Presidential Statement nº S/PRST/2010/1 of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2010
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/PRST/2010/1

Security Council

Distr.: General

13 January 2010

Original: English

10-20850 (E) 130110

*1020850*

Statement by the President of the Security Council

At the 6257th meeting of the Security Council, held on 13 January 2010, in

connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “Cooperation

between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in

maintaining international peace and security”, the President of the Security Council

made the following statement on behalf of the Council:

“The Security Council recalls its previous relevant resolutions and

statements of its President which underscore the importance of developing

effective partnerships between the United Nations and regional and

subregional organizations, in accordance with the Charter of the United

Nations and the relevant statutes of the regional and subregional organizations.

“The Security Council recalls the purposes and principles of the Charter

of the United Nations, reiterates its primary responsibility under the Charter

for the maintenance of international peace and security, and further recalls that

cooperation with regional and subregional organizations in matters relating to

the maintenance of international peace and security, consistent with Chapter VIII

of the Charter of the United Nations, can improve collective security.

“The Security Council expresses its intention to consider further steps to

promote closer and more operational cooperation between the United Nations

and regional and subregional organizations in the fields of conflict early

warning, prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, and to

ensure the coherence, synergy and collective effectiveness of their efforts. In

this regard, it welcomes the already existing strong cooperation initiatives

between the United Nations and regional organizations.

“The Security Council commends the ongoing efforts and contributions

made by the Secretariat to consolidate partnerships with regional and

subregional organizations and welcomes the convening of the Secretary-

General’s Retreat with Heads of Regional and other Organizations on

11-12 January 2010. The Council expresses its intention to hold in the future

informal interactive dialogues with regional and subregional organizations.

“The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the peaceful

settlement of disputes, acknowledges the important contribution of regional

and subregional organizations to the peaceful settlement of local disputes and

preventive diplomacy, as they are well positioned to understand the root causes

of many conflicts and other security challenges. The Council underlines the