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Badji

lines on the record: 173
first: 2004-04-19
most recent: 2010-07-21
sittings or episodes: 21
sources: un-security-council

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“The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People remains committed to achieving the two-State solution, whereby Israel and the future Palestinian State will live side by side in peace and security. The United Nations, and the Security Council in particular, have a special responsibility in the realization of this vision. I assure the Council of the Committee's cooperation and support in implementing its resolutions on the Palestinian question.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“While our Committee recognizes the value of the Israeli Government's recent examination of some specific allegations in the Goldstone report, it also calls for a comprehensive investigation into the actions of the parties and demands follow-up action. The Committee advocates the creation by the Security Council of an independent committee of experts to monitor the ongoing investigations on both sides. Since the Council's last open debate under this agenda item (6298th meeting), our Committee has held two international meetings one in Istanbul, Turkey, and the other in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco - to support the resumption of the peace process.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“While our Committee acknowledges the value of internal investigations at the national level, it fully supports the Secretary-General's recommendation for an international investigation under United Nations auspices. Only after a truly impartial accounting of the events of 31 May will all parties be satisfied that those responsible for violations of international law will be held to account. Our Committee also follows closely the repercussions of the Goldstone report (A/HRC/l2/48). We maintain that the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, established by the Human Rights Council and led by Justice Richard Goldstone, presents a comprehensive, balanced and authoritative account of the 2008-2009 Israeli incursion into Gaza.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“Our Committee is disturbed by the impunity with which these legal obligations have long been flouted by Israel, and calls on the Security Council to take the required action to ensure respect for and compliance with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, the Fourth Geneva Convention and relevant United Nations resolutions. The deadly raid carried out by the Israeli Defense Forces on 31 May against the unarmed Gaza freedom flotilla was more than a human tragedy. That incident and the ease with which Israel has avoided an impartial investigation into its actions clearly demonstrate that politics often trump accountability to the law.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“It will be six years this month that the International Court of Justice rendered the historic advisory opinion determining that the construction by Israel of the separation barrier within the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, constitutes numerous violations of international law. The International Court of Justice concluded that such violations engaged Israel's responsibility to cease construction, dismantle the existing sections in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and provide reparations, including restitution of confiscated property and compensation for damages incurred. However, construction of the wall has continued at the same pace, cutting thousands of Palestinians off from their lands, families, schools and hospitals.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“Settlement expansion continues and the city's planning and construction committee approved new housing units in East Jerusalem just last week. House demolitions have resumed, residency rights are being revoked and Palestinian politicians in the city are threatened with deportation. This state of affairs is unacceptable and calls for a swift reaction by the international community. The Committee would like to reiterate its position that Israel's dangerous policies in East Jerusalem risk inciting forceful reactions by large parts of the Muslim world that could lead to violence and even armed conflict. It is the prerogative and obligation of the Security Council to intervene swiftly and resolutely to prevent a possible escalation of violence.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“Our Committee remains alarmed by the refusal of the Israeli Government to heed the calls of the international community for a complete halt of settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. In spite of the limited moratorium, the pace of construction in certain settlements has not even slowed, as reported by the New York Times last week. The Committee calls on Israel to enforce the moratorium and to extend it indefinitely. The moratorium should also be applied to East Jerusalem. That would certainly be the most important step the Israeli Government could take to contribute to a resumption of direct negotiations between the parties. The situation in East Jerusalem remains of utmost concern to our Committee.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“It clearly showed that the parties and the international community must engage forcefully at this critical juncture to create conditions conducive to the resumption of serious negotiations on all permanent status issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While we all would wholeheartedly welcome serious direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, our Committee is of the View that such negotiations can be successful only in an atmosphere of mutual trust and if the parties are convinced that they will lead to a comprehensive, just and lasting outcome. To that end, the parties must first and foremost implement their respective obligations as established in the Road Map and endorsed by the Council.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“On behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on the exemplary and effective manner in which you are steering the work of the Council this month. I should also like to congratulate Ambassador Claude Heller, Permanent Representative of Mexico, for his effective guidance of the Council during the month of June. On behalf of the Committee, I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his thorough and objective briefing on the situation in the Middle East and the status of the question of Palestine.”
