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Tuwei

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2014-12-10
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2015-12-08
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  1. “I appeal to the African Union's partners to enhance their logistical and financial support to the RTF and to devote more efforts to curtailing the LRA's logistic supply chain in order to hasten the end of this terrorist group. Finally, I request the Security Council to closely The President: I thank Mr. Tuwci for his briefing. monitor the unfolding situation in the Western Equatoria state of South Sudan in relation to the LRA threat, as well as to remain seized ofthe matter until the . . LRA is eliminated. important toptcs. The meeting rose at 10.45 am. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on these”

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  2. “The RTF is currently operating at only 50 per cent of its authorized force strength of 5,000 troops. Moreover, some of the contingents are lacking the required logistics to combat the LRA. The existence of armed militia groups such as the ex-Se'leka, janjaweed and other poaching groups also constitutes a challenge to counter-LRA operations, as those groups are collaborating with the LRA against the RTF. All those challenges are being compounded by the unpredictability of funds for supporting the fight against the LRA. In conclusion, I would like to express my appreciation for the cooperation between the African Union and its partners, namely, the United Nations, the European Union and the United States, and call for closer operational coordination as well as mutual support among all the forces engaged in countering the LRA.”

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  3. “Those threats tend to divert our national, regional and international efforts away from the LRA threat. The reported emergence of a new rebellion in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state is already interrupting the delivery of logistics and supplies to the RTF by road from Uganda to the Central African Republic via South Sudan. It also poses a direct threat to the personnel ofthe RTF headquarters in Yambio. As long as Joseph Kony is in charge of the LRA, the group will continue to exploit such situations to try to survive and rejuvenate itself in alliance with other violent extremist groups or mutate into a regional nuisance, worsening the security and humanitarian conditions. Our efforts are also being impeded by the inadequacy of troops required for the RTF to track the LRA in a vast territory.”

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  4. “The meetings were an opportunity to obtain a first-hand assessment of the tempo ofthe ongoing operations as well as the attendant operational and humanitarian challenges on the ground. We were pleased to note that the forces were actively engaged in operations against the LRA. Despite its weakened state, the LRA continues to pose a significant threat to the population in the affected parts of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan - all the more so because of the volatility of the situation in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan and because of other emerging security threats on the continent that continue to provide opportunities for the LRA to survive.”

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  5. “From 17 to 20 November, we undertook ajoint mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where, in Kinshasa, we exchanged views with the Secretary-General of the country's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and with the Minister of Defence, as well as with the Deputy Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and MONUSCO's Acting Force Commander. On 19 November, we met in Dungu, in the north- east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the Commander of the MONUSCO Moroccan battalion, the commander of the Congolese troops in Bas-Uele, the Assistant Commander of the United States special forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, representatives of the RTF headquarters from Yambio and local authorities in Bas-Uele.”

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  6. “Our engagements have enhanced cooperation between the Government of the Sudan and the AU Commission in confronting the LRA problem, as evidenced by the green light given by the Sudanese authorities for joint fact-finding on the LRA in Kafia Kingi. I commend the Government of the Sudan for that spirit of cooperation against the LRA and assure the Council that the Commission will take all the necessary steps to ensure that the joint mission is undertaken. Secondly, Special Representative of the Secretary- General Abdoulaye Bathily and I have continued to work in close partnership in order to sustain the recent momentum against the LRA.”

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  7. “The mission was undertaken pursuant to the Government of the Sudan's invitation on 14 May 2014 to the AU Commission and the Peace and Security Council to verify allegations made in the report of the Secretary-General that month about the presence of the LRA in Kafia Kingi (S/2014/3l9). The trip was also a follow-up to my discussions with the Sudanese Government delegation at the margins of the second meeting of the heads of intelligence and security services of East Africa, held in Kampala in mid-July. While in Khartoum, my delegation also interacted with the United States charge' affairs, the European Union Ambassador and the Deputy Force Commander of the African Union/ United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.”

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  8. “In an effort to eliminate the LRA, the AU RTF, supported by United States special forces in the Central African Republic and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, continue to conduct operations targeting the top leadership of the group. The operations also focus on the protection of civilians and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations in need in the affected areas. Those efforts have continued to weaken the LRA and to degrade its fighting capacity. On the political and diplomatic front, from 12 to 15 September, I led an AU delegation to Khartoum and engaged with the Sudanese authorities on the LRA problem.”

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  9. “Despite the number of LRA-induced internally displaced persons (IDPs) dropping significantly from about 369,000 in mid-2013 to 131,000 in mid-2014, abductions have remained high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the number of IDPs and refugees in that country is again increasing, reaching about 200,000 by June 2015, according to an April- June 2015 report of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Therefore, the lives of thousands of civilians in the border areas continue to be at risk due to fear of possible attacks from the LRA. That calls for urgent efforts to address the emerging challenge of civilian displacements.”

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  10. “In the Central African Republic, the number of LRA-related incidents has been relatively low in 2015, due to sustained military pressure by the Regional Task Force, a military component of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the LRA and joint protection measures by local communities with international non-governmental organizations. That reduction is also partly the result of the opportunistic relationship the group has established with ex-Sele'ka leaders and local communities in order to peacefully obtain food and safe passage from the north-eastern Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and vice versa.”

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  11. “Currently, the LRA is operating in survival mode, trafficking and trading in gold looted from mines in the Central African Republic and ivory poached from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so as to sustain itself and its leadership. The LRA uses money obtained from the sale of those items to buy food, arms and ammunition, drugs and other essential items. LRA fighters are continuing to ambush traders and travellers in order to loot food and other essential commodities. It has also continued abductions, mainly in the Haut and Bas-Ue'le districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular to carry looted items but also to serve as sex slaves and fighters.”

