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lines on the record: 146
first: 2022-01-27
most recent: 2023-12-30
sittings or episodes: 27
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“In that regard, we urge the parties to avail themselves of the modes for the pacific settlement of disputes outlined in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations. Finally, in upholding the fundamental principles of international law and the values of the Charter of the United Nations, which guide and preserve the international order, Ghana reiterates its call to the Russian Federation to end its war of aggression against Ukraine with the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“What may seem bad today could get worse if the parties persist with the military approach. We emphasize that civilians and civilian infrastructure are not and should not be targets of war. The parties are equally obligated under international humanitarian law to refrain from causing civilian harm and should be guided by the principles of humanity, distinction, proportionality and military necessity. We reiterate our call for the de-escalation of tensions and call for urgent diplomatic efforts to support the immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities. The international community must spare no effort in bringing the parties together to resolve their differences through a constructive dialogue and in a manner that assures durable peace.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing. Less than 24 hours ago, the Security Council met following reports of the Russian Federation’s aerial attacks across many regions of Ukraine. We are gathered once again in this Chamber following reports of attacks by Ukraine against the Russian city of Belgorod. This time, 18 people, including children, are reported to have been killed, with damage caused to several civilian facilities. The harsh reality unfolding before us in both situations is the loss and endangerment of civilian lives and livelihoods, as the two neighbouring countries have chosen to prioritize the military logic for the resolution of this dispute. We have cautioned against that approach and must not lose sight of the wider ramifications of the war for global peace and stability.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“Ghana joins others in congratulating Ecuador on its successful leadership of the Council this month. We also take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to all the members of the Council for the support extended to Ghana during its term on the Security Council.”
2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9523 (2023) · source
“As we draw closer to the dying embers of a particularly challenging year, we unite our voice with the global calls for a new dawn of peace, mutual cooperation, solidarity and trust all across our world. We urge a recommitment by the international community to support peace efforts aimed at restoring the primacy of the principles of international law and the values of the Charter of the United Nations in our international system. Finally, I wish to reiterate Ghana’s unwavering support for the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and call once more on the Russian Federation to end the war with the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.”
2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9523 (2023) · source
“We take this opportunity to call for the de-escalation of tensions and encourage the intensification of diplomacy and dialogue in support of the immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities. We urge the parties to refrain from direct attacks against civilian populated areas and other critical infrastructure required to support and sustain the lives and livelihoods of the people. In that respect, we urge all sides to uphold the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law relating to humanity, distinction, proportionality and military necessity. We must also not lose sight of the interlinked reaction of the international community to other conflicts and the present one and urge the need to maintain an even and firm reaction to breaches of peremptory international norms relating to the use of force.”
2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9523 (2023) · source
“We regret that previous appeals for a reduction of the intensity of the conflict during this cold winter season have gone unheeded and that, unfortunately, the safety, security and well-being of many innocent people — especially women, children, the aged and the sick — have been deepened by the reported widespread and intensive missile attacks across several regions of Ukraine. We renew our call for peace in Ukraine, in the firm belief that there can be no military solution to the long-standing dispute between the two neighbouring countries. We continue to maintain that there is no alternative to winning the peace in Ukraine. Therefore we urge the Security Council, which is charged with the distinct mandate for the promotion of international peace and security, to help end the carnage wrought by the war upon the people of Ukraine.”
2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9523 (2023) · source
“My delegation would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his solemn briefing. Six hundred and seventy-four days into the war in Ukraine, the international community is nowhere near a resolution of this most unfortunate conflict. In recent times, the front lines of the conflict have hardly moved, and it is clear that the war will persist over the long haul with its debilitating impact on the global economy, military expenditure and the derogation of respect for international law in relations between and among States. As was reported overnight, Ukraine has suffered its biggest aerial attack since the beginning of the conflict, with 31 dead and more than 150 others injured.”
