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Agyeman

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first: 2022-01-05
most recent: 2023-12-29
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“Mr. Agyeman: In accordance with paragraph 3 (a) (iv) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, covering the period from 22 June to today. During the reporting period, the Committee received the interim report from the Panel of Experts on the Sudan and held informal consultations on 19 August. During those consultations, the Panel updated us about the gradual implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement, the regional situation and the violence in Darfur. The Committee is currently considering the Panel’s recommendations. On 24 August, the Committee issued a press release (SC/15005) on those informal consultations.”
2022-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9128 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the A3 urges Somalia’s political leaders to focus on advancing the commonly agreed national priorities in line with the Somalia Transition Plan so as to make progress in stabilizing Somalia and rebuilding strong federal state structures and processes. For its part, the wider international community should support such efforts through accelerated debt relief, as well as the injection of new funds to revamp the economy and remove the existing drivers of instability that have been exploited by Al-Shabaab to spread radicalism and undermine State legitimacy. The A3 will continue to stand with the people of Somalia in their struggle for peace and security and national development.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“Furthermore, the vagaries of climate change continue to plague and negatively affect millions of people in the Horn of Africa. Drought in Somalia has reached an unprecedented level this year, with devastating impacts on civilians who are already facing acute food insecurity. We appeal to the humanitarian community to scale up its relief efforts and urgently address the funding gap in the humanitarian response plan for Somalia. We welcome the Federal Government of Somalia’s commitment to working with international humanitarian organizations and encourage improved coordination efforts by the Special Envoy for Drought Response appointed by President Mohamud.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“The A3 emphasizes the need for sustained, adequate and predictable funding by the international community to enable ATMIS to effectively deliver on its mandate. Similarly, we call on Somalia’s partners to support the Federal Government of Somalia in generating the required forces to take over responsibility for the country’s security and to ensure the gains achieved thus far are not reversed. The A3 expresses its full solidarity with the Federal Government and the people of Somalia in the fight against terrorism and reaffirms its commitment to supporting their efforts to eradicate extremism and bring peace and stability to the country. Regarding the humanitarian situation, the A3 is concerned about the worsening crisis in Somalia, which, regrettably, is not matched by timely and adequate funding.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“Those attacks illustrate how the Al-Qaida- affiliated group is determined to destabilize the region by exporting its brand of extremist ideology. The persistent terrorist attacks have also demonstrated the need for increased international cooperation and solidarity in the fight against the threat. We therefore reiterate our call on Somalia’s international partners and stakeholders to support the efforts of the Federal Government in safeguarding the security of the country and countering Al-Shabaab’s networks and capabilities. We underscore the role of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, particularly its mandate in the implementation of the Somalia Transition Plan. In that regard, we welcome the installation of a new police station at Jawhar airport to strengthen security.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“We encourage future meetings of the National Consultative Council to be sustained as a regular feature of governance to address lingering differences, as such an approach offers an opportunity to develop sound foundations for sustainable peace in Somalia. On the security situation, we remain concerned about the ability of Al-Shabaab to sustain its operations, including carrying out complex terror attacks within and beyond Somalia. We strongly condemn the recent spate of attacks by the group targeting key installations in Mogadishu, security personnel and civilians, as well as its incursions into the Somali region of Ethiopia. The A3 conveys its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, as well as the Governments of the region, and wish those injured a speedy recovery.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“The A3 welcomes the encouraging political developments in Somalia, especially the efforts of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to foster national unity and reconciliation by addressing existing differences between the Federal Government and the federal member states. We particularly welcome the convening of the first meeting of the National Consultative Council in June and the consensus reached on implementing the federal system; on preserving the constitutional development process and completing the provisional Constitution within an agreed time frame; finalizing a national independent judiciary system; and completing the national security architecture, which is critical for force development and generation, as well as for sustaining the fight against terrorism.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya (A3). We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. James Swan, and the Special Representative of the European Union for the Horn of Africa, Ms. Annette Weber. We also welcome the appointment of Ambassador Mohamed El-Amin Saif of Comoros as the head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), ably represented at this meeting by Ms. Fiona Lortan, Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Acting Head of Mission. We also welcome the participation in this meeting of our brother the Permanent Representative of Somalia.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9125 (2022) · source
