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Bin Momen

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first: 2016-10-25
most recent: 2019-11-19
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“Bangladesh will also conduct a comprehensive protection of civilian's course from 9 to 20 June in at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations and Training, under the supervision of the Integrated Training Services of the United Nations Headquarters, in which officers from 14 countries are expected to participate. Bangladesh is committed to continuing such collaborations. Thirdly, on practices, despite our continuous efforts to develop troop capacities, there remain training gaps in the areas of human rights, the safety and protection of troops and civilians and gender violence. Sharing relevant experiences from other missions and the recommendations of senior mission leaders is therefore very important.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“In many missions, the United Nations continues to work alongside regional organizations and bilateral partners for the delivery of mission mandates. That is also true for training and capacity-building initiatives. We believe that training is not only an important component of peacekeeping, but a shared responsibility as well. On our part, last year Bangladesh and Germany together conducted a training-of-trainers course on IEDs. In December 2018, Bangladesh also hosted a seminar on achieving operational readiness, in collaboration with the United States Pacific Command and DPO for the TCCs from the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of the seminar was to achieve and enhance operational readiness in peacekeeping operations.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“The training curriculum is regularly reviewed, as per the latest guidelines and policies of the Integrated Training Service of DPO. The Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations and Training is also working to incorporate the newly formulated United Nations Military Units Manuals. Wearealsoawareofthebarriersforwomen,including sexual exploitation and abuse. We have therefore made awareness of sexual abuse and exploitation cases an important component of our predeployment training. Considering the improvised explosive device (IED) threat, Bangladesh also conducts IED training. We are also providing training to our peacekeepers to handle modern equipment, such as mine-protected armoured personal carriers and medical-related training. Secondly, partnerships are critical to the success of United Nations peace operations.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Keeping that in view, we train our peacekeepers to suit any particular United Nations peace-support environment. I would now like to highlight three aspects of training and capacity-building. First, on priorities for training needs, Bangladesh organizes contingents for deployment based on the United Nations format for 6 months. During that time, contingents continue rigorous training, as per United Nations-specified training curriculum. At the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations and Training, the training curriculum consists of predeployment training, the potential observers and staff officers course, the warrant officers and non-commissioned officers peace support operations course and the contingent members course.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Every field situation is unique, as are the mandates and dynamics of conflict. In Bangladesh, while setting our training module, we follow the guidelines of DPO. We provide generic training to our officers in their capacities both as observers and as contingent members. In addition, mindful of context-specific requirements, we provide tailor-made predeployment training, including language courses. Those are useful tools in winning the hearts and minds of local populations. We train our officers and men in a way that, in addition to their security duties, they must be able to understand the role of other agencies involved in the mission and support the political objective of the mandate. We receive requests from the United Nations for peacekeepers to work in different appointments and responsibilities.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Bangladesh reiterates its strong support for such efforts, including the Secretary-General's initiatives on peace and security reforms, the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, the Department of Peace Operation's (DPO) uniformed gender-parity strategy and the shared commitments laid out by the Council. Bangladesh has always strongly supported the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy against all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers. Our Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, is a member of the Circle of Leadership on the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers. We are also party to the Secretary-General's voluntary compact to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse. Peace support operation training is an evolving concept.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Since 2010, we have been sending 150 to 200 female peacekeepers every year. So far, Bangladesh has deployed over 1,600 female peacekeepers, and in 2018 Bangladesh stood fifth among the troop-contributing countries (TCCs) and the police-contributing countries (PCCs) in contributing female peacekeepers. We currently send female peacekeepers with all contingents. There have been several efforts in recent years to strengthen United Nations peace operations. Oflate, the United Nations has unfolded many initiatives to face the many challenges by which that multilateral endeavour is beset.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“I would like to begin by welcoming the Security Council presidency of Indonesia for this month and thank the Indonesian leadership for arranging this timely debate and for the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2019/4 earlier this morning. Peacekeeping has been a flagship undertaking of the United Nations over the past 70 years and remains one of its most visible contributions to multilateralism. In the maintenance of international peace and security, we take pride in our modest contribution of troops and police to United Nations peacekeeping missions. We currently have over 6,700 peacekeepers in 10 different peacekeeping missions around the world. We are also gradually increasing our female peacekeepers, in keeping with our commitment to the United Nations.