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Dabbashi

lines on the record: 697
first: 2008-03-03
most recent: 2016-06-06
sittings or episodes: 92
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“This is closely linked with the achievement of sustainable stability in the country. We agree with the Secretary-General that assistance will be effective only if the Haitians themselves face the long-term challenges with the same spirit and determination they have shown in the aftermath of last year's destructive hurricanes and tropical storms. We hope that the Washington donor conference will be successful and will yield the financial assistance that is needed.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“For that reason, all Haitian elements and Government institutions should coordinate, with the support of the international community, so that Haiti can meet the challenges it faces both in the security sphere and in the economic and social realm. In our view, it is important that the proposals outlined by Professor Paul Collier with respect to poverty reduction and the long-term economic recovery of Haiti be accorded due attention with a view to making economic progress. In that regard, we believe that Haiti's neighbours and the other countries of the region can play an important role, in parallel with the efforts of the international community, donor countries and the United Nations country team, in improving economic and social conditions for the people.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“We call upon the Government of Haiti and all political leaders to come together, in particular with respect to their dispute on reform of the 1887 constitution, through dialogue and reconciliation, and to take the constructive path of cooperation. We hope that the first round of senatorial elections, to be held on 19 April, will be successful. We know that the series of destructive hurricanes and tropical storms that recently struck Haiti created enormous difficulties for Haitians and added to the economic and social burden borne by the Government. We saw this during our visit to Haiti: everyone the Security Council mission met made it clear to us that security and economic development are indivisible.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“We have taken note of positive developments and the steps taken by the Government, including its call for national reconciliation and dialogue, its efforts to expand State administration throughout the country and its joint legislative agenda for 2009. We also welcome the ongoing improvements in the security situation and the work of the Haitian National Police, as well as the decline in criminal activity, in particular kidnappings. We commend coordinated efforts by the Government and the National Police to establish a stable environment where overall security and political progress can flourish. We agree with the Secretary-General that there have been encouraging developments, but these remain fragile and liable to be reversed. That is why we are concerned at the continuing political divisions.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“It remains on the agenda because Haiti has yet to recover from conflict. The security situation continues to be fragile. The economic and social fabric has been destroyed by hurricanes and other natural disasters, which have produced enormous financial losses and affected the living conditions of most of the people of Haiti. This requires a coordinated effort by the international community to promote development and economic progress, which are crucial to stability and the building of peace in Haiti. However, that can be achieved only through a clear development strategy, to be established by the Government of Haiti and implemented with the support of its international partners.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“Mr. Dabbashi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. We are certain that you will conduct our work effectively. We look forward to working and cooperating with you this month. I would also like to thank colleagues who took the floor before me for their kind words addressed to my delegation. I also wish to thank Mr. Hedi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive and significant briefing. We commend the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for its efforts, under his leadership, to establish security in Haiti. Haiti has long been one of the most important items on the agenda of the Security Council.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source
“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 meeting rose at 6.20 pm. 31”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The representative of the Syrian Arab Republic has asked for the floor, and I call on him now. I would ask that he be brief.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I now give the floor to Mr. Paul Badji, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I wish to remind all speakers, as indicated this morning, to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to the representative of Cuba.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 4.50 p.m. 15”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“This is quite normal in international relations and indeed acceptable, but what is neither natural nor normal is that the Security Council be used as a forum to settle accounts with the Government of the Sudan or any other Government. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya calls on all member States to refrain from such actions so that they do not further damage the credibility of this Council. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. The next speaker is the representative of the Czech Republic, to whom I give the floor.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“Does it need more evidence of the repercussions that the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court has had? We have all heard the statements by certain rebel groups in the Sudan. They in themselves constitute a warning to us here in the Security Council. It is indeed urgent that the Security Council respond to the various national and regional concerns and act to invoke article 16 of the Rome Statute in response to the decision of the African Union that was adopted at its most recent summit and the recent decision of the League of Arab States. We know that the relations of some members of this Council with the Sudan are tense.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“That is what why the African Union, a major partner of the United Nations, has taken a number of decisions - including, most recently, at its summit in Addis Ababa - highlighting the need to invoke article 16 of the Rome Statute. Regrettably, the Council has yet to respond to those and other decisions taken at the regional level, including by the League of Arab States. The Sudan needs international efforts that are in consonance with - and not in contradiction of - its national efforts and the efforts of the African Union to avert the negative effects of the lack of security and the current instability in the country. We do not believe that the Security Council needs more affirmations of the possible negative consequences for the stability of Sudan.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“As we have stated before, imposing the Court's procedures at the expense of the peace process will neither do justice nor put an end to the conflict in Darfur; however, it could threaten the stability of the Sudan and the entire region and undermine the whole political process, both in Darfur and in South Sudan. While that does not mean that we do not want those responsible for crimes to be brought to justice, we believe it is essential to create an atmosphere conducive to achieving peace. Rather than taking measures such as the Court's decision, which, under the pretext of doing justice, could complicate peace efforts and increase instability, we merely seek to support the political process through other means.