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1. “With the shooting down of a civilian airplane carrying civilians, the Ukrainian crisis is no longer a conflict between the Ukrainian military and armed separatists. The conflict has crossed a red line by endangering all our lives, as if did in the case of the men, women and children from different countries who were aboard Flight MH-l7. We condemn in the strongest terms this reckless attack and call for a comprehensive, independent, international investigation in accordance with international guidelines, as agreed in the press statement adopted this morning. Such an investigaton should establish responsibility so that the perpetrators can be held accountable.”

   2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source

2. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Rwanda. I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his availability and for his detailed briefing, prepared on such short notice. Allow me, first of all, to express my deep sorrow over the loss of the 298 lives, including 80 children, who were killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-l7, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine. On behalf of the Government of Rwanda, I express my deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones, as well as to the people and the Governments of the victims. The loss of those innocent civilians is beyond comprehension. Their lives were cut off in the middle of a crisis on which this very Council has been unable to take action since it began in February.”

   2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source

3. “Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) The President: In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Belgium, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Ukraine and Viet Nam to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Feltman.”

   2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source

4. “At the outset ofthe meeting, I should like, on behalf of the members of the Security Council to express the deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of those who lost their lives aboard the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-l7 on 17 July 2014, and to the people and Governments of all those countries who lost their citizens in the crash. I now ask that all those present stand and join in observing a minute of silence in the memory of those who lost their lives. The members of the Security Council observed a minute of silence. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

   2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source

5. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.45 am.”

   2014-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7218 (2014) · source

6. “I thank Mr. Mitri for his briefing. I now give the floor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Libya.”

   2014-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7218 (2014) · source

7. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Libya to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdulaziz, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Libya. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Tarek Mitri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome Mr. Mitri, who is joining today's meeting via video-teleconference from Beirut. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Mitri.”

   2014-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7218 (2014) · source

8. “To conclude, I wish to remind my colleagues once again that this afternoon I will be convening an informal interactive dialogue between the members of the Council, the members of the PBC Chairs Group and the countries on the Commission's agenda to reflect on the developments that have taken place since the dialogue held on 26 April 2013, in order to draw on the full potential of the PBC's advisory role to the Council in a variety of country contexts as well as in policy-related areas. I count on the participation of all members. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.15 p.m.”

   2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

9. “Furthermore, we believe that the PBC, in supporting the countries on its agenda, also has a role to play in fostering regional engagement and commitment. In that respect, the PBC's advisory function should also aim at forging greater regional coherence through links with the countries of the region, regional economic communities and the African Union Peace and Security Council. Here I particularly thank the Chairs ofthe country-specific configurations, who have integrated the regional dimension into their efforts.”

   2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

10. “Rwanda welcomes the holding of the first annual session of the PBC on Peacebuilding Day, on 23 June 2014, which considered, inter alia, the mobilization of domestic resources and revenue generation. This is indeed a critical issue for countries emerging from conflict, as we have always believed that Africa and other developing countries need to take control of their own destiny by graduating from international aid. However, as we own our destiny, we need to earn it and work for it. In this regard, we hope that action will be taken on the recommendations proposed during the first annual session of the PBC, particularly those related to transparency and accountability as well as to illicit financial flows.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

11. “Furthermore, Rwanda is of the view that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes is indispensable in every post-conflict society willing to consolidate peace and avoid a relapse into conflict. Impunity trivializes violence and lays the ground for mass atrocities. Nonetheless, to be effective, the fight against impunity must be adapted to the historical and cultural reality of the country concerned. Indeed, in many post- conflict societies, traditional justice may in some cases not be appropriate, as it sets aside the reconciliation component ofjustice. That is why Rwanda believes that in countries emerging from conflict, transitionaljustice and truth and reconciliation mechanisms would be better tools to render individual justice while ensuring collective reconciliation.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

