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Basescu

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2005-09-14
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  1. “During the period of its current mandate in the Security Council, Romania has actively and constantly promoted deeper cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. We believe that the time has come to take global-regional cooperation to its full potential. The international community should be able to address each and every security challenge, anywhere, by better pooling together existing resources and capacities for responding to violence.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source

  2. “In doing so, we should not overlook activities such as the illicit traffic in human beings, arms and drugs, which can fuel the resources of terrorist networks and regional conflicts. In many parts of the world - including two of the regions close to Romania, namely, the Western Balkans and the Black Sea region - that often occurs. Fourthly, Romania's experience in South-Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region indicates that in the case of conflict management, regional action is also decisive in handling responses to transnational threats. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations is called for in the field of combating terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Romania is a catalyst for dialogue and cooperation in its region and is keen to share its experience at the international level.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source

  3. “Ours is a significant investment in a wide range of United Nations-mandated and United Nations-authorized operations, and we therefore have a very high stake in their successful outcome. Secondly, Romania has begun chairing the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). That resolution is a true attempt to reduce and eventually eliminate the weak spots in our defence against the most worrying form of terrorism: weapons of mass destruction. Reducing proliferation risks should concern all Member States. Thirdly, the global antiterrorism effort can be sustained only by action taken at the Security Council level. It has to be an undertaking by the United Nations as a whole. Every Member State should be supported in developing belts of defence and proper response capabilities in the face of terrorist threats.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source

  4. “It has become clear that the world has to face a new ideology - one that respects neither States, nor societies, nor cultures, nor human rights: the ideology of terror. It is my belief that that ideology is the new enemy of humanity. The solidarity and action of like-minded United Nations Member States could offer us solutions to fight that threat. The Security Council and the United Nations share a great responsibility in developing such policies. Defending against security threats is not limited to taking a stand at one's own border, but includes going to where the challenges originate and eradicating them with sustainable action and investment. This is why Romania is working together with its allies and partners in sustaining ongoing stabilization and reconstruction processes in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source

  5. “The Security Council was remarkably quick in responding to the post-9/11 realities that so dramatically changed our world. Its championing of counter-terrorism as an integral part of its responsibilities towards international peace and security is the most significant feature of its work. Yet the Council's contribution to that global effort is still a work in progress. The recent strikes against London, Sharm el-Sheikh and Baghdad and throughout Bangladesh are reminders that, without an enduring security net, there can be no safe haven. I would like to make four points relating to Romania's approach to fighting terror. First, there is no culture and no religion that generates or endorses terrorism. We are at a stage when we are fighting the consequences of terrorism, but seldom its real causes.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source

  6. “President Basescu: This month of September marks an important moment. This is an opportunity not only to affirm our common objective to make the United Nations work better, but to be a part of its actual reform. I see a great degree of consistency between the work of the Security Council, which has become more involved in development issues and human rights concerns, and our main deliberations in the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly. These two meetings should therefore lead to mutually reinforcing conclusions and recommendations. Today's meeting aims to take the international response to acts of terrorism to a new level. That threat is, indeed, the critical security issue at the beginning of this new century and millennium.”

    2005-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5261 (2005) · source