CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: TALKING POINTS FOR

UNCLAS STATE 022315

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC PREL PHUM CA XA ZF
SUBJECT: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: TALKING POINTS FOR
MARCH 10 BRIEFING


1. USUN may draw from the following points for the March 10
Security Council briefing with the Special
Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the
Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Fall.

Begin points:

-- The United States would like to thank SRSG Fall for his
briefing today and for his service to CAR and the
international community. We urge the Secretary General to
quickly appoint a successor to SRSG Fall given that
implementation of the Inclusive Political Dialogue is at a
critical stage.

-- The United States congratulates the government, opposition
parties, and participating rebel groups for their agreement
to abide by Inclusive Political Dialogue recommendations,
however we are concerned that recent violence in northern CAR
has endangered the peace the Dialogue aimed to achieve. We
urge all parties to renew their commitment to peace and to
implement Dialogue recommendations for the good of the CAR
and its people.

-- The United States condemns the attacks and retaliation in
Northern CAR that has led to 18,000 new IDPs and refugees.
We urge all rebel groups who have not done so to join the
peace process and call on all foreign
governments to refrain from sheltering or supporting any
rebel groups that remain outside the peace process.

-- The Government of the Central African Republic (CARG)
needs to show progress toward equitable power
sharing and an inclusive government, paving the way for
presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010.

-- Swift implementation of UN disarmament, demobilization,
and reintegration (DDR) programs is critical and rebel groups
should immediately submit their list of combatants for
demobilization. The government should work with UNDP to
ensure prompt disbursement and use of Central African
Monetary and Economic Community (CEMAC) funds for DDR.

-- We remain concerned about the plight of children in CAR
and note that the Secretary-General's recent report on
Children and Armed Conflict in the Central African Republic.
We call on the government, as well as on all other actors,
including rebels and bandits, to cease violence against
children.

-- If the international community is going to support a
national vision for rebuilding peace and stability, then
implementation of the SYG's recommendations for an integrated
peacebuilding mission in Bangui will be an
important step toward ensuring donor coordination and
attention to national capacity-building.

-- The Peacebuilding Commission should continue to work with
the national government in forming an overall peacebuilding
strategy, and mobilizing support of new and returning donors.


-- Because of CAR's continued vulnerability to opportunistic
foreign armed groups, we are pleased that the UN Mission in
the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) will
continue to have a role in northeastern CAR.
CLINTON