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Emyr Jones Parry

lines on the record: 1,334
first: 2003-07-29
most recent: 2007-08-10
sittings or episodes: 195
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“Above all, the United Kingdom remains committed to the principles of a negotiated two-State solution. Turning to Lebanon, the United Kingdom welcomes the launch of a national dialogue and the consensus reached on certain key issues as a result of this process. This is an important step, not just towards the full implementation of resolution 1559 (2004), but also in the process of building a unified, stable and prosperous Lebanon. We are concerned by recent reports of arms transfers across the Syria-Lebanon border. We look forward to the report next month by Special Envoy Roed-Larsen. We welcome the Council's adoption yesterday of resolution 1664 (2006), mandating the Secretary- General to negotiate an agreement with the Lebanese on a tribunal of an international character to try those eventually indicted for the killing of Rafik Hariri.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“The United Kingdom is deeply concerned by restrictions on freedom of movement in the West Bank and by the closure of crossing points between Gaza and Israel. We call on Israel to keep the crossings open, to maintain the re-opening that we have heard this morning, and we call on the Palestinian Authority to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access. In our view, Israel should freeze all settlement expansion and dismantle outposts. The barrier's route should be on or behind the Green Line, not on occupied territory. But again, for its part, the Palestinian Authority needs to take effective measures to prevent terrorism, including the launching of some Kasam rockets which we have heard of, and to reform the security services, which is so much needed.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“It is unacceptable in our view to pursue political goals through violent means. As Foreign Secretary Straw has made clear, the Palestinian people should not be punished for the decisions that the new Government might take. We are concerned by the deteriorating humanitarian situation, in particular by the troubling news that recently food has had to be rationed in Gaza. The United Kingdom is doing what it can to ensure that we can continue to provide humanitarian and development support to the Palestinian people to help them build a better future. We have been one of the largest bilateral donors to the Palestinian people, and we hope that we and the international community can continue to deliver such aid. But we need to be absolutely clear that that funding does not support terrorism.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“Olmert as he takes over the peace process and moves it forward. Yesterday, the newly appointed cabinet of the Palestinian Authority was sworn in by President Abbas. The United Kingdom's policy on Hamas remains unchanged. The new cabinet needs to recognize that with a democratic mandate come responsibilities, responsibility to govern in the best interests of the Palestinian people. Democracy is much more than winning an election. It is our firm view that democracy includes renouncing violence, and in this case recognizing the State of Israel and accepting the previous agreements reached by the Palestinian Authority. All those conditions have been set out by the Quartet in its statement of 30 January 2006, which we fully applaud, a statement which was reiterated this morning.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“I would like to join others in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh for his briefing. I align myself with the statement to be made shortly on behalf of the European Union by the Austrian presidency. It is the Security Council's responsibility to maintain the momentum of the Middle East peace process. Indeed, at this time of new Governments - and we discuss the Middle East at a critical time - we must remind ourselves and all those involved of the obligations that have been taken on, including under the road map, with a view to achieving the vision of two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. Congratulations are due to Ehud Olmert and the Kadima party on their election victory in Israel. The British Government looks forward to working with Mr.”
