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Feruță

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2022-10-20

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2023-12-15

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1. “According to our information, a truck can transport between 22 and 25 tons, a train car 50 tons and a barge around 2,000 tons. I made the calculation, and I think that, in order to load a 30,000- ton maritime vessel, we would probably need to use 1,200 trucks. That has been the reality on the ground for the past more than eight months since the war broke out — truck by truck, train by train and ship by ship towards countries and regions that badly need them. To accelerate that process, we liberalized the bilateral road transport and freight in transit with Ukraine, providing support to Ukrainian-flagged ships in Romanian ports, adapting the wide-gauge railway line to ensure connection to rail freight transport and facilitating access to the port of Galati on the Danube River.”

   2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

2. “The port of Constanța, our largest port in the Black Sea, with a capacity to ship over 25 million tons per year, has become a major gateway for Ukrainian grain shipments to the outside world, in complementarity with the efforts under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Just to provide the full picture of the magnitude of that effort and to provide a reality check, I would like to supply the following data. A maritime vessel using the Black Sea Grain Initiative corridor can carry at least 30,000 tons of grain and can be loaded directly from the relevant Ukrainian ports directly from silos. In order for the same maritime vessel to be loaded in the Romanian port of Constanța, it needs to wait for the transit of trucks, trains or barges on the Danube River towards the port.”

   2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

3. “As mentioned by previous speakers, the positive effects of the agreement brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye are visible beyond any doubt — global food prices decreased and grain became available to the least developed countries and to developing countries. Such strong encouragement to stay the course on the Black Sea Grain Initiative comes from a country that is already doing a great deal to support the export of Ukrainian grain to various parts of the world. Romania has facilitated the export of over 5.8 million tons of grain from Ukraine via Romanian roads, railways and ports.”

   2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

4. “Mr. Feruță (Romania): I would also like to thank Secretary-General Grynspan and Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for their briefings. They both confirm what we assessed in Romania, a Black Sea country and a neighbour to Ukraine — the Black Sea Grain Initiative has proven instrumental in unblocking the grain exports in the Black Sea region and, consequently, in avoiding a food-shortage catastrophe for millions worldwide. It needs to be implemented and extended for their benefit. Making food available and not weaponizing it is both a shared and individual responsibility of all Member States. Romania condemns Russia’s suspension and adds its voice in calling on Russia to revert its decision and to resume the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.”

   2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

5. “Some 37.5 per cent of the Romanian military and police personnel in international field missions are women, and they have a vital role in understanding and addressing crisis situations and engaging the most vulnerable groups. We remain committed to upholding the relevant resolutions on the women and peace and security agenda and, as a newly elected member of the Human Rights Council, to promoting and protecting human rights — a fundamental pillar of our foreign policy.”

   2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

6. “The national plan of action advances women’s participation in the areas of national security and defence, public order and safety and, in a broader sense, in the social and economic realm of the country. Its objectives were established in accordance with resolution 1325 (2000), and we will soon start the inter-institutional process to prepare the second action plan. I want to stress the importance of the role of women, both uniformed and civilian personnel, in the national defence system, public order and safety in Romania. They make up an important part of Romania’s presence in the field missions of international organizations, including United Nations peacekeeping missions.”

   2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

7. “We are deeply impressed by their courage and sacrifice and applaud their contribution to the national effort to defend their country. I would also like to extend that appreciation to women everywhere who are faced with situations of violence and armed conflict — in Afghanistan, Mali, Nigeria, Iran and Myanmar, to name just a few. Their courage and resilience are an inspiration and a call to duty for us all. Romania has a proactive approach to the empowerment of women, both as a human rights objective and as a precondition for social justice, development and peace. We adopted and implemented a national strategy and a national plan of action on women and peace and security, covering the period 2020 to 2023 — the first of their kind at the national level, and both of them build on resolution 1325 (2000).”

   2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

8. “Mr. Feruță (Romania): I would like to thank Gabon for convening this important debate. I would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the briefers. We fully align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union, and we also subscribe to the statement made on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect. I would nevertheless like to add several points in the national context on behalf of Romania. We are indeed faced with unprecedented challenges to peace and security in Europe. Unfortunately, as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, women are severely affected. More than 2.6 million Ukrainian refugees crossed our borders in Romania, mostly women and children, and some of those women returned to defend their country.”

   2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source