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“Building partnerships and harnessing their power requires long-term vision and commitment. Collaboration between the African Union Commission and the Secretariat will remain strong. The Secretary- General looks forward to even greater partnership and collaboration, enabling the African Union to achieve its 2063 vision of equitable, people-centred transformation and lasting peace and security.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“The Secretary-General has stressed the need to ensure the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing for African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the Security Council and under the Council's authority. Political will and resources are also required in peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts, including through support for infrastructure for peace at the local and national levels and policy dialogue with the Peacebuilding Commission. It is also important that the international community actively support the Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative ofthe African Union. The Council has already signalled its strong backing in resolution 2457 (2019). The Secretariat, as well as United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, is scaling up support for realizing the objectives of the African Union initiative.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“In fact, in terms of personnel and budget, all of our largest missions are deployed on the African continent. Contributions from African nations themselves have been indispensable to our peacekeeping operations, not only in Africa but also beyond. Africa is now the largest troop-contributing region to United Nations missions, and there is direct cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations on peacekeeping operations themselves. In Somalia, Mali and the Sahel, the United Nations supports African Union-led operations, in addition to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. However, we can and have to do better.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“The United Nations Regional Offices for Central Africa and West Africa are supporting the implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed between ECCAS and ECOWAS last year. Notwithstanding the progress achieved, the international community needs to support African efforts more effectively. The United Nations continues to work closely with the mediation teams of the African Union, the subregional organizations, Member States and civil society groups. Institutional capacity needs to be further strengthened to be able to undertake preventive diplomacy. Central to the United Nations support for peace and security on the African continent are our peace operations. More than 80,000 peacekeepers currently serve in seven peacekeeping operations in Africa.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“In Central Africa, the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa is working closely with the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to develop and strengthen its capacities, including with regard to conflict prevention, mediation, early warning, collaboration with civil society and gender mainstreaming. And the alignment between the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and the African Union strategy in the region has enhanced collaboration in response to the multifaceted challenges facing the region, including through the Ministerial Coordination Platform for the Sahel, co-chaired by the African Union and the United Nations. Partnerships among subregional organizations are also intensifying.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“The United Nations and the African Union cooperate closely to ensure that the voices of women and youth are integrated within peace processes. Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. It coincides with the 2020 goal on gender mainstreaming in peace and security of the African Peace and Security Architecture - an opportune moment for reinvigorating resolve. Both the African Union and the United Nations have in place youth strategies and envoys. They are valuable not only as advocates, but also as agents for change in our organizations.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“Cooperation among the United Nations, the African Union and subregional organizations is also growing in the area of electoral processes. Ahead oflegislative and presidential elections in West Africa over the last couple of years, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel organized joint or coordinated visits with various African partners to Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal and other countries to promote peaceful and inclusive processes. The United Nations is helping to implement the recommendations of a study conducted by ECOWAS and the Economic Commission for Africa to address challenges related to pastoralism and security in West Africa, with support from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“In Guinea-Bissau, the group of five comprised of the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union, the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and the European Union continues to assist efforts to restore stability and sustain peace. In the Sudan, the signing of the constitutional declaration last month, following efforts led by Ethiopia and the African Union with support from the United Nations, has allowed for the establishment ofa civilian- led transitional Government. Partnering with African civil society is also bearing fruit, and the progress achieved in nations such as Liberia and, more recently, Guinea-Bissau and the Sudan shows us the critical contributions made by women to peace and stability. Beyond geography, the thematic areas of partnership are extensive and diverse.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“In the Central African Republic, the African Union led a mediation process, with support from the United Nations and involving the Economic Community of Central African States and neighbouring countries. That process culminated in African Union-led peace talks in Khartoum and resulted in the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic of 6 February. The United Nations is now actively supporting its implementation, including through the Peacebuilding Fund, with a focus on top priorities of the Government and partnering with civil society.