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“Like others, we are awaiting the results of the joint assessment missions by the United Nations and the Government of the Sudan, and we hope that we will receive their report as soon as possible. Regrettably, OCHA itself, which we had hoped would be represented at today's meeting, is also awaiting those results. We believe that the Government's decision concerning a number of humanitarian organizations is one of the expected negative effects of the decision by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir. We cannot separate the two issues, and we have no doubt that the Court's decision has created a new reality in the Sudan.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“We realize the importance of cooperation in Darfur among the United Nations, the Government of the Sudan, the African Union, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the League of Arab States to facilitate the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need. We hope that the Government's decision, which has caused a number of humanitarian organizations to suspend their activities, will not affect the people and that those organizations will be replaced by others - possibly national ones - as soon as possible. We are confident that the Government will take care of its people in Darfur, who are Sudanese citizens, not - as some here are attempting to imply - citizens of any member of the Council.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“We also wish that those Council members who insisted that this meeting be held had been as enthusiastic and persistent when aircraft were bombing civilians in Gaza, who were deprived of food and medicine as a result of a blockade during that aggression and for as long as two years before it. My country, as a neighbour of the Sudan and as current Chair of the African Union, is closely following developments in the humanitarian situation in Darfur. While we regret the decision by the Government of the Sudan to expel a number of humanitarian organizations, we understand the circumstances in which that decision was made.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Chairperson of the African Union. We would have preferred to defer the briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) until the completion of the joint missions carried out by the Government of the Sudan and the United Nations to assess the humanitarian situation in Darfur, so that we might have a fuller picture of the situation. Furthermore, if the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs were here, all delegations would have had the opportunity to ask him questions and receive direct responses.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“The President (spoke in Arabic): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Khalikov to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. I now give him the floor.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of the Czech Republic and the Sudan, in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration of the item without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Abdelmannan (Sudan) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Kaiser (Czech Republic) took the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber.”
2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6096 (2009) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. In accordance with the understanding reached in the course of the Council's prior consultations, I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 3.40 p.m. 09-2601]”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6091 (2009) · source
“Ian Grauls, Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission and Permanent Representative of Belgium. As this is Mr. Fall's last briefing to the Council in his current capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, I wish, on behalf of Council members, to thank him for his tireless efforts in helping to stabilize the situation in the Central African Republic. In doing so, Mr. Fall played an important role in bringing the Government of the Central African Republic and the rebels to the December 2008 inclusive political dialogue, which led to the signing of the peace agreements. May I, together with the other members of the Council, wish him continued success in his future undertakings. I now give the floor to Mr. Fall.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6091 (2009) · source
“Jan Grauls, Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission and Permanent Representative of Belgium. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Grauls to take a seat at the Council table. 2 The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2009/l28, which contains a letter dated 3 March 2009 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr. Francois Lonseny Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic, as well as His Excellency Mr.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6091 (2009) · source
“The President (spoke in Arabic): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Francois Lonseny Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Fall to take a seat at the Council table. In accordance With the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6091 (2009) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of the Central African Republic, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the consideration of the item, Without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Poakre- Kono (Central African Republic) took a seat at the Council table.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6091 (2009) · source
“We regret that the Security Council has not, to date, given appropriate attention to the issue of Israel's nuclear weapons, even though Israel refuses to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) or to subject its installations to IAEA safeguards. This is frustrating. The peoples of the region aspire to a nuclear-weapon-free Middle East on the basis of the decision taken by the States parties to the NPT at their Review Conference and the relevant General Assembly resolutions. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. 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 meeting rose at 10.35 am.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6090 (2009) · source
“This would open the way for the establishment of full relations and fruitful cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of mutual respect and international confidence in the civilian nature of Iran's nuclear programme. In this regard, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya calls on all parties concerned to initiate direct negotiations towards this objective as soon as possible. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya reiterates its conviction that a comprehensive and non-selective approach must be adopted towards non-proliferation. All States, without exception, must subject their nuclear installations to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6090 (2009) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. First, I should like to express my thanks to Ambassador Takasu, Chairman of the Committee 09-26005 established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his useful briefing to the Security Council on the activities of the Committee in the past 90 days. We welcome the Committee's adoption of its annual report for 2008 (S/2008/839). Once again, Libya stresses the need for intensified international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the question of Iran's nuclear programme in accordance with the provisions of resolution 1803 (2008) through stepped-up diplomatic efforts to encourage dialogue and consultations with Iran towards a comprehensive and appropriate long-term solution to this issue.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6090 (2009) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I now give the floor to Ambassador Takasu.”
