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Djani

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“It is important now that the report be examined by the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, along with the Fifth Committee and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, so that the General Assembly can offer a comprehensive response. Indonesia stands fully behind the Joint United Nations-African Union Framework for an Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, which was signed in April. It is vital that all United Nations entities, along with Member States, play their role to help make it a success.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“Indonesia is therefore pleased that resolution 2320 (2016) and the subsequent report of the Secretary- General (S/2017/454) on options for authorization and support for AU peace support operations have underlined, among others, adequate and predictable finances. Responding to the proposals by the High Representative for the AU Peace Fund, the report of the Secretary-General points to five financing models and various decision-making options to support AU-initiated peace support operations. The report also recognizes rightly that each situation may warrant its own particular solution.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“The commitment by African leaders to finance 25 per cent of the cost of AU peace support operations is another concrete sign of their determination to build sustainable peace. Yet the challenges - ranging from counter- terrorism, peacebuilding, sustaining peace and political processes to poverty, climate change, capacity-building and governance - cannot all be met properly without adequate and predictable financing, hence the need for international cooperation. Today's question of how to enhance peace and security capacities of Africa cannot be answered without spelling out how the needed financial and political support will be provided.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“Nationally, as well as through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, we are ready to play a greater role to help sustain peace efforts in Africa. This is in addition to our contribution to United Nations peacekeeping in Africa, where almost 2,000 Indonesian peacekeeping troops and police are already participating in eight United Nations peacekeeping operations there. Indeed, many African countries confront serious peace, security and governance issues. We commend the increasingly important role of the African Union as a strong and principled force for dialogue, peaceful conflict resolution and cordial relations among African countries. Indonesia fully supports the AU Agenda 2063 with its key pillars of a conflict-free Africa, as well as the five thematic priorities of the African Union road map (2016-2020).”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“As a follow-up, with South Africa, Indonesia initiated the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership in 2005 to accelerate cooperation in politics, the economy and socio-culture. This cooperation was reinforced in 2015, and it is being implemented through many multi-faceted bilateral support projects in both Indonesia and Africa. At the same time, we are also undertaking South-South and triangular cooperation as platforms to promote cooperation particularly in the area of capacity-building and technical cooperation. We are clear that African development must take place without causing any harm to Africa. Guided by that, Indonesia will focus even more on Africa to realize mutually beneficial outcomes in economic development.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a very important topic. We also would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union for their briefings. Indonesia associates itself with the statement to be made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Indonesia has been with Africa since the beginning. Since the Asian-African Conference in Bandung held over six decades ago in 1955, Indonesia and Africa have been together to achieve equality among all nations and spur independence. With a strong sense of global morality and ethics, Indonesia and Africa have worked hard to establish higher ideals within their countries, as well as to strengthen historic bonds between them.”
2017-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8006 (2017) · source
“We recognize that both the United Nations and its Member States must do more to further strengthen the role of women in peacekeeping, as clearly outlined in the London Communique of 2016. The United Nations system should continue its efforts to improve measures to help protect civilians, health and humanitarian personnel and their facilities. The improvement of health care in conflict situations is an important element to build trust and hope for a better future. The life of civilians is at stake.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Indonesia stresses the need to ensure the swift and safe passage for injured, wounded and sick peacekeepers, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties. Our fifth point is the increasingly important and positive role of women peacekeepers in community- building and preventive and primary health care, as well as secondary health care such as post-traumatic care and pandemic cases in conflict areas. Our experience and training of peacekeepers in Indonesia has shown that Indonesian women peacekeepers are far more effective in gaining the trust and confidence of the community, particularly women and children. That is also especially evident in addressing health issues involving serious cases of sexual violence and exploitation.