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Akbaruddin

lines on the record: 248
first: 2016-01-19
most recent: 2020-01-09
sittings or episodes: 37
sources: un-security-council

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“The Taliban, the Haqqani network, Al-Qaida, Da'esh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and others of their ilk are all terror organizations 4 many of them proscribed by the United Nations. They should be treated as such and their activities must be universally opposed. It is obvious that the political process that the United Nations started and the sanctions regimes that the Council had split have not quite worked. The fact that the Council has not taken action against the Taliban leaders, as it had vowed in resolution 1988 (2011), is now well documented. It took the subsidiary body of the Council four months to confirm the death of the Taliban's former leader. Seven months later, we still await the decision ofthe Council's same subsidiary body regarding the freezing of that slain terrorist's accounts.”
2017-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7896 (2017) · source
“India remains committed to standing with Afghanistan and supporting and strengthening its capabilities to fight terrorism and violence. Even as the international community pours in resources and efforts to support that wounded nation, steadfast efforts to ensure that the support can be absorbed and utilized by Afghanistan are crucial. In that regard, it is our first and foremost duty to ensure that the resurgent forces of terrorism and extremism do not find sanctuaries or safe havens of any shape or form. Experience shows that situations in which foreign assistance is available to insurgents tend to fester and take a greater toll. We also must not differentiate between good and bad terrorists or play one group against the other.”
2017-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7896 (2017) · source
“Afghanistan, a wounded nation reeling with multiple injuries - in dire need of healing and at its most vulnerable - was attacked in the most gruesome manner by disguised attackers who target caregivers. In the past few months, terrorism in Afghanistan has grown enormously in intensity, brutality and scope. Terrorist groups have been successful in their efforts to capture and hold territory. The Taliban has tried to expand its influence to territories in the north and northeast, and to the southwest where it has traditionally not been so strong. The nexus between terrorist networks and criminal groups has further strengthened. We salute the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces, who are countering the forces of terrorism and extremism with courage and resilience.”
2017-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7896 (2017) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today's debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We also appreciate the insightful and frank briefings by Special Representative Yamamoto and Ms. Sima Samar, which have added to our understanding of the current circumstances. The unimpeded and increasingly brutal terrorist attacks, the territorial gains by terrorist groups with support from outside Afghanistan and the emerging grave humanitarian crises are all portents of dreadful times. The recent terrorist attack on Afghanistan's largest hospital in Kabul poignantly depicts the very complexity of the problems faced by Afghans as a people, in the most graphic manner.”
2017-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7896 (2017) · source
“Any effective collaboration, however, also requires trust, and right now there is a trust deficit. The lesson of the past is that international law on terrorism has largely developed through States reacting to terrorist violence. We hope that this will not continue to be the case, and the Security Council's adoption today of resolution 2341 (2017) is a first small step in an area where much more needs to be done.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Since the threat is discernible and there is understandable global angst about it, can we not look at options for strengthening international law against terrorist cyberattacks? Last month, there was a crescendo of support in this Chamber for a preventive approach. Are we therefore ready for a collaborative preventive approach to addressing terrorist cyberattacks against critical infrastructure? If we are not willing to negotiate a treaty on such attacks, can we at least start by clarifying the applicability of various anti-terrorism treaties to them? Collaboration is key to moving the perimeter that we defend from our front doors to the edges of our neighbourhoods. Protecting critical infrastructure from terrorist cyberattacks requires a global neighbourhood watch programme because, as the saying goes, there is safety in numbers.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“With regard to new treaty law, Member States have been negotiating a proposed comprehensive convention on international terrorism since the latter half of the 19905, the period that corresponds to the rise of worries about terrorist cyber attacks. The offence defined in the draft text may be broad enough to be applicable to cyberattacks, and yet the possibility of terrorist cyberattacks has not been a catalyst for negotiations even after 20 years. Today's debate is therefore an opportunity to ask ourselves if we can work out our differences in the face of concerns regarding ICT-related threats to critical infrastructure, or ifit will require a cataclysmic event to foster greater international collaboration on protecting critical infrastructure from terrorist cyberattacks.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Many recent terrorist attacks have shown that access to information and communications technologies (ICT), and in some cases their manipulation, has been an important enabler. The global nature of such technologies raises the necessity for international vision and coordination on aspects of policy, with the aim of enhancing our capabilities. Despite years of concern about the problem, States have adopted few international instruments addressing issues resulting from threats from cyberspace. Current international law is not well positioned to support responses to cyber attacks. Security Council decisions that impose binding counter-terrorism obligations do not mention them.