2023-12-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9523 (2023) · source
“The warring parties must be impressed upon to resort to any of the models — or a combination thereof — offered under Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter for the pacific settlement of disputes. It must also be emphasized that peace efforts in Ukraine should, of necessity, be guided by the principles of international law so as to ensure a just, comprehensive and lasting solution. In conclusion, we wish to reiterate the several calls for the protection of civilians, in line with the obligations of the warring parties under international humanitarian law, and once more urge compliance with the requirements for distinction, proportionality and military necessity in order to avoid causing harm to civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“We have stated in previous meetings and continue to believe that ending the war is an important step to upholding the fundamental principles of the international rules-based order and is most necessary to alleviate the burden borne by the ordinary people of Ukraine. It is also our view that the time to end the war is past due and that there is no alternative to the peace in Ukraine. In that light, we reiterate our support for peace through the channels of diplomacy and dialogue. We encourage the international community to not be resigned to the emerging reality of a protracted war, but rather to intensify efforts aimed at bringing the parties together at the negotiating table.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“In reaffirming Ukraine’s inherent right to self- defence, under customary international law and deliberately codified in the Charter of the United Nations, we reiterate our call for an immediate end to the war and urge the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Russian Federation’s troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. It is regrettable that, after 22 months of sustained fighting across several front lines, a much-needed peaceful settlement continues to elude the parties, to the detriment of innocent civilians. Thousands of lives have been lost, and many more livelihoods have been destroyed. With the onset of the winter season, humanitarian conditions continue to worsen, particularly for vulnerable populations.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor. I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, for his briefing and also take note of the views expressed by Ms. Mary Ann Wright. My delegation concurs with the need for measures to avoid the possible proliferation and diversion of weapons from the war in Ukraine into other conflict areas given the risk of escalation and the threat to peace and stability in many other fragile environments. We note the commitments expressed by concerned States to take the necessary steps, including the tracking of weapons designated for Ukraine and urge sustained compliance with the applicable non-proliferation measures in that regard.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“Ghana believes that peace in Ukraine is attainable and, therefore, we reiterate the necessity of diplomacy and dialogue towards the immediate cessation of hostilities and finding a lasting and comprehensive settlement that accords with the principles of international law and the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations. In conclusion, we again call on the Russian Federation to end the war, with the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.”
2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source
“We are therefore guided by the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law in calling on the warring parties to refrain from further targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. All sides must endeavour to comply with the principles of distinction, proportionality and military necessity to avoid causing harm to innocent people. We welcome the commitment of humanitarian workers to help save lives, at great risk and peril to their own lives, and take this opportunity to urge, once again, unhindered access for humanitarian aid to all areas in which people stand in need of vital necessities, including food, water, medicines, tents, warm clothing and heating, as temperatures continue to fall to sub-zero levels. My delegation holds strongly that violence is not the answer and the time to end the war is past due.”
2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source
“It is, for us, most unfortunate that children are having to endure physical and psychological trauma from the war. The impact of the war on their lived experiences has long-term ramifications and will require considerable resources and efforts for their recovery. The children of Ukraine, we believe, like their counterparts everywhere, deserve better. They deserve to be protected from harm and to have their rights upheld. We remain concerned about the persistent contestations across many front lines, particularly now, when winter conditions have minimized the coping capacity of affected populations, especially women, young children, the aged and the sick.”
2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Director Rajasingham for their informative briefings. As the situation in the Middle East commands global attention, the prevailing conditions in Ukraine, as we have heard, require the undiminished support of the international community to help to round the bend from the ravages of war to a constructive engagement for the peace of Ukraine. The Russian Federation’s war on Ukraine has resulted in more than 28,000 civilian casualties, the displacement of some 10 million people from their homes, gross violations of human rights and extensive destruction to civilian infrastructure, including Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. We are also aware of the effects it has had on global food, energy and fuel systems and the implications for economies around the world.”