2010-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6363 (2010) · source
“Relying on the aforementioned principles and beliefs, and supported by the structures established by the African Union, the President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, has personally involved himself in a number of regions of Africa and the world to advise and reconcile the parties in conflict. The ongoing commitment of President Wade has promoted the resumption of political dialogue, better governance and the holding of free and democratic elections in many countries, thus avoiding confrontations which would have undoubtedly claimed hundreds if not thousands of lives. Senegal remains convinced that the combined actions of all to find ways and means to prevent conflict will finally mitigate the financial and human costs of peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“However, to prevent effectively, there is a need to bear in mind, as recalled by the Secretary-General in his report contained in document S/2008/18 of 14 January 2008, that prevention is a multidimensional task involving political decisions, humanitarian activities and development activities that require organizations to work in close cooperation with the United Nations, and especially with the Security Council, the Human Rights Council, the Economic and Social Council and the specialized agencies. In so doing, we could focus on strategies aimed at peacebuilding and reconciliation. In that regard, the African Union has already taken the first steps by adopting, at its seventh session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government, in July 2006, the strategic Framework for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“My delegation therefore launches an appeal for the African Union Panel of the Wise to enjoy the greatest possible support, which would enable it to offer informed advice to the Presidents of the African Union and the African Union Commission, which could, on the basis of that advice, carry out intensive preventive diplomacy. Is it not said that it is better to prevent than to cure?”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The presence of United Nations offices in various regions throughout Africa is therefore of great importance. Indeed, my delegation is of the view that the African Union, with the support of the United Nations, must acquire the means to be more aware of the precursor signs of tension and to take the necessary steps in close cooperation with the United Nations, and the Security Council in particular. Having taken this fully into account, the African Union established a system for the management of peace, which spans the spectrum of activities from preventive diplomacy to peacebuilding via peacekeeping. The Panel of the Wise was established in the context of this initiative, as Africa has understood and recognized that conflicts, be they latent or open, can be resolved only through political means - that is to say, through negotiation.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Indeed, synergy and close interaction between the United Nations, which bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and its partners - especially regional organizations, which serve as complementary instruments in United Nations actions - are necessary to strengthening the momentum of preventive action. In this vein, we should welcome the fact that the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations, which is based on Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations and stretches back to the very creation of the Organization of African Unity, is one of the most dynamic partnerships in the area of peacekeeping and early detection of warning signs of potential crisis situations.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Thus, the United Nations, which was created, among other reasons, to save current and succeeding generations from the scourge of war, should place preventive diplomacy at the very heart of its action to ensure that, even if it is not the main tool for the maintenance of international peace and security, it will serve as an essential one in neutralizing certain conflict-prone situations from the earliest signs. To achieve effective preventive diplomacy, we must meet the challenge of devoting the necessary financial resources and proven and highly qualified human resources to it. Another challenge that will have to be met is that of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations to consolidate their conflict-prevention and settlement mechanisms.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“This conviction is supported by the positive experiences achieved around the world under the auspices of the United Nations through the good offices, mediators and special envoys of the Secretary-General, which have defused several crises and which prove, if there was any further need for such proof, that the effectiveness and benefits of preventive diplomacy are well established. The resounding successes achieved in different areas through the interventions of regional and subregional organizations and civil society, or simply through good will, are also grounds for satisfaction, from which we should take encouragement and seek to optimize such strategies in all of our efforts towards peace.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Mr. Badji (Senegal) (spoke in French): At the outset, I should like to warmly congratulate the sister delegation of Nigeria for having organized this open debate of the Security Council on the theme "Maintenance of international peace and security: Optimizing the use of preventive diplomacy tools: Prospects and challenges in Africa". This debate is all the more relevant as, quite clearly, numerous atrocities could have been avoided and thousands of human lives spared had preventive diplomacy tools been deployed in a number of conflict situations around the world.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The active involvement of the Security Council in bringing about a peaceful resolution of the conflict in accordance with the norms of international law is crucial. On behalf of the Committee, I urge the members of the Council to live up to the responsibility entrusted to them by the Charter of the United Nations.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In particular, the Committee calls on the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfil their obligations under article 1 of the Convention, which requires them to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances. In that regard, we welcome the efforts of the Swiss Government acting as depositary of the Conventions. The main elements for resolving the problem that lies at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory - are contained in Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008). The continuing lack of political will to implement those resolutions has devastating consequences for the Palestinians in the occupied territories, for the Israeli people and for the region as a whole.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The Mission submitted ample and unbiased evidence that both Israel, the occupying Power, and Palestinian armed groups had committed serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the fighting, including some that should be prosecuted as war crimes. The Committee supported the Mission's main recommendation that Israel and the Palestinians conduct impartial and credible investigations and prosecute those found responsible, as called for by the General Assembly in its resolution 64/10. We look forward to receiving the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of that resolution. The Committee calls on the Security Council to remain seized of this matter. The Committee also encourages principled action by the international community aimed at ensuring respect for the norms of international humanitarian law.