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Van Der Pluijm

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2019-09-26
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2019-09-26
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  1. “I would be remiss if, before concluding, I did not pay tribute to African women. How Africa harnesses women's skills and perspectives in the coming years will be essential. Women leaders and entrepreneurs prove to us every day that they are prepared to transform the continent. Women mediators and women's organizations have already demonstrated time and time again that their involvement in peace and transitional processes is essential to achieving lasting peace. Finally, African women, like all women in the world, demand respect for their rights. Belgium stands with those women, whom we support in many ways.”

    2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source

  2. “The principle of subsidiarity, which is also well known in Europe, requires public action to be carried out as a priority at the most appropriate level. Some crises are well managed at a subregional level. The Economic Community of West African States, for example, has demonstrated that with its effective and swift management of the Gambian crisis in 2017, as well as with its involvement in Guinea- Bissau. However - and I would like to stress this point - the principle of subsidiarity should in no way serve as an excuse for inaction and should not be a barrier to progress. The peace and prosperity of all Africans should serve as our compass. In our view, the African Union and the United Nations still have a leading role to play, in accordance with their founding Charters, and must stand ready to play it.”

    2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source

  3. “As a member ofthe Council, Belgium is committed to working closely with its partners to support those efforts. African Union operations, which complement United Nations operations, mustbe eligible for strong and predictable funding. But we must do more. The Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union must take a step further in terms of coordination and collaboration. Risk and conflict analyses need to be better aligned. That can start with simple actions, such as better coordinating agendas, conducting more joint visits, making our joint meetings more operational and taking joint decisions on shared commitments. Such renewed partnership will be relevant only if it takes into account African diversity, both geographical and institutional.”

    2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source

  4. “Let us move past former antagonisms and see what brings us together, namely, respect for the rule of law, democracy and human rights. Those same values inspire the United Nations, the European Union and the African Union. Let us strengthen them and work even more closely with the African Union in the area of peace and security, with the aim of silencing the guns in Africa. But let us also work together more on development, human rights and good governance as powerful vectors of stability. As Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat reminded us today, the African Union has embarked upon a voluntary and ambitious path to peace and security. I welcome the progress made not only in revitalizing the Peace Fund, but also in establishing a continental framework for compliance with human rights and international humanitarian law.”

    2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source

  5. “Mr. Van der Pluijm (Belgium) (spoke in French): The African continent will have 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050. One in four people will be African. The cradle of humankind has also become its future. It is a young continent, endowed with extraordinary economic dynamism and a civil society bursting with energy. But that future continues to be thwarted by Violent conflicts, some of which are the deadliest and longest in the world. Responding to those challenges inevitably involves a strengthened partnership between all peace forces. My country, like the European Union, has long advocated for a renewed, more global, dynamic and ambitious partnership with the African continent. Such a partnership would be based on strengthening the values we share.”

    2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source