12. “Rwanda fully endorses the three elements presented by the Chair of the PBC aimed at reinforcing our collective efforts to prevent a relapse into conflict. We are particularly convinced that the three ingredients for durable peace, as the PBC Chair named them, are intertwined. Without a national political commitment, there can be no national leadership; and without national leadership there can be no national ownership. In that respect, therefore, we believe that relapse into conflict on the African continent is mainly a direct consequence of a lack of leadership, institution-building, inclusive dialogue and genuine reconciliation and good governance.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

13. “As mentioned in the report of the PBC on its seventh session, Rwanda was designated by the PBC Organizational Committee as coordinator of a process aimed at engaging the joint membership of the Council and the Commission in informally monitoring and taking stock of the progress and challenges in managing the interactions between the both bodies. We have held quarterly stock-taking meetings since June 2013. This afternoon, we will organize the second informal interactive dialogue to reflect on the progress in our interaction and to address one of the critical issues in peacebuilding, as we have been reminded by the situations in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, namely, the relapse into conflict.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

14. “In that regard, Rwanda believes that the Security Council can benefit more from the advisory function of the PBC, not only because of its unique membership structure but also because of its broader post-conflict perspective. The Council may recall that, during our first presidency of the Security Council, in April 2013, Rwanda organized a briefing on post-conflict peacebuilding (see S/PV.6954), which was followed by an informal interactive dialogue with the Chairs of the PBC configuration and countries on the Commission's agenda. The objective of the dialogue was to exchange views on how to strengthen the PBC's advisory role, engagement from the Council and the modality of interaction between the two bodies.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

15. “I also take this opportunity, through him, to commend the Chairs of the five configurations for their dynamism and advocacy on behalf of the countries on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I cannot forget to pay tribute to our friend and dear colleague Judy Cheng Hopkins, Assistant Secretary- General for Peacebuilding Support, for her outstanding achievements over the past five years, as well as for her passion for our continent of Africa, along with her valuable team. During our previous briefing on post-conflict peacebuilding, held in March under the presidency of Luxembourg (see S/PV.7143), Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson recalled that the PBC was a subsidiary organ of the Security Council and could be of optimal use only if the Council empowered it and utilized its potential.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

16. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Rwanda. I would like to thank Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak, Permanent Representative of Croatia and former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for presenting the report (S/2014/67) of the Commission on its seventh session. We join others in noting with appreciation the quality of the report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the progress made thus far in implementation of the recommendations of the 2010 review as well as the challenges that the Commission continues to face ahead of the 2015 review. I also thank Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil and current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his statement and for his demonstrated leadership at the helm of the Commission.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

17. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Drobnjak, Permanent Representative of Croatia and former Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil and Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/67, which contains the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its seventh session. I now give the floor to Mr. Drobnjak.”

    2014-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7217 (2014) · source

18. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose ar1.30p.m.”

    2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source

19. “To conclude, Rwanda calls on the Syrian Government, the opposition groups and all other stakeholders to fully implement resolution 2165 (2014), as adopted by the Council. But above all, Rwanda believes that only a political solution will truly end the humanitarian crisis in Syria. In that regard, we welcome the appointment of the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura. We hope that all actors will accord him the necessary support in his mission. Meanwhile, we urge those States that have influence on the parties to help in re-animating the Geneva process, so as to find a sustainable solution to the Syrian crisis. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.”

    2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source

20. “I shall now make a very brief statement in my capacity as the representative of Rwanda. Rwanda welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2165 (2014), on the humanitarian situation in Syria. We commend the delegations of Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg for introducing the resolution and for their unwavering commitment to humanitarian assistance in Syria. We believe that resolution 2165 (2014), which is a follow-up to resolution 2139 (2014), includes important measures to ease humanitarian access to people in need, as it provides for the opening of four critical border crossings. That will enable humanitarian actors to reach up to 2 million people who are in hard-to-reach areas.”