“Lastly, we urge for the continued support of the Council and the international community in finding a speedy, comprehensive and lasting solution to this unjustified attack on the people and sovereignty of Ukraine.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“While welcoming the various key initiatives being undertaken at several levels to address the unfavourable effects of the war on the lives and livelihoods of the Ukrainian people, the global economy and food and energy supply chains, we emphasize that such responses cannot replace the composite gains of ending the war. That is why we strongly urge for the active pursuit of a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the war, while addressing the related security concerns of the parties through diplomacy and dialogue. We deem it crucial that the Russian Federation heed the international community’s call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its forces from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in order to pave the way for meaningful engagement between the parties towards a pacific settlement.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“We support all efforts to restore and safeguard the security of the plant, welcome the continued presence of the IAEA support and assistance mission to Zaporizhzhya and urge the warring sides to cooperate with the mission to the fullest extent, as we work for the demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and all other nuclear zones in Ukraine. We reaffirm our position on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and urge the parties to take concrete measures in compliance with their international obligations to preserve the integrity of nuclear sites. We underscore the dictates of international humanitarian law on the protection of civilians from harm and civilian infrastructure from destruction in times of war, without exception.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“We therefore fully endorse the position of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that pending the end of the conflict and the re-establishment of stable conditions, there is an urgent need for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident resulting from physical damage caused by military action. We also endorse the two-step approach indicated by the Secretary-General in his statement to the Council this afternoon. In that regard, Ghana supports the professional leadership of the Director General and the sustained engagement of the IAEA to undertake verification and safeguards measures to ensure the physical integrity of the nuclear plant in accordance with the IAEA’s seven pillars of nuclear safety and security.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“Those incidents compromise the cooling and safe functioning of the plant and elevate the risks of accidental or deliberate radioactive exposure, which, if it should occur, would result in catastrophic levels of harm to human lives, the environment, the climate and biodiversity of Ukraine and the wider European continent, with equally damaging consequences for adjoining continents. The counter-accusations of both parties have been unhelpful to the situation and serve only to deepen the mistrust and drift between them, further endangering the safety of the plant.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his statement and Director General Rafael Grossi for this important briefing on the state of play at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The briefing we heard this afternoon reinforces our continuing concern about the rapidly escalating risk of radioactive exposure resulting from the militarization of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and its surrounding environs. Following the unrelenting shelling of the facility on Thursday, 25 August, which led to a temporary loss of the main power supply to the nuclear reactors, we received, with equal concern, the news of the loss of the nuclear power plant’s main connection to the power grid on Saturday due to sustained shelling.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“We urge the authorities to channel their energy towards rebuilding the economy of the country for the benefit of the Afghan people, which is one of the cardinal purposes of government.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“In that context, we remind the de facto authorities to be mindful of their obligations under international law and to ensure that they do not collaborate with terrorists to make Afghanistan a safe haven. We also call on all regional countries to help address the security and other challenges confronting the country, while taking into account their proximate interests. The Taliban need to understand that the Security Council and the international community are prepared to act in a manner that will further constrain them, should it continue along the course that they have chosen. In conclusion, we urge the Taliban to stop all forms of discrimination and immediately remove all restrictions in place in order to give all Afghan citizens equal rights to participate freely in civic life.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“We are deeply concerned by the security situation and the senseless killings in Afghanistan and urge the de facto authorities to stabilize the situation and desist from arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture, extrajudicial killings, collective punishment and the targeting of members of ethnic, tribal and religious groups on mere suspicion. However, we are encouraged by the hesitant efforts at reconciliation as expressed through the amnesty extended to rival groups that abstain from fighting the Taliban and efforts to reach out to former enemies. We nonetheless deplore Afghanistan becoming a permissive environment for terrorist groups and militants and providing bandwidth to meet and plan attacks.