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  1. “The culture of prevention has not yet fully taken hold. The Council has been hearing ad hoc reports on disputes that could pose a threat to international peace and security. What is clearly lacking now is a structured mechanism that could be implemented, when receiving such reports, to contain a potential conflict. It may therefore be worth the Council's while to reflect on this issue at a later stage.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  2. “As we have consistently emphasized in all of our discussions on this and other related subjects, the Council will not be judged by the number of documents we adopt on important but abstract principles, but by how we apply those principles to the actual conflict situations we deal with in a consistent way. To help this review, the Secretariat may wish to keep the Council informed about the usefulness of the practical application of the aide-memoire which the Secretariat is planning to carry out, including through the November 2002 reports. Thirdly, protection of civilians is best served if we can act prior to an impending conflict. The Council should not react only when large-scale violence has taken place but should conduct itself proactively, and act collectively, to prevent such conflict.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  3. “In this regard, we would like to suggest that a review be conducted of the current peacekeeping operations using the aide-memoire as a checklist for evaluation. This serves two purposes: first, it allows us to assess if current peacekeeping operations have been effective in protecting civilians and whether there could be further improvements to provide better protection for them; and secondly, it helps to evaluate the practical usefulness of the aide-memoire as a guide and reference. This will help us to develop the aide- memoire further, as Under-Secretary-General Oshima noted, as a living document.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  4. “There has been significant feedback from the relevant agencies involved in this exercise, but, while it is easy for the agencies to highlight the problems and the gaps, it has been a more difficult exercise to recommend specific tools of implementation. Therefore, in the report on the road-map exercise that the Secretariat will be submitting, it might therefore be useful to highlight specific tools of implementation that could be used to implement the recommendations. Secondly, we welcome the adoption of the draft aide-memoire, to take place later today. We believe that it could become a useful tool in the consideration of current and future issues pertaining to protection of civilians.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  5. “First, let me join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Oshima for his extensive and comprehensive briefing and the Norwegian presidency for its delegation's efforts to keep the important issue of protection of civilians in armed conflict high and firmly on the Council's agenda. It is indeed important to revisit the issue from time to time to ask ourselves whether what we have been saying and doing so far is making a difference on the ground. In this regard, we would like to make three quick points. First, concerning the road map, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has conducted several round-table discussions on this topic so far.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  6. “Although there will be a verbatim record of today's debate, it might be useful for the Mauritian presidency to consider tabulating some of the key outstanding issues and new proposals; the list could be passed on to the Mexican presidency or circulated to all Council members so that we can monitor the necessary follow-up.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  7. “Owing to time constraints, we could not implement the very useful suggestion made by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte to engage in and generate better interaction with interested non- members of the Council. Although the proposal did not find unanimous support within the Council and may still need to be fine-tuned, we are confident that the Mexican presidency will build on the very useful exchanges we had this month. We hope that we will be able to reach agreement on a format early next month so that all of us can start disseminating the message early to the general United Nations membership in order to encourage their participation. Finally, apart from focusing the wrap-up meetings on one or two topics, we also believe that one important way of concretely demonstrating the importance of wrap-ups is to follow up on some of the issues raised.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  8. “Instead of generating a genuine and interactive dialogue with troop-contributing countries, the formal atmosphere of a private meeting may in fact sometimes stifle discussion. It was also unfortunate that there was no discussion whatsoever at the public meeting on Kosovo of two issues that Singapore raised: first, a regular review mechanism and, secondly, an exit strategy for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We maintain that with the impending transfer of authority from UNMIK to the Kosovo self-government authorities, this is the right time to address those issues. Council members also devoted some time this month to discussing how wrap-up meetings could be improved.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  9. “In fact, in section 5 (d) of the assessment contained in the last report submitted by the Working Group (S/2001/ 1335), the Group concluded that consultation meetings chaired by the President of the Council should be used as the principal means of consultation with troop-contributing countries, and that public or private meetings should be convened for a full and high-level consideration of issues of critical importance to a specific peacekeeping operation. We would suggest that, in order to implement both the letter and the spirit of resolution 1353 (2001), future presidencies could consider holding consultation meetings rather than private meetings with troop-contributing countries for routine renewal of peacekeeping operations.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  10. “Sustained efforts to strengthen the triangular relationship among the Security Council, troop-contributing countries and the Secretariat will go a long way towards ensuring the success and implementation of Council decisions on United Nations peacekeeping operations. For example, an earlier step forward was made with the establishment of private meetings with troop- contributing countries as a new mechanism under resolution 1353 (2001) in June last year. However, we believe that it is not always necessary to convene private meetings of the Security Council with troop-contributing countries.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  11. “Apart from enabling Ambassador Greenstock to brief United Nations Members on progress in the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, it also allowed Member States to have an interactive exchange with Ambassador Greenstock. The small innovation of toggling between speakers and responses by Ambassador Greenstock could be repeated in future meetings when appropriate. Another significant achievement was the adoption of the note by the President, document S/2002/56, of 14 January, which agreed to an additional mechanism in the convening of joint meetings of the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and troop-contributing countries on specific peacekeeping operations.