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lines on the record: 86
first: 2001-10-31
most recent: 2001-11-13
sittings or episodes: 7
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“For its part, the Government of Ireland will continue to work on the national level, through the United Nations and with its European Union partners, to do all that is humanly possible to respond to the emergency humanitarian crisis and to the medium-term and long-term needs of the Afghan people.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“Those practices must be reversed, and the new Government must not only observe but also promote international obligations in respect of human and minority rights. We believe that an immediate focus should be put on providing basic social services, including education for girls, which has been denied them for many years. In the meantime, and as the military situation evolves, we call on all parties to respect international obligations in respect of human rights. The Afghan people must be reassured that the international community is committed to help them develop a stable and peaceful society, no matter how long that might take.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“Given the total breakdown in Afghanistan's economic and social infrastructure, the United Nations should plan to move from emergency humanitarian relief, through a recovery phase including the return of internally displaced persons and refugees, to reconstruction and rehabilitation. Close coordination of all agencies and organizations concerned will be important to ensure that this is done in a phased and seamless manner. The initial use of quick-impact projects could help to jump-start the economy and to promote eradication of the cultivation and trade in opium. As a State member of the European Union, we stand ready to contribute to that process. For many years, Ireland has condemned human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the appalling discrimination against women and girls.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“We take careful note of what Ambassador Brahimi had to say in that respect. We will be very attentive to any recommendations that the Secretary-General may make in this regard. We will also need to examine a framework for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of those involved in the conflict in due course. I agree with other speakers that the cooperation of neighbouring States is vital to a permanent solution, and we very much appreciate Mr. Brahimi's efforts to consult widely and to take into account the range of views and considerations. We believe that groups such as the "six plus two" and the Organization of the Islamic Conference have an important role to play, and we encourage the countries of the region to intensify their consultations with one another.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“We agree with the road map that was set out this morning by Ambassador Brahimi, and we pledge him our full support. As to the best way of achieving those objectives, which will by no means be easy, Ireland considers strongly that the process should be led by the United Nations. As a member of the Security Council, we will work to ensure that a sufficient mandate is developed. Although the evolving situation on the ground will necessitate flexibility and adaptability, endorsement of the post-Taliban Government by the United Nations will be an indispensable guarantee of its legitimacy. The process will need to be undertaken in a secure environment, and we need to examine carefully the various options in that regard with a View to endorsing the appropriate arrangements.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“For its part, the Government of Ireland has already committed and transferred into the system $5 million this year for emergency humanitarian relief in Afghanistan, and there are a number of Irish non-governmental agencies active in the region. We also stress the importance of providing financial assistance to neighbouring States, which are already host to a large number of refugees, to help them also to cope with the crisis. At the same time as pursuing humanitarian efforts, we must focus on the long-term political objectives in Afghanistan. We believe that only a fully representative and broad-based Government will express the will of all its people and ensure long-term peace and security in the country. Such a Government must comprise representatives of all ethnic groups, including Uzbeks, Tajiks, Hazaras and Pashtuns.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“It is important that international staff be enabled to return in safety to Afghanistan as soon as possible. In that regard, we hope that the recent takeover of Mazar-e-Sharif and of Kabul will facilitate humanitarian access, and we welcome the deployment of a security assessment team there, as well as the deployment of United Nations personnel in Faizabad. We deplore the harassment of aid workers and call on all those concerned to facilitate the distribution of supplies to vulnerable Afghans in need. As the Secretary-General has said, there is a need for all States to disburse their generous commitments as soon as possible.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“We commend the sustained efforts of the United Nations and its agencies to find practical and flexible solutions, and we appreciate the fact that deliveries to Afghanistan have increased substantially in recent days. There is a continuing and urgent need to translate the pledges and commitments that the international community has made in terms of financial assistance to the United Nations system into active financial disbursements into the system so that the United Nations can proceed with its work apace. We commend the bravery and courage of the many native Afghans who continue to seek to distribute this food aid and non-food aid under the most difficult circumstances. The distribution of humanitarian assistance within Afghanistan must be a priority, especially with the imminent onset of winter.