2006-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5404 (2006) · source
“The United Kingdom hopes that today's meeting will be a signal from the international community of our commitment to provide sustained support as the country embarks on a very new future - one in which we wish the country every success. As I said before, we have to be there in order to support it. Finally, we can very much accept the draft presidential statement prepared by your delegation.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“The extension of the Interim Cooperation Framework to December 2007 is therefore a welcome step in the right direction, but so much more is needed. The third component, in my view, is to deliver security. At the moment, the role of peacekeepers is vital, but there must also be progress on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, as well as reform of the Haitian national police - referred to by a number of my colleagues - which was actually requested in resolution 1608 (2005). Here again, it is basic to security that the police take on a larger role and that the "no-go" areas in the capital and the other problems be tackled. It is obvious from this discussion and from what we know that the challenges are immense.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“The first is to consolidate the democratic process, to build democratic institutions based on the rule of law. The immediate task is thus to get through the second round of elections. But elections are not an end in themselves; it is what comes after elections, what one puts in place. That is the big challenge for Haiti. The second element is to tackle poverty and promote economic recovery in one of the poorest nations on Earth. The Minister from Guyana referred to the Millennium Development Goals. They are the basic elements that one would hope to see a Haitian Government put in place. But to do that is difficult enough for any country; for Haiti in its present plight it is exceedingly difficult. So there is a need for all of us to rally behind those priorities on the basis of programmes prepared and brought forward by the Government.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“Your presence today is very much welcome, Mr. President. I would like to congratulate and welcome President-elect Preval and to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Valdes, for his sustained contribution. I align myself with the statement to be made shortly by the Austrian presidency on behalf of the European Union. This morning, I believe it is vital that the Security Council and the United Nations as a whole give their clear, committed, long-term support to Haiti. Since 1995 there have been six United Nations missions in Haiti. Now is the time to deliver the simple message that we all stand behind the new Government of Haiti and recognize our responsibility to be there for it and recognize the role of that Government in leading the process in Haiti. Peacebuilding has three essential elements.”
2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397 (2006) · source
“We believe that a resolution would serve several purposes: to complement the report of the Secretary-General; to demonstrate our commitment to tackling all the threats posed by the illicit trade; and, ultimately, to advance our shared goal of improving the international effort through the United Nations Programme of Action in order to save lives and to prevent and resolve conflict. We hope that the negotiations, which are well advanced, can soon be brought to a conclusion.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“The United Kingdom would also like to draw attention to the initiative for a treaty on the trade in conventional arms, or the arms trade treaty. That is a separate initiative from current small arms and light weapons work, but would reinforce its objectives. Such a treaty would include legally binding standards for transfers of all conventional arms, including heavy weapons and small arms and light weapons. We believe that there is a strong security, development, humanitarian and moral case for such a treaty, and call on all States to support the early agreement to the start of a United Nations-based process to take that work forward. The threat of small arms and light weapons is real and relevant to the mandate of the Security Council. We welcome the initiative to propose a draft resolution on that issue at this time.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“At January's preparatory committee of the review conference, there was consensus among participating States that the United Nations Programme of Action, although not yet fully implemented, is the key starting point for further action on small arms and light weapons. We believe that United Nations efforts to control those weapons have to be intensified if we want to alleviate the serious impact of their proliferation on conflict, development and human rights. In doing so, we should make best use of the review conference. The conference should focus on crucial areas where significant obstacles to full implementation persist. We believe that those areas include marking and tracing, brokering regulations, transfer controls, and the integration of small arms measures into development assistance.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“We recognize that those problems are complex and inter-related; they require concerted action between States, intergovernmental organizations and civil society at all levels, from the local to the global. That is why the United Kingdom is a firm supporter of the 2001 United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. The United Kingdom calls on all States to fully implement that Programme of Action. This year's United Nations Programme of Action review conference presents a vital opportunity to improve efforts to tackle the negative impact of small arms and light weapons proliferation.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“The menace of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons is an issue of particular concern to us all. The widespread availability of those weapons in many regions of the world is a major source of insecurity and poverty. Nowhere is that more evident than across large parts of Africa. By fuelling conflict, crime and terrorism, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons undermines peace and greatly hinders development. The British Government is committed to reducing the proliferation of those weapons, the threat they pose and the damage they cause. We focus our efforts on three critical and related areas: first, strengthening controls on the supply of small arms and light weapons; secondly, reducing the availability of weapons; and thirdly, addressing the demand for weapons.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“May I begin by thanking you; Sir, and your delegation for proposing this debate, welcoming in particular the presence and contribution of the Foreign Minister of Peru. May I also thank Ms. Hoppe for her briefing. The United Kingdom fully associates itself with the statement to be made by the Austrian Ambassador on behalf of the European Union. The United Kingdom warmly welcomes the Secretary-General's recent report on small arms and light weapons. Coming in the run up to the 2006 review conference of the United Nations Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons, the report is a timely reminder of the scale of the menace posed by the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, which particularly affect regions of conflict and the developing world.”
