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first: 2011-06-28
most recent: 2016-12-15
sittings or episodes: 9
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“Finally, I would like to emphasize that Angola does not own or produce weapons of mass destruction. It advocates greater sharing of information and know- how among States on the use of such technologies for peaceful purposes and assistance to States in matters of the national implementation of international legal instruments and the dissemination of the values of peace, stability and peaceful coexistence among people.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The commission has carried out various training courses, with a view to exercising greater control on the proper use of chemical and biological agents and their precursors. It works with academia and communities to raise awareness on the issue. The Angolan Government has promoted training at home and abroad, in partnership with other States and international organizations with emphasis on the seminar on the prohibition of chemical weapons held in September in Angola and Brazil as part of the Angolan-Brazil mentorship programme. The seminar for the legal drafters of the Chemical Weapons Convention was held recently in Rwanda and aimed especially at Portuguese-speaking African countries, in partnership with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The Republic of Angola is deeply concerned about the issue of disarmament and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It is a State party to the main international conventions on weapons and disarmament, in particular the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; the Pelindaba Treaty, which establishes Africa as a nuclear- weapon-free zone; and more recently, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention. In that connection, a multisectoral commission for the follow-up of international treaties and conventions on weapons and disarmament has recently been created, acting as a focal point for the Angolan Government on the matter and operating under the coordination of the Ministry of National Defence.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“With regard to international cooperation, the Committee notes the importance of the provision of technical assistance through regional and subregional organizations - a factor that would improve the assistance mechanism being provided, with the aim of more sound implementation of the resolution. While lagging behind in implementing the provisions of resolution 1540 (2004), there is a concerted effort by African countries to improve their performance. In that regard, in April the African Union (AU) held a conference on the implementation of the resolution in Africa with support from the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the 1540 Committee. The conference also focused on addressing the assistance requirements presented by AU members and submitted its views and contributions for inclusion in the 2016 comprehensive review.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The timely extension of the 1540 Committee mandate through resolution 1977 (2011) further contributes to the institutionalization of the Committee, which became an essential part of the international non-proliferation effort. As the comprehensive review highlights, there has been a general increase in the number of measures undertaken by States to prevent non-State actors and terrorists from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. The dialogue between the 1540 Committee and the Member States has further promoted State ownership of anti-proliferation strategies. The challenge encountered by the Committee has been the decrease in the number of assistance requests by States - a situation that requires greater attention and resources in order to enable the assistance mechanism to deliver an effective response.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“In that respect, multilateral efforts, cooperation partnerships and the sharing of best practices in the pursuit of positive security acquis and resolution 1540 (2004), which was ground-breaking when adopted in 2004, translated a renewed awareness and international community resolve to address that threat. Since its adoption, significant progress has been made in applying a collective response, as demonstrated by most Member States through the submission of reports and the implementation of legislative and operational measures in compliance with the resolution. Over the years, the 1540 Committee has made a tangible contribution to progress on the resolution's implementation.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Resolution 2325 (2016) that the Security Council has just unanimously adopted is yet another landmark document to strengthen cooperation in addressing the threat of terrorists and non-State actors acquiring, developing, trafficking or using nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery, while endorsing the 2016 comprehensive review on the status of the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). The theme selected by the Spanish presidency for today's debate - "Preventing catastrophe: a global agenda for stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors" - is very timely. Let me also commend Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi and his team on his leadership at the helm of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We commend Spain for convening today's meeting on a critical issue of extreme concern for the international community and welcome Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, who is presiding over this important meeting. We also thank Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Jan Eliasson, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the President of the Stimson Center and the Vice-President of DHL for their important contributions to the debate.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Member States are resolutely called upon to accept and apply those principles as a recognition of the primacy of law in international relations, where dialogue is the best solution to solve international problems and avoid recourse to the use of force. Finally, we wish to commend the Venezuelan presidency of the Security Council for providing us this opportunity to discuss and take stock of our collective responsibility at a time when the international community faces enormous global challenges, such as the proliferation of conflicts, famines, epidemics, climate change and so on. To face such challenges, international cooperation under United Nations auspices is a key element.