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Provision of sufficient and quality medical and health facilities is required for United Nations peacekeeping operations, as well as for combatants. That is in the interests of all, not just for personnel and parties to conflict, but also for people besieged in an armed conflict. That is then all the more reason for the United Nations to establish standards and facilitate improved medical capabilities and facilities in armed conflict. The fourth point is the improvement of medical care to respond to emergency situations. Some situations of armed conflicts and peacekeeping missions have experienced challenges in consistently responding to medical emergencies and in evacuating casualties.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“All of this is covered in our peacekeeping training in Indonesia. The Security Council also needs to engage better with the relevant State and non-State entities to deter violent extremists and terrorists. However, that situation should not be ajustification for peacekeepers to engage in counter-terrorism, which can have a very different dimension. Being perceived as neutral and credible actors is essential for Blue Helmets to discharge their tasks. We fully agree with the Secretary-General's assessment in his report on the work ofthe Organization (A/71/1) that peacekeeping operations should not engage in counter-terrorism activities, which was also stressed in the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/446). Third is the close relationship between the protection of civilians and health care.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“In that regard, all parties to armed conflict must uphold that principle and fully comply with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian law related to the protection of civilians and medical personnel in armed conflict. The second point is the nexus between the protection of civilians and counter-terrorism activities. In the context of peacekeeping, the operating environments for United Nations peacekeeping missions have become more dangerous with the threats posed by armed groups and violent extremists. There has to be a better focus on increasing the situational awareness and response capabilities of peacekeepers through better predeployment training and adequate protection equipment, including in combat first aid, medical evacuation and casualty evacuation.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Resolution 2286 (2016) and others before it have called for effective measures to safeguard medical and humanitarian personnel and their equipment. Yet it is deeply disturbing that not only have attacks against them increased, but State authorities in a number of cases are unable to prevent, counter and investigate them properly, owing to a lack of capacity. At this important juncture, I would like to share some important points pertaining to our topic today. First is the primary responsibility of States to protect the population. Indonesia believes that the protection of civilians is the primary responsibility of the host country.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Indonesia thanks the Uruguay presidency for convening this open debate on a highly important topic. We also thank the Secretary- General; Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy of Human Rights Watch, for their comments. We associate ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf on the Non-Aligned Movement. I should first like to begin by reminding us all of our obligation under international humanitarian law to distinguish between civilian populations and combatants, and the obligation to do everything feasible to avoid attacks on civilians, civilian property and medical personnel and their facilities in situations of armed conflict.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Approximately 18.8 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance, while 2.2 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished. Indonesia supports the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, in his efforts to encourage the parties to commit to the rapid resumption of a long-lasting cessation of hostilities. In conclusion, Indonesia urges the Council to seek peace, and to seek it now; to seek justice, and to seek it now through impartial responses to the various issues taking place in the Middle East.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“On Lebanon, my delegation is encouraged by the stable situation in the country and commends the Government of Lebanon for its exceptional cooperation with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which we believe contributes significantly to the maintenance of peace and security, in accordance with resolutions 1701 (2006), 425 (1978) and 426 (1978). We understand that a strategic review of UNIFIL is currently being undertaken by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. In that regard, Indonesia requests that the Council take into consideration the vital role of UNIFIL in the maintenance of peace and security in a country situated in a region where hostilities and conflicts persist. On Yemen, the special attention of the Council is needed due to the grave humanitarian situation.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Indonesia is following the situation in Syria with concern and is of the view that peace and security in Syria can only be achieved through dialogue among all relevant parties in the country, leading to a political, rather than a military, solution. We therefore strongly encourage current talks in Geneva and Astana to yield concrete outcomes and agreements. As a party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Indonesia condemns the use of chemical weapons on 4 April and considers that an independent investigation must be carried out in an objective, impartial and professional manner. It is important to underscore that any multilateral action and solution concerning Syria must be consistent with the Charter of the United Nations.