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“We believe that the Council can play its part by urging support from donors to enable humanitarian agencies to scale up their interventions and bring much-needed relief to the people in vulnerable segments of the population, who are currently bearing the brunt of the harsh living conditions and need to develop resilience in order to establish sustainable livelihoods. For their part, Ghana expects that the de facto authorities will act in good faith and align themselves with global efforts to bring lasting relief to Afghan citizens. In that regard, we acknowledge the untiring efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and other international organizations, which continue to provide critical support on the ground.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“Women and girls in Afghanistan need the support of the Security Council and the international community in order to preserve their rights and to hold the Taliban to its earlier promise that women would be able to exercise their rights, including to work and study, within Sharia law. After decades of war, the recurring natural hazards, chronic poverty, drought and widespread food insecurity, coupled with the coronavirus disease pandemic, have resulted in millions of Afghans being in need of humanitarian assistance. We note the urgency to meet the $606 million pledge made during the flash appeal for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, Mr. Markus Potzel and Ms. Lucy Morgan Edwards for their briefings. Today’s meeting provides us with another opportunity to assess the situation in Afghanistan. We remain deeply concerned about the situation in that country, especially the condition of women, girls and minority groups. We are appalled by the deliberate policies of the de facto authorities to effectively remove women from Afghan public life, with no representation of women in Government. To date, more than 14 million Afghan women and girls that have lost the right to go to work, high school and university; and they have lost their freedom of movement.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9118 (2022) · source
“We therefore look forward to the further engagement of Member States on the Our Common Agenda report (A/75/982), in particular as it relates to the New Agenda for Peace. While recognizing the importance of regional arrangements in advancing collective security, we also underscore the crucial role of the United Nations in promoting dialogue and cooperation for our common security and believe that the equal platform provided by the United Nations enables States to develop common understandings on the application of international law and norms, rules and principles for responsible State behaviour. We must guard that multilateral platform jealously.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Finally, there are many conflict situations, especially in parts of the African continent, where small arms and light weapons in the hands of terrorist and violent extremist groups have, in effect, been wielded as weapons of mass destruction. Such security threats of our time cannot be left to regional and national actors to manage alone. The burden must be shared equitably, and renewed efforts and investments should be made in interventions that would accelerate progress towards the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Goals. In conclusion, Ghana believes that the common security we all yearn for is possible and can be achieved.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“While nuclear non-proliferation is an important agenda that we must continue to work on — whether on the Korean peninsula, in the Middle East or elsewhere — the fundamental concern is that the idea of nuclear weapons itself is objectionable to humankind, and we should therefore work assiduously towards achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world. That demand requires us to strengthen dialogue and cooperation so that the successes achieved so far can be built upon. I refer to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which has helped to manage non-proliferation for 53 years — although challenges remain — and the 25-year moratorium on nuclear testing.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“We therefore encourage deliberate diplomatic actions, consistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, to build mutual trust, including by emphasizing dialogue in order to objectively assess the strategic intentions of countries and obtain a clearer understanding of national policy objectives and strategies. That is critical when it comes to dealing with misjudgments and avoiding unhealthy competition, especially among major Powers. Fourthly, amid prevailing geopolitical rivalries, elevated risks related to the deliberate or accidental use of nuclear weapons are a strong concern that the nuclear-weapon States should cooperate to resolve.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, while the development of friendly relations among Member States was envisaged as one of the key tools in advancing a pacific world order, we are only too aware of past actions that have been carried out by some States that undermine the territorial integrity and political independence of other States. Such actions create mistrust and weaken the common security we all seek. It is important to recognize that, while more powerful States may have extensive security concerns, those concerns cannot, by any stretch, be subordinated to the domestic interests of other States, no matter how small they may be. That is the requirement of the principle of the sovereign equality of States — a principle that must be safeguarded in practice if we seek a more stable world.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“We therefore believe that, in the present circumstances, it may be necessary to initiate a consensual process for Member States to formally recommit to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, especially its key purpose, namely, to ensure international peace and security based on the pacific settlement of disputes; the non-use of force in international relations, except under very limited and defined conditions; the development of friendly relations; and the pursuit of international cooperation in resolving international problems.