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1. “While Korea was able to narrow the development gap through foreign investments, the transfer of technology and vital development assistance from the international community, merely narrowing the development gap is no longer enough to achieve sustaining peace. In many developing countries, the climate crisis is exacerbating threats to peace and security, and the digital divide between countries is widening as all industries are transformed by new digital technologies. As my President strongly emphasized in his address to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session”

   2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source

2. “Through trial and error, Korea has developed a society that values democracy, freedom and the rule of law, which has enabled it to be resilient, despite the challenges of economic growth. Our experience shows that economic growth and the development of democracy do not just go hand in hand but are mutually reinforcing. In the face of multifaceted global crises on an unprecedented scale, the gap between countries is widening in several areas. The difference between now and previous decades, when Korea was striving to achieve economic development, is that developing countries today are having to face the reality of addressing those complex and interrelated challenges simultaneously.”

   2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source

3. “I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the People’s Republic of China for convening today’s open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and other briefers for their insightful remarks. I could not agree more with what the Secretary-General said in his remarks earlier today, which is that development by itself is not enough to secure peace, and that no peace can be secured without inclusive and sustainable development that leaves no one behind. I would like to add some comments based on our experience as citizens of the Republic of Korea, a country that has quickly gone from being one of the world’s least developed to one of the most advanced in many areas. As the Council is aware, Korea has been able to achieve economic development and deepen its democracy in just one generation.”

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4. “We are also working with our partners in Africa in preparation for a successful Korea-Africa summit, which will be held next year. Through such engagements, Korea hopes to contribute to the efforts of regional mechanisms, as well as of the international community, in building sustainable peace for all.”

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5. “At the same time, we will also need to find ways to ensure accountability, transparency and the effective use of those funds. As an incoming member of the Security Council, we look forward to upcoming negotiations on that issue. Thirdly, inclusivity should be guaranteed at all levels of the process. Civil society actors, including women and young people, play a crucial role in building trust in societies. Partnership with regional mechanisms must always place people at the centre so that diverse and unique voices from each and every corner of our societies can enrich the path towards sustainable peace and development. In recent years, the Republic of Korea has actively expanded its horizon of engagement through regular consultations with various regional mechanisms. We hosted the first-ever summit with Pacific Island leaders last May.”

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6. “In addition to demands for a stronger United Nations- African Union partnership, we should also shed light on other regions and organizations, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and subregional mechanisms, such as the Economic Community of West African States, whose tools of prevention and peaceful settlement have also been developed. The Peacebuilding Commission can also play a bridging role in that regard. Secondly, adequate resources and financing are key to building robust regional frameworks and organizations. As such, Korea supports the need for predictable, sustainable and flexible funding for African Union-led peace support operations, including access to United Nations assessed contributions, where needed.”

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7. “In that regard, the Republic of Korea welcomes the results of the seventeenth annual joint consultative meeting between the Security Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, which was held in Addis Ababa on 6 October. We believe that such efforts by the Council should continue, in line with Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter, bearing in mind the three following points. First, the Security Council should enhance its cooperation with regional mechanisms and organizations.”

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8. “Regional and subregional mechanisms are well positioned — not only to understand the root causes of conflict owing to their intimate knowledge of the region but also to promote confidence, trust and dialogue among the parties concerned in their respective regions. Those tools lay the foundation for the peaceful settlement of disputes, as stipulated in Chapter VI of the Charter. That is why the Security Council should make full use of its comparative advantage of proximity and the existing mechanisms for the promotion of confidence-building and dialogue in its ongoing efforts to prevent and peacefully resolve conflicts, under the principle of regional ownership.”

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9. “I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important open debate, and to thank the briefers for their insightful remarks. Today the world is faced with increasingly multifaceted and cross-cutting challenges all around the globe. On top of that, it continues to be affected by intensifying traditional conflict situations and violence, just as we have seen in the ongoing war against Ukraine and the current situation in Israel and Gaza. As Secretary-General Guterres pointed out in his New Agenda for Peace, those interlocking and transnational threats go well beyond the ability of any single State to manage. It is therefore imperative that we find ways to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.”

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10. “In that regard, the Council should continue its efforts to facilitate the discussion on the women and peace and security agenda and its implementation. It is never easy to keep the Council effective and efficient while maintaining inclusive and transparent methods of work. Efforts should be made to strike a balance between the two. We need to streamline its programme of work and focus on more pressing issues, on the one hand, and encourage communication with the wider United Nations membership, on the other. My delegation remains committed to actively engaging with the work of the Informal Working Group as an incoming member of the Council and looks forward to working with members soon.”

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11. “I believe the penholders can also benefit from such advantages by allowing non-members to be engaged as soon as they begin drafting documents. Encouraging penholders to hold consultations with non-members that are likely to be affected from the beginning will help the Council’s work become more effective and efficient. Thirdly, the Council should adopt inclusive methods of work in order to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness. A good example would be strengthening the advisory role of the Peacebuilding Commission to the Council, accompanied by broad consultation with diverse partners, including regional organizations, the private sector and civil society. In addition, the Council should ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in its line of work.”