    2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source

21. “In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2165 (2014). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”

    2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source

22. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2014/490, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Australia, Chad, Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”

    2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source

23. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at10.50 a.m.”

    2014-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7214 (2014) · source

24. “I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I now give the floor to the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine.”

    2014-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7214 (2014) · source

25. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Israel to participate in this meeting. I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I welcome the presence of His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, to whom I now give the floor.”

    2014-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7214 (2014) · source

26. “I thank Mr. Djinnit for his briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion of the subject. The meting rose at10.20 a.rn.”

    2014-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7213 (2014) · source

27. “Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/442, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa. I now give the floor to Mr. Djinnit.”

    2014-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7213 (2014) · source

28. “As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of July 2014, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his service as President ofthe Council during the month of June. I am sure that I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Churkin and his team for the great diplomatic skill with which they conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Peace consolidation in West Africa Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa (S/2014/442) The President: In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr.”

    2014-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7213 (2014) · source

29. “Let me reiterate our call on the armed groups to disarm and adhere to the ceasefire, engage in constructive dialogue, and support the ongoing efforts to de-escalate the crisis.”

    2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source

30. “We urge all actors to ensure that those in need have access to humanitarian support. We equally urge the Government of Ukraine to establish a corridor for the safe passage of civilians and to provide the necessary security. The consequences of the violence in southern and eastern Ukraine have impacted the already dire economic situation, with a poverty rate of 24.7 per cent in youth unemployment and a lack of access to medical services. The delivery of medication and other necessities has been challenging as a result of instability. In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that the Council needs to unite and rally behind the people of Ukraine. We must show them that we are committed to the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as to our own responsibility to maintain international peace and security.”

    2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source

31. “We condemn the continuing abductions, detentions, acts of ill treatment and torture, arbitrary arrests and sexual harassment. The reported cases of forced disappearances are extremely worrying. We urge the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine and the National Preventive Mechanism, in cooperation with the Ombudsperson, to continue their efforts to ensure that human rights of those who remain detained are upheld. We further call for the immediate release of the monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, held captive since 26 and 29 May. The reported increase in the number of internally displaced persons is also concerning, but even more so are the reports of limited access to humanitarian actors, who are unable to reach the internally displaced persons in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.”

    2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source

32. “In that regard, we welcome the decisions by the separatist groups to observe a ceasefire until Friday, 27 June. We see these parallel ceasefires as providing new momentum for the political talks in the framework of the peace plan presented by President Poroshenko. At the same time, we commend today's decision of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation to request the Federation Council to revoke his right to use force in eastern Ukraine, as well as for his call on all parties to the Ukrainian conflict to cease hostilities and sit down at the negotiating table. Despite the aforementioned possible developments, we are concerned at the alarming level of escalation, particularly criminal activities and reports of serious human rights violations.”

    2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source

33. “Mr. President, I thank you for convening this meeting. Let me also thank Assistant Secretaries-General Taye-Brook Zerihoun and Ivan Simonovic' for their respective briefings on the political and human rights situations in Ukraine. We commend the Secretary-General for his good offices and for his unwavering efforts to find a lasting political and diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis. As we meet today, we are encouraged by several steps taken by the parties in the region to de-escalate the situation. Rwanda supports the 15-step plan of President Petro Poroshenko to end the crisis and welcomes the unilateral ceasefire he announced on Friday, 20 June. We hope that the plan will serve as a stepping stone for all parties involved to commit to finding a long-term peaceful solution to the crisis and the suffering of Ukrainians.”