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“We urge international actors to engage constructively and effectively to sponsor a multilateral political peace effort to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East based on relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. It is now our - the international community's - moral responsibility to strive to have an impact with a view to enabling the Palestinian people to live in freedom and dignity in their Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“The international community, with the Security Council at the forefront, must continue to act to ensure accountability for all Israeli violations and provide protection for the Palestinian people as long as Israel's illegal foreign occupation persists and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people are denied. As the Israeli colonial settlement policy constitutes blatant contempt and systematic violations of numerous United Nations resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016), we once again call upon the international community to respect that resolution and ensure that Israel respects it as well, in particular its paragraph 5, which obliges Israel not to deal with settlements. We reiterate our call upon the Security Council to recommend and positively consider the admission of State of Palestine as full Member ofthe United Nations.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“The mere fact of living under occupation for five decades has left Palestinians from all walks of life disadvantaged or vulnerable in some way. An end to the occupation is therefore a must. We cannot be "one people" if we do not help our Palestinian brothers and sisters overcome their political, social, economic and cultural hardships and pave the way for them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We believe all barriers to streamlining internal revenue collection should be eliminated. Financial support to Palestine is also required. We strongly suggest that prompt intervention is needed to compel the Israeli authorities to lift the closure that obstructs the freedom ofmovement of goods and ofthe 1.8 million civilians of the Gaza Strip.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Programmes undertaken by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) are also facing serious shortfalls. For our part, pursuant to the directive of our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we contributed $50,000 to UNRWA's programme budget last year. I hope other countries that have championed humanity will also come forward to keep UNRWA going with their voluntary contributions. My final point relates to the necessity of promoting socioeconomic development for the people of Palestine. We are advocating here at the United Nations under the slogan of leaving no one behin. However, according to the United Nations country team, the Israeli occupation has contributed directly to poverty, unemployment and a prolonged humanitarian crisis.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Under the pretext of a security threat to Jewish settlers in the occupied territory, thousands of Palestinian civilians have been rendered homeless and forced to live under tragic circumstances owing to Israeli offensives on the Gaza Strip, which has been tightly closed for almost 11 years now. The dire situation on the ground has grown steadily more dangerous as a result of the illegal Israeli blockade and escalation of military aggression and raids carried out in the occupied territory, including East Jerusalem. This aggression has resulted in the tragic loss of civilian lives and a high number of casualties among Palestinian civilians, including children. The extent of the vulnerability of the Palestinian people and their deepening poverty is responsible for the increase in the number of Palestinian refugees.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“People living in the occupied Palestinian territory need to be able to stand up for their rights without being punished for their courageous advocacy and calls for action. The Council must take immediate action to ensure that Israel ceases its violations of international law when responding to any just demonstration by the innocent and unarmed people of Palestine. We must ensure legal accountability and end impunity for the excessive use of force against largely peaceful Palestinian demonstrators. The second point that I wish to highlight is related to humanitarian concerns. No doubt this volatile situation is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“For nearly 5 million Palestinians living under occupation, the degradation of their water supply, the exploitation of their natural resources, the destruction of their environment and denial of right to their health are symptomatic of the lack of any meaningful control they have over their daily lives. The 2018 report (A/73/53) of the Human Rights Council also addressed concerns regarding arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and torture, increasing restrictions on the rights to the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, the tightening of restrictions on movement, and continued and across-the-board lack of accountability. Such violations weaken the international system and contribute to further deepening the current political impasse and jeopardizing opportunities for making the two-State solution a reality.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“First, with regard to political and human rights situation, for a long time the international community has been overburdened with the recurring violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The persistence ofpatterns of violations cannot be viewed in isolation from measures, statements and provocations by Israel, the occupying Power, or other parties, aimed at further destabilizing the region and beyond and delaying the prospects for a successful outcome of the peace process.