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lines on the record: 143
first: 2008-08-19
most recent: 2011-07-12
sittings or episodes: 21
sources: un-security-council

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“Like others who have spoken before me, Australia remains committed to ending the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence. Besides the outrageous breach of women's rights that rape and other forms of sexual Violence entail, its impact on families and communities is particularly devastating and has consequent long- lasting negative effects on peace processes. We welcome Ms. Wallstrom's appointment and the efforts she has made since taking office to plug some of the operational gaps in this agenda, as well as her broader advocacy efforts. We support the Secretary-General's impressive recommendations on specific steps that need to be taken to address the remaining challenges in this field.”
2010-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6453 (2010) · source
“It is important that the Afghan Government and its international partners, including Australia, remain committed to and focused on the tasks at hand: combating the insurgency, fighting corruption, and improving governance and the delivery of essential services to the Afghan people.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“In this regard, UNAMA's efforts to encourage regional countries to cooperate in halting the narcotics trade and the illegal movement of people as well as to support Afghanistan in its efforts to achieve security and stability are very much welcome. There have been setbacks and there will be more, but we are also seeing real progress. In 2002, 9 per cent of Afghans had access to health care; today that figure is 65 per cent. Afghan women hold almost a quarter of all seats in Afghanistan's National Assembly, a stark contrast to conditions under the oppressive Taliban rule. The number of teachers has almost doubled since 2002, and access to education has grown dramatically. We need to build on this progress.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“In due course it will also be important, however, that the allegations of misconduct are investigated by Afghan authorities in accordance with Afghan law. And the Afghan Government knows that, in the medium to long term, it needs to make progress in meeting its commitments to electoral reform to provide for fair and transparent elections in the future. All of Afghanistan's neighbours share critical interests in Afghanistan's security and long-term stability and can play a constructive role in promoting Afghanistan's social and economic development. I therefore listened with great interest to some of the speakers on that subject late this morning.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“While Australia, like others, is naturally concerned that the recent parliamentary elections were affected by violence and fraud, the fact that so many ordinary Afghans had the courage to cast a vote in the face of threats and intimidation - and I note the dark ink on the fingers of both the Foreign Minister and Mr. De Mistura - clearly shows how much they value a better future for their country. This was an Afghan- led and Afghan-managed process; Afghan security forces provided the security for polling places and did an effective job; and, as pointed out by Mr. De Mistura elsewhere, they had the courage to acknowledge where their limitations were and to accept that not all polling places would be open. So we have a balance of optimism and honesty in this process.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“We recognize that military efforts alone will not end the conflict and that a long-term solution requires political effort and ultimately reconciliation between the Afghan Government and the insurgents. We therefore welcome the Afghan-led process on reconciliation and reintegration, aimed at winning over marginal supporters of the insurgency through targeted programmes. In that respect, Australia also welcomes the Afghan Government's announcement of the appointment of almost 70 people, including women, to the new High Peace Council and its Special Peace and Reintegration Sub-Committee.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“These civilian enhancements are very important, but they build also on Australia's military contribution to Afghanistan which, as the Council knows, now consists of something over 1,500 Australian Defence Force personnel. Australia strongly supports the Afghan Government's goals and planning for the assumption of full authority for security and also Afghanistan's plans on the transition process. I will not go through all of my talking points because I think we are all in agreement on those points. We note, however, that transition is not just about security. It is also about improving governance capacity and the development of conditions necessary for stability.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“We now have over 50 civilian personnel, including in Uruzgan Province, where we head the Provisional Reconstruction Team. We have also increased our development assistance to Afghanistan by 50 per cent this year, to around $106 million and I think that brings us to about $700 million delivered in development assistance since 2001. In doing this, we are aligning ourselves with the priorities outlined by the Afghan Government itself under its national development strategy and we are channelling at least half of our development assistance through Afghan Government systems, consistent with the undertakings we made at the Kabul Conference in July.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“Thank you, Sir, for convening this open discussion by the Security Council on Afghanistan. We welcome the regular briefings provided by Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and we are very pleased to welcome the Foreign Minister, Mr. Rassoul, back to New York. These discussions highlight the real stake that we - the international community - has in Afghanistan's stability and our commitment through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to help Afghanistan address its many challenges. Over the past year, Australia has built up its civilian engagement in that country. Since the London Conference in January, we have delivered a 50 per cent increase in our civilian commitment.”
