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  1. “In conclusion, it is our considered view that much has been done to ensure greater cooperation between the United Nations and the AU to promote peace and security in Africa, but much remains to be done. Africa is ready for such cooperation because it is in its interest to do so. No doubt, such cooperation is also in the interest of the international community.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  2. “We believe that there is scope in the cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union to move in this direction. Our best intentions would, however, amount to nothing if we failed to provide adequate, flexible and predictable funding for AU peace support missions. The AU is also determined to do its level best in this area. At its recently held Summit in Addis Ababa in May, the African Union noted "the need for increased funding from within the continent to assert Africa's ownership and leadership, as well as the challenge faced in building innovative and flexible partnership with the United Nations and other stakeholders". It has also decided to do even more with respect to enhancing Africa's capacity for immediate crisis-response.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  3. “It is our considered view that these meetings should result in concrete action-oriented initiatives for the development of strategic partnerships when addressing specific issues of mutual interest and concern. In this regard, concrete steps should also be taken to strengthen the policy-level coordination between the two organizations, not only to avoid conflicting initiatives but also a duplication of efforts. At the operational level, the Secretariat and the African Union Commission need to ensure the complementarity of their efforts. Strengthening the efforts of the African Union and its institutional capacity to effectively plan, deploy and manage peacekeeping operations is in the interests of both entities. All this is bound to make the partnership, between the United Nations and the AU more meaningful and productive.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  4. “Indeed, the results achieved in the Sudan, Somalia and other regional security concerns are illustrative of what can be achieved in this regard. We would therefore like to emphasize the need in the same spirit as the United Nations to intensify such regional initiatives and to accelerate its efforts to implement the United Nations-African Union 10-year capacity-building programme for the African Union. More efforts are also required to fully operationalize the African Union continental peace and security architecture, including the Standby Force and the Continental Early Warning System. Furthermore, the enhancement of cooperation between the Council and the AU Peace and Security Council, including the annual consultations, is vital for reaching those objectives.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  5. “In this regard, greater efforts are required to ensure that cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is more effective, including through joint planning and joint assessment for peace operations in the continent. These efforts must be guided by genuine respect for the strength each can bring to bear on a given situation, based on a mutually agreed division of labour that focuses on results. The mandate of the Security Council is clear. It is the body that has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. But it should not be too difficult to apply Chapter VIII of the Charter with flexibility and wisdom, the goal being to address a common challenge.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  6. “There is room for improvement in this area, though in terms of formal interactions on the question of peace and security, perhaps the AU and its Peace and Security Council could be deemed to occupy a privileged position, largely owing to the fact that the majority of the issues before the Council are African. Obviously, the AU and its subregional organizations are better placed in terms of geographical proximity, political and cultural familiarity with local conditions, and shared experiences, which are critical to making a real difference for peace. Hence, without prejudice to the global mandate of the Council in the maintenance of global peace and security, the smart thing to do would be to raise the level of consultation between the two organizations in more substantive terms.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  7. “should be identical to the support provided to United Nations peacekeeping operations, and that action should be taken to ensure parity between the reimbursement rate for AMISOM. contingent personnel and United Nations contingent personnel" (op. cit., para. 61). But the need for further enhancement of cooperation between the United Nations and the AU and its subregional organizations ought not to be seen only from the funding point of view, no matter how critical that aspect might be. No less vital is the need for consultation and effective coordination between the two organizations.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  8. “The first issue involves the perennial question of predictable, sustainable and flexible funding for African Union peace-support missions authorized by the Security Council. There has indeed been some progress in this area, as we can see in the much improved arrangement for AMISOM. with respect to the logistics package, which is now funded from assessed contributions. But this is still a far cry from what the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping operations had proposed some years ago. The Secretary-General was even more forthcoming on this point when he said again in the aforementioned report to the Council that "the support package for AMISOM.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  9. “"This would entail" he added, "a clearly defined expectation of the role of regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security, and would empower the Secretariat to be able to help implement that vision" (ibid) As the representative of one permanent member of the Security Council said early last year, "The United Nations needs a strong African Union, and the African Union needs a strong United Nations" (S/PV6702, p. 15). It would suffice to focus on two areas where there is a need for greater cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union and its regional organizations, regarding which, perhaps, the vision of the Security Council might facilitate progress.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  10. “The Secretary-General could not have put it better when he said in 2010 in his progress report on the United Nations support to the African Union, in which he said: "The complex challenges in the world today require a revitalized and evolving interpretations of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations" (S/2010/5I4, para. 54). He also reiterated in the same report "the need for the Security Council to enunciate its vision ofthat strategic partnership" (ibid., para. 55).”

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  11. “It is becoming self-evident that success, even limited progress, in international and regional peace and security requires effective cooperation between regional and subregional organizations of the United Nations within the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, consistent with the primary responsibility of the Security Council for ensuring international peace and security. It should be stated quite frankly that while much progress has been made in cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union and its subregional organizations, much remains to be done to ensure that the comparative advantages of each is put to optimal use.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  12. “In this regard, the signing and implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in the Sudan, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are examples of cooperation based on flexibility and making the best use of the comparative advantages of the African Union, subregional organizations and the United Nations in conflict prevention, effective mediation, peacekeeping, peace support missions and peacebuilding strategies.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  13. “We in the African Union are absolutely convinced that a principled, consistent and predictable cooperation between the United Nations, on the one hand, and regional and subregional organizations, on the other, is indispensable to the maintenance of international peace and security. We note with appreciation that, over the past few years, significant strides have been made in conflict resolution, peacekeeping, post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction. That is indeed in consonance with the overriding objective of the African Union's peace and security agenda, which is to create an enabling momentum for a more integrated, peaceful and prosperous Africa.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  14. “That has been facilitated by a well-defined strategy encapsulated by the African Union's Peace and Security Architecture, an initiative of the AU that, along with other positive and innovative steps taken by the African Union in the areas of human rights, governance and the protection of constitutional order, signifies how meaningful the transformation of the Organization of African Unity into the AU has been. That needs to be underlined, all the more so during the year when we are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of the African Union/AU.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source

  15. “At the outset, I wish to express our appreciation to Argentina for organizing this open debate, for its concept note (S/2013/446, annex) and for making it possible for the African Union (AU) to participate in this important meeting. We also appreciate the briefing by the Secretary-General. In our view, this debate comes at the right time, when Africa is making tremendous efforts at the continental and subregional levels to address the peace and security deficit that Africa continues to face.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source