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Pulkkinen

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  1. “With United Nations support, a progressive redeployment of those forces could serve as a concrete example of State authority returning to the provinces, and allow MINUSCA an opportunity to redeploy to areas where it is needed most - helping everyone reach their goals. If MINUSCA's support for the FACA is withdrawn, that progress would almost certainly stall and, with it, MINUSCA's own mission. On its own, FACA does not have the capacity to deploy or sustain itself, and the critical extension of State authority will cease. The most likely outcome would be FACA's return to Bangui, and the opportunity to restore State control will be lost.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  2. “MINUSCA remains a critical factor for operationalizing the FACA and for ensuring basic logistical support. Continued support to the FACA in joint deployments on limited military operations is important. But MINUSCA's support, in its next mandate, for the progressive and coordinated deployment in garrisons or decentralized hubs of FACA troops trained by the EUTM. is absolutely critical to the extension of the State authority. That, in turn, supports the Central African Republic Government's national defence plan and allows it to demonstrate its willingness to address security and stabilization issues across the whole country. A decentralized army that is able to deploy outside of Bangui is fundamental.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  3. “Therefore, the redeployment of the armed forces and the internal security forces is recognized as critical to enabling the return of public institutions and services to the entire territory, as well as to deterring armed groups. In order to restore authority to the regions, a 9,800-strong army is planned by 2021, with around 4,500 of those troops redeployed outside Bangui. That implies a huge effort; infrastructure development, sustainment capability and effective logistical support will be crucial. In the context of a Government that has been in power for almost two years and whose army is largely confined to Bangui, MINUSCA is the key enabler that will allow us to capitalize on what has been achieved to date. The troops that EUTM. has trained are now being equipped, and we cannot lose momentum in their deployment and operationalization.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  4. “The Council is aware that the Central African armed forces, trained by EUTM, have already started to deploy to operations, with the support of MINUSCA - albeit in small numbers and despite considerable logistical constraints. Reports on their performance in those joint deployments have been favourable, both from the operational point of view and with regard to non-governmental organizations and public opinion. Although they are a step in the right direction, these small-scale operations, originating in Bangui, are not enough to reoperationalize the FACA. All political actors and international partners agree on the need to restore State authority throughout the country as a key factor in resolving the crisis.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  5. “It assists in the progressive development of a democratically controlled, professional, credible, accountable and ethnically and regionally balanced FACA. Its mandate includes close coordination with MINUSCA. The joint MINUSCA-EU delegation and EUTM-RCA support plan on security sector reform and the rule of law in the Central African Republic, signed in July last year, aims to define the basis of our coordination and complementarity in all our activities. Despite some progress, we remain seriously concerned by the worsening security and humanitarian situation. The crisis in the Central African Republic will not be resolved by force, but rather through dialogue, justice and reconciliation. In that context, the EU fully supports President Touadera and his Government in their efforts to build peace in the Central African Republic.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  6. “In addition to the extremely valuable joint deployments already under way, this effort is crucial to restoring State authority. Moreover, it is central to the United Nations and EU achieving their wider strategic objectives in the Central African Republic. To put my role and that of my organization in context, I am the Director of the EU's Military Planning and Conduct Capability. This is a Brussels- based organization that carries out the roles and responsibilities of an operational headquarters. Currently under my command are three EU training missions in Africa, one of them being the training mission in the Central African Republic. I should underline that the EUTM-RCA is an unarmed training mission. It contributes to defence sector reform within the Central African effort to that end being coordinated by MINUSCA.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source

  7. “Mr. Pulkkinen: I am Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to address the Security Council on the topic of the Central African Republic and the biannual report (S/2018/125) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The European Union (EU) greatly welcomes the recent extension of the mandate of MINUSCA, which was adopted in November 2017 (resolution 2387 (2017)). As the Operational Commander, I particularly note that MINUSCA has been given the task ofproviding support to the progressive and coordinated redeployment of the Forces armees centrafricaines (FACA) units trained by the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) as an element of the strategy to extend State authority.”

    2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8187 (2018) · source