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Alimov

lines on the record: 214
first: 1996-04-09
most recent: 2016-10-28
sittings or episodes: 22
sources: un-security-council

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“We intend to continue to further develop our policy of multifaceted cooperation with the United Nations and the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“Considering the recent breakthrough decisions by the Security Council and General Assembly on peacebuilding and sustainable peace, there are good prospects for expanding SCO contact with the United Nations system, including the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. SCO is working consistently and purposefully to develop and expand cooperation in the humanitarian aspects of regional security. SCO member States' commitment to the spirit of Shanghai, the most important principle of its activities, is enabling us to construct a productive intercultural, interreligious and inter-civilization dialogue based on the parties' mutual trust, respect and equality.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“Thanks to the operations of the national drug control authorities, as well as improved cooperation between the relevant SCO member State authorities, in the period from 2010 to 2015 alone we seized about 25 tons of heroin, more than 11 tons of raw opium and more than 352 tons of marijuana. Operation Myshelovka, conducted in 2015, enabled us to seize more than 75 tons of precursors. We are currently conducting a joint effort to develop a strategy for combating the drug threat over the next five years. In that connection, we consider continuing and strengthening the close cooperation between SCO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to be particularly important. We note the very productive dialogue between SCO and the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“The Tashkent Declaration, adopted on 24 June by the Heads of SCO member States, emphasizes our involvement in and support for settling the intra-Afghan conflict by promoting an inclusive national reconciliation process under Afghan leadership and conducted by Afghans themselves, with the United Nations playing a central coordinating role. We consider a key SCO policy to be ramping up its efforts in the area of combating the illicit drug production and trafficking out of Afghanistan that poses a threat to international peace and stability, as outlined in Security Council and General Assembly resolutions. Implementing the SCO 2011- 2016 anti-narcotic strategy and programme of action continues to be particularly important in that regard.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“SCO's regional anti-terrorist structure has also developed and implemented joint measures to detect channels used to transport people to regions with heightened terrorist activity in order to enable them to fight for international terrorist organizations in internal armed conflicts, and has created a list of terrorist, separatist and extremist organizations. The structure intends to explore opportunities for practical cooperation with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre. Achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan as soon as possible is an important factor in maintaining and strengthening security in the entire region.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“Between 2011 and 2015, the relevant authorities of SCO member States, through the coordinating role of the SCO regional anti-terrorist structure, prevented 20 terrorist attacks at the preparatory stage and about 650 terrorist and extremist crimes; eliminated 440 terrorist training bases and about 1,700 members of international terrorist organizations; detained more than 2,700 members of illegal armed groups and their accomplices and persons suspected of criminal activity; and extradited 213 people involved in activities of terrorist and extremist organizations, with many of them being sentenced to long prison terms. Much work has been done to curb illicit trafficking in arms and explosives and to counter the use of Internet networks for terrorist, separatist and extremist purposes.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“It forms the base for a successfully tested mechanism for effective multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, as well as regular interaction and information exchanges with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Counter-Terrorism Committee.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“Within our organization, we have developed a package of international regulations that now include 31 documents on issues relating to cooperation in the areas of policy and security and constitute the legal basis essential to effective cooperation in that very important field. SCO supports coordinating the fight against the threat of terrorism under the auspices of the United Nations. We are involved in the continued expansion of cooperation with the United Nations in takingjoint action aimed at implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. In this regard, the activities of SCO regional anti-terrorist structure are particularly important.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“The relationship between SCO and the United Nations has been actively evolving since 2004, as they have significantly strengthened it until it has become an example of effective cooperation between a global, universal organization and a regional one. That cooperation focuses particularly on complementing United Nations and Security Council efforts in the maintenance of international peace and security. SCO's main priorities include ensuring regional security and stability, fighting terrorism, separatism and extremism, and combating illegal drug trafficking and transnational organized crime.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“During that time, the founding member States of SCO have tested and successfully put into practice a model of intergovernmental cooperation based on the principles of the spirit of Shanghai, whose key elements are equality, mutual respect, mutually beneficial cooperation and joint development.SCO member States proceed from the assumption that the United Nations remains the leading universal international organization for the maintenance of global security and affirm their commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to strengthening its central coordinating role in international affairs.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“I would first like to thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for taking this important initiative and for inviting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to take part in today's debate in the Security Council, a forum that has so much bearing on the fate of the international community. This year, SCO is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.”
