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Fathalla

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first: 2013-04-24
most recent: 2016-08-23
sittings or episodes: 10
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“The League believes we must protect children in armed conflict and is therefore actively working to improve its cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict. To that end, the Secretaries-General of the League and the United Nations signed a cooperation agreement on the margins of the high-level segment of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, resulting in a plan of action that includes programmes and activities aimed at protecting children affected by conflict and strengthening their rights. The activities include a high-level forum to be held on the margins of the Arab Summit scheduled for March 2016. At that time we will launch a comprehensive Arab strategy for protecting children affected by armed conflict and reintegrating them into society.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“We hope that today's meeting can help to produce a comprehensive vision for strengthening efforts to protect children during armed conflict, and, most importantly, to ensure that they are not forced to participate in conflicts, whether as part of regular Government armed forces or non-State armed groups. Our region has found itself in exceptional circumstances in recent years, with many children in Arab States, particularly Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Libya and Yemen, living in very difficult conditions. That has made the members of the League of Arab States more determined than ever to continue to take the route of implementing international agreements and instruments concerning children and preventing any form of violence against them.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“Mr. Fathalla (League of Arab States) (spoke in Arabic): To begin with, I would like to congratulate the Republic of Malaysia on its presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish Malaysia every success and are grateful for its convening of this important meeting on the topic of children and armed conflict. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his report, contained in document S/2015/409, which the League of Arab States considers extremely important. However, we would have wished the report to be clearer in naming those responsible for grave violations against Palestinian children in its annexes.”
2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source
“They also need international assistance, through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and other specialized United Nations agencies, in order to rebuild the Gaza Strip and guarantee their basic rights and their right to a life of dignity, and to put an end to the serious violations of the four Geneva conventions and of international humanitarian law, as well as of other conventions that were put in place in order to protect the rights of people under foreign occupation.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Lastly, I would like to highlight the fact that more than 1 million Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from collective punishment under the Israeli occupation, and from the blockade that has been in place since 2007, affecting about 90 per cent of the people living there. In addition, a very large number of children were wounded or killed in the most recent war in Gaza, which lasted some 50 days. The children in Gaza need the efforts of the international community and international help in protecting their rights.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“It is key that cooperation be promoted between the Office of the Special Representative and the League of Arab States, which will soon conclude an agreement on the issue that will be very similar to the one signed between the Special Representative and the European Union. The goal is the protection of children's rights. The League will also be promoting cooperation with UNICEF in order to organize a conference on rescuing Syrian children, thereby reaffirming the importance of protecting children, especially in armed conflict, and as a response to UNICEF's campaign to promote the rights of Syrian children.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Secondly, the League of Arab States is working to support the efforts of the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, to promote the rights of children affected by armed conflict, to protect them and to back the Children, Not Soldiers campaign that she launched at the beginning of this year. Our goal is to see all children demobilized by 2016 and to end their recruitment by Government armed forces. We support the efforts agreed to by Government bodies to deal with this scourge and create greater cooperation. We note the issue of violations perpetrated by non-State armed groups and those non-governmental armed groups listed in the Secretary-General's report (S/2014/339).”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Coomaraswamy, the former Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict. We were involved in a campaign launched together with UNICEF and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as it related to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Through various activities and working with various entities, the League discussed the rights of children and the possibility ofinviting Arab States that were not yet party to the Optional Protocols to accede to them, particularly that on the involvement of children in armed conflict. It is very important that we become party to the Optional Protocols if we are to protect children and their rights.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“The Amman Declaration emphasized for the post-2015 development agenda, in a document that was adopted by the Ministers of Social Affairs in 2011 and that provides for the importance of guaranteeing social protection for children and putting an end to all forms of violence against them, while promoting development prospects in the Arab countries and the post-2015 agenda. Conditions in the Arab region are dependent on the implementation of the relevant international conventions relating to children's rights and the prohibition of violence against children. We would like to emphasize some of the efforts undertaken by the League of Arab States to protect children, specifically in the light of current political and social trends in the Arab world and their impact on children. First was our cooperation with Ms.