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Baali

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first: 1996-10-10
most recent: 2005-12-20
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“The problem of amnesty does not come up in situations where one of the parties to the conflict was defeated militarily by the other party, whether by the Victor's own means or with the support of the international community. In that situation, generally speaking, those who are defeated will be prosecuted. In situations where the belligerents have the means to prolong a conflict, along with its accompanying atrocities, or in situations where the wielders of State power negotiate the conditions for retreat, the scenario is not the same. We all know that, while a settlement is being negotiated, the mediators are always confronted with demands for amnesty and this amnesty often determines the success of their efforts.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“While the first stage naturally lends itself to reconciliation by calling on the political arena to summon up the will - and create the conditions - to correct previous imbalances, the second does give rise to many questions, since it rejects the idea of impunity in favour of the idea of settling accounts, of punishment, and of reparations due to the victims as well as to moral rehabilitation, all of which increase the chances of lasting reconciliation. The main difficulty in this exercise lies in reconciling the rejection of impunity - demanded by the rule of law - and the risk of a conflict dragging on because of the fears that the prospect of prosecution gives rise to among those who have violated human rights. This places the whole question of amnesty in our discussion today.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“In a post-conflict situation, national reconciliation, to attain its overriding goal, a peaceful society, necessarily involves telling the truth, which is the basis of justice. This occurs at two levels: first, setting the record straight about the causes of conflicts, including the inequalities and denials of rights which caused them, and universal recognition of those imbalances; secondly, telling the truth about the human rights violations and atrocities committed during the period of hostilities.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“This is reflected, generally speaking, in the monopolizing of national resources and positions of power, causing, more often than not, the use of State repression to maintain this domination. This does not allow for any kind of counterweights or opposing powers, which are the hallmarks of the rule of law. The absence of the rule of law, therefore, is at the source of violent conflicts of interest within a society. These conflicts would have been peacefully resolved if they had taken place in a democratic environment characterized by the sound practices of good governance and respect for the law, a law drafted in a spirit of fairness and with the aim of preserving everyone's rights. National reconciliation, therefore, cannot be dissociated from the establishment or rehabilitation of the rule of law, characterized by the idea of justice.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“Reconciliation follows a phase in which a society's harmonious relations have been ruptured, most often by a violent armed conflict in the case of civil war, by violence practised by a State against society or part of society in the case of dictatorships, or by violence directed at both society and the State in order to undermine their foundations for political purposes. National reconciliation attempts to heal a society of the effects of these breaches and therefore can only be successful if a reliable and objective diagnosis of the causes of the conflict is provided. To that end, the observation of conflict situations, of which the United Nations has been seized since its creation, points to the recurrent presence of certain symptoms, namely one social or ethnic group's excessive domination over other groups or components of society.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): Allow me at the outset to thank the delegation of Chile for taking the initiative of organizing this debate on a question which is clearly central to the mission of our Organization. I also thank Ambassador Munoz for enabling our discussion of this question with the non- governmental organizations at the Arria formula meeting he organized on 22 January. The spirit and the letter of the United Nations Charter make civil concord among members of a single human society - and reconciliation among them if that concord is broken - the primary condition to be met in order to build a world of peace.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“When the time comes, the members of the Council could consider entrusting the Council's Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa with considering that issue and making proposals.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“It goes without saying that the responsibility of the leaders of the subregion's countries in restoring lasting peace and stability is just as important. The international community must take advantage of its strong presence in the subregion and of the new political climate that is beginning to emerge in order to spur the leaders of the region's countries to revive political dialogue and to reactivate the Mano River Union so as to make it an instrument for cooperation and regional integration. Improvement of the relations among the region's countries is more than ever necessary. I shall conclude by saying how important it is that the Security Council create a clear and action-oriented doctrine concerning the subregional approach. In this statement I have described several elements that might articulate such an approach.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The joint missions of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council and a closer association with the Bretton Woods institutions are relevant, because it is obvious that a lasting peace requires lasting development. The consolidation of a restored peace depends fundamentally on successful economic and social reintegration. The eradication of phenomena such as mercenaries and child soldiers depends - as the Secretary-General rightly said - on our tackling the issue of youth unemployment. The international community invests considerable resources to restore and maintain the peace, but it balks at funding socio- economic projects, which are less costly yet essential in enabling peace and stability to take firm and lasting root in countries emerging from conflicts.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The interaction with the African Union - particularly through its Peace and Security Council - could create the essential synergy for concerted action aimed at peace and development throughout the continent. That could also be accomplished by supporting the New Partnership for Africa's Development, which is an original form of partnership for peace and development conceived by Africans and for Africans. That is to say how important it is for the international community - particularly the Security Council - to conceive and set in motion a modus operandi for a subregional approach, which - I must again emphasize - is no longer an option, but a necessity. The essence of such an approach must rest on strengthening the cooperation and coordination among the bodies of the United Nations system.