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Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon

lines on the record: 49
first: 2020-06-22
most recent: 2021-01-21
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-security-council

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“We trust the Council will not remain unmoved by this legitimate appeal, which is backed by national opinion, eager to see measures taken and avenues opened to rebuild trust among our people in the organizations meant to uphold their rights and protect them from violence or being forced to resort to such ends. I sincerely hope that the international community will keep up the momentum of international solidarity backing the people and the Government of the Central African Republic and continue supporting their national recovery efforts.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“I should like to conclude my remarks by reiterating to all friendly countries and Member States present here to support the plea of the Central African Republic for the complete lifting of the arms embargo so as to restore the operational capacity of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic alongside their brothers in arms; to end the policy of terror, national paralysis and national economic suffocation; and to rebuild trust among the people of the Central African Republic in the face of increasing violent extremism, cross-border criminal activity and other forms of unprecedented violence.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Central African Republic continues to advocate with all its partners, in particular the United Nations and the Group of 5+ — comprising France, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the United Nations, the European Union, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States and the World Bank Group — so as to continue the work already under way in building peace and promoting a culture of dialogue and universal peace, the fruits of development.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Central African Republic has just made another major stride with the organization of the elections of 27 December 2020, despite the political and security situation, not to mention the obstacles that have arose throughout the electoral process. Progress has been achieved, including in the implementation of security sector reform and the national DDRR programme as well as the management of weapons and ammunition. And there remain many challenges to overcome, including with regard to the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic: resource mobilization is hampered by persistent hotbeds of tensions, the effective implementation of the DDRR programme, economic exploitation by certain armed groups, the implementation of the General Regime of Conventional Weapons, Ammunition and Components Law.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“Eager to strengthen the security of the electoral process, the Government has made it a priority objective to utilize, in the context of security sector reform, several bilateral and international commitments, pursuant to agreements with several friendly and brotherly countries, to whom we express our sincere thanks and appreciation, with the aim of rebuilding the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic and the internal security forces in a professional, republican, inclusive manner capable of ensuring the protection of people and property in order to face all forms of threats against the nation.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“This request is entirely legitimate since it is incumbent on the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic to lead the way in upholding its sovereign duties. The equipment shortfall facing the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic must be filled to rebalance the balance of power with the armed groups, which hold heavy weapons, such as mortars, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-personnel mines, rocket launchers — the list is long.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“These must be in accordance with the principles of justice and law and commensurate with the alarming security and humanitarian situation the civilian population faces due to the proliferation of armed groups and the inability of the defence and security forces to protect the population against abuses of extreme cruelty. To achieve that and no longer send a message encouraging impunity to armed groups, whose conduct is utterly shameless given their awareness of the limitations of the national forces, we call for the total lifting of the arms embargo against the Central African Republic, in order to allow the democratically elected authorities to ensure the protection of the population and to defend our territorial integrity.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The time has come to take bold decisions, like that of 5 December 2013, which sanctioned the national forces of the Central African Republic with an arms embargo, thereby stripping them, to the benefit of harmful actors, of their ultimate right and duty to defend the country’s population and territory. I am pleased to recall that that duty has been recalled systematically by the Council in its resolutions. Effective collective action is needed to genuinely eliminate threats to peace, deter acts of aggression, violent extremism, criminal acts committed against civilian populations, and exploitation of the country’s natural resources.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“We are also grateful for the determination of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSCA, Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, for discharging the responsibilities entrusted to the Mission. I should like to urge MINUSCA to stand firm and remain steadfast in its efforts, and to report to the Security Council on the facts of the challenging reality MINUSCA continues to face on the ground. The complexity of the situation and the increasing fragility of the security context mean that the electoral process under way is under threat due to the occupation of a portion of the national territory by armed groups and to repeated attacks against State institutions as well as humanitarian organizations.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“This imbalance is due to the fact that United Nations forces — although equipped with a robust mandate to ensure the security of the civilian population, which resolution 2552 (2020) expanded by delegating MINUSCA a role in the context of ensuring the security of the electoral process in the Central African Republic — lack weapons of matching sophistication or sufficient quantity as compared to those of the armed groups of the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement rebel movement. I sincerely congratulate and thank MINUSCA, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Central African Republic, for the bravery of its contingents on the ground, who devote the great effort required in providing support on the ground to the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic as far as possible.