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“That included follow-up mechanisms and a revitalization of Arab entities' work in the area, as well as organizing seminars and workshops aimed at promoting the exchange of ideas and the role of civil society organizations in promoting children's rights in society. The 2013 Doha Declaration also looked at the issue of children in the Arab region. The Arab countries reiterated the importance of cooperation among Arab States in promoting the rights and well-being ofchildren, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view. It also examined the importance of guaranteeing the means necessary for providing protection to children in areas of armed conflict.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“They have been forced to bear arms and become soldiers, as well as to commit crimes, become a part of the machinery of war and confront the dangers of facing a warring opponent. We should emphasize the promotion of the rights of the child, particularly in the light of the changes that have occurred in the Middle East since the end of 2011. At the 2012 Baghdad Summit of the Council of the League of Arab States, a declaration was made at a special meeting addressing the issue of a five-year plan for promoting children's rights around the Arab world in order to combat the negative effects of conflict on children.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“We believe this meeting is important because it focuses on issues related to children in armed conflict, and in particular on the tragic conditions that Arab countries are enduring, which have increased children's suffering and the dangers they are facing, whether through trauma or injuries, in the Arab world today. This brings to the fore our responsibility to protect one half of the population of the Arab countries. What we sow today we will reap in the future. International law forbids the exploitation of children and their use in armed conflicts. Despite this reality, many countries, especially in the Middle East, have resorted to recruiting children without considering their wishes.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“As this is the first time that I am taking the floor in the Security Council this month, I should like to begin by congratulating the United States on acceding to the Council presidency, and to thank it for its initiative of organizing this important debate on children and armed conflict. I take this opportunity to thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2014/339). It is a very important document, and we hope that this meeting will make it possible for us to achieve a broader overview in order to promote efforts to protect children in armed conflict and the non-participation of children therein.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“It is a multifaceted conflict that is a threat to international peace and security and has deteriorated in various areas of the region. The situation speaks to the inability of the Security Council to assume its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. I would like to recall the first paragraph of the Charter of the United Nations, which calls for preserving future generations from the scourge of war.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“We have also appealed for the adoption of a political solution, as stipulated by the declaration issued at the first Geneva Conference and the efforts of the Joint Special Representative. In regard to the situation in Lebanon, the Arab Summit expressed solidarity with Lebanon and support for the political and economic efforts of the Government of Lebanon to guarantee the unity and stability of the country. In particular, we called for the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions so as to halt Israeli violations of Lebanese territory, airspace, maritime borders and civilian areas. In conclusion, inasmuch as international relations are intensely intertwined and complex, we feel that the conflict in the Middle East is not limited to its regional dimension.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Thirdly, we demand that the United Nations, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council require Israel to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to protect the freedom of movement of the inhabitants of the Syrian Arab Golan so that they can visit their relatives in Syria. The international community must live up to its responsibilities in that respect. With regard to the Syrian crisis in general, despite the appeals ofthe Arab League to the Security Council, in the light of the current situation and the impasse in negotiations in Geneva between the delegations of the opposition and the Syrian Government, the Kuwait summit welcomed the adoption of resolution 2139 (2014), on the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, and called for its implementation.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“With regard to the Syrian Arab Golan, it is necessary to reaffirm that the continued occupation of the Syrian Arab Golan since 1967 is a constant threat to peace and security in the region and in the world. Secondly, t is also necessary to condemn Israel for its practices in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan based on illegal seizure ofland and resources. It is also necessary to condemn the construction of settlements and other forms of expansion, as well as the exploitation ofnatural resources. We must call on the international community to respect international law in that sphere.