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Barbara Woodward

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first: 2020-12-08
most recent: 2023-12-29
sittings or episodes: 263
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“I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I would like to start by offering our sympathies and condolences to the Polish people and to the families of those injured and killed in yesterday’s incident. While we await the outcome of the investigation, we should be clear that this is a tragedy that indisputably stems from Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion and its inhumane assault on civilians across Ukraine. Yesterday, as President Zelenskyy was setting out his 10-point plan for peace in Ukraine for the Group of 20, Ukrainian civilians were facing the largest barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes since the first week of the war. We extend our condolences to the Ukrainian people and the families of those injured in these attacks.”
2022-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9195 (2022) · source
“We are concerned by reports that armed groups prevented a meeting of the High State Council in Tripoli yesterday. Any attempt to obstruct civilian institutions from carrying out their responsibilities is unacceptable. The United Kingdom reaffirms our commitment to working with Libya and our international partners to secure peace, stability and prosperity for Libya. The unanimous adoption of the 12-month renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya was a welcome demonstration of the Council’s support, and I look forward to engaging with Special Representative Bathily again during the mandated Council meeting to be held next month.”
2022-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9192 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank Special Representative Bathily for taking time away from his important engagement with Libyan stakeholders to brief the Security Council today. I welcome his continued engagement with all Libyan stakeholders, including women and young people, across the country. Let me once again express the United Kingdom’s support for Special Representative Bathily and his efforts to reinvigorate Libya’s stalled political process. Stability in Libya can be achieved only through a United Nations-facilitated, Libyan-led and Libyan-owned process that leads to parliamentary and presidential elections as soon as feasible. All Libyan parties have an obligation to work with Special Representative Bathily to achieve that and deliver elections for the Libyan people.”
2022-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9192 (2022) · source
“Like others, we look forward to the New Agenda for Peace as an important contribution to addressing the triple challenge that terrorism poses to peace, security and development.”
2022-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9188 (2022) · source
“And that fight will be successful only with the meaningful participation of women, who in many cases are disproportionately affected by terrorism. Thirdly, terrorism and violent extremism are transnational problems that require a coordinated international response. We have heard a lot this morning about the important role of the Accra Initiative, ECOWAS, the African Union and many other regional organizations. And I want to join others in emphasizing the importance of the United Nations system — not just the Office of Counter-Terrorism, but also in implementing the mandates that are agreed by the Council, including the provisions on United Nations human rights monitoring.”
2022-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9188 (2022) · source
“We also want to emphasize that we cannot ignore the destabilizing role the Wagner Group is playing in the region. It is a driver of conflict and an exploiter of natural resources wherever it operates. Whatever the question, Wagner is not the answer. Secondly, in the fight against terrorism, it is counterproductive to violate human rights and international law. The Council has consistently stressed that the fight against terrorism has to abide by international human rights and humanitarian law. In our experience, putting respect for human rights at the centre of counter-terrorism campaigns, and in close cooperation with civil society, will bolster their effectiveness, counter radicalization and build resilient communities.”
2022-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9188 (2022) · source
“First, we welcome and endorse the calls we have heard today for a holistic response to terrorism, an integrated approach to tackling the conditions that give rise to terrorism while protecting those at most risk. We welcome the Accra Initiative’s work to address the security situation and strengthen cooperation on regional security and intelligence. The United Kingdom is working with the Ghanaian Government to consider how best to support the Accra Initiative. Besides our efforts to limit the spread of violence, including terrorism, we are working with journalists to promote moderate voices. We are supporting communities in managing land more effectively and withstanding the challenges of climate shocks in regions threatened by violent extremist groups.”
2022-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9188 (2022) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for convening us today, which is consistent with your personal leadership on security, including the creation of the Accra Initiative, with the robust defence by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of democratic values in the region. Moreover, you have joined us this morning from the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a reminder that climate is a threat multiplier and another challenge to peace and security in Africa and around the world. I would like to join others in thanking the Deputy Secretary-General and our briefers today. And I would like to make three points to contribute to today’s discussion.”
