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Ataeva

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1996-04-09
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2023-03-07
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  1. “In conclusion, let me assure the Security Council of Turkmenistan’s overall support in promoting and increasing support for women’s role in conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “As we are participating in the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), it is of crucial importance to consolidate the efforts of Member States in ensuring that the voice of specialized structures such as UN-Women and the CSW is heard at the stakeholders’ conference on the New Agenda for Peace. Thirdly, there is indeed untapped potential in informal groups to push forward the women and peace and security agenda. I would emphasize one of them, the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, which comprises more than 60 Member States. We remain committed to the work of the Group in advancing the women and peace and security agenda through partnerships.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “First, we believe that the Peacebuilding Commission has hidden potential to apply in this field, in particular within the Commission’s gender strategy, with progress tracked through its action plan. Let me remind the Council that, in 2021, 54 per cent of the Commission’s meetings were briefed by women peacebuilders. We lost that focus in 2022. However, it is the right time to return to that nexus and consider what we can implement in practice. Secondly, I see good opportunities for promoting women’s participation in formulating the New Agenda for Peace.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “That platform reaffirms women’s important role in conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, peacekeeping and humanitarian responses, and promotes their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security in the region. It was a major landmark event when, in November 2022, the Women Leaders’ Caucus stepped into peacebuilding deliberations by taking part in a dedicated session of the Peacebuilding Commission and its preceding side event, both of which were held at Headquarters in New York. In my brief observations today, I would like to focus on some of the potential opportunities that we have within the United Nations system to further advance our joint activities on the women and peace and security agenda.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “At the outset, let me express our gratitude to Mozambique’s presidency of the Security Council and personally thank Her Excellency Ms. Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, for convening this open debate. More than 22 years have passed since the Security Council adopted its landmark resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security. And we can say today that the agenda has proven its practical value. For Turkmenistan, it has had significant implications both at the regional and national levels. Regionally, we are proud of the Central Asian Women Leaders’ Caucus, which was established in December 2020 with the support of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “It is also yet another step forward towards strengthening and broadening regional economic partnership. We support all regional and other initiatives, including Uzbekistan's initiative aimed at settling the situation in Afghanistan. We call on Afghanistan and regional partners to maintain momentum in their efforts to strengthen regional dialogue and cooperation. We will continue to further support activities of cooperation and coordination of efforts between the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in order to strengthen their capacity to maintain peace and sustainable development in the region. In conclusion, I would like to say to our brotherly country Kazakhstan that we wish it success in presiding over the Security Council this month.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  7. “As an active participant in the efforts of the international community in this area, our country is convinced that peace and security are a crucial part of the prosperity of the region and its peoples, including Afghanistan. In that context, we view Turkmen-Afghan cooperation as an integral part of a broad international partnership. Turkmenistan's perspective is based on the desire to quickly involve our southern neighbour in regional integration, as well as seeing it join various projects, which, in turn, will make it possible for active peacebuilding to occur in Afghanistan. The seventh Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, which took place in Ashgabat on 14 and 15 November 2017, is the logical next step for Turkmenistan in this area.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  8. “Indeed, Turkmenistan is effectively supporting the socioeconomic and cultural regeneration of Afghanistan. We have made constructive proposals aimed at developing fundamentally new mechanisms to stabilize the situation in the country and are taking consistent steps to rebuild its economy. Accordingly, Turkmenistan initiated the large-scale infrastructure projects mentioned here today, with Afghanistan's involvement. In the end, however, the problems of Afghanistan go far beyond the region and affect the prospects for sustainable development for the entire international community. Therefore, Turkmenistan has always adhered to its principled position on the need to develop a non-military, political and diplomatic approach to resolving the situation in that neighbouring State.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  9. “I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and members of the Security Council and all of those who have spoken in favour of the comprehensive efforts of the Centre, which we expect will continue in future. We fully agree that there is an inextricable link between security and development. Turkmenistan has therefore undertaken large-scale projects that meet the shared goals of bringing welfare and sustainable development to the people of the region. An important aspect of this constructive strategy is the strengthening of our traditional relations of friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. We have been unwavering in our support of an exclusively peaceful, political and diplomatic resolution to the situation in that neighbouring country.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  10. “Turkmenistan attaches particular importance to the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, which was established by a decision of the Security Council upon the initiative of the five Central Asian States. Over the 10 years of its existence, the Centre has provided the Governments of the countries of Central Asia a platform for dialogue on the most important regional issues, including the management of shared resources, combating such transnational threats as terrorism, violent extremism, organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking and making joint efforts to help stabilize the situation in Afghanistan.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  11. “We have gained solid peacekeeping experience, which is also needed to properly address such crucial issues as assisting regional disarmament processes, resolving water and energy resource problems in a balanced manner, ensuring environmental well-being and countering the threatening dangers and challenges of the day. We note the role of preventive diplomacy in preventing conflicts, dealing with their root causes, promoting an atmosphere of trust among countries and creating conditions conducive to effective interaction among States in the political, diplomatic, economic, social, environmental and other spheres.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  12. “Mrs. Ataeva (Turkmenistan) (spoke in Russian): I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan as he presides over the Security Council today and to express my certainty that under his able leadership the work of the Council will be crowned with success. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his involvement in the development of the Central Asian region. The discussions initiated by Kazakhstan today are focused on issues related to sustainable peace, security and development in the Central Asian region and its closest neighbours, first and foremost Afghanistan. Turkmenistan takes an active part in joint international efforts to strengthen peace, security and cooperation in Central Asia.”

