S/PV.6831 Security Council

In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Sierra Leone to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2012/698, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I wish to draw the attention of members to document S/2012/679, which contains the ninth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2065 (2012). I now give the floor to the representative of Sierra Leone.

Once again, the Council has demonstrated its collective determination to see Sierra Leone succeed. I want to assure Council members that there is ongoing political will on the part of the Government, as well as a common will and interest on the part of ordinary folk, for the country to succeed. In my view, the threat may lie in the interplay of party politics, and we urge that no effort be spared to resolve that issue in the interest of the peace consolidation process in Sierra Leone. We hope that this will ensure that the process will gravitate in the direction of moving the country towards its development goals. I thank the members of the Council for the unanimity they have shown in adopting resolution 2065 (2012).

The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.