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“The size of the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic has increased from 2,000 to 6,000 soldiers in a few weeks. We are grateful to the African Union for that. The force is supported, as members of the Council know, by the 1,600 French soldiers of Operation Sangaris. Earlier today, the President of the French Republic decided to strengthen those 1,600 on the ground with an additional 400 soldiers. It will soon receive the support of the European Union force to the Central African Republic, as was decided by European Foreign Ministers on 10 February. The operation will make an important contribution to the efforts made to provide security and protection of civilians in the region of Bangui.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“In Mali, for example, the European Union has given its support rebuilding the defence force, working in perfect complementarity with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. The deployment of the European Union training mission in Mali to train the Malian armed forces contributes to the same goal of restoring Malian sovereignty as that of the Blue Helmets. The Security Council was recently able to meet the Commander of the training mission in Mali, and we took note of the effectiveness of the Mission's efforts. Clearly, today it is the crisis in the Central African Republic that compels our attention. Since December, the international military presence has grown stronger in the country.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Mr. Araud (France) (spoke in French): I thank the delegation of Lithuania for having organized today's debate, and its Minister for Foreign Affairs for participating in it. Together with my colleague from the United Kingdom, I note that today - Valentine's Day - happens to be the day when the United Nations and the European Union get together. It is obviously a sign. I salute the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The European Union is endowed with original tools and a proactive policy based on a comprehensive approach to crisis resolution. It is more than ever in Africa, which occupies nearly 70 per cent of the time and energy of the Security Council, that the European Union plays its role in promoting peace and security, most often in cooperation with the United Nations.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“We would have preferred a stronger message, given the gravity of the crisis. But the text is a compromise to which all countries of good faith and goodwill should agree. Furthermore, given the sense of impunity prevailing in Damascus today, the Council must send a clear message: the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria, starting with Bashar Al-Assad, should be brought to justice. That is why we once again reiterate our call for the Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“As the Geneva negotiations on the future of Syria resume, the regime continues to intensify its crackdown against civilians. Barrel bombings have continued in Aleppo, again causing several hundred civilian deaths last week. While an agreement led to the evacuation of civilians from Horns, humanitarian aid convoys leaving the Old City have been attacked by mortar fire. Those deliberate attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers are unacceptable. The Council can no longer accept such repeated and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, the primary responsibility for which lies with the regime. It must therefore call upon all parties to ensure immediate access for humanitarian aid to those in need. The text of the draft resolution submitted yesterday by Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg is moderate.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“That includes, of course, a linguistic component and the appropriate means for logistics and communication, such as the recruitment of community liaison assistants. The French Mission regrets that the Secretariat does not believe that language skills should be an essential element considered for recruitment in the field. The French Mission recalls, as it has been doing in vain for several years now, that speaking the language of the populations can be useful - even if that language is French. As in previous years, I will not be heard, and as in previous years, the Secretariat will continue to recruit without taking language skills into account, and I have been the representative of France for five years now. I will conclude by referring the situation in Syria.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“The zero-tolerance policy for sexual violence, the limiting of contacts with persons indicted by the International Criminal Court to that which is essential to the mission of the Organization, and the due diligence and filter policies are indispensable to the work of peacekeeping operations. They guarantee the exemplary conduct that is required of the Organization. Compliance with those policies guarantees the credibility of the Organization's work in protecting civilians. The effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in the protection of civilians also requires closer communication to be developed with local communities in order to build capacity to prevent and react to threats.