2016-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7796 (2016) · source
“We believe that its implementation would enhance the effectiveness of the coordination of efforts on all levels. It would be one further element of a unified response to today's challenges and threats to international peace and security.”
2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The adoption by the Security Council of the relevant resolution will make it possible, in our view, to strengthen, where necessary, the mechanism of strict export controls and to ensure full security for secret materials in the area of weapons of mass destruction. It is important that the draft resolution not undermine or replace existing international non- proliferation and disarmament treaties and that it explicitly state that it is not changing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention or the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. As a party to those international treaties, we will expand our cooperation with other States parties and with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Tajikistan supports the adoption of the draft Security Council resolution on this issue.”
2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source
“At the same time, we are seriously concerned by the fact that the remnants of the Taliban and Al Quaeda movements and other extremist forces in neighbouring Afghanistan are once again trying to make themselves known by means of stepping up their acts of sabotage. The issue is not merely that these forces are trying, once again, to plunge a country which is emerging from under the ashes of a 20-year-long civil war back into a climate of chaos, strife and inter-ethnic enmity, although that, in itself is dangerous. Rather, what is a much more serious danger is that a process is taking place whereby these dark forces are uniting with drug cartels acting as a form of creditor/bank/network of terrorist organizations which is concocting plans to acquire weapons of mass destruction here.”
2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source
“We consider today's discussion as yet one more consistent step by the Council designed to strengthen unity and the will of the international community in combating international terrorism and the growing global black market in nuclear materials. Tajikistan is now on the front lines of a struggle against international terrorism and is an active party to the anti-terrorist coalition within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Collective Security Treaty. My Government is cooperating to combat terrorism, inter alia, regarding the protection of nuclear materials.”
2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Alimov (Tajikistan) (spoke in Russian): It is obvious that, despite the vigorous measures undertaken after 11 September 2001 by the international community against the far-flung network of terrorist organizations, terrorism is continuing to pose a serious threat to international peace and security. The number of terrorist attacks and the number of victims, unfortunately, is growing and the number of geographic sites where such acts are committed is increasing. There is also a serious danger that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) might fall into the hands of terrorists and non- State actors which would lead to unpredictable consequences. The delegation of Tajikistan finds extremely timely the convening of the present public meeting of the Security Council on such a problem which is so important for peace and security today.”
2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source
“In conclusion, I should like to emphasize that neutralizing the heroin beast can be accomplished only if there is a united coalition of all the neighbouring countries, supported by the United States, the Russian Federation, the European Union and Japan, which, with the coordinating role of the United Nations, can implement an international strategy to combat the illicit trafficking of Afghan narcotics. In Tajikistan, we are convinced that only collective resistance to the global drug danger emanating from Afghanistan will give that country an opportunity to rid itself once and for all of the heroin legacy left by the Taliban, to develop national harmony and stability, and to make its contribution to the cause of supporting peace and security in the region.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Moreover, targeted support for the customs, border and law-enforcement agencies of the States bordering Afghanistan would be very effective; proof of that can be seen in the success of the international programmes to combat the illicit drug trade that have been implemented in Tajikistan. Another equally important component of such a future strategy would be to create a unified database containing information about people and organizations that have committed crimes related to Afghan drugs. We must devote sufficient attention to the question of where chemical precursors originate and how they enter Afghanistan.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We fully share the assessments that we have heard today in the Security Council, and we believe that a summary of today's discussion could form the basis for developing such a strategy. We believe that, along with continuing to work to establish and strengthen anti-narcotic security networks around Afghanistan, the international community must step up its assistance to the Afghan authorities who are fighting opium poppy cultivation and drug production in Afghanistan. We also need new, innovative proposals for Afghan farmers who are drawn into opium poppy production.