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Adechi

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first: 2002-05-22
most recent: 2005-04-26
sittings or episodes: 65
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“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): Allow me to thank Ambassador Munoz for his exhaustive and very informative briefing on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) over the past four months. We also note that this meeting of the Security Council is being held in the wake of the commemoration of the third anniversary of the horrendous and tragic attacks of 11 September 2001. The blind, criminal violence of terrorism continues to strike wherever it wishes.”
2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): Benin voted in favour of resolution 1559 (2004). The initiative of the cosponsors was basically intended to help stability in Lebanon, a friendly country that is recovering from several years of civil war and has managed to restore a peaceful democracy. My country voted in favour of the draft resolution because we share the concern to reaffirm the Council's support for the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon. Resolution 1559 (2004), just adopted, deals with the situation in the Middle East. We would like to reaffirm here our support for the efforts to bring about a comprehensive political settlement in the Middle East through the withdrawal of all foreign forces present in the countries of the region. Accordingly, we have repeatedly expressed our commitment to peace and security in that region.”
2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source
“In that context, we welcome the cooperation between the United Nations Office for West Africa, ECOWAS and other actors working for peace in the subregion, as well as the emerging possibility for the countries of the region to pool their efforts to resolve, in close cooperation with the United Nations, trans- border and transnational problems. It is important that that approach receive ever-greater support from the States Members of the United Nations.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Cooperation with regional organizations can promote the implementation of the regional approach that is now being tried out in West Africa within the framework of the stabilization process for post-conflict countries or countries that are working to overcome a serious political crisis. In my delegation's view, that is an unprecedented, and most welcome, development in the search for a coherent solution to several conflicts. Conflicts in West Africa, for the most part, are spawned by the same underlying causes, even though their manifestations differ from one country to another.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The fact that most of the regional organizations that are United Nations partners have economic objectives, particularly in Africa, gives them genuine potential for contributing to the elimination of the root causes of armed conflicts within States through the advancement of rational economic policies. They also should benefit from increased attention from the United Nations to that end. Indeed, genuine regional integration can also serve as an effective remedy to counter rebellions and irredentism. The example of the European Community would seem to be the best illustration in that respect. Clearly integration is not something to be found only in texts; it must be effective and, indeed, truly experienced by the peoples of the region or subregion involved.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Interaction between the United Nations and regional organizations should therefore be based not only on consultations but also on the rational use of the possibilities and resources that are available, with pride of place given to the leadership role of the international world Organization, on the basis of a rational division of tasks. From another point of view, NEPAD and ECOWAS are clear examples of the awareness of the genuine link that must be established between peace and economic and social development, which regional integration organizations must promote.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“From that point of view, we welcome the decision taken by the Group of Eight to assist regional organizations in acquiring their own capacity for the maintenance of peace, particularly in Africa, in the context of support for the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). We deem it important that there be increased coordination with regional mechanisms for the prevention and management of regional conflicts and crises, such as the African Union's Peace and Security Council and the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“It is also important that a genuine complementarity be developed between the actions of the Security Council and regional contributions to peace and security. Depending on the seriousness of the situation and the speed of the action required, regional organizations may offer a comparative advantage in terms of their capacity to intervene rapidly to prevent a situation from spiralling out of control. It is therefore important that a strategic partnership be established between the United Nations and regional organizations for more effective interaction. But that division of labour is not a given. It can be credible only if it is based on a proactive strategy that involves the creation and strengthening of regional capacity, so that that responsibility can be fully shouldered at the appropriate time.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The Security Council has consistently endorsed such initiatives, thus reinforcing their legitimacy under the Charter, which, in Article 53, states that "no enforcement action shall be taken under regional arrangements or by regional agencies without the authorization of the Security Council." From the point of view of subsidiarity, it would seem, therefore, that the member States of a given region should, through regional agreements, build up a rapid-reaction capacity in order to be in a position to deal with situations that pose serious threats or that could lead to a breach of the peace, and that the launching of United Nations peacekeeping operations would take place only in the face of an increased threat that cannot be dealt with through regional mobilization alone.