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“And the African Union Mediation Support Unit and the FemWise Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation are now operational, boosting capacity to defuse crises and making such efforts more inclusive. The United Nations and the African Union have also strengthened their partnership with the signing of two joint frameworks by the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union, namely, on peace and security and on sustainable development. Partnership has been evident at the country level in peace processes and the lives of people. Close coordination among the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, the United Nations and other partners supported dialogue and reconciliation in Madagascar and thereby contributed to the holding of peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in 2018.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“In 2013, they pledged, "not to bequeath the burden of conflicts to the next generation of Africans and to undertake to end all wars in Africa by 2020". In July in Niamey, the African Union Assembly adopted "Silencing the Guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa's development" as the theme for 2020. That speaks to an increasingly strong partnership among African States members as the cornerstone for advancing peace and security, underpinned by inclusive sustainable development on the continent. The African Union and its States members have achieved important milestones in their pursuit for a higher level of effectiveness, self-reliance and cooperation. The African Union Peace Fund has so far secured $124 million - the highest level of assessed contributions since its establishment in 1993.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“Ms. Viotti: I thank the Russian Federation for organizing this meeting on peace and security in Africa. Collaboration among the United Nations, the African Union and its member States, Africa's regional economic communities and other regional mechanisms has never been greater. Our partnership is underpinned by shared values, enshrined both in the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitutive Act of the African Union, as well as by the principles of complementarity, respect and African ownership. In 2016, the African Union Peace and Security Council identified 20 challenges to peace and security. But what stands out today are not the challenges that the continent faces. Rather, it is the determination of African Heads of State and Government to address them in a holistic manner.”
2019-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8627 (2019) · source
“The Special Envoys and Special Representatives of the Secretary-General in the region are working extensively with a wide range of regional and subregional organizations and national and regional stakeholders, including civil society and women's and youth groups, in close cooperation with the United Nations country teams. The role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security remains indispensable. The Middle East region has many fault lines and divisions. Yet within those challenges lies the opportunity to build on the words and intentions of the United Nations Charter towards action that will bring real change and a bright future to the peoples of the region. The United Nations remains strongly committed to that endeavour.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Keeping the channels of communication open needs to be priority number one, followed by confidence-building measures to move parties away from confrontation towards dialogue. The United Nations is addressing the numerous challenges on multiple fronts: from supporting preventive diplomacy to mediating ongoing conflicts; from providing humanitarian assistance to millions of people to addressing the human rights dimension; and from supporting sustainable development initiatives to nurturing capacities to tackle climate change, including through the region's ample alternative sources of energy.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Moreover, with a push-back on women's and girls' rights at the core of terrorist and extremist agendas, it is all the more important that efforts to strengthen gender equality be central to our work in prevention, resilience and peace. The power ofyouth is equally critical, as recognized by the Security Council in its landmark resolution on youth, peace and security (resolution 2250 (2015)). Children and young people make up nearly half the region's population. Job creation is an imperative, as is investing in education, training and skills that match the needs of today's societies and markets. The list of challenges is long, but that should not deter us. The first order of business must be preventing the most acute flashpoints in the region from boiling over.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Greater participation by women in governance and economic activities would not only improve family income and national economies, but also reduce vulnerabilities to socioeconomic shocks and liberate enormous potential. While equality before the law is gradually gaining ground, there is still a long way to go in a number of situations in amending discriminatory laws and ensuring more representative participation in parliaments and leadership in political and public life more generally. We know how crucial it is in conflict-affected countries that women be able to play a meaningful role in peace processes; indeed, women's equal participation is directly correlated with more sustainable peace. Yet women continue to be marginalized.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“In the same vein, tackling the threat of terrorism and violent extremism must simultaneously address security concerns and uphold international human rights obligations. Accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is intrinsically linked to conflict resolution and prevention. Inclusive growth, environmental sustainability, gender equality and opportunities for young people are all key aspects of durable solutions. There have been some notable gains in gender equality in recent years, including substantial increases in literacy and education and access to health services. Yet equal opportunities remain limited, and gender- based violence is still widespread.