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1. “I also wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/870, which contains a letter dated 5 December 2014 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, as well as to document S/2014/762, which contains a letter dated 28 October 2014 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr. Herve Ladsous and Her Excellency Ms. Raimonda Murmokaite, Permanent Representative of Lithuania, in her capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic. I now give the floor to Mr. Ladsous.”

   2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7329 (2014) · source

2. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Herve Ladsous, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/857, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic.”

   2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7329 (2014) · source

3. “A vote was taken by show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President (spoke in French): The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2188 (2014). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.10 ant.”

   2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7328 (2014) · source

4. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document 8/2014/868, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by the United States of America. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document 8/2014/707, which contains a letter dated 29 September 2014 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. I also wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/83l, which contains a letter dated 19 November 2014 from the Panel of Experts on Liberia established pursuant to resolution 2128 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.”

   2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7328 (2014) · source

5. “I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no more speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.25 pm.”

   2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

6. “With respect to the judiciary, Chad also notes the progress achieved on the issue of war crimes, the fight against organized crime and corruption, human trafficking, property rights and institutional capacity- building in the justice sector. We invite the Kosovo authorities to further strengthen the appropriate measures to curb the phenomena of foreign terrorist fighters and the desecration of holy places. Finally, we recall that the Mission's highest priority remains the promotion of security, stability and respect for human rights in Kosovo and the region. In this regard, we welcome the fruitful cooperation between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Kosovo Force, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and UNMIK as they pursue their efforts to achieve peace, stability and development in Kosovo.”

   2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

7. “In a similar vein, Chad encourages the authorities to pursue the dialogue being facilitated by the European Union, in accordance with the 19 April 2013 agreement on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. Chad welcomes and encourages the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in fulfilling its mandate and specifically reiterates its support for the work on disappeared and displaced persons. According to High Commissioner on Refugees, there are still more 17,200 internally displaced persons in Kosovo. We note the progress made on the issues of return and identification as well as the improvement of access of minority communities to employment opportunities in the Kosovo public institutions.”

   2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

8. “The crisis provoked by the search for a balance of forces has not found a solution either, despite the matter's having been referred to the Constitutional Court. Furthermore, Kosovo organized municipal elections on 3 November, which took place, according to international observers, in a proper manner, except in the north, in northern Mitrovica, where violence and low voter turnout were reported. We believe that this ongoing political tension and the institutional vacuum could exacerbate an economic situation that is already quite difficult. Chad calls upon Kosovo's political actors to enter into a dialogue to find a way out of the impasse, with a view to allowing a Government to be formed, and thereby preserve the country's fragile cohesion.”

   2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

9. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Chad. First of all, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing. I would also like to welcome Mr. Aleksandar Vucie, Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of Kosovo, to the Security Council and thank them for their statements. The report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2014/773) describes a tense political situation with an institutional impasse that is a challenge to the democratic process in Kosovo. We note with concern that in the five months since the early legislative elections of 8 June, which took place in a unified legal framework, Kosovo has still not formed a new Government.”

   2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

10. “Hashim Thaci to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/773, the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. I now give the floor to Mr. Farid Zarif.”

    2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

11. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Serbia to participate in this meeting. On behalf ofthe Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vucic', Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and I request the Protocol Officer to escort him to his seat at the Council table. Mr. Aleksandar Vueie, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, was escorted to a seat at the Council table. The President (spoke in French): In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr.”

    2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source

12. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at10.40 am.”

    2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7326 (2014) · source

13. “Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan Report of the Secretary-General on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2014/852) The President (spoke in French): In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Sudan to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/852, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. I now give the floor to Mr. Ladsous.”

    2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7326 (2014) · source

14. “As this is the first meeting ofthe Council for the month ofDecember 2014, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative of Australia, for his service as President of the Council for the month of November 2014. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Quinlan and his delegation for the great diplomatic skill with which they conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

    2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7326 (2014) · source

15. “Chad fully supports the activities of the 1540 Committee and eagerly awaits the general review of the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) requested by the Security Council in resolution 1977 (2011). In conclusion, I would like to reiterate our congratulations to Ambassador Oh Joon and his entire team for the excellent work accomplished under the Korean chairmanship.”