2010-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6394 (2010) · source
“Despite some improvements and the use of some innovative meeting formats, too often the Council still appears deaf to calls to be briefed on unfolding situations. If the Council is overly conservative in its approach to what is or is not a threat to international peace and security, it will inevitably relegate itself to the role of responding to conflict, rather than seeking to prevent it. This will mean that the Council will have failed the test set for it and for all of us in the opening paragraph of the United Nations Charter.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Central to an effective system of conflict prevention is awareness of the situation, the ability to analyse that information and the political will to take action when needed. DPA plays an important role in collating and analysing the necessary information. In extreme situations, the proposed joint office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and for the Responsibility to Protect, the creation of which we support, should serve to alert the United Nations system to emerging mass atrocity situations. It then becomes a question of political will. The Council needs to open itself up more to receiving briefings from DPA and other parts of the Secretariat on unfolding situations, and the broader membership needs to support such Council engagement.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The establishment of the United Nations Office in Addis Ababa should create greater synergies and efficiencies in the United Nations-AU relationship, including in relation to conflict prevention activities. We witnessed the effective interplay of the subregional, regional and global systems in response to the events that unfolded in Guinea last September. The Economic Community of West African States, the AU, the Council and the United Nations more broadly responded in unison to the unfolding events in Guinea in a manner that effectively diffused tensions and restored that country back to the path of democracy. This was a telling illustration of how the system can work to effectively prevent the escalation of tensions.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The African Union (AU) is to be commended for its tireless efforts to establish its own peace and security framework, with preventive diplomacy at its core. Subregional organizations in Africa have similar, mutually supportive structures. Australia supports, in its own modest way, the ongoing efforts of the United Nations and the AU to develop the AU conflict prevention and peacekeeping capacity at both the strategic and operational levels, and we welcome the recent decision to create a United Nations Office to the AU in Addis Ababa. We have been pleased to contribute to United Nations initiatives aimed at strengthening the relationship between the AU and the United Nations and at developing more effective conflict-prevention mechanisms in Africa at both the regional and the subregional levels.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We should redouble our efforts to ensure that the DPA's strength and ability to respond rapidly in conflict prevention situations is adequate. The Council has a further role to play in supporting the preventive diplomacy efforts of regional organizations, as outlined by the representative of the Gambia just a few moments ago. Regional organizations have an important role in the prevention of conflicts, just as much as in responding to them. Systems for early conflict resolution and better early warning mechanisms on emerging crises can often be more alert and more robust at the regional level. A strong organic relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, at both the regional level and here in New York, must be an essential part of our regional and global approach to conflict prevention.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The Council's statements are not just words, but rather a powerful signal of the will of the international community. We have been pleased to be able to support the efforts to strengthen the Secretariat's ability to service the Secretary-General's good offices role through the provision of financial support to the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). We have also been pleased to support the crisis prevention work of the United Nations Development Programme, recognizing that the challenge of conflict prevention requires a collective effort of multiple agencies. It remains a concern, however, that this work falls to be funded under voluntary contributions, when it is central to the mandate of the United Nations.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It is perhaps a little cliche'd, but prevention is better than cure, and we should do all the more collectively to take measures to prevent conflict, rather than wait for the need to mobilize a collective response to a conflict. The Council has an important role to play in this endeavour. The Council has wide powers of investigation and recommendation in regard to the pacific settlement of disputes at its direct disposal under Chapter VI, including the ability to engage itself in the process of dispute resolution and to investigate situations and make appropriate recommendations. Arguably, these tools are not used often enough. The Council has an important role to play in providing political support to the good offices role of the Secretary-General.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Australia welcomes this debate on preventive diplomacy with a focus on Africa. It seems particularly appropriate, Madam President, that you have gathered us here today in a week in which we gathered, just two floors above, to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, which was an historic and conspicuous failure of preventive diplomacy. There is always the risk that, with the daily work of this Council necessarily focused on reacting to unfolding events and conflicts and on mandating peacekeeping missions to respond to such conflicts, we may lose sight of the key founding principle of this Organization, namely, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. Today's debate is a useful reminder of the importance of preventive action.”