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Only such a force, with a strong civilian component and sustainable funding, will bring lasting stability to the country, help prepare for elections and begin a national reconciliation process. We can no longer allow the crisis to get worse, or we will risk the Central African Republic becoming a source of instability in the heart of Africa and mass atrocities being committed there. Whatever the strength of the protection-of-civilians mandates given to peacekeeping operations, they will be effective only if the operations themselves are beyond reproach. That is why we welcome the policies implemented by the Secretary-General to ensure that the work of the United Nations fully respects human rights.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“The mobilization of international assistance, in Brussels and then Addis Ababa, provides a glimmer of hope. However, the situation remains precarious, especially in the provinces. Civilians continue to be attacked. African and French forces are faced with an unprecedented situation: the hateful willingness of two communities to settle accounts. Soldiers cannot contain crowds. Looting, rapes and lynchings thus continue despite our efforts. Therefore, given the magnitude of the challenges and the nature of the threat, the Council must shoulder its responsibilities quickly. What is needed is a multidimensional peacekeeping force with a significant amount of force, including, above all, police units that are able to restore order, since soldiers cannot fire on a crowd.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“The Council also reiterated to the Malian authorities and armed groups the urgent need to launch an inclusive dialogue for a lasting solution in northern Mali, in order for the country to finally find peace. That is what we must do in the Central African Republic. In that country, the intervention by the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic, supported by French forces - which will soon be supported by European forces - helped to prevent the atrocities beign committed against civilians from spreading. The clashes have certainly not stopped, but there has been a kind of pacification of most of Bangui. Securing certain areas, especially near the airport, allowed humanitarian aid to be organized and better deployed.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“All recent Council mandates now include a protection-of-civilians component. Such protection is therefore a priority under any circumstance. We must continue to develop that approach. That is what we did in Mali. After the emergency intervention of French forces, the deployment of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali - with a robust mandate to protect civilians - helped to stabilize the country and allowed for presidential and legislative elections to be held successfully. During our visit to the country, the Council was able to see the scope of what had been accomplished through the determined work of the United Nations.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“Mr. Araud (France) (spoke in French): I thank the briefers for their statements today. France aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union, as well as with the statement to be made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians. The protection of civilians is an issue that requires constant attention by the Security Council. It must be at the heart of its work. Peacekeeping operations are the primary instrument in that regard. Since the adoption, five years ago, of resolution 1894 (2009), the Security Council, the Secretariat and all the relevant stakeholders have mobilized to improve the process of defining, monitoring and controlling the implementation of peacekeeping operations' mandates on the protection of civilians.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“In hearing some of the statements made here today and considering various approaches, such a call does not seem useless. Franco-German reconciliation was certainly a unique event, but it could serve as inspiration for resolving other disputes. I cannot conclude without turning again to the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War - a disaster that resulted in the countless ills of the twentieth century. No one wanted the war, yet no one knew how to avoid it. Let that impotence reminds us that we still live on the brink. There may be no longer be any archdukes, but we still have human folly. That is what we must be wary of - what we must exorcise - knowing that it lurks always, whether at home or abroad. Peace is never a given, as the cemeteries of Verdun serve to remind us.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“I should like, therefore, to conclude with a paradox. France - a country that in the past century endured a relentlessly tragic history that threatened to overwhelm it and yet was able to transcend the resulting hatred and fear - advises that history be left to its proper place in the debates of historians, so long as they are free to say what they wish and have free access to the archives they need. States should not meddle in history. That is neither their mission nor their remit. However, it is not forbidden to demand that they show a minimum of respect for the feelings of others and for restraint in self-expression that is mindful of the passions that threaten to flare up at any time. In a word, they must exercise the prudence necessary to ensure that history does not seek vengeance for what humankind has inflicted upon it.