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first: 2013-10-29
most recent: 2017-01-10
sittings or episodes: 11
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“We 4 the United Nations family, donors and Member States, and civil society - must do all we can to encourage such ownership.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“A crucial part of Myanmar's transition to democracy will be addressing current and historical human rights abuses, which include crimes of sexual violence. The Secretary-General's report calls for a comprehensive protection and service response for survivors of sexual violence, which we wholeheartedly support. We must all strive to be as innovative as we can in motivating national leaders to adopt the agenda of women and peace and security as their own. We must be more ambitious in addressing the root causes of sexual violence in conflict - women's second-class status and the culture of impunity. And we must seek to promote women's political and economic empowerment as crucial to the long-term prevention of sexual violence. Only national political ownership in the countries concerned can lead to decisive action to end this scourge.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Along with the international community, civil society actors in the countries concerned play a crucial role. The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, is reaching out to women's groups and civil society in that region. She is building a sustainable constituency that will continue to seek change, insist on the importance of ensuring political participation by women and continue to hold Governments accountable for the commitments they have made. Ireland was happy to be associated yesterday with an event on Burma/Myanmar organized by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security to look at issues around sexual violence in conflict. The Special Representative and a representative of Burmese civil society, Ms. K'nyaw Paw, participated in the event.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“We hope that through this dialogue the reported cases of modest gains can now be scaled up. The United Nations generally seeks to be as practical and operational as possible in its approach, and we welcome that. For example, there is an increasing focus on training national security-sector actors in confronting sexual violence in conflict. There is certainly room to improve the protection afforded to women and girls from violence in humanitarian emergencies. Irish Aid, the Irish Government's development cooperation programme, seeks to ensure that the protection of women and girls in emergencies is one of the key criteria in its decisions on humanitarian funding. Over the next three years, we will progressively increase the funding we provide for protection in emergency and recovery contexts.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“The primary route to ending sexual violence in conflict is for Governments to take national ownership of this issue, national responsibility and national action. The United Nations and the international community make an important contribution, but transformative change happens only when national political leaders adopt this agenda as their own. The Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, understands this better than anyone, having added national ownership as a sixth priority of her mission when she assumed her post. The Office of the Special Representative engages in practical conversations with the relevant parties, making clearer and more consistent requests of national authorities and in return offering ready support and capacity-building.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Resolution 2122 (2013) of last October calls for more consistent implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, with special attention to enhancing women's participation and leadership. Last September's Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict was endorsed by 145 countries, and the United Kingdom will continue its leadership on the issue with a global summit to be convened in June. The Secretary-General has rightly concluded that at the global level there is now unprecedented commitment and momentum for decisively addressing the scourge of sexual violence in combat. And yet the critical question remains as to how we can translate that normative progress into more widespread change on the ground.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Ireland aligns itself with the statement made earlier today on behalf of the European Union and that made on behalf of the Human Security Network. Conflict-related sexual violence is a particularly heinous and barbaric crime. It is undoubtedly underreported, yet even so the recent Secretary- General's report (S/2014/181) presents an extensive catalogue of crimes that are ongoing in 20 different country situations in conflict and in post-conflict settings. The victims - women and girls, men and boys - are invariably among the most vulnerable in their societies. Since last year's annual open debate (see S/PV.7044), we have seen further significant normative progress. Resolution 2106 (2013), adopted last June, addressed impunity and effective justice.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Nowhere, finally, is the need for protection of civilians more apparent than in Syria, where more than 3 million people remain trapped in areas of heavy fighting which are besieged by Government or opposition forces. Under-Secretary-General Amos has spoken frequently and eloquently of the humanitarian plight of ordinary Syrian men, women and children. While the regime bears primary responsibility for the conflict, both the authorities and armed opposition groups must take immediate action to uphold international humanitarian law and to facilitate the safe and unhindered delivery of assistance to those who so urgently need it.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“If such work had been possible in the Central African Republic during the course of 2013, significant amounts of weaponry might have been kept out of the hands of militant groups, and civilian lives would have been saved. It is a truism that the most effective form of protection is prevention. And yet it remains the case that far too little emphasis is placed on peacebuilding and prevention. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is on the whole a good example of the impact that a United Nations mission can have in mitigating the risks to a local population. Yet there are also clear lessons to be learned from recent events there. In South Sudan and in other fragile or post-conflict societies, the need to build sustained and resilient peace, including through efforts towards reconciliation, has never been more apparent.