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“In addition, we must also mention the imbalance in force strength between the peacekeepers and the armed groups, which has seen many soldiers of peace taken down by rebel bullets. We count, unfortunately, the death of seven brave men of peace in a period of less than three weeks. They lost their lives to bullets of the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement rebel movement.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“repeated attacks by members of the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement against peaceful populations in the Central African Republic, the defence and security forces, peacekeepers and humanitarian personnel are unacceptable and not something we can simply stand by and watch. The current situation is the result of disregard by certain armed groups for their commitments set out in the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, their non-adherence to the DDRR process, their continuous violation of the terms of the Agreement to which they are signatories and the non-application of article 35 of the that Agreement, which provides for sanctions should violations occur.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“While asking the Security Council not only strongly to condemn this rebel movement and its many political accomplices, but also to establish an international commission of inquiry to shed light on the mechanisms and actors involved in this plot, which sought to sow violence and insecurity and take power by force. I am alarmed that, amid the pandemic and as our joint efforts to start down the path towards peace beginning to bear fruit, the armed groups continue to engage in increasing violence, human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“We therefore take this opportunity to welcome the inspiring example of democracy shared by the people of the Central African Republic, who showed courage in defying those who would oppose peace, and to thank the guarantors and facilitators — the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, the European Union, and the Economic Community of Central African States — as well as the other facilitators for their tireless support in favour of the effective implementation of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Constitution of the Central African Republic of 30 March 2016 provides, in article 19, that national sovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it through referendums or through their representatives. Every citizen has the right to vote. Despite the continuation of such violence, people turned out in great numbers to vote, discharging their civic duties and exercising their rights. The results of this first ballot led to the proclamation, on Monday, 18 January 2021, of definitive results by the Constitutional Court, confirming the re-election of the incumbent President, Professor Faustin Archange Touadera, with 53.16 per cent of validly cast ballots.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“Public authorities draw their legitimacy from their foundation on the will of the people; that will must be expressed through free and fair elections, held on a regular basis, with equal universal suffrage and the sanctity of the ballot guaranteed, either through secret ballot or by some other procedure that provides equivalent assurance of the freedom in which each vote is cast. Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that all citizens have the right to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections that shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“By launching a wave of violence in several towns of the eastern, western, central northern and central southern areas, forcibly displacing victimized populations once again and preventing voters in those areas from discharging their civic duty on the day of the election, 27 December 2020, in violation of their fundamental rights inherent to human dignity and universally recognized, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose article 21 provides that “[e]veryone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives”.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“With the support of the Coalition de l’opposition démocratique 2020, which constitutes its political wing, the rebel movement — comprising the most active of the armed groups from areas of violence — Ali Darassa’s Union pour la paix centrafricaine, Mahamat Alkatim’s Mouvement patriotique pour la centrafrique, Abass Sidiki’s Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation, Nourreldine Adam’s Front populaire pour la renaissance de la centrafrique and the Anti-Balaka Ngaïsona and Mokom wings — decided to stop the electoral process, halt the deepening of democracy in the country, destabilize the institutions of the Republic, install an anti- democratic regime and make the country ungovernable.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“After many contradictory statements rejecting the decision of the Constitutional Court, or accepting it out of spite, activists of its Convergence nationale — or Kwa na Kwa — political wing were asked to vote for the candidate of the Union pour le renouveau centrafricain political grouping of Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, another member of the Coalition de l’opposition démocratique 2020, who had signed a pact to withdraw, leaving an open field for the rebel movement.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“Those political actors have been unwilling to respect the electoral process since its very beginning, seeking any means possible to hamper the successful holding of the elections, which would have been a sign of development in the Central African Republic and confirmed the definitive end to the country’s crisis. Thereafter, following the publication of the final list of candidates for the Constitutional Court and the invalidation of his presidential candidacy on the grounds of ineligibility under the Constitution, former President of the Republic and current president of the Coalition de l’opposition démocratique 2020 François Bozizé Yangouvonda, provoked hostilities through a rebel movement known as the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“When it comes to the electoral process, the Government mobilized the administration and other relevant stakeholders with the support of international community to ensure the presidential and legislative elections would be inclusive, free, credible, peaceful, transparent and calm and held in line with the constitutional time frame. Despite that goodwill on the part of the Government and the decision of the Constitutional Court rejecting a proposed draft law in Parliament seeking to postpone the elections on grounds of force majeure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the security situation, opposition political parties jointly, as the Coalition de l’opposition démocratique 2020, stepped up political manoeuvering seeking to delay the electoral timeline and install an exceptional administration of political transition.