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  12. “The latest information revealed by seven personal body guards of Joseph Kony, who reported to the AU Regional Task Force (RTF) in mid-June 2015, indicates that the strength of the LRA is estimated at 230, made up of about 120 armed fighters - 33 of them newly recruited - and 110 dependants. The main group, under the command of Joseph Kony, continues to operate from safe havens in the extreme north-eastern part of the Central African Republic, outside the reach of the AU RTF. A second LRA group is in the Garamba National Park, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the primary task of poaching elephants for ivory to be delivered to Kony. Meanwhile, a third group is operating in the Central African Republic and serving as a conduit for receiving ivory from the second group and delivering it to Kony.”

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  13. “Mr. Tuwei: I wish to thank the President of the Security Council for granting me this opportunity to brief the Council on the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the progress being made to counter the threat under the African Union-led Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the LRA. I also wish to thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa for enabling me to give this briefing Via video teleconference. The LRA remains a threat to vulnerable civilians in the remote parts ofthe south-eastern Central African Republic, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.”

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  14. “As regards the African Union and the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord's Resistance Army, and considering the outcome of my recent tour to Bangui, Kinshasha and Kampala, we shall go to work to give a new impetus to the Initiative through an enhancement of cooperation and commitment between the Member States of the Regional Cooperation Initiative, a reorganization of the Regional Task Force headquarters, including the operational and tactical plans, with the support of the American Special Forces, and an extension of our field of manoeuvre by working and involving the Sudan further in 2015. Furthermore, the enhancement of relations among the Regional Task Force contingents, MONUSCO and MINUSCA on the theatre of operations remains a key focus of our action plan.”

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  15. “We also want to request the Council to use its influence to persuade others of good will to join us, and encourage all the stakeholders involved in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army to pursue their commitments in that collective campaign, and not to give in to discouragement, despite the rigours of the tests that lie ahead. It would be difficult to understand and explain how the African Union, the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and many other actors, all together, failed against Joseph Kony and some 200 men fighting in the bush.”

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  16. “That is why I would like, on behalf of the African Union Commission and its Chairperson, to earnestly request the Council to maintain and increase its support for the Regional Cooperation Initiative, particularly through the means made available not only to UNOCA, but also to MONUSCO and MINUSCA, so that the scope of cooperation between those Missions and the Regional Task Force can be expanded operationally and take into account the logistical support to the contingents of the Regional Task Force based in Obo and Dungu.”

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  17. “That trafficking shows clearly that Kony maintains a network of relationships and is therefore accessible, even if it is true that the group is divided into several small, highly mobile and active groups, almost exclusively in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These latest developments convince us that there is great interest in the need to review our strategies and adapt them wisely.”

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  18. “The information reaching us, especially from those who have defected, indicates that Kony is establishing opportunistic and even strategic alliances and is engaged in all kinds of trafficking, particularly in ivory and diamonds. It is now clear that Kony has contacts with ex-Se'leka in the Central African Republic, and certainly with other nomadic groups of people in the vast area that extends from South Sudan to the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering all border areas between the Central African Republic, the Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

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  19. “With the assistance of the continued presence of contingents of the African Union Regional Task Force in Obo, in the Central African Republic, and in Dungu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we have managed to persevere. With the Task Force, we have been able to respond quickly and deal a fatal blow to significantly reduce the nuisance capacity of the Lord's Resistance Army. However, we have not achieved the ultimate goal, namely, the physical capture of Joseph Kony and putting an end to the atrocities of the Lord's Resistance Army. Undoubtedly, from wherever he is hiding, Kony is following and watching us to adjust his operational mode.”

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  20. “The fight against the LRA seems to continue indefinitely, and some say that Joseph Kony is still on the run. Weariness is staring at us. But we who are at the forefront want to draw the attention of everyone to the collective work in which we are engaged. It is most difficult, even exhausting, given the sacrifices and logistical and financial resources required. The crises that erupted in the Central African Republic and South Sudan over the past two years have been most devastating, but we have continued despite those obstacles and those encountered in the theatre of operations. We feel encouraged by the successive defections that occurred within the LRA, the increasing number of victims rescued and the significant reduction in attacks and in the number of displaced persons due to the LRA.”

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  21. “I also thank other stakeholders and partners, particularly the United States of America for its operational and logistical support and the European Union for its unparalleled financial contributions. I cannot forget the many local and international non-governmental organizations that constantly pound the pavement so that we do not give up the struggle against the LRA and work hard to provide assistance to victims and communities affected by the atrocities of the LRA. At this stage of my remarks, I would also like to warmly congratulate my predecessor, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, on the initial work of the implementation of the Initiative and the particularly encouraging results he obtained, together with all the stakeholders, when he was still in office.”

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  22. “I would also like to thank all United Nations missions and agencies in the areas where the LRA continues to operate - namely, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan - for the support they continue to provide in the implementation of the African Initiative and to meet the needs of the people affected by the criminal acts of the LRA. In that regard, I would like to recognize the efforts of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and so forth.”

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  23. “Mr. Tuwei: On behalf of the African Union Commission and its Chairperson, Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, I would like to thank the Council for the opportunity afforded to me to share some thoughts with Council members about the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), within the particular framework of the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord's Resistance Army. I would especially like to thank the United Nations, the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) in Libreville and its Head, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for the continued cooperation in our joint efforts in the fight against the LRA.”

    2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7334 (2014) · source