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“We would like, furthermore, to see the capacity of United Nations peacekeeping missions strengthened through standardized in-mission training, through the development of protection-of-civilians mission strategies, and through resources being made available which would permit a greater focus on prevention and early-warning analysis. Small arms are the weapons of choice in many of today's conflicts. As a strong supporter of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Ireland looks forward to the early entry into force of ATT provisions, which will help to stop destabilizing flows of arms into conflict regions. We are also keenly aware of the excellent work being undertaken by the United Nations Mine Action Service, including the steps it is taking in Libya and elsewhere to secure and demilitarize stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“These include the increased integration of protection of civilians into the mandates for United Nations peacekeeping missions; improvements in the capacity of these missions, including the establishment of women's protection advisers and of mobile human rights teams; and the increased role played by regional organizations in relation to preventing and limiting violations of international humanitarian law. But significant challenges remain. There has been an alarming growth in the incidence and scale of intra-State conflicts, which are responsible for rising civilian casualties and where we are also seeing - as in South Sudan at present - the increased targeting of peacekeepers and humanitarian personnel. My delegation welcomes the inclusion of the protection of civilians in Security Council resolutions.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“The Security Council and the Secretariat should work to enhance interaction with all troop contributors, in accordance with presidential note 630 (S/2013/630) oflast October. This year we are marking the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. It is also 15 years since the adoption of resolution 1265 (1999). During this period, we have seen a number of positive developments relating to the role of United Nations peacekeepers in protecting civilians.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“In his report, dated 22 November 2013, the Secretary-General urges Member States to ensure that their peacekeepers are given the pre-deployment training they need for the protection of civilians according to United Nations standards and that important resources such as air mobility assets and early warning are provided along with troops. We have seen the difference made by 3,000 well- equipped South African, Tanzanian and Malawian troops in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo's Force Intervention Brigade. To complement the deployments made by traditional large troop-contributing countries, the Secretariat should make a concerted effort to broaden the base of troop contributors.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“The primary responsibility for the protection of civilians lies, of course, with the parties to a given conflict. There is, however, a crucial role to be played by United Nations peacekeepers. The protection of civilians caught up in war remains at the heart of what the United Nations does and what it stands for. As the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and its member States put it, the protection of civilians must be the benchmark against which we measure the success of United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“I wish at the outset to align my delegation with the statement delivered on behalf of the EU and its member States. In his most recent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2013/689), the Secretary- General concludes that the current state of the protection of civilians leaves little room for optimism. His report describes in stark terms the violence, insecurity and human rights violations which are at present characteristic of Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Mali, South Sudan and Syria. Although those conflicts and insecure environments have their own distinctive features, they have at least one element in common: it is civilians who bear the brunt of the suffering being inflicted and who account for the vast majority of the casualties.”
2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source
“There is much potential for developing that contribution, and Ireland looks forward to further reflection on the subject with other interested delegations. In that context, we wish to share the lessons we have learned from the Northern Ireland peace process, in the light of the continuing challenge of achieving lasting reconciliation among the differing traditions there, and also to draw on other examples of best practices from around the globe.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Work also needs to be done on drawing together the various dimensions of reconciliation - including development, peacebuilding, human rights, security, the rule of law and governance - into a more integrated approach in which those various pillars would complement and reinforce each other. To conclude, my delegation believes that this area of United Nations activity has not always received the attention it deserves. The actions being taken by the United Nations under various headings to promote reconciliation in post-conflict societies merit our full support. The Organization is making a vital contribution to the creation of "a truer, irreversible peace", as the concept paper circulated by the Jordanian presidency (S/2014/30, annex) puts it.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“For example, the creation ofa post-conflict system ofjustice can, on the one hand, serve accountability purposes in relation to egregious crimes committed during the conflict phase, while on the other it can help to restore the trust of individual citizens and to reconcile them to the new State. Peacebuilding, with reconciliation at its core, is probably most effective if it is double-facing - a process through which a society moves from a divided past to a shared future. While reconciliation needs to be context-specific and respond to the particular nature or dynamic of each transition or conflict, a more concerted effort is required to glean and share lessons and best practices from different conflict settings.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Those include support for transitional justice and the rule of law, for political dialogue and mediation, for truth-telling processes, for reparations, for institutional reform, and for the role of women in the renewal and rebuilding of societies emerging from conflict. In such situations, the United Nations has the potential to deliver profound benefits, defusing tensions between communities at the local level through concrete actions that it supports and by thereby easing and accelerating the essential work of national reconciliation. Reconciliation work assumes different forms in different contexts, whether at the national or community levels. There can be multiple benefits, furthermore, from individual steps taken.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Over the years, the Irish and British Governments have worked closely together on practical steps that might help the different traditions in Northern Ireland to deal with the past and to transcend the legacy of bitterness and misunderstanding. I salute here important initiatives taken by the British Government, such as the apology given by Prime Minister Cameron for the events of Bloody Sunday, to which the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom referred earlier in this meeting. Much valuable work is also under way at the community level to foster reconciliation and to increase mutual respect and acceptance of diversity. At the international level, the United Nations is promoting similar objectives through a wide range of instruments available to it in dealing with the aftermath of conflict.