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“On the other hand, the work of the Security Council has become more complex and more multidimensional, to the extent that, in the context of its initiatives to maintain peace and security, it has had further to rely on regional organizations through the establishment of networks for the exchange of information and mechanisms for capacity development. In Africa, the proliferation of internal armed conflicts has forced regional and subregional African organizations to shoulder increased responsibility in the area of conflict management in that region of the world.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“It provides us with a timely opportunity jointly to consider a common strategy to strengthen synergy between the United Nations and the regional organizations in order to meet the challenges facing the international community today. Given its universal mission, the United Nations, since its founding, has endeavoured to fulfil the role entrusted to it: that of the primary guarantor of international peace and security. Indeed, the Charter authorizes it to use regional organizations for support. The United Nations has therefore been able to establish partnership relations with a number of such organizations that have a mandate in this area.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): At the outset, I thank you, Sir, for having taken the felicitous initiative of organizing this public debate and for ensuring the high level of representation here by presiding over it yourself. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile. I should also like to welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and to express our gratitude to him for having shed light on our deliberations today, which will be considerably enriched by the contributions of the high-level leaders of the regional organizations invited and present here. Today's debate is being held at a critical stage in the development of international relations.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The considerations I just outlined prove the need to ensure systematic follow-up by the Security Council of implementation of the mission's conclusions and of the recommendations made in the context of the first report of the Secretary-General on ways to combat regional and cross-border problems in West Africa. The Security Council's Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention should also study the report to identify opportunities for synergy with a view to promoting peace and stability in the subregion.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“Finally, the mission gave Council members an opportunity to assess the possibilities for strengthening cooperation among the United Nations and subregional and continental organizations, whose resolve to effectively promote peace and stability in the countries of the subregion is well known. As a result of the mission, we have an excellent harvest of information, which should enable us to better orient our activities in the subregion's direction. My delegation therefore believes it is now imperative that we set in order the priorities identified with a view to addressing more effectively the issue of mobilizing and rationally using financial, material and even human resources, whose scarcity often contributes to the failure of recommended measures.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“We were also able to appreciate again how important a United Nations presence in the region is, and we took note of the agreement between the Security Council's analysis and the analyses of the subregional organization and the continental organization. We noted that the process of restoring normalcy and peace-building in the region depends heavily on the creation of an environment that would develop the strong economic potential of the subregion. Moreover, that is clear with regard to the many recommendations made, which the report introduced by Ambassador Jones Parry describes in detail.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): We wish to express our warm appreciation to Ambassador Jones Parry for his excellent introduction of the report (S/2004/525) of the Security Council mission to West Africa, which he headed. After all that has been said on the subject, we will be brief. Although, given the duration of the mission, the objectives that we set were rather ambitious, the challenges that the region faces fully justified the mission. In each of the seven countries that received the mission, we were able to see that, even if the real state of affairs were different in each case, the origins and consequences of the problems were for the most part the same.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“Finally, it is important to prioritize the prevention of conflict, which is the best way to protect civilians. In that regard, we would stress the links between peace and economic and social development, as well as the importance of addressing the causes of conflict by mobilizing resources for sustainable development.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“Third, the protection of civilians should be integrated into regional good-governance programmes, with or without the presence of conflict. Fourth, the civilian nature of refugee camps should be maintained. Fifth, legitimate refugees from among members of armed groups should be acknowledged. Sixth, the problem of security requires subregional strategic assessment. Seventh, refugee camps should be established as far as possible from the borders of countries in conflict. The aim of this meeting was to strengthen and disseminate a culture of protection of civilians in armed conflict in West Africa. The creation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone also contributed towards the achievement of that objective by combating impunity. In more general terms, the International Criminal Court can also help to achieve that goal.