    2018-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8162 (2018) · source

  13. “The work of the United Nations in Tajikistan - together with that of the Commission on National Reconciliation, the Tajik parties, the Guarantor States and international organizations - has demonstrated the real effectiveness of the joint efforts to implement the General Agreement and political dialogue. This experience can serve as the basis for the peaceful solution of conflicts in other countries. Turkmenistan, which is committed to all the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations, took an active part in achieving peace in Tajikistan, by participating in the negotiating processes and as a member of the Contact Group. Once again, we welcome the achievement of success in the peace process in Tajikistan and reaffirm our intention to promote actively the consolidation of peace in this country and in the region as a whole.”

    2000-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4140 (2000) · source

  14. “The long-suffering people of Tajikistan finally have an opportunity to undertake the restoration of the country, to redress the consequences of the war and to begin a new stage of socio-economic development. We wish the people of Tajikistan peace and prosperity. In emphasizing the significance of the outcome achieved, we would like to emphasize the equally important need to reinforce this outcome, this being one of the links in a chain of measures to establish peace in the region and to bring about its development. In this context, we support the proposal of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the establishment and functioning of a United Nations office for post-conflict peace-building and democracy in Tajikistan. We also call for comprehensive support for the peace process in Tajikistan by the international community.”

    2000-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4140 (2000) · source

  15. “Mrs. Ataeva (Turkmenistan) (spoke in Russian): Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your very important post and to wish you further success. My delegation would like to express its gratitude to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his contribution to the achievement of peace in Tajikistan and for how the United Nations is approaching the post-conflict period. We would also like to thank Mr. Ivo Petrov for his effective work as representative of the Secretary-General. We hold a very high opinion of the United Nations efforts to achieve peace and national accord in Tajikistan. We welcome the success achieved by all the parties in this laborious process, which is of enormous significance for our region.”

    2000-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4140 (2000) · source

  16. “We think that in the efforts of the United Nations and of all those concerned to see a solution to the Afghan conflict, an important role should be played by countries that bear a particular responsibility for the fate of peoples, in particular the five permanent members of the Security Council, States that are the immediate neighbours of Afghanistan, and the major regional Powers - India, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. For our part, Turkmenistan, which has direct ongoing relations with the parties to the Afghan conflict, is prepared to continue to promote the process of seeking peace, with the agreement of the Afghans. For Turkmenistan, the main point here is the Afghan people's choice - a people that possesses the wisdom, experience and courage to take any decisions, even the most difficult ones. We were deeply saddened at the news of Mr.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  17. “In that respect, we call upon it to be more active and to focus its efforts on one goal: the resumption of direct inter-Afghan dialogue without any discriminatory evaluations of any Afghan party, and particularly without the imposition of any formulas or outside participants. Ongoing contact between the parties to the conflict, under any circumstances and whatever the consequences, is a step towards resolving the conflict. The United Nations will encounter failures and setbacks; no one is immune to them. But one cannot undertake efforts only if the results of those efforts are going to be successful.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  18. “Apparently we were not prepared for this event, and various attempts were made, at various other levels and using other formats, to try to resolve the Afghan problem. In this case, we believe that quantity has not led to quality. All it takes is for a process to encounter an obstacle and it is abandoned and something new is started. The scattering of the efforts of the international community - this lurching from one initiative to another without giving any one a real chance to be successful, or concentrating all efforts on just one - not only has not improved the situation; in our View, it has made things worse. We all agree as to the central role to be played by our Organization in coordinating the efforts of the international community.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  19. “Turkmenistan believes that relations between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are not an intergovemmental privilege but reflect a mutual attraction between two peoples and their unchanging recognition of each other. The main thing today is to help the Afghans to find concord and, with active international support, to embark on a long-term programme for the rehabilitation of their country. This was the precise approach adopted during the two rounds of talks between key Afghan factions in Ashkhabad at the beginning of the year. Results began to be achieved, direct talks were started, and the first signs of a possible agreement emerged. However, that process did not receive any real assessment.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  20. “I am referring to our two consulates in Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif. Although the domestic political situation in Afghanistan has changed, the consular offices of Turkmenistan have remained, because they ensure the normal functioning of our border - a border almost 900 kilometres long that needs to be managed. For neutral Turkmenistan the border is not a fence; it is an instrument for carrying out a foreign policy that seeks to help establish an atmosphere of peace, security and mutually advantageous partnership in the region. Turkmenistan will maintain relations with Afghans irrespective of what position they adopt. Turkmenistan respects the choice of the Afghans themselves particularly as regards what kind of life they should build and what rules they should adhere to.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  21. “Ms. Ataeva (Turkmenistan) (spoke in Russian): Allow me first to thank through you, Sir, the members of the Security Council for allowing us to state our position in this forum. The item before us today is of particular importance. Turkmenistan has traditionally maintained respectful, good- neighbourly relations with Afghanistan, free from any short- term political interests. The internal conflict in Afghanistan, which has now lasted many years and which was caused by foreign intervention 20 years ago, is a source of grief in our country. As has been repeatedly stressed by the President of Turkmenistan, Afghans are dear to us, and we are prepared, to the extent possible, to help them find a peaceful settlement to the conflict. Turkmenistan has been and remains the only country that maintains an ongoing presence in Afghanistan.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039Resumption1 (1999) · source