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“This morning, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General reported in detail on how the United Nations intends to coordinate a concerted international effort to assist the people of Afghanistan in establishing a broad-based and multi-ethnic Government. That effort, of course, has to be accompanied by a long-term, comprehensive and generous programme of support for the post-military rehabilitation and reconstruction of that country. Ireland strongly considers that, as the military campaign is pursued, a visible and fully effective strategy must be put in place for addressing the humanitarian needs of the innocent people of Afghanistan.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“My Government believes that Afghanistan must not be allowed to remain a failed State where continuing internal conflicts breed illegal activities and provide a safe haven for terrorists. We are determined that the international process impelled by the current crisis should bring an end to the misery of Afghans and provide them, as I have said, with a new beginning. We hope that the military campaign against the Al Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban regime that shelters it will achieve its objectives in as short a time- frame as possible, and that every effort will continue to be made to avoid civilian casualties. We also appeal to all sides involved in the conflict to respect human rights and international conventions on the conduct of war.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“Brahimi - which is based, I think, on a realistic assessment of the present situation, not as we would like it to be, but as it is - Afghanis themselves will take up their responsibilities. I hope that people who have not been able to provide a unifying element in their country will now see the higher responsibility to the people of Afghanistan, who have suffered enough under this tyranny, that they will not have it revisited upon them in another form of tyranny in the future. We all know that the desperate situation of the Afghan people did not begin on 7 October. Ordinary Afghans have been the victims of more than two decades of violence and, more recently, of the extremism of the Taliban regime. A generation of Afghans has known little else but conflict, poverty, malnourishment and human rights abuse.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“There have been too many atrocities in the past in Afghanistan - too much bloodshed and too little respect for human life and human dignity. I think that a compelling and unanimous message needs to go from this Council this morning that the mistakes of the past must not be repeated. We seem today to have a new military situation, but above all we need a new beginning for the people of Afghanistan, politically and on the humanitarian front, and in relation to the dignity of the person and those universal values that bind us all together as members of this assembly. We have seen great abuse of human rights, particularly those of women and girls, and of respect for human life itself in Afghanistan. We need to end this nightmare now. I hope that with wise intervention of the Secretary-General and Mr.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“I would like to thank the presidency of the Council for having organized this important public meeting on Afghanistan - particularly important in the light of events in the past hours and days e and to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative, Mr. Brahimi, for their most important interventions this morning. I want to assure them of Ireland's continuing and strong support for their efforts to achieve an equitable and balanced solution to the crisis in Afghanistan. My colleague, Louis Michel, the Foreign Minister of Belgium, will later deliver a statement on behalf of the European Union, and Ireland fully associates itself with his remarks. I think that with military success come very great political and humanitarian responsibilities.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414 (2001) · source
“It is necessary, of course, to assert that our most effective response to a great evil must be based not only on shared determination but also on our common values and on our commitment to help and support each other within the framework of the United Nations and the broad agenda it pursues. Ireland supports the draft ministerial declaration before the Council.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“Making the point that the 200 richest people in the world have greater assets than the two billion people at the other end of the spectrum is not to make a philosophical point. I think it is neither wise nor secure - nor right - to continue to conduct world affairs in that way. At a time of action against a frightening common threat, we must make sure that we do not simply ignore such realities, which are faced by many people: we would do so at our peril. It is important that, in pursuing retributive justice, we also pursue with equal seriousness the issue of distributive justice.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“It cannot and should not be used by the international community, or any one of us, only on bad days and disregarded on good days: we need the United Nations more than ever before in a world that is becoming increasingly economically integrated but with truly dangerous fissures in its structures. International terrorism can fester through our own complacency if we fail to tackle vigorously its capacity to act. We have now finally learned the lesson, at a terrible cost. We must also tackle the wider conditions - and there are such conditions - that can allow terrorism to survive and even flourish. We have many challenges to meet in building a fairer international system.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“In implementing that resolution, we have to work together to strengthen the capacity of all States to do so effectively. That means the provision of mutual support and assistance, wherever it is necessary. We also need to assert, strongly and powerfully, in the period ahead the indispensable role of the United Nations in tackling common threats and in achieving joint objectives and goals. The United Nations represents the foundation of international law, the focal point of international endeavour, the place where we come together to assert universal ideals and to look to new horizons of joint action.