2009-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6090 (2009) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.15 19.711. 09-25350”
2009-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6089 (2009) · source
“"The Security Council welcomes in this regard the statements condemning the incidents by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the European Union and other members of the international community, and calls on all to assist in preserving the constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau and to continue to support peacebuilding efforts in the country. "The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to support the efforts of the Government and people of Guinea-Bissau to consolidate democratic institutions, peace and stability in that country. "The Security Council shall remain seized of the developments in Guinea-Bissau." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2009/2.”
2009-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6089 (2009) · source
“It calls upon the Government, the political leaders, the Armed Forces and the people of Guinea-Bissau to remain calm, exercise restraint, maintain stability and constitutional order and respect the rule of law and the democratic process. It also urges all parties to resolve their disputes through political and peaceful means within the framework of its democratic institutions and opposes any attempt to change the Government through unconstitutional means.”
2009-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6089 (2009) · source
“After consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the assassinations of the President of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Tagme Na Waie, on 1 and 2 March 2009. It expresses its deep sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and the Government of Guinea-Bissau. "The Security Council calls on the Government of Guinea-Bissau to bring to justice those responsible for these violent acts.”
2009-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6089 (2009) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of March 2009, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of February 2009. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing our deepest appreciation to Ambassador Takasu and his team for the great diplomatic skill with which they conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in Guinea-Bissau The President (spoke in Arabic): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2009-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6089 (2009) · source
“That is all I wished to stress, and I hope that there will be consensus in the future among all members of the Council. Not all members of the Council have been opposed to such briefings in the past. Only some have objected, and we hope that in the future no member will raise such an objection.”
2009-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6088 (2009) · source
“Mr. Dabbashi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to thank my friend, the representative of France, for his second statement emphasizing the need for cooperation between the Council and regional organizations. However, I do not wish to enter into a public debate on all the issues he raised. Many of those issues made perfect sense to me, but we differ on certain others concerning which I do not want to enter into a public debate. I wish merely to say that, in the future, when a regional organization asks to brief the Security Council, I hope that the Council will accept and respond to that request, whether it has been made in respect of a broad range of issues or to a specific case of such importance to that regional organization that the Council is called on to consider it carefully and act on it.”
2009-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6088 (2009) · source
“My delegation - and I believe that my colleagues from Burkina Faso and Uganda share this View - would therefore like to put on record our hope that the Council's double standard in dealing with regional organizations will come to an end. We also hope that in the future the Council will be prepared to hear all regional organizations in official meetings - in particular those organizations that are inextricably linked with the United Nations in the field of the maintenance of international peace and security, such as the African Union.”
2009-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6088 (2009) · source
“The OSCE, as we all know, is a regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, as mentioned by the Minister. In that respect, it is no different from a number of other regional organizations. Yet in the course of this month the Council refused to respond to requests by two other regional organizations, the League of Arab States and the African Union, to make their voices heard before the Council. After prolonged discussion, and after insistence by some members of the Council, we were able to hear representatives of those two organizations in informal meetings, of which no record exists.”
2009-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6088 (2009) · source
“Mr. Dabbashi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to welcome Her Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece and to thank her for her update on the work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and on the priorities that organization will pursue under the chairmanship of Greece. We wish Greece every success in conducting the affairs of the OSCE in the coming months. What I have to say in no way belittles the importance and value of the briefing just made by the Foreign Minister of Greece. However, I would like to put on the record that this is the second time that we have heard a representative of the OSCE in an official meeting in the course of four months.”