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Secondly, there have been far too many derogations in the obligations of some Member States in relation to their own declarations when they joined the United Nations and agreed to uphold the purposes and principles of its Charter. When that has happened with more powerful States, the Organization has been constrained from acting.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“When considering how we can promote common security through dialogue and cooperation, Ghana seeks to share five main points. First, as an overarching requirement, we must collectively work towards the strengthening of multilateralism in ways that ensure it serves the needs of all, and not the wishes of a powerful or influential few. The dialogue required for sustaining multilateralism must therefore change, and the outcomes of decisions must reflect the common aspirations of all Member States and be based, inter alia, on principles such as solidarity. In our view, a strong multilateral system that upholds fairness and justice remains necessary in pursuing the common goal of maintaining global peace and security.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Most of us are only too well aware of the acute risks of Hobbesian imagery if the international system of governance we have built in the post-war era were to be fragilely maintained. Therefore, as we reflect on the prevailing risks to the global system from threats such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, nuclear conflict and its use by terrorist groups, terrorism itself, violent conflict, pandemics, climate change, cyberattacks, disinformation, migration crises and food and energy insecurity, we must resolve to walk our respective commitments to the Charter, as well as to the other commitments that we have made. Those commitments include, more recently, the Declaration for the Commemoration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Seven decades after the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations, the world is witnessing increasing strains on the structures of the global order — not only because there are new and emerging global threats that require effective national action to resolve, but also because, distanced in time from the brutal images of the wars of the past, countries are beginning to consider, ever more readily, the threat and use of force as an instrument for pursuing policies in the international arena. For many smaller countries, while there is an awareness that the rules-based order has not always been fair, the affirmation of the order is nonetheless firm, as it remains a key necessity in upholding the stability of the modern international system.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“At the outset, I would like to thank the Chinese delegation for organizing today’s important meeting to promote common security through dialogue and cooperation. We also thank the Secretary-General for the depth and clarity of his statement, as well as Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen, President of the tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, for his insightful briefing.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“We urge appropriate global responses, such as debt cancellation and the restructuring of debt repayment, to enable the countries concerned to build back better and adequately overcome their security challenges. In conclusion, it is important to underscore that terrorism constitutes an attack not only on innocent lives. It represents a full onslaught on our shared values and sense of justice and the inherent rights and dignity of every person. Terrorism, in essence, is an affront to humankind, and no country is immune. I therefore reiterate Ghana’s commitment to the objective of enhancing all available tools for counter-terrorism at the multilateral and regional levels and welcome efforts to effectively harness a robust response in a manner that helps to counter that menace.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, there is the need to promote a multidimensional and proactive approach to preventing and combating terrorism, including by empowering youth, reinforcing peace education and dedicating greater attention to, and investment in, addressing the root causes of terrorism, especially the governance and development deficits, as well as the improvement of the socioeconomic conditions of the people. As the coronavirus disease pandemic and the ongoing aggression against Ukraine have degraded the fiscal capacity of many developing countries to address the growing demands of their populations, it is important that global support be enhanced to undercut the ideologies of violent extremist groups that exploit long-standing vulnerabilities.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“We also welcome the call for greater attention to be paid to the growing link between terrorists on land and pirates at sea, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, as we work collaboratively to dry out their sources of funding and check any expansion of their operations. In that regard, in line with resolution 2634 (2022), on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, we look forward to the report of the Secretary-General in October and hope that the report, when released, will help identify ways to address the threat.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“In that context, we reiterate the declaration of the sixteenth Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held in Malabo, calling, “upon all external actors to cease their support to terrorist groups in the Continent.” In strengthening the fight against local and external financing of terrorism, we urge for genuine partnerships with regional institutions, such as the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money- Laundering in West Africa, which have been established to help fight against money-laundering in the region and break the links between the means and the capability to commit terrorist acts. Sustaining and enhancing such regional initiatives is critical to help curtail the increasing use of cryptocurrency as a means of choice for financing terrorist activities.