2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source
“That requires, too, the quick-reaction force component, and the effort of our Irish and Swedish colleagues there is particularly important. May I end simply by saying that we congratulate President Johnson-Sirleaf and admire what she is doing. We look forward to what she will do. We wish her every success, and I think we have to underline the commitment of the Council and the United Nations to seeing it through with her to the end she wants for her people.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“A number of our countries are trying to help bilaterally, but the onus is clear. But UNMIL cannot cut and run. President Johnson-Sirleaf said that she needs UNMIL to continue. I think our commitment must be clear - it must stay for as long as it is necessary to do the job and until the indigenous security forces, police and military, can take on that responsibility. That is the pledge that, I think, we have to make very clear to the President today. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has also, with the other forces in West Africa, to take account of all the regional aspects so that we are not actually transferring problems from one country to another, but are working on the widest possible basis. UNMIL, I am sure, will be able to stay and will cope with the situation.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“The United Kingdom is strongly of the view that he should be facing those charges, ending impunity, in the Special Court in Sierra Leone at the earliest possible opportunity. We applaud President Johnson-Sirleaf for the stand she has taken there, and I think we and, again, all parts of the United Nations have to give her every support in what is not an easy issue. We understand that, but I hope very much that the regional leaders will rally to what she is trying to do. As she has said, the situation in Liberia remains fragile. The security situation is difficult. The urgent need to handle ex-combatants and to put in place their disarmament, demobilization and, above all, reintegration is very difficult, as is the training of the Liberian national police. All that has to be accelerated.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“President Johnson-Sirleaf has set out the steps that she has already taken. We can only congratulate her on that and admire the rapidity with which she has done many of those things, especially in relation, if I may say so, to Government contracts and the whole question of the forestry concessions. I think we heard what she said about the Kimberly Process. That is very much key to lifting the sanctions on diamonds. I think it is incumbent upon us now to review the sanctions as quickly as possible, taking into account the steps that the President has taken. But she has also shown, if I may say so, particular courage in her approach to the Nigerian President, the question of the return of Charles Taylor to face justice and the challenges against him, a case of the gravest of human rights abuses and war crimes.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“Those who were on the Security Council's mission to Liberia in June 2003 need no reminding of the problems that Liberia faces. The President faces the challenge of rebuilding her country after years of conflict, an enormous task in every sense. But I think that all of us want to send today a message of clear support, not just of the Council but of the entire United Nations, for the reconstruction of Liberia. In terms of its security, the humanitarian and economic development and especially the political processes, we stand foursquare with Liberia. Let there be no doubt at all in that regard. Liberia deserves it, Africa and West Africa need it, and the United Nations must be able to demonstrate success for what it has already invested and what more it should invest in that country.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“I thank President Johnson-Sirleaf for honouring the Security Council with her presence here today, and for her stirring presentation this morning. Allow me also to welcome her back to the United Nations, which she served with such distinction earlier. I also wish to congratulate her on being Africa's first female leader. As our colleague from Ghana has said, what she has blazed is a path of inspiration for many, not just in Liberia but across the continent. Unfortunately, that adds to her many responsibilities. That much is clear, because if we know one thing about conflict, it is that women are the ones who suffer most and that the empowerment of women - and what we set out in the Council in resolution 1325 (2000) - is really very crucial. We therefore wish her every success in all possible directions.”
