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  1. “We therefore hope that the Security Council, which very early on grasped the real scope of this threat, will adopt the recommendations contained in the assessment mission's report before it, with a view to scrupulously implementing them at both the national and regional levels as part of a commitment to synergistic efforts to combat damaging activities to maritime safety and security. The stability of our countries is at stake.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  2. “The threats to the Gulf of Guinea are enormous and pose a threat as well to international peace and security. They should be addressed as such by the international community, which would benefit from developing an anticipatory approach to contain the damage. The international community should resolutely support the efforts of the countries of the Gulf of Guinea to control piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea. Relenting in those efforts will have an immediate and direct effect on the frequency and ferocity of such attacks. Benin believes that combating this scourge call for resources that are largely beyond our reach.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  3. “There is also a need to face the problems posed by junked ships and decommissioned vessels abandoned along our coasts, which provide transit points for criminal groups, pirates and all sorts of traffickers. I should like to draw the Council's attention to a threat report prepared by our navy's Chief of Staff, which has been transmitted to the Council. There are currently a dozen abandoned vessels along Benin's coasts. Their existence is a genuine threat to Benin, which has neither the means nor the necessary expertise to deal with them. I should like here to urgently appeal to our partners to help us to get rid of these ships that, above and beyond threatening security, pose a major risk of pollution. Several of those vessels harbour toxic substances, which have already produced victims among some of the people in their vicinity.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  4. “That represents an annual loss of $20 billion to the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, according to a study published in 2007 by the Food and Agriculture Organization. We fear that, if the region's public authorities are not able to carry out their functions consistently, the growing number of oil companies, along with their increasing activities in the region, could lead to a global environmental catastrophe. Ensuring security in the Gulf of Guinea is essential to promoting investment and restarting development for the countries of the region, making it a dynamic area for renewal and growth at the global level. There is a need for the international community to respond, while there is still time, to the new threats affecting the region by piracy and armed robbery at sea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  5. “Combating maritime piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea entails significant stakes. Maritime insecurity poses a threat to the exclusive right of coastal States to comprehensively exercise sovereignty over their territorial waters. That also serves to underscore the need for clearly delimiting borders. In addition to those basic political requirements, we must also not underestimate what is at stake economically. The Gulf of Guinea is an extremely important maritime route for international trade. The area is estimated to contain enormous petroleum resources, which are now estimated at 14 billion barrels. That, along with its natural gas deposits and fishing resources, makes this a first-rate strategic zone for the global economy. Fishing resources continue to be subject to unchecked poaching owing to illegal undeclared fishing.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  6. “The meeting set the stage for the regional economic communities to play a leading role in coordinating efforts to combat maritime threats in the Gulf of Guinea, in line with the integrated maritime strategy adopted by the African Union. The Abuja meeting took place in the context of the preparations for the regional summit mentioned in resolution 2018 (2011). A second meeting of ECOWAS and ECCAS experts will be held in Cotonou in March. Benin welcomes France's decision to support the efforts to be made by Benin, Togo and Ghana to preserve maritime security along their coasts through the maritime security sector reform project in the Gulf of Guinea. The support will be provided through an initial €800,000 in funding, which France has put at the disposal of our three countries in combating maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  7. “It is based on the following measures: the definition of measures to protect the coasts; the delimitation of maritime borders and the establishment of partnerships with neighbouring countries; the involvement of strategic partners in the training of human resources and the provision of the logistical support necessary to strengthen our national capacities; and the enhancement of our cooperation with the United Nations and bilateral partners to safeguard the free movement of persons and goods through that important maritime route. Efforts are under way at the regional level, as represented by the meeting of experts from ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), organized in January in Abuja to consider the draft integrated regional strategy for maritime security and safety.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  8. “With the help of the United States of America, the Government of Benin has formulated and enacted a national maritime security and safety strategy, which will promote the growth and development of the maritime economy, allow for the free movement of persons and goods along major strategic maritime routes off our coasts, enhance security in ports and port installations, and combat illicit transnational activities and maritime crime, such as armed robbery in territorial waters and piracy on the high seas. The strategy is supported by a participatory approach involving all stakeholders in its formulation.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  9. “With the deployment in March 2012 by the Government of Benin of patrol ships commanded by the Benin naval forces, 10 to 15 people will be able to patrol the high seas 24 hours a day over a 10-day period to dissuade attacks on vessels off our coast. Benin is also implementing an import-control programme aimed at ensuring the effective control of cargoes by scanning containers, which will also ensure transparency in the handling of maritime cargo and limit the opportunities for malfeasance during customs formalities. Furthermore, we have established a canine brigade of sniffer dogs to detect drugs, explosives and all other forms of contraband subject to piracy and armed robbery at sea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  10. “Beyond these very expensive joint patrols, the Government of Benin has made substantial efforts, drawing on its own domestic resources, to enhance its naval capacities, with the support of its partners and in particular France, the United States of America, the European Union and China. Other Member States, including the Netherlands, have indicated their intention to provide support. Through me, the Government of Benin expresses its deep gratitude for their active and spontaneous solidarity. A second semaphore system has been installed, complementing the existing semaphore in Cotonou. It allows us to sweep the entire coast of Benin and a good part of the Togolese coast.