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“In that regard, we encourage the continuing cooperation and capacity-building support of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, regional groups and friendly countries for Member States that have a need to strengthen their security and counter-terrorism strategies. Thirdly, while we note the interplay between terrorist financing and transnational organized crime, we also note the continuing financing of terrorist groups by foreign elements.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“We urge the Council to therefore transition support for home-grown counter-terrorism mechanisms, such as the African Union’s normative frameworks for preventing and combating terrorism, as well as the counter-terrorism strategy of Economic Community of West African States, the Accra Initiative and ongoing efforts to deploy regional counter-insurgency forces against terrorist and extremist groups. We are well aware of the stretched capacity of peacekeeping and must embrace the effective complementarity that regional forces can offer in addressing the threats caused by terrorist acts. Such support should also be anchored on technical assistance for enhancing the national capacities of developing countries, including in the area of emerging technologies.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“It is therefore important that, while taking into account the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the Council find better ways of interlocking its decisions with regional efforts at countering terrorism in the field. One consideration would be for the Council to act in a unified manner whenever it deals with terrorist organizations and act against all terrorist groups, without discrimination. There is no such thing as good or bad terrorists; rather all terrorists are bad. And we must condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Secondly, in considering the ascendancy of terrorist threats in regions where conflicts are on the rise and the global networks that they operate, the Council must extend support for intraregional and cross- regional intelligence-sharing efforts to counter cross- border collaboration by terrorist groups.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“While, in the past, coordinated law enforcement action had proved adequate in countering terrorist organizations, today the scope and operations of terrorist groups require global actions that are intelligence-led and kinetic, balanced by a focus on sustainable peace. Law enforcement operations alone are no longer effective. The case for complimentary military capabilities against terrorist groups is clear, when one looks at conflict settings where national capacity for counter- terrorism has proven itself to be ineffectual, such as, for example, in Somalia, northern Mozambique, the Sahel, north-east Nigeria and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The effects of terrorism are not national but global, and its planning, financing and organization transcend national borders.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“As their networks have become more agile and globally connected, with an adapted leadership and disparate operational structures, it has become increasingly difficult to counter those terrorist organizations. The attendant impact on national economies and governance and the humanitarian impact on local populations should be of great concern to the world. Taking into account the dynamics of the threat posed to international peace and security by terrorism, we would make the following four points. First, there is an urgent need for a reconceptualization of how the Security Council perceives the threat posed to international peace and security by terrorism.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“While some progress has been made since the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, through the legal, operational and institutional responses developed to counter the threat of terrorism, considerable gaps still remain to be covered. That remains the case especially in response to terrorism in new situations, such as in Africa. As terrorist groups have lost ground in other parts of the world, they have made common cause with local groups in Africa, taking advantage of insecurities caused by climate change, including the displacement of whole communities, religious tensions, weak development resilience, the spillover of militants and arms from conflicts and the absence of State presence in large areas of regions, to radicalize and recruit vulnerable individuals. As their territorial gains have expanded, so have their ambitions.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“That has been accompanied by the creation of affiliations with local terrorist groups, which now threaten even coastal West Africa. As highlighted by the Secretary-General’s report and re-echoed by the 2022 Global Terrorism Index, terrorism remains a serious threat, with sub-Saharan Africa alone accounting for 48 per cent of the total global deaths from the menace. Disturbingly, four of the nine countries with the largest incidence of deaths from terrorism were also in sub-Saharan Africa, namely, the Niger, Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. We recall the landmark resolution 1373 (2001), on counter-terrorism, which signalled the commitment to a global approach to addressing the menace of terrorism.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of China for organizing this briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. We welcome the Secretary- General’s report (S/2022/576) on the subject, and we thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Acting Executive Director Weixiong Chen for the depth and clarity of their briefings. We also thank Mr. Martin Ewi for his perspectives from a civil- society background. The report that we received and information available to us confirm a surge in the incidence of terrorism by 17 per cent in 2021, particularly in Africa, Central and South Asia and the Levant. We are also concerned about the evolution of the Sahel as the epicentre of terrorism and the shift of focus of foreign terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State, towards the region.”
