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1. “Yet Gaza's return to the status quo ante, characterized by the entrenchment of the blockade, has in fact prevented reconstruction work from getting off the ground and Israel continues to hinder the movement of people and the delivery of humanitarian aid and construction materials, thus preventing the resumption of normal life and increasing the already high levels of poverty and unemployment. United with the Palestinian people and faithful to its approach to their just cause, Algeria has continued to call for an end to Israel's sinister plan, which seeks to impoverish and starve an entire sector of the Palestinian population and to cut it off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and from the international community.”

   2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

2. “Since the debate held by the Council in October 2009, (S/PV.6201) the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, has continued to deteriorate. Israel's unremitting resolve to create faits accomplis in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip appears increasingly to resemble a comprehensive and deliberate policy aimed at making the colonization project permanent and thus casts serious doubt on the true intentions of Israel's leaders, in contrast to their stated intention to resume negotiations with a view to achieving a sustainable peace agreement. Precisely one year after the Israeli withdrawal, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has continued to worsen despite the Council's adoption of resolution 1860 (2009) and the remarkable international mobilization in favour of its reconstruction.”

   2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

3. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this open debate at a time when the situation in the Middle East is of the greatest concern to my delegation and to the international community, due to both the ongoing tragic situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and the lack of progress towards resuming the peace process. My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the representatives of the Sultanate of Oman on behalf of the Group of Arab States and of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, as well as that to be made by the representative of Syria on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.”

   2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

4. “Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC, in his briefing to the Council this morning. In conclusion, the Council, which is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, must play a greater role in combating drug trafficking and organized crime in conflict and post-conflict environments. My delegation welcomes the presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/32), which the Council adopted this morning on Burkina Faso's initiative.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

5. “For its part, at its twelfth Summit in February 2009, the African Union adopted a decision on the growing threat of drug trafficking, in particular in West Africa, which has become a source of concern with respect to the security and good governance of the region and the entire continent. In that regard, the African Union called on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to step up and broaden its cooperation with African regional communities in order to strengthen its action against the scourge on the continent. My delegation wishes here to pay a strong tribute to UNODC, which can play a vital role in assisting States in their efforts to combat drugs and organized crime, in spite of being financed essentially by voluntary contributions. We should also like to welcome the in-depth analysis developed by Mr.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

6. “It is clear from those documents that it is vital to work to reduce both the supply of and the demand for drugs and to promote international cooperation through an integrated approach. With respect to the African continent in particular, the international community must work more closely with States and regional and subregional organizations to strengthen institutional capacities to combat drug trafficking and all other forms of organized crime. It is also essential to become actively involved in economic efforts and the promotion of alternative development policies in that region in order to strengthen and broaden economic opportunities and prospects, and thereby to reduce the possibilities and temptations to resort to criminal activity.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

7. “My delegation also believes that it is vitally important to strengthen the international treaty framework by calling on all States to ratify the collection of conventions having to do with combating drugs, organized transnational crime and corruption and all relevant conventions regarding terrorism. Beyond that, we must stick to the objectives set out during the twentieth special session of the General Assembly (see resolution S-20/4), as well as the Declaration and Plan of Action adopted during the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (see E/2009/28 and E/CN.7/2009/12), aimed at achieving an integrated and balanced strategy for fighting the global drug problem.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

8. “In that regard it is alarming to see that West Africa is becoming a crossroads for global drug trafficking, exacerbating political and security instability in a number of countries of the region to the point of causing the overthrow of constitutionally elected Governments, with the potential risk of spreading to the regional level. Algeria supports the efforts of countries in the subregion of West Africa carried out in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and we were pleased with the adoption by ECOWAS at Praia in October of a Political Declaration and Regional Action Plan that will enable the establishment of mechanisms and policies capable of dealing with this scourge.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

9. “Traffickers have access to ever more sophisticated ways of laundering income from drugs and smuggling, which is why it is essential to grapple with this problem as a whole, keeping in view the interconnections and known links among the various evils - of traffic in drugs, people and organs, of money-laundering and corruption, cybercrime and, especially, the devastating phenomenon of international terrorism, for which drugs constitute the main source of financing, along with ransoms coming from the crime of hostage-taking. The intersection of all those crimes and the confluence of other factors such as the multifaceted crisis that has rocked the world's economy are imperiling international security and the rule of law, especially in Africa, which has to deal with multiple challenges.”