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The initiative of the Secretary-General to put United Nations agencies on the ground in charge of the most pressing reconstruction projects continues to be ignored by the occupying Power. Various United Nations bodies, with the General Assembly in the lead, have raised the issue of responsibility for certain acts committed during the war in Gaza. First and foremost, the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48), which was established by the Human Rights Council and led by Justice Richard Goldstone, presented a comprehensive and balanced account of the events in Gaza.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“2) The Committee welcomes the fact that major international stakeholders have recently reaffirmed that position of principle of the Council. Unfortunately, one year after the end of Israel's Operation Cast Lead - whose violence and brutality are still fresh in our minds - Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer the disastrous consequences of a war that was imposed on them by Israel. The nearly airtight blockade of the Gaza Strip continues. Israel allows the occasional entry of certain essential goods to pass crossings that it established and controls. The funds generously pledged by the international community at Sharm el-Sheikh for the reconstruction of Gaza have not yet reached the Palestinians for whom they were intended.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“That temporary moratorium on the establishment of settlements moratorium explicitly excluded East Jerusalem, where settlement infrastructure is being expanded and consolidated while Palestinian residents are dispossessed, discriminated against and evicted. I take this opportunity to remind Israel that the international community as a whole does not recognize its annexation of East Jerusalem. Resolution 252 (1968), which the Security Council adopted 42 years ago, clearly states that 10-22138 "all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, including expropriation of land and properties thereon, which tend to change the legal status of Jerusalem are invalid and cannot change that status". (resolution 252 (1968), para.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We very much fear that the prospects for a resumption of negotiations are slipping away. Israel is determined to establish a state of affairs on the ground that appears to be irreversible, even on the very land where Palestinians are to establish their future State. Today, it would seem that the Israeli Government's announcement on 25 November concerning what Prime Minister Netanyahu referred to as a policy of restraint for a period of 10 months was not made in good faith. Construction has continued apace in spite of that announcement. In addition, the Israeli Government continues to give financial support to established settlements.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“On behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on the exemplary and effective manner in which you are steering the work of the Council during this first month of the year. I also thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez- Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his comprehensive and objective briefing on the situation in the Middle East, and on Palestine in particular. Last week, at the first meeting of the Committee in 2010, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon drew the Committee's attention to the current state of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. In particular, he emphasized that "if we do not move forward on the political process soon, we risk sliding backwards". The Committee fully shares that concern.”
2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It must also seek to tackle the problems related to the poverty, underdevelopment and political and social instability that encourage the spread of that evil. Since drug trafficking is a transnational phenomenon, a synergy of actions at the regional and international levels is also necessary to confront it effectively and lastingly. Clearly, that entails strengthening and improving international cooperation, especially in the areas of mutual and police assistance and the exchange of information, and also, in particular, coordinating the actions of all entities and bodies involved in the fight.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“In that regard, I welcome the project entitled the West Africa Coast Initiative, led by the United Nations Office for West Africa in partnership with UNODC and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which seeks to strengthen capacities with regard to applying the law in four pilot countries, namely, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The Initiative is consonant with the goals of the Economic Community of West African States Plan of Action against drug trafficking, adopted in October 2008. However, so as to take into account the full extent of the fight against the drug scourge and its various aspects, our actions must not be limited to simply strengthening national capacities in the area of regulation and monitoring.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Although Africa does not produce such drugs, it suffers more seriously the consequences and implications of the illicit trafficking in those products, which could weaken its already fragile economy and poison its working population, primarily made up of young people. Thus, we need to urgently step up our efforts to address the underlying causes of that region's vulnerability. It is therefore necessary to provide technical assistance in order to develop and strengthen the national capacities of those countries so that they can more effectively prevent and fight drug trafficking and organized transnational crime in general.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“According to the 2008 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, entitled "Drug trafficking as a security threat in West Africa", the amount of cocaine seized per year in the region is estimated at around 50 tons. While it appears clearly in that report that the drug cartels of Latin America are preying on West Africa, the primary reason is to be found in the institutional weaknesses of certain States in the subregion. Those States must be helped as they are burdened by the weight of poverty and, moreover, are experiencing political instability. Thus, drug trafficking throws a spark into a region that is already highly flammable and poses a real threat to security.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Despite all the efforts made in that regard to fight drug trafficking, we must acknowledge, as part of our condemnation of it, that that evil remains undiminished and a source of great concern. Worse, the phenomenon has become even more complex, given that the criminal networks involved in that illicit trafficking make use of developments in the area of information and communications technologies to enhance their organization. Thus, those criminals, who have vast resources, are not lacking in imagination and sophisticated methods to deceive the vigilance of the most effective control systems. My delegation remains deeply concerned about the surge in drug trafficking. Our concern is even greater since Africa, in particular West Africa, is today becoming the hub of international drug trafficking. The numbers speak for themselves.