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“We will never deprive people of that need; worse yet, in seeking to do so we may revive disputes that had almost been forgotten and make such fading quarrels topical once more as we come up against people's refusal to renounce their own convictions. Indeed, a history without guilty parties would force them to admit either to their own share of responsibility for the tragedy, or to their own powerlessness to prevent it. In either case, they will feel that it strips them of their dignity. No, there is only one solution, and it is not reason. It is time. "Time solves all", said the poet. Yes, time flows slowly, but even in Europe, with its long memory and many follies, we have forgotten Joan of Are and Waterloo, and are currently forgetting the Kaiser. We will forget our other misfortunes.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“On the one hand, one of the two partners accepted its primary responsibility as part of a brave exercise in soul-searching that far transcended the context of its relations with its neighbours; on the other, it required a common threat to compel them to set aside their suicidal quarrels. If we set aside such exceptional conditions, we will see that in seeking to neutralize history we come up against the instinctive refusal of the average citizen to believe that the world's trials and tribulations reflect anything but a faceless inevitability. Man needs a name for his misfortunes. Man needs to feel that he is on the side ofjustice and reason. He needs a meaning for the sacrifices he and his fellows make. History is therefore necessary, indeed indispensable to him because of its certainties, its explanations and above all its condemnations.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Their neighbours will be, successively, the best of allies or the worst of enemies, since the past justifies everything. "History can be raped so long as the resulting children are good-looking", Otto von Bismarck is supposed to have said, and he knew what he was talking about. Man continues to rape history, but sires nothing but monsters in his own image. The origin of conflict is to be found not in history but in men. History is but an instrument; to forget that is to confuse the weapon with the assassin. What are we to do with this history? Shall we imitate the Germans and French and extirpate our prejudices without mercy? Is that possible, or even desirable? Certainly, the question may seem paradoxical, but it remains true that the Franco-German experience is too specific in nature to serve as an example to others.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“It sees itself as a science, and has increasingly become so, but it is written by men. Men have a nationality; they have religion and passions. They are forced to base their versions of history on documents that may be too few or too many, to formulate hypotheses and to make choices. History is human and therefore fallible. Thank God, we are no longer in an age when French Hellenists chose Athens and Germans chose Macedonia as reflections of their views of themselves and of their countries. Thank God, today's historians are distancing themselves from such biases. But the average citizen is less subtle, the journalist less scrupulous and the politician less knowledgeable than the historian. It is all too easy for them to find justification in the folly of their ancestors for today's follies. They will always find it easy to do so.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“In 1904, the conclusion of the Entente Cordiale buried, in a matter of mere months, a hatred and rivalry that observers of the time would have deemed to be irreconcilable. Similar examples are manifold, and not only in France. So-called historical conflicts are not perforce eternal. After all, Iran was long Israel's ally. In other words, it is not history that causes or fuels conflicts. It is conflicts that fashion history in their own image. Two countries that clash or come together do so for reasons of interest, and not because of some sort of eternal destiny. They need to look to the past to provide justification for their hostility or friendship, and they find it without great trouble because history is very accommodating. History is accommodating because its origins are dubious.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“If that were indeed the case, then that history would need to be exorcised. Like the French and Germany teachers, we would need to excise the history books of the hatred and fear they contain. Like the young people of France and Germany, we would need to visit one another on vacation. What should we make of this inevitability of history that hangs eternally above us? Let us consider France in the nineteenth century. Russia, the symbol of Eastern despotism and oppressor of Poland, in 1891 became, at the drop of a hat, the closest of our allies and friends. Similarly, in 1890 the hereditary enemy of France was not Germany but Great Britain, with which we were repeatedly on the verge of war in those years. If we allied ourselves with Russia, it was probably more in opposition to Great Britain than to Germany.