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains the most long-standing issue on the United Nations peace and security agenda. A just solution acceptable to both sides is essential for the future of the whole region. The United Nations remains ready to support efforts towards allowing Palestinians and Israelis to live in two democratic States, side by side in peace and within secure and recognized borders, based on relevant United Nations resolutions. As in other regions, realizing the promise of full respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and international humanitarian law requires commitment and bold action, especially with aview to ending conflict, addressing the root causes of violence and sustaining peace.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“In Syria, Special Envoy Geir Pedersen is sparing no effort to finalize the arrangements for the launch of the constitutional committee as a door-opener to a broader United Nations-facilitated political process in line with resolution 2254 (2015) and to implement confidence-building measures, including on detainees. However, the United Nations is concerned that the ongoing hostilities in north-west Syria might risk undermining the Special Envoy's efforts to revive the political process. In Yemen, the United Nations continues to provide desperately needed, life-saving humanitarian assistance, while Special Envoy Martin Griffiths remains engaged in efforts to implement the Al-Hudaydah Agreement. We hope that will lead to broader and fully inclusive discussions on ending the conflict.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“The series of incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and adjacent waterways have raised tensions to dangerous levels. It is crucial that the rights and duties related to navigation be respected in accordance with international law. Restraint and genuine dialogue are urgently needed in order to avoid the risk that a minor miscalculation might inadvertently lead to a major confrontation, with disastrous consequences even well beyond the region. Deep disagreements about Iran's nuclear programme are further exacerbating differences in the Gulf. Notwithstanding the concerns about it, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action remains the only agreed international framework to address Iran's nuclear programme.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Ms. Viotti: I thank the Polish presidency for convening this timely discussion. The situation in the Middle East remains troubling and complex, characterized by protracted conflicts, geopolitical tensions that play out at the regional level, governance issues and severe deficits in socioeconomic development in a number of countries. Yet, as the Secretary-General noted to the Security Council last year, "The mechanisms and the safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present." (S/PV8231, p. 2) Our shared aspiration must be to find ways for a region so rich in human capital and natural resources to fully realize its potential for the benefit of all. We must never lose sight of this aspiration. In recent weeks alone, we have seen some of the challenges on full display.”
2019-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8600 (2019) · source
“Against a backdrop of grave threats and growing turmoil in many regions, the unity of this organ and the serious commitment of the entire international community will be crucial to preventing human suffering and defending our common humanity. The Secretariat stands ready to support such efforts."”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“Yet, even as the international community considers creating new institutions, funding for some of the existing hybrid institutions has largely dried up, thereby putting at risk the gains of judicial efforts. Thirdly, effective accountability requires the constructive engagement of the international community. I encourage Member States to engage with the Secretariat during the process of establishing and supporting accountability mechanisms to help ensure that the framework for the establishment of any mechanism conform with applicable United Nations standards and policies. "The Security Council has played a critical role in upholding international law, supporting the peaceful settlement of disputes and advancing the fight against impunity.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“In the case of Iraq, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2379 (2017), which established an independent investigative team to support domestic efforts to hold Da'esh accountable for its actions in Iraq. The Secretariat has been working closely with the Government of Iraq and other key stakeholders to operationalize that important mechanism. "International criminal accountability is still a relatively new area of work for the United Nations, but it is already clear that there is room for improvement in three specific areas. First, the Security Council needs to be the driving force to ensure that international humanitarian law, international human rights law and other relevant rules, norms and standards are fully included in any accountability process. Secondly, those institutions require sustainable funding.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“In the Central African Republic, it mandated the United Nations peacekeeping operation, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, to support the Special Criminal Court, a national court established by national law. The Council has also requested the Secretariat to work closely with the African Union Commission in support of efforts to establish the hybrid court for South Sudan. Moreover, in cases where it is difficult to foresee the establishment of effective accountability mechanisms in the immediate future, there is increasing momentum for gathering and securing evidence for use in national, regional or international courts that might in future have jurisdiction over relevant crimes.