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2013-09-26
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  1. “We welcome the Secretary-General's offer of assistance to the investigation. The United Nations will continue to have a crucial role to play. The message from this Council to those who were responsible for this atrocity is definitive. They will be held to account for their actions. Australia will continue to do everything we can to ensure that this barbaric act is thoroughly investigated and that the perpetrators are brought to justice. We have an overriding objective to ensure dignity, respect and justice for those killed on MH-l7. We will not rest until this is done. We will not rest until we bring them home.”

    2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source

  2. “Russia must use its influence over the separatists to ensure this. Russia must also use its influence to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end. Our resolution also demands a full, thorough and independent international investigation into this act. We must have answers. We must have justice. We owe it to the victims and their families to determine what happened and who was responsible. The resolution acknowledges the investigations already under way. It demands that safe, secure, full and unrestricted access to the crash site be provided so that the investigating authorities can carry out their work. It is despicable that this access is not being provided. It is an affront to the victims and their families. All States, armed groups - everyone - must cooperate with the investigation.”

    2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source

  3. “Our nation mourns the death of all the victims. I cannot begin to fathom the pain and anguish their families and friends are experiencing. But grief is now accompanied by outrage as we witness grotesque violations at the crash site. This demands a response. That is why Australia has brought this resolution to the Security Council. Today, the Security Council has responded. Our resolution demands that armed groups in control ofthe crash site provide safe access immediately to allow for the recovery of the bodies, and that these armed groups stop any actions that compromise the integrity of the crash site. That is imperative. There must be a ceasefire in the immediate area around the site. The victims must be treated with dignity, brought back to their homes and laid to rest. All parties are required to fully cooperate with these efforts.”

    2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source

  4. “Our nation is devastated by the loss of so many Australians - 37 people who called Australia home. They were travelling home from Europe - a couple, both teachers, on holiday to celebrate their retirement; a 25-year-old travelling in Europe, like so many young Australians do. Yesterday, I spoke to a husband and wife from Perth who had been on a family holiday in Europe. They had decided to stay on for only a couple of days, while their three children ~ aged 12, 10 and 8 - had to return to school in Australia, so they went on ahead with their grandfather on Flight MH-17. The parents are inconsolable in their grief. Among the victims were scientists - medical researchers and doctors who were travelling to Melbourne for the International AIDS Conference that began yesterday. These were people who had dedicated their lives to helping others.”

    2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source

  5. “The adoption of resolution 2166 (2014) is a decisive step by the Security Council. It is an unambiguous response of the international community to an utterly deplorable act - the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-l7, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board, including 80 children. The passengers were citizens of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines and the United Kingdom. The Governments of those countries have all co-sponsored this resolution today. For that I am deeply grateful. A number of victims were dual nationals of other countries. They were all innocent people on a commercial aircraft. Their plane was shot down over territory controlled by separatists in eastern Ukraine. This is an absolute outrage.”