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“But there is history as tragedy that envelops peoples, and there is the more modest history narrated by men since the days of Herodotus and Thucydides. That history reflects the passions, prejudice and ignorance of its writers and readers, and, with the advent of compulsory education in the nineteenth century, became an instrument for forging national identities that defined themselves exclusively by opposition to one's neighbours. It is about this history that the Jordanian presidency has asked us to reflect. No diplomat would deny that this history is omnipresent in our work. With every conflict, we look to history to understand it, as if only the past can explain human fury - as if each of us has inherited hatreds and fears, the new incarnations of original sins, that make us future Cains and Abels from our very birth.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“The two peoples no longer consider themselves to be hereditary enemies and no longer fear or hate one another. It was a long road for both sides; the memories were deep-rooted and bitter. Prejudice was strong. It took the genius of the few, the will and courage of the many, imagination and time. It took imagination to create common institutions in which the young people of both countries learned to know each other and their parents learned to cooperate, and time for new generations that were not damaged by war to emerge. Today, the Germans and the French have written common history books in which, together, they spell out a shared story despite a history that so often brought them to blows. History is not destiny. The Germans and the French have proved that.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“And yet, my country, exhausted by its trials and tribulations and invaded three times in 70 years, decided not to prepare yet another round of the never- ending cycle of confrontation but to place reconciliation before revenge. Charles de Gaulle, wounded and taken prisoner in the First World War, and saviour of the nation in the Second, attended mass with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Rheims, where our kings were crowned in the cathedral whose destruction in 1914 symbolized the barbarity of war. It was at Verdun, the most bloody battle in history, where over 700,000 French and German soldiers died, that President Mitterand and Chancellor Kohl held hands before the monument to the dead. Germany and France have achieved what no one could have hoped for even believed back in 1918 or 1945. They reconciled.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Between the wars, France was a country of veiled widows, war-orphans and walking wounded. The monuments to the dead in even the smallest of our villages still attest to that. It is no surprise, then, that France later hesitated to plunge into another slaughter. Before travelling to Munich in 1938, the French President gathered his thoughts in the cemetery of Verdun, where he had fought. The cemetery remains overwhelming in a landscape that is still gloomy and moon-like almost 100 years later. "Never again", intone the endless rows of graves. In May-June 1940, at a time when the United Kingdom and France stood proudly against Nazism, another invasion killed 90,000 French soldiers in six weeks. Misfortune and occupation followed, with half a million dead.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Mr. Araud (France) (spoke in French): At the beginning of2014, history takes us back to the beautiful summer of 1914 when, in just a few days, the world toppled into the horror of a seemingly never-ending war. Out of the 39 million people in France, 1.4 million would lose their lives in that war, without counting the 800,000 handicapped and 4 million injured, or forgetting the 40 thousand square kilometres of our national territory that were devastated. On 11 November 1918, observers noted that joy was more contained in Paris than in London, despite Alsace-Lorraine having been restored to France. Indeed, the pride of victory and the relief brought by the end of fighting were mixed with the sorrow caused by the carnage that had spared not even a single French family.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“We support the determination of the Lebanese authorities to protect themselves from the political repercussion of the Syrian crisis, in line with the Baabda Declaration of June 2012, as they combat all forms of terrorism and commit to combating impunity. The opening of the trial at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon marks a decisive stage in combating impunity for terrorist acts. Lebanon urgently needs a Government capable of taking decisions, given a political, economic and social situation increasingly fraught with difficulties. It must also be able to count on functioning institutions that can help with the influx of almost 1 million refugees from Syria. We must continue to mobilize to support that country, particularly within the context of the International Support Group for Lebanon.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“One cannot claim to support a political process out of the crisis in good faith while rejecting the goal and the parametres. In that connection, the questions raised by the Syrian National Coalition are legitimate and should be answered. Although this is obvious, I would also remind the Council that those with blood on their hands - those who bear responsibility for the crimes committed in the course of more than two years - must not play a part in the political transition. We wish to see those matters brought before the International Criminal Court. Against that backdrop, we must also send a message of support to Lebanon.