    2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source

34. “Let me end by thanking the women and men who put their lives at risk in the name of international peace and security, and those who are no longer with us but whose sacrifice will never be forgotten. It is for their sake and for that of those whom they protect that we should strengthen our peacekeeping abilities.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

35. “While the role of regional organizations is recognized in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the added value and increasing role they have gained in recent years requires less of an ad hoc process and a more of a streamlined framework within the United Nations peacekeeping architecture. This will take time, but it is essential to allowing us to cope with the inevitable challenges related to resources, preparedness and the political and operational aspects ofcooperation. Next month during our Council presidency, Rwanda will convene a high-level open debate mainly to discuss the evolution of regional partnerships in peacekeeping. Their role in helping to secure international peace and security is rapidly expanding, and the status quo must be adapted to reflect that evolution.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

36. “Rwanda has called upon the Council many times to hold MONUSCO accountable. It is known by all that investing resources where there is no transparency and accountability is a waste of time and money and bleeds responsibility. On regional partnerships, Rwanda believes that when talking about the strategic future of United Nations peace operations, we must consider the Organization's ability to function successfully with partners organizations that can share the burden and bring their own comparative advantages to the table. That is especially true on the African continent, where we have seen critical partnerships in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Darfur, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali and currently, South Sudan.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

37. “How else can we explain that with the new technologies and the robust mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), it has chosen to fight some armed groups, while ignoring others, such as the longest-surviving group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). I recall that the FDLR is a movement that committed genocide in my country 20 years ago and that has been terrorizing the Congolese people, raping women and girls, and recruiting children. It is a negative force that has been the cause of most other rebellions in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Whose interests are those supposedly good initiatives serving, while the people we are supposed to protect are still being raped and killed?”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

38. “Rather, all stakeholders in the region must make a concerted effort to train and develop asymmetric warfare strategies. That being said, we should not continue to focus on military solutions and related strategies while losing track of the peaceful settlement of conflicts. We need political robustness now more than ever. The challenges we have identified in all of these new trends in peacekeeping are related in any actual sense not to the Organization's ability or creativity in enhancing the performance of its mandates, but rather to the double standards related to using those good initiatives. It is absurd that there are those who use these advantages in the way they choose and only when it fits their interest.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

39. “If we do not have the ability to insert forces and to conduct casualty and medical evacuations or air lifts, then we have major problems and should not have deployed in the first place. Thus, in order for robust peace operations to work, the peacekeeping community must agree on the development of robust ideas at the strategic level and adequately prepare forces at the operational and tactical levels. In particular, it requires the timely provision of defence stores, strong regional stand-by capacities and the timely deployment of enablers. Allow me to emphasize that while Rwanda supports well-prepared and well-planned robust peacekeeping when it is called for, we do not believe that peacekeepers have a role to play in asymmetric warfare.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

40. “Once its achievements and efficacy on the ground are confirmed, then we can support its systemic integration into the requirements of peacekeeping mandates as the situation of a particular mission would dictate. In order for that to happen, however, a comprehensive and enforceable United Nations framework governing the collection and dissemination of drone-collected intelligence and data would be essential in mitigating public and regional concerns. Given the nature of current threats to peacekeeping, Rwanda believes that the deployment of robust peacekeepers is essential not only to effectively protecting civilians, but also to their own protection in increasingly hostile and volatile environments. However, we cannot expect peacekeepers to engage in robust peacekeeping tasks without the necessary preparation and resources.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

41. “Rwanda has positively engaged in discussions on the introduction of new technology into peacekeeping theatres that could help to mitigate many threats faced by peacekeepers and civilians alike. As it has been presented, such technology has the potential to identify and monitor armed groups and arms trafficking, assist patrols heading into hostile territory, and assess the movement of displaced refugees. However, like other members here today, Rwanda shares valid concerns that need to be addressed in moving forward. Questions still exist regarding control of information collected, confidentiality and third-party impartiality. The unmanned, unarmed aerial assistance being used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is there on a trial basis.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

42. “As a dedicated troop- and police-contributing country for the past decade and as current Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, Rwanda appreciates such inclusive interaction involving Council members, the larger United Nations membership and the United Nations leadership on this very timely and important topic. I also thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for being here today and for his briefing. While our discussion here today revolves around new trends such as robustness, new technology, inter-mission cooperation and multidimensional mandates, for the sake of brevity I will focus on three areas, namely, technology, robust peacekeeping and a few remarks on regional partnerships.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

43. “Mr. President, allow me to start by congratulating you on your 40 years of dedication to diplomacy - an exceptional milestone that many of us will never reach and that speaks volumes of your great contributions to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia and international affairs. I wish you four more decades in Russian and international diplomacy. Given your vitality in the Council, I am convinced that you will easily reach that goal. I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on new trends in peacekeeping.”