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1), the outcome of the latest Conference on Financing for Development and the recent holding of the Climate Change Conference are but a few instances the importance the United Nations has assumed as the privileged centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. This is an excellent opportunity for once again reaffirming our faith in, and commitment to, the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which remain as valid and as relevant as they were at the time of the Charter's adoption.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Finally, the United Nations, as a centre for harmonizing the action of nations, must meet the aims of the Charter. In its role as the world parliament, the General Assembly's agenda and its influential work attest to the international community's commitment to multilateralism. The willing participation of States in the debate and decision-making process translate good will and awareness on the importance of cooperating on a wide range of issues that are matters of concern for the entire international community.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“International cooperation under United Nations auspices comprises, inter alia, the fight against terrorism and international crime, human rights, social and economic development, climate change, epidemics, humanitarian assistance and migration. Specialized agencies make a unique contribution to international cooperation development in all sectors of human activity - from food and agriculture to health, labour, education, culture, intellectual property, refugees, commerce, atomic energy, and the list could go on and on. Moreover, the United Nations presence in all Member States through country teams or other structures attests to the scope and importance of the United Nations system in promoting international cooperation to solve international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Interference in other countries' internal affairs and violations of sovereignty are a quite common and well-known feature of international relations, which is in clear disrespect for the Charter, while negatively impacting international peace and security. Therefore, the need arises for a renewed approach in meeting the noble purposes and principles of the Charter in order to address evolving global dynamics and challenges. To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems is the third purpose inscribed in the Charter - which, in our view, has been the most successful and the most tangible contribution of the United Nations to world peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Those principles, establishing the pattern for relations among Member States, became the cornerstone of contemporary international relations: sovereign equality, the fulfilment by States of their obligations in good faith, the peaceful settlement of disputes, non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, refraining from the threat or use of force, solidarity with United Nations preventive or enforcement actions against any State and the primacy of enforcement measures under Chapter VII. Those principles have become commonplace in diplomatic life, an integral part of diplomatic documents and a part of common knowledge in international relations. However, the reality is not so rosy as the proponents of the Charter idealized. The purposes and the principles enshrined in the Charter are violated time and again.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In the discharge of that powerful mandate, conferred upon it by the international community, the Security Council is bound, according to the Charter, to act in accordance with its purposes and principles, putting the Security Council, as powerful as it might be, under the scrutiny of the Charter provisions, whose principles the Security Council is bound to abide by. To develop friendly relations among nations is the second purpose inscribed in the Charter, while respecting the principle of equal rights and the right of all peoples to self-determination, with the final aim of strengthening universal peace.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“By delegating to the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and for acting on its behalf, throughout the years the United Nations membership has been providing tangible political and material support to the Security Council, permitting the discharge of its mandate in a world that is ever more complicated and bellicose. The Security Council has powers, inter alia, to determine whether a situation constitutes a threat to peace, to make recommendations and decide upon provisional measures, to decide on measures, whether or not involving the use of armed force, to mobilize forces and assistance from Member States, and to plan for the application of armed forces.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“To maintain international peace and security is the first purpose inscribed in the Charter. The prescription to that end is the mobilization of collective action for the prevention and removal of threats to peace. Through such a multilateral approach, the United Nations became the main forum for collective, multilateral action by the international community, not only in the maintenance of peace but in other domains oflife as well. The General Assembly, as a main organ of the United Nations, has responsibilities that cannot be declined in the maintenance of international peace and security. However, it is on the security Council that the Charter and the Member Sates entrust special powers on matters pertaining to international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Charter was a remarkable achievement for the international community - setting principles for the development of friendly relations among nations, establishing a principled commitment to maintain international peace and security, declaring the goal of achieving international cooperation in solving international problems and creating a centre for harmonizing the actions of the nations. Those purposes and principles have became pillars of international law and the framework of support for a system of collective security that, despite setbacks, over the past 70 years has made the United Nations the centre of international efforts to make the world more peaceful based on respect for international law, human rights and cooperation among all peoples and nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“At the outset, let me welcome Her Excellency Ms. Delcy Rodriguez Gomez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and to thank her for presiding over this open debate on the critical issue ofrespect for the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles. We also wish to welcome and thank the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban-Ki-Moon, for his comprehensive and thoughtful briefing.