   2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

10. “At a time when the international community is celebrating the centenary of international drug control, whose foundations were laid by the International Opium Commission, it is disturbing to note that drug trafficking continues to be a serious threat to international and regional peace and security, to States' political and economic stability and to public health. In a world characterized by an enormous expansion of trade and advanced use of modern means of communication, the production and illicit trafficking of drugs are among the major activities of international organized crime, with transactions involving colossal sums of money.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

11. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): First, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Burkina Faso's accession to the presidency of the Security Council for December, and to thank you for taking the wise initiative of organizing this open debate on the subject of drug trafficking as a threat to international security, the importance of which is by now beyond doubt. I would be remiss if I did not pay tribute to the Burkina Faso delegation for the excellent way it has represented Africa on the Council for the last two years.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

12. “From those situations, we have learned that any successful mediation effort must be carried out with respect for Charter principles and depends on the unequivocal political will of the parties to a dispute, the mediator's deep sensitivity to the environment and, above all, the parties' confidence in the mediator.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

13. “Finally, I should like to stress that Algeria, which has always advocated the peaceful settlement of disputes, has often been called upon to mediate in situations as varied as the 1974 territorial dispute between Iran and Iraq, in which conflict was avoided; the 1979 hostage crisis between the United States and Iran; the civil war in Lebanon, leading to the conclusion of the Taif Accords; the open conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which ended with the 2000 Algiers Agreement; and the ongoing efforts regarding issues of a sensitive and internal nature in the immediate regional environment on its southern border.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

14. “The international community as a whole and the Security Council in particular must now commit themselves to a resolute approach aimed at supporting, consolidating and broadening the momentum launched on the African continent by the African Union, from which the United Nations will only stand to benefit.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

15. “That mechanism, which was a first on both the African international scenes, has not only enabled African countries to give concrete content to the culture of peace - which represents a strong aspiration of all African peoples - but, also, and in particular, has given Africa the opportunity to capitalize on considerable experience in its quest for lasting solutions to conflicts. At a time when we are witnessing an unprecedented increase in the number and scale of United Nations peacekeeping operations, which have revealed the objective limits of the Organization's capacity to meet these needs, it is becoming imperative to make the too-long-awaited change of moving the Organization from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

16. “That culture of dialogue already existed when the Organization of African Unity was established in 1963, through the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration. Its activities were intended to facilitate the goal of continental development, which at the time was constantly being hampered by the proliferation of conflicts. With its transformation into the African Union in 2002, its member States undertook the substantive renewal of a number of its organs, taking care to include in its new institutional architecture a similar conflict management and resolution mechanism, based on a Panel of the Wise responsible for supporting its efforts in order to prevent the eruption of conflicts and to create favourable conditions for conflict management and resolution.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

17. “Experience has shown that to be genuinely effective, mediation, far from falling within the exclusive remit of the United Nations, benefits from association with a multiplicity of actors pooling their efforts and whose skills are brought to bear at different stages of the process, according to their specific contribution and taking account of the comparative advantage that their actions represent, in terms of both political and material costs. Moreover, we are of the view that improving the method of financing special political missions will make it possible to identify ways to optimize the use of the Organization's resources over the medium and long terms. Africa has long cultivated a tradition of negotiation and dialogue to resolve disputes by peaceful means.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