2006-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5389 (2006) · source
“But we should be conscious that, as the Under-Secretary-General said, we are only at the beginning of a programme of systemic and sustained change. A great deal more is therefore yet to be done. We have a moral responsibility to do what is needed to accomplish that.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“We also encourage Special Committee endorsement of the participation of troop-contributing countries in investigations to ensure that any evidence collected is admissible in a national criminal court. We look forward to receiving the Secretary-General's comprehensive strategy for assistance to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. Let me conclude by once again condemning all acts of sexual exploitation and abuse and underlining the resolve of the United Kingdom to see the issues tackled and the problem of sexual misconduct eliminated in all its forms. I hope that today's discussion will stiffen the common resolve of the organs of the United Nations, the Secretariat and troop- contributing countries to rid United Nations peacekeeping missions of this scourge.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“I recommend that to colleagues as a necessary step as part of information-sharing and putting responsibility where it properly belongs. Nationally, of course, we also take action in those cases where members of our military contingents are alleged to have been involved in any misbehaviour; the test is how those cases are then followed up and tackled. In addition to the support already provided to the Secretariat and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), we aim, at the next session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, to encourage other member States to support the establishment of conduct and discipline units as a full- time dedicated capacity. This would ensure that work undertaken by those units has a long-lasting impact on the situation.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“For its part, the United Kingdom has, since the publication of the comprehensive report (A/59/710), worked with the Secretariat and major troop-contributing countries, as appropriate, to ensure that all the recommendations are implemented. The United Kingdom is systematically looking for opportunities to ensure that language against sexual exploitation and abuse is included in Security Council resolutions, in peacekeeping mandates and in reports at both the United Nations and other international organizations. For our part, the Ministry of Defence in London provides training on gender, child-protection and human rights issues to all United Kingdom military personnel embarking on peacekeeping or similar overseas missions.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“Let me be clear: it is a shared responsibility of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Secretariat, the Special Representative - whoever he or she may be - in theatre and, crucially, the troop- contributing countries to ensure that we tackle and eradicate this problem. If we fail to do so, we will do nothing less than risk the success of missions and jeopardize United Nations peacekeeping in general. It is also the case that the widespread mainstreaming of gender into all policies and programmes at the national and international levels is also a crucial factor in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. We must therefore do justice to resolution 1325 (2000), ensuring that women are full and equal participants in peace processes and, through that, that we help better to create sustainable peace.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“Furthermore, we welcome the progress that has been made in the area of training and, in particular, in the mandatory sexual exploitation and abuse module that has now been introduced, as well as progress on welfare and recreation, which is an essential element of making sure that troops actually behave themselves in theatre. But while there has been some progress in tackling some progress in tackling this difficult and sensitive issue, sexual exploitation and abuse remains a significant problem in many missions. Both DPKO and troop-contributing countries need to do much more to implement the decisions taken at the 2005 session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations to enforce the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“From listening to the Under-Secretary-General, it is clear that progress is being made. That fact owes a great deal to his personal leadership in addressing openly this acute problem and in trying to make sure that comprehensive policies are put in place to tackle all aspects of sexual exploitation and abuse. We particularly welcome the fact that uniform standards have now been implemented for all civilian and uniformed personnel contracted by the United Nations. We also welcome the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to finalize the draft model memorandum of understanding, and we hope that the General Assembly can adopt it before the end of its sixtieth session.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“We condemn, in the strongest terms, all acts of sexual exploitation and abuse by whomsoever and wherever they are committed. So we strongly support the action of the Secretary-General to implement his zero-tolerance approach in all United Nations missions. It follows that we welcome the comprehensive report (A/59/710) on sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations peacekeeping personnel, which contained detailed recommendations on tackling this issue and reiterated the importance of urgent action on sexual exploitation and abuse. I want to pay particular tribute to Ambassador Zeid for his continuing and dedicated work. We must all work together to see that the recommendations of his report are fully and properly implemented. The test will be whether real progress is made on the ground as well as in committee.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“The United Kingdom fully supports the statement to be made later this morning by the representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union. I would like to begin by recognizing the vital role that United Nations peacekeeping operations have played for decades in bringing peace and stability to countries emerging from war. The United Kingdom further recognizes that the large majority of the women and men who serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations do so with the utmost professionalism and dedication and in some cases, sadly, make the ultimate sacrifice. The United Kingdom shares the deep concern over the allegations of sexual misconduct by United Nations peacekeeping personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004 and 2005.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“I would like to join others in underlining the importance of the issue we are discussing today. Allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse must be taken extremely seriously. They are directly relevant to the conduct of operations authorized by the Security Council, and they undermine the essential work being carried out in peacebuilding areas. They also affect the wider image and credibility of the United Nations. I believe that they demonstrate why we have what others have described as an obligation - a moral imperative - to pursue these issues vigorously in all the relevant organs of the United Nations system and to tackle all aspects of the problem through comprehensive policies, including, crucially, the provision of support to victims.”