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  11. “The sorties represent 3,668 hours at sea, of which 1,278 have been conducted by the Benin navy. In the context of the Operation, the Chief of Staff divided part of Benin's coastline into holding areas for vessels, which are invited to drop anchor close to the coast in an area that is accessible to the patrol boats participating in the Operation. This measure has allowed them to be grouped together in order to ensure their greater security. These measures are supported by enhanced joint patrols conducted 24 hours a day close to the anchorages. Similarly, a permanent radar and radio watch has been established, allowing immediate responses to distress calls. Since the operation was launched, no further has been reported in the territorial waters of Benin.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  12. “I am pleased to report that Benin's appeals for assistance received a prompt and useful response from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council through the adoption of resolution 2018 (2011). The dispatch of the United Nations assessment mission to the field has allowed us to identify the measures necessary to design and implement a coherent national and regional strategy. National and bilateral efforts have been stepped up to address the scourge. I should like to highlight in particular the positive impact of the joint patrols conducted by the navies of Nigeria and Benin off the coast of Benin. The joint patrols are a component of Operation Prosperity, launched on 28 September 2011. Four hundreds sorties have been carried out, including 316 by the Benin navy.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  13. “In the face of the doubling of insurance premiums, a number of vessels have decided not to use the Port of Cotonou, whereas the revenue drawn from the Port is essential to ensuring the functioning of the State of Benin. The situation has arisen at a time when we had been hoping to see dividends from the major investments made to modernize the Port's infrastructure, with the assistance of the United States of America within the framework of the Millennium Challenge Account. The President of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Boni Yayi, therefore acted speedily to alert the international community and the Security Council to the issue of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  14. “Indeed, the economy of Benin depends to a large extent on the fees and transit permits raised from the autonomous Port of Cotonou. The port's activities represent 70 per cent of the country's gross national product; they generate 80 per cent of the revenue of a national budget that depends on tax income and represent 90 per cent of trade with the interior. The autonomous Port of Cotonou is a natural port for the landlocked countries of the hinterland - Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad - which engage in the export and import of their products there. Since the first attacks recorded off the coast of Benin, the number of vessels entering the Port has fallen by 70 per cent and insurance premiums have soared.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  15. “These phenomena are fuelled by rock-solid criminal solidarity combining lucrative fraudulent activities, such as oil bunkering and trafficking in children, cocaine, counterfeit medicines and cigarettes. In 2011 alone, 21 attacks were reported on vessels off the coast of Benin. From January to October of that year, 58 maritime attacks were carried out off the coast of West Africa, including 18 in Nigeria, seven in Togo, two in Ghana and one in C6te d'Ivoire. These attacks have dire political, economic, environmental and security consequences for our countries. Pirate attacks are disastrous for the security and economies of the Gulf of Guinea region in general, and in particular for the activities of the autonomous Port of Cotonou, which is the economic lung of Benin.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  16. “Today's debate, during which the Council is considering the report (see S/2012/45) of the assessment mission dispatched by the Secretary- General of the United Nations to the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, in particular to my country, Benin, is a logical follow-up to the debate of 21 February 2012 on transnational organized crime. Indeed, those two phenomena are closely interrelated, in terms of both their modus operandi and their very nature. They represent a real challenge to the Governments of the region in the exercise of their sovereign functions. The Government of Benin aligns itself with the conclusions of the United Nations assessment mission. We agree with the analysis contained in the report under consideration, which eloquently sets out the links among transnational organized crime, piracy and armed robbery at sea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  17. “I also pay tribute to the contributions made by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe; the representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr. Abdel Musah; and Mrs. Florentina Ukonga, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission. Last Tuesday, in this very Chamber, the President of the Republic of Togo, His Excellency Faure Gnassingbe, personally led a high-level debate on transnational organized crime in West Africa and the Sahel region (see S/PV.6717). The objective was to identify the synergies necessary to wage a comprehensive war against this faceless enemy, which is inflicting such suffering on the extremely vulnerable countries of that region of the African continent.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  18. “Mr. N'Douro (Benin) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset to warmly congratulate you once again, Sir, on your country's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February 2012. My country, Benin, welcomes the particular attention that the Security Council, under the presidency of Togo, is devoting to security problems in Africa, as security is an essential precondition for the sustainable development of our countries. Mr. President, I should also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor, the Ambassador of South Africa, for his outstanding leadership during his term and for the praiseworthy results achieved for both the international community in general and for Africa and its strategic partnership with the United Nations.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source