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REPUBLIQUEDU CAMEROUN REPUBLIQUE OF CAMEROON Paix - Travail - Patrie Peace - Work- Fatherland ------- ------- CABINET CIVIL CABINET CIVIL ------- ------- CELLULE DE COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION UNIT - CAMEROON - UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION I) Landmarks b) Fundamental values defended in the United Nations : • 20 September 1960: Cameroon’s admission into the United Nations (UN). peace, international solidarity, non-interference in • President of the Republic: His Excellency Paul the internal affairs of States. BIYA. • Minister of Foreign Affairs: H.E Lejeune MBELLA c) Basic objectives : MBELLA. • Permanent Representative of Cameroon to the - Strengthen Cameroon’s image on the international United Nations in New York: Ambassador Michel stage ; TOMMO MONTHE. - Ensure that Cameroon’s position is clearly stated • Resident Coordinator of the UN System and Resi- on the issues discussed and addressed in resolutions dent Representative of the United Nations Develop- adopted ; ment Programme (UNDP) in Cameroon: Her Ex- - Consolidate friendship and solidarity with other cellency Najat Rochdi (a Moroccan), since 14 May countries of the world ; 2013. To this end, Cameroon’s interest is focused on : II) Cameroon-UN Cooperation - Promoting the country’s image ; - Safeguarding the territorial integrity and sover- Cameroon has maintained excellent and cordial ties eignty of the State ; with the UN since its admission into the organisa- - Participating in some UN bodies ; tion on 20 September 1960. Historic and privileged - Hosting several sub-regional structures ; ties bind Cameroon to the UN. - The presence of Cameroonian employees in the or- ganisation. Our country is considered “a UN pupil,” because of the essential role played by this organisation towards d) Participation in the main organs : Cameroon’s attainment of international sovereignty, from 1945 to 1960. ➢ General Assembly This cooperation witnessed a high point in recent Highlights : years, with the peaceful settlement (one such model) of the Bakassi conflict between Cameroon and Nige- • 1969: President Ahmadou Ahidjo was nominated ria under the auspices of the United Nations. by his African peers to present the Lusaka Manifesto on behalf of Africa at the United Nations General a) Status of Cameroon before independence : Assembly. The former Head of State of Cameroon under subsequently participated in three different sessions of the UN General Assembly. the mandate of the League of Nations (LN) and su- pervised by the Trusteeship Council of the UN. On these occasions he will reiterate among others, the commitment of the people of Cameroon with 01 countries of the frontline (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Na- opment Programme (UNDP) and United Nations mibia, Botswana etc.) and black South Africans; vic- Population Fund (UNFPA); tims of the Apartheid. - Executive Council of the World Tourism Organisa- tion (UNWTO); • The Head of State, H.E Paul Biya has actively - Commission on Social Development (ECOSOC); participated in major international meetings held at - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa the UN headquarters in New York (1995, 1996, 2000, (UNECA) under which the Central Africa Regional 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). On Office is hosted by Cameroon; these occasions he initiated indelible ideas considered - Board of UNICEF; as Cameroon’s labels: World Ethics Committee; - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Hunger Observatory; and Active Solidarity. Rights (ECOSOC); - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) - • In addition, President Paul Biya’s personal (ECOSOC); enthusiasm towards a peaceful resolution of the - Executive Committee of the Programme of the Bakassi case by the International Court of Justice United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ICJ), under the auspices of the United Nations, (UNHCR); reflects his commitment to respect international - Board of UNIDO; law. It also demonstrates the continued commitment - Board of Governors of the IAEA; etc. of Cameroonians for peace, dialogue and good neighbourliness. It can therefore serve as an example. ➢ Security Council • Cameroon occupied the Vice-Presidency of the Key fact : 63rd and 64th Sessions of the UN General Assembly. • Cameroon was a member of the Council for • Cameroon has served as a non-permanent mem- Human Rights (subsidiary) from 2006 to 2009 and ber of the Security Council (1974 to 1975, and from was re-elected in 2009 for a three-year term which 2002 to 2003). ended in December 2012. ➢ Trusteeship Council ➢ Economic and Social Council As a trust territory of the United Nations, Cameroon Highlights : had to benefit, as part of this body, actions of the Organisation including the organisation of a refer- • Cameroon chaired the bureau of the