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Despite the fact that the success in combating drug smuggling on the Tajik-Afghan border and in Tajikistan itself has been enhanced several times over, we cannot say that the anti-narcotic security network is 100 per cent effective. In the areas bordering Afghanistan, there are still dozens of laboratories that produce heroin, tons of which are waiting to be sent on the death route to Europe and America. Under the remaining ashes of the inhuman Taliban regime, there still smoulders a fire that poses a danger to international and regional security. The poignancy of the drug problem in Afghanistan dictates the need to develop an appropriate international strategy that must include specific, appropriate and adequate measures to combat drugs both within and outside Afghanistan.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Today, Tajikistan has seized more than 80 per cent of heroin and opium from illegal trade in the Central Asian region and more than 70 per cent in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. According to United Nations data, our country was ranked fourth in the world in the volume of heroin seized and third in the volume of raw opium seized. Those achievements result not only from the joint efforts of Tajikistan's law-enforcement agencies and of the Russian border service, but also from the efforts of donor States that have provided generous financial and technical assistance, including through the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, whose efforts we deeply appreciate.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In recent years Tajikistan has became a major and reliable shield against Afghan drugs in transit to Central Asia, Russia, Europe and the United States. Since 1999 the law enforcement agencies of Tajikistan and the Border Group of the Federal Border Service of Russia in the Republic of Tajikistan have removed from illegal circulation more than 25 tons of opiates, including some 14 tons of heroin. The amount of seized drugs, according to average wholesale prices of West European countries, where the share of Afghan heroine accounts for about 90 per cent of the general supply, is equal to almost $1 billion. We can safely say that thanks to joint operations of the law enforcement agencies of Tajikistan and the Russian Border Service, more than 13 million of the world's citizens have been spared the dangerous encounter with white death.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Tajikistan fully recognizes the seriousness and scale of the drug threat coming from Afghanistan, which is closely linked with international terrorist activities that, in turn, are fuelled by illegal revenues. Drug control is of particular concern to my Government, and the President of the country, Emomali Rakhmonov, views this as a priority objective of State policy. With each year we increase bilateral and multilateral cooperation to that end, especially in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. We are building on our successful cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The main storage facilities, supply points and heroin production laboratories have remained undisturbed. The hellish machinery of heroin is working at full tilt. Profits from the Afghan drug trade in Afghanistan in 2002 alone amounted to $1.2 billion. These illegal revenues are practically equal to the level of international assistance to Afghanistan. Ten years ago Tajikistan confiscated 38 kilograms of smuggled opium from Afghanistan for the first time, and the first 6 kilograms of Afghan heroin were withdrawn from illegal trade in 1996. Ever since, Tajikistan, which has a 1,500-kilometre border with Afghanistan and was once situated on the great Silk Road, now, given its geopolitical position, is at the crossroads of the great "opium road", along which international criminal drug cartels are exporting heroine across continents.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“This is especially important given that elements hostile to the Government of Afghanistan and the international community, including remnants of the Taliban movement, are making efforts to destabilize Afghan society. The activities of armed criminal groups are becoming increasingly brazen. We note with particular concern these terrorist acts in Afghanistan, including against international workers and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. These destructive acts are being stepped up by those who are controlling and encouraging the development of drug production in Afghanistan, including a network of international organized criminal groups and terrorist organizations. Carrying out anti- terrorist operations in that country has barely destroyed the well-organized Taliban drug trade structure.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“To build peace and promote stability and national reconciliation in the country, whose Government is relying on a fragile peace process, is an extremely daunting challenge. Without the support of the international community, it is virtually unrealizable. Tajikistan understands this well and will continue to increase its assistance and support to the efforts of President Hamid Karzai's Administration. At this critical and fateful transition period for Afghanistan, we are calling on the international community not to forget the needs of the Afghan people, bolster the lawful Afghan authorities with renewed vigour to give additional momentum to the peace process in the country.