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The adoption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme and its entry into force last week might work as a game-changer if the permanent members of the Security Council reach out with determination to regional Powers and countries in the Middle East - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, the Gulf States, Jordan, Israel and Palestine - to address and resolve proxy wars and serious crisis situations affecting the region, including the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Al-Qaida and the terrorist constellation, the wars in Syria and Yemen, the Palestinian question, the fracture between the Sunni- and Shiite-majority countries in the Middle East, and above all for the establishment of a new era of cooperation and respect and for the social and economic development of the region.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“After the long-overdue accords between Egypt and Israel in 1979 and Jordan and Israel in 1994, one case of success was the recent diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear programme, as an indication that any controversy, as complex and difficult as it might be, can have negotiated outcomes if the parties display the political will and commitment to seeking political solutions to avoid recourse to military means.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“In that regard, we also appeal to Palestinians to persist in renouncing violence, recognize the State of Israel and respect the agreements concluded so far. We also remind Israel that it cannot remain a secure Jewish and democratic State while oppressing and illegally governing millions of Palestinians against their will. In that regard, we reiterate the relevant role the Security Council should play on this issue by adopting a resolution, with balanced and fair parameters, for a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on our belief that the Security Council has the political and moral obligation to do so, and as soon as possible. Diplomacy has suffered successive defeats in attempts to find peaceful solutions to crises and conflicts in the Middle East.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“Political, diplomatic, military and economic cooperation must be intensified in the search for peace and stability in a region distressed by double standards and inaction, and facing catastrophic political, economic and humanitarian conditions. On the basis of this viewpoint, we observe with concern the fading prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians - a situation that constitutes a chief element of the current disorder in the Middle East and an effective recruitment tool for radical extremists in the region. We regret Israeli policies of settlement expansion. As stated in unison by the international community, Israeli settlement activities are a violation of international law and in stark contradiction to the public pronouncements of the Israeli Government on the two-State solution to the conflict.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“Unfortunately, faced with such bleak scenarios, the response of the international community to the growing problems affecting the Middle East and North Africa has not been directed towards tackling the root causes of such conflicts and bridging the gaps among ethnic communities and religious groups. At present, the most pressing issue in the Middle East is to defeat radical extremist groups in order to facilitate the peaceful resolution of prevailing conflicts. It is crucial to avoid the scenario in which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham consolidates an extremist rogue State in parts of Syria and Iraq, which would then become a breeding ground for terrorists, spreading fear and hatred.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“The only window of opportunity lies in a decisive and sincere push by regional and world Powers to crush terrorism and embrace all Syrians in the search for a political settlement to the conflict. The same applies to Iraq, a State broken apart, as demonstrated by the current state of affairs. Baghdad has little or no influence on the Kurdish region or in the Sunni-majority Anbar or Ninawa provinces. The disintegration of State structures in Libya and Yemen is also a troubling reality, exacerbated by extremely dire humanitarian conditions and the prospect of territorial breakdown if a determined and concerted effort on the part of the major Powers does not rescue these countries from the deadly threat of terrorism.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“Unfortunately, the outcome of those events did not deliver greater freedom and democracy; instead, they brought about the collapse of State authority, new and extreme forms of authoritarianism and the breakdown of national borders. The collapse of State authority further aggravated sectarian divisions, with people, in times of insecurity and uncertainty, leaning towards their ethnic and religious affiliations. That is the case with Syria, which has become a fractured State, no longer corresponding to its recognized borders, its territory divided into areas controlled by the legitimate Government, on one hand, and by non-State armed groups and the terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front, among others, on the other, thus poised for an uncertain future.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa for presiding over this important and timely debate. We commend the delegation of Uruguay for its excellent work in presiding over the Security Council. We also seize this opportunity to welcome the five new members of the Council, with whom we look forward to constructive cooperation. We commend Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for his relentless efforts to foster dialogue and the peaceful resolution of conflicts affecting the Middle East at this critical juncture. In 2011, with the so-called Arab Spring, the world witnessed the events occurring in some countries of North Africa and the Middle East, and the prospects of a new era of peace, democracy and economic development.”