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Thirdly, we have reaffirmed the need for the international community to implement the advisory opinion of the International Criminal Court of 9 July 2004 (see A/ES-10/273) and General Assembly resolution ES-10/15, on the illegality of the racial separation wall, adopted on 20 July 2004, which called upon the Secretary-General to establish a register of damages related to the construction of the wall. Fourthly, we strongly condemn the Israeli declaration that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is an integral part of the territory of Israel, as well as the attempts by Israeli law to dismantle the Mosque by splitting it between Jews and Muslims. That is a serious escalation in its ongoing attacks against the sanctity of the Mosque and the holy sites of Islam and Christianity. UNESCO must live up to its responsibilities in that respect.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Indeed, it caused us at our last summit, held in Kuwait on 25 and 26 March, to present numerous demands, inter alia, that the international community undertake efforts to bring an end to Israel's occupation actions in the Palestinian territories and the implementation of the relevant resolutions, in particular resolutions 465 (1980) and 497 (1981), which reaffirm the illegality of Israel's settlement policy and the necessity of dismantling the settlements as violations of international law. Secondly, we appeal to the Security Council to adopt a resolution restricting and condemning Israel's expansionist projects and putting an end to the Israeli settlement policy.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“The League of Arab States has many questions about the possibility ofbringing about a comprehensive and just peace. With respect to the issue, the Arab League has made appeals in the past and continues today to make appeals at the ministerial level and at its summits for the world to recognize the serious nature of the Israeli violations of international humanitarian law on the ground and the way that the State of Israel deals with the issues of the settlements, prisoners, the separation wall and the unjust blockade imposed on Gaza, despite the numerous calls to the Security Council to live up to its mission. The limited nature of the Security Council's response has very frequently disappointed us.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Developments over the last 60 years have shown that the peace process in the region will not be successful unless Israel makes a complete withdrawal from the Palestinian and Arab territories occupied since 1967, in particular the Syrian Arab Golan and the south of Lebanon. In that regard, the Arab League reaffirms that Israel's position, which is in violation of international, Security Council resolutions and what peace requires, could force the Arab League to revisit the way the international community and its mechanisms deal with the question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is now necessary to change methodologies and find new mechanisms for Arab action on the basis of international resolutions aimed at ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“It is also one of the bases for the establishment and construction of a Palestinian State on the territories occupied in 1967, in accordance with the principle of two States. The success of the national reconciliation, which will lead to the formation of a national unity Government that will represent the Palestinian people, is the sole guarantee of achieving the unity and contiguity of the Palestinian territories. It is therefore necessary for the international community and the Security Council to welcome that as positive step, instead allowing Israel to use it as an excuse for stopping negotiations.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“The best example in that regard is the Israeli authorities' approval of a settlement project at the very moment when the negotiation under the auspices of the United States of America were beginning. Secondly, it seeks pretexts for stopping negotiations with the Palestinians. We see that in the Israeli reaction to the Palestinian reconciliation. That reconciliation will lead to the unity of the Palestinians, of the people and the Government. It is an essential part of the peace process because it affirms the unity and the contiguity of the Palestinian territories between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It is one of the bases for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace that enjoys international support.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Based on our conviction as a regional organization of the importance of the Security Council, successive Arab summits have stressed the need to address and remain in contact with the Council, so that peace in the Arab region may be realized, through the complete withdrawal of the Arab territories occupied in 1967, in particular the occupied Syrian Golan and Lebanon, and through the respect by Israel, the Occupying Power, of international law, resolutions of the Security Council, resolutions that Israel has arrogantly ignored for years. It is therefore necessary for the Security Council to address Israel's attempts to undermine the peace process through a two-pronged strategy. First, it agrees in principle to negotiations and begins them, but then imposes a status quo that subverts their purpose on the ground.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“In that regard, I would like to recall the Arab Peace Initiative adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, which was welcomed by the international community as a true vision that could complement the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, which is, in fact, the guarantor of peace and security.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“Allow me, at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Nigeria's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I also thank Mr. Serry for his briefing this morning. Since its inception, the League of Arab States has played its role with respect to the question of Palestine, given that it is a cause crucial to the Arab nation. In that context, we have worked at creating a real vision of the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict. We have worked to try to find a just solution to the issue, and for almost 70 years the Arab League mechanisms have been based on that objective.”
