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2022-09-06

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2023-11-17

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1. “Such efforts must seek to address the conundrum of religious tensions, as both a causative factor and a consequence of the war, and must be aimed at supporting broader peace efforts. Finally, we stress the urgency of an immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and once again encourage the support of the international community to facilitate, through diplomacy and dialogue, a peaceful, just and comprehensive resolution, based on the principles of international law and the values and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.”

   2023-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9481 (2023) · source

2. “Secondly, we underscore the legal and moral mandate of political and religious authorities to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence among the various religious sects. We are of the view that hate speech, discriminatory actions, the destruction of cultural heritage, including religious sites, and political subversion on religious grounds must be replaced by devout manifestation of religious tolerance, a culture of peace, mutual respect, stability and restoration and reconstruction following the desolation of war. Thirdly, we reiterate the call for constructive dialogue in good faith among all stakeholders to find mutually agreeable solutions to the deep divisions caused by divergences surrounding the Orthodox Church.”

   2023-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9481 (2023) · source

3. “Religious rights and freedoms are universally recognized as inherent human rights and therefore codified across a wide number of international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. We believe that upholding religious rights and freedoms contributes to peaceful and inclusive societies at the national and international levels and should be promoted at all times.”

   2023-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9481 (2023) · source

4. “My delegation continues to hold the view that the Human Rights Council remains the appropriate international forum for the redress of all forms of human rights violations, including the assertions of religious persecution targeted at the Orthodox church in Ukraine. We therefore approach today’s meeting from the standpoint of our vested interest in a peaceful and comprehensive resolution of the conflict and would like to reiterate the following four key points. First, we reiterate our call on the conflicting parties to uphold their commitments under international law, to respect the rights of all persons to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as the right to manifest such religion.”

   2023-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9481 (2023) · source

5. “I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Brands Kehris for her briefing, and I also thank the additional briefer for sharing his views with the Security Council. We have listened carefully and observed with much concern the progressive degeneration of the religious fabric of Ukraine’s society. Of the many tragedies of war among nations is the tendency for conflicts to transcend beyond hard-power questions into the religious, cultural and social forces of society and the core of people’s humanity, shattering their lives. We remain convinced of the need to end the war now and create the conditions for addressing the several root causes and other instigating factors of the war, including religious tensions, which predate the current hostilities.”

   2023-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9481 (2023) · source

6. “We reiterate our call on the parties to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law and to ensure that their military actions do not harm civilians or civilian infrastructure. With the myriad challenges facing the world at the present moment, the Russian war against Ukraine adds another painful layer to prevailing global hardships. We re-emphasize the importance of ending this unjustified war as a matter of urgency through the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Russian Federation’s troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.”

   2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source

7. “Adherence by States to their obligations under those global arrangements, such as the Arms Trade Treaty, the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and the European Union Common Position on arms exports, as well as national regulations, can help mitigate illegal proliferation. We re-emphasize the point we have consistently made that the continuation of the war is not the solution to achieving the desires of the parties and strongly urge the cessation of hostilities and the resort to dialogue and diplomacy to agree on a political and just settlement on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and the tenets of international law.”

   2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source

8. “The aggression against Ukraine is not an exception, and it is in that context that we reiterate the importance of the Russian Federation heeding the many calls made across different parts of the world for it to withdraw its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. The negative impact that the proliferation of arms poses to international peace and security affects different parts of the world, with civilian populations bearing the greatest brunt, including the loss of lives and the displacement of thousands of men, women and children whose only chance of survival is to escape and seek refuge elsewhere under deplorable conditions. We re-emphasize the need to respect the regime of arms control aimed at preventing the diversion of arms and regulating international arms trade.”

   2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source

9. “I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. We have also taken note of the remarks of Mr. Danny Haiphong. The consequences of war are grave, and it is in that regard that the Charter of the United Nations has clearly proscribed the use of force or threat of force in State relations except in the limited instances when it is necessary for self-defence or required under the mechanisms of collective security. As we know, Ukraine did not start the present war and has no choice in stopping hostilities or withdrawing its troops. It has a duty and a legitimate right to defend its territorial integrity, political independence and sovereignty. As expected in conflict settings, arms proliferate.”

   2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source

10. “In view of the sustained interest of the international community on the matter, we encourage frequent updates and readily available information on the status of the investigations to provide clarity on the facts and help to determine the necessity or otherwise of an international investigative process. Pending the conclusion of the national investigations, we urge cooperation among all relevant stakeholders, including the operators of the pipelines, with the objective of arriving at a single narrative on the circumstances resulting in the unfortunate incident. I wish to end by reiterating our previous appeals to all concerned to exercise restraint against unilateral actions that may be detrimental to peace.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9373 (2023) · source

11. “I thank the briefers for their respective views on this agenda item. We also take note of the joint letter submitted by Denmark, Germany and Sweden on developments related to their respective ongoing national investigations on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines (S/2023/517). Ghana continues to be deeply concerned about the sabotage against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines last September, given the impacts on the marine environment and the potential economic, humanitarian and security risks that could arise from the destruction of such critical infrastructure of a transboundary nature. We therefore maintain our support for the ongoing national investigations by the countries of interest, in particular Denmark and Sweden, in whose exclusive economic zones the incident occurred, as well as Germany.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9373 (2023) · source