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“I do not believe that anyone in the civilized world would have any objection to or problem with defining terrorism as callous disregard for and wilful taking of innocent civilian life, or the proposition that no cause on this Earth, political or otherwise, can justify the methods that terrorism represents. Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) of 28 September offers a blueprint for action in how to remove permanently the capacity of international terrorism to operate: its funds and resources, its organization and its capacity to group and re-group. We warmly welcome the work of the Security Council Committee on counter-terrorism in laying solid foundations for full implementation of all the provisions of resolution 1373 (2001), and we congratulate its members.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“We also, of course, have to put in place provisions of law and policies and action by Governments throughout the world that will destroy the capacity of those forces to act. That means that we have to go beyond words. It means action by us all, together. I fully subscribe to what the Secretary-General has said this morning: that all States need to sign, ratify and implement without delay the 12 existing international legal instruments in this connection. And I think that to confirm the seriousness of our intent we must ensure that we complete and agree on a comprehensive convention on terrorism, and that the definition terrorism involve the necessary legal precision and moral clarity to which the Secretary- General has referred.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“Terrorists have no respect for freedom or tolerance; they have no respect for the human rights of innocent people; they have no respect for promoting diversity and pluralism; they have no respect for creeds or religions; and they certainly have no respect for the views and convictions of others. So it has been necessary for the international community to mobilize effectively, answering what is in effect the call of duty and of honour. In continuing to do that, we have to act with courage and determination, and also with wisdom and foresight. In the immediate period ahead, we seek to bring to justice those who perpetrated these vile acts, and it is right that that should be the case.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“I wish, on behalf of Ireland and the Irish Government, to join other members of the Council in extending our sympathy to the United States Government and to the families of those who lost their lives as a result of the plane crash in Queens, New York, this morning. I think we are here this morning, in this ministerial format, to assert an agenda of hope and commitment in opposition to those who wish to impose an agenda of despair and tyranny and terror. Yesterday afternoon's memorial ceremony at the World Trade Center emphasized for us, yet again, that the atrocities of 11 September challenge everything we cherish. It reconfirmed for us all that the terrorists hold in contempt everything that the United Nations embodies.”
2001-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4413 (2001) · source
“the United Nations system, international financial institutions, regional mechanisms and national The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. donors in their efforts to assist East Timor in its The meeting rose at 6.05 pm. unprecedented transition to seif-govemment."”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“The Council acknowledges the importance of a strong focus on justice and human rights in the successor mission and, where appropriate, in other assistance provided to East Timor. "The Security Council agrees with the Secretary-General's assessment that it will be vital that the United Nations contribution is supplemented by multilateral and bilateral arrangements. The Council looks forward to receiving information on the financial implications of the follow-on mission and a This statement will he issued as a document of the detailed assessment of shared responsibilities Security Council underthe symbol S/PRST/2001/32. among the principal interacting players, i.e.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“The Council notes that a core number of civilian positions will be critical to the stability of the independent East Timorese Government and agrees that these limited positions will require assessed funding for a period of between six months and two years after independence. The Council agrees that the new mission should be based on the premise that operational responsibilities should be devolved to the East Timorese authorities as soon as this is feasible, and it supports a continuing process of assessment and downsizing over a period of two years, starting from independence. In this regard, the Council recognizes the essential role of the General Assembly in peace-building and expresses its intention to continue planning for peace-building in close cooperation with the General Assembly.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“"The Security Council endorses the Secretary-General's recommendations for a continued and appropriately reduced United Nations integrated mission in the post- independence period, and requests the Secretary- General to continue planning and preparation for this mission, in consultation with the East Timorese people, and to submit further and more detailed recommendations to the Council. The Council agrees that the successor mission would be headed by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General and comprise a military component, a civilian police component and a civilian component, including experts who would provide crucial assistance to the emergent East Timorese administration.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“It further agrees with the Secretary-General's assessment that the United Nations should remain engaged in East Timor to protect the major achievements so far realized by UNTAET, to build upon those achievements in cooperation with other actors, and to assist the East Timorese Government in ensuring security and stability. "The Security Council takes note of the Secretary-General's observation that the mandate of UNTAET should be extended until independence and endorses his plans for adjusting the size and configuration of UNTAET in the months prior to independence.