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The allocation of responsibility among the United Nations and subregional organizations in the area of peacekeeping is increasingly well-defined, and cooperation - both at the conceptual level and with regard to operational implementation - is articulated and under control. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has become a credible and ready partner. Its proven capacities, not only in the field of preventive diplomacy, but also in that of restoring the peace - including in emergency situations - represent an asset that the international community must support and encourage. Yet we must note that the aid provided to ECOWAS thus far is not worthy of the sacrifices it is making on behalf of all.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The factors that feed the instability in the subregion - the illicit trade in weapons, the use of mercenaries, the recruitment of child soldiers, the illicit exploitation of natural resources, the free movement of armed groups from one country to another and the exacerbation of ethnic or religious tensions - have been determined and identified. The report to be submitted on those issues by the Secretary-General in the coming days will, I am convinced, help us to refine our analysis and understanding of those phenomena and thus to elaborate a suitable and effective action strategy.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The report's recommendations concerning those aspects reveal, paradoxically, that the international community has lacked not only the political will for a lasting settlement of what has been designated the regional Mano River war, but also a comprehensive, integrated and consistent action framework. However, it seems to me that if the necessary political will exists, the international community possesses all the elements to define an action framework for prevention and to build peace in the subregion. There is a broad consensus on the need to support the peace processes under way in C6te d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone through action at the regional level.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“My comments will address the regional approach, which I believe to be essential if we wish to effectively contain these hotbeds of the cyclical and shifting wars, particularly destructive and violent, that have afflicted the subregion for more than a decade. The observations in the Secretary-General's report on cross-border issues confirm our conviction regarding the need to position our future efforts within the framework of subregional action strategies. In fact, experience has shown how the viability of peace processes conducted at the national level depends on the regional environment.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“I shall therefore not dwell on specific situations, which are generally developing in a positive manner. Indeed, we are pleased to note that the concerns expressed by the mission and its recommendations are already beginning to be addressed. As we read the report of the Secretary-General before us (S/2003/ll47) and other, more recent reports, we can gauge the significant progress achieved over six months in stabilizing the conflicts that are afflicting the Mano River subregion. Peace is taking root in Sierra Leone, and the prospects are promising in C6te d'Ivoire, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau. With regard to Cote d'Ivoire, I should like to take advantage of this opportunity to say how urgent it is for the United Nations to strengthen its presence in that country with a View to assisting and more effectively supporting the peace process.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“I should like first to start by underlining that, from the point of view of methodology, the Security Council mission to West Africa introduced an important innovation when it included two essential elements in its field of inquiry: the assessment of lessons learned in respect of the consolidation of peace, particularly in Sierra Leone, and a regional approach to conflict prevention and the restoration and consolidation of peace. This is unmistakably an important development in our approach to peacekeeping issues, and it is likely to open new avenues for the work of the Security Council and of the United Nations system in general. We welcome this invitation not only to reflect on issues but also to build on experience acquired in the field of peace-building, including in particular the regional dimension.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): I should like first of all, Mr. President, to thank you for having convened this open debate on the follow-up to the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa. I should like also to convey to the Secretary- General our deepest appreciation for his report on the implementation of the observations and recommendations of the mission, which apply, in many ways, to Central Africa, since there are so many striking similarities between the two subregions. I should like also to thank Mr. Kalomoh for his outstanding introduction of the report and for his comments.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“It is through such an approach, which draws its inspiration from the universal need for peace, democracy and development, that we will be able to "give the world to the children", to use the beautiful expression of the great poet Nazim Hikmet.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“The need to be effective requires close support - so necessary for long-term undertakings such as the present one. In that regard, Algeria particularly supports the growing involvement of regional organizations and urges support for their activities. The African Commission on Human and People's Rights, which deserves credit for being the first to outlaw the recruitment of children under the age of 18, can fully play that role of close support once its means for action have been strengthened. In conclusion, let me say that today's debate touches on the very essence of human dignity, which is not only a value shared by all but also an essential foundation of our Organization. It therefore requires of us the adoption of a global approach based on solidarity.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“In that regard, Algeria encourages all appropriate measures to be taken when the parties have not made progress or have not made sufficient progress in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council. However, such measures must be targeted in such a way that the children do not suffer directly from their negative effects. The illicit trade in natural resources and small arms also calls for appropriate measures to be taken. Monitoring and the imposition of justified sanctions will suffice only if they are strengthened by complementary parallel measures. We believe the most important of such measures is an increase in the resources allocated to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes through planned, predictable and adequate financing.