2022-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9188 (2022) · source
“What is not safe is the launch of missiles that all members of the Council have agreed many times that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea must not possess. It is not safe when those missiles threaten to overfly other States, causing alerts and alarm in those countries. It is not safe when missiles land approximately 60 kilometres from the Republic of Korea’s coastline. We urge the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to end those provocations.”
2022-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9183 (2022) · source
“We echo calls on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to allow aid to flow freely into the country, and we note that sanctions exemptions remain in place to support expedited humanitarian assistance to the North Korean people. Thirdly, we should renew our call for North Korea to engage meaningfully with offers from the United States and the Republic of Korea for dialogue. Diplomacy is the only route to sustained peace on the peninsula. We may hear one or two members of the Council seeking to equate lawful defensive military exercises with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s escalatory actions this week. Defensive exercises are safe when they are notified to other States in advance and when they operate within defined areas, as South Korean and United States exercises have done.”
2022-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9183 (2022) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing. This week’s salvo of missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, is a further serious escalation. I join the Secretary-General in condemning those launches unequivocally. I propose that the Council should respond by taking three steps. First, we should condemn those actions clearly for what they are — an unacceptable threat to international peace and security — and reinforce the importance of implementing the Council’s sanctions in full. Secondly, we should recall that the cost of those illicit launches is being borne directly by the North Korean people. The millions of dollars expended on this week’s launches alone could feed North Korea’s population for weeks.”
2022-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9183 (2022) · source
“Investing in prevention is essential, as is strengthening women’s roles in conflict prevention and resolution in order to achieve lasting peace and security. The United Kingdom is also proud to support the African Union’s Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation. A system-wide approach to sustaining peace is critical. The United Kingdom thanks Ghana for convening today’s open debate and remains committed to realizing the promise of the twin resolutions of 2016.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“The Security Council can also drive that commitment, both in the mandates it sets and by encouraging the full use of the United Nations strategic planning and operating frameworks, as well as instruments such as the Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law. Thirdly, coordinated investment in peace is crucial. The Peacebuilding Fund, which the United Kingdom continues to support, is a key tool for bringing together different parts of the United Nations system. But it also needs strong leadership in missions that can encourage the wider United Nations development system to step up investment in peace, and that promotes partnerships with regional and international financial institutions as well. Both the Council and the Peacebuilding Commission can help to drive that. The costs of conflict are self-evident.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Specifically, I would like to underline three points. First, peace operations need the capabilities to understand conflict drivers and feed that analysis into the wider United Nations strategy and approach. The United Kingdom is proud to support United Nations peace and development advisers, whose expertise could be used in mission settings to support greater strategic and operational join-up across the work of the United Nations. Secondly, we need to incentivize and deliver a more integrated United Nations system to enable a more holistic approach, as others also said this morning. Integration scorecards piloted in Haiti, Somalia and the Sudan, with United Nations funding, have made progress, but we need to scale that up.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“As others have done, I also thank than the Secretary- General and our other thought-provoking briefers this morning. The United Kingdom is grateful to Ghana for its long-standing role in tackling armed conflict and its significant contribution to United Nations peacekeeping. Ghana’s leadership has resulted in a safer world for many. We deeply value our close partnership. At the outset, I also want to congratulate the African Union and African colleagues on the promising step towards lasting peace in Ethiopia with the agreement announced yesterday. We offer our continued support. As we heard, conflicts are becoming increasingly complex. For United Nations peace operations to operate effectively in that environment, they need to adapt and better coordinate with wider United Nations and non-United Nations peacebuilding work.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Russia’s long-standing disinformation efforts undermine peaceful biological cooperation under article X, a vitally important aspect of the Convention. We must defend peaceful biological cooperation against unfounded malicious allegations. The United Kingdom remains deeply committed to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. We value article VI as an important mechanism for States parties to address real and valid concerns arising under the Convention.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9180 (2022) · source