2010-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6360Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We think that would be interesting, and we would appreciate the Council's thoughts on that idea. In conclusion, there is a tradition in the Australian army that the officers eat only after the troops have been fed. Perhaps that could be food for thought.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We should contribute to open debates in an interactive and responsive manner rather than just read statements prepared days in advance that too often exceed time limits and disrespect our fellow members. On this question of open debates, we were particularly struck by a suggestion made just before lunch by the Ambassador of Portugal. He suggested that, in these open debates, perhaps non-members should speak first and Council members last. We would encourage Council members to consider this. We would certainly encourage Council members to listen more attentively when non-members speak, perhaps even at the level of permanent representative. It would afford an opportunity for Council members to reflect and comment on the ideas they have heard in the course of the day at the end of the day.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We continue to believe that, fundamentally, the Council needs to commit to a vision of active accountability and deliberate transparency. It needs to establish metrics, qualitative and quantitative, and assess progress against them with a more effective annual report, although the earlier remarks this morning in praise of the annual report we think were entirely apposite. It should also keep in mind external assessors, such as Security Council Report, and harness technology, not just to bring the Council into the twenty-first century, but to look ahead as to how it should operate in five or 10 years time. It is true that the Council's efficiency depends in part on the performance of we the non-members.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The work by the so-called group of five small countries, for example, is impressive and we agree with their recommendations, including ensuring, as the representative of Liechtenstein said earlier today, that briefings by United Nations officials are, as far as possible, accessible to all Member States. We also agree that consultations with non-members should take place as part of the standard operating procedures, and draft resolutions and presidential statements be made available to non-members of the Council once they are introduced in informal consultations. We think that the points made by the delegation of Jordan in regard to interaction with troop- and police-contributing countries were very well made.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“How does the Council, in planning a peacekeeping mission, engage with all interested peacebuilding actors - including members of the United Nations family, the international financial institutions and the relevant regional and subregional organizations - to ensure that all these actors are working in unison and that the early peacebuilding tasks undertaken by peacekeepers are part of a coherent, integrated plan? These are the sorts of questions the Council will need to address. We join others who believe that there is much more that needs to be done.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“But as we mentioned in this room just last week, we consider it vital that peacebuilding needs be considered at the inception of a peacekeeping mission. This will demand a closer and more organic relationship between this Council and the PBC throughout the Council's consideration of a situation. The precise modalities for achieving that should be the subject of further discussion between the Council and the PBC. We welcome the Council's engagement with the Chairs of the respective PBC country-specific configurations in its mandate renewal deliberations. This is a good first step. But how should broader peacebuilding considerations be brought to the attention of the Council when there is no PBC country- speciflc configuration?”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Monthly briefings by the Council President are appreciated; their quality has improved in recent years. We welcome recent innovations to improve the quality of consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries. Informal interactive dialogues do seem to have been useful, although Council members must keep in mind the need to provide transparency to others when it uses such closed-format vehicles. The innovations with regard to the process pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the creation of an ombudsman are also welcome. As we have heard from so many speakers, including the representative of Canada most recently, greater interaction with the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is important.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“With this in mind, we recall the last debate on the Council's working methods in August 2008 (see S/PV.5968), and in particular we recall Costa Rica's suggestion that Member States should convene at least every two years to monitor progress on reform of working methods. The idea of the Ambassador of Costa Rica, as I remember it, was that every elected member should have at least one opportunity during its term to participate in such a debate. When we heard Costa Rica's idea, we immediately endorsed it. It is therefore very pleasing to note that Japan has acted to bring this about. The next step, we would suggest respectfully, is to ensure that this debate be institutionalized on at least a biennial basis. There are things to welcome and there are plenty of things to do more of.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We appreciated the point made this morning by the representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, representing the Caribbean Community, in regard to the particular needs of the small island developing States. His is a sentiment that we share, together with our colleagues from the Pacific region. The basic mindset of the Council should be one of active accountability and deliberate transparency. We, the Members of the United Nations, expect the Council to regard the need to justify its decisions, to share information, to consult widely and to accept input not as burdensome or optional extras, but as core elements of its working methods.