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“The attacks, whose targets included a hospital, a railway station and hotels, were carefully planned and crafted from beyond our borders in order to produce crippling effects not just on daily life in a bustling metropolis but on an entire country of a billion people. The protection of critical infrastructure is primarily a national responsibility. However, given that many of our technologies and base templates for systems around the world are similar, threats of attacks on an international stock exchange, a major dam, a nuclear power plant, of the possible sabotaging of oil or gas pipelines or airport air-safety systems, or of the potential blocking of an international canal or strait can have much wider implications and complications that extend far beyond national frontiers.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Such threats serve the purpose of creating disruption on a scale far beyond the immediate area of an attack. They affect the population on a much broader scale. They force the multiple stakeholders providing basic services to be constantly on guard. They therefore not only add to the stress on the stakeholders and their societies, they also raise the cost of the services provided. Big urban centres such as Mumbai, New York and London have become targets, since any impact on cities that serve as financial hubs can affect a country's economy in multiple ways. The investigations into the heinous terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008 revealed the impact that their perpetrators wanted to have on the psyche and economy of the whole of India.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today's open debate on an issue of increasing significance in an interconnected world. We also appreciate the informative and thoughtful briefings. Increasingly, the ideas, industries, markets, resources, services and products we share are interconnected as never before, from the way we trade to the way we invest, the way we travel to the way we eat and, indeed, from the way we think to the way we live. All of these, in one way or another, depend on the growing proliferation of complex and sensitive networks. These interconnections, underpinning the provision of essential societal functions, have created a new kind of vulnerability, giving terrorists the chance to threaten targets that otherwise would perhaps have been unassailable.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Sixthly, while the world is changing, the institutional architecture primarily responsible for the areas ofpeace and security remains frozen. The Security Council, which takes decisions on behalf of "we the peoples", represents an increasingly small minority of the world's population. If it is to make rules for "the peoples", it needs to adequately reflect new realities. Addressing the new issues, threats and challenges of the twenty- first century requires an updated, not an outdated instrument. A Security Council that has lost its legitimacy cannot be an effective tool for addressing the challenges of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. Putting the sustaining peace agenda on a firm footing requires a coherent and comprehensive strategy. I thank you, Mr.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The sustaining peace resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council in April last year (resolution 2282 (2016) and General Assembly resolution 70/262) did not lead to agreement, even on the allocation of 1 per cent of the annual peacekeeping budget to those activities. Are we now ready to change that mindset? Fifthly, the established international order is being upended through economic, political and technological shifts. Even long-established States are unable to fully respond to the new factors and forces that are being unleashed. History teaches us that ungoverned swathes often become grounds for competition, or become storehouses for the germination of new threats. Ye, we have no global governance architecture in frontier areas, such as cyberspace, outer space and the oceans. We ignore them at our peril.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“After all, such efforts are aimed at helping the Member States concerned to do what can be done and to understand how it can be done. As the saying goes, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Thirdly, we need to remember that, while the mandate provided in the Charter of the United Nations is vast, the United Nations cannot do it all by itself. There can be, and are, actors at the local, national, subregional and regional levels that may be in a better position to deal with a situation and can manage the issues better. The United Nations needs to recognize and act after taking into account the diversity of situations and the availability of instruments. Fourthly, talk of promoting sustainable peace and preventing conflicts will cut little ice if there are no resources to back it.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The United Nations can supplement what are essentially home-grown processes. The emphasis on analytical instruments and tools, such as fact-finding, agenda-setting, diplomatic initiatives and peace operations, is valuable, but represents too narrow an approach. Such efforts can, at best, supplement the roles and situations of the Member States concerned. Yet we provide too few resources to strengthen the institutional inadequacies of Member States, and instead we focus on strengthening the institutional arrangements of the United Nations. Secondly, prevention efforts can be effective only if they are undertaken with the consent and cooperation of the Member States concerned and are not seen as an imposition.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“President, former Secretary- General Dag Hammarskjold, is said to have been the first to introduce the term "preventive diplomacy" more than 50 years ago into our lexicon. The Agenda for Peace of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, unveiled in the 1990s, comes to mind as another milestone in that saga. Yet efforts at prevention have failed to lay down firm institutional roots. That raises the question therefore - why have we not got it right? Is it because we do not have the right tools or is it that we are using the right tools in the wrong way? It is from that perspective that we offer a few of our views. First, India believes that, for the United Nations to develop a culture of conflict prevention, it needs to recognize that the primary responsibility for sustaining peace lies with Member States.