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lines on the record: 430
first: 1998-11-10
most recent: 2002-09-05
sittings or episodes: 71
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“Today we have reached another very important and significant milestone in the long process of seeking independence for East Timor, one which in a sense began with the Agreement of May 1999. We have seen again, as we saw during the Popular Consultation, in 1999, the appetite of the East Timorese people for democracy and for freedom of choice. We welcome very sincerely the outcome of the elections, which Under-Secretary-General Guehenno has described to us today. Mr. Ben Bradshaw, the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was able to see for himself - during a visit to East Timor during the polling - the commendable way in which the elections were organized and the commendable way in which the East Timorese participated.”
2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source
“We believe that groups of friends have a very useful role; they provide a way of doing what it is that we all have really been talking about under the larger heading of transparency, that is, involving delegations with a real interest in a subject a little more closely in the work of the Council. But equally - again, as I made clear yesterday - the members of groups of friends have a responsibility to behave correctly, responsively and openly with respect to Council members themselves. I do not want to enter into the substance of all this now. This is a topic that has been on our agenda for many months. But I think it was worth just saying these few sentences. And with that, Mr. Minister, thank you again. Thank you for the presidency and thank you for the coffee.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“As I have said in the consultation room, I believe it is most important that at this particular stage in the proceedings we make sure that resolution 1353 (2001) is implemented fully and conscientiously. I know from what Ambassador Doutriaux has said that the French presidency - and I am sure the Irish presidency following it - will have that dimension fully in mind this autumn as we work our way through the discussion of various peacekeeping operations. Finally, as regards groups of friends, I only want to echo briefly what Ambassador Doutriaux said in response to Ambassador Ward's comment.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“But as we move on through the list of the various items on our agenda it is clear that many of them are multidimensional; many of them have facets that are not the Council's traditional business, but that need to be addressed if those issues are going to be dealt with properly. Particularly as regards Afghanistan- not least since the Secretary-General himself has indicated that he believes the Council should be in the lead - I think it is incumbent on us to pick up that particular baton and run with it as the Secretary-General has asked. I would also like to echo Mr. Kasse's point, which has been picked up by Ambassador Doutriaux and others, about the need for us to make sure we keep our relations with the troop-contributors in good order.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“That was an important focus, I thought, and one important outcome of it was that the Council indicated that it was looking forward to receiving in October ideas from the Secretary-General on a comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, and that the Council would revert to them shortly afterwards. This is a very important issue, and it is certainly our hope that the Council will be able to take some fairly definitive action on Afghanistan as soon as we reasonably can, later in the autumn. This brings me to a point that Ambassador Lavrov raised about the Council's prerogatives vis-a- vis itself and vis-a-vis the other organs of the United Nations. I would like to say here and now that as far my delegation is concerned we have no intention of working for a creeping extension of the Council's jurisdiction over other people's business.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“But I would just caution against us and those who are sitting on the red seats, as Ambassador Hume put it, thinking that everything is dreadful simply because we are engaging to a degree in a little exercise in self- examination. I think that in quite properly drawing the lessons from wrap-up meetings of this sort, we must also bear in mind what the Council has done, as well as what it might not have done or is not doing. So I would hope that we and the wider membership will look at what we do in various wrap-up meetings from that perspective. I think it is quite important both for ourselves and for the standing of the Council in the United Nations. Let me address just a very few specific points. I appreciate Ambassador Wang's reference to Afghanistan. It is a point that has been picked by others, too.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“But I would say only- as I said yesterday, during our session in the room next door - that it is only fair to our experts on that working group that we ensure that, before we ask them to set off on a particular journey, they are clear about exactly the problem they have to solve. I hope that next month the French presidency will be able to play a facilitating role in clarifying what needs to be done, by whom and when. I would also like to join others in saying that I think these wrap-up discussions have been useful and are useful. I think that we learn from what we do, and occasions such as this are quite useful to that process.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“This is something that Ambassador Greenstock has been very concerned that the Council try to do: to improve the way in which it allocates its time - which, inevitably, is limited. I think we must keep up the effort to make sure that we do things as efficiently, as effectively and as quickly as we can- consistent with getting a good result. I think it is entirely reasonable that if there are procedural issues that need to be addressed, or problems that are perceived, then the informal working group on documentation and other procedural questions should be asked to look at them.