18. “To mitigate those shortcomings, the proposal of the Secretary-General to create, as part of the comprehensive restructuring of the Organization, a Mediation Support Unit composed of a pool of well- trained experts has been welcomed by all Member States. From our point of view, it is the institutional anchor for an activity that we need to support by promoting improvement of the quality of operational support to mediators, a good connection of United Nations interventions with regional and subregional pillars and, finally, greater involvement of the Security Council and its support for the mandate entrusted to mediators.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

19. “Since its creation the United Nations has, through the good offices and mediation of its Secretaries- General and of eminent personalities, undertaken significant efforts to peacefully resolve conflicts in the world, and its actions have often been crowned with success. However, sometimes those actions were considered failures because of a lack of a good understanding of the dynamic of conflicts and of the stakes involved, which in hindsight masked a lack of preparation or an imperfect command of the use of time, if not an intentional lack of will to uphold the authority of the United Nations and the Charter principles.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

20. “Today's debate, the framework for which has been provided by the report of the Secretary-General on enhancing mediation and its support activities, provides an opportunity to underscore our support for the United Nations role in finding solutions to problems through negotiation. The peaceful settlement of disputes, in addition to being a guiding principle in international relations, is a common objective at the very heart of our Organization's activity. The promotion of this type of dispute settlement, excluding the use of force, is a fundamental principle in Article 2 of the Charter, and all of Chapter VI is devoted to it. Mediation, which is part of peaceful settlement, is rightly considered to be the most cost-effective and efficient way to find constructive solutions to disputes.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

21. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April and to thank you for organizing this meeting devoted to mediation and settlement of disputes, in extension of the timely initiative of the delegation of Burkina F aso during its Council presidency in September 2008. The choice of this topic demonstrates yet again the continuity and steadfastness of the commitment of Mexico in the service of peace and security throughout the world. I also wish to convey my gratitude to Mr. Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing.”

    2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108 (2009) · source

22. “We remain committed to a comprehensive settlement of the Middle East conflict based on international law and the principles defined by the Madrid Conference and by the Arab Peace Initiative.”

    2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source

23. “Algeria is determined to remind the international community, and the Security Council in particular, of their obligation to complete all investigations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and flagrant violations of international law and international humanitarian law of which Israel is guilty in Gaza, so that serious measures may be taken to bring the perpetrators to justice. An end must be put to the impunity that Israel has displayed for too long at the cost of sacrificing all efforts to achieve peace in the region. Finally, Algeria would express its unwavering support for Syria and Lebanon in their efforts to recover their legitimate national rights and the territory of which they have been despoiled by the Israeli occupying force.”

    2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source

24. “We welcome the support and constructive role played here by States of the region, which have placed within reach the formation of a government of national unity under the Palestinian Authority for the sole benefit of the Palestinian people and their cause. The Israeli occupier has no illusions about the importance of this strategic objective and continues to add obstacles and demands aimed at undermining these efforts, whose achievement which would mark the beginning of the reconstruction of Gaza and the moment of truth with regard to Israel's intentions regarding the peace process. In this regard, the remarkable generosity shown at the donor conference for the reconstruction of Gaza, which Algeria joined, clearly illustrates Israel's isolation on the international stage.”

    2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source

25. “Algeria firmly condemns the continued Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territory in violation of international law and United Nations resolutions. It expresses its concern with regard to the negative repercussions on the future of the peace process as a result of Israel's determination to scuttle all diplomatic efforts aimed at bringing about conditions that could restart negotiations. In order to confront the occupying Power's outlaw behaviour and its headlong rush to repeatedly evade obligations placed upon it by the international community, Algeria calls for unity in the Palestinian ranks and calls upon the international community to lend the support necessary to achieve this prime objective. Algeria supports ongoing efforts at intra- Palestinian reconciliation, with the welcome mediation of Egypt.”