“The United Kingdom voted against draft resolution S/2022/821 in order to protect the integrity of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and to prevent it from being undermined by unfounded accusations. Russia has claimed that the United States, Ukraine and their allies have failed to consider the evidence they have presented. This is completely false. Russia’s allegations of United States and Ukrainian biological activities were given a full hearing in September under Article V of the Convention. At that meeting, Ukraine and the United States provided a comprehensive response to Russia’s allegations. The United Kingdom shared its own extensive technical analysis of the evidence that Russia presented. Russia’s allegations have no credible basis in fact.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9180 (2022) · source
“We urge all actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina to set aside narrow interests and focus instead on improving the quality of life for all citizens and making progress on the agreed aim of Euro- Atlantic integration.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9179 (2022) · source
“It is clear from the report that they were tough decisions and that the High Representative did not take them lightly. We understand that, in some quarters, the decisions were considered controversial, but it is clear that they were taken to amend a dysfunctional status quo that benefited few. His actions were designed to improve governance to benefit all in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Finally, I would like to reaffirm the United Kingdom’s commitment to the Dayton Peace Agreement and its structures. We welcome all work towards meeting the conditions set out for their closure, including the 5+2 criteria. We remain an active member of the Peace Implementation Council in support of the territorial integrity and fundamental structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a single, sovereign State, comprising two entities.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9179 (2022) · source
“He and his Office continue to play a crucial role, and they have the United Kingdom’s support, including for the use of his executive powers, should the situation require it. We would like to congratulate all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 2 October elections. Overall, the elections were peaceful and democratic. But instances of fraud must be investigated and prosecuted. We also regret further instances of dangerous, divisive and secessionist rhetoric. Those must stop. But only half the work is done. We urge the relevant actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina to prioritize collaboration and cooperation over political obstructionism to ensure that the election results are implemented swiftly and effectively. In that regard, we note the executive actions taken by the High Representative in the run-up to, and following, the elections.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9179 (2022) · source
“First, may I join other speakers in welcoming the unanimous adoption of resolution 2658 (2022), renewing the mandate of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR-Althea). I want to pay particular tribute and express special appreciation to Ireland for its role as penholder on the text. Bosnia and Herzegovina has made progress since 1995, but its hard-won peace remains fragile and under pressure. The presence of EUFOR-Althea continues to play an indispensable role in ensuring a safe and secure environment. Secondly, we would like to thank High Representative Schmidt for his latest report (see S/2022/806). We look forward to welcoming him at future meetings.”
2022-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9179 (2022) · source
“What Russia neglects to mention is that its Black Sea fleet is illegally occupying Ukrainian waters and bombing Ukrainian towns. The global impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine has already been profound. Ending the Grain Initiative would unleash the unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution that the Secretary-General’s Global Crisis Response Group warned us about in June. We therefore urge Russia to renew its cooperation under the agreement so that shipments of grain can continue as before, and to work with all the parties to renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative this month.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“Recognizing the global food crisis, the United Kingdom has not placed sanctions on food or fertilizer exports from Russia to third countries. We have worked hard and continue to do so in order to ensure that there are mitigations in place to prevent indirect effects resulting from the sanctions. And we note that there has been no decrease in Russian grain exports since the start of its war on Ukraine. Russia claims that it suspended its participation in the Grain Initiative owing to an attack on its Black Sea fleet, falsely asserting that those vessels were involved in the implementation of the deal. As we heard from Under-Secretary-General Griffiths, no military vessels or assets are involved in supporting the Initiative.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Secretary-General Grynspan for their briefings today. The Black Sea Grain Initiative is vital to global food security. The United Nations estimates that it has indirectly prevented 100 million people from falling into extreme poverty. More than 60 per cent of wheat exported under the deal went to low- and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan, via the World Food Programme. Russia’s suspension of the initiative over the weekend has meant that more than 100 ships were blocked from seeking permission to enter Ukrainian ports to load grain. Every day, an average of 100,000 tons of grain is exported under the initiative. That is enough to feed 5 million people for a month. Should Russia’s suspension of the agreement continue, the severe impact is clear.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source