    2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source

16. “Further, Chad wishes to thank the 1540 Committee and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs for having facilitated the participation of two of those experts at the regional conference on the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), organized in Seoul in October. Chad reiterates its commitment to working towards the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and calls for heightened dialogue between the 1540 Committee and the 20 States Members that have not yet submitted their reports. In that regard, we ask the Committee to focus more on those States, 16 of which are in Africa, through awareness-raising activities and visits to the countries concerned.”

    2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source

17. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): I thank Ambassador Oh J oon of the Republic of Korea, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, for his briefing and congratulate him for his leadership at the head of the Committee for the past two years. I also thank the expert group of the 1540 Committee for its remarkable work. Chad welcomes the 1540 Committee's achievements, in particular the holding of three special meetings in Africa for countries that have not yet submitted their first report, and the organization of 59 awareness- raising activities around the world.”

    2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source

18. “For its part, Chad remains willing to make its modest contribution to peacekeeping and international security, as demonstrated by its recent and current commitments, through the deployment of police in different United Nations peacekeeping operations. With your permission, Madam President, I would like to ask one question to all three heads of police components of the three operations. What do the Police Commissioners think about including general knowledge, such as linguistic and cultural knowledge ofthe host country, in the selection process? Should we make that a selection criteria?”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

19. “Furthermore, we welcome the efforts of the African Union in launching policing missions on the continent, including in the African Union Mission in Somalia. In conclusion, we would like to pay tribute to all police, men and women, in the service of the United Nations, and to all police-contributing countries that have made deployments to countries in conflict or post- conflict situations. Their support to the host country police in the areas of civilian protection, security sector reform, rebuilding and providing operational assistance and other functions for maintaining public order is considerable.”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

20. “While knowledge of the language and culture of the host State should not a prerequisite, it is one of the most important elements that should be taken into account in the selection process. Another crucial element is geographic and linguistic representation, particularly in those areas of United Nations policing responsibilities. Moreover, we encourage the Secretary-General and Member States to increase the number of women police in peacekeeping operations, including in positions ofresponsibility, with at least 20 per cent female representation being reached, in accordance with the global campaign launched in 2009. We would also encourage closer cooperation between the United Nations Police Division and the African Union, which recently established the regional police organization - the African Police Cooperation Organization.”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

21. “It is important for the police-contributing country to ensure that the personnel deployed have among their skills a high level of expertise, appropriate training and equipment that is adapted to the situation. Otherwise, they will not be able to effectively discharge their duties. Consequently, it is logical that the United Nations Police Division and Member States maintain close collaboration in order to identify areas where there are shortcomings to be addressed or where improvements could be made. In that regard, we urge Member States with the resources available to provide them to those who need them. Furthermore, given that United Nations police are called upon to interact with the population, it is important that they have general skills, including linguistic and cultural knowledge of the host country.”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

22. “Chad notes the increasing role of United Nations police in peacekeeping operations and the increasing number of individual police and formed police units. Police staffing has increased from 1,677 personnel in 1994 to over 12,300 personnel as of last 30 September, throughout 13 peacekeeping operations and 4 special political missions, which constitutes 14 per cent of United Nations personnel in uniform today. We believe that strengthening the police component of United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions is making a great contribution to stabilization in post- conflict situations and in peacebuilding, security sector reform, the protection of civilians and the rule of law. Issues related to police training, skills and equipment and their geographical distribution are crucial ones.”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

23. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): I would like to congratulate the Australia presidency for taking the initiative to hold this meeting on the role of policing in peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding. I welcome the adoption of resolution 2185 (2014), which we were pleased to co-sponsor. I thank Mr. Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, and the heads of the police components of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic for their briefings. We welcome the Australian innovation of inviting heads of police components to brief the Security Council.”