2014-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7164 (2014) · source
“For our part, the League of Arab State will consider the statement to be one the key documents on which we rely with a view to improving and reinforcing cooperation between the League of Arab States and the Security Council. In conclusion, I sincerely thank you, Madam President, for the continued cooperation between the Security Council and the League of Arab States in the promotion of peace, security and development in our region and the world.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The third and last pillar is the work of the League of Arab States in cooperating with civil society and its general organizations in the areas of security and regional development in order to galvanize and strengthen their role in the aftermath of conflict with a view to assisting local communities, supporting the rule of law and effective accountability, and ensuring other urgent requirements to prevent the resurgence of conflict. We welcome the issuance of presidential statement S/PRST/2013/12 by the Security Council, which incorporates the means and ways of cooperation among the Security Council and all regional organizations and specifies the most important areas in light of current international regional developments.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The League of Arab States, in cooperation with the United Nations, has decided to address this issue in the framework of a comprehensive vision and plans to take action on three integrated and parallel pillars. The first pillar is the exchange of expertise, the identification of needs and the creation of frameworks for the provision of services to the States of the region. The second pillar is interaction with the States of the region to motivate them to build their capacities and identify their needs so that they can assume the primary role in preventing crises.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“Increased attention must be paid to cooperation between the two organizations in the field of humanitarian assistance and in connection with issues related to refugees and to persons affected by war, conflict and natural disasters, as well as in the areas ofpeacebuilding and in assisting States in the post-conflict rebuilding of their civil institutions and capacities. I would like to add that a meeting was held in Cairo, on 11 and 12 June, on sectoral cooperation between the League and the United Nations with regard to improving post-conflict civilian capacity-building, with the participation of Ms. Sarah Cliffe, Special Adviser and Assistant Secretary-General for Civilian Capacities.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“I also stressed the importance of the activities and programmes adopted in Vienna, to which I have just referred, particularly since that series of political undertakings and programmes addresses a number of significant issues, such as preventing the eruption of crises. I would like here to recall the ideas put forward at that meeting. First, there is a need to upgrade the level ofmeetings on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. Such meetings should devise effective programmes, particularly as concerns the eruption of crises and the maintenance of international peace and security, so that the cooperation machinery of the two organizations can work in concert.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The meeting considered political issues and the work of the Security Council and regional organizations in addressing matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security, finding peaceful solutions to conflicts, updating the cooperation machinery, strengthening the capacities of the League and drawing lessons from the experience of the United Nations in the field of cooperation with other regional and international organizations. During the course of that meeting, I emphasized the need for political will in connection with issues relevant to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“Brahimi, an appeal that was approved by the Secretary-General of the League. We hope that this will pave the way for "Geneva II". Along those same lines, Iparticipated, in my capacity as Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations, in an informal high-level meeting held under the sponsorship of Germany and Morocco on 28 May 2013 to consider the issue of cooperation between the two organizations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“Emphasizing our interest in cooperation with the United Nations in resolving the Syrian crisis and beginning a transitional phase to stop the bloodshed and achieve stability and security in Syria on the basis of good governance and a democratic system, the Secretary-General of the League held a number of meetings at United Nations Headquarters on 22 April, the first of which was with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He also held tripartite talks with the Secretary-General and Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi on helping the Syrian parties to initiate a transitional political process designed to create a new Syria where all factions will enjoy freedom. The Secretary-General of the United Nations appealed to the Security Council to be united and to emphasize its support for the efforts of Mr.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“The Secretary-General of the United Nations agreed to that in his letter to the Secretary-General of the League dated 12 February 2013, suggesting that the working group could complete its work and consider the three aspects of the issue - political, economic and sociocultural - in the course ofthree months as well as assess the effectiveness of the cooperation machinery, including a review of the 1989 agreement. That is an important and positive step towards supporting the work of the two organizations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“And fifthly, emphasis was placed on the need to support the capacities of the League of Arab States and increase its competence in the humanitarian and political fields, taking into consideration the work of the United Nations Development Programme. Almost one year has passed since that meeting between the Council and the League of Arab States. The Secretary-General of the League sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 17 October 2012 containing suggestions on matters relating to cooperation support. One of those suggestions involved the setting up of a joint, high-level working group between the United Nations and the League to evaluate and update the cooperation machinery so as to make it more relevant to current events.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“Thirdly, he stressed that the status of the cooperation meetings held between the United Nations and the League of Arab States must be enhanced so as to enable them to deliver programmes which are effective, particularly with regard to preventing and resolving disputes and peacekeeping, so that the League can cooperate in an integrated manner with the United Nations. Fourthly, he noted that greater importance must be attached to cooperation between the two organizations in the field of humanitarian assistance as well as to devoting greater attention to addressing and alleviating the suffering of refugees and those adversely affected by conflicts and natural disasters.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“I would recall that the first and most important of those proposals concerned the review and updating of the 1989 agreement on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States (General Assembly resolution 44/7), to keep up with priorities and emerging and future challenges. Secondly, the Secretary-General emphasized the need to hold regular meetings, as well as meetings required by events, between the Security Council and the League of Arab States, represented by the presidency of the Arab Summit Conference, the presidency of the Council of Ministers of the League, and the Secretary- General of the League.