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“Algeria welcomes the adaptability and flexibility planned for the system, ensuring that each situation receives individual treatment. Its evolving nature is the best guarantee of its effectiveness. Algeria supports the principle of systematically incorporating children's issues into peace negotiations and agreements, making them essential components of post-conflict programmes. Algeria also supports finalizing an effective monitoring and vigilance mechanism in which non-governmental organizations would have a role to play. Algeria supports the updating of the lists and hopes to see the inclusion of specific situations of children living under foreign occupation.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“To that end, the United Nations system has an effective protection and monitoring system that includes treaty-based mechanisms and special procedures, whose recognized expertise and effective potential must be part of a synergetic process that is complemented by the indispensable contribution of United Nations bodies with a presence in the field. In that context, the role of Mr. Otunnu's Office is essential in providing leadership, coordinating follow- up and disseminating information. Non-governmental organizations and local structures of civil society also deserve praise for the role they play. The relevant recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General ensure that the nascent system of implementation is long-lasting and irreversible.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“It is also essential that the follow-up and reporting system be based on credible information and that it attach priority to the most serious violations, such as the recruitment of children, massacres and mutilations, sexual violence, the use of children for the illicit exploitation of natural resources, abductions, and the denial to children of access to humanitarian assistance. In order to be fully effective, the follow-up system must be based on reports that are precise, objective and supplemented by appropriate measures.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“When dealing with this question, we cannot overlook the underlying causes that lead to the emergence and development of conflicts, of which children are the primary victims. That is why this question cannot be addressed separately from the issue of conflict prevention, which requires, inter alia, ensuring a number of rights - to education, social protection, health care and a wholesome natural environment - which all are standards that should inspire and guide all productive efforts to promote and protect the rights of the child. Algeria welcomes and encourages the integration of the dimension of the protection of the rights of the child in peacekeeping missions, which represent an indispensable element of the follow-up and monitoring effort.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“This is clearly stated by the Secretary-General, who emphasizes that the general situation of children remains grave and preoccupying. The extent of the tragedy is highlighted by the long list of violations and grave abuses committed against children in situations of armed conflict. The multidimensional nature of this tragedy, which affects the most vulnerable sector of humanity, reminds us that there is an urgent need for the Security Council effectively to discharge its responsibilities. It also emphasizes the need to promote an approach that integrates, from the conceptual point of view and with respect to the practical follow-up of our resolutions, all issues related to the rights of children in armed conflict, in order to arrive at an integrated and comprehensive solution.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“The fact that the Security Council regularly discusses this topic is evidence of the high level of interest that we attach to this issue, which is at the point of convergence between international peace and security and human rights. This twofold connection reminds us that we have a duty to be vigilant and an obligation to succeed. To that end, we have today at our disposal a framework of binding rules that includes many international, universal and regional instruments on the protection of the rights of the child, which are complemented by the Geneva Conventions. Regrettably, the qualitative progress that has been made at the normative level and with respect to the commitments made, in particular during the special session of the General Assembly on children, has not yet had the expected results.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): Allow me first of all, Madam, very sincerely to thank you for having convened and for presiding over the fifth debate on this extremely important topic. Algeria is gratified that the United Nations system has taken a holistic approach to combat illegality and silence and that it has mobilized to safeguard the rights and the well-being of children, as exemplified by the outstanding work of Mr. Olara Otunnu. Today's debate is taking place at a time when the momentum created some years ago by the Security Council is reaching the critical stage of the implementation and follow-up of its earlier resolutions.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“Collaboration among custom, police and information services is essential, and it is encouraging to learn that efforts are currently being undertaken to strengthen the Interpol Weapons and Explosives Tracking System.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“We believe that the Council should envisage the adoption of enforcement measures in that respect, given the dimensions that the threat posed by the illegal trafficking of small arms has assumed. Furthermore, a precise analysis of the factors generating and developing the traffic in small arms will help to clarify the concepts, enabling us to prevent lumping it together with the legal trade in small arms covered by Article 51 of the Charter, which recognizes each State's inherent right to legitimate defence and right to put in place a system of self-defence. To conclude, I reaffirm the importance of international cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime, which cannot be separated from international cooperation against terrorism.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“It is therefore of the greatest importance that the Security Council echo most resolutely the concerns expressed by the Secretary-General in his report on the need to provide DDR operations with planned, foreseeable and adequate financing, without which the resources and efforts deployed to settle so many conflicts will have simply been wasted. The particular nature of the situation in West Africa should not, however, hide the fact that arms embargo violations and the illicit exploitation of natural resources by countries in conflicts which they maintain and fuel with illicit weapons are often the responsibility of Member States which are sometimes neighbours and sometimes geographically remote weapons producers.