    2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source

24. “For its part, Chad is playing its role in the fight against terrorism. Its resolute engagement in Mali, where we have paid and continue to pay the highest price, perfectly reflects our commitment. To conclude, we commend the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2014/23, and hope that it will help Member States to better implement resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014).”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

25. “If we are to eradicate the phenomenon of foreign fighters, we must attack its deep-rooted causes. The emergence ofterrorism and violent extremism in Africa is nourished by widespread poverty and despair, and by youth unemployment in particular. Young people are easy prey indeed for terrorist groups, which enjoy significant resources from drug trafficking and other illicit activities. If the international community is to stop these activities, which seriously threaten security, it must support the youth development programmes and projects of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. To that end, Africa's partners must provide ample technical and material assistance, in addition to the assistance provided by such United Nations entities as the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

26. “They recruit throughout the world and spread their barbarous theology everywhere, including in Africa. Africa is also confronting terrorism and violent extremism. As has been noted, it teems with groups such as Boko Haram, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Al-Sharia, the Signers in Blood Battalion, and Al-Shabaab. Despite their different geographic locations, these terrorist groups constitute a well- coordinated network in their actions across the globe. That is why, on 2 September, important decisions were taken at a summit meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council to strengthen the legal framework of the fight against terrorism and to establish an African arrest warrant for authors of and accomplices to terrorist activities and a mechanism for halting terrorist funding.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

27. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): At the outset, Madam President, I should like to welcome you and commend you on your country's presidency of the Security Council and your leadership. I also welcome the presence here of other Ministers, and I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I also thank for their briefings the Chairs of the Security Council Committees established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and resolution 1373 (2001). The threat posed by the Islamic State and the Al-Nusra Front is constantly changing. These terrorist groups are armed with increasingly sophisticated weaponry and making significant territorial gains. They also make use of the income drawn from the illegal trade in oil, pillage and hostage-taking to fuel their macabre activities.”

    2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source

28. “The solution of two States living side by side in peace remains the only possibility that would guarantee security for Israel and a better, safer future for the Palestinian people. We are convinced that to achieve a just and lasting peace in the region, Israel has to respect the relevant United Nations resolutions. Israel will have to recognize that peace is simply incompatible with the occupation policy, the construction of new settlements in Palestinian territories, the massacre of innocent people or the desecration of holy sites.”

    2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source

29. “Turning to the political process, as other delegations have underscored, the current status quo is no longer acceptable, and it is regrettable that of late the Security Council's public and closed meetings on the issue of Palestine are leading to no concrete initiatives likely to unblock the situation and to improve the living conditions of Palestinians under occupation. It is high time for the international community to assume its responsibilities to lend real momentum to the peace process and to bring Israelis and Palestinians back together around the negotiating table. That requires Israel to respect its international legal commitments and to put an end to all actions that are fraught with the risk of reducing the peace process to nothing.”

    2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source

30. “Quite clearly, settlement and the illegal appropriation of land are very serious acts that risk completely undermining any chance for a peace process as well as undermining all mediation efforts. A legitimate question in this case is how can the Palestinian people build its future independent State, one which would be viable and sovereign, if its territory is reduced on a daily basis? In that regard, we condemn as firmly as possible the construction of any new settlements, attacks against civilians, the destruction of houses and the forced displacement of Palestinians, and we urge Israel to bring all this to an immediate end.”

    2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source

31. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): I would also like to convey my gratitude to you, Madam President, for having convened this public meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his briefing. Chad wishes to express its deep concern regarding the most recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territories, where the brutal actions by Israel against Palestinian civilians continues. Incursions into holy sites continue, threatening to further deteriorate an already extremely tense situation, especially in East Jerusalem. It is in this tense climate that Israel has announced its plan for the construction of 1,000 additional housing units in East Jerusalem, thus fanning the flames of discord.”

    2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source

32. “To conclude, I wish to again stress that the international community must emerge from its inertia and assume its historic and moral responsibility by considering all possible options and exerting the necessary pressure upon the parties to ensure the relaunching of the peace process in order to end the suffering of the Palestinian people and enable them to exercise their right to a sovereign, independent and viable State. That also constitues the road map to settling other conflicts in the Middle East.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

33. “Such actions are provocations - even attacks - against the feelings of the Muslim world that risk undermining the peace efforts. We also condemn the settlement policy and the destruction of Palestinian homes and all arbitrary acts committed against the Palestinian population. In that vein, it is Chad's belief that aggressive acts committed by Israel against the civilian Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, the displacement and transfer of civilians by the Israeli authorities, the destruction of civilian property and all acts of collective punishment represent grave violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