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“They are devising plans to return Afghan society to the recent dark ages, arbitrary rule and the debasement of the individual. Such a chain of events would be cause for great disappointment not only for millions of Afghan men and women, who have breathed the air of freedom and live with the hope of swift economic recovery and political reconstruction, but also for the entire international community. It is essentially a test of the ability of the international community not only to provide political and financial support to the Afghan authorities and defend the peace process in Afghanistan but also to follow up on earlier commitments to promote peace and security in that country and stability throughout the region.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Finally, it embraces an increasingly strengthened process of State-building in the framework of which complex work is being done on developing the principal body of law, the country's new constitution, and preparations for democratic elections are under way, which should be a milestone in this new chapter of Afghanistan's history. We are all witness to how difficult it has been to accomplish that. At the same time, we are not blind to the fact that the country has many unresolved problems, especially in the areas of guaranteeing security and the rule of law. Opponents of the new administration's policies continue to devise plans to disrupt the Afghan peace process. Those forces are counting on the fact that the Government is not yet strong enough for Afghanistan to be able to pursue the course for change.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Today's Afghanistan includes 1.5 million refugees and half a million displaced persons who have returned home. It embraces 3 million Afghan children, including girls who now attend school after years of being prohibited from doing so. It includes cinemas and theatres that have reopened their doors to spectators. It is composed of women who are increasingly active participants in the restoration of their country. It involves the rebirth of political life open to all Afghans, regardless of their religious or ethnic affiliations.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Alimov (Tajikistan) (spoke in Russian): Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this special meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and to develop effective measures to counter the global threat of drugs coming from that country. For a year and a half, Afghan society, following 23 years of war, has been living with the hope of establishing lasting peace and stability, achieving genuine national reconciliation and the long-awaited changes on which Afghan citizens are pinning their future. Tajikistan notes with satisfaction the significant achievements of the Government of Hamid Karzai in implementing the Bonn Agreement, which has become a reliable compass for the normalization of life and the re-establishment of Afghan civil society, which has for many years suffered hardship.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“That will require maximum efforts, boldness and firmness. The recent past has shown us that the Government of Hamid Karzai is resolved to build a viable new political system in Afghanistan in which there is no place for international terrorists or narcotics dealers. Tajikistan expresses the hope that, under the continued leading role of the United Nations, the efforts being made in the Afghanistan settlement will be supported by the international community in order to consolidate the positive trends that are gaining momentum in Afghanistan.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It will continue to extend all possible assistance to the Loya Jirga and the widely representative and multi- ethnic Government headed by Hamid Karzai. Every week, convoys carrying international humanitarian assistance travel along the transport corridors that have been opened across the Tajik border to reach Afghan provinces. The Government of Tajikistan will be increasing both its humanitarian contributions and its rehabilitation efforts in Afghanistan. We are grateful to the Afghan President and Administration for continuing to implement the Bonn Agreement. We wish them every success in bringing all Afghans together under a united national platform guaranteeing peace and stability in all the provinces of Afghanistan, as well as in restoring the economy and achieving successes in the social sphere.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Particularly important was the contribution of the delegates - and especially of the women among them - and the atmosphere of trust and openness that prevailed. It is a good thing that, despite the many differences in Afghan society, its representatives recognize their responsibility for the fate of the new post-Taliban Afghanistan. The lessons of the peace process in Tajikistan have demonstrated that without an understanding of the need to forget existing differences it is impossible to attain national unity or to restore genuine peace and stability in a country. The Government of Tajikistan is optimistic about, and supportive of, the positive processes that are gaining strength in Afghanistan.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We have been earnestly hoping that the fraternal people of Afghanistan would be able to overcome the obstacles on the path towards national reconciliation and unity. We are profoundly pleased that, despite all the complexities of the recent past, the Interim Administration and the Special Independent Commission were able to convene the Emergency Loya Jirga, which was a truly major event in the renaissance of Afghan society. What was of critical importance was that the high-level assembly - which brought together full- fledged delegates from all corners of war-torn Afghanistan - was able to deal with the tasks before it: to elect a head of State and to set up a broad-based Transitional Authority. Many efforts led to the successful convening of the Loya Jirga.