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Ibegin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and the other new members who joined the Security Council earlier this month. I also thank the Secretary-General for passionately outlining his vision and ideas for furthering conflict prevention and sustaining peace in his maiden address to the Council. Today's agenda relates to one of the primary purposes in the Charter of the United Nations, one that is listed in the first Article. We are therefore grateful to the delegation of Sweden for proactively initiating this debate and for preparing the useful concept note (S/2017/6, annex). The wisdom of the age-old adage, prevention is better than cure, is self-evident. At the United Nations, your compatriot, Mr.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The international community also needs to send the right message, making it clear that we will neither roll over in the face of terror nor allow the roll back of the achievements of the resolute people and Government of Afghanistan over the past decade and ahflf”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“The connectivity that terrorist networks have established needs to be replaced by that of roads, trade networks and ideas for peace and prosperity. We need to remind ourselves of what the great son of Balkhi, the poet Rumi, once said, to the effect that every leaf that grows will reveal that what you sow will bear fruit. Therefore, if you have any sense, he said, do not plant anything but peace. Afghanistan's National Unity Government has India's full support in strengthening its defence capabilities to fight the terrorism directed against it. We believe that the path to reconciliation in Afghanistan should be through an Afghan-led and an Afghan-owned process in adherence to the internationally accepted red lines, reflecting the aspirations of the people of Afghanistan.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“The outcome of the Heart of Asia ministerial meeting held earlier this month in the ancient city of Amritsar was a showing of the commitment of India and the international community to Afghanistan. A key focus during India's co-chairmanship of the Heart of Asia Process has been to bring to centre stage the importance of connectivity for Afghanistan. A well- connected Afghanistan will be economically vibrant, prosperous and politically stable. A well-connected Afghanistan will have great potential to engage the energies of its youth and attract its talent back from foreign lands. To deny such an opportunity and connectivity to Afghanistan is to deny Afghanistan all the opportunities for prosperity and peace that it entails.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“Experience and academic research provide ample support for the assertion that conflicts in which foreign assistance is available to shadowy entities that fight legitimate State authorities tend to be more severe and last longer than other types of conflict. Therefore, if we are to bring sustainable peace to Afghanistan, groups and individuals that perpetrate violence against the people and the Government of Afghanistan must be denied safe havens and sanctuaries in Afghanistan's neighbourhood. We need to address, as an imperative, the support that terrorist organizations like the Taliban, the Haqqani network, Da'esh, Al-Qaida and its designated affiliates, such as Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed - which operate entirely outside the fabric of international law - draw from their shadowy supporters outside Afghanistan.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“We need to ask ourselves whether what we are working on in Afghanistan is the wrong thing to be working on, or whether we are working on it in the wrong way. Since we all agree that supporting the people of Afghanistan is not the wrong thing, then the questions we need to ask ourselves should be related to our ways of going about it. What do we mean when we say that we stand with the Afghan people? Are we doing it in the right way? What is it that we are missing out on? It is apparent that our efforts at rebuilding institutions, infrastructure and networks in Afghanistan are being undermined, schools are being destroyed, mosques bombarded and religious gatherings targeted. It is also evident that those who perpetrate such heinous crimes have survived and thrived only with support and sanctuaries on the outside.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“India welcomes the key message of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto, highlighting the positive and supportive role that regional countries and neighbours of Afghanistan need to play. That was never as critical as it is today. Every time we discuss the situation in Afghanistan, we face the dilemma depicted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. While the international community recommits to standing by the Afghan people, the number of casualties among Afghan civilians and security forces keeps rising. While the Taliban sanctions regime has remained split for more than five years, the designated terrorist group makes concerted efforts to capture and hold territory. Therefore, for numerous Afghan women, men and children there is no respite from the plague of terrorism.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“We live in times when the shadow of barbarism is never far from us. That manifests itself sometimes in acts like the one perpetrated today in the dastardly attack on the Russian Federation's Ambassador to Turkey. It is much more manifest at times in what activities are undertaken by designated terrorist groups in Afghanistan. Therefore, I thank you, Sir, for organizing today's quarterly debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We also thank the three briefers for outlining a diverse array of issues. I take this opportunity to thank the Ambassador of New Zealand, Mr. Gerard van Bohemen, for his stewardship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), and wish the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Bessho, all the best as he prepares to take on that chairmanship.”