council as a endum on self-determination in the Western part of first-term member in 2001. The third term expired the country. in May 2014. • Currently, Cameroon sits on several committees e) Visits of high officials of the United Nations and specialised agencies: System in Cameroon - Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC) of UNESCO; The Secretaries General and Presidents of the Gen- - Intergovernmental Council of the International eral Assembly Programme for the Development of Communica- tion (IPDC) of UNESCO; The current Secretary General, H.E. Ban KI-MOON - Executive Council of the International Civil De- paid an official visit to Cameroon from 9 to 11 June fence Organisation (ICDO); 2010. - Board of Directors of the Universal Postal Union (UPU); Former Secretary General, H.E. Kofi ANNAN paid - Board of Directors of the International Telecom- three visits to Cameroon (2000, 2002 and 2005). munication Union (ITU); - Board of Directors of the International Civil Avia- The President of the 64th session of the General As- tion Organisation (ICAO); sembly Ali TRIKI paid a visit to Cameroon in May - Board of Directors of the United Nations Devel- 2010. His successor Joseph DEISS also visited Cam- 02 eroon (27 to 29 January 2011). MASSINA as Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the World Customs Organisation (November 2007 Other high-profiled personalities of the UN system to 24 April 2010); Emmanuel ZE MEKA as Execu- have visited Cameroon. tive Director of the International Tropical Timber Organisation For example: Koichiro MATSUURA, Director General of UNESCO (9 January 2009) ; Antonio - ITTO (2007 to 2015); Emmanuel KALNGUI, re- GUTERRES, High Commissioner of UNHCR (2 to elected member of the Commission on the Limits 4 March 2010, and 24 and 25 March 2015) ; Kanayo of Continental Shelf (CLCS) and the United Nations F. NWANZE, President of the International Fund for Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2006 and on 29 a five-year term in July 2012 (2nd term); and Vera February to 3 March 2012) ; Olivier de SCHUTTER, SONGWE, Director of Operations of the World UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in July Bank for Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bis- 2012; Irina BOKOVA, Director General of UNESCO sau and Mauritania (2011-August 2015), currently (15 to 16 September 2014) ; Mukhisa KUTIYI, serving as Resident Representative of the Interna- Secretary General of the United Nations Conference tional Finance Corporation (IFC) in Senegal. on Trade and Development Cameroonians occupied important UN positions in - UNCTAD (19 to 21 May 2016), Helen CLARK, the past. For example: Administrator of the UNDP (29 to 30 August 2016). - Michel DOOH KINGUE, Director General of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research f) Cameroonians in the United Nations System (UNITAR) - (1983-1992); - Claude ONDOBO, UNESCO Director of Develop- Several Cameroonians hold or have held top posi- ment and Communication (1991-2002); tions in the UN system. For example: - Jacques BOOH BOOH, Personal Representative of - Florence ARREY, elected in February 2012, Vice the UN Secretary General in Rwanda; President of the International Criminal Tribunal for - Bernard MUNA, Deputy Prosecutor of the In- Rwanda (ICTR); ternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda − ICTR - Simon MUNZU, appointed on 7 October 2014 by (1997 to 2002); Ban KI-MOON, Deputy Special Representative of - Benjamin Itoe MUTANGA, Judge at the UN Spe- UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI); cial Tribunal for Sierra Leone (2002 to 2009); - Victor KISOB, Director of Management’s Learning, - ENGO Bamela, Judge at the Court of Law of the Development and Human Resource Service Divi- Sea; sion of the Secretariat. - Amos Namanga NGONGI, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC and Head - Jean Victor NKOLO (P-5) UN Department of Pub- of MONUC (21 September 2001 to 1 July 2003). He lic Information, Spokesman of the President of the currently holds a position at the UN headquarters in 64th session of the UN General Assembly and re-ap- New York. pointed to the post for the 65th session. Appointed Head of Communication to the Office of the Spe- III - Cooperation with the UN system in cial Adviser of the Secretary General for Africa on 6 Cameroon January 2012. a) Development - Sammy Kum BUO, Director of the West Africa Di- vision (Department of Political Affairs at the Gen- The UN System in Cameroon is comprised of 18 agen- eral Secretariat) allowed to claim his pension rights cies (WB, UNECA, UNIC, FAO, IMF, OHCHR, UN- in 2012; HCR, ILO, WHO, UNIDO, UNAIDS, WFP, UNDP, ITU, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM). In addition, other senior officials were also elected or appointed to positions within certain univer- A new roadmap of the United Nations Development

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