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lines on the record: 58
first: 2022-01-18
most recent: 2022-11-03
sittings or episodes: 6
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“There are still a number of speakers remaining on the list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.05 p.m.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“I would like to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no longer than three minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after three minutes. I now give the floor to the representative of the Republic of Korea.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Finally, while the different organs of the United Nations have separate responsibilities that impact the peace-development nexus, in practice, the sum of our efforts does not add up to conditions in which peace thrives. It is important that the Council encourage coherent action across the United Nations system that is targeted at the resilience-building agenda for sustainable peace. The collective contribution of the system has to be integral to the way in which mandates are adopted and executed. In conclusion, our capacity to deliver peace and security rests as much on our ability to understand and address the underlying conditions for conflict as on our ability to manage conflict. I hope that this open debate gets us closer to that understanding. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Secondly, the Council has to rise to its mandate and deal with the critical recommendation in the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations on the need for new modalities to deal with terrorism and violent extremism and the emerging threats to peace and security in our world today. The threats to international peace and security continue to multiply each and every day that no action is taken. Thirdly, we need to operationalize the Council’s agendas for youth and women, making them essential pillars of United Nations support for resilience-building in addressing the present challenges of insecurity. Women and young people face peculiar challenges in their communities, because they are disproportionately affected by conflict and violence.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“First, there is an overwhelming and urgent need for United Nations peace operations to be reconfigured to ensure a situationally determined balance between military actions aimed at restoring peace, including through defeating terrorism, and non-military measures to address the underlying causes of conflicts. We hope that today’s debate will lead to a process that transforms the peace-operations model to respond to the conditions of today. Resilience-building cannot be left to the tail end of peacekeeping; it must be a key objective, even at the beginning of peace operations.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“In the Sahel and coastal West Africa, the impacts of climate change, including displacement and food insecurity, poverty and exclusion, low levels of education and youth unemployment, among other things, create a fertile ground for radicalization and recruitment. Finding a solution to the widening gap between the expectations of citizens and the capacity of States to deliver on public goods and maintain a State presence is as much a security question as it is a development resilience challenge. The Council cannot ignore that concern, which is so relevant to international peace and security and has traditionally been considered part of peacekeeping transitions. I would now like to make a number of points about ways to integrate effective resilience into peace operations for sustainable peace.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“But the Sahel — which, according to the latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index, is experiencing 35 per cent of terror-related deaths in the world — is not the only region where the Council’s traditional response fails to meet the nature of the threat. It is clear that sustainable peace today requires that even as we consider ways to further reform peacekeeping to ensure adequate programmatic funding, we must also look at ways to make the successes of military operations against terrorists more durable by addressing the underlying factors that exacerbate the terrorist threat.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“What is even more worrying is that poor countries are shouldering the burden of addressing the socioeconomic and political complexities and challenges that are driving the rising levels of terrorism and violent extremism, while at the same time bearing the costs of the military operations needed to defeat terrorists. Integrating effective resilience-building into peace operations must be a central preoccupation of the Council if it is to remain a credible guarantor of peace and security around the world. If any evidence were needed, we need look no further than the Sahel, where the stability and viability of States are tested daily, with violence and deaths increasing with each attack.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Ghana is concerned about the fact that not enough resources have been devoted to non-military interventions in peace operations by comparison with military components. As the 2015 High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations noted, the changes in conflicts may be fast outpacing the ability of United Nations peace operations to respond (see S/2015/446). That sustainability gap now threatens current peacekeeping missions, as a number of mission host countries are turning to outside forces for interventions while at the same time limiting the mandates of the peace missions.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“We agree with the Secretary-General’s statement to a meeting of the Economic and Social Council in May 2022, which is on point: “We must rise higher to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals — and stay true to our promise of a world of peace, dignity and prosperity on a healthy planet”. We must therefore ensure funding across the peace continuum if we are to achieve any measure of success in addressing the protracted and complex conflicts we are currently confronting. In addition, there is a need for a strong ecosystem to make the triple cross-pillar nexus a reality and to promote the transformative, prevention-focused and conflict-sensitive responses required to accelerate action to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Karin Landgren, Executive Director of the Security Council Report, for their informative and insightful briefings. As the Security Council, we have a primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Getting the balance right with the instruments we deploy for peace operations is critical for ensuring that the peace we seek is sustained across the world. The link between peace and development is clear for all. The latest report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has stated that cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with peace and security and humankind’s very own survival.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. Landgren for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana. Let me begin by thanking all the Ministers and officials who have travelled from their capitals, as well as all Security Council members and non-members of the Council, for their participation in today’s open debate. I thank the Secretary-General for his important statement and welcome the clarity of his views on how best to integrate effective resilience-building in peace operations for sustainable peace. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee, Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs and Peace and Security of the African Union Commission, Ms. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and current Chair of The Elders, and Ms.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“I would like to draw your attention, Ambassador Adeoye, to the fact that the audio is quite poor, and we cannot hear you. May I therefore suggest that you provide us with your statement for circulation to members.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/799, which contains the text of a letter dated 24 October 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to His Excellency Secretary- General António Guterres.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations; His Excellency Mr. Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs and Peace and Security of the African Union Commission; Her Excellency Ms. Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders; and Ms. Karin Landgren, Executive Director of Security Council Report. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite Mr. Silvio Gonzato, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General and the Ministers and other high-level representatives present today. Their presence underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“We have already noted some positive impacts from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and urge for the continued and unrestricted shipment of grains to countries facing food insecurity. We encourage all stakeholders to reach an agreement as soon as possible on the export of Russian fertilizers and crop products, which are especially needed by agriculture-dependent economies. Let me conclude with an appeal. In a week when the eyes of the world are on us and millions around the world look to their United Nations for leadership and hope, we must send a strong message that impunity will not be tolerated and that we should act through concerted diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“The need for a credible pathway to a genuine diplomatic process is urgent. The barrel of the gun does not provide such a pathway. It leads only to needless loss of lives and destruction on both sides. Indeed, the costs of the war have been high, not only for the parties, but also for the rest of the world. As the President of Ghana said yesterday in his address to the General Assembly, “Every bullet, every bomb and every shell that hits a target in Ukraine hits our pockets and our economies in Africa” (see A/77/PV.7). In that regard, let me place on record Ghana’s appreciation for the good offices of the Secretary- General and other international actors in leveraging life-saving humanitarian interventions at critical times during the war.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“We have expressed our principled position several times against the aggression on Ukraine, which we consider to be in disregard of the norms of international law and the principles of the Charter. We believe that as a sovereign State and member of the Organization, Ukraine has every right and indeed responsibility to defend its territorial integrity and political independence. We acknowledge the tremendous courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Ghana does not, and will not, recognize any territory that is unilaterally and forcefully acquired or dismembered from a sovereign entity. We reiterate the call on the Russian Federation to immediately and unconditionally cease its operations, withdraw its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine and respect its neighbour’s sovereignty and political independence.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“We must affirm our determination to ensure that the litany of atrocious acts that have taken place in Ukraine will be submitted to thorough, transparent and independent investigation to establish the facts and ensure the attribution of international crimes to their perpetrators. Ghana remains supportive of international accountability measures, including the various investigative processes being undertaken by the ICC and the Human Rights Council. In seeking criminal accountability and justice for the victims of the war in Ukraine, we believe that important questions about international remedy and reparation measures, especially for victims of conflict-related sexual abuses, must be addressed. We also express our support for the United Nations early-recovery and resilience programmes already being undertaken.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“The disregard for the requisite standards for nuclear safety and security, including the delineation of a safe zone, is deplorable, and we support the efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency to avert a nuclear catastrophe. With the rising death toll, civilian casualties and growing reports of war crimes and other human rights violations, we must uphold our responsibility as a Council and send a clear message that the perpetrators of atrocities will be held to account. The suffering in Ukraine is abhorrent and should not be dismissed as a mere consequence of war. If we did that, we would be endorsing the atrocities and permitting impunity. In that regard, we underscore the importance of ensuring accountability for all war crimes committed in Ukraine. Accountability is fundamental to preventing impunity.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“We deplore the fact that the basic laws that govern the conduct of modern warfare and protect ordinary people caught in the crossfire of war have not been respected. We are distressed by the diverse, horrifying and painful humanitarian threats that have come with the war. Some 14 million people, mostly women and children, have been displaced from their homes and face heightened risks of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. Human trafficking, filtration processes, enforced disappearances, torture and other violations of the people’s rights and freedoms are widespread. We remain gravely concerned about the manifest threats of a nuclear incident, whether by accident or deliberate action, posed by the constant military engagements around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“Allowing that unravels a central tenet of our global civilization. It puts at stake the lives and liberties of the less powerful, wherever they may live. That is why the members of the Council must act in an urgent and united manner to end the near-paralysis of the Council and the war in Ukraine. The toll of that war is intolerable, and the lack of united resolve risks making our universal Organization an enabling factor for impunity in Ukraine. The damage to the standing of the Charter of the United Nations may be incalculable. Ghana is especially concerned about the intensification of the war in Ukraine across several lines, with civilian-populated areas and civilian infrastructure being the targets of bombardments.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“Let me thank France for organizing this high-level meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres for setting the tone for this meeting with his very clear statement. And we welcome the briefing by Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Since the Security Council’s referral concerning Darfur in resolution 1593 (2005) nearly two decades ago, the world has been united in its belief that impunity anywhere poses serious threats to international peace and security, the international legal order and our multilateral system. We have systematically reinforced our institutions and defined conduct and sanctions to expose, prevent or punish acts or behaviour that defy the norms we are committed to living by. No State, however powerful, should get a pass.”