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The example of West Africa shows that the widespread idea that the States neighbouring conflict areas bear primary responsibility for arms embargo violations does not always hold true. The praiseworthy commitment by the States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in settling the conflicts in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau shows that we should attribute the illicit circulation of small arms in that conflict region more to the very piecemeal implementation of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes, with well-known consequences for the transfer of idle former combatants - particularly the vulnerable category of child soldiers - from one conflict zone to another, and the criminal phenomenon of mercenaries, as well as for the entry of new quantities of weapons.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Because it bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council, for its part, should make further use of the means of action conferred on it by the Charter to fight the illicit trade in and circulation of small arms. The Council should remind Member States - particularly the countries that produce small arms - of their obligation to implement all resolutions containing sanctions, particularly arms embargoes, and to enforce arms embargoes more rigorously and effectively, in conformity with Article 41 of the Charter. Consideration of the reports and activities of the various sanctions committees and mechanisms established by the Council in various regions reveals, however, a diversity of situations, requiring diverse actions.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The third area is that of the objectives to be pursued under an end-user certificate regime at the regional and international levels and under an information-exchange and verification mechanism to monitor exports more effectively. The fourth and final area is the improvement of transparency in the sphere of armaments - particularly efforts aimed at universal and consistent participation in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms - it being understood that transparency must also cover national production and related purchases as well as military allocations. From that perspective, the establishment of a mechanism for structured cooperation between the General Assembly and the Security Council is very desirable.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The first is the framework of the open-ended working group charged with negotiating an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons, which the General Assembly created last month through its resolution 58/241. The second is the establishment of supplementary measures to strengthen international cooperation to prevent, combat and eliminate the illicit brokering of small arms, particularly through the widespread establishment of national registers of arms brokers and, in the case of arms embargo violations, registers of intermediary firms and transport agents, as well as the organization of broad-based consultations open to States and other entities, provided for in resolution 58/241.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“For its part, the Security Council constantly confronted with this scourge's grave consequences in managing conflict situations and conducting its fight against international terrorism, took the initiative - through today's meeting and those preceding it in August 2001 and October 2002 - to join its efforts with those of the General Assembly, particularly by formulating precise recommendations. In that regard, my delegation shares the Secretary-General's view that we must strengthen the interaction between those two principal organs in order to promote the development of long-term strategies to put an end to the illicit proliferation of small arms. In the normative and legislative areas, such interaction should be carried out swiftly within four areas.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The Assembly is doing its part admirably: the convening in July 2001 of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, followed by the adoption of a Programme of Action aimed at preventing, combating and eliminating the illicit trade in such weapons, made great progress in heightening our collective awareness of the spread of this scourge and of the threat it poses to international peace and security, in that it maintains and exacerbates conflicts and fuels terrorist networks throughout the world.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): Algeria welcomes the attention that the Security Council continues to devote to the issue of small arms, whose importance for the maintenance of international peace and security is now self-evident. I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2003/l2l7) and Mr. Abe for his excellent introduction of it. I should like now to make the following observations. First of all, we must emphasize that the issue of small arms - like that of conflict prevention - is an area where the shared responsibility of the General Assembly and the Security Council is obvious.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“In conclusion, we hope that the resolution soon to be adopted will renew and improve those sanctions measures that have been imposed against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and individuals and entities associated with them. Only increased cooperation among States, international, regional and subregional organizations and the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) will allow us to ensure the effective implementation of the measures foreseen.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The combat against terrorism must thus be part of an overall plan to encourage the emergence of a new system of collective security based on the principle of the indivisibility of security and on requirements both for security and for economic and social development. Stability and security are dependent on those requirements and no country by itself can ensure its own security, much less to the detriment of that of others. Thus, above and beyond the fact that our endeavour to combat terrorism must be undertaken in a spirit of transparency, impartiality and good faith, it must transcend the mere treatment of the phenomenon's symptoms and attack its root causes.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“In that regard, we assure the Security Council that my country will continue to work assiduously with the various United Nations bodies to combat terrorism. Far from diminishing, the threats posed by terrorism, and especially by the Al Qaeda organization, to international peace and security have been neither isolated nor curbed, but rather have become more interconnected and transnational. Hence, the need to adopt a comprehensive and integrated approach that takes into account the political, diplomatic and operational dimensions, including legal assistance, cooperation in information exchange and the acquisition of specific equipment designed to thwart terrorism.