcoming Assembly of the African Union in Sirte, Libya. We would also like to join previous speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/277). We also thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his introduction of the report this morning and for all the efforts he is making in order to promote the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict, which is a particularly relevant issue for Africa.”

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50. “We would also like to reiterate the appeal of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union to the two countries; we hope that all parties will act positively and constructively for the restoration of peaceful and cordial relations between them, in the interest of peace and security for the Governments and the peoples of both countries, and for the subregion and Africa as a whole. We are confident that the deliberations of the Security Council today will contribute to that process.”

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