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Please accept my heartfelt thanks, Mr. President, for Germany's successful leadership on the work of the Security Council during the month of April. We join other delegations in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the other briefers for their comprehensive briefings this morning. I also join other speakers in condemning the recent attack at a synagogue in San Diego in the United States of America. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Organization oflslamic Cooperation. We congratulate the formation of new Palestinian Government this month, with Mr. Mohammad Shtayyeh as its Prime Minister. I would like to speak today on three specific areas of concern.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“We are happy to note that Canada, in partnership with the United Nations, has launched the Elsie Initiative Fund to remove barriers for women peacekeepers and encourage greater participation. In conclusion, I reiterate that we in Bangladesh have making our best efforts to increase women's participation as uniformed and civilian peacekeepers.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“While the Secretariat, the Security Council and Member States are doing their best to ensure effective and meaningful participation by female peacekeepers, we should not be complacent. Both the Organization and the Security Council could bring forward new ideas and proposals, provide greater incentives for female peacekeepers to participate, assist them in adjusting to local conditions and see to it that the specific needs of mothers who are working as peacekeepers are accommodated. We believe that adequate facilities such as six-month rotations, child-care support back home, appropriate incentives, assistance with logistical issues, including accommodation and so forth, need to be ensured if we are to increase the number of women in the field.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“For example, one female brigadier general was given Bangladesh's highest national civilian award for her contribution to the army. We are aware of the barriers to women, including sexual exploitation and abuse. Bangladesh has always stood strongly in support of the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy against all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a member of the Circle of Leadership on the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations operations. We are also a signatory of the voluntary compact with the Secretary- General on the commitment to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse. In addition, we have made it an important component of our predeployment training.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“We are continuously working towards further empowerment of women in all aspects of our social life by providing them with necessary skills, education and training, and by eliminating all sorts of discrimination and barriers against them. We are in the final stages of drafting our national plan of action on women and peace and security, pursuant to resolution 1325 (2000) and its successor resolutions. To encourage and facilitate women's participation in our uniformed forces, we have lifted all prohibitions that prevent women from joining our combat forces. To encourage more females to come and join uniformed forces, we are offering their spouses, if they are working, to be posted in the same area, and we are providing child care and other female-friendly facilities to them. We are also rewarding achievers with our highest national awards.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“We also need to identify the country-specific challenges to increasing the number of female peacekeepers and work together to remove barriers for their recruitment, retention and career progress. In that regard, we strongly support the Secretary-General's Action for Peacekeeping initiative, the Santos Cruz action plan and the uniformed gender-parity strategy of the Department of Peace Operations. We also laud the Secretary-General's efforts aimed at ensuring gender parity in senior appointments under the system-wide strategy on gender parity. The Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ensured women's political and economic participation through specific statutory provisions, affirmative actions and appropriate incentives.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“To achieve the target of 15 per cent female staff officer/military observers (SO/UNMOs) in United Nations peacekeeping operations set by United Nations, Bangladesh has taken all possible measures. To that end, Bangladesh is required to deploy 22 female officers as SO/UNMOs. We have already deployed 14 female officers and are in the process of deploying six more. Our experience shows that women peacekeepers can play a very effective role in winning the hearts and minds of the host population, which is crucial for any peacekeeping operation. While we work towards ensuring participation by more female peacekeepers, we must ensure that women can participate fully and meaningfully in peace operations at all levels - in civilian, police, and military contexts - including at decision-making levels.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“Bangladesh has deployed female officers as Contingent Commanders in the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bangladesh has also deployed two female helicopter pilots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Currently, we have one platoon of female troops in an infantry contingent in that country. We are also planning to send an all-female platoon with all future contingents. We have also kept one female police contingent ready for the United Nations Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System, which we hope will be deployed soon.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“In terms of maintaining international peace and security, we take pride in our modest contribution of troops and police to that noble objective. We are gradually increasing our female peacekeepers in keeping with our commitment to the United Nations. We have sent 150 to 200 female peacekeepers every year since 2010. So far, Bangladesh has deployed over 1,600 female peacekeepers and stands fifth among the troop- and police-contributing countries in contributing female peacekeepers. We earlier deployed two full contingents of all- female formed police units in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo and Haiti.