REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST EXPAND COOPERATION TO TACKLE GLOBAL CHALLENGES – BAN

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REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST EXPAND COOPERATION TO TACKLE GLOBAL
CHALLENGES – BANNew York, Aug 6 2013 12:00PMRegional organizations
must find ways to expand their cooperation and dialogue to address
increasingly interconnected global challenges, Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon told a high-level debate in the Security Council today.

"Regional and sub-regional organizations have deep knowledge, unique
insights and strong local networks. These elements are critical for
mediation, planning a peacekeeping operation or helping a country to
build lasting peace," Mr. Ban
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7001">told the meeting
on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional
organizations in maintaining international peace and security.

"We are better at sharing information and analysis on brewing crises,
but we have to work harder on swift response and long-term
prevention," he noted, asking countries to examine how they can expand
their cooperation in pursuit of international peace and security.

"We need to learn from the lessons of our collaborations to build ever
more innovative and flexible partnership arrangements that draw on our
respective strengths," he said. "Only through cooperation will we meet
our shared aspirations for a more peaceful world."

The debate, presided over by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
of Argentina, which holds the Council's presidency this month, seeks
to further strengthen dialogue and exchange of information among
regional and sub-regional organizations and the UN on issues such as
conflict prevention, peaceful settlement of disputes, peacekeeping and
post-conflict peacebuilding.

In his remarks, Mr. Ban highlighted examples of valuable cooperation
between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations across the
globe.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, he pointed to the joint missions
the UN had carried out with the Organization of American States (OAS)
to combat illicit trafficking. In Africa, he noted that the UN is
working with the African Union (AU) in joint peacekeeping and
mediation efforts in Sudan's Darfur region and in facilitating the
political transition in Somalia.

In addition, the UN and the AU have also worked with the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali.

The Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) is also an example of regional
cooperation, as it is supported by 11 African leaders, the AU, the
Southern African Development Community (SADC), the International
Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the UN. This effort,
Mr. Ban stressed "represents the best opportunity for years for
forging a durable peace."

In the Middle East and North Africa, the UN and the League of Arab
States (LAS) are working to support inclusive political processes in
Tunisia, Libya and Yemen, and they continue to search for a political
solution to the crisis in Syria, including through the deployment of
the UN-Arab League joint envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi.

"Of course, we sometimes face challenges when working together. Our
organizations do not always have the same approach to a given crisis.
Our diverse mandates and membership can lead to different
perspectives," Mr. Ban said, adding that the open debate "is a welcome
opportunity to explore the nature of these challenges and consider how
to improve cooperation."

In a statement agreed on by the 15-member body, the Council committed
to promote closer and more operational cooperation between the UN and
regional and sub-regional organizations in the fields of conflict
early warning, prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping and
peacebuilding.

It also recognized the need to enhance the coordination of efforts to
strengthen the global response to current threats to international
peace and security posed by illegal trafficking, terrorism, and the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, among others.

In addition, the Council reiterated its commitment to continue to
cooperate with international, regional and sub-regional organizations
and establish arrangements to share experiences and lessons learned.

The meeting is expected to hear from around 60 speakers today,
including a number of foreign ministers, as well as representatives of
the AU, the European Union, the LAS, the Community of Latin American
and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Union of South American Nations
(UNASUR), the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), and the OAS.Aug 6
2013 12:00PM
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