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“The goal of the Conference is the full implementation of the Geneva communique (S/2012/523, annex), namely, the establishement of a transitional Government with full executive powers, including, of course, over the armed forces and the security services. We are in agreement in acknowledging that this document is a reference point for a political solution in Syria. The attempts by the regime to impose its interpretation on the second Geneva Conference on Syria will not fool anyone. When it comes to Iran, it must be clear to everyone that any participation in the second Geneva Conference on Syria is conditional to the explicit acceptance of the mandate laid down in the invitation letter to the Conference from the Secretary-General, to which I have just referred.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“The ongoing brutal repression, especially in Aleppo; the fact that civilians are caught in the fighting; the lack of humanitarian access to areas under the control of the opposition, in which Yarmouk is one of the most tragic examples; and, finally, the provocative statements about maintaining President Bashar Al-Assad in power at all costs in the midst of presidential elections, which no reasonable person would recognize as legitimate; and the outrageous reply from Mr. Mouallem to the Secretary- General's invitation to the Conference - everything has been done by the regime to deter the opposition from participating in that exercise. The Secretary-General's invitation to the second Geneva Conference on Syria was unambiguous.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“We hope that this week will prove a decisive one. The second Geneva Conference on Syria will begin in Montreux on Wednesday, 22 January. France and its international partners have done everything in their power to assist the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces to prepare for that important Conference. We should welcome the decision taken this weekend in Istanbul by the Syrian opposition to participate in the Conference under the aegis of the National Coalition. That decision was not an automatic one.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“The French President called on the Israeli authorities to totally and finally halt the settlements when he visited Israel and Palestine from 17 to 19 November 2013. In its conclusions of 16 December, the European Union presented the details of the unprecedented special privilege partnerships that would be offered to the parties in the event of a definitive agreement, which is of course the goal of the current efforts. That partnership would cover economic, political, security and social aspects, thereby allowing for stronger cooperation between the European Union an the two States, bolstering and helping with the construction of the Palestinian State and promoting trade and economic and human development in the region. On Syria, gGiven the suffering of the people and the destruction of the country, fatalism must not prevail.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“The eventual acceptance by the parties of an initiative by the United States on a framework for the negotiations, broadly outlining a resolution to the conflict, could constitute significant progress towards a definitive peace agreement. Twenty years after Oslo, any interim formula must be discarded. In order to ensure progress in the current efforts, the parties must refrain from any gesture likely to undermine the process, particularly as far as settlements are concerned. Along with its European partners, France has condemned the publication of a call for proposals by the Israeli authorities, on 10 January, to build more than 1,800 homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, following the approval given on 5 January to build new homes in the settlements of Ofra and Karnei Shomron in the West Bank.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“Mr. Araud (France) (spoke in French): I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the representative of the State of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine for their statements. I shall touch on several points - the Israeli- Palestinian peace process and the situation in Syria - before saying a few words about Lebanon. In the Middle East, everything must be done to ensure that the efforts of the United States Secretary of State are crowned with success. France lends its full support to the efforts of the United States, particularly those of the Secretary of State, to drive forward the negotiations that are under way. The parametres for a solution are well known and have been set forth in several Security Council resolutions.”
2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096 (2014) · source
“I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, China, France, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Morocco, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. The President (spoke in French): There 15 were votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2132 (2013). I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and I now give him the floor.”
2013-12-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7091 (2013) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of South Sudan to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2013/760, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Australia, France, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Togo, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2013/758, which contains a letter dated 23 December 2013 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it.”