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“Since the signing, on 6 February 2019, of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Central African Republic between the Government and 14 armed groups, we have made major strides following several negotiations and the support of the international community The Central African Republic Government has shown itself to be of good faith, by implementing the central provisions of that Agreement, and determined to overcome the crisis, by establishing monitoring mechanisms for the Agreement; forming an inclusive Government with the completion of all political reforms, including the establishment of an inclusion committee comprising representatives of the signatory parties; establishing the Commission on Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation; adopting laws on political parties and the status of the opposition; adopting the law on decentralization; adopting the law defining the pension regime agreed for former Presidents of the Republic; rolling out special mixed security units; beginning disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation (DDRR); adopting the law on the General Regime on Conventional Weapons in the Central African Republic; adopting the law on administrative districts; and facilitating the return of refugees, the redeployment of administrative functions and the restoration of State authority throughout its entire territory.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The year 2020 was marked by a renewal of the social contract between the people of the Central African Republic and their leaders, including through the organization and holding of presidential and legislative elections. In that regard, the political situation was notable for the organization and holding of the joint elections on 27 December 2020.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“While contributing to the proliferation of heavy weapons within armed groups, we must conclude that the powers of our organ responsible for maintaining peace and security were not designed to establish peace, something to which the people of the world in general and of the Central African Republic in particular aspire, but only to keep the peace. Keeping the peace presupposes having first found a solution to the conflict. Hence the absolute need to not coerce or sanction a sovereign and legitimate State, but rather the non-governmental forces, which are not legitimate. Despite threats and destabilization attempts, the Central African Republic has remained steadfast in upholding its commitments, eager to maintain the evident momentum from safeguarding the democratic gains made to date and upholding respect for fundamental law.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“On the subject of breaches of discipline, from which no State is immune, through the accusations occasionally made against certain armed forces — premeditated murder, rape, blunders and so on — we cannot forget that a member of the military is still a weak human. With regard to the non-recognition of the numerous reforms undertaken since 30 March 2016, there have been institutional and structural reforms in the context of strengthening the rule of law and restoring the authority of the State throughout the entire territory by the democratically elected authorities.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Central African Government remains deprived of its means of defence, and the non-Government forces, strengthened by the ongoing reforms, are weakening the Central African State. We must recognize that the embargo, which was designed to be an effective collective measure to ward off threats, is at present ineffective, contrary and unfair by virtue of the principles and values defended by the United Nations, in particular in terms of equality and fundamental rights. Proof of that is that it has not been able to eliminate the threats to peace posed by armed groups, and neither has it been able to repress their acts of aggression. By limiting the fundamental rights of the Central African Republic, we must recall the following.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“While the initial objective was noble, we must recognize that the embargo has ended up totally weakening the State, which is therefore deprived of the means to ensure the protection of its population and the defence of its territorial integrity, to the benefit of the armed groups that continue to arm themselves and supply themselves with heavy weapons. The embargo, although it has been subject to some reductions, which are insignificant with regard to the weapons available to those outside the law, continues to weigh on the Central African Republic, despite the return to constitutional legality in 2016, thanks to the resilience of the Central African people, with the support of the international community.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“With regard those paragraphs of such resolutions, to mention only that one, which is binding, we must emphasize that the serious military-political crisis unleashed in December 2012 by the Séléka rebel coalition, which led to the change of a democratic regime by force, led the United Nations, and more specifically the Security Council, to decide, through the powers at its disposal, to impose an arms embargo on the Central African Republic. The intended and stated objective was to prevent the rival armed groups, which have protected entire regions of the country, and the national armed forces disorganized by the crisis from gaining access to weapons of war that could perpetuate the crisis and lead to a civil war with incalculable consequences.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“Given that serious threat to the civilian population and democratic institutions, we must note that my country, the Central African Republic, is deprived of the means to exercise its inherent right of individual or collective self-defence, as recognized by the Charter of the United Nations and its duty as recalled in all resolutions on the Central African Republic, in their fifth preambular paragraphs, “that the [Central African Republic] authorities have the primary responsibility to protect all populations in the [Central African Republic] in particular from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and recalling in this regard the importance of restoring state authority in all parts of the country”.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Central African Republic, one of the States Members of the United Nations, has been facing a month-long armed aggression, led by a rebellion called the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement (CPC), regrouping former Séléka, former anti-Balaka, as well as foreign mercenaries, which, led by former President of the Republic François Bozizé Yangouvonda, is trying to destabilize the country through the use of force to gain access to power.