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first: 2003-03-18
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“The professionalism of our troops also depends upon their ability to refrain from any act of misconduct that could tarnish the image and reputation of the United Nations.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Similarly, along with the United States of America, Senegal co-initiated resolution 2320 (2016), on cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, which served to launch a consultation process between the two organizations to define the modalities and mechanisms to enable effective management of the issue. Finally, I would like to reiterate Senegal's commitment to peacekeeping missions. It is laudable that, through resolution 2154 (2014), the Security Council commemorated the Senegalese presence by establishing, on 8 May 2014, the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage, to honour United Nations military, police, civilian and associated personnel who have endured extreme danger in the service of humankind and the United Nations.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Whatever the case, we need thinking on this issue. In fact, I think it is not simply a matter of United Nations officials, but also of having people in place who can have influence on Heads of State, since it is the Heads of State who can get those responsible to get things done. As Chair of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, Senegal has contributed to the undertaking of implementing the recommendations of the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations report, by organizing thematic discussions to support stakeholder dialogue.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Therefore, I think that the very nature of peacekeeping mandates must evolve to avoid spending endless amounts of money - with the outcome, as we just heard from the Chair ofthe Panel, being ineffective. Another key issue that the Security Council must address is that of strengthening triangular discussions among the Security Council, the troop-contributing countries and the Secretariat in order to foster a spirit of partnership, cooperation and mutual trust. In terms of regional offices, I think the Chair is correct in saying that preventive diplomacy should be prioritized. Therefore, we must boost the quality of the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General. In my view, they should be respected persons who are able to speak directly with the Heads of State of the region concerned.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Imagine what MINUSMA would be like without the presence of the French forces of Operation Barkhane, which took on the baton of responsibility in January 2013. Despite the presence of 10,000 Blue Helmets in Mali, today our soldiers still face unsafe circumstances. Sahel countries and the African Union have frequently called for the strengthening of the mandate, to make it more robust and, accordingly, to provide United Nations forces with the equipment required and clear missions. As we know, it is not always a matter of maintaining peace, as sometimes we have to impose peace to save human lives. We cannot do that against well-equipped hostile forces.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“With that in mind, the eleventh annualjoint consultations between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, which this year took place in Addis Ababa on 7 and 8 September, should help to further harness the benefits of that dynamic of cooperation. To that end, defining the mandates of operations should, from now on, be based on objective and complete information. Before any forces are deployed, we must first conduct a frank and clear assessment of requirements, in particularl with regard to resources and equipment. I would like to focus on the example of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which we are all familiar with. It is currently the United Nations most deadly mission, with peacekeepers being killed throughout the year.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“The recommendations set out in the report (see S/2015/446) ofthe High-level Panel, as well as those in the subsequent report (S/2015/682) of the Secretary- General, call for bold measures whose effective implementation should allow peacekeeping operations to enter a new phase in accomplishing their missions. I would like to congratulate Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his resolved determination in advancing the agenda on peacekeeping operations reform. I would now like to focus on the relationships between stakeholders. I believe that the Security Council should strengthen its cooperation with countries neighbouring conflicts as well as with regional and subregional organizations - specifically with the African Union.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“I would genuinely like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on implementing the recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peacekeeping Operations. Peacekeeping missions are often deployed in hostile environments, where armed and extremist groups target our peacekeepers - not to mention the lack of cooperation from certain host countries. Too often, current missions are going beyond the strict peacekeeping security framework and taking on aspects such as economic and humanitarian assistance, protecting human rights, providing assistance to displaced persons and even refugee management within host countries.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Ould- Abdallah. These are all issues that are currently being addressed, and I am pleased that France put its finger precisely where needed. I would not say on a sore spot.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720Resumption1 (2003) · source
