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2016-11-22
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2023-05-25
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  1. “It is our firm believe that the Council will rise to the occasion and muster the will for demonstrating, as the Secretary- General puts it, its readiness to “address a critical gap in the international peace and security architecture, as well as strong reaffirmation of the willingness of the Council to stem the scourge of armed conflict on the African continent.” (ibid., para. 44)”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  2. “Moreover, the use of United Nations assessed contributions within an agreed institutional arrangement jointly worked out by the AU and the United Nations offers the best framework for the AU’s role in the maintenance of international peace and security to be one that meets the expectations of the United Nations Charter. All indications are that AU-led peace support operations financed by United Nations assessed contributions are cost effective. This is not about writing a blank cheque nor is it a matter of charity. Instead, this is about the Council crafting a framework for shouldering its part of the responsibility in the shared global public good of maintaining peace and security in Africa. Africa is looking up to the Council.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  3. “His endorsement of multilateralism within the framework of the United Nations was so absolute that he was emphatic that the United Nations “must, therefore, be supported by all interested in the preservation of peace and the progress of human civilization.” The adoption of a framework resolution on the use of United Nations assessed contributions for AU peace support operations will contribute materially to restoring Africa’s faith in the multilateral system, as forcefully put by Nkrumah, and facilitate the harnessing of the enormous reservoir of support for multilateralism in Africa.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  4. “At a time when there is apathy on using United Nations peacekeeping, using AU peace support operations offers the Council an avenue for preventing the emergence of such a dangerous vacuum for security arrangements that do not operate on the basis of multilateral principles. The future of multilateralism lies in Africa. The interest of the peoples of the African continent is best served under a multilateral system, even when it is imperfect. As Kwame Nkrumah wrote 60 years ago: “Although confidence in the United Nations has suffered several shocks since its foundation … it remains the only world organization in which the many problems of the world have a chance of finding reasonable solution”.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  5. “Lacking the combination of those tools and the doctrinal space for using some of them, United Nations missions in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali have come to face enormous challenges. As the progress made in Somalia, under the AU’s mission there, clearly attests, AU peace support operations are willing and, when properly resourced, able to use peace enforcement for creating conditions for peace. In similar conflict situations, AU peace support operations financed through United Nations assessed contribution can be the necessary alternative to United Nations peacekeeping.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  6. “The use of United Nations assessed contribution is the avenue for crafting — along the lines outlined in the Secretary-General’s report and the AU Consensus Paper on Predictable, Adequate, and Sustainable Financing for African Union Peace and Security Activities — this arrangement and the accompanying combination of tools required for this era in order to give the United Nations, working in concert with the AU, the fighting chance to make meaningful effort towards the promise of the Charter to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war in Africa. The conflicts in various parts of the continent, including those in which the major United Nations peacekeeping operations are currently engaged, require the use of the combination of peace enforcement, stabilization and peacebuilding instruments.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  7. “Although the question is framed narrowly in monetary terms, also to be considered are the enormous price that AU personnel pay with their lives and limbs and the resultant financial, social and other costs that result from such losses to the families, communities and institutions that these personnel are part of.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  8. “On whether the institutional and technical work accomplished is good enough for such action, solid enough progress has been made, albeit with some areas requiring further consolidation. There is significant progress with respect to a compliance framework for AU peace support operations, pursuant to resolutions 2320 (2016) and 2378 (2017). The AU has also established a unit dedicated to compliance. That can be strengthened further. The implementation of the compliance standards can also be enhanced with further support. With respect to burden sharing, institutionally the most critical development is the revitalization of the AU Peace Fund, dedicated to mobilizing funds from within the continent for financing AU’s peace and security work.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  9. “The Council has affirmed the imperative for such funding on many occasions. The Council has actually deployed assessed contributions for funding AU peace support operations, although always as an exception. Following resolution 2320 (2016) and resolution 2378 (2017), as well as presidential statement S/PRST/2022/6, of 31 August 2022, which requested the preparation of the Secretary- General’s report presented today, I wish to indicate that the Secretary-General is spot on in stating that this is “an opportune, timely moment for the Security Council to rise to the challenge of laying the foundationforanewgenerationof African Union-led, United Nations-supported peace operations on the African continent” (S/2023/303, para. 43).”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  10. “At the turn of the century, the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union recognized the need to resort to the use of United Nations assessed contributions. That was premised on the fundamental recognition that when the AU deploys peace support operations with Security Council Chapter VII authorization, it does so as part of the arrangement deemed necessary and in pursuit of the global public good for the maintenance of international peace and security. The experiences witnessed in the use of AU peace support operations under the Council’s auspices have made it clear that the full potential of that arrangement can be realized only if AU peace support operations are provided with sustainable, predictable and flexible funding.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  11. “Considering the nature of the peace and security challenges facing Africa, which account for 60 per cent of the decisions of the Council, it is the moment to make the necessary decision for adapting the arrangement and the tools for the realization of the Charter’s most fundamental pledge. The Council can achieve that by heeding the Secretary-General’s call in the report presented today (S/2023/303) for the Security Council to signal its clear support for providing African Union peace support operations with access to the United Nations assessed contributions.’ As discussed in some detail in Amani Africa’s special research report , the question of financing of AU peace support operations has been an important part of the policy discourse on international peace and security in Africa for nearly 15 years.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  12. “Rather it is first and foremost about the kind of arrangement that can best deliver on the pledge of the United Nations Charter to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war at a time when existing arrangements and tools for delivering on this promise have been found wanting. At various junctures in its 78 years, the Security Council has had to make bold decisions for adapting the arrangements and tools for the maintenance of international peace and security to the challenges of each era. Although not always successful, there is no doubt that they give the United Nations a fighting chance for doing better in its efforts towards saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  13. “Ms. Tadesse: I wish everyone a happy Africa Day. I would like to thank the Swiss presidency for the invitation to address the Security Council on my behalf and on behalf of my organization, Amani Africa Media and Research Services. Amani Africa is a pan-African policy research, training and consulting think tank that works on multilateral processes in relation to peace and security and democratic and constitutional rule in Africa, with a focus on the role of the African Union (AU) and its Peace and Security Council. It is an honour for me to draw on and use the rich research work of my organization in addressing Council members today. We would like to propose that at its core the subject of this meeting is not money.”