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“The implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) is the litmus test ofthe Council's commitment to peace in the Middle East, for it is the test of its commitment to the two-State solution. One ofthe landmarks that we observe in 2017 is the fiftieth year of Israel's occupation of Palestine. We call on Council members to recognize the urgency of the question of Palestine, which can no longer be ignored. History beckons the Council to rise on the right side of history, by standing up with courage and a sense of mission to end this occupation and the grave injustice that it embodies. Allow me to briefly highlight three related issues within the context of peace and security in the Middle East, namely the situations in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“The policy decision itself, and the site chosen for it, appropriately capture the dismissiveness that has been demonstrated by Israel with respect to international law and Security Council resolutions for several decades. In our statement at the open debate last January (see S/PV.7863), my delegationjoined those who, while praising resolution 2334 (2016), affirmed that the real challenge was in its implementation. We warned - a warning we now reiterate once more - that the failure to implement the resolution would ultimately frustrate the hopes of all Palestinians, as well as of the Israeli majority who simply want to live side by side in peace with their neighbours.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“The Council further stated in that resolution that the cessation of Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory is essential to salvage the two-State solution. The Council therefore called for affirmative steps to be taken immediately to reverse negative trends, such as the settlements, which are imperilling the two- State solution. In a rather cynical response on 31 March, just three weeks ago, the Government of Israel announced the construction of the first new settlement in two decades. As if in mockery of the Council, the location chosen by the Government of Israel for this new settlement is Emek Shilo, well inside the West Bank.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“They include the decision by Israel to proceed with its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, in direct violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016). In that resolution, adopted last December, the Council declared Israel's establishment of settlements in the Palestinian territory, occupied since 1967, to be illegal, a flagrant violation of international law, and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace. To that end, the Council demanded that Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and that it fully respect all of its legal obligations.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“Let me begin by expressing to you, Madam President, the appreciation of the delegation of Indonesia for convening today's quarterly open debate of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We also thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments. We align ourselves with the statements delivered on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. In the past few weeks, there have been significant developments in the region.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“The Committee will mark this solemn anniversary by organizing several events, in the hope of drawing attention to the continuing plight of the Palestinian people in all its dimensions and generating further momentum towards ending the Israeli occupation. The Committee, lastly, calls upon all States and organizations to enhance their cooperation and support to the Committee in the performance of its General Assembly mandate, including with respect to achieving the end of the Israeli occupation, the capacity- building of the State of Palestine and recognition on the basis of the 1967 borders and its eventual admission to full membership in the United Nations.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The Committee urges the international community to actively seize the moment and exert collective efforts to ensure the reversal of the negative trends on the ground and the launch of credible negotiations on all final status issues in the Middle East peace process with a View to achieving a comprehensive peace agreement that justly resolves all final status issues. Both Israelis and Palestinians must show leadership and make the difficult decisions required for peace. During this year, tragically marking 50 years of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, the international community must spare no effort to ensure that this untenable situation is ended and that the Palestinian aspirations for independence and sovereignty in their State, as well as Israeli security needs, are met.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“While the joint declaration did not go far enough in condemning those who seek to actively undermine this outcome, the Committee urges all interested parties to ensure that the two-State solution remains a realistic possibility and that a just, lasting and comprehensive peace is achieved. As thoroughly documented by United Nations agencies and others, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, remains dire and the two-State solution is in real peril.