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"Mr President, I would like to thank the Council for the presentation made this afternoon. This is a very worrying situation. This is a country that has been devastated over a prolonged period of time by violence in one shape or another, and it was presumed that the secession of South Sudan would at least produce some agreed route to peace and stability in that region. People are suffering, people are hungry, and people are displaced, despite the fact that this is a region with the potential for very profitable oil exports.
It is very difficult to deal with the situation but, at the present time, we have to try to contain it. We have to deal, in particular, with the humanitarian crisis there. I would ask us to ensure – especially in those refugee camps outside Sudan where people are gathering – that there is sufficient support and supplies for those people, and that we do everything possible to provide for their security.
Events in the region of Sudan and South Sudan are an indication of the sort of thing that can happen when there is secession or when there is no stability. Many of us here celebrate the Arab Spring, but in fact, we are not sure what is going to follow it, and good governance simply has not been the tradition in many of the countries concerned.
I think it is time that we worked with the African Union, in terms of training and supplies and resources, to try to get them to build their capacity to make this region a stable region. The European Union cannot do everything. The United Nations cannot do everything. When these problems arise, they are very costly – costly not only in terms of lives, and in terms of disruption for people, including in regions like this where people perhaps depend on oil and exports, but also in terms of the humanitarian aid we are going to be required to supply. It is costly.
Why can the resources not be found early on to invest with the African Union in trying to ensure that they are equipped to prevent this sort of situation, to develop good governance, and to enable them to be the first port of call when such events do take place?"@en1
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