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“Stricter control over the presence of and trade in small arms and light weapons, as well as anti-personnel mines, through both preventive and normative measures, must also urgently be established. In order to refine their response to the challenge of protecting civilians in conflict in Western Africa, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs organized a conference in Accra, Ghana, in May 2003. Some of the recommendations that came out of that meeting could be useful for our debate. I will only refer to a few of them. First, the proliferation of humanitarian organizations in Western Africa requires better coordination in order to maximize the impact of the efforts made. Second, governmental forces and armed groups are often in the same food-deprived situation, which makes refugees even more vulnerable.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“We should also take a look at the compatibility of peacekeeping operations' mandates with the protection of civilians in armed conflict in order to avoid giving the impression that the protection of United Nations soldiers takes precedence over ensuring that the lives of innocent civilians are safeguarded. On a different level, the essential requirement for the effectiveness of the protection of civilians in armed conflicts can be found in the safety of humanitarian assistance staff. That is why we will continue to condemn violence against humanitarian aid staff. This is an outrageous challenge facing the international community. These violations must be punished just as violations of the rights of civilian populations are punished, since such attacks deprive civilians of their last hope for support.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“Specifically, the responsibility of States must serve as a basis in situations where there is no longer a State or where the problem arises as to the legitimacy of armed groups in respect of their responsibility for political dialogue. This is especially pertinent since such armed groups sometimes have real power. They may be called upon to protect the civilian population or may make a target of these very populations. We see this in Africa; we also see it in Latin America. Moreover, in these new conflicts, it is not always simply combatants who face each other, but, sometimes, neighbours who kill one another, as in the cases of Rwanda and Kosovo.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“It is in this regard that we welcome the deployment of Operation Artemis in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo; the multinational force in Haiti; the initiative by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Western Africa; and of the African Union in Burundi and Darfur. We must, of course, find a balance between the principle of sovereignty and the relevant provisions of the United Nations Charter and international conventions with regard to human rights and international humanitarian law. However, in any case, the moral responsibility for alleviating human suffering must prevail. The international community must also reconcile international humanitarian law with the nature and development of conflicts that defy the very basis on which the international instruments for the protection of civilians were built.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“We agree with the Secretary- General that the Security Council must strengthen pressure on States that are responsible for protecting civilians and on the major players who violate human rights and international humanitarian law, who must be held responsible for their acts. In this regard, we recall the spirit of resolution 1468 (2003) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which aimed at preventing heads of armed groups from holding key political positions by taking into account their respect for human rights and international humanitarian law in choosing those responsible for political transition. We also think that we should improve the access to and quality of assistance given in humanitarian emergencies.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“In order to improve the physical and legal protection of civilians in armed conflict, the Secretary-General has proposed a set of steps to be taken in all stages of a conflict, ranging from political and diplomatic initiatives aimed at the behaviour of the parties, to coercive measures to promote a generalized respect for rules. Our discussion today is of particular importance since it enables us to see how far we have come. We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative in providing us with this opportunity for discussion. We greatly appreciate the briefing just given us by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on the Secretary-General's fourth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2004/431).”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): The protection of human dignity is the cardinal principle of the United Nations Charter. All States have committed themselves to respecting it. In actuality, we see that this principle is often flouted. The United Nations and humanitarian organizations are coping with growing difficulties in the area of humanitarian activity. The resulting grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law are not made known to, or taken into account by, the international community until long after the crisis threshold has been crossed. Blackmail of humanitarian assistance activities has become a common practice: one need only consider the deliberate hindrances to humanitarian organizations' access to millions of civilians affected by the 20 or so conflicts currently under way.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990 (2004) · source