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“If I can paraphrase Ambassador Hume's last comment, I will just make a short statement today because you, Sir, do not have time for me to make a long one. It is good to have you here, Mr. Minister, and it is good to see the truly personal interest that you have taken during the last month, both in the work of the Council itself and in the Colombian presidency. We thank you for that, and we thank you also for the work that has been put in to the presidency by the Colombian delegation, which, as I said to you last night, has been an extremely competent, professional and inspired operation. I think there are some lessons we can all learn from you. One of them is the continued attention that the Colombian team has given to time management.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“It is vital that this role should be filled immediately if the United Nations is going to be able to provide speedy and targeted humanitarian assistance. I hope that that message will be taken away from this Council meeting today. That appointment needs to be made soon. I was also concerned to hear what Mr. Annabi had to say about the restrictions on access to humanitarian workers in some areas. We naturally hope that those difficulties will be remedied immediately. Finally, Ambassador Strommen of Norway raised concerns about the treatment of children, and I would like to conclude my statement by saying that we strongly share those concerns. It is very important, particularly in the light of Carol Bellamy's visit, that all international norms with regard to children should be respected and implemented.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“But at the same time, I think that we should be sensitive to the fact that in some areas it may be inappropriate to expect the parties to do everything themselves. We hope that the Secretariat and MONUC will be as proactive as they can and will make use of opportunities that may arise to assist the D-three process as they do arise, for example in Kamina. I would be very interested to hear anything that Mr. Annabi may want to tell us today about progress in planning by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for D-three, because, clearly, we all need to be prepared to make the D-three effort a success. Without early movement on D-three - and I address myself here to the parties~ there is a risk that the peace process may collapse. We also need to resolve quickly the issue of the appointment of the United Nations humanitarian coordinator.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“We do see the need for early progress and early action towards demilitarization by the Rassemblement congolais pour la de'mocratie (RCD-G). I would now like to talk briefly about disarmament, demobilization durable solutions, reintegration and repatriation, which I think is now known in the Mission area as D-three or D-cubed. That, at least, is easier to say. So I will say it. It is clearly important that the D-three programme move forward, and that it move forward as fast as possible and without necessarily waiting for the third phase of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I entirely understand, agree with and take the point that the Assistant Secretary-General has made about the need for a political framework.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“It is obviously good, too, that a date has been set for the first meeting in Addis Ababa. But it is clear - not least from what happened in Gaborone, which was a matter of considerable organizational complexity, just to get the initial phase on the road - that setting up things in Addis Ababa is going to require a considerable administrative effort. I think it would be very good if we could keep a close eye on this, and particularly if the Secretariat could keep a close eye on it. I think that if the facilitator's office indicates - either when we see Sir Ketumile Masire or subsequently - that additional help is needed, it would be very good if that appeal were not lost on the Secretariat. I would be very interested to hear the comments of the Assistant Secretary-General on that point. Like others, we too remain concerned about Kisangani.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“I will not recite them again; other speakers have done so. But I just want to pick out a couple of points and ask a couple of questions. First, like others, I think that the preparatory meeting for the national dialogue that took place in Gaborone has been a considerable success, and of considerable significance. I think congratulations are due to the Congolese political parties, to Congolese civil society and, of course, to the facilitator on a very successful first meeting. I think, as Mr. Annabi has said, the fact that agreement was reached on political prisoners is a very good sign. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all sides to move forward on that issue. If we could come to closure on that, it would be a very significant gesture of good will.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“Being this low on the list of speakers at an open briefing, I think it would be inhumane of me to subject the Council to a long prepared statement, particularly as the Permanent Representative of Belgium will be speaking later on behalf of the European Union. But I want to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hedi Annabi, for his very useful briefing, which has come at a very appropriate time given the imminence of the Secretary- General's visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the appointment of Mr. Ngongi, whom we wish extremely well. I also think that there is general consensus about the tone of what we are looking at here, and that there is guarded optimism - but with real problems remaining in a few areas. I think there is also general consensus about what those areas are.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“I know that, as a first step, our Macedonian colleague, who will be speaking later in the debate, will be making every effort to strike up good, close and cordial relations with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations so that we can make sure that things are kept fully on the rails.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“So we welcome the success of the Kosovo Force in the last few days in arresting Albanian extremists crossing into Kosovo from Macedonia armed with substantial amounts of weaponry and ammunition. It is important that that effort continue. I also listened carefully to what the Under- Secretary-General had to say about the exchanges of correspondence, to which the Council has been privy, between the Secretary-General and President Trajkovski and other members of the Macedonian Government. It is clearly important that a close and harmonious relationship should be built up between the Secretariat and UNMIK and the Macedonian authorities in order that the concerns of both sides may be fully understood and in order that, when necessary, the appropriate action can be taken to meet those concerns.