    2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source

  6. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5pm.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  7. “Inow give the floorto HerExcellency Ms. Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  8. “Inow give the floorto His Excellency Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  9. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  10. “I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  11. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Saad-Eddine El Othmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  12. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  13. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  14. “And I should note that Australia has built on the earlier work of others - including Argentina some years ago - to get to this point. The Council should consider these issues more systematically, return to this subject with greater frequency, and ensure that our commitments today are not forgotten tomorrow. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the members of the Council.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  15. “It will prevent human rights abusers and those who violate the laws of war from being supplied with arms. The Council, by adopting resolution 2117 (2013) today, is demonstrating that it has an important role to play in addressing these challenges. The resolution will strengthen the implementation of the Council's arms embargoes. It supports peacekeepers' efforts to limit the impact of these weapons on post-conflict societies. Most importantly, the resolution demonstrates the fundamental importance that the Council places on protecting civilians and of full respect for international humanitarian law and human rights. This international momentum must be maintained. The Council has taken too long to adopt its first resolution on small arms.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  16. “For States emerging from conflict, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes for former combatants must be carefully designed and implemented, and weapons accounted for. Security sector reform must include effective weapons management. Such transition processes must be inclusive, with women's participation being crucial. Existing controls, including national regulations and arms embargoes, must be fully implemented. Regional organizations will often be able to play a pivotal role. The international community has demonstrated renewed resolve to combat the threat posed by small arms and light weapons. The adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty this year was a landmark achievement that will help stop destabilizing arms flows to conflict regions and to illicit users.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  17. “Their proliferation and misuse can undermine the rule of law and human rights, and destroy efforts to rebuild broken societies. We have all learned valuable lessons on how this threat can be overcome. While States have the primary responsibility to prevent the illicit transfer and misuse of these weapons, many will need support to do so. Peacekeeping and political missions can play a key role, as we saw in Solomon Islands. This has also been the experience in Cote d'Ivoire, where a small but dedicated arms-embargo monitoring unit in the United Nations mission has made a real impact in supporting the government to combat illicit arms flows. Assistance to States in managing their own weapons - those held by their security forces - will often be the starting point.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  18. “During a three-week amnesty, more than 4,000 firearms were surrendered or confiscated by RAMSI. This early and decisive action underpinned the peace that was built and maintained over the next 10 years. Small arms and light weapons have had similar effects elsewhere in our region - in Timor-Leste and in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. As a member of the Council, we are reminded all too frequently of the threat that the proliferation and misuse of these weapons can pose to civilians, to States and to international peace and security, including in Mali and the Sahel, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. These weapons pose a grave threat to civilians, to peacekeepers, to humanitarian workers and to civil society organizations.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  19. “Australia's region, the Indo-Pacific has experienced the devastating effects of the illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons. Thirteen years ago, our friends in Solomon Islands faced the very real prospect of becoming a failed State after long-simmering tensions boiled over into ethnic conflict. Militants raided police armouries, high-powered firearms - coupled with other weapons that flowed across porous borders - exacerbated the conflict. The results were devastating - a coup, widespread killings, breakdown in governance, law and order, and years of economic contraction. Australia led the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) with fellow Pacific Islands Forum members, at Solomon Islands' request, to restore law and order. That meant getting guns out of the community quickly.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  20. “I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Azerbaijan Australia, China, France, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Morocco, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America Abstaining; Russian Federation The President: There were 14 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2117 (2013). I shall now make a statement in my a capacity as the Foreign Minister of Australia. I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and report (S/2013/503), which have laid the foundation for today's discussion. I also thank the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross for her briefing and for the invaluable work her organization is undertaking.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  21. “I thank Ms. Beerli for her briefing. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make a statement before the voting.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  22. “I also draw the attention of Council members to document S/2OI3/536, which contains a letter dated 6 September 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. I am very pleased that the Council is convening this high-level meeting to consider the issue of small arms. The proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons threaten peace and drive conflict in many of the countries the Council considers. It is an issue that cuts across much of the Council's work, from sanctions, peacekeeping and peacebuilding to the women, peace and security agenda. Yet it is an issue that the Council has not considered in a dedicated way for more than five years. It is therefore entirely appropriate that we do so today.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  23. “Members of the Council have before them document S/2013/570, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I draw the attention of Council members to document S/2013/503, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on small arms.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  24. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  25. “Small arms The impact of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons on international peace and security Report of the Secretary-General on small arms (S/2013/503) Letter dated 6 September 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2013/536) The President: I warmly welcome the Secretary- General, the President of Guatemala, the Deputy Prime Ministers of Luxembourg and the United Kingdom, Ministers of the countries members of the Security Council and other representatives present in the Security Council Chamber. Their presence is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter to be addressed.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source

  26. “I wish to confirm the Council's condemnation in the strongest possible terms of the recent terrorist attack in Nairobi, which caused numerous deaths and injuries, and to convey our condolences to the victims and their families and to the people and the Government of Kenya. I note that the Council issued a press statement to that effect on 21 September. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

    2013-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7036 (2013) · source