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“I would like to commend Germany's leadership in convening today's open debate. I would also like to thank the briefers for their insights on how the international community can best support and strengthen efforts to increase women's participation in peacekeeping. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security. Bangladesh, then as a member of the Security Council and one of the core sponsors of resolution 1325 (2000), was closely associated with the adoption of that historic document. This was our humble endeavour: to ensure women's rights and roles in the maintenance of international peace and security, which paved the way towards many subsequent resolutions, namely, resolutions 2242 (2015), 2378 (2017), 2382 (2017) and 2436 (2018).”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“National Governments should devote more efforts to coordinating with non-governmental organizations and charitable organizations to prevent the misuse of their funds for terrorism-financing purposes In conclusion, let me once again affirm that Bangladesh, as a responsible and responsive nation, will work closely with the international community to deny transit, sanctuary or safe haven to foreign terrorist groups and to develop and implement further global standards to combat terrorism and terrorist financing. We also look forward to working closely with the United Nations system, in particular with the Security Council, to facilitate the full implementation of the resolutions relating to terrorism and terrorist financing, including the one adopted today.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Secondly, to fill the existing knowledge gap, we can work to build a new financial security toolkit based on the field-level experiences of different countries and share that new knowledge with all relevant stakeholders. With regard to capacity-building, further training and capacity-building to equip Governments and institutions with the necessary knowledge to counter modern technology-oriented Internet-based terrorist financing are necessary. On the coordination front, coordination among field-level mechanisms within and among countries, including coordination across sectors such as money laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking and organized crime, can be increased.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“In order to provide broader international cooperation, our Financial Intelligence Unit works very closely with the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. Although the influence and financial strengths of terrorist outfits are diminishing to a certain extent, we cannot underestimate their potential capacity. Therefore, we must remain vigilant. In that regard, we may consider the following elements. The first is awareness-raising and knowledge sharing. In view of sustainable development approaches and the promotion of inclusive financing mechanisms, the risk of the misuse of funds is increasing. We therefore need to expand and broaden awareness against terrorist financing to reach a wider public.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“As part of our international cooperation and obligations, Bangladesh has taken all possible measures in compliance with the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and resolutions 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014), 2347 (2017) and 2396 (2017), including updating our domestic laws and setting up the mechanisms that I have just shared with the Council. As part of our commitment to the eventual elimination of terrorism in all its forms, Bangladesh acceded to all 14 United Nations and international anti-terrorism conventions and protocols. Bangladesh is very much engaged with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit is one such organization, which works as the national central agency for receiving, analysing and disseminating suspicious transactions reports, cash transaction reports and any information related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism. A counter-terrorism and transnational crime unit was also established within our police authorities to deal with any form of cybercrime and transnational crimes such as making fake currency notes, drug trafficking and smuggling firearms. For the necessary coordination among intelligence and law enforcement agencies on the counter-terrorism and anti-terrorist financing drive, a high-powered working group was formed with representatives from all intelligence and law enforcement agencies.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Those Acts later went through several amendments to meet the international standards. They contain appropriate provisions to respond to the request of foreign countries to identify, freeze, seize and confiscate the proceeds of crime and related property. Our Government has also established a Cabinet-level task force to strengthen the investigation and to coordinate the activities on countering extremism, terrorism and terrorist financing. To complement those policy efforts, we have also brought about reforms at the operational level to implement the provisions of such Acts and rules and on countering illicit financing. We have set up and redesigned the relevant institutions.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Bangladesh believes that no act of terrorism shall be condoned because of its circumstances, method or objective. In other words, a terrorist must be identified only as a terrorist, irrespective of his or her race, colour, creed or religion. As a matter of principle, Bangladesh does not allow its territory to be used by any individual, group or entity against any other State or individual. Bangladesh also continues to adhere to the relevant human rights and humanitarian principles in counter-terrorism efforts. I would like to share with the Council what Bangladesh has done and is doing at the national and international levels to prevent and combat terrorism financing. We formulated and enacted the Money Laundering Prevention Act and Anti-terrorism Act in 2002 and 2009, respectively.