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Zouev

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2017-10-26
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  1. “However, in a positive step to advance the implementation of decisions taken at the latest meeting of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism, held in May, the parties participated in an initialjoint aerial reconnaissance mission in September, facilitated by UNISFA, to identify temporary observation sites within the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone, in the vicinity of the agreed border crossing corridors. We hope that both parties can come together again to further the border demarcation discussions. There continues to be an agreement on the centreline of the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone, a decision of the extraordinary meeting of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism in Addis Ababa on 14 October 2015, thereby providing the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism with a defined area of operations.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  2. “With regard to the Joint Political and Security Mechanism, both parties have stated that concrete action could only follow the anticipated meeting of the Presidents. The meeting of the Joint Security Committee in early June did not take place, with mutual accusations of support for each other's rebel movements. The Committee was created to address exactly those kinds of disputes, which makes its current suspension particularly discouraging. I also regret to report that border demarcation discussions have not resumed, nor have the documents for the non-binding opinion on disputed and claimed areas been handed over.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  3. “Despite the lack of progress, both countries and the African Union view the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism as essential and, in an important show of common purpose, jointly asked Council members to retain UNISFA's support to the Mechanism in their letter of 23 September. In that context, I would like to share with the Council the progress made on the benchmarks for the full operating capability of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism , namely, the regular meetings of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism , the resumption of border demarcation discussions, the resolution of the dispute over the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone and full freedom of movement for Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism operations.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  4. “The Presidents have been expected to meet since July, and that meeting is crucial, but a date has yet to be announced, although we hope it will be shortly, if not today. The efforts of the African Union continue, which has called for an extraordinary meeting of the Oversight Committee on 9 November. The agreement of 30 July 2011 established the border monitoring and verification mission, and the Cooperation agreement of 27 September 2012 on security arrangements operationalized the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism. Nearly six years later, the Mechanism remains at an initial operating capability.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  5. “While UNISFA operations have continued to enhance peace and stability within the Abyei Area, intercommunal tensions persist in the absence of progress in the implementation of the agreement of 20 June 2011. Disagreement on the joint interim institutions continues to hinder their establishment. The Abyei Joint Oversight Committee did not convene in the last week of July as was agreed on at its meeting in May. The African Union called for a follow-up meeting of the Committee in Addis Ababa on 16 August, but it was postponed the day before the scheduled date at the request of South Sudan, which cited the need to await the outcome of an expected meeting between the Presidents of South Sudan and the Sudan.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  6. “Unfortunately, a few violent incidents have occurred since the publication of the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/870 and S/2017/870). On 13 October two Ngok Dinka died and three more were wounded at the Amiet common market after unknown armed assailants opened fire. UNISFA responded promptly with a pursuit and initial medical treatment. Thirdly, violence continues to be associated with petty crime, largely as a result of the adverse economic situation in the Abyei Area, where there is a lack of livelihood opportunities and a large presence of arms. And lastly, the presence of armed groups has the potential to influence and polarize communities, thereby inflaming intercommunal tensions.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  7. “The conflict prevention and mitigation strategy adopted by the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has been effective in reducing large-scale violence. The mission's success in managing those issues has encouraged the return of the Ngok Dinka, with an estimated 15,000 returnees being assisted by the humanitarian community. Secondly, criminality in and around the Amiet common market, which has become an important economic hub, has been shown to have the potential to exacerbate intercommunal tensions as the two communities mingle in the market and the surrounding areas. The spike in July and August in intercommunal violence related to the market has dropped sharply in the wake of UNISFA'S proactive engagement in de-escalating tensions between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source

  8. “Mr. Zouev: I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Abyei and the ongoing efforts to support the implementation of the agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on temporary arrangements for the administration and security of the Abyei Area of 20 June 2011. I shall also provide an update on the status of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism, as requested in resolution 2352 (2017). Conflict in the Abyei Area continues to follow four patterns. First, the traditional source of conflict between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya continues to be the issue of access to grazing land and water.”

    2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source