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Moreover, we encourage the Committee's Chairman and the Monitoring Group to pursue their visits to the field in order to assess the implementation of sanctions measures with regard to the travel ban, the arms embargo and the freezing of financial and economic assets. I do not intend to enumerate here all the steps taken by my country to combat terrorism, but it would be useful to recall that Algeria has always fulfilled its obligations pursuant to Security Council resolutions and that it remains actively involved in the fight against terrorism at the subregional, regional and international levels. Thus, my country has already submitted three reports under resolution 1373 (2001) and two further reports under resolutions 1390 (2002) and 1455 (2003).”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“We also hope that cooperation between the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) will continue to improve, including through the creation of electronic databases containing information of all kinds provided by experts and members of the Committee or its Chairman following their travels in the field. We further call for enhanced cooperation between the Committee on sanctions against Al Qaeda and the Taliban and Interpol with a view to assisting the Committee better to discharge its mission with regard to the establishment and distribution of the consolidated list.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“While we take note of the information that may underlie such lack of cooperation, and while we call on States that have not yet submitted reports to discharge their obligations, we hope that the Committee will consider in depth the issue of the failure of 99 States to submit reports and that it will draft a report containing a list of States that have not submitted reports and their motives or reasons for failing to cooperate with the Committee. I also take this opportunity to thank the Monitoring Group for its role in the implementation of measures taken by States pursuant to Security Council resolutions. We hope for improved coordination between the Monitoring Group and the Committee with a view to enhancing its performance and to helping the Group to continue and improve its analytical reporting to the Security Council.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“We understand the travels of the Chairman of the Committee to be an initiative designed to strengthen the effective and complete implementation of measures established in Security Council resolutions and we therefore encourage him to pursue those travels, which are extremely useful in providing greater visibility for the Committee's work. Although the number of reports submitted to the Committee has more than doubled since the adoption of resolution 1390 (2002), we note nevertheless that only 92 States have submitted their reports pursuant to resolution 1455 (2003).”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“In that connection, we call for enhanced transparency in the Committee's work and working methods with a view to ensuring the objective and speediest possible consideration of the lists of individuals and terrorist organizations submitted by States that are in a position to encourage more recalcitrant States to cooperate further with the Committee. We concur with the opinion of the Chairman that reports submitted by States pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1455 (2003) are an important aspect of international cooperation in combating Al Qaeda and the Taliban, just as they help to assess the implementation by Member States of Security Council resolutions.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“This, we believe, is due, on the one hand, to the reluctance of some States to communicate names to the Committee, preferring a bilateral exchange of information, and, on the other, to the difficulties encountered by those that have chosen to cooperate with the Committee in adding names to the consolidated list, due to the disinclination of some States members of the Committee to acknowledge evidence of the existence of links between certain individuals and terrorist groups and the Al Qaeda organization.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“We appreciate the efforts and the role played by the 1267 Committee in combating terrorism, in particular the consolidated list it has elaborated, which constitutes an important instrument in our common struggle against this phenomenon. We note, however, that only 371 names of individuals and entities are listed, a meagre few in comparison to the very high number of individuals and organizations linked to the Al Qaeda network.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and on the praiseworthy manner in which you are leading the Council's work. I also thank you and all members of the Council for the welcome and assistance that the Algerian delegation has received at the beginning of its term on the Council. I assure you of our full cooperation as you carry out your mandate. I thank you, Sir, for the excellent briefing you have just given the Council as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and for your visits in October and December 2003 to various countries, and appreciate the work of the Committee and Monitoring Group, as required by resolution 1455 (2003).”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Algeria, which today condemned through the spokesman of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs this act of military aggression wishes to reiterate its full solidarity with the fraternal Syrian people and emphasizes that only a just comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, based on the principle of land for peace and the exercise of the legitimate rights of all peoples of the region, including those of the Palestinians to establish an independent State, will enable this part of the world to regain peace, stability and prosperity. Given this aggression against a sovereign State, in violation of international law, my delegation expects that the Security Council will adopt the firmest position, condemn unreservedly this aggression and force Israel to abide by international law and to respect Security Council resolutions.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“This flagrant violation of the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic is a new stage in the policy of escalation and flight pursued by the Israeli regime, which is designed to end the peace process that the Quartet is working hard to relaunch and to ruin any opportunities for peace in the region. Given that risky policy, which could send the entire region into a spiral of violence whose consequences are unpredictable, it is very important that the international community adopt a firm and vigilance attitude and condemn in the strongest terms this new Israeli challenge to the Security Council and international law. Complacency of any kind would only encourage Israel to practice its irredentist policy and to continue to trample Security Council resolutions and norms of international law.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source