2013-12-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7091 (2013) · source
“What I would like to add on a more personal note is the expression of my deepest gratitude. For two years, we have had friendly relations, which will continue after 1 January 2014. We have appreciated their competence, their dedication and their contributions. We will continue to work together. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for having been with us, alongside us, in the activities of the Security Council. As the Permanent Representative of Togo has rightly said, those actions, while not perfect, seek to defend peace, security and the values of the United Nations. Finally, I wish one and all around the table and present in the Chamber my best wishes for the upcoming year-end holidays. The meeting rose at 12.40 pm.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. In what is probably the final public meeting for December 2013, I would like to express the sincere thanks of my delegation to members of the Council, as well as to the Council's secretariat for its help. I would like to thank the interpreters, the translators, the conference officers and the sound engineers. I also know that all Council members would join with me in wishing good luck to Jordan, which will become President of the Council in January. Further, on behalf of the Council, I would like to express the sincere appreciation of the Council to the five outgoing members, namely, Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo. I commend their hard work during their 2012-2013 term and the contributions they brought to the Council's work. What Ijust said is official.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“France will continue to provide support, in its national capacity, within the European framework and through the Security Council, to the initiatives of its friends in the countries of West Africa aimed at combating the scourge of drug trafficking. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to Mr. Antonio.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“Beyond that, the Security Council should have a better understanding of the impact of drug trafficking and organized crime on the situations on its agenda. That is why in the presidential statement the Council asks that it be kept better informed about such threats by UNODC, particularly when it is considering the mandates of peacekeeping operations and political missions. It also urges UNODC and the Department of Political Affairs to include, in their regular briefings to the Council, information on the work of the United Nations system task force on transnational organized crime and drug trafficking as threats to security and stability.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“In the presidential statement adopted today (S/PRST/2013/22), the members of the Council support the initiatives undertaken by the States of the region and ask the United Nations to help with their implementation, particularly within the framework of the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel, in cooperation with other relevant organizations, such as the European Union. They call in particular for concrete measures to be taken to facilitate maritime interception operations, surveillance of border areas, prosecutions, trials and sentencing of traffickers, fighting corruption and money-laundering, and, lastly, for the adoption of health-related measures aimed at combating the demand for drugs.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“France will continue to lend its support to the security and safety of African maritime waters and border areas, following the Yaounde summit and Rabat conference. France has also committed itself to bringing these issues to the heart of the European Union, in particular by calling for the adoption of a European Union maritime safety strategy in the Gulf of Guinea to deal with the cross-cutting challenges affecting those waters. Finally, on the role of the Security Council, Council members have shown, through this debate, their commitment to fighting drug trafficking and transnational crime.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“As a zone for the transit - and now for production and consumption - of drugs, the States of the region face disastrous consequences in terms of corruption, illicit economic activity and public health. Faced with this emerging threat, the States of West Africa and the Sahel have alerted the international community and seek support for their initiatives. The Secretary-General, in several ofhis reports, has relayed those concerns. Secondly, France has committed itself to responding to that request. At the Elyse'e Summit, held in Paris on 6 and 7 September, Heads of States and Government expressed their shared determination to curb the production, processing, consumption and trafficking of drugs on the two continents, combat illegal financial flows, and enhance legal and security cooperation.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“Without repeating the statistics provided to us this morning, it is clear that drug trafficking is a threat to the Sahel and West African countries and their security, stability and development and, beyond that, to international peace and stability. West Africa and the Sahel, as we have heard, have become hubs for the transit of cocaine, while cannabis is perennial and heroin and synthetic drugs are emerging. The drug trade's links with various criminal groups and, on occasion, the funding of terrorist activities fuel rebellions and destabilize existing Governments, as we have seen in several countries in the region, in particular Mali and Guinea-Bissau.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Fedotov and Mr. Djinnit for their statements. This meeting is being held just after the Elysee Summit for Peace and Security in Africa, organized by France, and enables us to send a strong message to the States in the region. Drug trafficking in the Sahel and West Africa is a threat to peace and stability. The Security Council has taken stock of this issue. The initiatives taken by the States of the region must therefore be supported by the United Nations. I would emphasize three points: the threat, France's commitments and the role of the Security Council. First, let us assess the situation.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“The Council has before it a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today's meeting. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members ofthe Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2013/22. I now give the floor to the members of the Security Council.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2013/728, which contains the text of a letter dated 5 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a concept note on the item under consideration. I recognize the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and I give him the floor.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of C6te d'Ivoire to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“In favour: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, China, France, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Morocco, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in French): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2131 (2013). The meeting rose at 10.15 am.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7089 (2013) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2013/744, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Australia, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2013/716, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 12 September to 3 December 2013. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7089 (2013) · source
“I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, China, France, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Morocco, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America Abstaining: Russian Federation The President (spoke in French): There were 14 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2130 (2013). I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7088 (2013) · source