2016-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7610 (2016) · source
“It is our hope that the new international climate change agreement, currently being negotiated for adoption at the Paris Conference by the end of 2015, will contribute to relieving some of the economic burden of the SIDS by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, held in Samoa in 2014, renewed the political commitment to address the special needs and vulnerabilities of SIDS by focusing on practical actions, identifying and addressing new and emerging challenges and opportunities for sustainable development of SIDS, particularly through the strengthening of partnerships. The SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway, adopted at that Conference, emphasized inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication and the management of natural resource as the basis for economic and social development and the programme of action for further sustainable development of those States.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Desertification, loss of biodiversity and food insecurity, among other problems, have reached levels that must be urgently reversed. In connection with the greenhouse effect and its impact on climate change, the need arises to develop renewable sources of energy with a view to protecting the environment and the future of SIDS. Some of them are leading the way in switching to renewable sources of energy. The international community is expected to provide much- needed assistance in technology transfers and financial resources to help them continue on that path and to guarantee a safer and more prosperous future. The international community has begun to show commitment on the issue.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“The urgent need arises to develop a dual-track strategy in dealing with those challenges: to provide specific assistance in areas related to climate change and disaster-risk reduction, and to develop approaches to sustainable development best suited to their realities, constraints and challenges. Since sea and coastal activities are the drivers of SIDS economic life, in order to maximize their development potential, the approach should be based on sustained economic growth that is environmentally concerned and socially inclusive, and on productive investment in strong, modern infrastructure, based upon comparative advantages provided by maritime economic activities. Human activity is exacerbating problems by accelerating the pace of climate change and its consequences.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Highly dependent on coastal and maritime activities, SIDS face the risk of total disruption of their economic activity in the foreseeable future, due to floods affecting more intensely the coastal areas and cities, the economic infrastructures such as harbours, ports, fishing sites, fishery industries, processing plants and the very important touristic industry. Overfishing has reached alarming proportions, putting at risk the very survival of many maritime species. That has an extreme negative impact on the maritime ecosystems and the economic basis that sustain the SIDS. The loss of territory caused by sea-level rise poses another significant threat to small island developing States and to their sustainable development. Some of them face real existential threats.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Transnational criminal networks have increasingly targeted these small island States. Their geographic isolation and weak security structures have attracted organized criminal networks, making them easy prey for all kinds of trafficking in drugs, weapons and humans, for piracy and for the illicit exploitation of natural resources, such as illegal fishing. The proceeds of those practices are often used to fund terrorism and are becoming an issue of international peace and security. The lack of economic opportunities in many SIDS, the challenges of climate change and transnational crime are serious issues to be tackled. Lasting solutions to the problems afflicting this group of countries are possible only with international assistance.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Against such a bleak background, the international community and SIDSs are ever more aware of the need to reverse prevailing policies. Countering the impact of climate change through better environmental practices and achieving sustainable economic and social development are the cornerstone of policies to address huge challenges threatening the livelihoods of those islands" populations. Vulnerabilities endogenous to those States, such as limited territorial and economic scales, high demographic growth and the slow pace of economic growth and diversification, and high levels of unemployment and environmental degradations are factors conducive to the expansion of criminal and other illegal activities that undermine the development of licit economic life, destroy social cohesion and threaten peace and security.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Only recently due attention started being paid to the dangers facing millions of people inhabiting this group of nations, whose vulnerabilities have become more dramatic in recent years with the visible consequences of climate change and the exponential growth of international criminality affecting them. Small island developing States are diverse in essence, geographically dispersed and climatically differentiated, and they have far-reaching variations in their social, political, cultural and ethnic matrix. However, they all share serious environmental threats, aggravated by external economic impacts, and are affected more frequently and more intensely by natural disasters. Eventual sea-level rise is the most alarming prospect.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“First of all, we thank His Excellency Mr. Murray McCully, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, for presiding over this open debate. We welcome and congratulate the New Zealand presidency of the Security Council for convening this timely debate on the security challenges facing small island developing States (SIDS) and for putting such an important issue at the centre of the international community's attention. We also thank the Secretary-General and the high dignitaries from Samoa, Jamaica and the Seychelles for their insightful briefings.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to reiterate that we strongly believe that the youth of the world can be agents of development for social inclusion, tolerance and peace. We will therefore continue to work to implement all the programmes and initiatives that we have delineated and work with our partners in the international community to stop the violent extremism that is spreading so dangerously throughout the world.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Some concrete steps that could facilitate this process are, in our View, strengthening the role of local Governments in addressing community problems, in coordination with local authorities and civil society; developing projects that seek to reduce inequality and promote the active participation of youth in social projects for peacebuilding; creating opportunities for young people's sustained and institutionalized participation, ownership and leadership in local, national, regional and international decision-making processes; supporting innovative ideas of youth-led organizations and young people who are influential among their peers to improve the daily security situation and safety within communities; ensuring access to quality education, health-care services and justice and judicial systems and supporting youth- oriented organizations; and fostering increased information-sharing and transparency with national and international networks that seek to combat Violent extremism.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“It is high time that, going beyond military means, we engage not only with Governments and international organizations but also with large movements and grass-roots groups to foster a dialogue and a mutual understanding to promote democratic principles and defeat radicalism and extremist violence.