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STORY: UN / CENTRAL AFRICA UNOCA
TRT: 03:01
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
10 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA):
“The period covered by this report was marked - it is to be welcomed - by the conclusion of the transition in Chad, with the adoption of a new constitution by referendum in December 2023 and the holding of the presidential election on 6 May. According to several observers, the election took place in good conditions, despite a few isolated incidents, of course regrettable, but which did not compromise either the regularity or the credibility of the election.”
4. Wide shot, Council
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA):
“In Gabon, the transition reached an important turning point with the holding of an inclusive national dialogue that resulted in a series of recommendations reflecting the aspirations of the Gabonese people for a renewal. At the end of this dialogue, the Gabonese authorities have undertaken concrete actions for a return to constitutional order, with the creation of a National Constitutional Committee to draft a draft constitution and a draft electoral code.”
6. Wide shot, Council
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA):
“In São Tomé and Príncipe, significant progress has been made in reforming the justice and security sectors with the agreement signed between the authorities and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). An agreement that is the culmination of our support to the Government of San Tomé in its efforts to reform the justice and security sectors, since the regrettable events of November 2022, and which follows the recommendations of the joint assessment mission conducted by the UN and ECCAS in April 2023, signed on the occasion of the visit of the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to Sao Tome last May.”
8. Wide shot, Council
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA):
“Armed groups and violent extremists continue to threaten the stability and development of the countries of the subregion. Whether in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo or in the Lake Chad Basin, terrorist groups have continued to sow terror among the civilian population, especially women and children, despite the presence of military forces in these regions.”
10. Wide shot, Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Gilberto Da Piedade Verissimo, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS):
“The armed groups terrorist organizations, secessionist movements and diplomatic and security crises which have been raging in Central Africa continued to pose a threat to international peace and security. Thus, this situation warrants the Security Council's for attention.”
12. Wide shot, end of Council session
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) Abdou Abarry, today (10 Jun) told the Security Council that despite positive developments, armed groups and violent extremists “continue to threaten the stability and development of the countries of the subregion."
Abarry told the Council that in the period covered by report of the Secretary-General was marked by the conclusion of the transition in Chad, with the adoption of a new constitution by referendum in December 2023 and the holding of the presidential election on 6 May.
According to several observers, he said, “the election took place in good conditions, despite a few isolated incidents, of course regrettable, but which did not compromise either the regularity or the credibility of the election.”
In Gabon, Abarry said, “the transition reached an important turning point with the holding of an inclusive national dialogue that resulted in a series of recommendations reflecting the aspirations of the Gabonese people for a renewal.”
At the end of this dialogue, he said, “the Gabonese authorities have undertaken concrete actions for a return to constitutional order, with the creation of a National Constitutional Committee to draft a draft constitution and a draft electoral code.”
In São Tomé and Príncipe, the Special Representative continued, “significant progress has been made in reforming the justice and security sectors with the agreement signed between the authorities and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).”
This agreement, he said, “is the culmination of our support to the Government of San Tomé in its efforts to reform the justice and security sectors, since the regrettable events of November 2022, and which follows the recommendations of the joint assessment mission conducted by the UN and ECCAS in April 2023, signed on the occasion of the visit of the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to Sao Tome last May.”
Nevertheless, Abarry stressed that “whether in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo or in the Lake Chad Basin, terrorist groups have continued to sow terror among the civilian population, especially women and children, despite the presence of military forces in these regions.”
Briefing the Council via video teleconference, the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Gilberto Da Piedade Verissimo, said, “the armed groups terrorist organizations, secessionist movements and diplomatic and security crises which have been raging in Central Africa continued to pose a threat to international peace and security. Thus, this situation warrants the Security Council's for attention.”