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Fathalla

lines on the record: 111
first: 2013-04-24
most recent: 2016-08-23
sittings or episodes: 10
sources: un-security-council

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“In that respect, I refer to the declaration issued by the League at its Summit in Nouakchott on 25 and 26 July, in which it renewed its appeal for Israel to be compelled to accede to the NPT and subject its programmes and facilities to international control, and in which Arab Foreign Ministers called for a review of the various issues related to the elimination of nuclear weapons and other WMDs. In conclusion, I pay tribute to the Open-ended Working Group on Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations for its recommendations concerning nuclear disarmament upon the conclusion of its activities in Geneva on 19 August, where participating States adopted clear proposals for the launching negotiations on a legally binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in 2017.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“We call on States that have resorted to double standards to review their current position in order to reach a regional balance in the Middle East, which in no circumstances can be struck in the presence of WMDs. In that regard, until an agreement can be reached to rid the Middle East of WMDs, including nuclear weapons, the Arab States must review the policies and positions they have maintained for four decades in support of non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament. We must reconsider all means necessary to ensure regional security in a region that cannot endure any further destabilization.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“These fears were heightened when Israel attained the chairmanship of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly - given its record of numerous violations of international law and relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 4 and led Arab States to abstain in the voting on the resolution concerning Israeli nuclear capabilities at the IAEA General Conference. In that regard, the League calls on the depositaries of the NPT to discharge their responsibility for implementing the resolution on the Middle East by pressuring Israel to accede to the Treaty and subject all its facilities to international control. The League of Arab States calls on all States to agree as soon as possible, and before the 2020 NPT Review Conference, to rid the Middle East of all nuclear weapons.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“In the absence of measures to prevent their use, while it remains very easy to obtain lethal weapons of all sorts, the objective is not merely non-proliferation but indeed to rid the entire world of weapons that threaten its very existence. The 1995 resolution was merely one practical step to that end. Whereas the Middle East is today ravaged by conflicts in which hundreds of lives are lost every day, the non-proliferation ofWMDs is essential to containing and resolving such conflicts peacefully. Developments on the ground must not be used as a pretext for double standards or allowing the only nuclear State of the region to remain outside the NPT regime, which prevents the Treaty from attaining universality and ridding the region of nuclear weapons.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“In that regard, Ijoin previous speakers in recalling that the NPT is the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation architecture. All Arab States are party to the Treaty and call on the international community to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The 1995 resolution on the Middle East was adopted through compromise and consensus. It has been partially implemented through the permanent extension of the NPT, although the critical element that led to the agreement - the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the Middle East - has been ignored. Nuclear weapons are more lethal than any other WMDs.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“The real problem is the lack of political will to implement a resolution adopted more than 20 years ago, on which we have seen no genuine progress. The League is deeply concerned that nuclear weapon-States are developing and updating their nuclear weapons, and continue to rely on them in their military defence doctrines, counter to the provisions of article VI of the NPT. It has been repeatedly stressed in the international demands set forth in various forums that the role of such weapons in State security policies must be reduced. The latest such demand was made in the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference, although the nuclear-weapon States have not committed to its implementation. The technologies to develop these weapons have become increasingly sophisticated.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“At the outset, allow me to offer our sincere congratulations to Malaysia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I express our appreciation for the convening of this high-level open debate on the critical issue of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Roux, Mr. Koblentz and Mr. Kim Won-soc. I should like to convey Arab disappointment and displeasure vis-a-vis the failure of the 2015 Review Confererence of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) - a failure sought to maintain the interests of one State non-party to the Treaty, although it alone in the Middle East possesses nuclear weapons.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“It was adopted in 2015 as a preliminary step in the implementation of the joint Arab strategy to combat terrorism, which was adopted in 2014. In conclusion, ascribing all violent and extremist ideologies to a religion is not possible. Religion exists to reform the conduct of the person, with a View to ensuring prosperity, peaceful coexistence among many peoples and groups, so they may live together in peace and prosperity, based on the human rights enshrined in the texts of the divine religions.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“I believe that those ideas are in line with the Council's resolutions concerning various ways to counter terrorism and especially its methods of dissemination through the Internet and related resources, in particular resolutions 2253 (2015) and 2178 (2014), which enable action on the part of the Council. In that respect, I wish to underscore the importance of the Arab media forum, which was held jointly with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter- terrorism, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and which took place in July 2015 here in New York. I also wish to emphasize the importance of the action plan concerning communications to combat violent extremism to 2020.