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S/PV.8521 United Nations Peacekeeping Operations 07/05/2019 United Nations S/ PV.8521 Security Council Provisional Seventy-fourth year 8521st meeting Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 10 a.m. New York President: Mrs. Marsudi/Mr. Djani .......................... (Indonesia) Members: Belgium ....................................... Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve China ......................................... Mr. Ma Zhaoxu Côte d’Ivoire ................................... Mr. Moriko Dominican Republic .............................. Mr. Singer Weisinger Equatorial Guinea ............................... Mr. Ndong Mba France ........................................ Mr. Delattre Germany ...................................... Mr. Heusgen Kuwait ........................................ Mr. Almunayekh Peru .......................................... Mr. Ugarelli Poland ........................................ Ms. Wronecka Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Polyanskiy South Africa ................................... Mr. Van Schalkwyk United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Ms. Pierce United States of America .......................... Mr. Cohen Agenda United Nations peacekeeping operations Investing in peace: improving safety and performance of United Nations peacekeepers Letter dated 30 April 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2019/359) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-0506 ([email protected]). Corrected records will be reissued electronically on the Official Document System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org). 19-13247 (E) *1913247* S/PV.8521 United Nations peacekeeping operations 07/05/2019 The meeting was called to order at 10.10 a.m. following to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. João Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of Expression of thanks to the outgoing President the European Union to the United Nations; and Her Excellency Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent The President: As this is the first formal meeting Observer of the African Union to the United Nations. of the Security Council for the month of May, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of Before we begin the consideration of the item on the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Christoph Heusgen, the agenda, allow me to congratulate all Muslims in the Permanent Representative of Germany, for his service world on a Ramadan Kareem. as President of the Council for the month of April. I The Security Council will now begin its am sure I speak for all the members of the Council consideration of the item on its agenda. in expressing our deep appreciation to Ambassador Heusgen and his team for the great diplomatic skill I wish to draw the attention of Council members with which they conducted the Council’s business to document S/2019/359, which contains a letter dated last month. 30 April 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Indonesia addressed to the Secretary- Adoption of the agenda General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. The agenda was adopted. After consultations among Council members, I United Nations peacekeeping operations have been authorized to make the following statement on their behalf: Investing in peace: improving safety and performance of United Nations peacekeepers “The Security Council recalls its previous relevant resolutions and presidential statements Letter dated 30 April 2019 from the addressing peacekeeping. Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations addressed to the “The Security Council underscores the Secretary-General (S/2019/359) importance of peacekeeping as one of the most effective tools available to the United Nations in The President: In accordance with rule 37 of the the promotion and maintenance of international Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the peace and security. representatives of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, “The Security Council reaffirms the basic El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, India, principles of peacekeeping, such as consent of the Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, parties, impartiality and non-use of force, except Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, in self-defence and defence of the mandate, and Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of recognizes that the mandate of each peacekeeping Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, the mission is specific to the need and situation of the Sudan, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay, the Bolivarian country concerned, and that the Security Council Republic of Venezuela and Viet Nam to participate in expects full delivery of the mandates it authorizes. this meeting. “The Security Council welcomes efforts In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s undertaken by the Secretary-General to mobilize provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following all partners and stakeholders in support of more briefers to participate in this meeting: Lieutenant effective United Nations peacekeeping through his General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho, Force Action for Peacekeeping initiative, and recognizes Commander of the United Nations Organization the added value that the Declaration of Shared Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Commitments on Peacekeeping Operations has in the Congo; and Mr. Björn Holmberg, Director of the relation to training and capacity-building. Challenges Forum International Secretariat. “The Security Council welcomes the United In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial, the United provisional rules of procedure, I also invite the Nations Chiefs of Defence Conference and the 2/69 19-13247 07/05/2019 United Nations peacekeeping operations S/PV.8521 United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit to Action for Peacekeeping initiative by endorsing the strengthen support to peacekeeping operations, Declaration of Shared Commitments on Peacekeeping including in the area of training and capacity- Operations. In doing so, they have reconfirmed the building, and underscores the importance of shared responsibility for peacekeeping performance fulfilling the pledges made by a number of and stated their commitment to providing well-trained Member States at the United Nations Peacekeeping uniformed personnel. Ministerial in 2019. Today, I would like to update the Council on the “The Security Council looks forward to Secretariat’s progress in fulfilling our commitment to the Secretary-General’s annual briefing, due in training and capacity-building. September 2019, further to resolution 2378 (2017).” On safety and security, we continue to take This statement will be issued as a document of the forward the action plan to improve the security of Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2019/4. United Nations peacekeepers. This is supported by the roll-out of a comprehensive training plan. In the five I wish to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, high-risk missions — the United Nations Organization His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, and give him Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the floor. the Congo, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid The Secretary-General: I thank you, Madam Operation in Darfur, the United Nations Mission in President, for convening this important debate on South Sudan, the United Nations Multidimensional peacekeeping training and capacity-building. It reflects Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African your country’s strong engagement in peacekeeping, Republic and the United Nations Multidimensional here in New York as well as in the field. Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali — we have conducted training support and assessment visits. We I salute the more than 3,000 uniformed personnel are also instituting casualty evacuation training, stress from Indonesia who currently serve in eight of our testing and crisis management exercises in these five operations, and I pay tribute to the 37 Indonesian missions. Strengthening medical training is another key peacekeepers who have made the ultimate sacrifice component, and to help address the threat of improvised under the United Nations flag. explosive devices and other dangers, we are working Improving training is a major shared commitment with troop- and police-contributing countries to ensure of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative. Training saves that units joining our missions meet our operational lives. Our peacekeepers are deployed to increasingly readiness standards before deployment and that they complex and often hostile environments. Training have undergone predeployment training in accordance prepares them for their vital peacekeeping tasks and with United Nations standards. improves their performance. As we know, improved We are also placing a renewed emphasis on performance reduces fatalities. As such, training is a in-mission training to ensure that our peacekeepers necessary and strategic investment in peacekeeping benefit from the necessary support in the field. We are and a shared responsibility between Member States and particularly keen to develop
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