34. “It deserves the full attention of the international community. In that regard, we salute the adoption by the United Kingdom Parliament of a resolution calling on the Government to recognize the State ofPalestine. We also commend Sweden's courageous decision to recognize the State of Palestine. Those positions, beyond the profound symbolic character, represent a step in the right direction to put an end to the historic injustice that the Palestinian people have bitterly experienced on a daily basis for six decades. We are profoundly concerned by the recent actions of the Israeli occupation forces and groups of extremist settlers on the esplanade of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in carrying out profane attacks against the holy sites and brutally attacking pilgrims who have made the journey in fulfillment of their religious duty.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

35. “In that context, there must be a change in strategy and to explore other options. It is the responsibility of the international community to bring Israel to reason in order to renounce its intransigence by accepting a negotiated political solution leading to the realization of the vision of two independent States living side by side in peace and security based on the pre-l967 borders. In the absence of that, the international community will have to finally recognize the State of Palestine and thereby ensure protection of the Palestinian people even under occupation, based on respect for international law. In that respect, the new initiative of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, supported by the League of Arab States, sets a date to end the Israeli occupation and form a Palestinian State based on the pre-1967 borders.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

36. “Above all, however, there must be an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory, which has persisted for far too long and for which no durable or permanent solution seems to be visible on the horizon. Despite the well-known parameters for a solution, Israel continues to hamper the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and prevent the two-State solution by flouting the relevant United Nations resolutions and its other international commitments. Concerning the upheaval in the Middle East, especially the hotspots and impasses in armed conflict that encourage radicalization and terrorism, such situations are both unacceptable and extremely dangerous. We deplore the fact that many years of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians have not yielded any concrete results.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

37. “Nevertheless, my country believes that the time has come for the international community to take responsibility and establish safeguards to ensure that the aggression against the Gaza Strip does not become a recurrent phenomenon every two or three years, jeopardizing all peace efforts and wasting the enormous financial resources allocated to Gaza's reconstruction. From that perspective, it seems crucial to us that we emerge from that vicious cycle and end the continuing spiral of violence, thereby leaving behind the cycle of continuing construction and reconstruction. Furthermore, we must not lose sight of the fact that the Palestinian problem is not confined to aggression against Gaza. Clearly, it is important to end the blockade and to protect Gazans from all forms of aggression.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

38. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): I would like to begin by thanking you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I commend his personal commitment, especially his recent mission to the region and, in particular, to Gaza, which enabled him to assess the situation on the ground and the extent of the human and material damage suffered by the Palestinian population during Israel's most recent military operations. My statement will focus on the question ofPalestine. My country appreciates the convening in Cairo on 12 October of the Gaza reconstruction Conference and welcomes the commitments made by donors to contribute to Gaza's rebuilding and development efforts.”

    2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source

39. “We welcome the fact that the resolution just adopted takes those concerns into account. We have always said that there is no military solution to the crisis in Darfur and that we need to promote a national dialogue, given that there has been progress and hope. From that perspective, we call on all players involved to refrain from any action that could compromise the planned national dialogue and to undertake a transparent, inclusive and holistic process that makes it possible to promote peace and stability in the Sudan.”

    2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source

40. “While we welcome the adoption of resolution 2173 (2014), Chad regrets that the Security Council did not take into account the request of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union in its totality. We nevertheless believe that, with the adoption of this resolution, the prevailing humanitarian situation in Darfur will be improved due to the mobilization of additional resources. In addition, Chad calls on both Councils to continue to work together in future as partners and to take decisions to avoid controversies on issues of key importance. Moreover, Chad believes that it is important to continue to deal with the crisis in Darfur in its regional dimension, in view of the repercussions that it could have on the stability of neighbouring countries.”

    2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source

41. “Chad welcomes the efforts undertaken and the sacrifices made by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) as it carries out its mandate, in particular with respect to the protection of civilians, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance, providing security for humanitarian workers and undertaking mediation in the intercommunal negotiations. In order to enable the mission to contribute to the protection of civilians and promote peace and security, the Peace and Security Council ofthe African Union, in its 9 July communique, decided to extend UNAMID's mandate for 12 months and called on the Security Council to act in a similar manner.”