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Mr. President, I thank you for convening this important debate. I would like first to take this opportunity to commend the efforts of Japan to advance the Council's working methods, including your role as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions now and in 2006. The Working Group, of course, gave us the presidential note in document S/2006/507, which we are considering here today. Australia supports a Council that better reflects the modern world and that is well placed to meet its demands. This, of course, involves reforming the composition of the Council. But improving the Council's working methods, including transparency, is an integral part of working towards that goal.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The United Nations membership's continued and active support for these initiatives will send a strong message to would- be proliferators about the strength of international resolve to stop the illicit and irresponsible trade in conventional weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons. In doing so, we will be living up to our United Nations obligations to the maintenance of peace and security. 10-28131”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The resolution encourages States to implement the domestic controls necessary to counter illicit trafficking, and also recognizes the key role of regional and subregional cooperation in countering that threat. We believe that we all share the same goal. The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research identified it in the context of the arms trade treaty in its summary report on the regional seminar for countries in Central, Northern and Western Africa, but this goal is applicable across the entire arms-control agenda. The goal I refer to is working towards freeing people from fear. We look forward to working with other Member States to further advance this objective and the goals of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and of the arms trade treaty.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“As has been mentioned by speakers before me, the Fourth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, and also the first Preparatory Committee meeting on the arms trade treaty, provide us with an opportunity to buttress existing regional efforts and to make real international progress. Broader efforts in the General Assembly should not be ignored either. As my colleague, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, mentioned just a few moments ago, Australia and the Republic of Korea will once again be together sponsoring a draft resolution on preventing and combating illicit brokering at the Assembly's sixty- fifth session.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“They also underpin, in practical ways, the broader international security framework, including the key United Nations initiatives, such as the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons and the prospective arms 10-28131 trade treaty, in that they seek to prevent the illicit or irresponsible transfer of arms. It is in these broader international security frameworks that all Member States can contribute to strengthening cross-regional security. As United Nations Members, we have valuable opportunities this year to build on regional arms control initiatives and to further strengthen international measures.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In our own region, Australia, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a Pacific regional meeting last year to further the goals of the United Nations Programme of Action. In doing so, we recognized that national security cannot be achieved in isolation from regional or global security. We also realized the importance that confidence-building and effective collective action among States plays in the pursuit of these goals. Regional arms control arrangements, including in Africa and the Pacific, are important examples of collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace and security.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“These efforts include the Economic Community of West African States Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and Other Related Materials; the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials; and the Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa. As my Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, said just today in a speech at Sydney University, it is difficult to imagine making progress on global issues, including disarmament, without working closely with African countries and the African Union.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The achievement of these goals involves building confidence between nations and developing an effective international security system. In part, this requires concerted international efforts to prevent the excessive accumulation and proliferation of conventional weapons, including the eradication of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. But regional solutions to regional problems are also critical. In this regard, Australia recognizes and commends the efforts being made in Africa to bring about sustainable peace and security.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“First of all, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, on your timely initiative to hold this open debate on the impact of illicit small arms trafficking on peace and security in the Central African region. We all come to this debate with our own regional and geographical perspectives. Some of those speakers who have spoken this afternoon have, of course, demonstrated a much deeper knowledge of the situation in Central Africa than Australia has. I would like to take this opportunity to formally congratulate those States on the specific measures they have listed for us here today. But equally, we all share a common purpose, as reflected in Article 1 of the United Nations Charter, to maintain peace and security, including through taking effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to reiterate Australia's active and ongoing support for the Council's counter- terrorism bodies and our commitment to assisting efforts to advance their work. The United Nations has the unique capacity to set international norms and standards on countering terrorism, as well as to encourage adherence to them. That is a capacity that my delegation will continue to support.”
