United Nations S/ PV.8473 Security Council Provisional Seventy-fourth year 8473rd meeting Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Esono Angue/Mr. Ndong Mba .................. (Equatorial Guinea) Members: Belgium ....................................... Mrs. Van Vlierberge China ......................................... Mr. Wu Haitao Côte d’Ivoire ................................... Mr. Adom Dominican Republic .............................. Mr. Singer Weisinger France ........................................ Mr. Delattre Germany ...................................... Mr. Lindner Indonesia. Mr. Djani Kuwait ........................................ Mr. Almunayekh Peru .......................................... Mr. Meza-Cuadra Poland ........................................ Ms. Wronecka Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Nebenzia South Africa ................................... Mr. Nkosi United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Mr. Hickey United States of America .......................... Mr. Cohen Agenda Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security Silencing the guns in Africa Letter dated 13 February 2019 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- General (S/2019/169) . 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). 19-05682 (E) *1905682* S/PV.8473 Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations 27/02/2019 The meeting was called to order at 10.10 a.m. I propose that the Council invite Monsignor Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for Relations with Adoption of the agenda States of the Holy See, to participate in the meeting, in The agenda was adopted. accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. Cooperation between the United Nations and There being no objection, it is so decided. regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Silencing the guns in Africa I wish to draw the attention of Council members to Letter dated 13 February 2019 from the document S/2019/169, which contains the text of a letter Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission dated 13 February 2019 from the Chargé d’affaires of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2019/169) to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- The President (spoke in Spanish): In accordance General, transmitting a concept note on the item with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of under consideration. procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Members of the Council have before them document Angola, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, S/2019/179, which contains the text of a draft resolution Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, submitted by Algeria, Angola, Belgium, Canada, India, Ireland, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Lithuania, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, France, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine to participate in Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, this meeting. Spain, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia and Ukraine. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Rosemary draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and to the vote now. Peacebuilding Affairs; His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, African Union High Representative for A vote was taken by show of hands. Silencing the Guns in Africa; and Mr. Vasu Gounden, In favour: Founder and Executive Director of the African Centre Belgium, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes. Republic, Equatorial Guinea, France, Germany, In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Russian provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of persons to participate in this meeting; His Excellency Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States Mr. João Pedro Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of America of the European Union to the United Nations; His The President (spoke in Spanish): The draft Excellency Mr. Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz, resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the resolution has been adopted unanimously as United Nations; and Mr. Robert Mardini, Permanent resolution 2457 (2019). Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations. I now give the floor to Ms. DiCarlo. 2/75 19-05682 27/02/2019 Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations S/PV.8473 Ms. DiCarlo: I thank you, Mr. President, for South Sudan. The United Nations and the AU continue this opportunity to address the Security Council on to work together in support of Somalia’s State-building silencing the guns in Africa. I would like to commend agenda, its fight against violent extremism and efforts the presidency of Equatorial Guinea for organizing to restore peace and stability in the country. today’s debate. Furthermore, the United Nations continues to work Silencing the guns is an initiative to promote the closely with the AU and other partners to ensure the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in peaceful conduct of elections on the continent. The Africa. It is critical not only for what it aims to do but United Nations and the Southern African Development also for what it says about the importance of African Community actively supported the good offices led leadership in partnership with the global community. It by the African Union and Mr. Lamamra during the was the African Union (AU) that pledged in 2013 not to 2018 presidential election in Madagascar. Their efforts bequeath the burden of conflict to the next generation contributed to a peaceful process. of Africans and undertake to end all wars by 2020. The AU Peace and Security Council then took the lead The United Nations has also increased its support to in 2017 and developed a master road map of practical counter-terrorism efforts and prevent violent extremism steps to silencing the guns by 2020. It was endorsed by in Africa. In June 2018, the United Nations signed with the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in the AU a memorandum of understanding in this area to January 2018. increase its cooperation and capacity-building support to the AU and several subregional organizations, as His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, AU High well as to Member States. Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa, whom we have the honour to welcome here today, has worked Silencing the guns for good requires the closely with the United Nations to accelerate the participation of all. As we assess efforts to increase implementation of the initiative, and this cooperation women’s leadership and meaningful participation in is wide-ranging. Indeed, the United Nations-African political processes, we see that progress has slowed, Union strategic partnership has become a cornerstone of despite the combined work of the United Nations, the United Nations peace and security initiatives in Africa. AU and civil society. We must redouble our efforts in this critical pursuit. The United Nations and the AU share a common mission: to prevent conflict. Silencing the guns also Building resilient societies is also key for silencing means keeping them from firing in the first place. In the the guns. That implies strong institutions that respond past two years we have each strengthened our ability to to the needs of citizens, good governance and inclusive detect and defuse crises before they escalate, in addition politics. the continent has made great strides in to strengthening our cooperation to help resolve them. recent years in deepening democracy and democratic Our partnership with the AU involves concrete action. institutions, including through the implementation In January 2018,