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“It is also very good news that UNMIK and the Belgrade authorities are now working together positively and quickly to find practical solutions to address declared Serb concerns on security, returns and the missing. I was particularly grateful to Under-Secretary- General Guehenno for addressing the five points that were raised with the Security Council mission by President Kostunica. As Ambassador Hume has said, I think it is important that we keep on reminding ourselves of those points as key concerns declared by the authorities in Belgrade. Extremism and ethnically motivated violence have to stop. Small groups of armed Albanians and others should not be allowed to destabilize the region.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“It is therefore vital for the Belgrade authorities to give the earliest possible signal of their support for Kosovo Serbs and others to vote in the elections, not just to register. Ambassador Lavrov may have been right to say that the clear signals from Belgrade, about both the need to register and the need to vote, may not solve everything. But they are certainly an extremely important element in the equation, and, as far as we are concerned, we strongly urge Belgrade to make its views known and to help in this area. We welcome also the meetings between Special Representative Haekkerup and Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Covic on 15 and 25 August following Mr. Covic's appointment as chairman of the Yugoslav Coordinating Committee for Kosovo. These meetings, as Under-Secretary-General Guehenno has said, were very helpful developments.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“We very much welcome the support given by the Belgrade authorities for Kosovo Serb registration in advance of the elections for the Kosovo Assembly in November. These elections will mark a correct and important step in returning significant responsibility for self-government to the people of Kosovo. We should also not forget that the elections are a very important opportunity to shape the future of Kosovo. In order to make it clear that Kosovo must develop as a multi-ethnic community, all ethnic groups must take part in the elections. If they do not, those who support a mono-ethnic independent State will be able to claim, with some justification, that other ethnic groups have no long-term interest in Kosovo.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“My delegation would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guehenno for his briefing. It was, as always, an excellent, useful and helpful briefing, and I would like straight away to reiterate the United Kingdom's support for the efforts of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and for the Secretary-General's Special Representative towards peace and stability in Kosovo. During this short statement I really want to concentrate only on the elections and what has been said about spill-over into Macedonia, not least because the representative of Belgium will be speaking later in the debate on behalf of the European Union and I associate myself with what he has to say. First, the elections.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“The basis for a settlement has eroded in the last 11 months. The parties now have a responsibility, through their words and actions, to rebuild it.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“We call on Israel to reverse the closure and to return the archives of Orient House without delay. It is a further setback to the prospects for peace that Orient House - which has never been a centre of terrorism and extremism, but always a resource for Palestinian engagement in negotiations - should be prevented from operating. We call on Israel to refrain from the demolition of Palestinian houses, which risks inflaming an already volatile situation. Finally, I want to underline that the international community has a responsibility to help the parties return to a political process to resolve their differences. We in the Council should not complicate that process, but assist it. In our discussion today, we should recognize the suffering of civilians - Israelis and Palestinians alike - and send a clear message to the parties.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“We call for lifting the closures that cripple the Palestinian economy and prevent Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem from going about their daily lives, from working and from receiving an education. These restrictions achieve only resentment and anger, which will not help achieve a settlement. We call on Israel to transfer to the Palestinian Authority all revenues owed, to freeze all settlement activity and to fulfil its other obligations under Mitchell, without delay. We have also repeatedly called for an end to the Israeli policy of assassination of suspected Palestinian militants. That only fuels further violence and hatred. We are concerned at the continuing closure of Orient House and other institutions in Jerusalem.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“Both parties must tackle incitement to violence and both parties must bring to justice those who commit violent acts. I have already spoken of our concern at the continuing violence in the Middle East. The United Kingdom condemns utterly all terrorist acts, including suicide bombings against Israeli civilians. There can be no excuse for targeting civilians going about their ordinary business on the streets of Israeli cities. These actions are abhorrent and, ultimately, futile. The Palestinian Authority must make a 100 per cent effort to reduce violence. That should include sustained and greater efforts to pre-empt bombings by extremists and bringing those responsible to justice. Israel has unfulfilled obligations too. We call on the Government of Israel to show the utmost restraint in its use of force.