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STORY: UN / G5 SAHEL
TRT: 2:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
15 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2.Various shots, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“It is now essential that the Joint Force resume its operations as soon as possible. I urge the leaders of the Joint Force to make every effort to finalize planning efforts and launch its next operations as soon as possible. It will send a strong signal to terrorist groups seeking to undermine the authority of the State and destabilize the region and build trust with donors and partners International G5.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“The Joint Force has still not attained full operational capacity. Major equipment shortfalls, capability gaps, insufficient infrastructure and a lack of secured operational bases continue to delay its full operationalization.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“MINUSMA continues to face a funding gap of almost USD 30 million to provide the support it was mandated to provide to the Joint Force as per resolution 2391 (2017). While the Mission responded immediately and favourably to all of the Joint Force’s requests for life support consumables and transportation, it has lacked the funding to provide engineering support for the enhancement and fortification of the Joint Force’s camp, which remains the biggest obstacle to its operationalization.”
8.Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“I call on G5-Sahel countries to continue to address critical governance shortfalls in the region, that provide the fertile breeding ground for terrorism. The Malian peace process remains critical in this regard, as cornerstone of political efforts to address longstanding grievances.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Maman Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the G5 Sahel:
“As of today, we are far from the announced 414 million euros. We have received 17.9 million euros in equipment and services as well as an important technical assistance from the partners like the African Union and the European Union.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Maman Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the G5 Sahel:
“Given the magnitude of crisis, let us leave behind ‘appeals’ and other ‘warnings.’ Let us put the financing of multilateral institutions in accord with our efforts in favor of the security and the development. We need to make sure that we use our resources effectively to avoid a vicious cycle for which the nefarious consequences will be a challenge of growing scale.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
Addressing the Security Council, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix today (15 Nov) said the security situation in the Sahel remains extremely worrying and the trends of recent developments which the Secretary-General had presented in details in his report were disturbing.
He said “it is now essential that the Joint Force resume its operations as soon as possible,” adding that “it will send a strong signal to terrorist groups seeking to undermine the authority of the State and destabilize the region and build trust with donors and partners International G5.”
Lacroix also noted that the G5-Sahel Joint Force depends on the support of the international community. The G5 Sahel member states have deployed more than 80 per cent of their troops, manned all sector headquarters and completed the transfer of authority for all command posts.
However, he said “the Joint Force has still not attained full operational capacity. Major equipment shortfalls, capability gaps, insufficient infrastructure and a lack of secured operational bases continue to delay its full operationalization.”
The peacekeeping chief also added that the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) continues to face a funding gap of almost USD 30 million to provide the support it was mandated to provide to the Joint Force as per resolution 2391 (2017).
He said “while the Mission responded immediately and favorably to all of the Joint Force’s requests for life support consumables and transportation, it has lacked the funding to provide engineering support for the enhancement and fortification of the Joint Force’s camp, which remains the biggest obstacle to its operationalization.”
Lacroix called on G5-Sahel countries to “continue to address critical governance shortfalls in the region, that provide the fertile breeding ground for terrorism. The Malian peace process remains critical in this regard, as cornerstone of political efforts to address longstanding grievances.”
Also addressing the Council, Maman Sidikou, the Permanent Secretary of the G5 Sahel reiterated “as of today, we are far from the announced 414 million euros. We have received 17.9 million euros in equipment and services as well as an important technical assistance from the partners like the African Union and the European Union.”
Sidikou also told the Council that “given the magnitude of crisis, let us leave behind ‘appeals’ and other ‘warnings.’ Let us put the financing of multilateral institutions in accord with our efforts in favor of the security and the development.”
He added “we need to make sure that we use our resources effectively to avoid a vicious cycle for which the nefarious consequences will be a challenge of growing scale.”
