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  1. “It is important that this region be transformed into a platform for cooperation among all interested parties that is based on the principles of international law, rather than an area of competition benefiting only organized crime and international terrorism.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  2. “We are providing bilateral support to countries of the region by training professional staff in areas including health, construction and the staff of law enforcement agencies. We hope these thoughts will be taken into account when the Secretary-General prepares specific recommendations for the Security Council on further steps to be taken in this area. We believe that their implementation will comprise an important component of global efforts of the international community aimed at countering criminal challenges and threats and will help to ensure security and stable development in the countries of West Africa and the Sahel region.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  3. “We advocate the design by countries of the region, with the participation of the donor community, of an integrated comprehensive socio-economic strategy. A significant role could be played here by using the potential of international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization in implementing programmes aimed at job creation in countries of the region and involving the business community in efforts aimed at reducing the social influence in favour of terrorism and other international criminal activity. The Russian Federation has experience in the implementation of such programmes, including in West Africa. Our country emphasizes the provision of humanitarian assistance through United Nations channels.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  4. “No less important is ensuring the establishment and the implementation of domestic laws in line with the provisions of the international treaties. We note the key role played by the UNODC in providing such technical support to States of the region. Fifthly, it would be useful to task UNODC, as part of its global research into financial flows from various types of criminal activities, to pay particular attention to that problem as it relates to West Africa and the Sahel region. Disrupting the financial basis for international criminal syndicates has led to major success in combating them. Sixthly, we consider intrinsically related the issues of security and development in West Africa and the Sahel region.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  5. “Fourthly, ensuring an effective legal component in order to combat those criminal challenges is of utmost importance. First and foremost, that concerns, of course, strict respect for the provisions of international law and of the Charter of the United Nations. Of great importance in establishing a broad anti-criminal front is ensuring full-fledged participation by States of the region in the fundamental international agreements, including the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000 and its Protocols, the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003, the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  6. “Thirdly, in the longer term, we must pay greater attention to de-radicalizing the population, especially the young. Emphasis should be placed on addressing problems of employment and in the area of education. Particular attention must be paid to increasing the effectiveness of efforts to counter extremist tendencies, which are the ideological basis and the breeding ground for the actions of terrorist groups in the region. It is essential to create in the region, under the auspices of the United Nations and UNESCO, an atmosphere that rejects new challenges and threats, and to work with the media and with the structures of civil society to achieve that goal. We must also cut off at the root all attempts to draw the regional diaspora abroad into terrorist activity.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  7. “We support the activities of the United Nations and its Office on Drugs and Crime, and we are strengthening our partnership with the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other African regional structures that address the issue of combating criminal challenges. It would also be useful to establish a broad regional platform to combat such threats. That would respond to the ECOWAS regional plan to combat organized crime and drug trafficking and would support specialized coastal initiatives for West Africa, established with the support of the United Nations and INTERPOL. We should maximize use of the platform developed by UNODC for an integrated regional programme for West Africa for 2010-2014, as well as country-based programmes.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  8. “We believe it is important that the Counterterrorism Forum respond to the stated readiness of the Sahel quartet to cooperate in preventing the spread of Libyan weapons and in taking further steps to implement resolution 2017 (2011). Secondly, given that it is more than likely that Libyan weapons will fall into the hands of terrorists, the growth in transnational organized crime and drug trafficking means that the security capacity of the Sahelo-Saharan Governments must be strengthened. We must implement broad, integrated measures that emphasize enhanced border security, protection of airports, intensified exchange of information and the training the staff of law enforcement bodies. None of that can be accomplished without international support.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  9. “The Panel of Experts of the Sanctions Committee on Libya and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate have also noticed the significant threat to security posed by the uncontrolled spread of Libyan weapons. Of particular concern is the flow of man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) and missile launchers, which threaten civil aviation not only in the Sahelo-Saharan region but far beyond its borders. Information has been received regarding interest in MANPADS on the part of the terrorist organizations Al-Qaida in the Maghreb and Boko Haram. We suggest that work by United Nations bodies to resolve that problem could be reinforced by efforts in the framework of the Global Counterterrorism Forum.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  10. “Suffice it to recall the churches blown up by the terrorist group Boko Haram during the Kurban Bayram holiday toward the end of last year. In the context of ensuring security in that region, we propose that the main effort be conducted by the countries of the region, in a leadership role, with the support of the international community, in a comprehensive effort focused on the following areas. First, the flow of Libyan arms needs to be addressed. Precisely with that goal in mind, Russia last autumn launched the initiative for the adoption of Security Council resolution 2017 (2011), which places responsibility on the new authorities in Libya, its neighbours and the international community for the earliest solution to that urgent matter.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  11. “Their activities have spread geographically and the number of terrorist attacks is increasing, as a result of interlinking with organized crime and drug trafficking. The activity of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida in the Maghreb countries is of particular concern. Old forms of crime persist - human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation, the use of forced labour. The smuggling of oil and diamonds continues. Behind many of those crimes lies corruption. Illegal drug trafficking provides considerable financial support for terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime. Not only has West Africa become one of the main hubs for smuggling cocaine to Europe, but the region has also adapted to the production of synthetic drugs, and major new routes for Afghan heroin have developed there. Tension is growing in inter-religious relations.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  12. “Unfortunately, in 2011 problems increased in that region, one of the top being the task of ensuring security. That issue has grown exponentially against the backdrop of terrorist events in Libya and other criminal threats and challenges. We note with concern the increased activity of organized crime, particularly piracy, in the Gulf of Guinea and the growth of illegal drug trafficking. Smuggling and the sale of weapons, including in small arms and light weapons, through the territories of a number of countries in the Sahelo-Saharan region, along with continuing illegal migration, pose a threat to the international community. Experts believe that the leakage of Libyan weapons is linked to the activities of terrorist groups.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source

  13. “Mr. Zmeevskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, and your country for taking the initiative to hold a meeting of the Security Council on such an urgent issue. We are also grateful to the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, for their substantive briefings. The events of recent years have shown that globalization provides mankind not only with new possibilities for collective development but also with new criminal challenges. The way we respond to such challenges will determine the political stability of entire States and regions. We observe dangerous trends in West Africa and the Sahelo-Saharan region.”

    2012-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6717 (2012) · source