2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source
“Fully convinced that there is no alternative to winning the peace in Ukraine, we strongly call on the parties to address their competing interests at the negotiating table and away from the battlefield.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“As the war grinds on, with increasing risk to the lives and livelihoods of civilian populations, especially women, children, the elderly and the sick, we reiterate the necessity of unhindered access for humanitarian aid and assistance to address the heightened vulnerabilities arising from the frigid conditions of winter temperatures. We also highlight the dictates of international humanitarian law for the safety and protection of civilians during wartime and call once more on the parties to align their actions with the humanitarian principles of distinction, proportionality and military necessity. It cannot be said enough that civilians and civilian infrastructure are not and should not be targets of war. We conclude our statement by reiterating our appeal for an end to the war in Ukraine.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“That is particularly the case today, as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which facilitated the export of some 30,000 metric tons of essential food, abated rising food prices and met the pangs of hunger of many, stands terminated. Grain storage facilities and ports have also been destroyed, reducing the already compromised export capacity of Ukraine by approximately 40 per cent. We therefore join many others in encouraging continuing efforts by all relevant stakeholders to restore grain supplies to the global markets, with a priority for countries that are vulnerable and whose populations face famine and hunger.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“Much like the global finance and energy systems, the global food system, already under pressure from the climate crisis and the coronavirus disease pandemic, has been manifestly affected by the war on Ukraine. As noted in one of the briefings, millions of people, especially in developing countries, including those reliant on exports under the World Food Programme, have been pushed closer to the brink of food insecurity and the threats of hunger and famine. With as many as a quarter of a billion people facing food insecurity worldwide, we are worried about the growing risk that the war on Ukraine poses to many people far removed from the theatres of war.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, and the Country Director in Ukraine at the World Food Programme, Mr. Matthew Hollingworth, for their briefings. As the Security Council turns its focus once again on the prevailing conditions in Ukraine and, in particular, the continuing effects of the war on food security, my delegation reiterates Ghana’s firm support for a just, peaceful and comprehensive political settlement. We continue to believe that diplomacy and dialogue are pertinent for redirecting the military fixation of the warring parties towards non-combatant peace efforts, in accordance with the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“We reiterate the call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and emphasize diplomacy and dialogue as opposed to military contestations for a peaceful, just and comprehensive resolution of the conflict in line with the principles of international law and the values and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9464 (2023) · source
“Allow me also to register my delegation’s serious concern with regard to reports of several allegations of sexual and gender-based violence committed against women and girls. We reiterate our call for such violations to be treated and prosecuted like other war crimes. There must be no impunity in Ukraine, and we value a holistic approach to accountability involving a deliberate focus on providing justice and support to victims. Despite the sobering reality on the ground, we choose to hold firm our belief in a new horizon of peace between the Russian Federation and its neighbour Ukraine.”
2023-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9464 (2023) · source
“Civilians and civilian infrastructure should not be targets of war. As a result of the extensive damage caused to the energy and heating infrastructure of Ukraine, last winter millions of civilians faced terrible conditions in sub-zero temperatures without heating, water and food. Therefore, as the cold season approaches once again, we highlight the need for early interventions to mitigate the harsh weather conditions, especially for the women, children, sick and elderly who are displaced from their homes. We note that there is already in place a winter response plan targeting 900,000 vulnerable, displaced and war-affected people between September this year and February 2024, and we look forward to further reports on its operationalization.”
2023-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9464 (2023) · source
“The humanitarian toll of the war continues to rise, with a devastating impact on the civilian population in Ukraine. Since the commencement of the war in February 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded an estimated number of around 28,000 civilian casualties, with 9,806 killed and 17,962 injured. Those numbers reflect the lives of real human beings and will continue to increase should the war carry on in a protracted manner. In the light of the continuing attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure on the front lines of the conflict, we are compelled to re-emphasize the binding obligations on the parties to armed conflict to respect and adhere to applicable rules of humanitarian law, including the principles of proportionality, distinction and military necessity.”
