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Al-Nasser

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first: 1999-05-14
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“Nor does the Council take into proper account the issues of human rights and international law, including international humanitarian law. Thus, the Council is neglecting one of the most important elements of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which two years ago was adopted by the General Assembly as its resolution 60/288. Secondly, the Security Council adopts means to deal with terrorism without sufficient coherence or coordination with other United Nations organs, such as the General Assembly and its Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy and other committees and counter- terrorism mechanisms in the United Nations system, including the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force. It is thus important to assess and review the Council's policy regarding terrorism.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on an item that concerns one of the most important challenges to international peace and security. I should also like to extend our thanks to the Chairmen of the three Security Council Committees for their briefings. We are pleased to make the following observations, which we had previously expressed during our two years as a member of the Security Council, but whose importance we would like to underline in the light of the briefings we heard this morning. In general terms, we note that the Security Council deals with terrorism without a clear definition of the word, and without addressing its root causes and the reasons behind its spread.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“We must not lose sight of the fact that children are the most precious resource for building peaceful communities. The Government of Qatar, with the guidance and support of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Misnad, will seek to cooperate with international partners and international non-governmental organizations for the purpose of ensuring the right to education in conflict areas. The Security Council must also renew its commitment to international efforts for the protection and promotion of the right of children to education, in order to promote international peace and security.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“In that regard, we must take into account fundamental issues, including, first, prevention, by all means necessary, of the repeated and deliberate targeting of schoolchildren and teachers, schools and other educational institutions, by considering them to be protected against any and all attacks aimed at undermining and paralysing education; secondly, putting an end to impunity for perpetrators of such crimes against education and learning; thirdly, including programmes to support the continuity of education in emergency humanitarian responses in time of conflict; fourthly, attaching great importance to the education sector during the stabilization, peacebuilding and reconstruction phases in such countries; fifthly, providing continuous support once the emergency is over; and finally, ensuring that those important aspects are a strategic priority in the programme of work of the Security Council and its various committees and other subsidiary bodies.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“We recognize the importance of the concrete results that have been achieved through the monitoring mechanism established by resolution 1612 (2005) and the important role of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflicts. It is therefore imperative that we further develop workplans for existing mechanisms, in order to ensure the right to education in times of conflict and crisis and in post-conflict peacebuilding situations.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Historically, lack of equal access to education has been one of the root causes of conflicts such as the genocide in Rwanda and the ethnic conflicts in Kosovo. In her message, Her Highness stresses that the Security Council should consider the issue of the lack of educational opportunities for children and young people during conflicts as one of the root causes of existing armed conflicts, and not just as a product of them. Such children and young people will be highly vulnerable to becoming involved in military action and sexual slavery if they are constantly denied quality education. They would thus become a factor for instability and for the continuing cycle of violence that triggers conflicts and crises. That is precisely what we are witnessing in today's world.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“At this important meeting, Her Highness calls on the Security Council to join the international campaign to ensure that the utmost importance is attached to the situation of education in areas affected by armed conflict, within the framework of the Security Council's agenda and to devote equal attention to ensuring the right to education during conflicts and in post-conflict peacebuilding situations through rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, and calls for the full enforcement of all legal and operational standards. The message of Her Highness emphasizes that quality education has cumulative benefits, which reduce the impact of conflict on children and help prevent future conflicts. History has proven that.