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Similarly, the Committee welcomes the joint declaration issued at the Paris Conference over the weekend, in which participants welcomed international efforts to advance Middle East peace, including through adoption of resolution 2334 (2016), and reiterated that a negotiated two-State solution should meet the legitimate aspirations of both sides, including Palestinians' right to statehood and sovereignty, fully end the occupation that began in 1967, satisfy Israel's security needs and resolve all permanent status issues on the basis of resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Breaking its silence of nearly seven years on this issue with resolution 2334 (2016), the Council has generated a unique momentum for peace in a very difficult environment by reaffirming the core purposes and principles of the Organization and the parameters of the international consensus on resolving the question of Palestine. That momentum must be maintained at all cost and the international community, most notably the Council, must follow up on its determination to secure the full implementation of this and its other relevant resolutions, rally around the legal principles set out in the resolution and hold perpetrators accountable for violations of international norms. The Committee looks forward to the Secretary-General's reporting on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The Council unequivocally reconfirmed support for a two-State solution on the basis of the 1967 lines and its Charter-based principled positions. It reiterated that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, are illegal. The acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible. All parties must take immediate steps to prevent all acts of Violence against civilians, as well as acts ofprovocation and destruction. The international community must distinguish, in its relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, that is, all lands occupied since 1967. The Council also urged the intensification and acceleration of international and regional efforts aimed at achieving the two-State solution.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Similarly, preventing Palestinian development in Area C of the occupied West Bank and taking Palestinian land for Israeli settlement activities only increase a sense of frustration and hopelessness and call into question Israel's commitment to the two- State solution. Yet there were reasons for hope last year and in the first weeks of the new year, including action by the Council and the French initiative, which the Committee supported. On 23 December, by resolution 2334 (2016), co-sponsored by three members of the Committee and New Zealand and supported by another 10 members of the Council, including two Committee members/observers, namely, Egypt and Ukraine, for a total of 14 in favour and one abstention, the Council demonstrated its much-needed leadership at this stage.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“In the meantime, the two- State solution continues to be severely threatened by unrelenting developments on the ground, including the decade-long blockade of Gaza, which amounts to collective punishment, and the construction and expansion of settlements, the transfer ofIsraeli settlers, the confiscation of land, the demolition of home and the displacement of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which amount to altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967. All are in Violation of international humanitarian law and the relevant resolutions. All of those actions are in violation of international humanitarian law and the relevant resolutions and, along with other ongoing provocations and incitement, they raise tensions and fuel resentment and Violence.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Despite efforts to break the political stalemate, the year 2016 saw limited achievements on the part of the international community in realizing enduring peace and a negotiated two-State solution on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The Committee looks forward to working closely with the new Secretary-General and the wider United Nations family towards resolving the question of Palestine, which has been on the agendas of the Security Council and General Assembly for far too long. While the necessary components for the settlement of this long- standing issue are well known to all, the Secretary- General's good offices, vigour and experience will be pivotal in making the two-State solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace a reality.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Mr. Djani: On behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I wish to begin by congratulating Sweden on its election to the Security Council and on its presidency, and by congratulating the other newly elected members, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy and Kazakhstan. We express our appreciation, as well, for the outgoing Council members - among whom there are members of our own Committee - and recognize their efforts during their mandates - Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. Allow me also to congratulate His Excellency Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on assuming his duties at the helm of the United Nations.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, in the light of today's discussion, my delegation, which is also a member of the Peacebuilding Commission, is of the View that the annual session of the Commission should be reinvigorated as an international forum that enables cross-sectoral stakeholders to create synergies and develop concrete initiatives on sustaining peace. Such a forum will help move everyone from rhetoric to practice, and help countries prioritize political and financial resources for conflict prevention proactively.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The fourth aspect is a nationally driven process. We believe that United Nations entities should support in particular those Member States lacking the capacity to integrate prevention into national governance and development functions. There shouldbe a comprehensive approach in which socioeconomic development and the security challenges facing ordinary people are addressed by their national authorities effectively. A nationally driven process should also encourage women and youth to play a greater role in fostering reconciliation and building the basis of a collective national vision of peace and prosperity. The fifth and last aspect is trust. Trust and confidence amiong all parties is an important element in ensuring implementation with respect to the nexus of conflict prevention and sustaining peace.