“A second point that I believe should be remembered is the final-use certificates. This question frequently comes up, and there has been the possibility of falsifying those certificates. Therefore, What I would like to propose for the coming months in the review in our programme of activity - we do have joint reviews carried out by PCASED and ECOWAS - is to have included on our agenda a review of the end-user certificate to improve it and make it more reliable to meet the problems just raised. Concerning the specific risks in the subregion, there was a meeting of UNDP resident representatives no more than a month ago in Dakar, after which the idea was adopted of carrying out a study on future security risks in the subregion that would be coordinated with the representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in West Africa, Mr.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I would simply like to add a small note to the statement of the representative of France, by saying that indeed it has been some time since we last communicated with his country, when our Programme noted 12 national commissions out of 15. We have moved a step forward since then, with a national commission set up in Benin. We therefore now count 13 national commissions out of 15. As for the functioning of national commissions, once decrees have been signed by the Presidents of the Republic, and ministers or heads of Government have established national commissions, we plan to immediately make financial resources available so they can start their activities. Once the documents have been adopted and executive action has been taken, we plan to immediately finance the national commissions so that they may become operational.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We would hope to organize a round table some time around December 2003, at which we would invite the international community to assist us to face up to security issues on a country-by-country and programme-by-programme basis, while bearing in mind the specificities of each country.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“I wish to emphasize that only Guinea - and, to a lesser extent, Mali - have been able to mobilize strictly bilateral financing from donors to dedicate to programmes to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in their countries. Other ECOWAS countries are financed through national commissions solely from the funds that the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development (PCASED) can provide them. The idea is therefore to assist every country to establish a national programme that will make it possible to organize the mobilization of resources from international community donors. In that vein, I am pleased to report to the Security Council that the Programme is trying to establish a national portfolio on non-proliferation in the 15 countries.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Civil servants are appointed and are also responsible for other duties on a full-time basis: they work in ministries and public administration and therefore cannot systematically manage a programme to combat the proliferation of arms. But we have seen that even though civil servants may be otherwise occupied, the roles of facilitators and coordinators have made a difference. On the issue of financial resources, every operation I have mentioned - including training, border control, establishing registers and collecting and destroying arms - stems from national commissions, which actually carry out operations on the ground. Our resources are therefore quite limited.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“As sovereignty issues are often negotiated by ministries for foreign affairs at the same time that operations are carried out by defence and security ministries, it is not always easy to harmonize the problems that arise between the various ministries in an effort to have them understand each other and engage in collective efforts. That was not an easy thing to do. In fact, we worked on this issue quite a hit this year. I also wish to refer to the availability of resources. I believe that one of the major constraints facing national commissions is the lack of necessary resources, beginning with human resources.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“I would just like to say that it is true that currently the first problem facing the implementation of the Moratorium is the need to maintain the strong political involvement that existed at the outset of this effort. I believe that, as the problems have become increasingly serious, we must continue to encourage political commitment on the part of the States and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). With regard to the technical questions that have been raised, I believe that the most difficult challenge we experienced was overcoming the ministerial competition that arose in each country with regard to the chairmanship of national commissions. That caused us delays in many countries.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Another image that we would like to put forward is that of tolerance and of all of us coming together in national unity. Lastly, there is the image of the flame of peace. Let us act before it dies out.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Today, the customs statistics collected by the United Nations are not sufficient, partly because military arms are not declared, arms are in transit, and free-trade areas are proliferating, and all this means that important data are not available to us. Therefore, we have to rely on voluntary reporting by States. It should be noted that even now, among the more than 100 exporting countries, only 29 submit reports, and they do not always provide data that are relevant to our efforts to combat the proliferation of weapons. Therefore, we will also step up the campaigns for demobilization and micro-disarmament operations, and especially for public awareness, as we have been able to do in Chad concerning human development, saying it is a race to be won.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“But since PCASED was established in 1998, we have not been able to mobilize this sum. So this gives you some idea of our shortfalls and deficit problems. The last operational perspective is the matter of reducing demand through the Moratorium and through stricter monitoring and assessment regimes. I believe the Interim Commissioner for Peace, Security and Political Affairs has clearly stressed that. We need a far more restrictive regime for countries that have adopted the Moratorium. At the same time, on the supply side, the proposal that the export of weapons to conflict-torn regions be avoided is important, but that implies that declarations be made.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Another important point is integrating the UNDP resident representatives and, further, those responsible for the good governance within the framework of the struggle against the proliferation of arms. But the most important aspect of efforts to combat proliferation, as the Executive Secretary said, is not only political commitment and will, but also the mobilization of resources. It must be understood that our Programme started with a 60 per cent deficit in resources. Of the estimated $13 million needed to carry out the Plan of Action, we were able to mobilize only $5 million. I would like to give a very simple example. Today, the minimal programme - and I stress minimal- to strengthen borders of the 15 West African countries, which would mean four sites per country, would call for $6 million.