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Choi Jong-Moon

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2016-06-10
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2017-01-10
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  1. “In conclusion, as the presumptive next Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Korea will work closely with the Council, Member States and other partners to create a platform whereby the United Nations can effectively sustain peace.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  2. “Enhanced coordination between the Council and the PBC is essential in this regard. As the Council is well aware, over the past decades, the Republic of Korea, together with the Council, has been making all-out efforts to prevent the nuclear programme of North Korea and thereby achieve the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. However, even at this moment, while we are gathered in this Chamber to discuss ways to secure sustainable peace, North Korea continues to develop its nuclear and missile capabilities, blatantly violating relevant Security Council resolutions. It is critical that the Council continue to be engaged with this issue to sustain peace in this region.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  3. “Secondly, the Council should implement and continue to build on the language in its resolutions 2086 (2013) and 2333 (2016), which specifies the Council's role in peacebuilding efforts. Thirdly, greater engagement with the Ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa could facilitate action on potential conflicts. And last but not least, the Council must make more proactive use of the advisory function of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). In fact, Korea is expected to become the next Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. In this new capacity, Korea hopes to contribute to securing sustainable peace across the globe in a constructive way. Korea is of the view that scaling-up inclusive capacity-building and greater coordination through PBC initiatives are effective means to prevent conflicts and sustain peace.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  4. “It is no coincidence that all three of the recent global reviews on peace and security, including the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, highlighted the essential role of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. The Secretariat has made some progress in implementing the recommendations of these reviews, but more needs to be done to make United Nations peace operations fit for purpose. In striving for a way forward to close the implementation gap and to advance the international community's capacity to effectively prevent conflicts and sustain peace, Korea recommends the following. First, the Council should make better use of its investigatory tools under Article 34 of the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  5. “At a time of such global turbulence, it is significant that the Security Council and the General Assembly adopted landmark resolutions last year, laying out a road map towards a more peaceful future by welcoming a new vision of sustaining peace. That entails taking down the fragmentation and duplication that are prevalent across the United Nations system, while pursuing a holistic approach that integrates peace and security, human rights and development. It reflects the renewed awareness that conflict prevention should be the centrepiece of all the United Nations engagements. In this connection, Korea welcomes the Secretary- General's strong emphasis on prevention as a guiding raison d'etre of his stewardship of the Organization from the very outset of his term, in particular his outlining a surge in diplomacy for peace.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  6. “At the outset, I wish to express my best wishes to the new members of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the Swedish presidency for selecting the topic of "Conflict prevention and sustaining peace" for today's debate. My special appreciation goes to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his informative briefing at his first address to the Council. We are at a critical moment vis-a-vis the international security landscape. The nature of today's global conflicts has become increasingly complex and intractable, while terrorism and violent extremism are spreading to each and every corner of the world. In turn, that has created the worst humanitarian situation of our time, which calls for a new way forward.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source

  7. “We support the French and Mexican initiative on veto restraint, as well as the code of conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, and urge the members of the Security Council to take timely and decisive action to protect civilians in conflict-affected regions.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  8. “Furthermore, Korea, along with the co-host, Timor Leste, is pleased to announce that the sixth annual meeting of the Global Network of Responsibility to Protect Focal Points will be held in Seoul on June 20 to 22. It will be the first of its kind to take place in Asia, and will bring together senior officials responsible for facilitating national mechanisms for atrocity prevention, with much of the discussion to be focused on the protection of civilians. In closing, Korea is deeply concerned by the lack of protection of civilians caused by the devastating conditions inside Syria's besieged and hard-to-reach areas.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  9. “Korea concurs with all ofthese findings and urges Security Council members to seriously consider these and other similar recommendations that emerged from various processes that followed the 2015 review. The latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/447) laments the fact that humanitarian needs are at a record high and more than 80 per cent of United Nations humanitarian funding is directed at conflict response. Faced with such a daunting challenge, Korea joined other Member States to build up the momentum generated by the World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey in May. During the summit, we pledged to expand our support for conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  10. “First, peacekeeping protection ofcivilians mandates should reflect the context on the ground instead of following pre-existing templates. Related to this point, deeper engagements with relevant stakeholders, including local communities, were emphasized in order to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach. Secondly, analytical function needs to be strengthened during the pre-mandate planning stage. Thirdly, there is a need for the Security Council to prioritize and consider sequenced mandates that can make Security Council resolutions more realistic and implementable. Fourthly, the training, capacities and responsibility of troops were identified as an area that must be explored further, especially in light of the recent cases of sexual exploitation and abuse. Indeed, this is a grave concern for all ofus.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  11. “Peacekeepers in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan still face great difficulties in carrying out their protection of civilians mandate. Korea, as a long-standing troop-contributing country and major financial contributor, makes firm commitments to finding ways that will allow the United Nations to carry out its mandate successfully. Korea organized a series of meetings in New York and Seoul last year to this effect. Findings from those meetings provided inputs for the high-level thematic debate on peace and security organized by the President of the General Assembly last month. Allow me to briefly introduce some of the findings, which are also in line with the concept note for today's debate.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  12. “I also thank President Touadera of the Central African Republic and International Committee of the Red Cross President Maurer for their invaluable remarks on this very important issue today. The Republic of Korea is deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale of civilian casualties from armed conflicts around the world. In fact, under the Korean presidency in February 2013, the Council adopted presidential statement S/PRST/2013/2, on protection of civilians. It focused on fighting impunity, implementing peacekeeping protection mandates, and establishing a regular reporting cycle for the Secretary- General's reports. Despite the growing emphasis on the importance of the protection of civilians, the reality on the ground is quite troublesome.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  13. “The Republic of Korea appreciates the timely initiative of France to convene today's high-level open debate on protecting civilians in the context of peacekeeping operations. I thank His Excellency Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault for having come to New York to preside over today's debate. It is a testimony to France's enduring commitment to effective United Nations peacekeeping operations and the universal promotion of human rights and international humanitarian law. Korea also appreciates the thorough briefing by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We commend his leadership in guiding the three landmark reviews on peace operations, the peacebuilding architecture and resolution 1325 (2000). In particular, we strongly support his initiative to place high priority on the protection-of-civilians mandate in United Nations peace operations.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source