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“At the end of February Her Highness will sponsor the UNESCO Regional Review Conference for the Middle East and North Africa in Doha, through which she will seek to mobilize regional efforts in order to reach a consensus on the issue of the protection and promotion of education in situations of conflicts in the region, with special focus on the plight of refugees. Her Highness has not hesitated to convey her message, which aims to strengthen the global responsibility to ensure quality education in times of conflict and emergencies. She believes that such responsibility needs to be extended to include the United Nations system with all its committees and organs, including the Security Council.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“One of the most important of those are the Reach Out to Asia initiative, which sought to participate in the process of rebuilding the educational infrastructure in many countries, including Pakistan, Lebanon and Bangladesh. As UNESCO's Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, Her Highness has expressed her concern in several international forums about the consequences on education that result from tragedies that triggers the flame of violence in areas of conflict. This situation has prompted Her Highness to launch many educational initiatives of international dimensions, including the establishment of the International Fund for Higher Education in Iraq to confront the rapid deterioration that has afflicted the educational infrastructure in that country. Qatar has contributed $15 million to that Fund.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Misnad, Consort of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, has had a major impact at the national, regional and international levels in drawing attention to support for education efforts in poor countries and in countries affected by various conflicts, especially the education of girls and young people and providing them with skills needed for daily life, based on the belief that education is the best means to contain violence and establish peace and calm. Her Highness has contributed to the integration of education in programmes of humanitarian relief and emergency responses in the State of Qatar.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Despite international appeals that have been launched to meet the educational needs in conflict areas since the International Conference on Education for All, in Dakar in 2000, education rates remain low and in some cases non-existent in those areas. That is why the State of Qatar has joined States and international organizations that call for giving special attention to the areas of education and the elimination of illiteracy during and after conflicts.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Despite those positive developments and the creation of multiple legal and operational mechanisms, education in conflict areas has reached a stage of the utmost gravity. Statistical reports indicate that 43 million children in various regions of the world affected by armed conflict are deprived of basic education. Such reality puts us far behind on the road to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, which call on States to provide a full course of primary education by 2015. Furthermore, the reports of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict note repeated and deliberate targeting of schoolchildren, especially girls, and of teachers, not to mention attacks on schools and educational buildings.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“She highlighted the need to ensure continuity of the different phases of education, from early childhood education to higher education, during times of conflict, and to stand up to the repeated targeting of educational facilities. She highlighted also the need to attach greater importance to secondary education, which has become non-existent in conflicts. Since the preparation of that report, there has been a better understanding of education and its role as a mechanism of protection and a means for the prevention of conflicts. Monitoring and reporting mechanisms established by the Security Council have become highly capable of detecting serious violations targeting children in conflict-torn areas and have made concrete progress in ending the recruitment of children in some areas.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Children who are victims of the circumstances in which they live in those areas are also subject to another type of attack that makes them permanently vulnerable to practices that violate their right to survival and development. Here I refer to attacks on their minds that violate their right to the very education and knowledge that develops their ability to face the conditions of life imposed on them. Their schools are targeted, their textbooks are burned and their teachers are killed. Such conditions put children in an environment that invites them to carry weapons and subjects them to repeated economic and sexual exploitation. Just over ten years, Ms. Graca Machel submitted a report on the situation of children in armed conflict. In her study, she identified major gaps in the provision of education in conflict-ridden areas.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): The State of Qatar attaches great importance to the issue of children and armed conflict. I therefore thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this important discussion today. I would like also to thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, for her important efforts and for her illuminating briefing. Despite the almost universal ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, millions of children in conflict-ridden areas are, on an almost daily basis, still subject to killing, maiming, abduction, recruitment and rape or other forms of sexual violence.”