2022-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9135 (2022) · source
“I reiterate Ghana’s unflinching support for any initiative that will enable United Nations peacekeeping missions and police- and troop-contributing countries to establish appropriate frameworks and policy guidelines for strategic communication in peacekeeping. How successful we are in addressing the issue of anti-United Nations propaganda that encourages attacks against peacekeepers and United Nations personnel in the field would influence, to a large extent, the continuing battle to uphold the authority of the United Nations and the enduring values of multilateralism and our Charter.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, Ghana believes that, considering the desperate situation in many peacekeeping contexts, quick-impact projects offer some of the best opportunities for United Nations peacekeeping missions to convey their commitment to the safety and welfare of the civilian populations they serve. Additional efforts and resources to support such projects should therefore be made in support of the strategic-communication functions that are required in peacekeeping missions. Inconclusion, mydelegationcommendstheproactive efforts of the Security Council to find ways to ensure effective communication strategies and appropriate technologies in support of peacekeeping operations.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, effective strategic communications entail two-way traffic. In addition to the combined use of a wide variety of communication methods, including traditional media, digital platforms and social media, we support the institutionalization of outreach engagements with local communities in mandated missions to sensitize them on the relevant mission’s mandate. Such outreach overcomes any digital divide and facilitates engagement with community leaders, civil society actors and local authorities. It also enables key stakeholders and constituents to appreciate mandates.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“Ghana would therefore support new and additional efforts that will help the United Nations system to review existing policies and adapt innovative approaches in order to reinforce and mainstream strategic-communications activities into mandated missions. Secondly, in the light of the digital scope and reach of MDH and its growing adverse impact on peacekeeping operations, it is necessary to support and encourage the further deployment of capacity and digital assets for strategic communications that have a direct impact on the protection of civilians and the advancement of the women and peace and security agenda. We therefore urge continued support for the efforts of the Department of Global Communications to embed capacity in peacekeeping missions, for the effective support of their strategic-communication function.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“In view of the emerging challenges and the pressing need to build upon the progress since the Brahimi report of the early 2000s (S/2000/809) and the 2015 outcomes of the Independent High-Level Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) as well as the Action for Peacekeeping Plus initiative, Ghana would like to make four points in support of further deepening and embedding strategic communications in peacekeeping missions. First, strategic communication is a strategic necessity and should continue to remain an integral and core part of peacekeeping. It needs to be reinforced through strong mission leadership as a whole-of- mission approach that cuts across the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of mandate delivery in all missions.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“Ghana is therefore deeply concerned about the significant increase in misinformation, disinformation and hate speech (MDH) activity in peacekeeping settings, especially on the African continent, where 6 of the 12 peacekeeping missions are hosted. The scale of systematic, synchronized and orchestrated acts has reached levels that negatively affect the efforts of the United Nations, shape the conflict environment and influence public opinion against United Nations peacekeeping operations. It is in this context, and mindful of the indispensable stabilizing role of United Nations peacekeeping operations, that Ghana, a pioneering and major police- and troop-contributing country, supports all efforts to turbocharge strategic communications as an important enabler and multiplier for the reduction of violence and the sustenance of peace.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“The use of digital technologies has amplified the scope of such negative actions, which impede peace operations and peace support operations. In too many instances, civilian populations have been attacked because hate speech has been enabled, cooperation required from local communities to protect them has been withheld as a result of disinformation and misinformation campaigns that have removed the pillars of trust between peacekeeping missions and such communities, and the safety and security of peacekeeping personnel have been compromised through disinformation, as segments of the population are radicalized against the very troops deployed to ensure the safety of their communities.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“Today, more than at any other time, peacekeeping is being called upon to deliver outcomes in conflict situations that are ever more complex. Those situations include settings where the parties to the conflict either are unwilling to reach a political settlement or have no clarity on their political objectives. In addition, peacekeeping has to contend with a growing host of asymmetric and irregular forces whose methods are hate, division, terror and violence. In such a challenging context, United Nations peacekeeping operations have been caught in the crosshairs of the disinformation propaganda of conflicting parties, in the misinformation efforts of local stakeholders and in the instrumentalization of hate speech to create distrust among local populations and undermine or complicate the efforts to protect civilian populations.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this high- level open debate on strategic communications in peacekeeping operations. The choice of topic reflects Brazil’s commitment and continuing contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations. I also thank the Secretary-General for his statement, as well as the Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the perspectives they have brought to the debate through their briefings. Last, but by no means least, I thank Jenna Russo, Director of Research at the International Peace Institute for her additional perspective, which also brings in a gender dimension.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9090 (2022) · source