2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source
“In today's world, and with our current understanding of the interconnectivity and mutuality of our environmental challenges, we should aim to ensure that the key term in international discourse in this area is water as a driver of cooperation, instead of considering approaches that tend to turn water issues into security problems. The first path will engender genuine international collaboration; taking the second, on an issue as complex and cardinal to life as water, will only be doing an injustice to humankind as a whole.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The landmark 1960 Indus Water Treaty was finalized several years before the 1966 Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers for transboundary water-sharing. We are also involved in a series of other ongoing collaborative efforts with our neighbours to do with sharing waters. Water impinges on every aspect of human survival, including human security. While the possibility of water-related conflicts cannot be ruled out, it is encouraging to note that the international community's overall experience in evolving specific, innovative, cooperative approaches to transboundary issues has been positive.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The concept note points out that 200 treaties, on 60 international watercourses, have been signed in the past seven decades. Experience therefore shows that, while international cooperation is essential in cases dealing with the transboundary nature of bodies of water, each specific instance has its own unique characteristics. The countries concerned have found ways to cooperate in specific contexts in their collective interest. India is both an upper and lower riparian State for a number of different rivers, and we are familiar with the issues involved in the cooperative management of transboundary river waters. The partition of India, in 1947, also partitioned rivers to the west and east. We have engaged with our neighbours in managing those shared waters.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The transboundary aspects of significant water bodies and the imperative for international cooperation in that regard have also been well acknowledged for a long time. Many multilateral environment agreements, such as the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity and the 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, facilitate such international cooperation. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is of relevance in the context of offshore freshwater aquifers. While wider acceptance ofthe 1997 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses has so far made limited progress, there have been a range ofbilateral and regional treaties and arrangements promoting cooperation across upper and lower riparian States.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“They range from issues relating to private versus community ownership of water, relative pricing of water for personal use, agricultural versus industrial use, allocation for survival versus luxury uses, treating water as a commodity versus as a right, developing mandatory standards for efficiency of water use and so on. Recognizing the multiple facets of water in our lives and the need for wider cooperation, several United Nations agencies have been active on various aspects of issues relating to water. For instance, UNESCO initiated its International Hydrological Programme in 1995. Since 2003, UN-Water has been the inter-agency coordination mechanism for all fresh water and sanitation-related matters. The decade from 2005 to 2015 was declared the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life".”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The growing realization of the close linkages among water, food and energy is also focusing attention on the impact of those interlinkages on sustainable development. Across the planet, nearly 1 billion people do not have access to adequate safe drinking water. Nearly 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. Waterborne diseases remain a concern. The Millennium Development Goals sought, and now the Sustainable Development Goals seek, to prioritize ways to address those concerns. Increasing attention is being paid to the blue economy and its sustainable uses. There are several issues of policy that we are grappling with in the management of water as a resource.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“We seek healing balm of you." There are myriad ways in which societies have successfully harnessed water resources throughout human history. They have varied and evolved, and continue to do so. Today water has multiple uses, from drinking to sanitation, from growing food to industrial applications. Rivers and oceans are also pathways for navigation and trade within countries and across continents. Access to fresh water and its longer-term availability have acquired importance in view of the rapid population growth and unsustainable practices of water use. Climate change and warming patterns alter water availability, thereby highlighting the need to better manage our water resources.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Ithank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. We thank your delegation for preparing the useful concept note (S/2016/969, annex), and the briefers who have provided very interesting perspectives on the subject. While the topic of today's discussion is water, peace and security, the importance that water has for humans far exceeds this perspective. Water sustains life on Earth. India's philosophical tradition, like many others, is replete with references to the centrality of water to human existence. The Rig Veda, an ancient Indian scripture, has an invocation: "Gracious be divine waters for our protection. Be there for our drink, and stream on us bliss and happiness. Sovereigns over precious things, and rulers over men, ye waters.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Specifically, the assertive conception of the use of force should be adopted with the utmost prudence, and in any case should be ad hoc. This is so because a military option carried out by United Nations peacekeepers cannot be a long-term response to what are fundamentally political problems. It is for the Council to address these politically rather than militarily. In essence, the solutions that we seek lie as much in a better understanding of what is out there as in a more introspective understanding of what plagues us in here. This is the philosophical dilemma that the Council, an organ set up more than 70 years ago and in a world that was very different, now faces in a fundamentally changed security landscape.