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President Gnassingbe

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  1. “There are a number of speakers remaining on the list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of Council members, to suspend the meeting until 3 pm. The meeting was suspended at 1.15 p.m. 31”

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  2. “The Security Council has before it the text of a presidential statement to be issued on behalf of the Council on the subject of this meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to the statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2012/2. It is so decided. I now give the floor to Mr. Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation.”

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  3. “I am convinced that the Security Council will spare no effort in continuing to consider this issue and giving it all the necessary attention. We should not allow organized crime to destabilize West Africa and the Sahel, because a lack of coordinated action could lead to violence and the destruction of the hard-earned gains of recent years. It could also cost us the development of our countries. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon.”

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  4. “We believe that the international community should strongly support the role of civil society and of non-governmental organizations involved in activities against illicit drug trafficking and organized crime. In order to ensure better cooperation of actions at all levels, Togo proposes the creation of an international contact group on organized transnational crime, similar to the international Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The challenges in the fight against organized transnational crime are of such a dimension that they call for intensification of international coordination of actions against that scourge. In that regard I call for greater mobilization of the international community and greater support for the States of West Africa and of the Sahel region.”

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  5. “I wish to express my gratitude to the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the entire United Nations system, as well as to the Member States that have, each at its own level, provided their assistance and expertise in the day-to-day fight that our respective countries are conducting against organized transnational crime. Our countries are aware of the responsibilities that fall to them with regard to political and economic governance and strengthening the rule of law. In the same vein, they work so that new graduates and the unemployed can find work and not become easy prey for organized criminal groups.”

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  6. “Similarly, the legal systems of our countries should be strengthened and should establish cooperation, among each other and with INTERPOL, with a view to exchanging information. We therefore think that a significant and coordinated joint effort among the States of West Africa and the Sahel is essential, including firm support from the international community, so as to defeat organized crime and associated activities. In particular, major cooperation is needed both in countries where drugs are produced and in those where drugs are consumed, in order to neutralize the related traffic.”

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  7. “There is no doubt that those initiatives make it possible to have a more coherent and comprehensive approach that can enable our countries to undertake the desired 3 efforts to prevent the West African subregion and the Sahel from being consumed by violence and chaos. Nevertheless, the scope of the battle to be waged is such that West Africa and the Sahel region will not be able to undertake that fight without the involvement of the international community. Our countries need additional assistance, both material and financial, in order to face the many challenges posed by the heavily armed drug traffickers and criminal groups infecting our region. Security forces must have available appropriate means to confront and defeat those criminal groups. To that end, they need to be better trained and equipped.”

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  8. “The United Nations, and in particular the Security Council, is already committed to the fight against the various criminal activities of organized crime. By devoting a debate (see S/PV.6233) to drug trafficking in 2009, endorsed by a presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/32), and by adopting, on Nigeria's initiative, a resolution on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (resolution 2018 (2011)) in October 2011, the Council has shown its determination to combat that new threat to international peace and security through all legal means. In the same vein, my country welcomes the Secretary-General's recent deployment of two assessment missions to the subregion - on the repercussions of the Libyan crisis on the security of the Sahel region and on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.”

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  9. “In developing that framework, we enjoyed the expertise of several of our partners, including France, the United States of America, the European Union and the ECOWAS Commission. The framework, which covers the period from 2009 to 2013, is structured around five priority pillars, ranging from strengthening coordination mechanisms to promoting the capacity of the State in efforts to prevent criminal activities. In that regard, I would like to thank all our development partners and to encourage them to support the efforts of Togo and all the countries of West Africa and the Sahel region. It is encouraging to note that the international community is not indifferent to the issue of organized crime in West Africa and the Sahel region.”