“That has only been compounded further by its role as a staging ground and facilitator of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, through which it continues to show reckless contempt for international law and the Charter of the United Nations. We call on Belarus to hold accountable those responsible for that incident, desist from any further unlawful actions and end its support for Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9175 (2022) · source
“As we said last year, the use of a spurious terrorist threat to divert an airliner also served to undermine measures put in place by the international community to counter real aviation terror threats, including those addressed by the Security Council in resolution 2309 (2016). The Lukashenko regime therefore broke international law, created a major risk to the safety of innocent passengers and undermined aviation safety more broadly, proving itself to be entirely irresponsible on the issue of international peace and security. And for what? All to silence an opposition journalist, further stifling any semblance of free speech left in Belarus.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9175 (2022) · source
“That the threat was communicated to the aircraft before the so-called bomb threat email was even sent to Minsk National Airport leaves little room for doubt. It appears that the purpose of that brazen and dangerous operation was to arrest and detain a journalist, Roman Protasevich, and his partner, Sofia Sapega, who with their fellow passengers happened to be flying over Belarus on their way from Athens to Vilnius. As the ICAO Council and Assembly made clear, the actions of the Belarusian State endangered the safety and security of a commercial passenger aircraft and the lives of all those on board. And they were a flagrant violation of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation and the Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. But that is not all.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9175 (2022) · source
“When we discussed this issue immediately after the incident (see S/PV.8792), many members of the Security Council emphasized the importance of an international independent investigation. We therefore thank Mr. Sciacchitano, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), for attending today’s Security Council meeting to relate the findings of the ICAO Fact-Finding Investigation Team and the subsequent decisions of the ICAO Council and Assembly. It is clear from the investigation that on 23 May 2021, the Belarus authorities deliberately communicated a false bomb threat to Ryanair Flight FR-4978, before manipulating circumstances to influence the aircraft to land at Minsk National Airport.”
2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9175 (2022) · source
“We encourage efforts to improve UNRWA’s serious financial situation, which will threaten its ability to deliver vital services later this year if action is not taken. The need for the parties to engage in meaningful dialogue and collaborate to address the escalating situation in the West Bank is urgent. We are working closely with the parties to that end, and we welcome the efforts of the Special Coordinator to support de-escalation and encourage further work to reverse negative trends on the ground.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“As we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child this month, we should all be reminded of the vital role that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) plays in the region, including in providing education and health services to women and girls. But, while girls in the occupied Palestinian territories outperform boys at school and represent around 60 per cent of Palestinian graduates, the fact that employment rates remain low, with only 13 per cent of women over 25 employed, needs urgent and meaningful attention. The United Kingdom remains a firm supporter of UNRWA and values its importance as a vital humanitarian and stabilizing force.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“We repeat our call on all parties to take immediate steps to reduce tensions. We also stress the importance of ensuring access for humanitarian and development organizations, including in Palestinian refugee camps, even during periods of instability. More action also needs to be taken to tackle settler violence, which has affected IDF soldiers. But it also affects Palestinians on a daily basis across the West Bank, especially during the olive harvest. The Israeli Government needs to end the culture of impunity and bring those responsible to justice.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“As we heard from Special Coordinator Wennesland, there is an increasing worrisome deterioration of the security situation in the West Bank. It is crucial that all parties take urgent steps to reduce tensions, condemn incitement and avoid further escalation of violence. The cycle of violence continues to take many lives. We are alarmed by the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, by Israeli security forces, including six minors this month. Investigations should be transparent and comprehensive. Where there has been an excessive use of force, those responsible must be held to account. We are also concerned about the increase in Palestinian violence, as a result of which two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers sadly lost their lives this month after being shot by Palestinians.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“The Council is a serious body and risks being brought into disrepute by Russia’s actions. There are plenty of issues that demand our attention, but Russia is clogging up the agenda with conspiracy theories. Instead of attempting to smear Ukraine, Russia should focus on its own obligations, including under the Charter of the United Nations, and end this war.”