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Although many complex tasks remain to be completed by the Afghan people, with the assistance of the international community, we commend Ambassador Brahimi and his colleagues for achieving substantive results across the board in all areas of the Mission he heads. Today's meeting is further testimony of the extent to which the Security Council - which under the Charter of the United Nations bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security - is interested in a peaceful, stable, united, neutral and harmoniously developing Afghanistan, a country whose valiant people are gradually coming to life after many years of governance under the anti-popular Taliban regime. We in Tajikistan have also been following very carefully the developments in neighbouring Afghanistan.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Alimov (Tajikistan) (spoke in Russian): First of all, allow me to associate myself with the warm words of gratitude expressed today to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, for his devotion to the cause of implementing the peace process in Afghanistan and his wise and skilful leadership of the United Nations Mission in that country. In Tajikistan, which under the aegis of the United Nations was in a short period of time able to resolve an internal conflict, we understand very well the important role that can be played by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General in finding a formula for peace and national reconciliation.”
2002-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4579Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Government of Tajikistan, which attaches great significance to the forthcoming activities of the Mission, will give it every type of support possible and is prepared to make its own contribution to the Mission's efforts to help the Afghan people in their implementation of the peace process.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We in Tajikistan believe that, under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, and with the support of the world community and the Afghans themselves, the Mission will be able to carry out fully its lofty mandate. The consistent and painstaking activities carried out by Ambassador Brahimi in the difficult social, political and humanitarian situation that developed in Afghanistan, and his personal courage, optimism and faith in the positive results of his peacekeeping mission deserve the highest praise.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The consistent implementation of the Bonn Agreement, including the active work of the Special Independent Commission for the Convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga, gives Afghanistan a unique chance to open a new chapter in its long history. It is extremely important, as the Secretary-General emphasized, that the political aspirations of individuals and groups be achieved peacefully and constructively, and not undermine trust in the process and its legitimacy. We believe that the lessons of the inter-Tajik settlement, achieved under the aegis of the United Nations, could be used at this critical turning point for Afghan society. We support the Secretary-General's recommendation to establish a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“There are also plans for a number of projects in the economic, scientific and cultural areas. Our cooperation is expanding in joint efforts of the international community to eliminate international terrorism, extremism and illicit drug trafficking. We are convinced that only active interaction and multilateral cooperation with Afghanistan, on a bilateral and multilateral basis, increasing international assistance to the Afghan people, will help bring about the earliest possible rebirth of a peaceful, united, neutral and prosperous Afghan society. The resurgence of Afghan society, the restoration of peaceful life and the opening of schools and cultural and health care institutions for all Afghans, including women and children, give us great hope.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Government of Tajikistan is deeply interested in ensuring that the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan is normalized as soon as possible and that a lasting political settlement is reached on the basis of national reconciliation. Taking part in the expanding programmes of humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and actively developing Tajik-Afghan cooperation in various spheres, Tajikistan is making its contribution to the strengthening of the peace process in that country. In accordance with a joint project developed with Russia, Afghanistan will receive electric energy from Tajikistan in the very near future. Our specialists are preparing for participation in the rebuilding and restoration of roads that will connect the north of the country with Kabul.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It provides for virtually all possible forms of United Nations assistance to a reborn Afghanistan and is designed to ensure that, with the active participation of all levels of Afghan society, we can carry out the extremely complex task of strengthening the peace process and not allowing it to go backwards. It is obvious that the process of harmonizing Afghan society and establishing an atmosphere of tolerance and national reconciliation in the country will not be easy. In Tajikistan, which has recently undergone a dramatic period of civil conflict, we understand this well. We express to the friendly people of Afghanistan our unwavering support for the restoration of lasting peace and the rebirth of their country. President Emomali Rakhmonov has repeatedly supported the efforts of the Interim Administration and its head, Mr. Hamid Karzai.