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  10. “The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plan of action for the period 2008 to 2011, which concluded last year, is an appropriate framework to combat organized crime in the region. I welcome the fact that United Nations agencies and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are working with ECOWAS to renew the plan. For several years now, the Government of Togo has been engaged in a fierce fight against organized crime in all its manifestations. In addition to institutional measures, such as the ratification of many international legal instruments on organized crime and terrorism, my Government has adopted a comprehensive national strategic framework to combat drugs and crime.”

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  11. “Transnational organized crime is therefore a source of great concern for the countries of West Africa and the Sahel. It continues to be a major obstacle to the development of our countries' economies, insofar as security issues require the mobilization of significant intellectual, human and financial resources that should be invested in development efforts. It also undermines the foundations of States and the efforts made to promote democracy and the rule of law. In addition, organized crime significantly undermines the positive impact of the reforms undertaken by our countries to pull our peoples out of poverty and destitution. It is for that reason that the Governments of West Africa and the Sahel region have initiated major 12-23593 political and legal efforts to address the situation.”

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  12. “Moreover, drug trafficking is increasingly linked to other types of trafficking in the region, in particular in fuel supplies, as well as piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Considering that the frequency and intensity of piracy at sea has increased along with the number of armed attacks in the region, specially along the coasts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as the fact that pirates have access to all sorts of cooperation with other criminal organizations on land, one can well imagine the complexity of the challenge faced by our States in order to contain organized crime. Likewise, criminal groups have stepped up their efforts when it comes to the swift and uncontrolled circulation of weapons of every calibre, as we have unfortunately seen from the situation in northern Mali.”

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  13. “The latest report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa (see S/2011/811) points out that the two subregions continue to be a preferred area for trafficking in cocaine and the production of synthetic drugs. Of course, Africa and the Sahel are not the only regions where that problem is an issue. Drug trafficking and organized crime also pose a major challenge to democracy, justice and the rule of law in other parts of the world. Countries emerging from conflict are even more vulnerable, given that public order has been disrupted. Meanwhile, the grip of poverty facilitates corruption and the infiltration of still weak institutions by international criminal networks.”

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  14. “Secondly, new threats to peace, security and development, such as piracy at sea, have emerged and intensified. Such threats undermine the foundations of States and the efforts made to promote democracy and social and economic progress in the region. Thirdly, in the Sahel in particular, the actions of rebel groups, which are already endangering the stability and territorial integrity of several countries, have unfortunately intensified following the Libyan crisis, which has led to a significant flow into the region of weapons of every calibre. 1243593 The convergence of all those factors, along with terrorist activities in Nigeria and the Sahel, have made both subregions a theatre for all sorts of trafficking, including in drugs, weapons and human beings.”

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  15. “I should also like to reiterate to the Secretary- General, to whom I once again extend my best wishes for success during his second mandate, my heartfelt congratulations for his ongoing efforts to promote peace, security and development throughout the world. The Council's consideration of the impact of transnational organized crime on peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel region is of crucial importance on a variety of fronts, for my country and for all of the States concerned. First, the situation concerning peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel continues to be very fragile, in spite of the efforts that have been made. There are countries emerging from conflict that border on States in which the socio-political situation continues to be precarious.”

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  16. “I also wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/20l2/83, which contains a letter dated 8 February 2012 from the Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. First of all, on behalf of the Togolese Government and people, I would like to take the opportunity provided by today's debate to express my deep appreciation for the support that the Security Council has extended to Togo since we assumed the presidency of the Council for the month of February, as clearly illustrated by the participants' presence here in New York today.”

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  17. “Helga Schmid, Deputy Secretary-General of the External Action Service of the European Union, to participate in this meeting. I wish to welcome the Secretary-General and Ministers participating in today's meeting. Their presence is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter to be addressed. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2012/42, which contains a letter dated 2 17 January 2012 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council transmitting the report of the assessment mission on the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel region.”

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  18. “Under rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Australia, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, C6te d'Ivoire, Egypt, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Tunisia and Turkey to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Yuri V. Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Her Excellency Ms.”

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