  22. “In that context, we took note of the idea put forward today in the Security Council that an embargo be placed on arms deliveries to Afghanistan. Naturally, such an embargo should be covered by an appropriate control mechanism. It would be a great honour for neutral Turkmenistan to host such a conference in our capital of Ashkhabad, where we would provide every possible condition for success. I hope that the discussion of the Afghan problem in the Security Council will make it possible for the efforts of the international community to focus on practical peace- keeping steps which will shortly bring peace to Afghanistan and strengthen the stability of our region.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  23. “Naturally, a coordinating role in this matter should be played by the United Nations. The President of Turkmenistan, Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov, proposed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the initiative of convening an international conference in the near future, under the aegis of the United Nations, on the question of Afghanistan. Participants would include the leaders of the main military and political groups in neighbouring and other interested States. Such a conference could give a powerful impetus to an inter-Afghan settlement and help to produce a broad international consensus on ways to achieve peace in Afghanistan. It would also help to neutralize destructive outside factors.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  24. “His evaluation of the situation in Afghanistan, as well as the conclusions reached in the report, are, unfortunately, expressed in a minor key. A military solution to the problem continues, apparently, to be the preferred scenario for the parties in conflict. The continuing destructive intervention from outside has complicated an already difficult situation. We wholeheartedly support the idea of resolving internal conflicts through negotiation and consensus, and wish the Afghan people peace, unity and tranquillity. We are opposed to any outside intervention in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. My Government is convinced that the time has now come to step up collective efforts by all States that are anxious to bring about a speedy and effective settlement of the situation in Afghanistan.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  25. “The ongoing conflict in that country has exacerbated the problems of the illegal drug and illegal weapons trades, which directly affect the interests of the national security of Turkmenistan and other States in the region. The destabilizing effect of the protracted Afghan conflict has also affected the situation throughout the region, in particular the prospect of a speedy inter-Tajik settlement, which has been the subject of ongoing talks under the aegis of the United Nations in the capital of my country, Ashkhabad. I take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/50/908) to the General Assembly, entitled "The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security".”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  26. “In strict accordance with our strategic foreign policy of neutrality, Turkmenistan maintains excellent relations with all of the main Afghan military-political groups, particularly with those which control the provinces bordering our country. At the same time, Turkmenistan does not maintain so-called special relationships with any of the Afghan groups. Nor does it supply that country with weapons, ammunition or other strategic material which could be used to further protract the conflict. As neighbours, we can indeed feel the "hot breath" of the Afghan conflict and the problems which accompany it. It prevents the realization of one of our major economic potentials: the delivery through Afghanistan of sources of energy.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  27. “Political, trade, economic and cultural links have always been of great significance for the peoples of our countries. There are approximately 1 million of our ethnic compatriots in the territory of Afghanistan. We have lost many of the Turkmen - Dzhigit- in this senseless Afghan war. The pain of these losses will never be erased from our hearts, and for that reason we are very much affected by the tragedy of the Afghan people. The continuing loss of human life, including women and children, and the tremendous destruction, have compounded the sufferings of the people and caused great damage to the country. Thousands of people have become refugees.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  28. “Mrs. Ataeva (Turkmenistan) (interpretation from Russian): I congratulate you, Sir, on occupying the very responsible post of President of the Security Council this month, and wish you every possible success. I also thank the Ambassador of Botswana for the skilful way in which he conducted the work of the Council last month. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak at today's meeting of the Security Council, to share our Views on the situation in Afghanistan, and to explore ways and means of finding a political settlement to the conflict. The Government of my country cannot fail to be concerned by the many years of conflict in a neighbouring country with which we share an 800-kilometre boundary. We are linked by ties of good-neighbourliness which extend into the distant past.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source