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“He mentioned that there were more than 1 billion electronic messages on the Internet each day, which gives an idea of the importance of direct communication for those companies and especially for Microsoft in the quest to find a solution for dealing with those messages that simply spread extremist ideologies. Such a mechanism would prevent the dissemination and promotion of extremist ideologies and could also lead to ending financing or mobilization of any type carried out through social or electronic media platforms. It could include any type of Internet communication technology, including audiovisual, other Internet resources and any type of relevant communication based on use of the Internet or its applications.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“This might be a propitious time for setting up a Security Council working group that could look into prosecuting terrorist organizations that propagate terrorist ideologies on the Internet and elsewhere. If such a working group were created, it could have a situation room, the central mission of which would be to follow terrorist and extremist publications throughout the day with a view to taking the necessary steps to shut them down. In that context, I would like to refer to some of the statistics that Mr. Steven Crown of Microsoft shared with us today.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“The situation calls for developing new tools to marginalize extremist ideologies and promote religious moderation. In that context, some believe that the Security Council should undertake a review under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to criminalizing hate speech, the incitement to terrorist acts and the recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters via electronic media and to preventing terrorist organizations and affiliated individuals from propagating their extremist ideas and ideologies, using the Council's unified sanctions lists. Incitement to hatred in all of its aspects should be a crime, whether it is linked to terrorist acts or to terrorist organizations' use of social and other media.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“They have come to light at a time when the media and its platforms have not yet achieved a mature sense of the value of professionalism, thereby creating a gray area between actions to achieve political transformation that seek to fulfil the purposes and principles of the United Nations, on the one hand, and exploitative media feeding off the current situation in the world, which is rife with social conflicts and crises, on the other. The situation in our Arab region, in particular, presents a fertile breeding ground for social, political and economic problems that have led to erroneous interpretations of religious thought, which then form the basis for erroneous ideologies rooted in hate, extremism and incitement to violence.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“That is why it is urgent that we undertake the steps necessary to fight and prevent the propagation of extremist ideologies, which will require, first and foremost, addressing the root causes of the problems in the region and resolving them one by one. They represent the main threats to international peace and security. Today, we are forced to confront many types of hate speech, all reflecting the range of extremist and violent ideologies.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Promoters of terrorist and extremist ideologies have used social media to spread hatred, taking advantage of the existing political, cultural and social vacuum, in order to achieve objectives that are in complete contradiction with the three religions that come from our region. Those ideologies are also in contradiction with the principles, traditions and customs of our region, which is the cradle of all of the world's civilizations. Technological progress should have been used to build prosperity for the region and the entire world, rather than be used by extremist forces for purposes of sabotage and destruction of one of the world's most important civilizations.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“With the upcoming review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in June, together with the efforts to implement the Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/70/674), which was discussed in Geneva in April, international action could be strengthened and the tools at our disposal shaped so as to be more complementary, giving rise to a clearer vision of the way in which the international community should respond to extremist and terrorist ideologies. Over the past 10 years, expressions of hate have increased, especially in our region. Over the past five years we have seen a sixfold increase in the use of social media, which has further given voice to the prevalent attitudes in the region.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“We are meeting again today to confirm the will of the international community to assume global governance of international peace and security. As I mentioned in the meeting last month, to do so will require a willingness to replace many concepts and mechanisms of international action with new concepts and mechanisms created by the Security Council consistent with existing policies, with a view to implementing the relevant resolutions of the Council in order to minimize the threats to international peace and security. We recognize that the implementation of Security Council resolutions could be much more effective.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“At the outset, I would like to congratulate Egypt on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to express my appreciation for the convening of several important high-level meetings on pivotal issues such as countering terrorism and its impact on international peace and security. I would like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; Mr. Mohi El-Din Afifi, Secretary-General of Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy; and Mr. Stephen Crown, Vice-President and Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft, for their exhaustive briefings. We met last month for an open Security Council debate on countering terrorism and its impact on international peace and security (S/PV.7670).”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“The conclusions of that forum underscored the importance ofcontinuing dialogue with all stakeholders, including the United Nations, regional organizations, all Member States and private sector communication and technologies companies, on the need to address the misuse of media to propagate terrorism.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Recognizing the role that can be played via communication and social media, the League of Arab States, in the framework of its cooperation with the United Nations to preserve international peace and security by following up regional and global development and its impact on the Arab world, organized the first Arab media forum on on the theme "The role of media in combating terrorism", in cooperation with the United Nations and its bodies, in particular the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task force, held in New York on 3 June 2015.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The non-implementation of various Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, especially the inability to put an end to or to limit the aggravation ofthe problems and conflicts in the Middle East in order to re-establish stability, would without a doubt lead to an increase in the frequency of terrorist operations around the world, which was evident in the recent terrorist events in Brussels.