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Tetteh

lines on the record: 84
first: 2014-11-18
most recent: 2023-11-06
sittings or episodes: 6
sources: un-security-council

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“Thanks to the easing of restrictions imposed by the coronavirus disease pandemic, I was able to travel to both countries, not only to introduce myself to the national authorities but also to engage with them in person. In Khartoum, I met with the Chair and the Deputy Chair of the Sovereign Council, the Acting Minister of Defence and the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs from 17 to 19 April. Since 19 April, I have been in Juba, from where I am addressing the Security Council, and have had fruitful discussions with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence and the Minister for East African Affairs and Deputy Head of the Abyei Committee. Unfortunately, I have been unable to meet President Kiir, who is not in the country at the moment.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“Regarding the call for the two countries to withdraw their forces from the Abyei box by 31 December 2021, the senior leadership I met in the Sudan insists that they have withdrawn all their forces and called on South Sudan to do the same for them to reactivate meetings of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC). That assertion by the Government of the Sudan is challenged by the Government of South Sudan. The lack of progress on South Sudan’s commitment made at the JPSM to mediate between communities in Aweil towards the reactivation of the three dormant Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism locations is also of concern. No new date has been fixed for the next JPSM meeting. However, I was pleased to hear that the parties are in contact regarding the organization of an AJOC meeting soon.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“As a result, tension between President Kiir and Vice-President Machar, which was also manifested on the ground by fighting between their troops in Upper Nile and Unity states and the surrounding of Vice-President Machar’s residence in Juba by military and national security personnel on 27 March, has been dissipated. An obvious casualty of the coup in the Sudan was the Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM), one of the rare mechanisms bringing the two countries together to review outstanding political and security issues. Its last meeting, from 8 to 9 September 2021 in Juba, scheduled the next meeting for Khartoum in the second week of January. Not only did the meeting not take place, but action has not been taken on the other decisions reached at the Juba sitting.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir Mayardit made appointments to the command structure of the Necessary Unified Forces on 12 April, which will pave the way for the graduation and redeployment of forces who completed their training as part of a new national army. That followed an agreement on 3 April among the President, First Vice-President Riek Machar and Fifth Vice-President Abdelbagi, as commanders-in-chief of the three-armed parties under the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. The development was the outcome of Sudanese mediation efforts led by the Chairperson of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Al-Burhan, and his Deputy, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“With the removal of the civilian Government in Khartoum that had been engaging its counterpart in Juba, the momentum towards the resolution of outstanding issues was suddenly stopped and the countries will have to start reviewing them afresh — although, in my recent visits to the Sudan and South Sudan, the Chair of the Sovereign Council, General Al-Burhan, and his Deputy, General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, informed me that preparations were ongoing to engage their South Sudanese counterparts on those matters, which has been confirmed by the authorities that I met in South Sudan. As mentioned in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/316), the reporting period also witnessed significant violence last week between the Ngok Dinka and the Misseriya in Abyei. If anything, it reminds us of the need to focus on settling the final status of Abyei.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“Ms. Tetteh: I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council for the first time in my new capacity as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. The briefing concerns progress in the implementation of resolution 2046 (2012), which relates to outstanding bilateral issues between the Sudan and South Sudan and the situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. This briefing is taking place in a context marked by uncertainty and yet unresolved internal difficulties following the coup in the Sudan on 25 October 2021, which did not make it possible to plan any meetings of the joint mechanisms between the Sudan and South Sudan that were intended for the beginning of 2022.”