    2023-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9329 (2023) · source

  14. “The promotion of cooperation also demands frank and constructive discussions among States and regional cooperation frameworks. The discourse on water security has been dominated by inflammatory rhetoric, which tends to unnecessarily politicize the issue and does not foster constructive dialogue. What will help us address the challenge of water management in an equitable and sustainable manner is dialogue and collaboration conducted in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation. We very much hope that the outcome of our deliberations today will be geared towards that objective.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

  15. “We, the States Members of the United Nations, have also agreed, under the 2030 Agenda, to expand international cooperation and capacity-building for developing countries in water-related programmes. In addition, as the United Nations World Water Development Report 2016 illustrates, sustainable water management, water infrastructure and access to safe, reliable and affordable water supplies are fundamental to eradicating poverty and ensuring sustainable peace and development for all countries. Though the adoption of those universal Goals and indicators is a step in the right direction, their implementation requires sustained political commitment, determination, long- term vision and effort on the part of all Governments and stakeholders.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

  16. “Once the remaining three riparian States ratify it, a permanent river basin commission will be established. This kind of regional mechanisms is critical not only to reduce the risks of potential conflict but also to ensure that transboundary water resources are equitably shared among riparian States on a basis ofwin-win cooperation. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development also recognizes critical role of water in inclusive and sustainable development, as articulated in Sustainable Development Goal 6 and in the water-related targets. The 2030 Agenda emphasizes the importance of water resource management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

  17. “Contrary to the arguments of those who ring the alarm bells about water security, it is a matter of record that no States have gone to war specifically over water resources. In fact, thousands of treaties have been signed in the past to manage shared water resources. That is why we in Ethiopia strongly believe that cooperation on water is indeed possible and is the only rational way forward for ensuring sustained development benefits for all States, based on the principle of the equitable and reasonable utilization of transboundary water resources. It is in that context that Ethiopia has been participating in the Nile Basin Initiative and its Cooperative Framework Agreement, which was negotiated over a decade and has now been signed by six riparian States and ratified by three of them.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

  18. “The concept note is also anchored in the premise that "water has always been considered as a driver of conflict". Of course, one cannot rule out the possibility of a dispute or disagreement over the utilization of shared water resources. That is only natural, but conflict and Violence are not necessarily inevitable. The lessons of history show that water can indeed be a source of cooperation rather than conflict. That is even more relevant to transboundary water resources, which provide an opportunity for cooperation in ensuring effective water management at the national and regional levels. It is that spirit that I believe should guide our discussion of the topic today. For centuries, States have been striving to address water management challenges through cooperation and mutual understanding.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source

  19. “I would like to start by commending you, Mr. President, for organizing today's open debate on water, peace and security. I would also like to thank Mr. Danilo Tiirk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace; Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee ofthe Red Cross; and Mr. Sundeep Waslekar, President of Strategic Foresight Group, for their briefings this morning. The concept note (S/2016/969, annex) is also helpful, but we would like to share some ideas about the kind of narrative that should be crafted for focusing on this topic. The discussion on water, peace and security has essentially been framed in terms of the threats posed by water scarcity and the potential for water-related disputes.”

    2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source