2009-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6088 (2009) · source
“We look forward to the issuance of that report and to the Council's subsequent adoption of measures in that regard. In conclusion, we would like to express our great appreciation for the efforts undertaken by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the various United Nations agencies working on Iraq's reconstruction. We call upon all States to support Iraq in order to help its brotherly people.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“We would like to emphasize that the continued presence of the occupying forces in any form could be a factor for disunity and instability and would not contribute to national reconciliation, which is considered to be an indispensable condition for the stability, reconstruction and economic growth of Iraq. The situation in Iraq has changed since the Security Council adopted resolution 661 (1990). It is time for the Council to review that resolution and for Iraq to recover the legal and international status that prevailed before the adoption of that resolution and the sanctions imposed on it in accordance with Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. Here, we would like to recall the request to the Secretary-General to prepare a report on this matter in consultation with the Iraqi Government in accordance with resolution 1859 (2008).”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“Some have been deprived of their freedom for months and years in substandard conditions, without access to defence counsel and without being formally charged with a crime or brought before a judge. We welcome the end of the mandate of the multinational force in Iraq and the Iraqi Government's assumption of responsibility for security in the country. We look forward to the full withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq as soon as possible and the reunification of the Iraqi people, and welcome the emphasis on its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“There has been concrete progress towards ensuring the human rights of Iraqi citizens through the enactment of a law establishing an Independent High Commission for Human Rights, but we are still concerned by the killings of some political candidates and electoral workers and the displacement of nearly 2,400 families from their homeland in Mosul at the end of 2008, as well as by killings of and other attacks on journalists, teachers, parliamentarians, humanitarian workers, judges and lawyers. We are gravely concerned by the occupying forces' continued detention of more than 15,000 people, including 58 children, without arrest warrants issued by Iraqi judges. I would like to underscore our concern with regard to the general conditions of the detainees under Iraqi custody, as noted in paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's report.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“With regard to northern Iraq, it is still suffering unstable and fluctuating power supplies, which is a very important element in the living conditions of the people. We support the United Nations call for investment to be concentrated in those areas where the weakest humanitarian and development indicators have been registered, as well as those affected by conflict-related violence and population movements.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“Despite the progress achieved in the humanitarian field throughout 2008, the circumstances of the vulnerable sectors of the Iraqi people and the internally displaced persons are still a source of concern. Even relief programmes have been delayed because of the lack of funding and, as the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/102) notes, 1 million Iraqis still face food insecurity and a further 6 million would be exposed to food insecurity were it not for the social security network, primarily the public distribution of food rations. We note the rise in the illiteracy level to 24 per cent in southern Iraq and that the school drop-out rate has reached 10 per cent, while the level of chronic child malnutrition in the South has reached nearly 22 per cent.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“Nearly 40,000 returnee families had been registered in Iraq as of the end of 2008, which is a great achievement, and one of Iraq's largest camps for internally displaced persons, in Najaf, was closed. But we are still gravely concerned at the continued presence of millions of Iraqi refugees outside the country, in particular in neighbouring countries. We hope that the Iraqi Government will attach priority to their return and will bring about the appropriate circumstances for that to take place. Moreover, we would like to express our satisfaction at the decline in the rate of cholera infection and we welcome the deployment of an international field mission under the leadership of the World Health Organization in the affected provinces.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“This is recognition of Iraqi efforts to attain the internationally agreed development goals and of Iraq's ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This augurs well for the country's economic and social development. We welcome the fact that the United Nations and the World Bank established an Iraq Partners Forum in November 2008 in order to coordinate the strategies of donors and of the United Nations for Iraq and to ensure the greatest possible transparency and effectiveness. With respect to the humanitarian situation, we are most satisfied with the continued return and repatriation of Iraqi internally displaced persons and refugees.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“We urge UNAMI and the Special Representative to continue to play their neutral role in building confidence among the parties concerned, in encouraging dialogue and consultation and in working together with the Iraqi Government to achieve consensus among all parties concerned. We stress the importance of continued dialogue among Iraqi actors concerning federalism and hydrocarbon regulation, which are two important issues that must be resolved in order to bring about long-term stability in Iraq. We look forward to the discussions to be held before the parliamentary recess, which will continue to follow up the round table hosted by UNAMI with a view to identifying specific, concrete and feasible solutions. We congratulate our Iraqi brethren on the Paris Club's cancellation of Iraq's debt in December 2008.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source
“We are also gratified by the continued improvement in security conditions, with a major decline in violence and the absence of significant incidents on election day. This further underscores the continuing improvement in the capacity of Iraqi security forces and the decline in sectarian sensitivities. We commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for their efforts to support the Independent High Electoral Commission during the preparations for the elections held on 31 January, and for their endeavours to resolve disputes with regard to Iraq's internal borders.”
2009-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6087 (2009) · source