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, and I would like to add the following points in my national capacity. Terrorism and violent extremism are major challenges to global peace and security and development. Bangladesh is no exception to the suffering from that menace. As I speak, five Bangladeshi families still mourn the deaths of their near and dear ones who were killed in the terrorist attack carried out in a mosque in New Zealand on 15 March. As our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated time and again, Bangladesh maintains a policy of zero tolerance towards all forms of terrorism, including the financing of terrorism, both nationally and internationally.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“I would like to thank the French presidency of the Council for convening this open debate on the important issue of preventing and combating the financing of terrorism. I also want to commend France's leadership in facilitating the adoption of resolution 2462 (2019) this morning. We are pleased to join the international community in fulfilling all its obligations. I congratulate all Security Council members for their important contribution to the resolution. I would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov and the other briefers for sharing their insights on the issue at the beginning of the meeting.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“While we emphasize that the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and other relevant global documents and mechanisms are a must to fight the effects of climate change, we are not ignoring the fact that there could be a nexus between climate change and international peace and security. The whole United Nations system should work together to improve our knowledge and understanding to find out if climate change poses any direct threat to peace and security in a specific locality, or if it is one of the multiplying factors. The whole United Nations system should also speak with one voice to prevent or resolve any crisis that is an evident outcome of the adverse effects of climate change.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The recently adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration also acknowledges that investing in, and accelerating global cooperation for, climate change mitigation and adaptation would contribute to the elimination of the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their countries of origin. Therefore, we must redouble our efforts for sustainable development. Bangladesh is of the firm View that climate change and related disasters must be discussed in the mould of international development cooperation. Big emitters must aim for the rapid mitigation of greenhouse gases. Also, providing financial resources and ensuring technology transfer to vulnerable countries for their adaptation efforts would be the most effective response to the threats posed by climate change and related disasters.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“Despite numerous challenges, at the national level Bangladesh has been able to reduce casualties in incidents of natural disasters in recent times by taking various measures, such as improvements to our early warning system, the dissemination of information, the establishment of cyclone shelters and the active engagement of dedicated Cyclone Preparedness Programme volunteers for preparedness and response activities. Halting global climate change and reducing disaster risks will largely depend upon the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 to their true letter and spirit.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“We have mainstreamed climate actions and disaster management in our national planning and sustainable development strategy. Over 1 per cent of our GDP is being used to combat climate change. To ensure food security for our people, we have been investing in transforming our agriculture and making it more resilient to the impacts of climate change and disasters. We have taken various initiatives to increase forestation, including a project worth $50 million for the conservation of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“Tackling climate change is directly linked to sustainable development and resilience-building. In line with that perspective, under the leadership of its climate crusader, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh is carrying forward its efforts for sustainable development with specific plans for carbon budgeting, the de-carbonization of manufacturing pathways and low-carbon industrialization. In considering multidimensional vulnerabilities posed by climate change and disasters, our Government recently adopted its Delta Plan 2100 to guide our sustainable development pathway for the next 100 years. Bangladesh is committed to implementing its nationally determined contributions within the framework of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“It is highly prone to natural disasters, such as cyclones, floods, landslides and earthquakes. Climate change poses a serious threat to our 160 million people, although we have hardly contributed to the deterioration of the environment. Just a 1Â°C increase in the global temperature and resultant sea level rise will cause the inundation ofa large area of Bangladesh and, we fear, the displacement of40 million people by the end ofthis century. We are also losing 2 per cent of our annual gross domestic product (GDP) due to natural calamities and environmental degradation. Climate change-induced salinity and other disasters are harming our production of rice and other crops. In addition to all of that, hosting 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from neighbouring Myanmar is also impacting our fragile environment.