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“We will then seek to associate ourselves with the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). If memory serves me, I believe that France has been entrusted with the peace and security portfolio, and that it is in the process of working on that matter. That is how we plan to involve ourselves in new international efforts. We also hope to expand and improve our partnership with implementing bodies, the agencies of the United Nations and donors in particular. In that regard, I believe that it is very important that we have put in place a mechanism at the level of regional programmes that makes it possible for all the Ambassadors of donor countries to meet their counterparts from recipient countries in order to be able to discuss all aspects of the Programme in total transparency.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“However, after three years of work by a group of experts, it has not been possible to include light weapons in the Register of Conventional Arms. Light weapons will therefore be included in regional registers. ECOWAS will be working on this issue through the establishment of pilot projects on a country-by-country basis. Several countries have already volunteered to provide comprehensive information on their stocks of small arms and ammunition, which will make it possible for us to go to the source in order to coordinate our efforts to come up with genuinely national registers. I now wish to refer to the future of the Programme. First, we will seek to integrate the Programme into the framework of international efforts, beginning with the United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Their Aspects.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“We will also follow that with demining programmes, to begin a year after the destruction of those weapons. Three projects are currently under way. The first entails promoting the culture of peace. In that regard, it is important to point out that we intend to reform primary, secondary and university curricula in West Africa in order to include the teaching of the culture of peace. Another project involves harmonizing security- related legislation into a single law through an international convention, as we have done in the area of business law. The third, and last, programme involves establishing a regional register of light weapons. As the Council is aware, a regional register of conventional arms was established following the adoption of General Assembly resolution 46/36 L.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“With the national decentralization now in place, and using our own training manual, over 7,500 agents will be trained in advance of the unit-level decentralization of security and armed forces. With regard to actual figures, we have destroyed 38,000 weapons in West Africa. The Council will note that, as we have already stated, we have, paradoxically, destroyed the most weapons in Liberia. In addition, as they exit the Chamber, members will find a film on the destruction of weapons in Liberia, which has been an extremely significant event. In tandem with that, we are paying particular attention to the subject of light weapons that includes anti-personnel mines, as they too fall within this category. We have a zero-mines initiative in place in West Africa. With Canada's help, we intend to destroy all Government landmine stocks.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“What is most important, however, is that we move from the state of institutional integration that has always existed between the Programme and UNDP resident representatives to an operational integration that includes in national commissions those responsible for good-governance programmes. From an operational standpoint, that would serve to integrate the United Nations system into anti-proliferation efforts. Strengthening border controls is also part of our Programme. Just a few days ago, we provided Mali with over $200,000 to secure its borders with Mauritania and Algeria. We are now in the process of helping Benin, and are considering extending assistance to Ghana and Niger. We are also involved in training security forces. We have trained trainers, namely, over 300 senior officers throughout the 15 participating countries.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Liberia is the other exception. That situation is due to the civil war in the country. However, it has demonstrated a firm commitment to establish a national commission. Moreover - and this is the second point I wish to make in this regard - once established, national commissions become part of a network that exists for the purposes of sharing best practices, cooperating to combat the proliferation of weapons and exchanging information. Decentralization has now been instituted. For example, Mali's commission is so far ahead that it has already created local commissions to combat proliferation in the north, east and west of the country. The Programme must now complete that network by incorporating Nigeria.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“They would also be responsible for ensuring the durability of the effort and for strengthening the capacity of States in the area of combating proliferation. Up until 2001 there were only five national commissions. Thanks to intense work done by a team in the field, 13 out of a potential 15 national commissions have been established in a single year. Thirteen out of the 15 countries in the West Africa region therefore have national commissions to combat proliferation. Due to the current instability in the country, Cote d'Ivoire is one of the States without a commission. We hope that, with the support of the Executive Secretary, we will be able to benefit from the establishment of the new Government to set up a national commission, set up a register in any future peacekeeping operation and move towards destroying surplus arms.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Through the UNDP Programme we have today been able to respond to the issue of how to resolve the problem of proliferation on the ground. Our mission is to promote the culture of peace, train security forces, establish border controls, create a regional register of light weapons, harmonize laws, collect and destroy weapons, extend the spirit of moratorium to the rest of the African continent, mobilize resources and begin a dialogue with arms manufacturers. The most important thing today is to establish what we refer to as national commissions to combat the proliferation of weapons. This is a matter of establishing such commissions in all ECOWAS States. Created by States themselves, which would also determine their composition, such commissions would serve as the implementing agents in combating the proliferation of weapons.