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“This integral package offers a road map, endorsed by the international community and accepted by both parties, for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to move from this crisis, through the ceasefire and confidence- building measures set out in the Committee's report, to a return to negotiations. Those negotiations should, as before, aim for a permanent settlement based on the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and the principle of "land for peace". We call on both parties to take immediate action to de-escalate the current crisis. They can achieve this by fulfilling the obligations they accepted when they accepted the Mitchell Committee's report.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“In these circumstances, the Council must demonstrate its unity and encourage the parties to focus on their clear obligations to move the process forward. Our debate today should not divide the Council. To the contrary, it is our responsibility today to send a crystal clear message to the parties of our common commitment to support efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region. That message must also emphasize our total condemnation of extremism and violence as a means to achieve political ends. For it is only through dialogue that Israelis and Palestinians can achieve security and peace. The first priority for all involved must be the implementation, as others have said, without further delay of the recommendations of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-finding Committee, the Mitchell Committee.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“I should first like to associate my delegation with the statement that will be made on behalf of the European Union by the representative of Belgium later in the debate. The United Kingdom is gravely concerned at the continuing violence in Israel and the occupied territories and the blockage of progress on Israeli- Palestinian peace negotiations. The core problem is characterized by a loss of the trust that previously existed between the parties. We have heard them both this morning. Israelis doubt that the Palestinian Authority is a true partner for peace. Equally, Palestinians doubt that Israel is willing to move forward to negotiations that stand a real chance of meeting their legitimate aspirations.”
2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357 (2001) · source
“We have established a comprehensive small arms and light weapons reduction programme, allocating a minimum of 19 million pounds - or around US$ 30 million - over the next three years to address proliferation and the misuse of small arms and light weapons and to support the follow-up to the Conference. We will do our part. It is vitally important that the United Nations system and the international community as a whole should play its part too.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355 (2001) · source
“It is equally clear that the Security Council can make a real contribution to that process, because so many of the issues have an impact on our work. I was particularly attracted by the idea of mainstreaming small arms in our work, as mentioned by Ambassador Patricia Durrant of Jamaica. It seems to me that the more we can do by practical measures to make sure that the small arms dimension becomes an automatic part of our work, the better off we will be. Perhaps it is a typically British sentiment, but I cannot help feeling that the more we can concentrate on doing things that will actually make a difference, the more they will be worth, as opposed to long and theoretical reports. For this reason, we, as the United Kingdom, strongly support the Programme of Action which has resulted from the July Conference.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355 (2001) · source
“I should like to pay tribute, as others have done, to the efforts of Ambassador Reyes in seeing the Conference through to a successful conclusion. For our part, we were very pleased to have been able to make available Sir Michael Weston to act as a facilitator for part of the negotiations. The success of the Conference will be measured by the extent of its impact on the levels of illicit trade in small arms and the destabilizing accumulations of those weapons. The impact of the whole complex of small arms questions on issues such as disarmament, demobilization, resettlement and reintegration (DDRR) and on children - both of which the Secretary-General has mentioned - is, frankly, obvious. It is clear to us, therefore, that the Conference must be regarded as the start of a process.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355 (2001) · source
“Let me wish you a very warm welcome, Mr. President, to New York and to the Security Council. I thank also the Secretary- General for his very useful and thoughtful introduction to the debate. Since the representative of Belgium will be speaking on behalf of the European Union later in this debate, I will keep my remarks extremely short, not least because of the length of the list of speakers we have today. The first-ever United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, held in July, signaled a step change in the international community's effort to combat the uncontrolled spread and misuse of small arms. It must be regarded as the start of a long-term process with practical follow-up.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355 (2001) · source
“Finally, extremism and organized crime are at the heart of the problems in Kosovo and in the wider region. We fully support the work being carried out by UNMIK and the Kosovo Force to tackle these issues. It would be helpful to have a progress report from the Secretariat on funding for the new Pillar I, including funding for additional judges and prosecutors. It is crucial that sufficient resources be made available quickly and, as we have said before, the United Kingdom stands ready to provide candidates for the posts of international judges and prosecutors.”
2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source
“It is in the interest of all communities in Kosovo to participate in the elections and in the structures being put together by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in order to secure their place in the shaping of Kosovo's future. I therefore think it vital that this message of encouragement should get across from Belgrade, particularly now that some progress is being made on the return of refugees. A similar consideration applies to Mitrovica, where normalization would clearly be in the interest of all the people of the city. This, too, is an area where we would look to Belgrade to use its influence positively to help resolve the situation. I noted what Under- Secretary-General Guehenno had to say about the importance of confidence-building measures and I take his point.”