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  12. “Resolution 1390 (2002) takes into account the changed and new circumstances in Afghanistan, while recognizing that the Al Qaeda network and other related terrorist groups continue to pose a grave threat to international peace and security. While resolution 1390 (2002) now has global application, it none the less provides some continuity and retains mechanisms such as the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), the consolidated list issued by the Committee, and the Monitoring Group established by resolution 1363 (2001). Secondly, on the counter-terrorism front, the interest and the level of participation in the public meeting on counter-terrorism demonstrated that the international community remains seized of the effective implementation of resolution 1373 (2001).”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  13. “Another achievement of the Mauritian presidency was the appointment of the Permanent Representative of Cameroon as the new Chairman of the Working Group on sanctions rather than letting the Working Group fall by the wayside. We hope that under that representative's able leadership we will soon be able to reach some conclusions on the outcome of the Working Group. There were two important achievements on the counter-terrorism front. First, Council members restructured the sanctions targeted against members of the Al Qaeda organization and of the Taliban and against other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  14. “We are pleased to announce that Council members are very close to agreement on a note by the President laying down a new format for the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. We hope that, once agreed upon, the new format will be seen to be responsive to the views of Member States and that it will significantly improve the relationship between the two organs. As the Secretariat will need quick guidance in order to prepare for this year's report, we are pleased to hear that the Mexican presidency next month will give the matter an extra push, which should allow us to finalize this matter on time.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  15. “The open debate on East Timor was successful in reinforcing the need for a continued significant United Nations presence in post-independence East Timor. There was wide support for the Secretary-General's recommendations for the successful peacekeeping operation the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), even as the Council and the wider United Nations membership look forward to further specific proposals from the Secretary-General on the follow-on United Nations mission. It was recognized that the Organization must stay the course to make East Timor a success story. We are particularly grateful to Mauritius for chairing several meetings, both informal and formal, of the Working Group on Documentation and Procedures.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  16. “One clear success of Mauritius's presidency is its strong focus on Africa, devoting time to almost all the African issues on the Council's agenda, putting into practice the Council's oft-repeated call for preventive action in the well-timed issuance of a press statement on the situation in Madagascar, and the highly successful and well-attended open meeting on the situation in Africa on 29 and 30 January, which was, of course, also webcast live on the United Nations web site. Africa is a continent that needs and deserves the Council's attention and resources, even as we take on the challenge of combating international terrorism. We are therefore thankful for the useful discussions we had on several African issues and the outcomes we adopted, including the presidential statement earlier today.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  17. “This allows all who are interested to have full access to the discussion. In fact, we would recommend all United Nations members to read the verbatim records of the last wrap-up session, held on 21 December, during which Council members made use of the opportunity to review and wrap up their work, not just for the month but for the entire year. The five outgoing members also took the opportunity to give their valedictory statements on their two-year Council term. On our part, we sought to provide a year-end report card on the key issues handled by the Council. We categorized five successful, five unsuccessful and five moderately successful files. Turning to this month's programme, we find that there are clearly a number of successes.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  18. “Unfortunately, the last couple of public wrap-up sessions have not attracted much interest in the rest of the United Nations community. This session is not much better. One consolation is that some non-Council members indicated that they had watched the proceedings on television instead of coming to the Council Chamber, since their physical presence was not needed. This, in fact, is effective transparency, combining technology with the will of the Council to conduct as much of its work in public as possible. Somewhat similar are the daily summaries of consultations provided by the presidency on its own web site, a practice that we support and hope will be continued by future presidencies. Another consolation, perhaps, is that the public meetings have verbatim records.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  19. “At the same time, it is equally important to look back and examine whether we have actually achieved the objectives we set out. Such wrap-up sessions are intended as an opportunity for us to take a step back to look at our successes and failures and to examine longer-term trends that could guide our intermediate steps, as well as an opportunity to find concrete ways of enhancing the effectiveness of the Council. In an attempt to improve the transparency of the Council's deliberations, Council members decided that such an analytical and critical examination of its own work in a public meeting could help non-members better appreciate the thinking and considerations that went into the outcome produced by the Council.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  20. “First of all, we hope that the Chinese delegation will convey our delegation's tribute and best wishes to Ambassador Shen. Let me also congratulate Mauritius for its very successful presidency of the Security Council this month. Successful presidencies are not accidental; they are the result of painstaking preparations and unceasing efforts behind the scenes. An example of Mauritius's prompt preparations was the circulation of its provisional programme of work, together with a set of explanatory notes and a list of the objectives of its presidency, on 21 December last year. This allowed Council members, especially the incoming members, to gear up for the month and for the new year. Looking ahead and projecting into the future is important.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source