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Archbishop Auza

lines on the record: 267
first: 2014-10-21
most recent: 2019-10-28
sittings or episodes: 44
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“Respect for international humanitarian law and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict can go a long way towards narrowing and eventually closing this gap. My delegation wishes to highlight the very disturbing fact that the verified number of victims mistreated by non-State groups is three times higher than those by Government forces. This fact poses serious challenges to stopping the perpetrators who operate outside every rule of law and to holding them accountable for their heinous acts. Another deeply disturbing trend is that of the increasing attacks on densely populated areas. Urban centres have become battlefields, where schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure are not spared, but targeted as a tactic of war.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“The Secretary-General's 2017 annual report, covering the year 2016 (S/2017/821), sadly points out that the worsening trend continues, as the number of children severely impacted by armed conflicts in many countries was the highest ever recorded. Violations include, the killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual Violence, the recruitment of children as child soldiers and suicide bombers, the abduction and selling of children, attacks on schools and hospitals, the denial of access to children of humanitarian aid, as well as attacks or threats of attacks against personnel protecting children. We condemn all those heinous crimes in the strongest possible terms, The fact that such crimes are rampant points to a very wide gap that remains between provisions already in place and their implementation.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Archbishop Auza: The protection of children in armed conflict is a grave universal concern, for which the Holy See thanks the French presidency for having convened this debate. The 2014 Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict (S/2014/339) defined that year as the worst one ever for children affected by armed conflict. The situation got worse, as the data contained in the 2015 report (S/2015/409) showed that the number of children caught up in armed conflicts, as well as the scale and severity of violations, surpassed those of 2014. In brief, the reports left no doubt that the impact on children of our collective failure to prevent and end conflict was severe.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“The rights ofevery citizen everywhere in the Middle East must be respected. In that regard, the rule of law, including respect for religious freedom and equality before the law based on the principle of citizenship, regardless of one's race, ethnic origin or religion, is fundamental for the achievement and maintenance of peaceful and fruitful coexistence among individuals and communities in the region and beyond. For 2017 to be the start of an era of peace for all the peoples of the Middle East, all the parties concerned in the conflicts in the region, their foreign allies and the entire international community must spare no effort to silence the clamour of war and to start serious negotiations to achieve lasting political solutions to the problems in the Middle East, both recent and ongoing.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“My delegation believes that the Holy City should be a place of convergence and peace and that the followers of the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - indeed, all people of goodwill - should be guaranteed free and unhindered access to the holy places. My delegation wishes to convey the deep appreciation and strong encouragement of Pope Francis to all who tirelessly toil to find fair political solutions to the many conflicts in the Middle East and to assist in every way the victims of untold violence. Given the continuing overwhelming humanitarian needs in the region, the Holy See continues to add its voice to the appeals for increased funding to help refugees and the host countries affected, in particular Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“The impartial support of the international community is needed to assist the two parties in negotiating with confidence and respect for mutual rights and helping them to realize that sincere negotiation is the most effective way towards an honourable and mutually beneficial outcome. The Holy See acknowledges with satisfaction the recent agreement among the Palestinians, which seems to indicate firm will towards reaching a durable solution. The Holy See wishes to reaffirm the historic status quo of Jerusalem, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions, and rejects any unilateral measure aimed at changing it.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“For that reason, as it has done since 1947, the Holy See once again reaffirms its unwavering support for the right of both Israel and Palestine to live in peace within secure and recognized borders in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation. The Holy See reiterates its support for the solution of two independent States, convinced that it is the only option that would allow for the peaceful coexistence of Israel and Palestine. The Holy See calls on the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to show determined political will to reach a solution and give their peoples the precious gift of living in peace and security. Such determination would involve refraining from provocative actions, incitement or inflammatory rhetoric in order to de-escalate tensions on the ground, rebuild trust and create the conditions necessary for negotiations.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“Archbishop Auza: The region of the Middle East continues to be the epicentre ofmultiple armed conflicts driven by various causes and by interests of a multitude of actors who participate in them in one way or another. Among those conflicts, which have been of deep concern for the international community for the past 70 years, are the unachieved Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The Palestinian question remains paramount among all the problems affecting the Middle East. Its resolution would have a beneficial, cascading effect on the other crises in the region, thereby favouring the advent of durable peace and mutual respect among the diverse components and stakeholders in the Middle East.”
