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Shalgham/Mr. Dabbashi

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2009-03-18
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  1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 pm. The meeting was suspended at 1.10 pm.”

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  2. “These merit a Security Council consensus on the right mechanisms to implement them. To our mind, it is important that Mr. Prodi remain involved in the process of implementing the panel's recommendations, with a view to strengthening the capacity of the African Union to deploy peacekeeping forces, with reliable, sustainable and predictable resources at its disposal. We believe that the best way to achieve that is to implement the recommendations set out in paragraph 90 of the report. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of Cuba.”

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  3. “The forces currently deployed have not received weapons and equipment in accordance with United Nations standards, despite the fact that promises have been made. We regret that one AMISOM. troop-contributing country is seriously considering withdrawing its troops because they are unable to protect themselves. It is therefore our hope that the Security Council will soon agree to transform the African Union Mission in Somalia into a United Nations mission. The security and humanitarian situation requires this, and, morally 09-2716] speaking, the United Nations cannot fail to engage in peacekeeping in Somalia at a time when millions of Somalis are suffering from homelessness, poverty and disease. The report before us today contains practical recommendations for supporting peace in Africa.”

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  4. “Then there is the African Standby Force, which is expected to be operational by the middle of next year. This is a significant step for peacekeeping, and we should begin now to provide it with steady support, especially given the possible need for its rapid deployment to address urgent events. Africa suffers from conflict, poverty and disease. It sorely needs the support of the international community in achieving security and stability, promoting development and combating poverty and disease. The money spent on war throughout the world is many hundreds of times the amount needed to enable Africa to maintain and build peace and achieve development. We are disappointed that to date the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has been unable to gain sufficient support from the international community to ensure its full deployment.”

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  5. “This discussion is particularly significant in the light of the specific recommendations of the panel chaired by Mr. Prodi, and because peacekeeping operations in general, and those of the African Union in particular, face serious challenges that must be addressed quickly. All of us here today agree that the greatest challenge peacekeeping operations face is the growing demand for those operations amid a significant shortage of personnel and financing. The first aspect - the shortage of personnel - is in fact linked to the second, the shortage of financing. We know that many African States are ready to contribute troops to peacekeeping operations if they are provided with the necessary financing, equipment and weapons in compliance with United Nations standards.”

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  6. “I shall now make a few remarks in my national capacity. At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to all speakers for their kind words to me and my country, and to His Excellency the Secretary- General for joining us at this important meeting. I also wish to thank Mr. Romano Prodi for presenting the report (S/2008/813) of his panel; Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, for his valuable contribution; and Ms. Dlamini Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, for her presence here today and for her significant contribution to our debate. Today, we are meeting to discuss the report of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping operations.”

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  7. “I thank Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, for his briefing. In accordance with the understanding reached among Council members, I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa.”

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  8. “I thank Mr. Prodi for his briefing and statement. I now give the floor to Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union.”

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  9. “I thank the Secretary-General for his kind words to me personally and to my country. I now give the floor to Mr. Romano Prodi, Chairman of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union operations.”

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  10. “On behalf of the members of the Security Council, I cannot fail to pay tribute to His Excellency the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the African Union-United Nations panel for submitting the report with a view to useful deliberations in the Council. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and invite him to take the floor.”

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  11. “It also welcomed the Secretary-General's proposal to set up an African Union-United Nations panel consisting of distinguished persons to consider in depth the 09-2716] modalities of how to support such peacekeeping operations, in particular start-up funding, equipment and logistics, and to consider in depth lessons from past and current African Union peacekeeping efforts. In September 2008, an African Union-United Nations panel was established, chaired by former Prime Minister Romano Prodi of Italy, who focused most specifically on ways and means to support African peacekeeping operations established under United Nations auspices. The panel carried out its work and has now submitted its report to the Security Council.”

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  12. “Thus, it is essential to promote more systematic cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in addressing issues related to peace and security, particularly given the fact that the majority of United Nations peacekeeping operations are being carried out on the African continent and the need to respond swiftly to crises on the continent and provide the African Union with predictable and strengthened capacities. Today's debate is being held to follow up on the Council's open debate held on 16 April 2008 (see S/PV.5868), presided over by the then President of sisterly South Africa. At that meeting, resolution 1809 (2008) was adopted. It recognized the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing regional organizations when they undertake peacekeeping under a United Nations mandate.”

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  13. “We have urged that this open debate be convened, fully aware that issues of peace and security are of concern not only to the African Union, but to all regional organizations. Wherever armed conflicts arise, they have severe consequences, reflected in a lack of security, in human suffering and in flows of internally displaced persons and refugees. Those problems, which are being suffered most intensely on the African continent, are imposing grave burdens on the African Union, which continues to seek to strengthen its capabilities in the maintenance of peace and security.”

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  14. “The Council is 2 meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2008/8l3, which contains the text of identical letters dated 24 December 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council transmitting the report of the African Union- United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping operations. I should now like to make a few introductory remarks. Today's open debate comes in the context of continuing contacts regarding the cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.”

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  15. “Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa. At the invitation of the President, Ms. Dlamini Zuma (South Africa) took a seat at the Council table; the representatives of the other aforementioned countries took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (spoke in Arabic): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend invitations under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Romano Prodi, Chairman of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union operations, and Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

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  16. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway and South Africa, in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration of the item, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I wish to extend a warm welcome to Her Excellency Ms.”

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