2022-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9020 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, I thank the Council members for their continued strong backing for the AU-United Nations partnership for peace and security in Africa, and for their support to the United Nations Office to the African Union.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“We look forward to further discussion and resolution of this issue by members of both Councils, recognizing that this will contribute significantly to further strengthening our partnership. WerecognizethatthefinancingofAUpeace-support operations remains an important strategic issue for the African Union. In that connection, I would like to commend the commitment of AU member States to support peacebuilding activities through their contributions to the African Union Peace Fund, which currently stands at $131 million. I also welcome the efforts of the Chairperson of the AU Commission to fully operationalize the governance architecture of the Fund. Furthermore, we look forward to the AU Peace and Security Council's engagement with the United Nations on this issue following the AU Assembly meeting that should take place in February 2020.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“In that regard, the AU has identified its priority as the intensification of efforts to enhance operational and structural conflict prevention with an emphasis on the nexus linking peace, security, development and the imperative to respond early and decisively to prevent the occurrence or escalation of conflict. We welcome the discussions between members of the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council on the modalities for joint field visits. As I had the opportunity to state last week, joint visits between senior officials of the Secretariat and the AU Commission have become an important and regular feature of our work. The benefits are clear to us, particularly in developing a common understanding of complex conflict situations and their root causes, assessing the state of play as well as delivering joint messages.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“We have conducted regular conflict- prevention and joint horizon-scanning meetings and joint technical visits to the headquarters of the regional economic communities to share information, carry out joint analyses, support ongoing coordination activities and strengthen working relationships. We have supported the participation of women in mediation and conflict prevention, in particular through the Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation, also known as FemWise-Africa, in coordinationwith the AU Peace and Security Department and the African Union's High Representative for the silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 initiative, which the United Nations is also supporting.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“Our partnership review and coordination mechanisms remain Vibrant and active, including the third annual conference of the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the AU Commission, which took place in May, the consultative meetings of the Joint Task Force on Peace and Security at the Commissioner and Under-Secretary-General level, which took place in February and September, and the desk-to-desk Consultative Meeting on the Prevention, Management and Resolution of Conflict, held in March. Those mechanisms have provided an opportunity to take stock of the progress and the challenges that we are facing in enhancing our partnership and chart the way forward.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“To that end, during the reporting period, the African Union and the United Nations undertook mediation and good offices missions across the continent, notably to Madagascar, the Central African Republic and Libya. Special Representatives and Envoys from the two organizations conductjoint field visits and hold regular consultative meetings, including the meeting currently taking place in Djibouti. The practice ofjoint briefings to the two Councils by senior officials of both the United Nations Secretariat and the AU Commission continues to be mutually beneficial and is now the norm. That has provided us with an opportunity to broaden discussions to incorporate the views of both organizations and to consider new information and perspectives on conflict situations.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“We have agreed to share early-warning information and analyses of potential hotspots and work together to prepare options and coordinate and collaborate on measures for conflict prevention. We have also agreed that good offices and mediation transcend conflict prevention and extend throughout the conflict cycle. We have agreed to collaborate closely in good offices, preventive diplomacy and inclusive mediation activities on the continent in coordination with other subregional organizations and regional mechanisms. Furthermore, we have agreed to collaborate in electoral matters, improving good governance, the protection of human rights and humanitarian assistance.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“The Joint AU-United Nations Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, which was signed in April 2017, provides the approach and mechanisms to effectively address those complex challenges. The United Nations and the African Union have agreed to strive, wherever possible, to reach a common understanding of conflict situations and, through consultative decision-making, develop a collaborative approach. We have agreed to exchange information and analyses on the root causes of conflicts on ongoing developments as the basis for subsequent joint assessments to help identify how the two organizations can work together to prevent and continue to address them.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“Council members also heard concerns expressed by the AU Peace and Security Council last week, including with regard to the continued violations of the arms embargo, which is exacerbating the crisis, further undermining the territorial integrity of Libya and fuelling instability within the region. The challenges in the Sahel region remain daunting, including terrorism, violent extremism, drug smuggling, trafficking, transhumance issues and intercommunal violence, which are exacerbated by the absence of State authority in vast areas, particularly in border areas. We are witnessing the impact of climate change and food insecurity on peace and security, with the lack of access to basic rights, services, economic opportunities, increased Violence and challenges to the role and participation of women, which continues to hinder development.