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  1. “Those decisions risk irreparable damage to Afghanistan’s society and move the Taliban further away from normalizing relations with the international community. The United States strongly supports the resolution’s call for a United Nations Special Envoy on Afghanistan. A Special Envoy will be well-positioned to coordinate international engagement on Afghanistan, including with relevant Afghan political actors and stakeholders, to achieve the objectives laid out in the resolution. Altogether, resolution 2721 (2023) is a step forward in moving all sides in a more constructive direction.”

    2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9521 (2023) · source

  2. “The United States is committed to promoting peace, stability and human rights in Afghanistan. Resolution 2721 (2023) sends a clear message to the Taliban, the Afghan people and the world. It shows that the Security Council supports a process by which Afghanistan is integrated into the international community by meeting its international obligations. The resolution also demonstrates the United Nations continued support for the people of Afghanistan, and the results of the independent assessment (see S/2023/856) provide clear recommendations to address the challenges ahead. We remain concerned about the Taliban’s repressive edicts against women and girls and their unwillingness to foster inclusive governance.”

    2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9521 (2023) · source

  3. “It is our belief that women’s perspectives should be equally represented at all levels in peace and security processes, as should the hopes and aspirations of young people, who are ultimately the inheritors of the future. It was as a manifestation of that view that Trinidad and Tobago initiated its resolution on women, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control, which the Assembly has adopted annually since 2010. I would like to conclude by urging the international community to act decisively to silence the guns in Africa, and to silence them in other regions of the world as well. We must make a difference on the ground. Words alone will not prevent the devastating and irreparable harm caused by weapons in the hands of misguided individuals.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source

  4. “Although we have crafted regional solutions to tackle the myriad problems related to crime and security, we are all cognizant of the need for enhanced cooperation at the multilateral level. That is why Trinidad and Tobago subscribes fully to the object and purpose of the Arms Trade Treaty. We recall with satisfaction and appreciation that Africa was an ardent partner in that endeavour together with CARICOM. We also stress the need to fully implement other existing international instruments in that area, including the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the Firearms Protocol.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source

  5. “Consequently, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has undertaken a number of measures at the regional and hemispheric levels to strengthen the framework to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. In fact, Trinidad and Tobago, together with some other CARICOM States, has backed a legal challenge brought by Mexico against private-sector gun manufacturers in the United States, in an effort to hold them accountable for their role in facilitating the free flow of illicit arms and ammunition throughout the region. Such weapons are the weapons of choice in the commission of the most serious crimes, including murder, at shocking rates.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source

  6. “The necessity of curbing the illicit transfer and misuse of small arms and light weapons and ammunition is a foreign policy priority for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and a key strategic objective of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Council members may be aware that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has the lead responsibility for matters related to crime and security in the quasi-Cabinet of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community. That is a responsibility we take seriously, in both its internal and its external dimensions. Regrettably, Africa, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, are regions that pay the greatest human cost of the uncontrolled proliferation of illicit firearms, despite the fact that we are not major manufacturers of those weapons.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source

  7. “Today we meet again in what has been referred to as the most important room in the world. I wish to place on record in the Chamber that Trinidad and Tobago applauds the Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative through, inter alia, the strengthening of arms control and disarmament frameworks. That common effort is a symbol of the commitment and unity of the African region around the goal of building a conflict- free continent, an essential basis for its prosperity and development. Trinidad and Tobago supports that initiative, which is in line with the Agenda 2063 of the African Union and with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source

  8. “Trinidad and Tobago would like to thank the Republic of Mozambique for organizing today’s important Security Council open debate. We are also grateful to the briefers for the information and assessments they have provided on the Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative. I would like to convey through you, Madam President, that is an honour to address this open debate under the leadership of the President of Mozambique. I recall my recent productive interactions with him, held in my capacity as the President of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, during the forty-second African, Caribbean and Pacific States-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Mozambique in October and November last year. Those exchanges reaffirmed the enduring relationship between the Caribbean and Africa.”

    2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299 (2023) · source