2009-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6217Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Effective relations with Member States - particularly, of course, with donor and recipient countries - are also critical to the success of the Committees' work. In that context, we welcomed the recent visit to Australia, in July, by a CTED delegation. We appreciated the opportunity to share our approach to counter-terrorism efforts, both domestically and in the region. Continual institutional review is crucial. We commend the 1267 Committee on its review of the Consolidated List and for the conclusion of procedures for drafting narrative summaries on the reasons for listing each entry. That approach could be a model for other regimes to follow. We also welcome the recent open meeting of the 1540 Committee that was held as part of its comprehensive review of the implementation of that resolution.”
2009-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6217Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We note, in that regard, the importance of all three Committees continuing to recognize the regional context of their activities. We also encourage the 1540 Committee, as it increases its focus on technical assistance, to work with CTED to identify effective approaches. The relationship of the subsidiary bodies with other international organizations is also important. My delegation would like to draw attention to a recent best practices paper adopted by the Financial Action Task Force on implementing terrorist asset freezing obligations arising from both resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1373 (2001). As Co-Chair of the project team that developed that paper, Australia would like to acknowledge the significant contribution to that work by both the 1267 Committee and CTED.”
2009-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6217Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Australia wishes to place on record its appreciation and strong support for the work of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), as well for the assistance of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. (CTED). A global effort is needed to counter terrorism effectively. Multilateral action through the United Nations system is a vital element in any international strategy to address terrorism and violent extremism. Australia encourages the three Committees and their respective expert bodies to continue to work closely together and with the broader United Nations system, including the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force. In our View, cooperation is particularly important in relation to streamlined reporting regimes, assessment missions and the facilitation of technical assistance.”
2009-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6217Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Australia looks forward to working with the Secretariat, the Security Council and other Member States on further discussing and making progress on some of the recommendations contained in the New Horizon non-paper. In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge once again the service of those men and women deployed to peace operations around the world.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We therefore welcome the work of the Department of Field Support in developing a support strategy that has the potential to modernize and globalize United Nations peacekeeping support structures, thereby improving the protection of Member States' personnel and resources. We also recognize the importance of the related issue of planning. Australia therefore welcomes the progress achieved thus far on strengthening integrated mission planning and hopes to see further progress occur. We also support the development by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of guidelines on civil-military coordination. Australia believes that it is only through concerted effort and input from all parties who have an interest in United Nations peacekeeping that we will truly be able to address the challenges that continue to face it.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Some missions have started to develop the means to do this, such as through the use of joint protection teams in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the initiative by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur on the protection of civilians. We welcome these developments, but stress that further work must be done to capture the lessons that are being learned in these missions. We need to ensure that these lessons are shared and included in the development of training and guidelines to assist all peacekeepers to implement these mandates in the field. The successful achievement of peacekeeping mission mandates also requires the timely provision of essential resources. Any lack of responsiveness can put those mandates at risk.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The leadership by South Africa and Japan as co-Chairs of the core group has very much assisted the group to function well. When we create or renew peacekeeping missions, the Security Council needs to ensure that those missions' mandates are both credible and achievable. This requires a clear understanding within the Council regarding the implications of mandated tasks with regard to resources and possible outcomes. One particular area where this requires significant improvement is mandating tasks on the protection of civilians, as Under-Secretary-General Le Roy highlighted earlier today. The Council has been effective in including the protection of civilians in the mandates of peacekeeping operations. However, it is critical that we now ensure these mandates are effectively applied in the field.