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“At the recently concluded Somalia Partnership Forum in Mogadishu, international partners agreed to a mutual accountability framework to narrow their joint focus to priority areas in order to achieve key priority outcomes before December 2020. The situation in Libya remains of concern to the United Nations, the African Union and the wider international community. Military actions and inflammatory rhetoric continue to escalate, and conditions on the ground are not conducive to direct dialogue among the parties. An estimated 135,000 people remain in immediate front-line areas, with more than 270,000 more in areas directly impacted by the conflict, including migrants, some of whom are being held in inhumane conditions in official and unofficial detention.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“Yet it is critical in order to make progress on political, security and economic reforms. We recognize that, in order to have a universal mandate and universal election in 2020 or 2021, the Federal Government and the legislature have to deliver on their commitments to adopt the electoral law by December, complete the constitutional review by June 2020, adopt an amended federal Constitution establishing the Constitutional Court and the Judicial Service Commission, continue the national reconciliation process and ensure the participation of all sectors of society, including women, in political decision-making.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“As the Council members who were in Addis Ababa last week and the AU Peace and Security Council underscored, it is critical that the 12 November deadline for the formation of the reconstituted Transitional Government of National Unity - as previously agreed by the parties and endorsed by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - be maintained and respected to avoid a breakdown of the peace process. We hope that momentum will be maintained to address the outstanding issues and return South Sudan to a path leading towards peace and stability. The close attention of, and follow-up by, IGAD, supported by the African Union and the United Nations, will be important in that regard. In Somalia cooperation between the Federal Government of Somalia and some federal member states remains a challenge.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“There is serious concern about the situation in South Sudan, as Council members witnessed in Juba last week and from their deliberations with members of AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa. The implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan is lagging behind agreed benchmarks and timelines, and slow progress on the implementation of pre-transitional tasks, including the transitional security arrangements, and the outstanding decision on the resolution of the number of states and boundaries, for instance, continues to threaten the implementation of the provisions of the Revitalized Peace Agreement.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“Respect for the rule of law, human rights and the challenges associated with the delivery ofbasic services and the equitable management of natural resources, added to the negative effects of climate change and food insecurity, continue to create challenges for us on the continent. With regard to climate change in particular, we are witnessing an impact across a continent manifested by floods, hurricanes and the resultant humanitarian crises. Those weaknesses are in some instances compounded by external interference, proxy conflicts, violent extremism, terrorism, organized crime, corruption and the absence of effective State authority in large parts of the continent.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“However, significant challenges remain, which call on us to deepen our collaboration with the African Union and regional economic communities and mechanisms and to act in a concerted manner to address the challenges that we continue to face. As illustrated in the report of the Secretary-General, we continue to face challenges to lasting peace and security on the continent resulting from political and socioeconomic exclusion and discrimination, weak governance institutions, in some cases poor public sector management, including with regard to election management bodies, and the challenges of contested elections where the electoral process is called into question.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“This engagement is also of particular importance in the context of the upcoming elections in 2020. Joint African Union-United Nations efforts have also resulted in positive developments in the Sudan. There is a resolve to advance the implementation of the Constitutional Declaration of 17 August and the agreement governing the transition. The Transitional Government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Adam Hamdok, which was sworn in on 8 September, has articulated its priorities, with a primary focus on achieving lasting and comprehensive peace across the Sudan and on the country's urgently needed economic recovery. On 11 September, the parties signed the Juba Declaration for Confidence-building Procedures and the Preparation for Negotiation, which constitutes a trust-building agreement and a road map for a comprehensive peace agreement.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“The collaboration facilitated peaceful, free, fair and credible elections held on 7 November and 19 December 2018, respectively, and the subsequent peaceful political transition in January 2019. Similarly, our joint efforts in the Central African Republic resulted in the signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation on 6 February, which has led to a substantial decrease in incidents of violence, a progressive re-establishment of security structures and an improvement in humanitarian access. Commissioner Chergui of the African Union and Under-Secretary- General Lacroix remain actively engaged in supporting implementation of the Agreement and to underscore the consequences of violations, including through a joint visit earlier this month.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“We both recognize that contemporary threats to peace and security in Africa are complex and interconnected and that their impact is so profound that neither organization can resolve them without cooperating with the other. We recognize and leverage each other's relative strengths and comparative advantages in pursuit of a common objective, namely, collective peace, security and development. Our collaboration in Madagascar is a good case in point. Collaboration among the African Union, the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community and other partners, with the African Union in the lead, prevented the deterioration of a political crisis.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“The Security Council has before it the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union on issues of peace and security in Africa, including on the work of the United Nations Office to the African Union (S/2019/759). As I had the opportunity to mention in Addis Ababa last week, the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations continues to grow from strength to strength. The Secretary-General noted in his address to the African Union summit in February that there has been a quantum leap in ourjoint strategic cooperation. Our collaboration in addressing peace and security issues on the continent is becoming more systematic and predictable.