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“His unique insights into the workings of the United Nations, his credibility and the use of his good offices can bring parties together to enable peace, and thus the Security Council should heed his early analysis and advice. The third aspect is adequate resources. Prevention and mediation should be reinforced through a significant increase and more reliable resourcing through the regular budget and a single peace and operations account for the concept of sustaining peace. We need to also endorse a single peace operations account to finance all peace operations, including special political missions and related backstopping activities. We should also explore how peacekeeping operations can more explicitly integrate conflict prevention and sustaining peace into the implementation of the mandates.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Indonesia supports the recommendation of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations requiring the Secretary-General to develop options for restructuring the Secretariat's peace and security architecture so as to strengthen leadership and management and to put an end to the silo mindset in the United Nations. Synergy between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the main committees, the Peacebuilding Commission, the Economic and Social Council and the Secretariat should be a prerequisite. We should develop a system-wide approach to conflict prevention and sustaining peace. We are also happy to note that the new Secretary- General will have conflict prevention as one of his top priorities and will take a leading role in promoting this agenda.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“One of the reasons is that "we the peoples of the United Nations" have not invested enough in addressing the root causes of conflict or in prevention. Allow me to share some key points on how to put forward the agenda on conflict prevention and sustaining peace within the work of the United Nations. The first aspect is partnership. The United Nations cannot single-handedly solve the challenges. A stronger global-regional peace and security partnership, particularly in the area of conflict prevention, is essential. In that light, conflict prevention needs to be undertaken by the Security Council by engaging earlier; this should be done in partnership with regional and subregional organizations, in line with Chapter VI, as well as with civil-society groups. The second aspect is institutionalization.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Indonesia thanks the Swedish presidency for having convened this open debate on a highly important topic and wishes to congratulate the new non-permanent members of the Council. We associate ourselves with the statements made by the representative of Thailand on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the representative of Norway on behalf of UN70, as well as by the representative of Finland on behalf of the Group of Friends of Mediation. We also welcome many of the points to which the Secretary-General alluded at the beginning of this open debate. Today there are more peacekeepers on the ground than ever before, and they increasingly operate in contexts where the United Nations is being asked to manage conflict rather than restore or keep the peace. We must ask ourselves why.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Let us fight against exploitation and bring those responsible to account and to justice. We must preserve the dignity of all human beings.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“From the outset of a conflict crisis, anti-trafficking measures should be incorporated into all humanitarian interventions in conflict zones as part of life-saving protection activities. It is unfortunate that humanitarian action is intended in some cases to be a temporary fix for populations that are experiencing hazardous situations. We should take a long-term view in terms of empowering vulnerable populations, so that they can play an active role in preventing human trafficking. In short, it is pertinent to employ anti-trafficking strategies in the planning and implementation of humanitarian responses, so as to ensure durable solutions. Lastly, those who engage in human trafficking will remain determined to challenge our cause. The international community must never relent in countering human traffickers.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“First and foremost, investing in the prevention of conflict is one of the best protections against human trafficking. Yet in cases where conflict prevention may not necessarily be possible, the international community needs to commit to resolve the conflicts in which human trafficking thrives. Secondly, we should more robustly implement the international Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, including in conflict settings - be it the trafficking of persons who are fleeing a conflict or those trafficked into forced military service and in post-conflict reconstruction work. Thirdly, the United Nations system's capabilities could be enhanced to protect those vulnerable to human trafficking in conflict. We could analyse further ways to incorporate humanitarian actions with human trafficking.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“At the international level, Indonesia has ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. In 2015, we joined the international community in adopting the Sustainable Development Goals, which, inter alia, also commit to taking action against human trafficking. Despite a strong collective push to raise the bar in stopping such human exploitation at all levels, there has been intense defiance from the perpetrators. However, the international community cannot relent in discouraging human trafficking in conflict zones. All methods, including denouncing, disrupting and protecting should be exercised. But perhaps the best method would be prevention and protection, which can be achieved in many ways.