2022-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9171 (2022) · source
“Eighty-nine States parties attended that meeting and listened as Russia delivered nothing but misrepresentations of assorted public documents and copy-and-pasted images from Wikipedia. The response from the other States parties was clear and overwhelming: Russia must end its aggression and disinformation campaign against Ukraine, and Russia must stop demonizing legitimate, peaceful scientific and technical cooperation, which all BWC States parties have a right to participate in under article X of the Convention, and which is rightly valued by many States parties. That process has now concluded. Russia’s claims have been heard, considered and rejected. The bar has not been met for further investigation and proposals for further action would be a waste of the Council’s time.”
2022-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9171 (2022) · source
“I thank our Mr. Ebo for his very clear briefing. I would like to start by reaffirming the United Kingdom’s deep commitment to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). On 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine — an act of aggression in clear violation of international law that the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn. Since then, the Russian Federation has repeatedly spread disinformation, including wild claims involving dirty bombs, chemical weapons and offensive biological research. How much more of this nonsense do we need to endure? As we have heard, Russia’s allegations were given a full hearing last month, in accordance with the processes set out under article V of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.”
2022-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9171 (2022) · source
“We welcome AU efforts on children and armed conflict, as well as recent meetings of the African Union Peace and Security Council on women and peace and security and gender-based violence. The AU-United Nations partnership is important for making progress on those issues. We look forward to working diligently in order to implement the Transforming Education Summit, in support of 12 years of quality education for girls, and to strengthening cooperation on preventing sexual violence in conflict. We hope that the AU will participate in the international conference the United Kingdom is hosting next month, which focuses on prevention, justice and supporting survivors.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“And in Somalia, the African Union Mission in Somalia and its successor, the African Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), demonstrate the value of United Nations-AU cooperation. The United Kingdom has long supported that critical cooperation, including by contributing £25 million towards ATMIS stipends this year alone. Secondly, the United Nations-AU partnership is important for tackling transregional challenges to stability, such as terrorism, disease, climate and food insecurity. At least 130 million people in Africa are experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity. The United Kingdom is working with African partners to address the heightened food, economic and wider humanitarian risks in the region that have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Finally, I note that today is International Day of the Girl Child.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“First, coordination among the AU, the United Nations and other international partners is vital for finding political solutions to conflicts, including in northern Ethiopia, the Sudan and Somalia. We therefore welcome the planned AU-facilitated talks concerning northern Ethiopia and urge the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to engage in the process. In the Sudan, we welcome cooperation among the United Nations, the AU and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to help facilitate a political solution following the October 2021 military coup. As a Council, we must continue to support the tripartite mechanism’s efforts to deliver the freedom, peace and justice that the Sudanese people have called for.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate during your Security Council presidency. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission for their briefings. On this the twentieth anniversary of the African Union, strengthening the partnership among the United Nations, the AU and African member States remains indispensable as we strive towards a freer, safer and more prosperous continent. That is why the United Kingdom supports permanent African representation on the Security Council. That is why the annual consultations later this week between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council are so important. I want to emphasize three points about this important partnership.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Gold extraction and smuggling operations risk undermining local stability, present significant ecological and human rights risks and are a significant loss to the Sudan. The United Kingdom reiterates its concerns about the Wagner Group’s activities in Africa, which undermine effective resource governance and offer no sustainable solutions to Africa’s security challenges. In conclusion, I once again thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate during Gabon’s presidency of the Security Council.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“In that context, the United Kingdom is proud to support a number of international mechanisms that deliver in that regard, including the Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Kimberley Process, which helps stop the flow of conflict diamonds. Lastly, we share the view of previous speakers on the dangerous consequences of the exploitation of Africa’s natural resources by private military companies. There is significant independent reporting outlining the exploitation of gold resources in the Sudan and the Central African Republic through Wagner Group subsidiaries like Meroe Gold.