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It is deeply symbolic that the Council is discussing this question under the able guidance of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, a country chairing the Afghanistan Support Group and playing an important role in the efforts of the international community to return Afghan society to peace, national reconciliation and stability. The report of the Secretary-General, submitted to the Council today, not only gives a profound, objective and dispassionate analysis of the situation in Afghanistan, but also lays out clear guidelines for the participation of the United Nations in the post-conflict restoration of Afghanistan. The new role of the Organization is an extremely broad-based and responsible one.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Alimov (Tajikistan) (spoke in Russian): First of all, I should like to join the sincere expressions of deepest condolence and solidarity with the Government and people of friendly Afghanistan in connection with the devastating earthquake in the northern part of the country, which has had tragic consequences, causing a great loss of human life. Today's meeting of the Security Council, devoted to the consideration of the situation in Afghanistan, is of exceptional importance in giving new impetus to the peace process in that country after the fall of the inhuman Taliban regime.”
2002-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4497Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We are supported and assisted in this work by the United Nations Drug Control Programme. Recent events have again shown that counter-terrorism is one of the most important problems facing humanity today. We share the view that the struggle will be long and difficult. A leading role in counter-terrorism will continue to lie with the United Nations and the Security Council. Tajikistan, for its part, will make every possible additional effort to expand cooperation with all interested States, including within the United Nations, in order to make a tangible contribution to the common fight against international terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In order to harmonize all the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan with the Security Council resolution, a well-developed and very specific special decree was adopted by the Government. The coordinating body responsible for the implementation of the provisions of the Council resolution was the country's Ministry of Security. By a separate decree, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmonov, the Central Bank was instructed to take measures, including the prompt freezing of funds and other financial assets of persons and organizations that carry out, participate in or assist in the commission of terrorist acts. In the context of counter-terrorism, Tajikistan is giving close attention to further intensifying the battle against illegal drug trafficking.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Security Council has assumed the role of leader in this matter. It is noteworthy that in the short span of 90 days, the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee has managed to complete many of its tasks. We consider that the effectiveness of the Committee's work is due to a great extent to the purposeful, consistent and very energetic action of its Chairman, Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock. We reaffirm our profound interest in the Committee and in expanding cooperation with it, including through receiving advisory and technical assistance. Tajikistan is wholly dedicated to the cause of fully implementing its obligations and responsibilities under Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Today Tajikistan is a party to most universal international conventions in this area of international cooperation. In the fight against international terrorism, we are continuing to interact with other States parties to the Treaty on Collective Security and the members of the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation. The adoption of resolution 1373 (2001) by the Security Council, of course, provided a powerful impetus to this fight worldwide. The resolution served as yet one more proof of the international community's determination to cooperate closely to prevent and suppress terrorist acts. It is extremely important not only that this resolution strengthen the instruments existing within the United Nations system to combat terrorism, but also that it play a decisive role in developing a global mechanism to counter terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Alimov (Tajikistan) (spoke in Russian): First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank you for convening this meeting of the Security Council devoted to one of the most pressing questions for humanity today. Tajikistan is fully dedicated to the extremely important cause of cooperation with the United Nations and its Member States in combating international terrorism. For well known reasons, an understanding of the need for an active fight against terrorism was formed in Tajikistan even before the barbarous attacks on the United States on 11 September, which the Government of Tajikistan has condemned in the strongest terms. As long ago as November 1999, our country's Parliament adopted a special law on counter- terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It is our hope that this Security Council debate on the Afghan issue will help to strengthen the United Nations central role in coordinating international efforts to find a formula for a political settlement in Afghanistan. My Government will continue to do everything it can to help in solving this matter.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source