“We call on it to strive to win the trust of all Iraqis so as to involve as many of them as possible in the political process and thereby ensure that the elections of January 2005 enjoy all the necessary credibility. We also emphasize the importance of the methodical organization of the national conference, which must be held in a spirit of national reconciliation. In that respect, it can make an important contribution to ensuring the inclusiveness of the political process. Finally, we urgently appeal to the international community to provide all the necessary assistance to the people of Iraq in order to help them meet the challenges they are facing. The neighbouring countries should also fully shoulder their responsibilities in the context of the joint efforts necessary to stabilizing the situation on the ground.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): Resolution 1546 (2004), which we have just adopted unanimously, paves the way for the effective restoration of Iraqi sovereignty, as called for in the timetable for the political process. We welcome the positive developments in the negotiations that led to the adoption of the resolution, which establishes a normative framework for the end of the occupation, the restoration of the full sovereignty of Iraq and the conditions in which the multinational force will undertake its work in that country. We commend the open-mindedness shown by the sponsors of the resolution throughout the negotiations. We believe that it is now up to the new Government of Iraq to assume its responsibilities by ensuring that the established machinery works adequately.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“We await with interest the report of the Secretary- General and his recommendations on the regional approach to implementing the mandates of those missions. Benin is determined to continue to work closely with all those who are striving to maintain this new hope for a lasting peace for Liberia, for the Liberian people and for the West African subregion so that they can return to the path of peace, stability and sustainable development. In conclusion, I should like to ask the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to tell us what kind of difficulties have caused the recent insurrections by ex-combatants in Monrovia and what measures are being planned so that such insurrections will not take place again.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“That would, moreover, be a good way to promote national reconciliation. With respect to sanctions, we are sensitive to Chairman Bryant's excellent arguments in favour of lifting them soon. We believe that the Council will address this issue in the near future. However, with respect to sanctions imposed against individuals, we feel that an evaluation of their impact is required in order to ensure their effectiveness. Available information would seem to indicate that resolution 1532 (2004) has had only limited effect on the targeted individuals. At the regional level, my delegation welcomes the nascent cooperation among the United Nations missions in the subregion. We welcome the activities and joint measures being undertaken by the missions.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“In this regard, we welcome the positive developments represented by the establishment of the National Elections Commission and of legal frameworks for the creation of the Independent National Human Rights Commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We remain concerned, however, by the delay in reviewing, ratifying and issuing certain important legal texts, especially those on human rights. We stress the need to ensure that truly national political parties are created, free of all regionalist, ethnic or tribal tendencies and answering solely to the precise criteria established in advance by a charter of parties. We believe that substantial assistance, including financial, could be considered within the framework of activities to promote good governance in that country.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“This will help to improve the living conditions of the population and thereby ensure its support and ever-increasing cooperation with the peace process. The extremely limited financial means of the National Transitional Government in facing this challenge require the rapid mobilization of resources anticipated from the international community on the basis of promises made in February at the International Reconstruction Conference for Liberia. With respect to elections, there is no doubt that the future of Liberia is largely dependent on the establishment of conditions conducive to their organization and holding. The efforts of the National Transitional Government and UNMIL in this area lead us to believe that they have taken the full measure of what is at stake in October 2005.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“These efforts, along with those of UNMIL, are establishing a genuine momentum that should be supported more intensively by the international community. In that regard, the assessment provided in the Secretary-General's report points to the urgent need for the establishment of certain essential services within the country, such as the provision of electricity, water and public health care, through the development and implementation of quick-impact projects and the creation of literacy centres for the people and especially for ex-combatants. The precarious security situation within the country lends particular urgency to the need to launch the training programme for the Liberian National Police and to strengthen the judicial sector.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“In this respect, we urge the factions to cooperate honestly and diligently with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) so as, in particular, to accelerate the disarmament and demobilization of combatants. We reiterate the priority we attach to the reintegration and repatriation aspects of the programme and welcome the efforts made to that end by certain donors, including the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union. The success of the DDRR programme is essential to the country's recovery and to the fulfilment of the promise of regional stability to which we wholeheartedly aspire. We note the efforts made by the National Transitional Government and the National Transitional Legislative Assembly to fulfil their responsibilities in the peace process.