2017-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8072 (2017) · source
“Otherwise, the human cost of wars and conflicts will continue to grow and the proliferation of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, along with their delivery systems and the risk of their use by States or terrorist groups, will remain very clear and present dangers.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985 (2017) · source
“The proliferation of weapons, both conventional and those of mass destruction, aggravates conflict situations and results in huge human and material costs that profoundly undermine development and the search for lasting peace. Indeed, non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament underpin global security and sustainable development. Without them, the achievement of the much-vaunted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be seriously jeopardized, peace will continue to be dangerously in grave deficit and human sufferings will sadly remain unabated. It is imperative, therefore, that all State actors overcome their differences and find political solutions that can prevent and halt the involvement of non-State actors in wars and conflicts.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985 (2017) · source
“In that regard, my delegation would like to reiterate that it is essential to improve assistance to States and cooperation among them, if we are to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It is necessary to increase the coordination of national, regional and international efforts, as appropriate, so as to strengthen our response to that serious challenge. All States ought to take appropriate measures,in accordance with national and international law, and they ought to fulfil scrupulously their obligations under international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. The establishment of zones free of weapons of mass destruction would also be a big step in the right direction, as it would demonstrate that we can indeed move toward a universal agreement to eliminate all such weapons.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985 (2017) · source
“He invites national leaders to commit themselves firmly to ending the arms trade, which victimizes so many innocent people, and he reiterates his strong support for the rapid adoption of steps that would lead to the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and to the reduction of the world's reliance on armed force in the conduct of national and international affairs. The principal legally binding instrument currently available for combating the proliferation threat is resolution 1540 (2004), adopted unanimously more than a decade ago. That resolution's preventive role and the 1540 Committee's efforts in the five areas of its work, namely, implementation, assistance, cooperation, transparency and dissemination, are fundamental in guiding the actions of all States in seeking to pool efforts to combat proliferation.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985 (2017) · source
“Archbishop Auza: Preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of their means of delivery constitutes a common challenge facing the international community and is a key element in global governance and international peace and security. It has been nearly six months since the Council's unanimous adoption of resolution 2325 (2016), on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. However, the situation has not, in our view, substantially changed, because, as Pope Francis has stated, we may say, "never again", but at the same time we produce weapons and sell them to those who are at war with one another. The Pope would like to remind us that it is an absurd contradiction to speak of peace and to negotiate peace, while at the same time promoting or permitting the arms trade.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985 (2017) · source
“If we do not, the achievements made in the first decade of the responsibility to protect will be eroded." (S/2016/620, para. 62) Due to the unacceptable human costs of continued inaction, the Holy See appeals once more for the United Nations to define clear and effective criteria for applying the principle of the responsibility to protect and integrating it with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“There exists a graver responsibility, first for the States where the crimes were committed, and then for the international community, to defend those who are exposed to war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing. Moreover, the 2005 World Summit Outcome provides that if a State is manifestly failing to protect its populations, the international community must be prepared to take appropriate collective action in a timely and decisive manner and in accordance with the United Nations Charter. In his 2016 report entitled "Mobilizing collective action: the next decade of the responsibility to protect", the Secretary-General affirms, "It is time for Member States to show greater resolve in defending and upholding the norms that safeguard humanity, on which the responsibility to protect rests.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Arms producers, traders and traffickers must be made aware that they are directly and indirectly abetting mass- atrocity crimes, enabling violators of fundamental human rights, and turning back the development of entire peoples and populations. Strengthening relevant laws and conventions at the multilateral, bilateral and national levels is a necessary step in the right direction in the protection of civilians caught in armed conflicts. My delegation believes that the Security Council's mission to protect innocent civilians caught in armed conflicts should be considered within the framework of the responsibility to protect.