2022-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9108 (2022) · source
“We believe that there is no legal or moral justification for indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians and non-combatants, the majority of whom are children and women and who are the most vulnerable. We call for urgent international investigations of the civilian casualties that have occurred and for establishing accountability for them. In conclusion, I want to say that as the Council, we have a duty not turn our backs on the bloodshed, suffering and hardship that have continued to afflict Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, or on the danger from the rockets that continue to threaten the Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip. As a matter of urgency we must therefore reinvigorate the tracks of engagement for the Middle East peace process without delay.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Non-violence is a principle that we expect the Palestinian authorities to impress on all militant groups if the peace process is to have any chance of resuscitation. We join the Secretary-General and others in calling for full respect for the agreement reached for the cessation of hostilities for the sake of the civilian population on both sides. They have suffered terrible destruction, unnecessary pain and irredeemable loss. Ghana is also deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian situation caused by the recent border closures in the West Bank and the 15-year blockade of Gaza, with its adverse impact on women and children. We call on Israel to offer real guarantees of safe passage and access to humanitarian convoys and relief workers to provide needed assistance.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“That is a position we have held for many years. While acknowledging the State of Israel and its citizens’ right to equal measures of security, freedom, opportunity and dignity, we are deeply concerned about the violence in the Gaza Strip, which came on the back of escalatory attacks in the West Bank. We condemn in no uncertain terms the violent attacks that have so far resulted in the deaths of at least 46 Palestinians, including 15 children, with many more injured. We also condemn the more than 1,100 rockets fired by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad into Israel. Those attacks only escalate tensions and prejudice the possibility for the peace that is urgently needed on the ground.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“We believe that, until both Israel and Palestine understand that neither of their narratives is a complete picture of reality, the seemingly intractable conflict could persist at great cost to all of us for many years to come. We hope, therefore, that the positions of both sides can be adjusted peacefully. We believe that it is only through a sober return to the negotiating table that the strong emotional feelings of dispossession, prolonged occupation and denial of full statehood by Palestinians can be reconciled with Israeli fears of terrorism and existential threats from its neighbouring brothers in Palestine and the region. As a country with pacific intentions, Ghana does not accept the pre-emptive use of force under any circumstances, since it risks the proliferation of the lawless use of force.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Let me begin by thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing to the Security Council. For more than seven decades, the Council has struggled with the question of Palestine and has been unable to deliver a just and fair solution that assures for the people of Israel and Palestine an opportunity to live side by side in peace and security. We are dismayed by the perpetual cycle of violence that makes the vision of the two-State solution fade with each passing day, which makes the prospect for peace and stability in the region a mirage. We welcome the present agreement reached under the auspices of Egypt and other friendly regional partners for the restoration of the ceasefire. Nonetheless, we count with regret the many ceasefires that have been crafted and broken and have had to be restored.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“In times of national and regional turmoil, African countries and regional organizations, including the African Union and Africa’s regional economic communities, such as the Economic Community of West African States, the Southern African Development Community, the Economic Community of Central African States and the East African Community, have mobilized available capacities and demonstrated a commitment to restoring calm and order. Despite the strengths that have been demonstrated, we still need enhanced collaboration between the United Nations and the AU to ensure that the capacities of both the AU and our subregional organizations are strengthened. Let me therefore conclude by reiterating that capacity-building is of the utmost importance in the consolidation of peace and stability in Africa.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Within that development framework, the international community can assist African countries in mobilizing new and additional financial resources, adapting to climate change, attracting innovative investment and financing, transferring environmentally sound technologies and strengthening national systems for more resilient societies that have a greater capacity for sustaining peace. In all such partnerships, we encourage the involvement of African civil-society networks, as well as networks of women and youth groups, as an effective tool for ensuring accountability and peace.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source