2023-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9464 (2023) · source
“I thank the Director for Coordination, Coordination Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Rajasingham, for his update on the prevailing humanitarian conditions in Ukraine. I also take this opportunity to express my delegation’s appreciation for the support provided by United Nations humanitarian agencies and to commend in particular the efforts in providing vital aid to 9 million affected civilians this year. The Russian Federation’s war on Ukraine continues to spawn violations of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law. As the Council deliberates once more on the matter, we cannot deny the growing evidence that ending the war now offers the best guarantee against the legacy of death, suffering, destruction and displacement that the conflict is creating.”
2023-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9464 (2023) · source
“Fourthly and finally, we reiterate our previous submission regarding the necessity of a time frame for concluding the national investigations and presenting the outcomes to appropriate international institutions, including the Security Council, for necessary follow- up action.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“We are of the view that the sharing and exchange of information, technology, expertise and other relevant resources between and among the countries involved, as well as the Russian operators, would contribute immensely to ensuring coherent outcomes and a speedy conclusion to the investigative processes. Thirdly, in order to address the persistent problem of speculation and accusatory rhetoric, which only fuel existing geopolitical tensions, we urge the parties to work more openly and transparently. While acknowledging that some information may be sensitive in relation to the national security of the countries concerned, we encourage them to provide regular updates on the status of the investigations, with a view to bolstering international confidence in the national processes.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“In that regard, we believe the ongoing national investigations by Denmark, Germany and Sweden, the countries concerned, are important, and we urge for support to their efforts to uncover the facts, beyond the initial establishment of the incident as an act of sabotage. We also believe that the outcomes of the national investigations would be instructive for future Security Council action on the matter. Secondly, we reiterate our appeal to all the parties to work collaboratively and in good faith, consistent with the provisions of resolution 2341 (2017).”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“We support the Council’s sustained interest in helping to unravel the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, and we insist that the differences among Council members regarding the establishment of an international investigative mechanism should not detract from the position they have expressed in previous Council meetings, in which they have been united against the sabotage of the pipelines. As the Council revisits the issue on the one-year anniversary of the incident, Ghana would like to reiterate the following four points. First, we continue to believe that it is essential to establish the facts of such heinous actions in order to ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable and to send a strong message condemning the deliberate destruction of critical infrastructure anywhere.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“We reiterate how important it is that States uphold their responsibilities, established under international law and reaffirmed by Security Council decisions, for the protection of critical infrastructure, especially infrastructure of a transboundary nature. It will be essential to forestall such acts in the future, since damage or destruction to critical infrastructure in one sector — whether energy, water, communications, cybersecurity or transportation — often results in extensive and rippling consequences for other sectors and populations, creating instability and sometimes humanitarian crises.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“We listened closely to the information provided by the briefers and have noted our common interest in unravelling the facts surrounding the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. The successive damage done to the pipelines — at a time when the global energy crisis was already worsening — shocked the conscience of the international community into a renewed awareness of the strategic linkages between critical infrastructure and security, economic stability and the sustainable development of societies. The depravity of the acts highlighted the importance of concerted global efforts to put in place measures that can pre-empt or mitigate such actions. In our view, the incident reflects a disregard for the inherent rights of the populations dependent on those energy installations, and it remains unacceptable by any standard.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9424 (2023) · source
“As repeatedly asserted in the Council, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are illegal and unacceptable. It is increasingly evident that the war has brought the parties no closer to the realization of their security interests. Given the rapid deterioration of the security and humanitarian conditions in Ukraine, we are of the view that intensified diplomatic action must be mobilized to help de-escalate tensions and secure the cessation of hostilities. We once again urge the Russian Federation’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine and urge collective action to lay the ground for pacific and constructive dialogue between the warring parties. There is no alternative to winning the peace of Ukraine.”