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The League of Arab States, at its most recent Ministerial Council during the one hundred and forty- fifth session, via paragraph 14 of the same resolution, renewed its invitation to Arab States to "cooperate in order to prevent terrorists from using information and communication technologies and the Internet to incite support for terrorist activities, financing and planning, and to put in place a national mechanism to deal with electronic sites related to terrorist organizations". That is in line with the relevant Security Council resolutions on measures to combat terrorism and to counter this phenomenon through social media. I would point in particular to resolutions 2253 (2015) and 2178 (2014), in which the Council refered to this threat in three paragraphs.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“It is unfortunate that the international community - with all of its mechanisms and resources, including military - remains powerless against non-State actors and to put an end to acts of terrorism, which challenge the whole world through the destruction of peoples and State structures. The diversity of the techniques used by terrorist entities and associated individuals have provided them with a flexibility of movement. That requires the international community to step up its efforts to develop a media, technical and technological network to confront the ideas of these terrorist entities and to prevent them from being able to recruit or engage the minds of people via the Internet.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“It affirmed the need to refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to those entities or persons involved in terrorist acts. I would mention, in particular, paragraph 11 of the League's resolution No. 8018, promulgated on 11 March, which invites Arab States to criminilize the movement of its citizens and the transit of foreign terrorist fighters across their territories for the purpose of joining terrorist organizations, as well as to put in place the appropriate legal systems and administrative measures to punish those fighters and limit the threat they represent to their countries of origin, transit countries and destination countries.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“We must also endeavour to cut off the means and sources of funding for terrorist activities of those entities designated in the various relevant Security Council resolutions. The League of Arab States and its bodies place the fight against terrorism and the protection of people's rights at the core of our priorities. That has been reaffirmed on several occasions at League summits and ministerial meetings, and expressed in its relevant resolutions. At the most recent meeting of the League's Ministerial Council, all acts of terrorism and all forms of terrorist activity were denounced in all their shapes or forms, perpetrated by whomever - including foreign terrorist fighters - and regardless of the motivations.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“It is essential that the Council put in place new policies to implement its own resolutions concerning combating threats to peace and security, so as to ensure that the implementing mechanism is more effective. We also hope that the United Nations review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in June will contribute to strengthening serious international efforts in order for national and regional strategies to complement national ones while avoiding double standards, reaffirming the importance of not associating terrorism with any specific religion, nationality or civilization and strengthening regional and international cooperation in combating terrorism, without prejudice to the rights of peoples living under occupation to self-determination or their legitimate fight against foreign occupation.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Agreement among the international agreement on the concept of terrorism has become an absolute necessity, given that the United Nations has to date failed to agree a clear definition of terrorsim, which has led to the spread of this destructive phenomenon. The concept of terrorism cannot be linked to the legitimate right of peoples living under occupation to resistance and self-determination. This meeting reflects the resolve ofthe international community to continue to promote international peace and security, which I mentioned at our last meeting on the subject. Today's meeting also serves to emphasize the need to change many international concepts and working methods.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The extremist ideologies and practices of those groups can in no be associated with any religion, ethnicity or civilization. The most damning evidence of that are the heinous acts that were committed in France, Brussels and other countries in North Africa and in our region, and that bear the signature of a societal phenomenon that is foreign to our cultures and civilization. Terrorist groups use every possible means to threaten international peace and security by terrorizing and killing peaceful civilians. We are meeting here today in the Security Council in order to figure out how to combat extremist terrorist groups and their ideologies and practices.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“That means that we, as the international community, must consider seriously and decisively how to strengthen international cooperation and coordination in order to combat the phenomenon of terrorism and put an end to its destructive activities, which threaten all of our civilizational, cultural and historic foundations. That is why it is important to pool global efforts in this respect in order to cut off terrorism financing, in line with the relevant United Nations resolutions. The world today is deeply concerned as we continue to see an escalation in terrorist activity. The wave of terrorist acts that began in the late 1980s was not adequately addressed at the time. The phenomenon therefore spread like cancer throughout the world, across continents and borders.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“At the outset allow, me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on China's accession to the presidency of the Security Council this month and to thank you for organizing this open debate to consider the important issue of terrorism and its impact on the maintenance of peace and security. I would also like to thank and commend the Secretary- General for his comprehensive briefing this morning. This meeting is taking place at a time when the world, especially the Arab world, is at a historically dangerous crossroad as a result of terrorist acts whose causes are varied and whose hotbeds are on the increase.