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“It was adopted with little agreement within the Council itself, little groundwork with the host Government and without effective consultations with the troop- and police-contributing countries that have to implement it. The Council needs to revisit the way mandates are designed. It cannot underestimate the complexity of bringing about peace. United Nations peacekeeping operations, in the way they are agreed upon, planned and implemented, can deliver only limited successes. The Council should therefore mandate an operation to do only what the United Nations is structurally and politically organized to do, rather than provide a multiplicity of mandates and raising expectations that cannot be fulfilled, and then absolving itself of all responsibility. This current approach is not sustainable.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Peacekeeping is not about fighting an enemy, and the evolution towards more robustness has not fundamentally changed this. The lesson learned from the history ofpeacekeeping is that lasting peace is not achieved through military and technical engagements, but through political solutions. Peacekeeping is not a strategy in itself, but rather a strategic tool. It requires collaboration. Peacekeeping requires a political consensus among Security Council members, troop contributors and others on the costs, limits and dangers of operations in high-risk environments. However, what we see coming out from the Security Council today is not consensus, but dissensus. Resolution 2304 (2016), which in August revised the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan, is a case in point.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Notwithstanding the problems associated with a blurred distinction for the United Nations when a mission operates in an asymmetrical environment in parallel with a non-United Nations force, we can, as a pragmatic way forward, work with regional and other organizations, especially in situations that require responses that go beyond the nation-centric peacekeeping model. In short, we can opt for further policy and operational guidelines on how to use versatile force to match diverse threats and levels of Violence and the implementation of force protection measures as a solution. Tackling the challenges faced by peacekeeping today, however, needs more than an up-to-date tool kit. Peacekeeping operations differ from war fighting and peace enforcement in the sense that they do not entail the use of force as a central modus operandi.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Illicit violent organizations are gaining increasing control over territory, markets and populations. Although such phenomena are not limited to peacekeeping missions alone, they impact peacekeeping in a manner like never before. All this is new. At one level, we can focus on the technical fixes to address such situations. To address these issues, we can call for the development of doctrinal principles on the use of offensive capabilities for peacekeeping missions that operate in asymmetrical and war-fighting environments. Following this approach, we can adopt new technology, intelligence gathering, standby and quick-reaction capabilities, and force enablers and hope they will do the trick.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on peacekeeping operations facing asymmetrical threats. I am grateful for the very interesting briefings provided earlier today. Threats and challenges to the United Nations peacekeeping enterprise are not new. The Congo in the 1960s, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda in the 19905, Sierra Leone in 2000 and several others since then precede the current stresses that peacekeeping faces. What is different now is that the new normal consistently requires staying and operating in volatile environments where parties involved are not only using technological advances in adapting destructive weaponry to their benefit, but are wedded to transnational ideologies and linked to transborder networks of crime and terror.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“I am reminded of a famous son of the Balkh region - the Sufi poet Rumi - who as far back as in the thirteenth century said, "I always thought that I was me - but no, I was you, and never knew it". We applaud the role of UNAMA in providing assistance in the various sectors of Afghanistan's transformation decade. I conclude by recalling the words of Prime Minister Modi when he said that for many others their commitment may have a sunset clause, but India's relationship with Afghanistan was timeless. We would like to reiterate our strong commitment and faith in the will of the brave people and the Government of Afghanistan to have a peaceful, prosperous, united, inclusive and democratic nation.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“India looks forward to hosting the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in December. We welcome the cooperation of participating countries as well as supporting countries and organizations for the Ministerial Conference and related events in the political, security, economic, connectivity and cultural spheres, to be organized in the run-up to the Conference. We believe that the path to reconciliation in Afghanistan should be through an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process that respects the red lines drawn by the people of Afghanistan and the international community, especially the ones regarding giving up violence and abiding by the Constitution ofAfghanistan. The ideas and philosophy of understanding and reconciliation have deep and ancient roots there.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“Afghanistan has our full support in strengthening its defence capabilities to preserve its unity and territorial integrity, as that is the most important antidote to the worsening security situation in the country. On 4 June, the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, and the President of Afghanistan, Mr. Ashraf Ghani, inaugurated the Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam. As Prime Minister Modi mentioned then, "India's capacity may be limited, but our commitment to Afghanistan is without limits." On 23 May, India, Afghanistan and Iran also signed the Chahbahar trade and transit agreement, which we hope will provide a new path to prosperity and reliable access to Afghanistan. We are strongly committed to supporting Afghanistan in various plurilateral and multilateral forums.