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“The intentional destruction of the infrastructure critical to the survival of the civilian population, such as hospitals and water supplies, has become a strategy of choice in recent and ongoing conflicts in many areas of the Middle East. It is the obligation of the international community, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, to protect civilians and their critical infrastructure from this brutality and barbarity. A little over a week ago, Pope Francis observed: "We say '[War]: Never again,' yet we continue to produce weapons and sell them to those who are at war with one another." Copious international discussions on ending violence and conflicts are almost pointless if at the same time untold quantities of arms are continuously produced, sold or gifted to dictatorial regimes, terrorist groups or organized-crime syndicates.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Today's discussion provides a much-needed opportunity to focus on the impact that modern weapons and technology are having on civilians caught up in armed conflict. The technological modernization of weapons blurs the distinction between weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons. So- called modernized conventional weapons increasingly resemble weapons of mass destruction in terms oftheir indiscriminately targeting civilians and destroying extensive areas, together with their inhabitants. Any weapon with such devastating impacts on civilians is against all international humanitarian law and all ideas of civilization.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“My delegation believes that the worst development in the evolution of armed conflict is that civilians not only are less protected and not spared from armed conflicts but have increasingly become targets. The use of civilians as weapons of war represents the most execrable kind of human behaviour. The international community should show itself at its best by holding those who commit such heinous crimes accountable and by rising above narrow national and geopolitical interests to spare innocent civilians from the scourge of war. Unspeakable violence wilfully inflicted upon civilian populations and the flagrant violation of international humanitarian law in many current conflicts are becoming commonplace.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“A week ago, Pope Francis once again warned that the culture of destruction is spreading throughout the world and that we are experiencing a new massacre of men and women and children who suffer and die as a result of war and migration, or who are being exploited for someone else's personal interests. In response to this culture of violence, the world, especially the women and girls whose dignity is being savagely violated, looks to the Security Council for hope and action. Let us remember their faces and show them by our action that they do not hope in vain.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“The prevailing impunity of those who have committed such crimes clearly illustrates the urgency of fulfilling this duty. The urgent need to act in order to spare women and girls from becoming prey for such atrocious tactics in conflicts should accompany, and even embolden, States' common efforts and resolute will to bring conflicts to an end and to adopt coordinated solutions through dialogue and mediation efforts and through post-conflict peacebuilding and reconciliation measures. There is no need to recall also that the role of women in such an endeavour is essential. It should not be an afterthought or considered simply as something politically correct, but rather as an indispensable contribution to all our peace and security efforts designed to spare our world from further scourges of war and violence.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“Pope Francis has reminded the diplomatic community that we must not overlook the horrendous crime of rape in conflict, which is a most grave offense against the dignity of women, who are not only violated in body but also in spirit, resulting in a trauma hard to erase and with effects on entire societies as well. In the face of these heinous crimes, there exists, first for States and then for the international community, a grave responsibility to protect those who are exposed to war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide or ethnic cleansing. The international community is called upon to encourage and help States to exercise this responsibility. Conflict-related sexual violence, in particular sexual violence as an instrument of terrorism, undoubtedly falls within this pressing and profound responsibility to protect.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“The immeasurable suffering of so many women, who continue today to be victims of such cruelty, cannot but put fire under our feet to spur us all to action. The Holy See therefore appeals to the international community through the Security Council to give priority to this particularly horrendous violence against women and children. There is no need of further evidence to document the fact that women and girls are being specifically targeted as a tactic in order to incite fear, crush their will and generate revenues for the terror machine.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“As appalling and criminal as these forms of sexual violence are, my delegation wishes to draw specific attention to the use of sexual violence in conflict as a tactic of terrorism. The motives behind this particularly heinous crime, enumerated in the Secretary-General's report, constitutes a litany of evil that includes incentivizing the recruitment of terrorists, terrorizing and displacing populations, forcing religious conversion through marriage, suppressing women's fundamental rights, generating revenues through sex trafficking, extorting ransom from desperate families, giving women and girls as war spoils to compensate fighters, who are then entitled to resell or to exploit them as they wish, and using women and girls as human shields and suicide bombers.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“Archbishop Auza: The Holy See thanks the Uruguayan presidency for bringing this unsettling topic to an open debate in this Chamber, and thus to the entire international community. My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his latest report (S/2017/249) on conflict- related sexual violence, which describes the horrendous impact these crimes have on women and girls and on entire communities. The term "conflict-related sexual violence" covers a wide range of sexual violence, including rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, forced sterilization, forced marriage, as well as trafficking in persons, when perpetrated in situations of conflict for the purpose of sexual violence or exploitation.