    2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source

26. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public debate. I should also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. As is evident from today's discussion, two months after Israel's savage assault on Gaza, the situation remains troubling in the highest degree, both in the Gaza Strip and throughout the Palestinian territories. Despite the repeated appeals of the international community to lift it, the intolerable blockade of Gaza remains in place, illegal Israeli practices continue with impunity throughout the Palestinian territories, including the construction of settlement, and the peace process is deadlocked.”

    2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source

27. “My delegation also supports the draft presidential statement that has been proposed for adoption by the Council following this debate.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

28. “My delegation wishes also to draw attention to the complexity of the modalities by which administrative and financial decisions are taken in the United Nations and to the relatively heavy administrative and financial controls to which those decisions are subject. Transposing those modalities into the African context risks unnecessarily making current African Union procedures more onerous; this could have a negative effect on the broadly acknowledged comparative advantage the Union enjoys in being able to react quickly to crisis situations, even in the absence of all necessary elements. In conclusion, Algeria expresses its support for the panel's proposal that a joint African Union-United Nations team be established to examine in detail the panel's recommendations.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

29. “With regard to other recommendations, my delegation would like to stress that the report highlights the need for Africa to move from being a beneficiary of aid to being a full-fledged global security actor. In that regard, the panel cited the measures taken in recent years by the United Nations aimed essentially at linking the African Union and, more specifically, the Peace and Security Council more closely to its decision-making, strategic and planning process. The report also identifies areas in which United Nations assistance has proved valuable, while specifying that such effort should be carried out with other institutional and non-institutional actors capable of providing a range of services.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

30. “It was with that in mind that, in January 2007, the Assembly of the African Union requested the United Nations to consider, in the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter, the possibility of financing through mandatory assessed contributions peacekeeping operations carried out by the African Union or under its authority and with the consent of the United Nations. In that regard, Algeria welcomes the recommendations of the panel chaired by former Prime Minister Prodi, in particular the two proposals for financing mechanisms that it suggests. We are pleased by the warm welcome that they have received today and, in particular, by the emphasis placed by most speakers on the need to ensure predictable, stable and flexible funding for support operations conducted by the African Union.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

31. “However, given the many challenges that Africa must overcome, the needs are considerable, and the mobilization of the scarce resources available on the continent is not likely to meet them. That raises the issue of the choice that African countries must make between the increasing needs of development and the demand for conflict prevention. Both require a certain level of resources that are in desperately short supply, particularly in the current context of economic and financial crisis.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

32. “I should like to emphasize that the strategic partnership envisaged between the United Nations and the African Union arises from the manifest willingness of the Union's member States to take their destiny into their own hands by honouring their commitments and by directly and collectively addressing the factors of instability in the region. Here, I should like to commend the initiative taken by South Africa in April 2008 to propose this agenda item to the Security Council, of which today's discussion is a part, and to welcome the presence of Foreign Minister Dlamini Zuma. The African Union, by virtue of its role as a federative body, has invested significant resources in order to assume its share of the burden of promoting peace, security and stability in the region.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

33. “We are grateful to him and to other members of the panel for that contribution, which is part of the overall efforts to strengthen the African Union's capacity to meet the challenges facing Africa in maintaining peace and security. I should also like to thank Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, for his important statement, to which my delegation fully subscribes. My delegation studied with great interest the report of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping operations. We welcome the approach that it recommends, which reflects our desire to see a strategic relationship between the United Nations and the African Union develop on an equal and coordinated basis founded on an approach aimed at optimizing comparative advantages.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

34. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your appointment as Permanent Representative of the great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations and on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I also wish to thank you for having organized this debate on the issue of peace and security in Africa, to which both of our countries attach particular importance. I should like to thank Mr. Romano Prodi for presenting the highlights of the report (S/2008/813) of the panel that he chaired under the mandate set out in resolution 1809 (2008) of 16 April 2008.”