2006-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5379 (2006) · source
“Finally, we note the relevance to today's discussion of the recently established Peacebuilding Commission, and we salute the central role that Tanzania and Denmark both played in the establishment of the Commission and that they will both play as founding members of the Peacebuilding Commission, selected by the Security Council. The Commission will have an important role to play in providing advice on how States in the Great Lakes region and beyond can complete the transition from peacekeeping to sustainable reconstruction, institution- building, the rule of law and development. We very much welcome the text of the draft resolution, which the United Kingdom will be proud to support.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“In parallel, faster progress is needed to reform the security sector and to bring an end to corruption and impunity. The international community stands ready to assist. Today is also an occasion to salute the achievement of the Burundian people in successfully completing their transition. We stand ready to support the new Government of Burundi as it establishes itself and develops its policies. Our shared interests are best served, we believe, if the disengagement and drawdown of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) are gradual. We welcome the detailed work that is being done on that by ONUB in consultation with the Government of Burundi, and we recommend drawing on experience gained, for example, in the successful transitions under way, and being achieved, in East Timor and Sierra Leone.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“We therefore welcome the request to the Secretary-General in the draft resolution (S/2006/51) to be adopted at the end of this meeting to make recommendations to the Security Council in that regard. Dealing with the activities of illegal armed groups is one challenge to the transition process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are, of course, others. The positive results of the constitutional referendum in December declared and showed the desire of the Congolese people to complete the transition to full democratic government. We urge the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to rise to the expectations of its people, to maintain the momentum of the political process and to ensure that the envisaged timetable for elections before 30 June 2006 can be met.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“It is right that we, the international community, should do whatever we can to help the Governments concerned - the Government of Uganda, but also the Governments of the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - to protect their civilians and to deal with a threat that is undermining regional peace and security. The United Nations missions in the region and entities such as the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs have an important role to play, a role which we believe should be reinforced: first by identifying ways in which the international community can assist, and secondly by providing that assistance wherever possible.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“We look forward, therefore, to the integrated and comprehensive strategy that the Secretary-General has been asked to prepare, in consultation with the Governments concerned and with other key stakeholders, on all aspects of resolving the issue of illegal armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The deaths of the Guatemalan peacekeepers have tragically highlighted the devastating influence that the Lord's Resistance Army continues to have on the Great Lakes region. Its activities illustrate the interconnectedness of the problem: a brutal insurgency launched in one country spreads across borders and infects two neighbouring countries. In each case, countless innocent civilians are killed, abducted or displaced: there are 1.2 million displaced persons today.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“The international community has an important supportive part to play. The British Government is fully committed to working with the Governments of the region towards long-term peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. Bilaterally and through the European Union, we are providing assistance for humanitarian relief and security-sector reform, and in those areas where peace has taken root we are providing support for social and economic development. The international community can also help to neutralize the activities of the armed groups by enforcing the Democratic Republic of the Congo arms embargo and the targeted measures imposed on those that Violate the embargo.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“We strongly support the robust role being played by the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in support of the Congolese armed forces in operations against those armed groups. Military operations need to be accompanied by close cooperation among the Governments concerned to cope with armed groups, which respect no borders. We urge those Governments to work together, and to work with the United Nations, to take the steps necessary to better protect their own civilians, including by disarming the militias, by bringing those responsible for violence and human rights abuses to justice and by improving border security to prevent the illegal flow of the arms and natural resources that are the lifeblood of those armed groups.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“We wish those who were injured a speedy and full recovery and express our admiration and gratitude to the Government and the people of Guatemala for the service, in most difficult circumstances, that their armed forces are performing on behalf of the United Nations and in the pursuit of peace and stability for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those responsible for the peacekeepers' deaths must be tracked down and brought to justice. The brutality and chaos that illegal armed groups such as the Lord's Resistance Army, the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda and the Forces nationales de liberation have inflicted on innocent civilians in the Great Lakes region must be stopped.