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12. “Korea would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate its support for initiatives such as that of France and Mexico that call for refraining from the use of the veto in certain circumstances. Secondly, penholders should engage with the relevant non-members of the Council in a more systematic manner. In practice, non-members that are invited to participate in the Council’s discussions in accordance with rule 37 are also permitted to sponsor proposals and draft resolutions and propose amendments. That helps the Council in two ways. Non-members’ input can assist the Council in having a clearer picture of the situation at hand, and their input can also prevent the Council from inadvertently acting against their legitimate interests.”

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13. “Some five years ago, the Council unanimously decided to take specific measures in the event of a further intercontinental ballistic-missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. However, later, when the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea actually launched another such missile, some permanent members refused to take any action in the Council and exercised their veto. That was literally self- contradictory in that they were the exact same members that had approved the Council’s taking further action in such a situation. My delegation urges that permanent members refrain from using the veto in such situations in order to maintain the public’s trust in the Council’s ability to discharge its primary responsibility.”

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14. “First, the Council must take measures to ensure that the power of veto is not exercised in a way that contradicts its previous decisions, which are usually the result of extensive, meticulous negotiations designed to address threats to international peace and security. Ensuring their consistent and effective implementation is a fundamental duty that the Council must meet if it is to fulfil its primary responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations. The exercise of the veto in May 2022, which led to the first formal debate in General Assembly history under the item entitled “Use of the veto” (see A/77/PV.68), was a clear example of a self- contradictory veto.”

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15. “As duly noted in the concept note (S/2023/630, annex), the objective of this open debate is to envisage working methods that enable the Council to fulfil its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Its duty to address such responsibilities and current geopolitical challenges compels the Council to be more pertinent than ever, but its ever-increasing workload hinders that vital role. Against that backdrop, the Council needs to focus on being responsive to more pressing threats, and I would like to briefly underscore three points in that regard.”

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16. “Let me begin by commending your determined efforts, Mr. President, in organizing this important annual debate. The Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions also introduced its first-ever annual report (see S/2022/1032) and monitoring mechanism to track the implementation of the note by the President S/2017/507 last year, which has added an extra layer of transparency to the working methods of the Security Council. I would also like to take this opportunity to commend the adoption of two presidential notes (S/2023/612 and S/2023/615) under your chairmanship of the Informal Working Group, Mr. President, which exemplifies your excellent leadership of the Group.”

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17. “We committed to enhancing cooperation in the Asian region to promote the women and peace and security agenda. Korea has also contributed to the advancement of that agenda in Africa through its contribution to the African Union Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department. As a staunch advocate of the women and peace and security agenda and a candidate for non-permanent membership of the Security Council for the term 2024 to 2025, we will continue to redouble our efforts to advance the women and peace and security agenda around the world.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064Resumption1 (2022) · source

18. “To ensure the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence, national and local efforts should focus more on the root causes of sexual violence, including harmful social norms and structural gender inequality. Regional organizations themselves should lead and encourage those efforts. Thirdly, survivor-centred approaches should be adopted by regional organizations in preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence. Survivors should be heard, and their different needs should be respected in the reparation processes. Regional organizations should play a key role in upholding an inherently survivor-centred approach, which must start with listening to the voices of survivors. Last year, the Republic of Korea established the third national action plan to implement resolution 1325 (2000).”

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19. “In that regard, we commend the 12 regional organizations that have adopted or are developing regional action plans on women and peace and security. While further encouraging their efforts, I would like to make three points on the role of regional organizations. First, regional organizations should be closely engaged in the work of the Security Council on early warning of conflict-related sexual violence. The Council needs to give due consideration to regional organizations’ monitoring and analysis on the signs of sexual violence in such contexts as political instability, unconstitutional changes of power and rising militarism in regions. Secondly, regional organizations should strengthen cooperation with national and local authorities to improve and reform legal and institutional frameworks in the area of women and peace and security.”

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20. “My delegation would like to commend Albania for convening today’s meeting on this significant issue. Hard-won gains in the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda are being increasingly reversed in many parts of the world, including Afghanistan and Myanmar, in the face of political turmoil and seizures of power by force. We are particularly appalled by the recent allegations of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine following Russia’s aggression. Member States have the primary responsibility for the prevention of, and response to, conflict-related sexual violence, but the roles of regional organizations, together with international mechanisms, are also crucial in upholding the principles of the women and peace and security agenda.”

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21. “The desired effects of humanitarian assistance would be significantly weakened if parties to armed conflict ignored their obligation to protect civilians—and the necessity of doing so — and to respect relevant international norms. The Republic of Korea demands full respect for such norms and, above all, an immediate cessation of the hostilities.”