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“My delegation wishes to close its remarks with the prayer of Pope Francis after recent attacks in Egypt and Syria: "May the Lord convert the hearts of the people who are sowing terror, violence and death" and "may He grant the leaders of nations the courage they need to prevent the spread of conflicts and to put a halt to the arms trade". Pope Francis's scheduled visit to Egypt on 28 and 29 April will be an opportunity for him to stress once again that there is no greater antidote to violence and hatred than dialogue and encounter.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“No religious leader should tolerate the use of religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman, above all, the right to life and the right of everyone to religious freedom. In this regard, in February this year Al-Azhar and the Holy See held a discussion in Cairo on countering the phenomena of fanaticism, extremism and violence in the name of religion. Moreover, the Holy See calls upon arms suppliers to act in accord with internationally agreed upon norms for weapons sales. The blood of innocent civilians is a testament to the need to end the unchecked flow of arms into the region.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Unimaginably barbaric acts are being perpetrated supposedly in the name of God or religion. Ethnic and religious minority groups that for millennia have peacefully coexisted with the Muslim-majority communities have been targeted by extremists. Their cultural and historical patrimony has been destroyed, threatening to annihilate every trace of their long- standing presence in the region. The Holy See urges the international community, through the Security Council, not to forget them and to intensify efforts to spare them from the genocidal scourge of violent terrorist groups. The Holy See urges religious leaders to speak out forcefully against such terror and to act to control effectively their followers who are reprehensibly claiming to act in God's name by means of terror.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Since 1947, the Holy See has consistently supported a two-State solution for the State of Israel and a Palestinian State to exist side by side in peace. The peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians can move forward only if it is directly negotiated between the parties, with the strong and effective support of the international community. Leaders and citizens on both sides must have the foresight and courage to make fair concessions, because no agreement can be reached as long as mutually exclusive and impossible demands remain. Pope Francis calls on both parties to listen to the voices of dialogue, show goodwill and extend gestures of encounter to give their peoples the peace for which their hearts have yearned for so long now. Twisted religious claims mixed with irredentist ideologies contribute to the bloodshed in the region.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Lebanon is heroically bearing the burden of hosting millions of refugees from neighbouring countries and territories in conflict. In addition to the impacts of this heavy burden, its stability is also threatened by armed groups. In order to stabilize Lebanon, the Security Council adopted several resolutions calling for the disarming of all armed non-State actors. Yet militias and groups armed and funded by outside sources remain active beyond the control of the Lebanese authorities. Parallel situations exist in neighbouring territories and countries, where terrorist groups and other armed non-State actors operate, plunging the region deeper into ungovernability, persecuting ethnic and religious minority groups and trampling fundamental human rights.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Some heinous acts have of late plunged some areas of the Middle East further into violent chaos and new lows of barbarism. The recent use of chemical agents in Syria once again constitutes a gross violation of international humanitarian law and the Chemical Weapons Convention. The Palm Sunday terrorist bombings in Egypt and the attack on fleeing refugees were abominable attacks against innocent civilians gathered in prayer in sacred places or trying to escape violence and, as such, were attacks against the very foundation of human dignity and rights. My delegation extends its sincere condolences to the families of those whose loved ones have been slaughtered and offers prayerful good wishes to those who survived the attacks and their families.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“In a special way, the Holy See urges the Security Council to play a greater and more active role in the fight against the scourge of trafficking in persons, primarily through its responsibility to prevent and end armed conflicts and to help in the consolidation of peace and development.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“As Pope Francis has noted several times, even though the international community has adopted numerous agreements and individual countries have adopted laws aimed at ending slavery in all its forms, even though various strategies to combat that phenomenon have been launched at both the national and the international levels, much more still needs to be done on the level of raising public awareness and effecting a better coordination of efforts by Governments, the judiciary, law-enforcement officials and social workers to save the millions of children, women and men who are still deprived of freedom and are forced to live in slave-like conditions.