2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Committee has received two letters, on 7 May and 23 July 2007 respectively, that, combined, constitute the report of the Kimberley Process requested by resolution 1753 (2007). In closing, I would like to thank my fellow members of both Committees, with whom I have enjoyed working. I would like to express my gratitude to the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch in the Department of Political Affairs. I would to like to make special mention here of Mr. James Sutterlin, who was Secretary of both of the Committees I chaired and who showed a high level of professionalism and skill throughout this period.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“After lifting the ban on the export of timber last year, the Security Council adopted resolution 1753 (2007) in April of this year, lifting thereby the ban on the export of diamonds, based on the commendable progress made in the Government's control over the diamond sector and on its effective coordination with the Kimberley Process. This was affirmed by the representative of the Kimberley Process before the Committee in a meeting held on 13 April, shortly before the adoption of resolution 1753 (2007). The Committee continues to play a pivotal role in coordinating with the Kimberley Process in order to ensure compliance with the terms upon which the diamond ban was lifted.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“It has also received State notifications on authorizing payments out of frozen assets, in accordance with the exemption granted in paragraph 2 (b) of resolution 1532 (2004). Like Sierra Leone, Liberia, which is located in the same subregion, has made great strides towards achieving security and political stability. A President 07-64646 was elected in free and fair elections. The Security Council responded to these developments by amending the Liberia sanctions regime in order to reflect the positive developments in that country.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“I am pleased to inform the Council that, on 12 June 2007, the Committee succeeded in adopting revised guidelines that take into account the procedures for delisting from the lists of the sanctions committees, as set out in resolution 1730 (2006). Pursuant to the new procedures, the Commission has already delisted one individual, in November. Over the past year, the Committee has continued to receive requests for exemptions from the arms embargo, in accordance with the provisions of resolutions 1521 (2003) and 1683 (2006), as well as requests for exemptions from the travel ban, in accordance with the provisions of resolutions 1521 (2003) and 1532 (2004). The Committee has continued its consideration of these requests.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“I now turn to the Committee on Liberia, which has been more active in terms of the number of meetings held. This year, the Committee has held nine informal meetings. At its two most recent meetings, held on 5 and 12 December 2007, the Committee heard a presentation of the final report of the Panel of Experts, which is doing a professional and useful job. The report included specific technical recommendations aimed at improving the arms embargo regime. I believe that those recommendations deserve to be considered by the Committee. I believe also that the Committee must examine and update the sanctions list so that it reflects developments on the ground, serves the broader goal of the sanctions and takes legal due process into account.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“The Committee held an informal meeting on 4 December to consider communications received from the Registry of the Special Court for Sierra Leone concerning travel to The Hague by certain individuals included on the list, for purposes related to the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. I sent a reply to the Registry explaining the established procedure for granting exemptions from the travel ban. I believe that, in order to facilitate the work of the Court and the procedures for travel ban exemptions, the Security Council should adopt a resolution granting a comprehensive travel ban exemption to persons required to testify before the Court, similar to resolution 1688 (2006) on Liberia. This morning, the Council discussed a draft resolution in that regard at the expert level.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“The work of the Committee is now limited to tasks related to the embargo on the export of weapons to non-State actors in Sierra Leone and the travel ban imposed on individuals included on the Committee's list, who currently number 30. The list has not been amended over the past year. However, in the context of the Committee's consideration of whether the list should be updated, I wrote a letter on 25 July 2007 to the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone requesting his Government's views concerning the individuals included on the list and whether the list should be updated to better reflect the current situation in Sierra Leone. The Committee is still awaiting that information from the Sierra Leone Government. There have been no violations of the arms embargo or the travel ban during the past year.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“Since that time, the country has made great progress towards political stability and security. The Committee's mandate was amended by resolution 1172 (1998), and the ban on the export of diamonds from Sierra Leone was lifted in 2003. The security situation in the country has improved. Free and fair parliamentary and presidential elections were held in August. The most recent milestone was the country's inclusion on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission. A few days ago, the Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework, a document promoting partnership with the Government in order to meet the challenges of peacebuilding, was issued.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to speak today in my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone and of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia. I have had the privilege of chairing those Committees since the beginning of this year. In my statement, I should like to give the Council an overview of the work undertaken by these two subsidiary organs under my chairmanship and to make a few personal observations. More than a decade has passed since the adoption of resolution 1132 (1997), which imposed an arms embargo on Sierra Leone and a travel ban on members of the military Government of the day.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5806 (2007) · source