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“The Central African Republic considered it important for the Security Council, as the executive organ of our international organization, to meet in order to share its position and decisions on recent events in the Central African Republic. The Security Council, which is primarily responsible for matters of international peace and security, according to the Charter of the United Nations, bears the responsibility for the “maintenance of peace and security” and has specific powers to do so, such as decisions taken in the form of binding resolutions, international sanctions and/or military intervention.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“I would also like to express my gratitude for the benevolent attention that the Central African Republic continues to receive from the international community, as well as my deep appreciation to all representatives who have responded to today’s convocation as proof that they are keeping the Central African Republic close to their hearts, despite their many commitments and demands upon them. Allow me also to reiterate the gratitude and confidence of the Central African people and Government to Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his sustained commitment to peace and development in the world, and especially for the consistent and multifaceted support for the Central African Republic.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“At the outset, on behalf of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic and on my own behalf, I would like to convey to the Security Council my best wishes. I wish delegations health, happiness and peace, and a beautiful and happy 2021 New Year to all. May it be a year of success in our joint efforts to meet our many common challenges, such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-10) pandemic and everything related to violent extremism, namely, armed groups, terrorism and mercenaries. Allow me to take this opportunity to warmly and sincerely congratulate and thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Tarek Ladeb, for his presidency and the convening of this open meeting, which gives me an opportunity to present to the Council the political and security situation in my country, the Central African Republic.”
2021-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/76 (2021) · source
“I hope that the international community will remain mobilized alongside the people and the Government of the Central African Republic and continue to support us in our efforts to restore our country and achieve the complete lifting of the embargo that still hangs over us — a people who aspire only to genuine peace.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“It should also be noted that the Government is allowing Central African refugees to participate in the vote, subject to the agreement of the countries concerned to take the steps necessary to ensure the exercise of the civil rights of Central African refugees present on their territories. I would conclude by reiterating the request of my country, the Central African Republic, for a strengthening of multifaceted support of MINUSCA, in particular in terms of its equipment and human-resource capacity. We make this request because we must compel peace, which would be possible if MINUSCA had a more robust mandate.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“The resources mobilized for this purpose have already surpassed the 50 per cent mark. Progress has also been made in the promulgation of decrees establishing the period for establishing the electoral lists and the list of countries where Central Africans abroad will be allowed to participate in the presidential elections. All of that is sufficient evidence of the Central African Republic’s firm commitment to moving forward in holding the 2020-2021 elections. In addition, the law on the National Electoral Authority is being drafted at the legislative level, and it will be taken up at an extraordinary session of the National Assembly starting on 25 June.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“I would also take this opportunity to appeal to international partners and other friendly countries to mobilize resources in order to preserve the efforts made and strengthen the democratic foundations in memory of the victims. Respect for the constitutional deadline for the upcoming elections is a collective commitment by all — and one that it is important to keep. Despite the difficulties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Electoral Authority is working hard to do everything possible to ensure that the constitutional deadline is met. Dismemberments at the national level have been finalized and voter-registration operations are being initiated. To this end, the electronic equipment, the software for managing the electoral register and all related equipment have been purchased and delivered.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“To remain passive would mean disassociating ourselves from the counterbalancing effort; it would be tantamount to choosing not to oppose the violence of others. We cannot be spectators of human interactions of a nature that discourages our ideals and values nor can we be mere witnesses to the fatalities suffered by the Central African armed forces during the recent cantonment operation in the west of the armed group Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation. The Government of the Central African Republic is also showing its determination to organize inclusive, free and transparent elections. I therefore take this opportunity to express the Central African Government’s thanks and encouragement to the European Union for funding the elections in the country.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“As a consequence, there has been a resurgence of violence in the hinterlands and a rearming of certain armed groups, in particular the Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique, the Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique and the Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation group. Nevertheless, the Government remains committed to continuing its efforts aimed at engaging in constructive dialogue with all actors, combating impunity and strengthening the rule of law, including through arrests and the redeployment of the judicial administration. In the light of the multiple violations of the Agreement by recalcitrant armed groups, a majority counterweight to build peace is imperative.