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“In accordance with article 6 of the organizational document of the Arab Peace and Security Council, we intend to establish an Arab peacekeeping force and continue our efforts on the ground aimed at the implementation of Arab League Summit decision 628 of 2015. In conclusion, the League of Arab States joins the United Nations and other important regional organizations in working for the maintenance of international peace and security and expresses the hope that the Security Council, the primary organ charged with maintaining international peace and security, will be able to put an end to conflicts, instead ofjust managing them, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and with a view to realizing the aspirations of peoples and preserving the credibility of the Council.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“If the Security Council has been successful in that regard in cooperation with the African Union, we believe that it should also begin to consider doing the same with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States, particularly with regard to establishing joint forces with the League of Arab States. As a regional Arab organization, the League of Arab States reiterates its respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and commits to continuing its efforts with a view to maintaining international peace and security and promoting the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States members of the League by protecting them from extreme terrorist organizations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The implementation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the maintenance of international peace and security require solidarity on the part of all international bodies that work in combating terrorist organizations, with a view to confronting their extreme ideologies, containing them and stopping them, instead of watching them spread to North Africa and potentially to Europe. It has become necessary to implement Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular paragraph 1, Article 53: "The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its authority".”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The time has come to reconsider the Council's policies with regard to dealing with world conflicts and helping peoples in conflict areas to overcome their differences and face the challenges that threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter. Undoubtedly, any review of those policies would require a review of the working methods of the Security Council, including the right of veto.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The United Nations has been attempting to find a successful method for dealing with failed States, but we are afraid that the further development of non-State actors may result in the existence of more such States and increase the risk of the political and legal failure of the international community. The Security Council is the only guarantor of international peace and security in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as it is the only international organ capable of implementing its resolutions and addressing challenges and dangers to international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We believe that the international system that we have all agreed to after the Second World War should prevent such possibilities - 70 years since international efforts have not been able to achieve the desired peace in the Middle East. Instead of settling problems that have lasted for decades, those problems have been exacerbated. To date, the Security Council has been unable to find solutions to those problems and conflicts. That, in and of itself, increases the dangers to international peace and security, particularly with the emergence of so-called non-State actors.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“For 70 years since the United Nations was established and its Charter was adopted, thie Organization has needed to undertake further work to strengthen the purposes and principles of the Charter. That requires political will. Membership in this world Organization makes it incumbent upon its members to be committed to its Charter and its purposes and principles. Its main body in charge of the maintenance of international peace and security, namely the Security Council, should take the lead, particularly the Permanent Members of the Council, and should set their selfish interests aside and work together with a view to achieving the common purpose. In that regard, I hope what the Washington Post has published today will not become reality. If further fighting happens near Aleppo, it carries the danger of becoming a world war.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Achieving peace based on constructive dialogue and peaceful negotiations and the principle of respect for the sovereignty of States and non-interference in their internal affairs have always been the main purpose for which the Organization was established. It was founded shortly after the of the League of Arab States with both organizations united in their ultimate goal, namely, peace. Peace can be achieved only through dialogue, cooperation, equality and stability, without conflicts and disagreement. We need that peace more than ever in the Middle East, it being the region where conflicts have festered and led to untold suffering, death and destruction.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The creation of the United Nations was an attempt to introduce the idea of world governance by establishing a global forum with the authority to take important decisions that guarantee respect for all peoples and nations and the principles of stability, security and peace, as stipulated in the Charter. The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom at the time stated on 22 November 1945 that he was "prepared to sit with anyone, party or State, to establish a Constitution, such as the Constitutions of great countries, with the aim of establishing a world council that serves peace and ends war". The Security Council and this Organization are the sole forum to put an end to war and destructive conflicts and are entrusted with the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Allow me to welcome the Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and to congratulate her on Venezuela's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I would also like to commend the President for the holding of this important debate on the issue of respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security. Unfortunately, its convening coincides with an absence of peace and stability in the Middle East due to the conflicts that have erupted, which have led to further destruction, terrorism, killing and suffering.