“Moreover, the issue of the ever-worsening piracy that has been taking place for almost a year now and that has not spared even ships carrying humanitarian aid must be addressed. Therefore, initiatives taken recently by the French navy to escort humanitarian assistance vessels are praiseworthy. Finally, I would like to point out that the mandate of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia expires at the end of this month. Everyone agrees on the need for its continued existence. Therefore we would like to stress that the role of the Office in supporting the participatory political process and achieving national reconciliation is important and must be strengthened.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“In addition to the extremely grave humanitarian situation being experienced by the Somali people, their human rights are being violated, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights indicated on 11 December in her statement to the Human Rights Council. We deplore the serious violations that are taking place, including the targeting of civilians, as well as the indifference shown by rebels, troops of the Transitional Government and Ethiopian troops towards civilian population centres. Just in recent days, scores of people have been killed or injured by artillery shells that targeted their homes and shelters in Mogadishu. This situation should not be tolerated.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“Briefing the Council after his recent visit to Somalia (see S/PV.5792), the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs explained that international humanitarian agencies face great difficulties in carrying out their tasks because of the continuing violence, and that the international response has been inadequate. Therefore, the flow of international aid to Somalia must continue, together with cooperation and coordination between international and regional parties and the Transitional Federal Government in order to guarantee humanitarian access to those most in need. The question that arises here is why the international response to the humanitarian situation in Somalia has been different from the response to that in Darfur. Are the two situations not the same? Are innocent civilians not suffering as a result of both conflicts?”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“We also hope that it will play an effective role in alleviating the worsening humanitarian situation in the country, particularly since Mr. Hussein has a solid background and experience in that area. The dire humanitarian situation facing the people of Somalia has been described as the worst in Africa. It is regrettable that that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Indeed, since the beginning of this year, the number of civilians fleeing the capital because of the continuing violence has risen to approximately 600,000, making the problem of internally displaced persons a serious crisis. Furthermore, the social and health statistics for women and children in Somalia are among the worst in the world.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“It goes without saying that the disputes in Somalia, whether within the institutions of the Transitional Federal Government or between the Government and the opposition, must be settled through dialogue. Moreover, all parties in the country must refrain from using violence as a way to express political positions. They must also stop jeopardizing the safety of civilians, impeding humanitarian access to them and, in particular, targeting humanitarian relief workers, journalists and AMISOM. personnel. Despite the fact that the Government formed by newly appointed Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein was dissolved shortly after its formation, we hope that it will soon be succeeded by a new, broad-based Cabinet that includes various Somali parties and that can communicate well with the opposition.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“Therefore, we commend Mr. Ould Abdallah's efforts to move national reconciliation forward, thus creating the basic conditions needed for the country's continued progress towards stability and democracy. That can be achieved only through an end to the violence, the withdrawal of foreign troops and the building of constitutional democratic institutions. At this juncture, it is essential that Somalia continue to broaden the political reconciliation process, which must include all tribes and factions. In addition to continuing that approach, the Government must draft a constitution for the country, develop a road map for the remainder of the transitional period and pave the way for conducting a census and elections by the end of the period.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“However, we welcome the Secretary- General's recent statement that, despite that situation, work is under way to develop a strategic assessment for a United Nations intervention in Somalia in order to provide an integrated approach and a framework for United Nations peacebuilding efforts in that country. In addition, the Organization can play a greater role in mobilizing and providing support for the efforts of the African Union (AU) to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), including completion of the deployment of Burundian troops this month. We agree that ensuring stability in Somalia requires parallel efforts on the political and security tracks. We have always called for a national dialogue in Somalia based on the principles of reconciliation and inclusion, rather than on those of force and exclusion.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I wish to welcome Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia. I thank him for his briefing and urge him to continue the efforts he has undertaken since he took office to promote a comprehensive political process in Somalia in accordance with Security Council resolution 1772 (2007). It is unfortunate that, as the Secretary-General stated in his most recent report to the Security Council under this item (S/2007/658), the security situation in Somalia is making it difficult to deploy United Nations peacekeepers.”