12. “While we acknowledge the fact that the demands for United Nations peacekeeping missions throughout the world are greater than ever before, overstretching the available resources and existing capacities, we are mindful that fulfilling mandates for sustaining peace is critical and requires the commitment of all peacekeeping actors. I reiterate Ghana’s unflinching support for every initiative that helps address the myriad of contemporary challenges affecting United Nations peacekeeping operations. We also underscore the need for improved planning and adequate resources for transitions, as well as for considering post-mandate-period implications so as to ensure that the hard-won gains of peace operations and mandates are safeguarded.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

13. “In some instances the perceptions that have been created have led to hostile reactions from local populations, culminating in riots, vandalized United Nations property and casualties among United Nations personnel and the local population, something we saw recently in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. I should not conclude without mentioning the emerging challenge that United Nations peacekeeping is facing with regard to host Governments’ implementation of their status-of-forces agreements, as well as restrictions on peacekeeping personnel’s freedom of movement and the rotation and resupply of troops, with negative effects on their performance and attainment of mandates.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

14. “We believe that where it applies, we should enhance predeployment training in countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in order to address the threat of extremist groups’ increasing use of IEDs against peacekeepers, as we have been witnessing in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. We also urge for strategic communications to be strengthened in order to counter the significant increase in disinformation and misinformation, which has become systematic, synchronized and orchestrated on an industrial scale and is negatively affecting the efforts of peacekeepers, shaping the conflict environment and negatively influencing public opinion about most United Nations peacekeeping operations, especially on the African continent.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

15. “We also emphasize the importance of prioritizing capacity-building for all categories of United Nations peacekeepers in order to enhance their operational effectiveness. Thirdly, with regard to the safety and security of peacekeepers, we continue to be worried about their deliberate targeting, which has resulted in a surge in the number of fatalities in peacekeeping operations. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all Blue Helmets personnel who have paid the ultimate price in the line of duty and to commend peacekeepers for their selfless contributions.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

16. “Secondly, concerning the performance of peacekeeping operations, while we welcome the implementation of the Integrated Peacekeeping Performance and Accountability Framework, we believe that we need to strengthen its use in a way that ensures that the performance of individual troop- and police-contributing countries and individual mission staff members meets the expectations of mandates. In significant instances where such performance expectations are not met, it will be important for the Secretariat to bring them to the attention of the appropriate working group of the Council in order to enable systemic concerns to be redressed. We believe it is essential to involve the relevant Member States systematically in implementing the Framework.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

17. “There is therefore a need for the Council to refocus the formulation and implementation of mandates on the primacy of politics and to tap into the partnership opportunities provided by regional arrangements, such as those with the African Union (AU), in addressing the threats to international peace and security that United Nations peacekeeping missions are unable to respond to, especially as they relate to terrorists and extremist groups. That would of course require us to constructively embrace the report expected from the Secretary-General on the question of the adequate, predictable and sustainable funding for Council-mandated AU-led peace operations, especially through assessed contributions.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

18. “Also, despite the fact that mandates for some missions, such as the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), include the creation of rapid intervention brigades, the structure and focus of current peacekeeping arrangements make them inappropriate instruments for counter-terrorism, and the Council itself lacks an established mechanism for dealing with extremist groups. We believe that mandates and resolutions could also be more concise and focused.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

19. “Some of them relate to mandates, while others are in the area of performance, and ensuring the safety and security of peacekeepers continues to need improvement. Ghana looks forward to working in that context to support the priorities set out in the Secretary-General’s review of the peace and security architecture, and especially in ensuring that conflict prevention, sustaining peace and sustainable development are treated with the urgency and importance they deserve. First, with regard to peacekeeping mandates, Ghana continues to be concerned about the insufficient emphasis on the primacy of politics in some peacekeeping missions, which continues to prolong a number of conflicts.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

20. “We therefore appreciate the discussions that have ensued since the 2015 report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and the Secretary-General’s follow-up report (S/2018/623) and actions, including the Action for Peacekeeping Plus initiative, which have defined our shared commitments regarding addressing the challenges of peacekeeping, such as protracted conflicts, the elusive nature of political solutions and broad and complex mandates that are difficult to achieve. However, there are several other challenges that must also be tackled by the peacekeeping stakeholder community in order to make peacekeeping fit for purpose and effective in achieving its objectives.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

21. “Since 1960, when Ghana first contributed troops to the United Nations Operation in the Congo, we have actively followed peacekeeping’s evolving nature and adaptation to the changing dynamics of the conflict settings where peacekeepers are deployed. By comparison to the past, today peacekeepers are called on to do more and usually in a multidimensional context where the parties concerned may themselves not welcome their presence.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source

22. “At the outset, Mr. President, let me wish you and the French delegation the best of success during your presidency of the Council for this month. I also congratulate Ambassador Zhang Jun and the Chinese delegation on their excellent leadership of the Council last month. We have listened carefully to Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and thank him for his briefing, which highlights various initiatives being undertaken to improve the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Ghana recognizes the important role of United Nations peacekeeping in maintaining international peace and security and providing stability in various parts of the world. We have continued to support all efforts to improve the performance of peacekeeping by enhancing its effectiveness for every historical era.”

    2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9123 (2022) · source