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“In our view, that is critical for lasting peace in the country. The effective implementation of the Security Council sanctions regime, including that established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals groups undertakings and entities, should also be carried out consistently and with perseverance for it to serve as a strong deterrent to the listed entities and individuals. Also, it is sheer folly that the leader of a proscribed entity is not yet designated as a terrorist individual. As pointed out by the Representative of New Zealand, we need to address that matter forthwith.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“Since the beginning of the year, the Taliban have continued attacks at an unprecedented rate, and there is ongoing violence by other armed groups. As per the Secretary- General's report (S/2016/532), armed clashes increased this year as compared with the same period in 2015. This situation has put renewed focus on the need for enhanced engagement and action by the international community. The Security Council needs to look into the deteriorating security situation and the means to contain it, as it could pose serious threats to the gains made by the people of Afghanistan in the past 15 years. Groups and individuals that perpetrate violence against the people and the Government of Afghanistan cannot have safe havens and should not be allowed to exercise control and wield influence over any part of Afghanistan's territory.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for organizing today's debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for his briefing, which I understand is perhaps his last in his present capacity. We wish him luck in his future endeavours. We express our appreciation for the important statement made by Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal of Afghanistan. We offer our sincere condolences over the loss of lives and property in the bomb attack on 20 June in Kabul, in which some 20 people - not only brave Afghans, but also Nepalese and Indians - lost their lives. While there has been no dearth of effort on the part ofthe Government and people ofAfghanistan, as well as the international community, we note that the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“As part of our continuing efforts to strengthen the relevant legal frameworks within India, earlier this week India unveiled comprehensive draft legislation aimed at the prevention and protection of trafficking of persons and the rehabilitation of trafficked persons. The draft legislation aims to unify our existing anti-trafficking laws and to protect victims and prioritize their needs. India continues to work closely with United Nations agencies, including UN-Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, on related issues. India stands ready to engage with its partners to work towards addressing the issue of sexual violence in armed conflicts and to help build a sustainable peace.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“In addition, the sanctions committees of the Security Council need to address the issue of proactively listing terrorist individuals and entities involved in situations of conflict-related sexual violence. India is strongly committed to a zero-tolerance policy on sexual violence and abuse and provides adequate predeployment training and gender sensitization to its peacekeeping forces. The deployment of Indian female police peacekeepers in Liberia served as a role model to the local women to participate in policing and the relevant rule of law frameworks. Such participation enables improved intelligence about conflict-related sexual violence and trafficking.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“That requires not only normative advice, but capacity- building and institution-building at the grass roots level of governance. As pointed out in the Secretary General's latest report on the subject, "[p]rosecution is essential to prevention, because it can deter potential perpetrators and contribute to restoring faith in the rule of law." (see S/2016/36I, para. 10). The absence, obstruction or protracted pace of justice is unhelpful. The international community has an important role in helping build adequate resources and capacities for criminal investigation, prosecution, justice-delivery systems, protection of victims and witnesses and legislative reform to improve accountability across countries.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Gender equality and empowerment, access to health care, education and employment and strengthening democratic institutions and processes are all important aspects of a holistic approach to prevent conflict. The normative work done in that regard outside the Council is as important as the need for the Council to do more. Over a shorter term, the need to institutionalize the involvement of women in conflict prevention and resolution is well recognized. However, such involvement will be more effective only when it emerges from local initiatives and national efforts. When imposed from outside, their effectiveness will remain limited. The international community has a role to assist and facilitate such efforts across regions.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“One glaring example is the lack ofprogress on the issue of finalizing a comprehensive convention to counter international terrorism that can strengthen the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. As we have pointed out on earlier occasions and at other forums, the issue of women and peace and security must also be seen in the wider societal context that involves gender and development issues, which are dealt with outside the Council. In View of the cross-border dynamics of armed conflicts, it is in our collective interests to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1), which would greatly help prevent conflict situations.”
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“The rapidly expanding transboundary nature of terrorist financing, supply of arms, recruitment and training of foreign fighters has led to a situation where whole regions are impacted and no country is in a position to effectively counter that menace alone. Many parts of the world are experiencing large-scale refugee crises that emanate from situations of armed conflict and terrorism. Large trafficking networks run by transnational criminal groups compound the misery of vulnerable communities, especially women. Tackling such complex challenges demands closely coordinated and collaborative efforts among nations. Sadly, we are far from being able to come together to overcome such challenges collectively.”
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