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“The two Tribunals have laid the groundwork for the development of international criminal law, a field that barely existed before. At the same time, the Council has advanced the interpretation of the Charter and of its own functions, acknowledging the close link between international criminal justice and the purposes of the United Nations. The advancement of international criminal justice therefore falls within the scope of the Security Council's responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council was also involved in the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. "But the Security Council's role in the fight against impunity has gone beyond creating tribunals.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“The Council can also task the Secretary-General with trying to assist States to reach a settlement, or even establish a subsidiary organ for that purpose - again, a power that, since its early years, it has not often employed. And where States have agreed to use the International Court of Justice, there is a role the Council may play in ensuring that the Court's judgment is properly observed. Allow me to take this opportunity to call on Member States to consider accepting the Court's compulsory jurisdiction. "Let me turn now to another issue of relevance to today's discussion, namely, accountability for international crimes. Through its resolutions establishing the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, in 1993, and for Rwanda, in 1994, the Security Council has had an undeniable impact on international law.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“Member States are free to choose between negotiation, inquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements or other peaceful means of their choice. The Security Council, for its part, has many options. It can call on States to settle their disputes and draw their attention to the means that are available to them. It can recommend to States that they use a particular means of settlement, a power the Council has rarely employed. "The Council can support States in using the means they have chosen. It can support the initiatives of States and other international organizations, institutions or people that try to assist States in resolving their differences.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“Ms. Viotti: I am honoured to read out this statement on behalf of the Secretary-General. "I thank the Government of Poland for organizing this important debate on the role of the Security Council in upholding international law. International law is foundational to the Organization, and the Security Council has a special role to play in ensuring that it is respected. I welcome Poland's suggestion that today's debate pay special attention to promoting the peaceful settlement of disputes and the Council's involvement in that process. "The Charter of the United Nations does not prescribe the use of any particular means of settlement for disputes between Member States, nor does it establish any particular hierarchy among them.”
2018-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8262 (2018) · source
“We look forward to working with participants based on their shared conviction that women's meaningful participation makes our peace efforts stronger and more sustainable.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Fifthly, 17 years sincethe adoption ofresolution 1325 (2000), our own implementation too often remains ad hoc. While there is clear recognition of the relationship between gender equality, women's participation and stability and resilience, too little is being done to operationalize that understanding. Starting next year, the Secretary-General's annual report on this issue will focus more on results and less on our own activities. I invite all participants to share their evidence, examples and impacts. Let use this opportunity to examine gaps and build on successes. Implementing that vision will depend upon deepening our partnership with Member States, regional organizations and civil society.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Secondly, we will ensure that our prevention initiatives and monitoring include a focus on women's rights violations, including violence against women and girls, anti-women rhetoric, increased levels of militarization, shifts in the political marginalization of women or women's groups and strict enforcement of traditional gender norms, dress codes, segregation of the sexes or other steps that may not adhere to international human rights standards. Thirdly, we will tackle the structural and root causes of crisis, including gender inequality. Fourthly, we will strengthen the collection and analysis of gender statistics and encourage Member States to monitor gender-quality indicators as part of their work to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Gender equality and the security of women are among the most reliable indicators of peace.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“The recently established High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation is both high-level and gender-balanced. The new Office of Counter-Terrorism is integrating a gender perspective into its efforts to address this threat and prevent violent extremism, and proposals for the reform of the Secretariat's peace and security architecture must include a strong emphasis on strengthening the link between political strategies and gender expertise. Looking ahead, our efforts to strengthen the United Nations capacity for effective prevention will also include the following. First, we will engage more systematically with women's organizations on the ground as natural partners for prevention.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“The Secretary-General's current visit to the Central African Republic aims not only to support the operation at this fragile moment, but also to witness first-hand how the new approach to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse is translating into changes on the ground. The Secretary-General has also put forward a concrete plan to achieve gender parity across the United Nations. In this regard, we are farthest behind in our peace operations in crisis countries, where the role of women is often needed most. We are working with troop- and police-contributing countries to increase the number of female uniformed personnel. It is simply unacceptable that in 2017 only 3 per cent of our peacekeepers - the most visible face of the United Nations - are women. We are also striving to increase the pool of women mediators.