2023-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9414 (2023) · source
“As we have often stated in the Council, Ghana is firmly committed to the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and cannot recognize any territory acquired through the threat or use of force by any State. In this instance, we strongly urge a reversal of all actions that assail the sovereign authority of the Government of Ukraine and emphasize that the power of might cannot be the rule of law. In the light of the continuing threat of harm posed by the war to civilian life, as we heard from the briefing, we underscore the international obligations incumbent on the warring parties to protect civilians and further urge restraint against the deliberate targeting and destruction of civilian infrastructure.”
2023-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9414 (2023) · source
“Consequently, the attempts by the Russian Federation to exercise sovereign authority within the borders of Ukraine, including the conduct of local elections, are, in our view, illegal and void. It is only the legal and constitutional framework of Ukraine that can accord legitimacy for any such elections. Besides the tenuous legal basis for holding such elections, the prevailing security and political conditions in the four regions cannot confirm that the free and fair will of the people has been realized. The purported elections only introduce another layer of complexity to the conflict and complicate the chances for an early settlement.”
2023-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9414 (2023) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his informative briefing. We are dismayed by the ongoing local elections being conducted by the authorities of the Russian Federation in four regions of Ukraine, namely, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya. The purported elections constitute a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders, and follow on from the widely condemned attempt by the Russian Federation in September 2022 to annex territories of Ukraine through a referendum. As a fundamental principle of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirmed by the General Assembly in its resolution ES-11/4, adopted on 12 October 2022, no territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of force shall be recognized as legal.”
2023-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9414 (2023) · source
“Much responsibility now lies with the parties to extend themselves beyond their differences and return to the negotiating table in search of a comprehensive and lasting solution. In a post-modern and globalized world where challenges that confront nations transcend physical and political boundaries, a purely inward-looking approach to security, which appears to be the case, may offer some temporary resolution but is unsustainable for the wider maintenance of our collective global security. We therefore encourage the intensification of diplomatic efforts in support of a constructive dialogue that could lead to a durable settlement between the two sides and in the interest of all others.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“It is on that basis that Ghana continues to call for the cessation of hostilities and urges the Russian Federation to end the war through the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. We also reiterate the absolute necessity for all parties to refrain from targeting civilians and causing further harm to Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. A large number of States Members of the United Nations, including the members of the Council, have taken a stand for peace in Ukraine and repeatedly called for a peaceful settlement, in line with international law and the core values on which our Organization is founded.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“We also cannot reconcile any suggestions that efforts in support of Ukraine’s legitimate use of force in the defence of its sovereignty and territorial integrity constitute an obstruction to peace efforts. The rules of international law and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations require States to interact on the basis of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and cooperation. All Member States, and more particularly the members of the Security Council, have an obligation to respect and uphold the fundamental principles of sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity, which govern inter-State relations and provide the foundation for a stable international order.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“It is important that, in maintaining international peace and security, Member States providing defence assistance to Ukraine should implement arms control measures at all stages of weapons transfer, including risk assessments, maintaining records, monitoring and tracking, as well as post-conflict arrangements for disarmament. Those measures are necessary to ensure that military support provided in the course of the war serve the singular purpose of strengthening Ukraine’s capacity to assert its right to self-defence, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations. From the very onset of the war, Ghana has struggled to appreciate the various assertions provided by the Russian Federation as justification for its conduct in Ukraine.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“Presently, rescue efforts are continuing at the site of a missile strike on a restaurant in the city of Kramatorsk, where several people, including children, are reported to have been injured or killed. As we know, violent conflicts, such as the one in Ukraine, create the conditions for the accumulation of weapons and their diversion from Government control to unintended recipients and conflict situations in other parts of the world. It is in that regard that, in previous discussions on the subject, my delegation has urged strict compliance with the Arms Trade Treaty and other international obligations designed to prevent the diversion or illicit transfer of conventional weapons.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“As confirmed in the briefing to the Council last week (see S/PV.9357), the war now accounts for the displacement of some 10 million people and more than 24,000 civilian casualties. As the Council is often reminded, those numbers are likely to be higher, as they represent only those reported through official United Nations sources. There is no scarcity of evidence of the massive destruction that has been caused in many parts of the country. Homes, schools, medical facilities and transport, energy and other critical infrastructure are being destroyed at an alarming rate and in clear violation of the prohibitions against such actions under international humanitarian law.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her informative briefing. We have also taken note of the other briefings. It has now been 491 days since the Russian Federation launched its brutal and unrelenting war against Ukraine, bringing about untold suffering to innocent civilians, who now live under constant threat of harm to their lives. Apart from the immediate humanitarian crisis, the war has become an axis of renewed geopolitical tensions, with far-reaching implications for international peace and security in the region of Europe. Away from the battle zone, the war continues to negatively affect the global economy, with a persisting rise in food and energy prices and the tightening of international financial and monetary conditions.”