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“But above all it has been an interesting response in that for the first time in the fight against the proliferation of arms, we have both a political delegation comprised of ECOWAS States and the political legitimacy necessary for the Programme to be able to be involved on a country by country basis and to make direct contact with ministers for foreign affairs, defence and security to discuss the issues at hand. This state of affairs indeed makes for the effectiveness and level of specificity that are among the strengths of the Pro gramme. Lastly, with regard to comprehensiveness, the most important thing about the Programme established by UNDP in Africa is that it involves a programme for practical disarmament that goes beyond lofty principles.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“We have succeeded in establishing norms and in putting in place a programme of action. We are now attempting to link standards and behaviour though an incentive system. To that end, we are today relying on diplomacy and capacity-building. It should be remembered, however, that we do not yet have the power to impose sanctions or carry out public negotiations. An image was projected on screen. This next image is of a young man from Sierra Leone who stepped on a mine. We used this image in our campaign during the Africa Cup to illustrate how people's dreams are also shattered. Our response has therefore been comprehensive.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“International organizations, States, national organizations, non- governmental organizations (NGO), media and civil society groups are all participants in a system of partnership and coalition that is attempting to take ownership of the Programme through the national commissions established by States and the national and transnational bodies of civil society. Having been given a formal platform, those bodies have been actively participating in the Moratorium since the latest summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Multidimensional and multidisciplinary strategies are being put in place to deal with certain elements relating to legislative reform. They also exist because we are somewhat ahead of the game in West Africa with regard to the issue of combating the proliferation of arms.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“It is therefore important to ask what the response of the Programme has been. First of all, the response of the Programme set up by UNDP is based on the concept of human security. It involves extending the concept of human security not only to people and goods but also to economic and social rights. The link between development and security, as well as the security paradigm itself, are also part of that response. Another element that I believe is important has to do with the fact that the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development is a typical example of a comprehensive response to a problem that has itself become global in nature. A range of actors is involved in this effort.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“That insecurity could result in attacks on the civilian population, which will be the subject of the following images. An image was projected on screen. This is an image of the results of an attack with a Kalashnikov rifle, which is a weapon of war. That attack took place at a location where we had gone to establish a national commission to combat the proliferation of weapons. We came across this incident involving a vehicle being used to transfer funds that was attacked by Kalashnikov or AK-40 fire. It is pretty cheap to buy a Kalashnikov: one can find such a weapon on the market today for $30. The toll in this case was certainly terrible: a bullet in the abdomen, a lost eye and another bullet in the head. This level of insecurity is the daily fare in the region.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“A very dark picture has emerged in the course of about 10 years: 2 million children have been killed; 5 million persons have been handicapped; 12 million children have been made homeless; 300,000 children have acted as combatants and over 10,000 mercenaries have emerged. All this points to the intensity, irreversibility and frequency of armed conflicts. Those conflicts have both direct and indirect effects on human security. It is in that context, therefore, that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) justified the rationality of the Programme in its 2002 mission statement. I have not mentioned the specific situation in Nigeria, where, although there is no domestic rebellion there is nevertheless a great deal of insecurity.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“Also, as we have stressed, there has been mercenary activity, a gearing down of trouble-spots that destabilize the subregion, 12 years of war in Liberia, 10 years in Sierra Leone, a revolt in Casamance which lasted for 20 years, and so forth. Hence, the situation is explosive. There are more than 10 million arms in West Africa and, according to the most recent estimate, between 90 and 100 million persons are enduring this situation in the rest of Africa. Furthermore, 50 per cent of these weapons are used by organized criminal groups, and 80 per cent of the victims are the most impoverished - women, children and the elderly.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“First, we would like to give Council members an idea of the range of proliferation of arms in West Africa, and then show how the Programme has been set up as a response to arms proliferation, before looking at measures on how to combat this proliferation in West Africa. The situation of arms proliferation in West Africa today is extremely worrying, which has made this subregion one of the least stable in the world - first of all, because of the number and impact of coups d'etat - 72 coups d'etat took place between 1972 and 1980, of which 50 per cent were successful - with very typical examples. There is one country, for instance, where there were five attempted coups d'etat in four years, with one of them alone creating approximately 250,000 refugees.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“First of all, on behalf of Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UNDP Director of the African Bureau, who is present here, I would like to congratulate Guinea on its presidency of the Council and to thank it for the very important initiative it is taking at this extremely important time, when the subject of weapons of mass destruction holds the attention of the international community. We are going to give the Council a Power-Point presentation on the projection screen in this Chamber, and we will try to remain within the given time limits, bearing in mind the fact that later discussions will make it possible to go into further detail for those who wish so. The point of our statement is to demonstrate UNDP's role in the fight against the proliferation of weapons in West Africa through PCASED.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source