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Indeed, there are countless women-led prevention initiatives that are either insufficiently supported or disconnected from national or regional early-warning mechanisms or decision-making bodies in general. The Secretary-General is strongly committed to promoting gender equality in the work of the United Nations for peace and security, and to fully integrating conflict gender analysis into that work. His Executive Office includes a Senior Adviser in policy at the level of Under-Secretary-General, with twin mandates on prevention and gender, who is working to ensure the linkages between the two.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“When four senior leaders of the United Nations and the African Union, led by the Deputy Secretary-General, visited Nigeria together in the first high-level mission of its kind focused entirely on women and peace and security, they found that in spite of the presence of strong networks of women peacebuilders and activists, the views of women were underrepresented both in the military and in the humanitarian response. Recently, the Group of Women Facilitators in Guinea-Bissau - a network of civil society leaders - came together to defuse a potentially explosive political impasse and to open a communications channel between two main political leaders that had been closed for two years.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“In turn, this extreme political marginalization undermines the potential of women as actors for conflict prevention - a vital role that the Security Council has emphasized repeatedly, including in resolution 2242 (2015) and the twin resolutions on sustaining peace (Security Council resolution 2286 (2016) and General Assembly resolution 70/262). Whenthe Councilvisitedthe Lake Chadbasin earlier this year, local leaders all raised women's empowerment and its relationship with birth rates - which are among the highest in the world - in their discussions about root causes and solutions to the current crisis.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Women are affected in distinct and distinctly negative ways by armed conflict and violence. Just as gender discrimination is a constant in peacetime, so it prevails when society collapses into war, with devastating impact. Women are the overwhelming majority of victims of rape used as a weapon of war, as well as of abductions and human trafficking. In urban warfare, they are at particular risk during house searches and at checkpoints. The lower women's status is in terms of health, wealth and education, the greater is their exposure to harm. Their underrepresentation in the justice and security sectors and in the upper echelons of political power likewise increases their exposure to harm.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Ms. Viotti: I thank the French presidency for highlighting the importance of the women and peace and security agenda. Let me start by expressing appreciation to the Security Council for its recent efforts to bring women's voices into the centre of its work. Earlier this month, the Council heard the moving account of Joy Bishara, one of the young women kidnapped in Chibok by Boko Haram. Such testimony helps to deepen our understanding of the challenge. It also underscores the pressing need for more concerted and tangible action. In that spirit, today I will focus largely on prevention - a core pillar of the women and peace and security agenda and a key priority of the Secretary-General. The links between prevention and gender equality are many and clear.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“We count on the Council's support to help translate words into action. Together, we can create more efficient and effective solutions to better respond to the needs of the African people and advance international peace and security.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“Where United Nations assessed contributions are authorized, the General Assembly will also play a critical oversight role. The concepts, process, conditions and options presented in the report should be considered as a framework that can be flexibly adapted for new operations. Some additional work is required before this framework can be fully utilized, including the development of joint planning and budgeting methodologies. Some of the bureaucratic processes of the two Organizations may also need to be reconciled. I can assure Council members that the Secretary- General is fully committed to Africa and the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union. His report shows that there are no technical challenges that our organizations cannot overcome together.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“These include deploying troops rapidly to tackle dynamic security challenges, addressing asymmetric threats and ensuing robust peace enforcement. Different situations will require different planning, financing and support arrangements, but these can be underpinned by jointly agreed principles and decision-making processes. Effective cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in deploying and supporting peace support operations requires not only engagement between the Secretariat and the Commission, but also between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council in mandating and reporting. A common approach among Member States is also required to address the perennial issue of securing predictable and sustainable financial support for African Union operations.