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“While the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, known as the Vienna Convention, was the first international response to the proliferation of this scourge, the adoption of international instruments for the fight against organized transnational crime and corruption would allow us to repress these related criminal activities. Those include specifically the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as the Palermo Convention of 2000, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003. In the same vein, several initiatives and commitments have been undertaken at the regional, subregional and national levels to curb the phenomenon.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“The danger is so great, as many reports of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have stated, that a link has been established between drug trafficking and the funding of armed conflicts and terrorism in many regions. The connections between drug trafficking and other criminal activities, such as money-laundering, corruption, arms trafficking, trafficking in human beings and terrorism, reflects the magnitude and complexity of this scourge, which, without a doubt, is a serious threat to international peace and security. Stepping up international efforts to fight drug trafficking and related activities has led, among other 09-6381] things, to the improvement of the international legal framework in this area.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“In particular, the weakening of control by public authorities over the economy when significant sums of illegally obtained money are put into the financial system is a major cause for concern, in particular for developing countries. This threat is all the more worrying in that it has now been established that drug trafficking goes hand in hand with a number of other criminal activities which, in turn, fuel transnational organized crime. Today, there can be no doubt that the substantial profits at stake in drug trafficking attract numerous criminal groups that rely upon it as the principal source of funding for their activities.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“The importance that we attach to the consideration of the issue of drug trafficking reflects the scale of the multiple and multiform threats to which this scourge exposes us. It goes without saying that drug trafficking involves well structured international networks that have ramifications in almost all parts of the world and carry out activities so dangerous that they undermine the authority of States and endanger the lives and wellbeing of thousands of human beings. Beyond drug addiction, which is just one of this scourge's countless devastating effects and which poses a genuine problem to public health, the problem also has disastrous economic and financial consequences. The profits of illicit trafficking, which are often laundered so that they can be invested in the legal economy, pose a real economic problem.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Mr. Badji (Senegal) (spoke in French): At the outset, I should like to warmly congratulate you and to express my profound gratitude for the commendable initiative on the part of Burkina Faso, as President of the Security Council for the month of December, to organize, under the agenda item entitled "Peace and security in Africa", an open debate on the subject of drug trafficking as a threat to international security. This timely initiative and those that will emerge over the next three weeks crown the work completed by our sister Republic of Burkina Faso over the past 24 months in the Security Council. The issue of drug trafficking is one of great urgency and is at the very heart of the concerns of the international community. That is why my country, Senegal, attaches particular interest to today's debate.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233 (2009) · source
“Indeed, international justice can be restored only if all actors of the international community are resolved to end impunity by calling for the perpetrators of violations of international law to answer for their actions. The Security Council, which, under the terms of the United Nations Charter, is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, must take the lead role in that vitally important undertaking.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In particular, the Committee asks the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention immediately to fulfil their obligations under common article 1 to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which requires the high contracting parties to respect the Convention and ensure respect for it in all circumstances. The United Nations, in particular the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, should be invited to consider what steps to take to effectively address violations of international law. A negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be based on the principles of international law, which must be scrupulously observed. The international legal system can achieve its purpose only by ensuring respect for international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is a very comprehensive document that merits thorough study. The report ends with a set of recommendations, some of which are directed at the parties to the conflict, some to the international community and others both to the parties to the conflict and to the international community. Those recommendations should be considered by the competent bodies and given the necessary follow-up. Our Committee believes that the perpetrators of serious crimes, whatever side they may be on, must be brought to justice and held accountable for their acts. The Committee calls for resolute action by the international community to ensure full and complete adherence to and respect for the norms of international humanitarian law.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Our Committee has commended the work of those fact-finding missions and supported calls for accountability. Last July in Geneva, our Committee convened the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, which brought together renowned international experts and the representatives of Member States and of intergovernmental and civil society organizations. The participants in that meeting called for the implementation of the recommendations of all United Nations fact-finding missions and urged all States to honour their commitments under the Geneva Conventions and other legal instruments. On 15 September, the United Nations Fact- Finding Mission, established by the Human Rights Council and chaired by Justice Richard Goldstone, presented its report on the Gaza conflict (A/HRC/ 12/48).”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That is also borne out by the number of dead and wounded among the population of the Gaza Strip, mainly civilians, and by the extensive and deliberate destruction of property and infrastructure. The international community reacted promptly and unanimously to the violations carried out in Gaza. Several fact-finding missions have been dispatched by different international bodies in recent months in order to establish the facts surrounding the events of December 2008 and January 2009. The results of those inquiries have brought to light a very large number of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, and even war crimes, committed by both parties to the conflict. Civil society organizations have drawn up reports that all conclude that egregious violations of international law were indeed committed.