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“In fact, the teams responsible for implementing the programme in the north-east arrived in the area this weekend and were due to begin their work today. With regard to the special mixed security units, the legal framework associated with their concept of operations has also been set up. On 12 May 2020, the first contingents of these units, which were trained in Bouar, officially received their certificates of completion. Despite its stated commitment to implementing the recommendations of the Political Agreement and the tireless struggle for the return to peace, the Government continues to face several challenges, including many forms of violence resulting from the non-compliance with or outright violation of the provisions of the Agreement by armed groups that are signatories thereto.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“With the support of the international community since 2015, several initiatives have been undertaken by the Government as part of the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation (DDRR) process. Following the pilot programme in September 2017, a full DDRR programme was launched in December 2018. In April 2019, these efforts resulted in the implementation of the programme in the north- west, with the disarmament of combatants from a number of armed groups and their reintegration into the socioeconomic fabric of the country, the special mixed security units or the national defence and security forces, including the armed forces. In Ndélé, in the north-east, the full DDRR programme is being operationalized.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“The Government of the Central African Republic has also consistently demonstrated its good will by making progress in the restoration of the State, including the recruitment, training and redeployment of defence and security forces; undertaking efforts to mobilize the countries of the subregion; supporting the work of the facilitators and guarantors of the Political Agreement that has contributed to stability in the country; and participating in the joint commissions initiated in 2019 with Cameroon, the Congo and Chad, and in other joint commissions planned for 2020. Despite the fact that we had to postpone some recent meetings owing to restrictions stemming from COVID-19, these meetings are still being planned, specifically those with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan and South Sudan.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“The Government of the Central African Republic has consistently demonstrated its good will in the implementation of the main provisions of the Political Agreement, in particular through the formation of an inclusive Government and the adoption and promulgation of the laws called for therein, including those on decentralization, the status of former Heads of State and the regulation of political parties.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“The crusade for peace, within which we have been building, for more than four years and through a multisectoral strategy, our gradual return to stability and the rule of law, is a commitment by the Government that has been implemented under the leadership of the President of the Republic and Head of State, Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera. It is therefore incumbent upon all of us who wish to promote the culture of peace — the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States and all States members of the Security Council — to make the Central African experience a successful model for conflict resolution in Africa.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“It is important to recall that the Agreement was drawn up on the basis of, on the one hand, the 2015 popular consultations, which led to the Bangui Forum on National Reconciliation, and the demands of the armed groups, on the other hand. The proper implementation of the Agreement, which was reached after lengthy negotiations, requires that we — the Government, the 14 armed groups, the facilitators, the guarantors, the countries of the subregion and the international community — work synergistically to address the challenge of achieving lasting peace. The successful implementation of the Agreement requires the firm and unanimous support of the international community. Silencing the guns in the Central African Republic, in line with campaign organized by the African Union for this year, is not only achievable but inevitable.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“I would also take this opportunity to call on the Security Council to support the renewal of MINUSCA’s mandate in order to meet the many challenges that remain, including this year’s specific challenges, namely, the presidential and legislative elections and the return to peace. On 6 February 2019, the Central African Republic took a major political step forward with the signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic (S/2019/145, annex), whose first anniversary we celebrated this year and which indisputably testifies to our determination to make progress and transcend inertia and resistance to stability and to our desire to achieve prosperity for the Central African people.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“Koen Vervaeke, Managing Director for Africa of the European External Action Service, and Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). I particularly thank Mr. Ndiaye for the work carried out by MINUSCA and all the contingents represented therein, who, despite the diversity of their nationalities, are working together in the service of peace. As MINUSCA is the expression of tremendous international solidarity, the Central African Republic, through me, wishes to pay a vibrant tribute to the peacekeepers who have fallen on Central African soil.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the President for convening this important meeting of the Security Council and to express, on behalf of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic, our gratitude for the kind attention we have received and for the unwavering esteem in which my country is held. Allow me also to reiterate our confidence in Secretary-General António Guterres as well as our complete gratitude for his sustained commitment to peace and development in the world. We are above all grateful for the constant and multifaceted support the United Nations has extended to the Central African Republic. My thanks also go to Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source
“This is a rather sensitive period for the Central African Republic, and it is important for me to be able to address the Security Council. Through me, the Central African Republic has the honour of addressing the Security Council at this crucial time, when humankind is fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Before I begin my remarks, I would like very humbly to extend my warm and heartfelt congratulations to the President on his country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to thank all previous speakers for the encouragement they have given to the Government of the Central African Republic.”
2020-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/572 (2020) · source