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“Indonesia condemns modern slavery and human trafficking and supports their elimination. Like others, we welcome the adoption of resolution 2331 (2016) today. Recognizing the seriousness of the problem, the Indonesian Government has taken concrete action at the national, regional and international levels. At the national level, the Government of Indonesia enacted Law Number 21 of 2007, which criminalizes all kinds of human trafficking. At the regional level, Indonesia and Australia initiated the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, in 2002. Besides effectively raising regional awareness of the consequences of people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crimes, the Bali Process has also developed and implemented strategies and practical cooperation in its response.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“Let me start by expressing our deepest condolences to the Government and Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation for the tragic attack against His Excellency Ambassador Andrey Karlov. Our condolences also go to the victims of the Berlin market attack. Our prayers go to their bereaved families. I would like to thank Spain for convening this open debate. I also thank His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon and the other briefers for their remarks. All human beings possess fundamental human rights, which are inherent to their noble dignity and respect. Trafficking in persons is a wicked crime that violates those rights. The trafficking of vulnerable people, especially women and children, who should be protected in conflict situations, is an even more heinous crime; they are deceived or abducted into exploitation, torture and servitude.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“The lackluster approach on the latter and the flawed notion of nuclear haves and have-nots is morally indefensible and unsustainable. It negates the delegitimization of these weapons and invites proliferation. All countries must exercise their responsibilities to make the world safe and peaceful for all. To that end, Indonesia calls on nuclear-weapon States in particular to show political will and contribute constructively to ensuring that negotiations advance toward the realization of a universal and legally binding instrument for the prohibition of nuclear and other WMD, leading to their total elimination.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Through various national laws and programmes, we have instituted comprehensive measures to counter the development, acquisition, manufacture, possession, transportation, transfer or use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems. Regionally, Indonesia is actively participating in various Association of Southeast Asian Nations forums on export controls and non-proliferation. In closing, Indonesia would like to underscore that, as long as a single nuclear or other weapon of mass destruction exists, the threat to humankind of its use, by design or accident, will persist. Just as we are seeing detailed reports and matrices on progress in non-proliferation, it is imperative that there be the same emphasis on nuclear-disarmament obligations.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Indonesia fully supports the aims of resolution 1540 (2004), but it also believes that the issue of WMD acquisition by non-State groups must be considered by all States Members ofthe United Nations in an inclusive manner. Our actions should flow from multilaterally negotiated instruments. At the formal open consultations in June, Indonesia outlined in detail many of its actions in the context of its implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Suffice it to say that Indonesia's deep commitment to the issue is demonstrated by its vigorous adherence to, inter alia, the treaties and instruments that I mentioned previously.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“As my delegation has stressed in various United Nations forums, it is crucial that the Security Council and other relevant United Nations system entities step up their principled prevention, credible political solutions, and dialogue and mediation in order to help resolve conflicts peacefully. Lasting peace and stability will go a long way towards bolstering conflict- affected countries' focus and energies in thwarting all WMD activity by non-State elements in their countries and regions. Indonesia also stresses the importance of the peaceful use of nuclear energy for development and the need for robust international support to that end. The 1540 Committee's observation that there is a positive correlation between the use of nuclear energy and implementation rates of 1540 obligations is noteworthy.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“While it is right and important that States should take robust measures to counter any WMD activities by non-State groups in this environment, Indonesia believes that what is of the essence is the fundamental question of whether States have sufficient capacity to ensure that their authority will prevail in every area throughout their territory. Only when States are in proper control of all their regions can national authorities ensure that WMD, criminal and terrorist activity by non-State actors is dealt with and effectively deterred. Therefore, countries requiring assistance in building enforcement capacity in their territories need to receive full support.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We believe it is extremely important to have intensified support from the Committee and its Group of Experts, including through close cooperation with national points of contact for resolution 1540 (2004), along with adequate support from other relevant parts of the United Nations system. The Committee's report and the concept note (see S/2016/1013, annex) for today's debate point out that the threat of WMD proliferation by non-State actors is likely to be exacerbated by the rapid advances in science, technology and international commerce that could make the risk of their misuse more probable.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source