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22. “The Republic of Korea has paid close attention to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and in its neighbouring countries. It is quite doubtful that the merciless destruction of residential facilities and major infrastructure caused by Russian forces’ heavy shelling and missile strikes in the cities of Ukraine, let alone civilian casualties, can be justified under international humanitarian law. All of these situations have triggered great misery and are a great cause for concern. The Republic of Korea has supported the international community’s efforts to assist Ukraine. The Republic of Korea has, inter alia, provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine and will keep looking at possible ways to assist the country and impacted neighbours.”

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23. “Thirdly, it is critical to ensure systematic documentation of and evidence collection from incidents related to the denial of humanitarian access and violations of relevant international law, as well as to make such information available to the public so that any attempt to spread misinformation and disinformation can be countered. In this regard, the Republic of Korea supports all relevant efforts, including those undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. I would be remiss if I did not mention the current situation in Ukraine. The international crisis caused by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine has been prolonged, and it has unleashed various repercussions all over the world.”

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24. “Secondly, the international community must redouble its sustained efforts to ensure respect for and compliance with international law, including fulfilling obligations under international humanitarian law in relation to humanitarian activities and holding those who violate such obligations to account. All parties to armed conflict need to clearly understand what international law dictates and that denial of humanitarian access and attacks against humanitarian workers and objects may, under certain conditions, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

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25. “It is simply unacceptable that more than 800 humanitarians have been killed or wounded in the past five years and that the number of incidents of kidnapping surpasses a thousand. My delegation would like to make the following comments with regard to some crucial ways forward in ensuring better humanitarian access. First, my delegation urges the Security Council to be more vocal in ensuring humanitarian access, which is closely related to its mandate of maintaining international peace and security. We also request all States Members of the United Nations to faithfully respect and act upon relevant resolutions of the Security Council and General Assembly.”

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26. “Mr. President, I would first like to thank you for convening today’s timely open debate. One of the key elements to protecting civilians in armed conflict, especially those facing a humanitarian crisis, is to ensure humanitarian access. The international community has repeatedly called upon all parties in armed conflicts to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and the delivery of supplies and equipment. Unfortunately, we are still witnessing a deeply concerning denial of humanitarian access in armed conflicts, including in parts of Ukraine. As indicated in the report of the Secretary-General this month (S/2022/381), humanitarian activities have been continuously under pressure from a heightened level of hostilities and the increased use of explosive devices.”

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27. “The Republic of Korea, as a candidate for membership of the Council for the term 2024 to 2025, is willing to join forces in global actions to address existing and potential security threats, including climate change. We will spare no effort to promote global peace and security.”

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28. “After intense discussions with all stakeholders, this year Korea announced its enhanced 2030 nationally determined contribution of reducing emissions by 40 per cent below its 2018 level. Climate change will increasingly pose a threat to global peace and security. The Security Council, as the primary organ responsible for maintaining global peace and security, needs to be more involved in this issue. In recognizing the importance of the linkage between climate change and global security, Korea recently joined the Group of Friends on Climate and Security. In this light, we are also delighted to co-sponsor the draft resolution on climate and security, presented by the Niger and Ireland.”

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29. “Korea supports the work of the Climate Security Mechanism and the Informal Expert Group on Climate and Security. We also welcome the idea of the Secretary-General regularly reporting on this issue before the Council. In order to better cope with the climate threat posed to security, we need to address the root cause itself, that is, climate change. Last month, we took an important step in Glasgow. Yet science tells us that that is not enough. We must aim higher and do more to reduce emissions and limit temperature rise with urgency. Korea has been accelerating its efforts in that regard. Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, we declared 2050 the year by which we would achieve carbon neutrality. This year, we established a presidential committee on carbon neutrality and enacted a framework act for green growth and carbon neutrality.”

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30. “It is now our common understanding that, in most of the conflict-affected regions, where the activities of United Nations peacekeeping operations and special political missions are ongoing, climate change is aggravating already-vulnerable situations on the ground. Therefore, in preventing conflicts and rebuilding peace after conflicts, it is essential to take into account climate change-related factors and build greater resilience to them. In doing so, we especially need to take heed of how terrorist and violent extremist groups exploit such situations and counter such acts appropriately. In that connection, Korea believes that an all- of-United Nations approach is needed to address the climate-security nexus, including the active engagement of the Security Council.”

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31. “First of all, I thank the President for convening this timely open debate on security and climate change. As the report of the Secretary-General Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) highlights, climate change is contributing to instability and is affecting livelihoods, access to resources and human mobility trends. We have witnessed those trends in many parts of the world, especially in the Sahel region, where climate change has affected people, and communities are struggling for their livelihoods, often falling into the hands of terrorist groups, and in the small island countries, where one severe weather event can threaten the very existence of the people and the State themselves, resulting in tens of thousands of migrants moving away.”

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