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“Madam President, your presence honours the Council and testifies to Tanzania's commitment to security, peace and development in the Great Lakes region. I should like to associate the United Kingdom fully with the statement delivered earlier in this debate by my Austrian colleague on behalf of the current presidency of the European Union. I should also like to convey the sincere condolences of the British Government to the families of the Guatemalan peacekeepers killed in action on 23 January.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359 (2006) · source
“The fairly self-evident lesson is that for the United Nations and the OSCE, the need for enhanced cooperation and for working together in a practical manner is actually very important, not just to put in place the theory and the idea that, of course, there are links between us at a broad level, but in order to actually produce practical contributions whenever there is a need to do so. He has set out a whole range of areas and situations. I can only agree with him and stress that one of the lessons of the last two years has been to understand fully to what extent regional cooperation, albeit under Chapter VIII or whatever other arrangement, with the United Nations and its family is basic to tackle these key issues wherever necessary. He has shown us today how that applies to the European continent.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“We - the United Nations, the European Union and the OSCE - have a shared interest in an outcome in Kosovo that addresses the whole question of the aspirations of the people and the need, at the same time, for regional stability, in a way that contributes to a peaceful outcome and does not actually cause disturbance or potential instability. The Minister also brought up the question of the new challenges, which are not just for the Security Council and the United Nations - the whole United Nations family; terrorism, organized crime and so on are key issues.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“We would say also, of course, that one cannot have development without security - the two concepts interlinked with that of the third pillar: human rights. It is a truism for all of us that the rule of law and democratization are basic to that process and that they are much more than just the holding of elections. Elections are a symptom of the rule of law; up to a point, they may be the outcome of it. But elections in and of themselves are not enough without the creation of the conditions, the institutions and everything else that goes with the rule of law and the establishment of democratic societies. That is why the contribution made by the OSCE in Kosovo was so important. It remains one of the key pillars of the efforts of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) there.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“If the Security Council has primary responsibility, which it does, for international peace and security, we actually have a shared interest - both of us and other regional organizations - in how, in practice, we tackle not just individual, actual conflicts, but in how we prepare and cope with generic issues associated with threats to international peace and security. The Minister set out for us the three pillars of the OSCE. That rings so true with what is basic for the Security Council in approaching post-conflict situations. We need to tackle security-related, political, institutional and economic issues. He played back to us what Kofi Annan said in his report for the summit: that one cannot have security without development.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“It gives me particular pleasure to welcome Karel de Gucht, who, sad to say, I first came across more years ago than either of us would wish to remember, in another place - probably 20 years ago. I have seen all the contributions he has made in different incarnations since. I welcome him in this newer incarnation and thank him for his briefing. The Security Council has increasingly recognized the role and importance of regional organizations. We have done that in the resolutions we have adopted, and I believe that what we heard this morning demonstrates the commonalities that exist between the aims of the United Nations on the one hand and those of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the other.”
2006-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5346 (2006) · source
“I thank Mr. Gambari for his briefing. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I should like to invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 3.45 p.m.”
2005-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5337 (2005) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, to whom I give the floor.”
2005-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5337 (2005) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 11.40 am.”
2005-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5335 (2005) · source
“I should like to inform members of the Council that in another place, as we would say in the United Kingdom, a decision has been taken by consensus: in the General Assembly. Having been constituted by both bodies, there is now formally a Peacebuilding Commission.”
2005-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5335 (2005) · source
“The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 1646 (2005). I shall now give the floor to those representatives wishing to speak.”
2005-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5335 (2005) · source