    2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source

44. “Also in relation to the arms embargo, the Committee responded in one case that did not require notification, citing paragraph 10 of resolution 2095 (2013), and replied in three cases that the notifications were incomplete. The Committee further received two addenda to an implementation report previously submitted by a Member State.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

45. “The Panel ofExperts saw a high risk ofthe diversion and misuse of weapons in the current situation and reported that ongoing transfers of weapons to Libya were likely to have a detrimental effect on the security situation in the country, with some uncertainty about exact end-users of notified materiel and about the control of territory, including air and sea ports. The Committee will continue its engagement with Libya on the setting-up of arms procurement procedures and responsibilities, with a view to providing any assistance that it can. Lastly, I should like to provide some updated statistics on the issues dealt with by the Committee since the last periodic report to the Council. In relation to the arms embargo, the Committee approved three exemption requests and received two notifications, on which no negative decision was taken.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

46. “While some Committee members appreciated Libya's strong efforts to implement the arms embargo in challenging circumstances and pointed to the need for practical and implementable solutions, others raised concern about the implications ofa lack of a single, unified procurement mechanism in the current security situation and called for a single focal point superseding individual ministries. The Permanent Representative of Libya recognized the difficulties in having multiple focal points, but also noted that this was the best option for the current situation, as Libya lacked the capacity at this point to implement a single superseding structure.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

47. “The Panel presented its travel plans for the present mandate, expressed concern about the tense security situation in Libya and informed the Committee about a fraudulent company currently reaching out to Member States, claiming to be authorized to recover frozen funds on behalf of Libya and transmitting a forged Libyan Government decree no. 378 to that end. Also in informal consultations on 29 May, the Committee discussed the new composition of the Panel of Experts. On 30 May, the Committee received an inspection report from a Member State, in line with paragraph 13 of resolution 1970 (2011) and paragraph 15 of resolution 1973 (2011). The Committee's informal consultations on 2 June involved the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya to discuss issues relating to the arms embargo.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

48. “On 20 May, the Committee received a letter from the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations, informing the Committee of the creation of two focal points for arms procurement for the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice, in addition to the Military Procurement Department, which, according to the letter, continued to serve as focal point for the Ministry of Defence. In informal consultations on 29 May, the Committee received an update from the reappointed Panel of Experts. The Panel updated the Committee on its activities since the presentation of its final report (see S/2014/106, annex).”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

49. “On 16 April, the Committee received a report from a Member State about the loss in Libya of part of a shipment of arms and related materiel, an exemption for which had previously been approved by the Committee. By letter dated 6 May, the Committee invited the Permanent Representative of Libya to attend a meeting of the Committee to discuss the Panel's recommendations relating to arms procurement by Libya, as well as two pending incomplete notifications under paragraph 13 (a) of resolution 2009 (2011). On 9 May, the Committee received a report from the Secretariat on the inter-panel coordination workshop that took place from 17 to 19 December 2013.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source

50. “On 18 March, the Committee received a letter from the Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), relating to an initiative to implement the travel ban measure more effectively through cooperation with the World Customs Organization. On 3 April, the Committee received a letter from the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, proposing six members to serve on the Panel of Experts on Libya. On 11 April, the Committee received a second letter from the Chair of the aforementioned Committee and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), concerning procedures for requesting relevant Member States to submit biometric data on individuals on the Committee's list.”

    2014-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7194 (2014) · source