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“We stress once again the importance of today's debate and of the effective implementation of national and international policies to tackle this problem at its roots. Young people are increasingly interconnected, and we must promote the means for bringing them even closer together. However, young frustrated men and women without a purpose in life and deceived by the promise of fighting for a just cause are extremely vulnerable to recruitment by these increasingly sophisticated terrorist networks. We must, at all levels of society - at home, at school, in grass roots organizations, at places of worship, in academia, at social networks at the local, national, regional and international level - conduct an energetic and creative ideological struggle against terrorism.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Promoted by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the Ministry of the Interior, in partnership with the United Nations, issues related to terrorism and human rights were discussed during the seminar, including, inter alia, violent extremism, terrorism and the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters in the Central African region; the question of development and social inclusion in the fight against terrorism; measures to guarantee respect for human rights and the rule of law as the fundamental basis of the fight against terrorism; and strengthening the international legal architecture to promote respect for human rights and an effective justice system. Mr. Judeh took the Chair.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Angola, which has enjoyed steady economic growth in recent years, is an attractive destination for many illegal immigrants. That is of great concern to our authorities, and is seen as a real threat to the country's security and stability. In February 2015, our Government invited experts from 11 countries in Central Africa for a seminar to debate issues related to terrorism around the world and to seek proposals for a common strategy to combat the threat in the region.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“An equally important aspect consists in promoting effective participation by young people in the democratic process for social change and the development of the country. Such participation is based on the promotion of youth and student associations, and the strengthening of social, community-based projects directed at young people. Recently, due to the increasing threat of international terrorist groups and the more sophisticated recruiting methods used by them to attract disenchanted youth to their evil causes, the Angolan Government created the National Counter-Terrorism Observatory, comprising a multisectoral technical group, joining the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, and Defence, and the State security services, in the main objective of monitoring and combating any potential threats.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“In Angola, around 60 per cent of the population is young, and as in many African countries they are faced with various obstacles and challenges in their self- realization. We have many young people who either actively participated or were indirectly affected by the long and bitter civil strife. They are the object ofconcern to the Angolan Government, which has established as a central objective of its economic policies the generation of qualified, competitive and adequately remunerated employment for young people. Angola's 2013-2017 national development plan gives a central role to youth, who are considered promoters of modernization and major agents of change. As such, the plan aims not only to improve the living conditions, but also to strengthen capacity building for Angola's youth.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“In addition, political and military interventionism, often sustained by double-standard approaches, breeds resentment that leads to various forms of Violent extremism. These realities make it absolutely imperative to find ways to deal with such critical issues, address the spiritual and material fundamental needs of young people and promote their political, economic and social inclusion, in a manner whereby no one is left behind in enjoying the common good and the outstanding achievements of our contemporary world. On the other hand, the world's political and strategic outlook must change so that, at the international level, peoples and countries are treated equally, and policies contributing to exacerbating tensions and humiliating peoples are definitively set aside.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“First, identity crisis, exclusion, misinformation and a discrepancy between expectations and reality are factors that young people can experience, irrespective of geographic location or social condition. During this stage of life, young men and women are rebellious, tend to vent their frustration at the community and are vulnerable to Violent extremist propaganda, in virtual networks, youth clubs or places of worship. It is therefore important that local communities engage with young people and provide positive outlets for expression, through sports, the arts or any other programmes that provide a safe and nurturing environment. Secondly, the evolution of technology and the rapid spread of information through such means of communication have provided greater awareness among young people of political events around the world.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Over the past few years, we have witnessed an alarming increase in the number of young men and women, many of them well-bred and -educated, joining forces with terrorist armed groups, contrary to the traditional stereotype idea of terrorism as a product of disadvantaged, marginalized people. This phenomenon, along with the increasing influence of such terrorist networks around the world, should serve as a warning to the international community that the root causes of this issue must be identified and dealt with effectively. Today's debate is therefore very timely. Although the reasons driving young people to become radicalized vary, we believe that there are some common traits.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Allow me, on behalf of the Republic of Angola, to extend a warm welcome to your Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and to express our appreciation to the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for organizing this very important debate. We would also like to reiterate our support and appreciation to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his tireless efforts to promote peace and justice throughout the world. We welcome and thank Mr. Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence at King's College, and Mr. Scott Atran, Director of Research in Anthropology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, for their briefings.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“The challenge is enormous because we must take a definite stand against armed groups such as Boko Haram, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Daesh and others, which threaten entire societies and communities that have for so long coexisted in peace and harmony. However, promoting a culture of tolerance and common understanding will be possible only with political stability, economic prosperity and policies for real political, social and economic inclusion, particularly for the youth. In that regard, we must continue to assist the peoples of the Middle East to peacefully resolve the conflicts in the region and bring about all the positive changes proclaimed by the Arab Spring.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“The Republic of Angola therefore supports the action plan announced by His Excellency the Secretary-General this morning for a new and urgent approach to the question of minorities. In the same vein, we recognize the importance and the pertinence of the proposals made by you, Mr. President, on the implementation of concrete actions to address the prevailing situation of minorities in the Middle East. The United Nations is at a crossroads, and the Security Council has enormous responsibilities ahead on which it must deliver in order to safeguard its very nature and relevancy in the twenty-first century.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source