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“The Holy See therefore strongly appeals to States not to supply arms to groups or regimes that would most likely use them against their very own people, but to implement arms-related treaties strictly and to use the full force ofthe law in the fight against arms trafficking. Moreover, the criminalization of undocumented and irregular migrants exacerbates their vulnerabilities, drives them closer to the embrace of traffickers and to more extreme forms of exploitation, and renders them less likely to collaborate with the law-enforcement authorities to catch and punish the traffickers. The challenge that trafficking in persons poses is immense and requires a commensurate response. Today, unfortunately, that response is still far from being equal to the challenge.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“Once more, the Holy See would like to underline its constant and firm condemnation of the relative ease with which arms, even weapons of mass destruction, get into the hands ofterrorists and armed groups, giving them the means to continue, with equal ease, to traffic and enslave individuals and even entire communities. The proliferation of arms, whether they are weapons of mass destruction or merely conventional, facilitates and prolongs violent conflicts that make people extremely vulnerable to traffickers and smugglers. As long as wars and conflicts rage, the trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation, forced labour and similar crimes will continue to flourish.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“In that context, my delegation once again expresses profound concern for the ancient Christian communities, the Yazidis and other religious and ethnic minority groups in Mesopotamia, who have been enslaved, sold, killed, trafficked and subjected to extreme forms of humiliation. The apparent lack ofserious efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of such acts of genocide and massive violations of human rights and international humanitarian law leaves many people perplexed and wondering how many more atrocities can be tolerated before the victims obtain rescue, protection and justice.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“Human traffickers have no qualms about exploiting very vulnerable people escaping economic privation and natural disasters. In our day, however, wars and conflicts have become the prime driver of trafficking in persons. They provide an enabling environment in which traffickers can operate, as persons fleeing persecutions and conflicts are particularly vulnerable to being trafficked. Conflicts have created conditions in which terrorists, armed groups and transnational organized-crime networks can thrive by exploiting individuals and populations reduced to extreme vulnerability through persecution and multiple forms of violence.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“The Holy See thanks the presidency ofthe United Kingdom for raising today's topic to the level of open debate in this Chamber. In his words and actions, Pope Francis has made it very clear from his very first days as Pope that the fight against trafficking in persons would be one of the defining priorities of his papacy. He has not hesitated in defining it as a form of slavery, a crime against humanity, a shameful and grave violation of human rights, an atrocious scourge that is present throughout the world on a broad scale, including as it relates to tourism. The flood of trafficking victims is the result of many tributaries. Among them are extreme poverty, underdevelopment and exclusion, especially when combined with a lack of access to education or scarce, even non-existent, employment opportunities.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“These efforts should be accompanied by the sincere commitment of all parties involved to respecting all fundamental human rights and restoring stability at the national and international levels, not least by respecting international legality with regard to Ukraine's territory and borders. By committing itselfto offering direct humanitarian assistance to the population of the affected areas, the Holy See stresses the need to protect civilians and the urgency of making every possible effort to avoid the continuation of this unresolved conflict and to find a political solution through dialogue and negotiation. In this regard, the Holy See continues to welcome every effort of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other relevant organizations to promote peace throughout Europe, including in Ukraine.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“The Holy See has been and remains deeply concerned that, after the tragedies of two world wars and the positive experience of European integration and security cooperation, Europe continues to be a theatre of conflicts causing great distress to entire populations, like those in Cyprus, in the Balkans and in the Caucasus. Concerning the conflict in Ukraine, which continues to cause grave concern since it began in 2014, the Holy See underscores once again that all necessary steps should be taken to enforce the ceasefire and to implement the measures agreed upon.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“I would like to express the deepest sympathies of my delegation to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation at the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. With this intervention the Holy See wishes to reiterate its closeness to and solidarity with all peoples afflicted by conflicts and aggression of any kind, including so-called hybrid wars and frozen situations. At the same time, it is the obligation of States to refrain from actions that destabilize neighbouring countries and work together to create the necessary conditions for peace and reconciliation.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“Such unity is necessary ifthe international community is going to achieve the shared objective of protecting critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. Our common goal will be achieved most quickly and effectively through an unselfish sharing of critical information and best practices and of resources and technologies among States, in particular with those States that are the least capable of protecting their critical infrastructure and populations from terrorist attacks.