2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source
“We thank Under- Secretary-General Guehenno for what I thought was an outstandingly thoughtful briefing this morning and one that we found very useful indeed. As others have said, the representative of Sweden will speak later on this morning on behalf of the European Union, so I will keep my statement very brief and make only a few points that I would like to highlight. The first is that the United Kingdom strongly endorses the findings of the Security Council following its mission to Kosovo. I think the mission's report is a very useful contribution and I hope it will be helpful to the wider membership as well. Secondly, I should like to endorse the point that Under-Secretary-General Guehenno made about the need for a clear message from the authorities in Belgrade to the Serb community about the importance of participation.”
2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source
“We are full-square behind the United Nations efforts in taking forward the recommendations set out in this report. It is important, and that is why I have spoken at greater length than usual. We will continue to engage with the Secretariat and the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in finding ways to do this. By reducing the level and intensity of conflicts, we will significantly enhance prospects for global development and poverty reduction. That is a goal to which we should all be directing our efforts.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom has for many years accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court We urge Members of the Organization that have not yet done so to take this step. We also welcome the thrust of recommendation 9 and the Secretary-General's intention to enhance the traditional preventive role of his office. We would encourage him to develop and enhance his preventive diplomacy efforts in the ways outlined in the report. We stand ready to support him in that endeavour. Finally, the report contains an appeal to the donor community to increase the flow of development assistance to developing countries. Over the past few years the United Kingdom has been one of the few countries to significantly increase the resources it devotes to development assistance.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“This, among other things, recommends the establishment of a United Nations office in West Africa headed by a new special representative. We support this idea, but need clarification on certain key aspects. For example, we would welcome clarification of the role and mandate of this office versus those of other Special Representatives of the Secretary-General in the region, and those of the political and post-conflict peace- building offices and United Nations country teams which are also present there. In this respect, we encourage stronger links between Headquarters and the United Nations country teams in the field. We agree with recommendations 5 to 7 of the report on the important role of the International Court of Justice in the prevention of conflict and the peaceful settlement of disputes.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“But, while respecting institutional mandates, we must adapt our efforts to the problem at hand. In certain regions, there may not be formal organizations with which to consult, but, instead, groupings of countries which have come together under informal ad hoc arrangements. We believe that the United Nations needs to be more creative about finding ways to work with such informal groups. The effectiveness of such strategies will be enhanced further if civil society and the private sector are pulling in the same direction. We therefore echo the Secretary-General's appeal to the private sector to adopt socially responsible practices designed to prevent, rather than foment, conflict. Paragraph 55 of the report refers to the recent inter-agency mission to West Africa, which I have mentioned earlier.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“We are keen to see this implemented in concrete and practical ways. Effective prevention strategies require the cooperation of both national and regional actors. The use of inter- agency task forces, such as the recent Task Force visit to West Africa, offers opportunities to integrate the efforts of the United Nations with those of regional and subregional organizations. We also welcome the Secretary-General's intention to provide the Security Council with periodic regional or subregional reports on threats to international peace and security. We agree with his view that this approach will help to strengthen, rather than diminish, sovereignty. There is a powerful logic in the report's description of conflict prevention as being "the best protection for [a state's] citizens against unwelcome outside interference" (S/2001/574, para. 168).”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“We should not lose sight of the potential this cooperation can bring. We also strongly encourage more systematic cooperation between other parts of the United Nations system, with the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions, and with other international actors. This is vital if scarce resources are to be used in the most effective way. There is, for example - as everyone around this table knows better than most - a critical need for improvement in designing effective, properly resourced disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes. As the Secretary-General says, the United Nations needs to work with and help strengthen the capacity of regional partners. This has been a key conclusion of several of the Council's recent debates on conflict prevention and peace-building.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“We also agree with the report's assessment that the United Nations will not always be the actor best placed to take the lead. Where it is, the challenge, as the Secretary-General correctly identifies, is to mobilize the collective potential of the United Nations system with greater coherence and focus. This is an important area in which, frankly, we must do better. Greater interaction on conflict prevention between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as recommended by the Secretary-General, would be a good place to start. That is why the United Kingdom, during our Security Council presidency last April, and with an eye on the importance of that need for coherence and coordination, suggested a joint meeting of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council to discuss those issues.