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We believe that we must overcome all obstacles facing people living under foreign occupation, in particular marginalized groups. In that regard, I stress the rights of the Palestinian people, who require immediate protection. Arab women in the occupied territories endure many different kinds of suffering - psychological, social, economic, legal and political - as a result of the practices of the Israeli occupation, the violation of their human rights, the deteriorating economic situation, the blockade, the restrictions to their movement and, of course, poverty. Last Sunday, Rahaf Hassan, who was only 4-years old, and her mother were killed by an Israeli aeroplane and their house was destroyed. On Wednesday, a Palestinian girl on her way to prayer was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“On 23 February 2014, the Arab countries reiterated their commitment to participating in the march towards the increased participation of women in political parties, trade unions and all elected councils, as well as in civil society organizations, with opportunities equal to those of men. We also have taken all necessary measures to protect women from violence and to use the media to raise awareness of women's human rights and society's duty to protect them. To that end, the Department of Information and Communications of the League of Arab States cooperated with the regional office of the United Nations Development Programme in holding a high-level meeting at United Nations headquarters on 14 October on the issue of gender and conflict hot spots.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“The executive plan of action on the protection of Arab women's security and peace is the fruit of open dialogue between the League's Department of Women, Family and Childhood and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, which met yesterday. We believe that it is very important to shed light on the repercussions on women and girls in the Arab countries of war and armed conflict, which also lead to emigration. We therefore need to improve the mechanisms for the exchange of dialogue and experiences in that regard. The League ofArab States intends to hold a regional conference in December regarding the executive plan of action. I would like, in that context, to refer to the Cairo Declaration concerning the post-2015 Arab women's agenda.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“The League of Arab States has always sought to enhance the participation of civil society organizations that address the development of women in general in order to promote and support efforts made within the framework of the collective actions of the League of Arab States to raise awareness of issues concerning women. The League's 144th ministerial meeting, held in September, adopted a regional strategy and executive plan of action to protect Arab women and peace and security. That represents an important step to strengthen the awareness of officials and all other stakeholders with respect to all international and regional resolutions related to the issue of women and peace and security. The strategy and the executive plan of action are based on the participation, protection and empowerment of women.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“Having witnessed the exceptional circumstances in the region and based on our concern over the situation and our belief in the importance of eradicating all forms of violence and discrimination against women, the League of Arab States has taken steps to diversify our actions. We have undertaken regional strategies to reinforce community action to eliminate violence directed against women, while conforming to all international resolutions, in particular resolution 1325 (2000), advocating the protection and empowerment of women in peace and war. In 2011, the League of Arab States launched an Arab strategy for combating violence against women, aimed at enhancing the participation of Arab women at all political levels and their participation in education, public-awareness training and building a culture of peace.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to our friend, Spain, for presiding over the Security Council for the month of October. I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this open debate to review and assess the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security. It comes at a time when Arab countries are undergoing major transformations in which women have been victimized, which represents a threat to the progress that they had achieved in the Arab region. I take this opportunity to congratulate Tunisia on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. I commend the women of Tunisia, who have offered us a shining example of resistance and played an active role in the evolution and democratic transformation of their country.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“However, we should also focus on the Violations committed by non-State armed groups against children, since most of the parties listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General's report are non-State actors. We must stand together to face this danger to international peace and security, and that is the primary responsibility of the Security Council.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, regarding the promotion and protection of the rights of children affected by such conflict. The League supports the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign launched last year by Ms. Zerrougui with a view to ending by 2016 the recruitment and use of children by any Government armed forces, and we are working and cooperating with the United Nations to persuade three Arab States to respond positively to the campaign, leaving all Arab States free of that dangerous phenomenon as well as of children's participation in wars and armed conflict. We welcome the efforts being made to end child recruitment by Government forces and we are establishing various frameworks for cooperation in achieving that noble goal.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“Concerning the situation of children in Gaza, there must be serious and sincere efforts made to rebuild the Gaza Strip and guarantee children their basic right to live in dignity and safety. There must be accountability for crimes and grave violations of international humanitarian law. Children need to be able to live in dignity and safety, and when we talk about grave violations of international humanitarian and human- rights law, we are also talking about violations of the four Geneva Conventions and the other international instruments that guarantee the safety and security of peoples living under occupation. In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm the support of the League of Arab States for the work of Ms.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“I would like to shed some light on various facts cited in the Secretary-General's report relating to grave violations against Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation. First, the percentage of deaths among Palestinian children is the third highest in the world; an average of 10 Palestinian children are killed every day, and more than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are suffering under occupation and have been collectively punished as a result of the blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007. That has harmed the more than 80 per cent of families in Gaza that rely on humanitarian assistance, on top of the destruction in 2014 of at least 543 Palestinian schools. All of that has an impact on Palestinian children and on the possibility that they can be nurtured and grow to be good citizens in a safe society.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source