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“At the grass-roots level, however, a significant challenge remains in terms of achieving lasting reconciliation between the two main traditions in Northern Ireland. Much painstaking effort has been devoted on all sides to that process. While significant progress has been made, a number of divisive issues remain. Those include issues such as the flying of flags linked to the respective communities or how contentious parades should be handled. Intensive efforts were made recently by a respected United States third party to broker an agreement between the communities on how those issues should be addressed.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Even if violence has ended, a lengthy healing process is needed before the rival communities can reach the level of confidence in each other that is required for a shared future. On the island of Ireland, we have seen this at first hand. Fifteen years ago, a comprehensive political framework for the settlement of the Northern Ireland problem was agreed in a negotiation process which that the Irish and British Governments and the political representatives of Northern Ireland's communities. The achievement, the so-called Good Friday Agreement, transformed relations within Northern Ireland, between North and South, and between Ireland and the United Kingdom. It has brought lasting political stability to Northern Ireland and an unprecedented level of cooperation and interaction between the two parts of Ireland.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“It can lay the foundations, as few other organizations can, for permanent peace. At the heart of that endeavour is the support the United Nations can provide for reconciliation between the communities of a divided society in the aftermath of conflict. It can help communities to bind up the wounds of conflict and to move, howsoever slowly and hesitantly, towards peaceful coexistence. The damage done to relationships at all levels by years of war and suffering is, of course, immense. It can take generations to overcome. There are legacies of profound mistrust. There are issues between communities in conflict that touch on deep sensitivities of identity and allegiance.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“At the outset, I would like to warmly commend the Jordanian presidency of the Council for its initiative in proposing that issues relating to reconciliation should be the focus of today's open debate. I align myself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and its member States. Over the century that we are marking today, the scourge of war was all too visible in many parts of the world and in many forms. How to eliminate that scourge and to build lasting peace is one of the great challenges facing our Organization. The United Nations has a vital role to play in helping societies damaged by conflict to rebuild and regenerate themselves. Through its peacebuilding interventions, it can help to transform a fragile peace into something more deep-rooted and lasting.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“On peacekeeping and across a broad range oftopics, the ACT group will continue to work for constructive and cooperative engagement with Council members on practical steps that could improve the way in which the Council does business. Finally, we commend Azerbaijan for organizing today's debate as an important step in that process.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The challenge now is for Council members to ensure the full and consistent implementation of that presidential note, and other preceding resolutions, statements and notes on peacekeeping working methods. Ireland was pleased to respond positively this year when we were asked to supply military personnel to reinforce and stabilize the mission of the politically sensitive United Nations Disengagement Observer Force. As a significant peacekeeping troop contributor, we are strongly of the view that a more dynamic, interactive and meaningful partnership among Council members, the Secretariat, TCCs and PCCs will benefit all parties.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Just to be clear, we are taking no position on issues relating to the reform, composition or enlargement of the Council. Improvements in relation to the Council's working methods are already under way, and we readily recognize them. We welcome the presidential note of 28 August (S/2013/515), on transparency and improvement of the Council's dialogue with non-Council members and bodies. As a co-lead with Uruguay on the peacekeeping dimension of the Council's work, Ireland warmly welcomes the commitments of the presidential note contained in document S/2013/630, on the enhancement of consultations with troop-contributing countries (TCCs) and police-contributing countries (PCCs).”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source
“All United Nations States Members have a legitimate stake in how the Security Council is run. After all, the Council was established to ensure prompt and effective action on behalf of the full membership. We hope that we can persuade the United Nations membership as a whole of the need for urgent action to reform the Council's method of operation and ways to communicate and interact with the wider membership. We want to work constructively and cooperatively with the members ofthe Security Council in encouraging a more businesslike and responsive approach. We could accurately be termed - and have been termed i a group of friends of the Security Council, supportive but also frank and direct, the hallmarks of true friendship.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Among the points to which Ireland attaches particular importance in the statement delivered on behalf of the ACT are first, the welcome we give to the proposal by France that the five permanent members of the Council could voluntarily regulate their right to exercise the veto in the case of mass atrocity crimes; secondly, the appreciation we express for the greater level of interactivity with the Council recently, which has been achieved through, for instance, horizon-scanning meetings.It is clearly desirable that briefings take place regularly on situations where populations are at risk of mass atrocities. The ACT group was established in May to develop proposals for concrete action to improve the Council's working methods and to build momentum around that agenda.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Ireland aligns itself with the comprehensive statement delivered by my Swiss colleague on behalf of the 22-member Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group, a cross- regional grouping of Member States established earlier this year to press for a more accountable, coherent and transparent Security Council. Ireland is pleased to be a founding member of ACT. We care deeply about the United Nations and how each of its institutions works. And we believe that there is abundant evidence for the proposition that the Security Council's working methods are in urgent need of improvement.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source