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“Ms. Tetteh: I would like to express my appreciation to the President of the Security Council for convening this important meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, including the African Union (AU). From the outset, I would like to congratulate members of the Security Council and their colleagues at the African Union Peace and Security Council for the successful annualjoint meetings between the two Councils held in Addis Ababa last week. The constructive nature of the discussions illustrated the strong commitment of the members of both Councils to addressing peace and security challenges in Africa in close cooperation and partnership and in the spirit of mutual respect and solidarity.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8650 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to urge the Council and our international partners in development to continue to support Guinea-Bissau in its efforts to build on the gains that have been made, sustain them, consolidate peace, establish a credible democracy and ensure economic development by effectively participating in the donors pledging conference scheduled to take place in 2015. And by "effectively", I mean I hope that attendees will come with deep pockets and with deep wallets. On that note, I would once again like to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council and wish the Council all the best in its deliberations.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“We believe that, with the needed support, Guinea-Bissau can be part of the new narrative of Africa rising and become a model of democracy and good governance. But if that is to happen, it is imperative that the Council and United Nations Member States continue to support its rebuilding efforts, and we would like to encourage the Council's support to deal with the possible threats that may derail the process of nation-building that has begun with so much promise. We would also like to emphasize that work done by non-governmental and civil society organizations funded by international development partners should support the priorities of the Government of Guinea-Bissau.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“We know that it also involves the deployment of a significant amount of logistics and people - the right people - to help to prevent something like this from happening. For a country like Ghana, it has been an expensive exercise, even though we have not recorded an incidence. For a country like Guinea-Bissau, we think that it definitely needs all the support it can get to prevent the epidemic from being able to take root, even if it were to occur, within the member States. We urge the United Nations to assist Guinea- Bissau to prepare against the outbreak of the disease in the short and long terms, and to support the strengthening of its public health systems to be able to deal with other outbreaks and epidemics.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“But I would like to put on record that this year has been a difficult one for the West African region, especially with the Ebola epidemic and its economic impact on the region. In these circumstances, support for the operations of ECOMIB by the Council and development partners would be greatly appreciated. ECOWAS welcomes the reactivation of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau and will continue to do its best to help sustain peace, security and development in our member State. With the fragile socioeconomic situation in Guinea-Bissau, we consider the Ebola virus disease to be a serious potential threat that may rapidly reverse the modest progress made in the country. We know that preparation to prevent Ebola is extremely expensive.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“Allow me to highlight the need for the Council to recognize and support the work of the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ECOMIB) and to maintain the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau so as to shore up the progress that has been made so far been in the country, and to further emphasize the need for support for the defence and security sector reforms currently being undertaken by the Government of Guinea-Bissau. The next meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS will take place in December. It will be an opportunity to extend the mandate of ECOMIB to support the work of the new Government of Guinea-Bissau - of course, at its request - in its plans and initiatives.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“Our deliberations were not oblivious to the scarcity of resources and the urgent and competing global needs, yet the need for us to strive hard to sustain the support and assistance provided so far and to improve our support and contributions to help Guinea-Bissau make further progress, kept us resilient, believing that, with international support and goodwill and by working together, we will be able to give hope for the future to the people of Guinea-Bissau. I therefore would like to closely associate myself with the sentiments ably expressed by the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, and Ambassador Patriota on the Security Council's support to Guinea- Bissau.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“I also note with keen interest that during Australia's presidency of the Council, the situations in Liberia, Mali and Guinea-Bissau, as well as the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, among others, which are of interest to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will, we hope, be favourably considered by the Council. This morning, at the tenth meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau, held across the hall from this Chamber, we explored effective ways of coordinating and harmonizing international interventions for optimal gains in our collective efforts to help to consolidate the political stability and economic recovery of Guinea-Bissau.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for the honour and opportunity to address the Security Council on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Let me also thank you for the leadership that you have provided to the Security Council since Australia assumed its presidency, and assure you of the appreciation of ECOWAS for the work of this organ. I would also like to thank the Security Council for its efforts to promote peace, security, progress and development in West Africa, particularly, in Guinea-Bissau, as well as its commitment to fighting and eliminating the Ebola virus disease, an epidemic considered to be a threat to international peace and security, from our region.”
2014-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7315 (2014) · source