2007-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5805 (2007) · source
“Continued support to that country by the international community and international donors remains indispensable at this stage, in order to assist the Timorese people to proceed on the path of strengthening the foundations of democracy, the consolidation of peace, reconstruction, recovery and prosperity in their country and to take their deserved place among the family of nations. They must be assisted to achieve self-reliance. UNMIT has played a major role in providing assistance to meet the challenges still facing that young country. For that reason, we agree with the Council mission that the role of UNMIT continues to be indispensable and that the Council should renew the mission's mandate next February.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“In order to maintain trust and confidence in the field of human rights, it will be necessary to enhance transparency to address the issue of impunity and to improve transparency and accountability. We look forward to the new Government, headed by Mr. Gusmao, striving actively to lay the foundations of democracy in the country and implementing priority programmes aimed at enhancing security and improving the living conditions of the people. However, as the Security Council mission notes in its report, the Government will need the support of bilateral and multilateral partners to achieve its goals.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“Consequently, national reconciliation and security improvement will have a great impact on ending ambiguity as well as on enhancing people's trust in the country's institutions. In addition to political and security concerns, Timor-Leste continues to face major issues that should be addressed, including development and combating poverty, both of which contribute to instability. The country also needs to strengthen the judicial sector as a key element in achieving the rule of law. According to the recent report of UNMIT on human rights, the Timorese people enjoy a wide range of human rights and are firmly committed to peace, democracy and free elections. That is encouraging and a cause for optimism in spite of the challenges faced by the country, both in terms of the security situation and of upholding justice and accountability.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“Promoting security and enhancing the effectiveness and professionalism of the security sector should also be among the priorities in Timor-Leste, especially as tensions and incidents threatening security continue to take place from time to time, and since improving the security environment would contribute significantly to resolving the problem of internally displaced persons, who still make up a large proportion of the country's population. Cooperation between the national police and the police of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) must be enhanced. In order to establish an atmosphere of security and reconciliation, accountability is necessary, particularly in connection with the events of 1999 and 2006, while maintaining a balance between the requirements of national reconciliation and fair accountability.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“The mission was successful in carrying out its mandate in accordance with its terms of reference, as reflected in the positive reactions in Timor-Leste at the governmental and popular levels. Furthermore, in the context of the reaffirmation of international support for Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General is scheduled to pay a visit to Dili tomorrow to complement the Security Council mission. The achievement of national reconciliation and the resolution of differences among the political leaders must be on the list of priorities in Timor-Leste, so as to maintain national unity and political stability.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): Thank you again for convening this debate this morning, Mr. President, and allow me to thank Ambassador Baso Sangqu, Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa, for his briefing on behalf of Ambassador Kumalo, head of the Security Council field mission to Timor-Leste. I would also like to commend my colleagues who participated in that mission for their fine efforts. The Security Council mission had a significant impact in reaffirming the commitment of the international community, and especially of the United Nations, to promoting stability in Timor-Leste and providing assistance to the Timorese people in order to consolidate peace, democracy and the rule of law.”
2007-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5801 (2007) · source
“Now, during the two Tribunals' final years, we must focus on their legacy - a significant legacy of international jurisprudence that can benefit and guide future courts. We call upon the Tribunals to continue their efforts to carry out their work till its completion, because the victims of those heinous crimes are pinning great hopes on them for the administering of justice and peace. The work of the two Tribunals contributes significantly to the achievement of security, stability and national reconciliation. We believe, however, that they cannot complete their work until they bring the principal indictees to justice. That will require the full cooperation of all States concerned in handing them over, with a View to restoring security and stability in the regions.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“However, that determination and commitment must be matched by a continued commitment by the Security Council and all States concerned to arrest, transfer and bring to justice those major indictees who are still at large. Justice cannot be complete while these primary indictees remain at large before the eyes and ears of the international community. We therefore call upon Governments and States concerned to fulfil their commitments and responsibilities to the international community, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions, mainly by arresting and transferring the fugitives, foremost among them Mladic, Karadzic and Kabuga, and by pledging full cooperation for access to records and witnesses. We call once again upon the Security Council to supervise a strict implementation of those resolutions.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“They continue to take steps at various levels in order to complete those strategies by the end of 2008. While we recognize the need for the Tribunals to finish their work by the deadlines set, we would like to stress strongly that there must be a balance between respecting such time frames and ensuring the full implementation of the their mandates in an effective and satisfactory manner that guarantees full rights and a fair trial for all indictees. The establishment of the two Tribunals demonstrates the determination of the international community and commitment of the United Nations to administer justice and put an end to impunity by bringing to justice those responsible for the most heinous crimes against humanity.