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to discuss the interlinkages between climate-related disasters and international peace and security. I would also like to express our deep appreciation to the briefers for their thought-provoking presentations. Disasters induced by global climate change have the potential to turn into major security concerns. The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report on Global Warming of 1.5Â°C warn us about the dangerous consequences that will follow if we fail to limit global warming to 15Â°C, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, food security and public health. Bangladesh is one of the worst-affected countries by the impacts of global climate change, due to its geographical location.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urges the Security Council to uphold its commitment and act responsibly to revive hope and opportunities for real progress on the stalled peace process. The engagement of international actors in constructively and effectively sponsoring multilateral political peace efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace based on the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative carries decisive moral and political weight with a View to enabling the Palestinian people to live in freedom and dignity in their Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“While the impressive mobilization and solidarity of the international community, including OIC countries as well as traditional and new donors, helped the Agency to address its unprecedented financial crisis in 2018, the start of the new year serves to renew concerns about sustainable funding to ensure the uninterrupted provision of its vital services. We urge the international community to come forward generously and responsibly to ensure more predictable and sustained funding for UNRWA so that it may effectively carry out its General Assembly mandate in support of Palestinian refugees, pending a just solution to their plight, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“We reiterate our call upon the Security Council to positively consider and recommend the admission of the State of Palestine as a full-fledged Member of the United Nations. We therefore invite the States that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so to promote the chances for peace and establish political and legal measures to protect and support the two- State solution. The OIC Group remains deeply worried by the instability and insufficiency of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“As the Israeli colonial settlement policy constitutes blatant contempt for, and systematic violations of, numerous United Nations resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016), we reiterate that the Security Council, the International Criminal Court and all key actors should fulfil their responsibilities in ensuring accountability, upholding the rule of international law and halting those illegal acts. We reaffirm our support for the accession of the State of Palestine to international organizations and treaties that would establish its legal personality at the international level, which is an inherent right of the State of Palestine. That could facilitate strengthening the legal tools that provide protection for the Palestinian people.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“The international community, with the Security Council at the forefront, must act to ensure accountability for all Israeli violations, in line with international law, including humanitarian law, human rights law and criminal law, and to provide protection to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in the Gaza Strip. Despite the hopes that the start of each new year ushers in, we once again regrettably observe that Israel, the occupying Power, has persisted with a further illegal policy of colonial settlement construction in order to further entrench its illegal occupation, facilitate the exploitation of Palestinian land and natural resources, foreclose all prospects for peace and irreversibly undermine the two-State solution.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“Such irresponsible acts threaten to weaken the international system, strengthen the Israeli policy of imposing a fait accompli and contribute to further deepening the current political impasse andjeopardizing opportunities for actualizing the two-State solution. The dire situation on the ground is deteriorating and becoming more dangerous as a result ofthe illegal Israeli blockade and the escalation of military aggression and raids being carried out all over the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, which have resulted in the tragic loss of civilian lives and a high level of casualties among Palestinian civilians, including many innocent children. We reiterate, in that regard, the responsibility of this organ to act appropriately so as to bring an end to such lawlessness and impunity for Israel, the occupying Power.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“The limitless aggression of Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and the intensification of colonial settlement policies, along with ongoing assaults on Islamic and Christian holy places, particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are creating an ever-more unsustainable and volatile situation and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis of the Palestinian people, especially in the besieged Gaza Strip. The prevailing crises and challenges cannot be seen in isolation from measures, statements and provocations by Israel, the occupying Power, or other parties aimed at forcibly and unlawfully altering the legal status of Jerusalem, including attempts to relocate some diplomatic missions thereto, in defiance of international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source
“I have the honour to deliver my statement on behalf of the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Dominican Republic on its assumption ofthe presidency of the Security Council for this month and welcome the new members of the Council. I also wish to express the OIC Group's full support as they strive to uphold their responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations. This meeting takes place at a time overshadowed by a series of unfortunate developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, that are deepening the suffering of the Palestinian people and further undermining the peace prospects.”
2019-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8449 (2019) · source