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Moreover, they have again called into question the credibility of the official statements of the Israeli Government regarding its will to resume serious negotiations towards reaching a two- State solution. As our Committee has underscored on numerous occasions, the continuing occupation of the Palestinian territories, which embrace the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is a violation of international humanitarian law. The relevance of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory has been confirmed by the high contracting parties and by the Security Council. The military invasion of Gaza by the Israeli army during Operation Cast Lead demonstrated that Israel flouts its obligations and responsibilities under international humanitarian law.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The situation in occupied East Jerusalem is deteriorating by the day. Only last week, the Bureau of our Committee issued a statement in which it expressed alarm at the serious worsening of the situation in East Jerusalem and called attention to the ongoing demolition of houses, expulsion of Palestinian residents, construction of settlements and transfer of settlers aimed at altering the status, physical nature and demography of the holy city. The Bureau stated that those policies and actions constitute violations of international law and that the occupying Power must immediately put an end to them. Those policies and those actions have also invalidated the considerable efforts made by the Quartet and its partners to give fresh momentum to the permanent status negotiations.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Council's latest decision on the issue, resolution 1860 (2009), dated 8 January 2009, spelled out a number of necessary steps in that direction. Regrettably, they have, for the most part, remained unfulfilled. The situation in Gaza is still devastating. Reconstruction work has not yet begun. Israel continues its blockade of the territory. There are at present no signs that a genuine political dialogue, let alone serious negotiations on all permanent status issues between Israel and the Palestinian Governments, is about to begin. This situation allows the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land to perpetuate. Settlement construction in the occupied West Bank continues, with hundreds of new housing units being built and new construction projects approved by the Israeli occupiers.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his report. On behalf of the Committee, I would like to express my appreciation for the convening of this extremely important debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, which continues to be a burning issue. In my statement today I shall not belabour the issue of how many times over the years the Council has taken up issues related to the status of Jerusalem nor of how effective its intervention has been. But I shall certainly call on the Council to follow up this monthly discussion with a concrete decision that would help to bring about an appreciable and positive change on the ground and thereby move the political process forward.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In my capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I am confident that under your able leadership the work of the Council will be successfully carried out. I wish also to take this opportunity, Sir, to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America, on the efficient and exemplary manner in which she steered the work of the Council during the month of September. I would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Security Council His Excellency Mr. Riad Al-Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, and express my appreciation to Mr.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The African Union has already taken the lead when it adopted, at the seventh regular session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2006, the strategic framework for post-conflict rebuilding and development. Finally, mediation is a valuable tool in a world buffeted by manifold complex crises. Combining mediation with peacebuilding, the United Nations could not only prevent conflicts from escalating, but also ensure that those that are being resolved are extinguished once and for all. Those combined actions would at last reduce the financial and human costs of peacekeeping and peacemaking operations.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source
“However, for proper prevention, we must remember - as was recalled by the Secretary-General in his report in document S/2008/ 18, dated 14 January 2008 - that prevention is a multidimensional task involving political decisions, humanitarian activities and development activities, which require that organizations work in close cooperation with the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, the Human Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council and its specialized agencies. Cooperation between the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council and the regional organizations is particularly necessary since growing attention should likewise be given to peacebuilding strategies and reconciliation.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That is why the Group of Wise Men of the African Union should be given the greatest possible support, which would enable it to provide well-considered advice to the Chairmen of the African Union and if the AU Commission, which could, on that basis, engage in intensive preventive diplomacy activities, in particular mediation and good offices. After all, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The African Union does not lag behind here because its system for peace management extends from preventive diplomacy to peacebuilding, and includes peacekeeping. However, the regional organizations, in particular the African Union, must acquire the means to be more attentive to the early signs of tension that could lead to conflict and take the necessary steps, in close cooperation with the United Nations, in particular the Security Council. By setting up the Group of Wise Men, the African Union understood and recognized that conflicts, be they latent or overt, can be resolved only by political means, that is to say, through negotiation.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In this respect, Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations clearly outlines the modalities for cooperation between the Security Council and the regional organizations. We welcome the recognition in this report of the fact that the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations, which goes back to the creation of the Organization of African Unity, is one of the most dynamic in the area of peacekeeping. As the Secretary-General recalled in paragraph 44 of his report dated 7 April 2008, published as document S/2008/186** - which deals with the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security - "Most regional organizations are undertaking conflict prevention activities".”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source