    2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source

42. “Mr. Cherif (Chad) (spoke in French): My delegation is pleased with the unanimous adoption of resolution 2173 (2014). The Security Council and the international community have not stood by with indifference with respect to the ongoing deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur. Chad expresses its deep concern over the tenuous security situation impeding the daily operations of humanitarian agencies on the ground and compromising the distribution of humanitarian assistance and food to needy people.”

    2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source

43. “United Nations agencies, such as the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, also inform the United Nations daily on the situations in different countries. As a principal organ of the United Nations system, the Security Council can effectively assist the Secretary- General, his Special Representatives and Envoys by taking firm, impartial and relevant decisions. The ineffectiveness of the United Nations is in part rooted in the fact that the Secretary-General is simply reduced to playing an administrative role with no real means of coercion. In that regard, the Security Council's support for the Secretary-General would allow him and its team to better carry out his preventive diplomacy role.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

44. “We commend the existing cooperation in the framework of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. That model could also be extended to other areas of tension in the world - for example, cooperation with the League of Arab States, when it comes to the problems in the Middle East, or with the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The Council must use the sources of information available to it to increase its effectiveness in a country. To that end, the periodic reports of human rights organization's, women's groups and other civil society organizations provide indicators and warning signs in the respecive countries that may help prevent conflicts.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

45. “We think that the Security Council could increase is effectiveness by developing close cooperation with regional and subregional organizations in the area of conflict prevention and maintaining peace and security. With regard to Africa, the African Union is one of the largest organizations after the United Nations, with similar bodies, the most important being the Peace and Security Security. And at the subregional level we have, among others, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Economic Community of the West African. Under the auspices of the African Union, those organizations promote the search for peace and security by doing prevention work, which has sometimes proven effective.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

46. “Strategic interests have long defined the world into spheres of influence, making it difficult or impossible to take decisions in certain situations. That is the case whenit comes to many conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere, where all the symptoms are evident. Abuses and massive violations of human rights committed in some countries have been well known but, for unspoken reasons, they have been allowed to reach a climax. Yet many initiatives have been taken at the United Nations, especially by the Secretary-General. But the results do not meet the expectations, owing to a lack of synergy in the efforts of the various organs. Furthermore, there is no real assesment tool to better measure the effectiveness of the efforts made.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

47. “The United Nations would not have to expend huge efforts to manage crises around the world if good conflict prevention policy were adopted. In a speech at UNESCO in 2012, former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali rightly stated that "These conflicts, whose settlement is often long, difficult and complex, are not unpredictable. Most of them simmer for a long time before exploding, and those latent tensions are known to all. But it is clear that the international community only rarely mobilizes itself to contain them when there is still time to do so." The Security Council needs more than ever to improve the current trend in conflict prevention and maintaining international peace and security. The contradictions in that regard are among the causes of the Council's ineffectiveness.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

48. “It is important that the Council develops a new comprehensive and inclusive approach to conflict prevention that takes the human development of States as the focus of its actions, while as much as possible avoiding possible outside interference that may cause an artificial conflict with incalculable consequences. We also believe that the weaknesses of the Council are due in part to the frequent use of the veto by the permanent members, as well as the lack of shared vision in the deployment of peacekeeping operations. We believe that the maintenance of peace and security should not be seen simply in terms of a mechanism to prevent imminent conflict, but rather as an early- warning system that can detect causes of conflict.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

49. “Faced with the many conflicts shaking the world today, we are justified in thinking that the United Nations is far from fulfilling its primary mission to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. That sad fact should prompt the Security Council to break out of its customary mode, which boils down to adopting resolutions and sanctions, and use the powers conferred upon it by the Charter of the United Nations and use all the means at its disposal to better prevent conflicts and maintain peace and security in the world. Chad welcomes the Council's initiative to organize missions made up of Permanent Representatives to countries in conflict in order to take in the reality on the ground.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source

50. “There was therefore plenty of time to prevent such an event. Nothing can justify the silence, inertia and inability ofthe Security Council to prevent a conflict when it has the specific powers to do so. Cycles ofviolence imposed on children, women and elderly people around the world amply show that we have learned nothing from history, even as we commemorate the most heinous crimes in the history of humankind. All of us have deplored the laxity of our institution and the inaction of the international community in the management of the Rwandan genocide. But that did not prevent the onset or worsening of the violence in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Central Africa, Ukraine and elsewhere.”

    2014-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7247 (2014) · source