“We must do everything in our power to prevent starvation and death anywhere and to restore economic and financial stability for the sake of all our peoples.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“Additionally, major donors must cooperate to shift funds out of separate silos to enable integrative work — and also in a manner that does not prioritize food distribution to vulnerable communities over the sustainable approach of helping them to reconstruct their food systems. In concluding, I would like to stress Ghana’s readiness to join any effort aimed at removing export restrictions on excess grains; bringing grains on stream in parts of Eastern Europe, where the present conflict is raging; reactivating global maritime transport, with a priority on food supply; and ensuring that those countries that are experiencing the perfect storm of pandemic and war have the required credit to purchase grains and food supplies.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“It also requires action by the parties to the conflict to facilitate the movement of food and fertilizers through the Black Sea ports and other transportation lanes, and we call on those in a position to do so to act in the interest of international cooperation and the values of our United Nations. We are encouraged by the role that global humanitarian hubs such as the International Humanitarian City in Dubai and regional humanitarian hubs such as the one in Accra can play in interconnecting humanitarian needs with food availability. The international humanitarian community must deepen their national and regional coordination mechanisms for programming and responding to humanitarian crises and align their interventions with national and regional response plans.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“What is needed are purposeful actions that support the efforts of developing countries, such as the African Common Position for sustainable food systems. Those actions must focus on building resilience in economies and food systems. The scale and effectiveness of the efforts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in filling the financing gap in Africa in response to the coronavirus disease pandemic through, inter alia, fast-track facilities, contingency emergency financing as well as the IMF’s issue of special drawing rights provide a model for addressing short-term shortages and building resilience.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“As we mark the fourth anniversary of the Council’s adoption of resolution 2417 (2018) this month, unfolding global events continue to be a rude and painful reminder of the debilitating linkages between armed conflict, hunger and food security. Although the current global food insecurity crisis predates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has clearly exposed the interconnected nature and fragility of global food systems, with serious consequences for global food and nutrition security, particularly for vulnerable countries and populations. The food crisis that millions of the world’s citizens are confronting now, especially in Africa, which is the hardest hit, cannot wait until we have a perfect outcome among all States.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“We experience together the profound anxiety of a global economy in uncharted waters, buffeted by uncertain headwinds. It is in this context that Ghana welcomes the important contribution that resolution 2417 (2018) makes in acknowledging the interlinkages between conflict and hunger. There is still much to be done to build resilience in food systems and enhance global respect for norms relating to populations’ right to food regardless of the state of conflict and to integrate peacebuilding objectives into the creation of resilient food systems, with a backward interlock of food security objectives into peacebuilding programmes and activities.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“Millions of people, especially children, have suffered or perished from food insecurity in the challenging periods of conflict that my own continent has had to endure, especially over the past three decades. The food systems of those countries in conflict usually collapse, with huge consequences for the economy, livelihoods and living standards. Those impacts were localized, and those of us who lived outside the theatre of war were involved only inasmuch as our conscience compelled us to act, including taking in refugees or by intervention, through peace support operations. Today, however, perhaps the first time since the Second World War, we see the impact of one conflict on food security in every country, every home and on everyone.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank you and the United States delegation for highlighting the very important subject of armed conflict and food insecurity during your presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres, the World Food Programme Executive Director, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gro Intelligence for their briefings. We appreciate their useful perspectives on armed conflict and food insecurity. The Security Council is no stranger to the harrowing reports of starvation and other forms of food insecurity caused by conflict in various parts of the world.”