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“The borderless nature of the terrorist groups perpetrating the destruction of critical infrastructure requires the international community to control the cybertechnologies that violent groups use to recruit new adherents, finance their activities and coordinate terrorist attacks. Pope Francis has spoken on a number of occasions of our age as a time of war, namely, a third world war that is being fought piecemeal, one in which we daily witness savage crimes, brutal massacres and senseless destruction, like the destruction of infrastructure critical to the existence of entire populations. The international community must come together as one to put an end to this war fought piecemeal.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“In that regard, my delegation wishes to reiterate the Holy See's appeal to weapon-producing nations to severely limit and control the manufacture and sale of weapons, ammunition and technologies to unstable countries and regions of the world, where the likelihood of their illegal use or their falling into the hands of non-State actors remain a real and present danger. The international community must also address the role of organized crime in the sale or barter of weapons capable of destroying critical infrastructure. States should be urged to collaborate in that area, at both the international and the regional levels, through the sharing of information and best practices, coordinated policies and joint border controls. The world must act to prevent terrorists from having access to financial support from terror sponsors.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“Part of that obligation is to heighten public awareness of that terrorist tactic and to urge States to maintain a high level of critical infrastructure protection and resilience, as well as public preparedness, in the event of an attack, and to prevent, as much as possible, the disruption of critical services and the loss of human life. My delegation therefore believes that this debate is a response to such a need. More effective and lasting measures to protect critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks must be based on policies that reject the unfettered pursuit of profit and narrow geopolitical interests, even at the cost of the destruction of critical civil infrastructure.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“The intentional destruction of the infrastructure critical to the survival of those communities, such as schools, hospitals, water supplies and places of worship, has become a strategy to annihilate them collectively, immiserating and eradicating them by attacking the structures that give them a modicum of communal existence. It is the obligation of the international community, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to protect civilians and their critical infrastructure from the brutality and barbarity of terrorist groups.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“The open-ended litany of terrorist attacks in cities and villages continues to remind us of the threat of terrorist attacks to civilian infrastructure and to civilian populations. This wave of terror, which considers innocent civilians as legitimate targets of violence, either directly or indirectly, through the destruction of the civil infrastructure on which we depend, must be counteracted by the actions by a unified international community. Recent conflicts in the area of ancient Mesopotamia have had a devastating impact on ancient ethnic, religious and cultural minorities that for millenniums have inhabited the region. Parties to those conflicts have purposefully sought to destroy the cultural fabric and the historical rootedness of those communities in the region by destroying their religious and cultural heritage sites.”
2017-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7882 (2017) · source
“If the fight against trafficking in persons is to be effective, the international community must unite in the common commitment to put an end to the fighting, hatred and violence, and to pursue peace and reconciliation. The Holy See remains firmly convinced that the way to resolve open questions such as that of trafficking in persons must be that of diplomacy and dialogue, in order to resolve conflicts and end wars. The Holy See encourages the Security Council to continue fighting against the scourge of trafficking in persons, primarily through preventing and ending armed conflicts. The challenge that trafficking in persons poses is immense, and all must assume their respective responsibilities and collaborate with one another. The Holy See is committed to playing its part in meeting this challenge.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“Among the many causes and factors that abet contemporary forms of slavery like trafficking in persons are poverty, underdevelopment and exclusion, especially when combined with a lack of access to education or scarce, or even non-existent, employment opportunities, as widespread corruption and unrestrained greed rob the human person of a dignified life. At present, however, the biggest single factor that facilitates trafficking in persons is war and armed conflict. Trafficking in persons is flourishing alongside today's refugee and migrant crisis, which has been primarily provoked by wars and conflicts. It is therefore pertinent that the Security Council examine the plague of trafficking in persons in conflict situations.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“The report clearly shows the complexity of trafficking in persons as an international phenomenon and illustrates the multifaceted nature of the problem, whose resolution will require the collaboration of all, including in particular faith-based and faith-inspired organizations and other civil-society groups, which are very much present on the ground. Pope Francis, who has made the fight against trafficking in persons and other forms of modern slavery a high priority, declared that modern slavery in the form of human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution or trafficking in organs is a crime against humanity.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source