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“"The Security Council welcomes the political progress achieved to date towards establishing an independent East Timorese State and endorses the recommendation by the Constituent Assembly that independence be declared on 20 May 2002. "The Security Council recalls resolutions 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999 and 1338 (2001) of 31 January 2001 and other relevant resolutions. It agrees with the Secretary-General's assessment that premature withdrawal of the international presence could have a destabilizing effect in a number of crucial areas.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“The Security Council will now continue its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council welcomes the Secretary-General's report of 18 October 2001 (S/2001/983). "The Security Council expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General's Special Representative in East Timor and to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) for their efforts in developing detailed plans for the future United Nations presence in East Timor.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4404 (2001) · source
“I am sure that we all appreciate the strong commitment of the Secretary-General to East Timor also, as has been continuously demonstrated, and the great support that there is for his report. We look forward to his ongoing personal involvement as a major factor in the success of this undertaking. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 5.55 pm.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“May I say also how appreciative I am to hear the compliments and the kind words that were directed to Ireland, to our delegation here, to our Permanent Representative, Richard Ryan, and to his staff for the way they have presided over the Security Council proceedings during the course of this month. We, too, are very proud of them. They have excelled themselves and have kept to the finest traditions of our public service. We are very grateful for the outstanding work that they have done during this month and, indeed, throughout our membership of this body. We look forward to continuing with that work, working with our colleagues to deal with the issues of the day.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I believe we have had an extremely interesting debate on East Timor today at an important moment in its transition to independence. I am particularly pleased that Special Representative Vieira de Mello and Mr. Alkatiri, as well as Ms. Borges and Mr. de Araujo, were here to hear in person the strong messages of support for the continued involvement of the United Nations in that process. As Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, a country with close links with East Timor, I feel privileged to have presided over such a positive meeting at the culmination of weeks of discussions and to deliver the presidential statement in the next meeting.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I understand that Mr. Alkatiri would also like to take the opportunity to respond to the contributions he has listened to during this debate.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Mexico. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Mozambique. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Papua New Guinea. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Brunei Darussalam. I invite him to take a seat at the Council Table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Indonesia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Malaysia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of the Republic of Korea, whom I invite to take a seat at the Council table and make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Cambodia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Fiji. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of the Philippines. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Thailand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Australia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Portugal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Our task for the next few years will be to facilitate the emergence of a strong and vibrant nation - one that has been built by the people and for the people. East Timor needs our commitment, during the critical period of transition to independence, to its achieving full political, economic and social freedom. We should rise to the challenge and engage with the people of East Timor in delivering their future. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The next speaker is the representative of Belgium. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Even with political progress, East Timor's economic prospects are such that it will be essential to maintain significant aid flows to its fiscal base. We commend the enormous advances already made by East Timor in key sectors, with the support of the United Nations and World Bank trust funds, the development banks and other members of the international donor community. The development of East Timor must be driven by the wishes of its people and not by donor priorities. Close coordination will be necessary between the United Nations development bodies, principally UNDP, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and bilateral donors to ensure that resources are used effectively and coherently in support of local capacity- building. Bilaterally, Ireland has planned to double its aid allocation to East Timor next year.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source
“To underpin this commitment, we endorse fully the Secretary-General's recommendations for an integrated mission mandated by the Security Council. This should comprise military, civilian police and civilian components, and include provision for vital human rights and justice elements. The downsizing of UNTAET and the international presence should be phased only in line with the development of local capacity. I am pleased that an Irish troop contingent will continue to serve with UNTAET and its successor mission. Support for East Timor in its post-independence phase should be by the United Nations membership as a whole, and we believe strongly, therefore, that a successor mission should be funded from assessed contributions.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403Resumption1 (2001) · source