    2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source

35. “Regional and subregional organizations know what the situation is on the ground, and they know the specific constraints in each particular area. They have a crucial contribution to make. In Africa, the Algiers Research Centre on Terrorism, despite its limited resources, is becoming increasingly active in mobilizing, supervising and training African personnel to take on the fight against terrorism. Accordingly, it is a resource that should be encouraged and we must involve it in various kinds of training, technical assistance and consultations. Finally, in the face of the scourge of terrorism, Algeria wishes to reiterate its call to the international community to rise above regional, ideological and political divides so that we can tackle this scourge and its underlying causes together.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

36. “Its subsidiary bodies, Counter-Terrorism Committees and the 1267 and 1540 Committees play a decisive role in mobilizing efforts and coordinating the activities of the international community. The international community must focus on assistance to developing States that do not have the necessary human and material resources to become more involved in the implementation of the relevant international instruments. Assistance from developed countries in the form of technical assistance must be commensurate with the work to be done. Border control, developing better financial systems and controlling weapons trafficking are some of the major issues to be tackled. Here we would stress the importance of strengthening cooperation with specialized regional bodies through, inter alia, technical assistance programmes.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

37. “We must stress that the Internet is still the weak link in counter-terrorist action by the international community. Despite several General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, such as Council resolution 1624 (2005), no real progress has been made in blocking the dissemination of messages that justify terrorism on the web. Experience has shown that terrorists are experts in computer technology and use it to recruit and train members and to finance their work. Reluctance has to be overcome, so that the international community can take concrete action together on this matter. Algeria welcomes the ongoing commitment by the Security Council to combat terrorism.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

38. “Young recruits of criminal groups are not terrorists because of some ancestral or religious connection; they are victims of a combination of several factors, including a lack of future prospects and the harmful consequences of the propaganda of those who promote extremist, fanatic and fatalistic 08-6369!) ideologies. This particularly vulnerable group is often left with little hope for a better future. Moreover, studies carried out by the Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force with some Member States, including Algeria, on the rehabilitation of terrorists who have repented for their crimes have been very useful. Learning from these most unfortunate experiences is one way of helping us to teach those who might otherwise be seduced by terrorist propaganda.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

39. “Those networks evolve through various kinds of organized crime such as smuggling, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and, recently, piracy and hostage taking. Financing terrorist groups through taking hostages and securing ransoms seems to be one of the more lucrative methods used by terrorists. Algeria would warn against a short-term approach that involves complying with terrorist demands without considering the consequences of giving into them. We have to continue analyzing and addressing the factors that fuel terrorism and promote its spread. The purpose is not to excuse terrorism but to understand it in order better to fight against it. The Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy recognized this point by making understanding terrorism one of its pillars.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

40. “The United Nations has a leading role to play in the fight against terrorism. Its actions must have concrete objectives. In that connection, the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy must be translated into a firm commitment on the part of all Member States, which is the only way that we can achieve the desired results. Reacting to the consequences of terrorist acts is not enough; a preventive approach is essential, since the terrorist threat is ever-changing and terrorists are increasingly using sophisticated means and complex tactics to avoid detection by States. We have to focus, first of all, on combating the financing of terrorism. Networks that finance terrorism must be shut down.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

41. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset to welcome Your Excellency Mr. Stjepan Mesic', President of the Republic of Croatia, and to thank you for presiding over this debate. I should also like to congratulate your country, Croatia, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December and to thank your delegation for organizing this important debate. The resurgence of terrorist attacks throughout the world - the most recent of which struck the city of Mumbai, India - remind us that vigilance and international cooperation are always appropriate in the face of this threat to international peace and security. Algeria strongly condemns acts of terrorism in all their forms and manifestations, regardless of the place or context in which they are committed.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034 (2008) · source

42. “We will spare no effort, within the framework of the regional and multilateral entities to which we belong, to support and promote initiatives designed to relaunch the process of nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control. In this respect, my delegation shares the concerns of many delegations, notably African delegations, regarding the risks presented by proliferation and the illicit trafficking of light weapons, the destabilizing effects of which seriously undermine international peace and stability and development.”