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“We welcome them to New York and pay tribute to them for their commendable work in the service of peace. The progress made in the deployment of troops throughout the country has allowed the successful relaunching of the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement (DDRR) programme, the impact of which, it must be said, will be felt beyond the borders of Liberia. We would therefore congratulate and thank all the troop- contributing countries that have made this beneficial step possible. All of the Liberian parties must now mobilize to consolidate the yet fragile security situation in the country, which is unfortunately still prey to internal struggles among factions and numerous criminal activities.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“Mr. Zinsou (Benin) (spoke in French): As the Security Council is gathered this morning for its first public meeting in June, I should like to convey to you, Sir, the congratulations of my country's delegation on your assumption of the presidency and to assure you of our full cooperation in guaranteeing the success of your mandate. I should also like to express here our deep admiration of Ambassador Akram of Pakistan for his skilful guidance of the Council's work last month. We are grateful that you, Sir, have organized this briefing of the Security Council, allowing us to hear the important statements on the situation in Liberia made by the Chairman of the National Transitional Government and by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“My delegation would therefore like to repeat the appeal made by the African Union to the entire international community to provide support for that significant example of progress in Africa's determination to manage its own affairs in dealing with problems that have hindered its prosperity and development.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Recent successes have made clear the relevance of another underutilized tool: the group of friends. That concept, which has been used in a number of different ways, has had varied degrees of success, most recently in the context of the situation in Haiti. Given the role that regional and subregional organizations could play in the prevention and management of conflict, in reconstruction and in maintaining peace, the Council should promote the strengthening of such institutions and make full use of the potential that they offer so as to enable them better to fulfil their responsibilities. In this regard, I welcome the fact that this debate is taking place a few days after the launching of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. That noteworthy development should be supported and encouraged.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“To that end, the way in which the Council cooperates with and consults the relevant bodies of the United Nations system should be reconsidered and improved. It goes without saying that, in this context, the question arises of a more flexible reading of the Security Council's mandate. The Council should also take another look at its own instruments, such as general or targeted sanctions, commissions of inquiry, observation missions, preventive disarmament and the establishment of demilitarized zones - all useful tools available to the Council for the effective conduct of preventive diplomacy. Because of the level of financial resources that are now required, the creation of special trust funds, especially for short-term initiatives, requires some thought.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“In this regard, we are pleased to note that a clear awareness of the need to include the response to complex crises in a strategy that is both global and regional in nature is beginning to emerge in the international community, especially the United Nations system. Thus the Security Council is required to provide strategic momentum in a multidisciplinary approach, including in its field of action all of the institutions of the United Nations system, because of the linkage between the causes of conflict and the way in which they interact with one another - hence the need for coordinated action on the part of all those involved. Such action on the part of the Security Council would enable it to reaffirm, in a durable manner, its leadership in the promotion of international peace and security.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“We must therefore accord high priority to the functions of preventive diplomacy, which, based on the Organization's global representation and on its legitimacy, must refine its ability to analyse and anticipate crises and help defuse them in the early stages of development by the use of good offices in the context of joint action by the Security Council and the competent bodies of the regional and subregional organizations concerned. In terms of policy planning, actions aimed at eradicating the deep-rooted causes of conflict, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance, post-conflict peace-building and national reconciliation efforts and long-term development cannot, therefore, be seen as separate stages or isolated issues.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“It is true that, for a long time, the historical circumstances surrounding the creation of the United Nations and the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States as set out in the Charter have led to priority being accorded to international crises and conflicts. The increase in intra-State conflict, however, has given rise to a new factor in terms of the exercise of the responsibilities of the Secretariat and the Security Council in the area of preventive diplomacy. In that respect, they have an important asset: the representation of the United Nations in the great majority of countries throughout the world.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“More than in the past, the obligation to act flows from the Council's responsibility to protect and its exclusive right to authorize the legal use of force for that purpose. That is why the Council is more often questioned on its slowness to respond: humanitarian crises bring greater attention to the principle of protecting human dignity. From this perspective, it is particularly important that the Secretary-General fully and effectively exercise his power to draw the attention of the Security Council to any matter that in his opinion could threaten the maintenance of international peace and security, as set out in Article 99 of the Charter.