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“We are encouraged that the African Union is rigorously working to address these issues, including by further developing its compliance mechanisms. The United Nations will continue to provide any technical assistance to the African Union's implementation of relevant compliance frameworks. The African Union is an invaluable partner to the United Nations and we are enormously grateful for Africa's contributions to building a better future for all. As the Secretary-General has often said, the world can greatly benefit from African wisdom, African ideas and African solutions. As noted in the update provided by the African Union, AU operations undertake a wide variety of tasks in a wide variety of circumstances.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“To this end, the Secretary-General and African Union Chairperson recently convened the first United Nations-African Union Annual Conference at United Nations Headquarters. During that meeting, they signed the Joint United Nations-African Union Framework for an Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, further underscoring the commitment to working closely together based on mutual respect, recognition of complementarity, interdependence and solidarity. The report also highlights the importance of compliance and oversight, particularly in the areas of human rights and conduct and discipline. These are critical concerns in all peace operations, including those mandated or authorized by the African Union.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“Some types of support have been more effective than others. The earlier joint United Nations-African Union review of mechanisms to finance and support African Union peace support operations examined over a decade of cooperation in support for African Union operations. The present report builds on this effort and proposes more predictable approaches to supporting African Union operations in future. Our aim is not to replicate earlier arrangements but to develop new approaches that reflect lessons learned and to develop the capacities of the African Union and the roles of other partners. Predictable approaches are required, as the United Nations-African Union partnership is, has been and will be the preferred modality of pursuing peace and security in Africa.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“Building on sustained efforts to strengthen the United Nations-African Union partnership, our organizations are deeply engaged in the development of innovative, forward-leaning and lasting collaborative systems. We must move away from ad hoc arrangements. The report before the Council presents proposals for institutionalized approaches to joint planning and mandating, financing and supporting African Union peace support operations. The report, along with the accompanying update from the African Union, is the result of six months of coordination and cooperation between the Secretariat and the AU Commission. Since the African Union Mission in Burundi in 2003, the United Nations has provided many types of support to African Union operations. These include planning, logistical support and a variety of financing mechanisms.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“Ms. Viotti: I am pleased to introduce the report of the Secretary-General on options for authorization and support to African Union peace support operations (S/2017/454). The report is submitted pursuant to resolution 2320 (2016) of 18 November 2016, in which the Security Council also requested the Secretary- General to continue working closely with the African Union (AU) to refine options for further cooperation on relevant AU proposals, including joint planning and the process for mandating AU peace support operations, subject to authorization by the Council, as well as on United Nations financing and support. The international community must be positioned to adequately respond creatively to dynamic security contexts around the world, and regional organizations are central to this effort.”
2017-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7971 (2017) · source
“The Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force has set up the Inter-agency Working Group on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure including Internet, Vulnerable Targets and Tourism Security. Various projects to assist Member States are under way, encompassing many areas, United Nations entities and partners. But of course, the primary responsibility lies with Member States. This debate comes at a crucial time. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected through travel, commerce and communications and in cyberspace, we become more vulnerable to attacks by technologically savvy terrorists seeking new ways to spread fear. It is encouraging that the Security Council has heightened its attention to this critical threat.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Strategically, this means that the international community needs to unite and be more creative, proactive and effective, including through the development of strong public-private partnerships. Three key steps need to be taken. First, vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure need to be mapped at all levels and in all sectors. Secondly, international, regional and national actors should cooperate on prevention and, in case an attack does take place, on the mitigation of its effects, including through information-sharing. Thirdly, it is crucial to build States' capacities, including to assess risks, take preparedness measures, strengthen emergency management capacity and ensure that responses are fully in keeping with human rights norms and standards. The United Nations stands ready to assist Member States in these and other areas.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“An attack on one sector can affect others, leading to disruptions and widespread Chaos. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has recognized the gravity of the dangers of Da'esh and other groups determined to carry out such attacks. Moreover, since many such facilities and networks operate across borders, any terrorist attack against them would almost certainly have regional and global implications. The transnational nature of terrorism requires the coordinated response on the part of all States and actors of the international community. However, we needto admit that international counter- terrorism cooperation has been limited, especially in the area of critical infrastructure.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source