United Nations S/ PV.8033 Security Council Provisional Seventy-second year 8033rd meeting Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Aboulatta .................................. (Egypt) Members: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ..................... Mr. Inchauste Jordán China ......................................... Mr. Liu Jieyi Ethiopia ....................................... Mr. Alemu France ........................................ Mrs. Gueguen Italy .......................................... Mr. Lambertini Japan ......................................... Mr. Bessho Kazakhstan .................................... Mr. Dovganyuk Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Nebenzia Senegal ....................................... Mr. Seck Sweden ....................................... Mr. Skau Ukraine ....................................... Mr. Yelchen ko United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Mr. Allen United States of America .......................... Mrs. Haley Uruguay ....................................... Mr. Rosselli Agenda United Nations peacekeeping operations Their potential contribution to the overarching goal of sustaining peace Letter dated 7 August 2017 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2017/692) 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). 17-27086 (E) *1727086* S/PV.8033 United Nations peacekeeping operations 29/08/2017 The meeting was called to order at 10.05 a.m. Panel on Peace Operations; and Mr. Gert Rosenthal, Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review Adoption of the agenda of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture. The agenda was adopted. Egypt has convened this meeting because it believes in the importance of pursuing efforts to enhance the United Nations peacekeeping operations effectiveness of the international peace and security system at the United Nations. Egypt is also concerned Their potential contribution to the overarching goal of sustaining peace about the need to identify a clear vision of the optimum benefits to be drawn from the available tools in Letter dated 7 August 2017 from the Permanent addressing crises. There is no doubt that peacekeeping Representative of Egypt to the United Nations operations are the most important and widely used tool addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2017/692) of the Security Council to maintain peace and security, The President (spoke in Arabic): In accordance protect civilians and create a climate conducive to the with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of peaceful settlement of disputes. procedure, I invite the representatives of Argentina, Peacekeeping operations are also a means to Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, facilitate the recovery of societies from the tangible Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Estonia, and intangible destruction that is the legacy of warfare. Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, In that regard, Egypt believes that the credibility and Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, effectiveness of peacekeeping mandates are linked to Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, a fundamental restructuring of the philosophy of the Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, the maintenance of international peace and security and to Republic of Korea, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, the need to shift from the standard, accepted ways of Thailand, Turkey, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela managing conflict in order to seek a true transformation and Viet Nam to participate in this meeting. towards the achievement of sustainable peace. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s Today’s discussion is therefore aimed primarily provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following at developing a strategic approach to enhancing briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Youssef the effectiveness and efficiency of peacekeeping Mahmoud, of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace operations, and at considering the means available Operations; and His Excellency Mr. Gert Rosenthal, to improving peacekeeping mandates in order to Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review make peace sustainable. This approach gains added of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture. importance in the light of the huge challenges related In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s to armed conflict, which are interlinked with the threat provisional rules of procedure, I also invite Her posed by the spread of terrorism, organized crime and Excellency Ms. Joanne Adamson, Deputy Head of major population movements, not to mention weak the Delegation of the European Union to the United State structures, the torn social fabric, the lack of Nations, to participate in this meeting. employment opportunities and low standards of living in certain societies. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. We hope that we shall emerge from this meeting with a clear vision and practical ideas that will I wish to draw the attention of Council members contribute to modifying the culture and the tools used to document S/2017/692, which contains a letter dated to design and review peacekeeping operations in a 7 August 2017 from the Permanent Representative of manner that will guarantee the twofold goal of ending Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- violence and protecting civilians, on the one hand, and General, transmitting a concept paper on the item paving the way towards sustainable peace, on the other. under consideration. I now give the floor to the Deputy Secretary-General. I wish to warmly welcome the Deputy Secretary- General, Her Excellency Ms. Amina Mohammed; The Deputy Secretary-General: I thank the Mr. Youssef Mahmoud, of the High-Level Independent Security Council and the Egyptian presidency for 2/70 17-27086 29/08/2017 United Nations peacekeeping operations S/PV.8033 this timely reflection on the contribution of United as part of our new, integrated approach. Peacekeeping Nations peacekeeping operations to global efforts to missions operate with strong links with the United sustain peace. Nations development system and the humanitarian The nature of today’s challenges requires us to community to facilitate a more integrated approach to connect all our efforts for peace and security, human peacebuilding initiatives, exit strategies and transition rights and sustainable development. Member States plans, as we have seen in the cases of Liberia and Haiti. have explicitly acknowledged this interlinkage, most Sustaining peace is an inherently inclusive recently in the twin resolutions on the review of the political process that spans development activities, peacebuilding architecture (Security Council 2282 preventive measures, mediation, conflict management (2016) and General Assembly resolution 70/262). and conflict resolution. Implementing the sustaining The universality of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable peace agenda means putting Member States and their Development and its pledge to leave no one behind populations in the lead, prioritizing political solutions, has put sustainable development at the core of the making prevention the priority, and leveraging the sustaining peace agenda. Sustainable development United Nations three pillars — human rights, peace cannot be achieved in the absence of the conditions and security, and development — in a mutually for peace, and implementing all the Sustainable reinforcing way. Development Goals (SDGs) will make an enormous The Secretary-General’s vision of prevention goes contribution to the sustaining peace agenda. The links beyond averting crisis and violent conflict and takes between both agendas are found not only in Goal 16, on account of the changing nature of crises in today’s strong institutions and inclusive societies, but across all 17 Goals. Sustaining peace, understood as a process and unpredictable world. It requires a broad, whole-of- a goal to build a common vision of a society, underlines United Nations approach, as well as greater synergies the comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred for more effective delivery and impact. We need approach of the 2030 Agenda. to enhance our support by drawing on the United Nations early warning capacity, mediation, preventive Implementing the sustaining peace agenda requires diplomacy and programmes and activities in the field. an inclusive strategy that supports the diverse range of our missions and takes account of the entire peace In line with this vision, the Secretary-General continuum, from prevention, conflict resolution has committed to a surge in diplomacy for peace, in and peacekeeping to peacebuilding and long-term partnership with a wide range of actors. Prevention development. The resolutions on the review of the measures and peace processes must be driven by United Nations peacebuilding architecture outline national leadership