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“Our collective efforts to meet the international development targets and the other commitments set out in the Millennium Summit Declaration are an important contribution towards addressing the root causes of conflict. The United Nations agencies, funds and specialized agencies are key players in conflict prevention, in addition to the Secretariat, and here I would endorse the point that has just been made so eloquently by Ambassador Cunningham. We strongly support recommendation 10 of the Secretary-General's report, which encourages the administrators of United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies to consider how best to integrate conflict prevention into their various activities. This will be an important contribution towards mainstreaming conflict prevention approaches into their work.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“We strongly endorse the Secretary-General's call for the international community to move from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention. Prevention should be the cornerstone of the United Nations collective security system for the twenty-first century. Any assessment of conflict must include the political, socio-economic and developmental variables relevant to that conflict. Preventive action must address its root causes rather than its symptoms. Therefore we strongly support the linkage the report makes between conflict prevention and sustainable development. Conflict and sustainable development are mutually exclusive conditions: over time, one will inevitably erode the other. Our aim must be to ensure that sustainable development - not conflict - gains the upper hand.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“Mr. Minister, it is very good to see you here today, and I well remember your visit during Bangladesh's last presidency of the Security Council. It is truly a pleasure to have you back with us. I wish also to thank the Deputy Secretary- General for her introduction to what is a very important and comprehensive report from the Secretariat. Let me also draw attention to the fact that the representative of Sweden will be speaking later on in this debate on behalf of the European Union, and I associate myself with the remarks that the Council will hear later from him. We are grateful for the comprehensive and thought-provoking report that we have in front of us today. The time has come to translate the rhetoric of conflict prevention into concrete action.”
2001-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4334 (2001) · source
“Finally, I would just like to welcome the United Nations agreement to co-locate with European Union expert teams on illegal immigration. The work that has been done on this has been very encouraging, as has the action that has been taken to combat human trafficking. We look forward to further fruitful cooperation, and our own bilateral support and the European Union initiative reflect our commitment to the State Border Service's critical role in strengthening the role of the State in this area and in combating organized crime.”
2001-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4330 (2001) · source
“But I would be interested to hear any further thoughts he might have on two other areas: first, the need to improve crowd control capacity; and secondly, the problem of low minority representation in the police force, although it was good to hear from his briefing that, in some areas at least, minority figures are improving. I would also like to flag, as Mr. Klein has done, the extreme importance of addressing properly ethnically motivated offences and crimes relating to refugee returns. As he said, the return figures are increasing, and that is a piece of very good news indeed. As he also said, the resulting number of crimes so far has been commendably low. But I think this is an area on which we should keep the spotlight very carefully pointed. For our part, we will be doing so during the remainder of the year.”
2001-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4330 (2001) · source
“I wish to commend the Mission's effort and clarity of thought so far; but what are the benchmarks, how will they be measured, and when will we hear the results of those measurements? Carried through properly, this will be an exemplary approach to the conduct of a United Nations mission. And, as I said, I wish to endorse the approach and work that the Special Representative has done in this area so far. Picking up on some of the remaining areas of work to which the Special Representative has pointed this morning, I want to endorse, in particular, as others have done, the importance of creating an apolitical police force. Like Ambassador Cunningham, I would want Special Representative Klein to know that he has our full support on the issue of the appointment of professional and apolitical police commissioners at the cantonal level.”
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“Secondly, I think that it is worth reiterating again the importance of full implementation of the Dayton Agreement, as Ambassador Levitte and others have done this morning. That is our guiding star, and we should not forget it or allow it to become obscured. I would also like to say that the United Kingdom supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) recommended by the Secretary-General, and we note Mr. Klein's statement that UNMIBH will be aiming to complete its core mandate by 31 December next year. But I would be interested to hear anything further he might wish to say at this stage, or subsequently, about exactly when and exactly how the Mission will judge whether this target is going to be achievable.”
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“I can be quite brief, first of all because the European Union presidency, in the person of the representative of Sweden, will speak later in the debate, and secondly because I think it would perhaps be a little de trap for me to inflict on the Council, again, a catalogue of the general concerns that, as is very clear from the debate so far, we all share. I want to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Klein, for his wide-ranging, useful and interesting briefing today. His more general points about the international community's approach to the Balkans were very well taken. I know that some of them will be discussed at the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board meeting to be held in Stockholm next week. I think they are points on which we all need to reflect.”
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