On
Boko Haram
UNSC Draft,
Chapter VII
Not Yet Agreed
To, Funding Qs
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, March
30 -- The
long-delayed
UN Security
Council
resolution on
Boko Haram and
the
Multi-National
Joint Task
Force has
still not been
adopted, with
one day
remaining in
France's
presidency of
the Council.
Inner
City Press on
March 30 asked
French
Ambassador
Francois
Delattre if it
is agreed that
the
resolution,
which faces
other issues
about the
trust fund and
financing,
should be
under Chapter
VII of the UN
Charter.
Delattre
reiterated
that
negotiations
continue; he
is understood
to later have
told another
diplomat that
consultations
at the Deputy
Permanent
Representative
or Permanent
Representative
level will be
needed. He
said that
passage during
France's March
presidency is
now unlikely.
Inner City
Press is
informed that
Nigeria is not
on board with
Chapter VII;
others name
other
nay-sayers
within the
Western P3,
along when
Inner City
Press asked it
was told that
these will
follow what
the African
members want
-- one of
which is, of
course,
Nigeria. Watch
this site.
Back on
January 19,
with Boko
Haram reaching
beyond
Nigeria, Chad
has sent its
forces into
Cameroon.
Inner City
Press asked
Chad's
ambassador to
the UN if his
country wants
a UN
resolution and
UN funding.
Yes, he
said,
unfortunately
the Security
Council has
yet to ask but
is expected to
adopt a
Presidential
Statement
later on
January 19
(see below.)
A
Presidential
Statement, of
course,
doesn't
provide any
funding for
soldiers.
Back on
December 8,
Inner City
Press reported
on the push
by Chad,
Cameroon and
others to get
a UN Security
Council
resolution.
They hoped for
it that month,
but later
other Council
members told
Inner City
Press of
resistance
from members
who wanted to
see more
details;
theses sources
complained of
Security
Council double
standards.
Chad,
which already
expressed
anger that the
UN's "Sahel"
office is not
headquartered
in one of the
Sahel
countries and
at being taken
for granted
by, among
others, its
predecessor as
Security
Council
president,
still seems
ready to push
for a
resolution -
and
funding.
The
Presidential
Statement read
out past 6 pm
on January 19
urged more
planning,
while praising
Chad or at
least the vote
in Chad's
National
Assembly. The
rush was
before a
January 20
meeting in
Niger. What's
that phrase?
"Show me the
money."
The
Security
Council's
January 19
Presidential
Statement,
S/PRST/2015/4,
"takes note of
the decision
of the Lake
Chad Basin
Commission
Member States
and Benin to
operationalize
the
Multinational
Joint Task
Force,
including
through the
establishment
of a joint
Headquarters
and the
deployment of
national
contingents,
to conduct
military
operations
against Boko
Haram.”
It "welcomes
the vote by
the National
Assembly of
Chad on 16
January 2015
which
authorized
Chadian armed
troops and
security
forces to
assist
Cameroonian
and Nigerian
soldiers in
the fight
against Boko
Haram
terrorists.”
And it
“welcomes
plans for a
regional
meeting in
Niamey, Niger,
on 20 January
2015 to
discuss the
regional
response to
the threat
posed by Boko
Haram. The
Security
Council urges
the LCBC
Member States
and Benin to
undertake
further
planning
toward the
sustainable,
viable and
effective
operationalization
of the
Multinational
Joint Task
Force.”
Doesn't
sustainable
mean money?
Watch this
site.
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