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We think that this is a welcome step and provides a constructive opportunity to gather input from a wide range of stakeholders, including troop- and police-contributing countries, on a particular mission. Our own membership in the core group on Timor- Leste has enabled us to observe the benefits that wider cooperation on a particular mission can provide, particularly one that is integrated and involves several non-United Nations components. The core group has been pivotal in ensuring that Member States supporting the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste have been able to provide input into the development of the Mission mandate, thereby ensuring their sustained political support during the different evolutions of the mission cycle.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Given the constraints on time, we will highlight just a few key points that we would like to make in that regard. Political support through the life cycle of a United Nations peacekeeping mission is critical to its overall success. There needs to be more sustained consideration by the Council of missions during all stages of their development, not only when a mission is due to appear on the Security Council's agenda. In this regard, and was as acknowledged earlier today in the statements of Japan, New Zealand and Canada, we agree that there is advantage in the contributions of informal mission-specific coalitions of engaged stakeholders. Such informal support groups can provide valuable assistance in mobilizing political support and resources.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for convening today's debate. I congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency, and would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Uganda on its presidency last month. At the outset, I should also like to acknowledge the efforts of the United Kingdom, including its work this year with France on peacekeeping reform. I should also like to thank Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Malcorra for their statements today, for their patient presence here with us during this debate, and for their ongoing efforts to keep Member States informed on the progress of initiatives to date. Finally, I should like to congratulate the United States on its very important announcement today that it will be paying its outstanding peacekeeping dues. We welcome the initiative represented in the New Horizon non-paper.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The World Bank reports significant progress in public financial management, and that is something that has been reflected in the reports we have had from the Special Representative. There have also been impressive advances in increasing basic education, with a sixfold enrolment increase since 2001, of which 35 per cent are girls. But as Ambassador Eide has reminded us separately, we may now have 6 million small boys and girls in basic education, but small boys and girls grow up, and we need to be ready to support them as they move through the primary and tertiary periods of their education as well. The international community must continue to unite to build on these successes. It is continued cooperation with Afghan authorities and with each other that will create the secure and prosperous future that Afghanistan deserves.”
2009-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6154Resumption1 (2009) · source
“This Fund is working to strengthen the resilience of Afghan communities and expand economic opportunities and access to essential services, including by supporting the National Solidarity Programme. I am told that some 68 per cent of Afghanistan's rural population have benefited from this Programme, and we note that the World Bank considers the Programme to be one of the most successful in supporting rural and community development. We therefore encourage Member States to pledge additional funds to this worthy work. Despite the deteriorating security conditions, progress has been made in Afghanistan. Average per capita gross domestic product in Afghanistan has almost doubled since 2002.”
2009-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6154Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We will also make a small financial contribution to support the conduct of elections and, of course, we will be dispatching a civilian observer team. Last year, Australia pledged $250 million in development and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan, bringing our total assistance to date to approximately $600 million. That is a fairly significant amount, given that Afghanistan falls outside our sphere of influence, but it underlines the importance of our bilateral relationship with Afghanistan and the importance that this issue has for the international community as a whole. We have also provided funding to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund.”
2009-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6154Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That is why we are increasing our force levels by 40 per cent. Australia is also helping to build and strengthen the capability of the Afghan National Army in Uruzgan, and we will contribute $200 million to the Afghan National Army trust fund. At the same time, we must not lose focus on developments in the civilian area. Afghan authorities and the international community must continue to work together to ensure that forthcoming elections are secure, credible and inclusive and that all candidates are able to compete on a level playing field. Australia will provide supplementary support for the conduct of the elections, including short-term military support through the deployment of an infantry company for a period of eight months.”
2009-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6154Resumption1 (2009) · source