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Tarek Ladeb

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2020-04-28

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2021-06-29

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1. “At the outset, I would like to thank Indonesia for convening this timely debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for being with us today and for his tireless efforts in mobilizing the United Nations system and international efforts to address the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. And I also thank former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Ms. Sarah Cliffe, Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, for their briefings. The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease is a massive global crisis and an unprecedented challenge that poses a significant threat to international peace and security and entails a health catastrophe, a profound economic downturn and serious risks of instability. It is affecting food security, employment, incomes and livelihoods.”

   2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

2. “In conclusion, we reiterate the urgent need to continue and multiply international efforts aimed at addressing the factors that undermine food security and nutrition. In this regard, measures to support resilient livelihoods and the achievement of sustainable development must be combined with peacebuilding and conflict resolution efforts. In current situations on the ground, it is vital that an end be put to all forms of the use of starvation as a method of warfare and to the unlawful denial of humanitarian access. The devastating impacts of these abuses on civilian populations, and on children in particular, can affect their lives and last for decades, even after the political settlement of the conflicts that give rise to the abuses.”

   2020-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/340 (2020) · source

3. “Worse, conflict-induced food insecurity and starvation are used as a method of warfare and a means of applying pressure to achieve political ends. We condemn these practices, as they are an outrageous attack upon the personal dignity and inalienable rights of the targeted populations and a grave violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Accordingly, we support all measures that lead to the full implementation of resolution 2417 (2018), particularly in terms of prevention, response, promotion of compliance and accountability. Furthermore, we appreciate and support all efforts of the United Nations and the World Food Programme undertaken in response to worsening food crises in conflict zones in order to alleviate the suffering of civilians.”

   2020-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/340 (2020) · source

4. “Hunger and malnutrition tied to conflicts are induced through many direct actions by belligerents, such as targeted attacks on food resources and related basic infrastructure, blockades or sieges, impediments to and restrictions on delivery of humanitarian relief, and the targeting of humanitarian actors and operations. In the long term, such impacts from conflict as economic recession, inflation, unemployment and disruption of essential services also contribute to food insecurity. Some countries in conflict are more vulnerable than others, owing to the deadly combination of poverty, violence, hunger and climate change, which can reach high, indeed life-threatening, levels, especially among women and children. Unfortunately, in many conflict zones, civilians are barred from access to food.”

   2020-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/340 (2020) · source

5. “At the outset, I would like to thank the briefers for their valuable briefings and extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic. I would like to thank the Dominican Republic for convening this timely meeting and for choosing the important topic of protecting civilians from conflict-induced hunger, which represents an essential priority in the maintenance of international peace and security. Conflicts are currently on the rise and are characterized by widespread destruction, devastating impacts on civilian populations, increasing numbers of refugees and internally displaced people, and severe hunger and food insecurity.”

   2020-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/340 (2020) · source

6. “We are of the view that UNISFA’s mandate needs to be calibrated and contextualized so as to align with the priority shifts of and the pace maintained by the parties in order to bolster peace, security and development endeavours and effectively counter the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand ready to engage constructively in the upcoming negotiations on further modalities for such extension.”

   2020-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/351 (2020) · source

7. “We also praise UNISFA’s efforts to empower women’s participation in local peace committees in order to enhance the prospects for lasting peace. The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has forced a priority shift for many affected countries across the globe. We reiterate the Secretary- General’s call for a global ceasefire and call on parties to exercise self-restraint within the Abyei Area, so that the Sudan and South Sudan can focus on carrying out their challenging State-building tasks. On the way forward for the United Nations presence in Abyei, we would like to endorse the recommendation made by the Secretary-General in his report on the extension of UNISFA’s mandate and its support for the JBVMM for a further period of six months, which remain vital for the stabilization of the Abyei Area and along the border.”

   2020-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/351 (2020) · source

8. “Tunisia notes the overall progress in the implementation of the UNISFA mandate in Abyei and along the border, as outlined in the report of the Secretary- General (S/2020/308). We commend in particular the continuous engagement of the mission with the officials in Khartoum and Juba, as well as at the Abyei local level. However, despite the encouraging political trends, challenges remain in view of the, sadly, avoidable intercommunal violence, the threat of armed groups and the widespread weapons within the Abyei Area. We are concerned about the escalation of attacks across intercommunal lines, the latest of which was on Mabok village in southern Abyei on 13 April. We express our support for UNISFA’s efforts in pushing local peace processes forward to resolve seasonal migration issues and promote intercommunal reconciliation.”

   2020-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/351 (2020) · source

9. “The Governments of both the Sudan and South Sudan have been actively engaging with each other through reciprocal visits by their leaders and mutual support for their respective peace processes. We believe that it is important for the Sudan and South Sudan, and for the Security Council, to capitalize on those positive developments so that the pursuit of just and sustainable peace in both countries extends to the Abyei Area. We encourage both Governments to foster rapprochement and mutual trust, with a view to reaching a lasting settlement of the status of the Abyei Area. We also urge them to revitalize their cooperation, including with the African Union High- level Implementation Panel, so as to resolve outstanding issues, as outlined in the cooperation agreement between the Republic of the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan of 2012.”

   2020-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/351 (2020) · source

10. “I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Horn of Africa, for their briefings. We welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and Ethiopia. We express our appreciation for the stabilizing role of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the Area and along the border between the Sudan and South Sudan, including its support to the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM). We would also like to commend Ethiopia and its peacekeepers for their dedicated contribution. The ongoing political transitions in the Sudan and South Sudan represented pivotal developments over the past few months, which inspired hope in positive change and comprehensive peace.”

    2020-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/351 (2020) · source