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“The presence at this meeting of the President of the Economic and Social Council and of the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is highly significant in that regard. Increasingly, the main criterion for deciding when to intervene is the actual or foreseen human and social cost of complex crises. That requires the Council to monitor the development of crises and to take the appropriate measures within its purview to protect populations and ensure their right to life where necessary. The Council has at its disposition a wide range of instruments that it has used over recent years to bring critical situations under control and to steer them towards a more positive outcome.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Broadening the concept of peacekeeping and international security also touches upon the issue of the legitimacy of the Security Council's mandate with respect to the new challenges and the legality of its legislating initiatives in areas where international law has not yet established norms and regulations. The changing nature of conflicts makes the commitment of significant resources necessary over a longer term. There is unanimous agreement that development is the best way to prevent conflicts. The Security Council, which has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, has many duties and must henceforth deal with both the nature of crises and the prevention of the grave violations of humanitarian principles that are at the origin of these conflicts - or that result from them.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Thus, the United Nations system has been led, on the one hand, to outline a strategy for gradually transforming a culture of reaction into one of conflict prevention and, on the other hand, to replace its practice of unsystematic, separate actions with globally coordinated interventions. In that connection, development assistance must provide a framework for enhancing and intensifying dialogue between donors and recipients to promote the creation of inclusive structures and the greatest possible national absorption capacities. That way, development assistance can become a preferred instrument for promoting peace and preventing conflict.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“That led the Security Council to state at the end of its first summit meeting, held on 31 January 1992, that "The absence of war and military conflicts amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military sources of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to peace and security. The United Nations membership as a whole, working through the appropriate bodies, needs to give the highest priority to the solution of these matters." (S/PV.3046, p. 143) The changes that have taken place are due, above all, to awareness of the many factors contributing to the gestation and persistence of crises and to the outbreak of armed conflict: factors which must be more precisely examined in settlement and peace-building efforts.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Mr. Adechi (Benin) (spoke in French): We thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative of inviting the Council to reflect on the United Nations response to complex crises. The past two decades have been particularly marked by a considerable development of the United Nations role in armed conflicts. The complexity of those conflicts has led the international community more thoroughly to study their root causes and to find new ways to deal with them effectively. That is the result of a broader approach to threats to international security, responding to the urgent need henceforth to include non-military threats and to take greater account of the preventive dimension of the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“This situation calls for the Committee, in pursuing a proactive policy to aid the countries concerned, to mobilize adequate assistance for those States so that they can establish national focal points for collecting the information relevant to the Committee's work. The fact remains that eliminating the threat of terrorism should not be based solely on coercive measures. The fight against terrorism can, and must, also spread its roots to educational systems in order to foment among citizens tolerance and respect for human life in order to counter the spread of fundamentalist ideas of all kinds, also taking into account the need to find a solution to the grave economic and social crises which provide fertile soil for the proliferation of terrorism.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“There is thus a need for more active cooperation between countries that are able to provide the required assistance and those that may be targeted by terrorist movements because of their minimal capacity to monitor their own territories. This consideration is clearly reflected in the analysis of reasons put forward by some countries to justify their non-submission of a report pursuant to resolution 1526 (2004). This applies, above all, to those States stating that they lack coordination and supervision mechanisms at the national level with which to coordinate the diverse efforts being made to deal with new terrorist threats.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“The recent visit of the Committee Chairman to Spain and Africa has allowed us to entertain a constructive dialogue with the authorities of countries concerned and to understand their approach to and vision of the fight against terrorism. We note the priority attached to assistance to countries that do not have the human resources and logistics necessary to allow them to be meaningfully engaged in the international community's counter-terrorism activities. In this regard, we feel that the increased coordination envisaged between the 1267 (1999) Committee and the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is of the highest importance.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source