    2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source

43. “Such a challenge, in our opinion, requires a commitment to the promotion of the rule of law and the rehabilitation of a multilateral negotiating framework in order to provide global and sustainable solutions to questions of disarmament and non-proliferation. Such efforts depend on the implementation of commitments that we have all undertaken together in the area of disarmament and the total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, which is the only real guarantee of security for all. Algeria is resolutely committed to fulfilling all its obligations stemming from the regional and international instruments to which it is a party.”

    2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source

44. “That situation is obviously highlighted by the emergence of new and pressing threats that are of great concern for the entire international community. Given the situation, the preservation of international peace and security and the resolution of conflicts, in particular conflicts that are related to decolonization, represent a common challenge for the entire international community. We have to tackle this task in order to establish together the conditions necessary for a thorough change in attitudes and to lay the foundations of the collective security system that we all aspire to and that is the safest path to peace and development.”

    2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source

45. “That awakening of the international community brought about a climate of detente and cooperation that promised better prospects for dialogue and consultation on the subject of disarmament. We saw a qualitative change in attitudes, which allowed for more flexible positions and the undertaking of initiatives that had long been held up by narrow-minded power struggles. Today, we are forced to acknowledge that the hope prompted by those efforts to free humankind from the threat of weapons of mass destruction has dwindled. As a result, many questions have arisen, as the risks related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the development of a new generation of arms have never been greater.”

    2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source

46. “Mr. Benmehidi (Algeria) (spoke in French): Allow me first of all to welcome the presence of His Excellency President Oscar Arias Senchez at this debate. I would like to congratulate his delegation on their accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I would also like to thank the delegation of Costa Rica for this praiseworthy initiative of organizing an open debate on such an important topic. The year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, which was a historic turning point in multilateral efforts for general disarmament and in the role of the General Assembly in particular. The outcome document of that session served as a guide for the efforts of the Organization in that area.”

    2008-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6017Resumption1 (2008) · source

47. “If the peace process is to be irreversible, the international community must continue its efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan, which will continue to need external assistance following the transition, which will be complete when the legislative and local elections have taken place. Lastly, Mr. President, I would like to lend my delegation's support to the draft statement that you have been kind enough to present.”

    2005-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5249 (2005) · source

48. “In that regard, we welcome the completion of the process of the disarmament and demobilization of former soldiers and officers of the Afghan armed forces and the progress made with respect to the cantonment of heavy weapons. It must be acknowledged that drug production and drug trafficking have prospered. In the long term, that will pose a threat to the stability of the country and its economic reconstruction, and it must therefore be combated. The measures taken by the Afghan Government and by other partners to curb this evil are welcome and must plainly be dovetailed with strengthened controls and with poverty eradication programmes. It is also essential that cooperation and dialogue between the Government of Afghanistan and neighbouring countries continue.”

    2005-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5249 (2005) · source

49. “The worsening security situation risks negating the efforts to rebuild the country. That is why, as the Secretary-General notes in his report, international assistance in the area of security is essential for Afghanistan. It is also important that the Afghan Government and the International Security Assistance Force tackle the violence and its underlying causes. The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process, which is essential for the establishment of lasting stability in Afghanistan, will allow for the holding of free and fair elections throughout the country and strengthen the authority of the central Government.”

    2005-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5249 (2005) · source

50. “In this regard, we pay tribute to the efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in assisting the Afghan Government. Preparations for the elections have been successfully carried out, despite the worsening security situation, particularly in the south and parts of the east of the country. More than 5,000 candidates have presented themselves, and 1.5 million new voters have been registered. Those are positive steps in the electoral process. Now the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the international community, needs to take the necessary steps to ensure that the elections are successful. We have noted a disquieting deterioration of the security situation in recent months as a result of the resurgence of acts of violence of terrorist and criminal origin.”

    2005-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5249 (2005) · source