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“Mr. Al-Nassar (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): I should like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, and to extend our thanks also to Judge Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Judge Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); Ms. Carla Del Ponte, Prosecutor of the ICTY; and Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Prosecutor of the ICTR, for their excellent informative and comprehensive briefings and for their progress reports on the implementation of the two Tribunals' completion strategies. The Tribunals continue to work to improve the completion strategies, with the support of the Security Council and in accordance with its resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004).”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“As for our observations on the briefing by the Prosecutor and the statements of some States, we see that the right of the Government of the Sudan to challenge the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber based on articles 19 and 82 of the Statute of the ICC is being ignored while focus is being put only on the aspect of arresting the indictees and handing them over. Once again, we stress that the Council must proceed cautiously in this case. The invitation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the Security Council and the regional organizations to urge the Government of the Sudan to cooperate with the Court must not be interpreted as a request for action on the part of the Council against the Sudan, for this issue is a legal and judicial issue that we do not want to politicize in any way.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“In fact, the Government of the Sudan can, in accordance with articles 19 and 82 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, challenge the admissibility of the case. We must, therefore, not prejudge an offence by putting emphasis on the arrest and handing over of the wanted individuals as the only option. That option is not the only one as long as the possibility of appeal is still open. Consequently, we must understand the legal and judicial rights of the Sudan according to the Statute of the Court. As we have already said, taking any action outside the legal and judiciary processes would be at the expense of justice and the right of the indictees to a fair trial, including the right to appeal.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“That is also the case, for instance, with respect to the report's assessment of the policies of the Government of the Sudan, the allegation that Sudanese aircraft have been painted with African Union or United Nations colours and flags to be used in the campaign against the rebellion in Darfur, and the conclusion that such actions undermine the work of the United Nations and the African Union. All those views mark a change in the Prosecutor's methodology, to which we have become accustomed, in which he has confined himself to addressing issues that are related to the judicial process, not to the political process or the Hybrid Operation. It is worth noting that the Government of the Sudan, from the legal point of view, has several options, not only that of handing over the suspects.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“The references in the Prosecutor's report to the lack of information regarding measures taken by the Government of the Sudan to protect the international forces - apart from being undocumented allegations that have been denied by the Government of the Sudan - constitute a departure from the purview of the report mandated by the Security Council in resolution 1593 (2005), since that matter constitutes a political issue unrelated to the work of the Court.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“Expediting the investigations and indicting or prosecuting all those suspected of committing violations of international humanitarian law, both at the national and international levels, must not be to the detriment of justice and the rights of indictees to a fair trial where all their procedural rights are guaranteed and the standards and principles of due process respected. Having said that, we call on all parties to take into account national and international judicial procedures and not to seek to influence them in any way whatsoever, but rather to support them fully in order to reach the ultimate goal, namely, justice and the rule of law, so that security, peace and stability can prevail in Darfur.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“In this regard, we support the finding of the Prosecutor that there is considerable uncertainty surrounding the list of names submitted by the International Commission of Inquiry and persons named by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) or by the Security Council itself in resolution 1672 (2006), and that the identification of indictees by the Office of the Prosecutor is not limited to the list of suspects established by those bodies.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“I would like on this occasion to assure the Council that the State of Qatar has made strenuous and sustained efforts to urge the Government of the Sudan to cooperate with the Court in accordance with international legitimacy. We should not View the ICC or its Prosecutor as political tools in the hands of the Security Council; rather, the Court must be seen as an independent and impartial judicial body that strives to reach a loftier goal: achieving justice and not political goals or purposes.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“In this regard, we also call on the Prosecutor unfailingly to recall that the jurisdiction of the ICC is complementary to national jurisdiction. We therefore call on him to refer his cases and investigations to the Sudanese judiciary, as appropriate. We also call on the Prosecutor to continue to perform his work in a discreet and professional manner and not to draw conclusions about the nature of the crimes committed or the persons accused of committing them until he has fully and impartially completed his investigations and until he has carefully and objectively evaluated the investigations and proceedings conducted by the Sudanese judiciary. We call on the Government of the Sudan, for its part, to cooperate with the Prosecutor of the ICC to achieve those goals.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source