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“We therefore need a concerted and coordinated effort to tackle illicit trafficking as a root cause of conflict. In that context, I welcome the African Union’s efforts in conflict prevention, including the work of Commissioner Bankole Adeoye and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. As the Security Council too, we should look at ways to strengthen the Council’s sanctions regimes against individuals and entities that illegally exploit natural resources to fund, prolong or provoke conflict. The Council acted in Somalia by banning the export of charcoal to inhibit Al-Shabaab’s revenue streams. We can and should do more across other mandates. Secondly, we need stronger regulation and governance efforts to tackle the illicit trafficking in natural resources, including stringent certification and verification processes.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I thank our briefers, as well, for their insights. I would like to highlight three considerations. First, as today’s briefers and previous speakers underlined, we recognize the clear link between the illicit trading in natural resources and conflict. From Somalia to the Sudan, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the illicit trade in natural resources of charcoal, timber and gold has helped fund conflict and the activities of armed groups. And we should bear in mind that the increased global demand for critical minerals essential to decarbonization and our green growth goals risks exacerbating the illegal sourcing of natural resources, if appropriate action is not taken.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“We fully support the delivery of humanitarian support to the most vulnerable and therefore call on North Korea to permit an independent assessment of the humanitarian situation and allow aid to flow freely into the country. We call on North Korea to refrain from further provocations, engage meaningfully with the United States’ offer of dialogue and take concrete steps towards denuclearization in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“This year alone, North Korea has launched 39 ballistic missiles, seven of them in the past 10 days. We urge Council members to meet those violations with a firm and united response. North Korea has been emboldened by the Council’s inaction and the use of the veto by two Council members. Diplomacy is the only route to sustained peace on the peninsula, but it is right that the Council should continue to take appropriate, targeted measures to slow the pace of proliferation. We therefore again call on all Member States to implement the existing Security Council resolutions on North Korea in full. They are an essential part of the efforts to counter the continued development of North Korea’s prohibited programmes. Let me also be clear that Council sanctions are not targeted at the North Korean people.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his informative briefing. As we have heard, at around 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, as commuters in northern Japan were making their way to work, evacuation alerts sent people rushing to shelters. Public transport came to a halt as a ballistic missile, launched without warning by North Korea, flew overhead. The threat to international peace and security presented by North Korea’s reckless and illegal ballistic missile tests could not be clearer. North Korea’s latest launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile violates multiple Security Council resolutions. We stand in solidarity with the people of Japan and of States in the region threatened by that unacceptable behaviour. This latest test is a serious escalation, but the broader trend is just as concerning.”
2022-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9146 (2022) · source
“The international system is being assaulted in front of our eyes. Russia will not succeed in this illegal imperialist war. The only question is how much damage it does and how many lives it wastes before it realizes that.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Yet again, Russia has abused its veto to defend its illegal actions. Security Council members have voted in different ways, but one thing is clear — not a single other member of the Council recognizes Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory. Russia’s veto does not change that fact. The announcement by President Putin today of the accession of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk and Donetsk into the Russian Federation has no legal effect. It is fantasy. Russia invasion needs to end. The world has made that clear for seven months. Yet Russia’s response has been further escalation, further mobilization, nuclear threats and, today, another callous attack on a civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhya. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is under attack.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Russia’s annexations further jeopardize the prospects for peace and fundamentally undermine the purposes and principles of the United Nations. The area Russia is claiming to annex is more than 90,000 square kilometres. This is the largest forcible annexation of territory since the Second World War. There is no middle ground on this. It is, in the end, a very simple question of principle, as the Secretary- General has said. As members of the Security Council with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security and upholding the United Nations Charter, we must condemn Russia’s actions and vote in favour of draft resolution S/2022/720.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“We encourage further dialogue among partners to ensure that UNWRA can deliver on its mandate. In conclusion, peace will be achieved only through meaningful dialogue between the parties that tackles the drivers of instability and violence in the immediate term. We encourage further and deeper engagement towards that goal.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source