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“It welcomed the intensifying cooperation between the League of Arab States and the United Nations in the wake of developments in the region reflecting the legitimate aspirations of all peoples in the region for freedom, justice and equality. It also emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation on capacity-building with the League of Arab States in the maintenance of international peace and security. At that same meeting, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States put forward a number of proposals aimed at consolidating the relationship between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“We view today's meeting as important given that it represents a point of contact between the Security Council and regional organizations, including, of course, the League of Arab States, in the light of the developments under way in the Arab region, which involve radical processes of transformation led by Arab youth aspiring to build institutions based on good governance, social equality and justice. The Security Council meeting attended by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States on 26 September 2012 (see S/PV.6841), at which the Council adopted a presidential statement (S/PRST/20l2/20) aimed at consolidating cooperation between the League of Arab States and the United Nations in the field of international peace and security, emphasized the goals of cooperation between the two organizations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“That is a part of the periodic meetings held once every two years to evaluate the achievements made and lay down the parameters for cooperation, which is divided into three parts: political, economic and socio-cultural. Activities in that connection include preventing the eruption of crises, and their management; fostering cooperation; countering terrorism; and the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones and a zone free ofweapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Those issues are inextricably linked with the work of the Security Council given their direct relationship with international peace and security.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“I reiterate that this important principle is entrenched in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which encourages regional organizations to address matters related to the maintenance of international peace and security and to seek the peaceful settlement of disputes in cooperation with the Security Council. Frequently changing international situations and developments and deepening regional and international crises require strengthened cooperation and the accelerated adoption and implementation by the Security Council of decisions taken by regional organizations. The various developments transpiring in the Arab region must be reflected in a number of pillars of international legitimacy, most important among which are the agreements reached at the meeting between the two organizations in Vienna in 2012.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“On the other hand, the inability of the Council to adopt a resolution - despite full knowledge that the events occurring in some regions, particularly in the Middle East, threaten international peace and security - highlights the need to end that controversial trend evident among members of the Council and to seriously consider decisions of regional organizations. In that context, I note in particular cooperation between the League of Arab States and the United Nations, in terms of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“In that connection, the League of Arab States has issued numerous decisions calling on the Security Council to assume its role in the maintenance of international peace and security with regard to a number of Middle East issues. In that respect, the League of Arab States believes that one of the most important pillars of international peace and security is the Council's credibility and effectiveness and the scrupulous, genuine and full implementation of the resolutions adopted by the Council, many of which relate to our region. Those resolutions have not been implemented for many years; some, such as those on the question of Palestine, have languished for more than 50 years. The continued lack of implementation of those resolutions constitutes one of the main reasons of regional and international tension and instability.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“It is important to support that cooperation now, given current developments in the Middle East and the problems generated by that situation, the continuation of which represents a threat to international peace and security. That requires improved cooperation between the two organizations in extending humanitarian assistance to address the suffering of refugees and those adversely affected by war, conflict and natural disasters, including in the area of peacebuilding and in efforts to assist States in building capacity and infrastructure in the post-crisis period. This is a delicate moment requiring ongoing support in order to avoid the risk of relapsing into further conflict.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“I welcome the presence of Ms. Cristina Fernandez, President of Argentina and Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General. At the outset, I congratulate the Republic of Argentina for presiding over the work of the Security Council for the month. At the same time, I extend thanks and appreciation for the convening of this high-level meeting of the Security Council to discuss cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Cooperation between the League of Arab States and the United Nations, as is well known, goes back to 1981, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 36/24.”
2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015 (2013) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to express my deep gratitude for the contacts between the Security Council and the League of Arab States in conformity with the agreement reached last September.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Lakhdar Brahimi were held the same day, 22 April, in the course of which they considered ways and means to assist the various Syrian parties in launching a transitional political process aimed at creating a new Syria where the entire population and all factions would enjoy protection. In that meeting, Mr. Ban called upon the Security Council to come together and exert all its efforts to achieve a political solution. He also expressed his support for the efforts of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi for that purpose, a call which was seconded by the Secretary General of the League of Arab States. We make the same appeal to the Security Council today. Undoubtedly, in the end, all those efforts will lead to the implementation of the Geneva Communique which can be modified to take into account developments that have taken place since its adoption.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Also in attendance was Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, who chairs the committee formed by the Ministerial Council of the League of Arab States on the crisis in Syria, where a consensus was reached on expressing greater concern about the deteriorating situation in Syria than it has at any other time in the past, taking note of the effects of the crisis on the region, and stating that there is no viable solution to the crisis other than a political solution. The tripartite talks between the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Mr.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States held a meeting a Geneva last week with the High Commissioner for Refugees to address all aspects of the crisis, including renewed cooperation between the League of Arab States and Office of the High Commissioner. In order to reaffirm the importance of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States to achieve stability, security and good governance in Syria under a democratic system, the Secretary- General of the League of Arab States held a number of meetings at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York on 22 April, the first of which was with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source