2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036 (2022) · source
“We call on the Secretary-General to facilitate a process that enables us to address the options for more sustainable and predictable humanitarian funding for the Middle East. Without the genuine commitment of the parties to the peace process, a peaceful resolution of the conflict will continue to slip through our grasp. We therefore urge the parties to resume direct negotiations for comprehensive and lasting peace, in the spirit of cooperation and in good faith. Finally, I wish to express Ghana’s commitment to supporting and facilitating the path to lasting peace in the Middle East and underscore the need for cooperation and unified action among all Member States and, in particular, the Council.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“Ghana condemns all acts of terrorism and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the parties. Those actions exacerbate the humanitarian crisis. While reminding the parties of their obligations under international law and several resolutions of the Council, we urge them to refrain from unilateral actions that obstruct and undermine efforts aimed at achieving comprehensive and just peace to the decades- old conflict. We thank Member States for their financial contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and urge increased support to reverse the critical funding deficit of the organization to enable it to continue its vital mission of supporting those affected by the conflict.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“We thank the donor community and international development partners for their commitment to supporting a meaningful and comprehensive settlement. Ghana commends the recent efforts of the Secretary-General and the Envoys of the Middle East Quartet to address critical concerns related to the fiscal conditions in Palestine and the tense conditions in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Advancing the peace process requires regional and international actors to deploy the tools of diplomacy to build and sustain momentum around the recent high- level engagements. It also requires both sides to the conflict to overcome past mistrust, work to rebuild trust and goodwill and engage their public on a vision of peace that promises security and prosperity. None of that will be easy. The cost of not doing it would be harder.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“The Council must urgently address the question of how to revitalize effective and coordinated peace talks, based on lessons learned, building on past initiatives and exploring new possibilities through which Israel and Palestine can both realize their aspirations for normality, opportunity for every Israeli and Palestinian and, indeed, statehood. Ghana believes that a two-State solution with Israel and Palestine living peacefully side by side on the basis of pre-1967 borders remains the viable option for restoring lasting peace and stability in the region. Ghana therefore appreciated Norway’s facilitation of the in-person ministerial meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians in November 2021.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“Despite the several important interventions by the international community and the parties since the holding of the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, the objective of a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the situation in the Middle East has continued to elude us. The unending suffering of the Israeli and Palestinian people and the prospect of a peaceful and prosperous Middle East compel us to be steadfast in pursuit of the decades-long objective. The worsening security and humanitarian situation in the region amid the crisis of the global coronavirus disease pandemic is alarming and calls for the renewed attention of the international community.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“I am pleased to participate in this open debate on the situation in the Middle East and commend Norway for its leadership on this crucial matter. I also thank the briefers for their briefings before the Security Council on the prevailing situation in the Middle East. Finding a lasting solution to the situation in the Middle East is a responsibility that we cannot shirk or ignore. That is not a challenge that will disappear one day without a collective commitment to dialogue between the parties and the support of the international community. We know that the consequences of inaction would be even more dire down the road.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, women are usually the group most adversely affected by conflict but the most marginalized in peace processes and the most punished for their peacebuilding efforts. Women’s voices bring real gender perspectives to peace discourses, which lead to better policies and more equitable, gender-sensitive and sustainable peace deals. Therefore, ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding should not be reduced to mere rhetoric within the confines of the Security Council. We owe it to women in peace and security all over the world to convert the rhetoric into zealous and concrete action.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949 (2022) · source
“In addition, United Nations sanctions committees should be utilized as tools to bring to justice those guilty of intimidation, threats and reprisals against women in peacebuilding and to serve as possible deterrents to potential aggressors. The active participation of women on panels of experts is therefore highly encouraged. Lastly, the Security Council, Members States and the United Nations at large must be unequivocal and consistent in their defence of women briefers, and they must continue to condemn all attacks against them. That level of international support will send a strong message to perpetrators of violent reprisals against women briefers, making them fully aware that the world is watching and that any violence against these women will not be tolerated.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949 (2022) · source
“In this regard, the Council should ensure that peace operations are adequately resourced to address the challenges encountered by United Nations entities and Member States in monitoring, reporting and providing support to women peacebuilders. Secondly, the Council should urge the Secretary- General to use his good offices to build the capacity of United Nations staff in conflict zones, with the objective of increasing their understanding of the work of women in peace processes. This will ultimately empower United Nations workers in conflict environments to furnish victims or potential victims of reprisals with the needed protection and support.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949 (2022) · source