2023-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9364 (2023) · source
“We reaffirm our support for political settlement through the channels of dialogue and diplomacy and maintain the viewpoint that all peace efforts must respect and uphold international law and the core principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Lastly, I reaffirm Ghana’s unwavering commitment to the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and call on the Russian Federation to end the war by the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“In the context of today’s discussions, we also underline article 56 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Convention, which specifically prohibits attacks against works or installations, including nuclear electrical generating facilities, if such attacks “may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population”. Ghana remains resolute in the call for peace in Ukraine. On that basis, we reiterate the urgent need for the cessation of hostilities in order to curtail the loss, suffering and destruction, which, unfortunately, has not let up since the commencement of the war in February, last year.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“Our view is that ending the war in Ukraine is the best way to reduce the chances of accidental risk and avoid a catastrophic incident of global magnitude. Our concerns on the humanitarian aspect of the war remain unresolved, as we continue to witness the persistent targeting of civilian-populated areas, contrary to the stipulations of international humanitarian law. In this month of May, the city of Kyiv has experienced more than 15 episodes of drone and missile attacks, with reported incidents of civilian casualties. We are compelled to reiterate the obligations of warring parties to respect and uphold the rules of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“We encourage continuous monitoring, as is being done during the various mechanisms of the IAEA, including the expert missions to Ukraine, and the establishment of the presence of technical experts at the facility and also welcome further engagements with the Security Council on the implementation of the outlined pillars and commitments. Today’s meeting offers an opportunity to remind ourselves of the historical, ethical and normative underpinnings of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and, in doing so, to collectively renew our commitment in support of a world without nuclear weapons. We encourage restraint in rhetoric and actions that carry the potential to further escalate and protract the war.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“In the precarious context of the ongoing violent conflict in Ukraine, where the associated risks to human lives and their environment are elevated, we affirm that those pillars are important in themselves and need to be implemented as a collective to realize the full gamut of protection that they can afford Ukraine and the world at large. We urge the cooperation of the parties on all necessary measures, including the commitments just outlined by Director General Grossi, to ensure nuclear safety and security, beginning with the demarcation of a demilitarized zone in and around the power plant and its facilities. All efforts must also be made to restore the civilian character of the power plant at the earliest possible date.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“Ghana considers it extremely important for nuclear facilities anywhere to be operated with the highest standards of safety and security. It is in that context that we fully support the seven pillars of nuclear safety, first outlined in March 2022, to address the issues relating to the physical integrity of the facilities, the functionality of equipment and security systems, the safety and independence of operating staff, secure off-site power supply, uninterrupted logistical supply chains and transportation, effective radiation monitoring systems, emergency preparedness and response measures and reliable communications with the regulator and other stakeholders.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source
“I warmly welcome your presence, Mr. President, at this meeting, as we once again seek convergence to address the critical concerns of nuclear safety and security arising from the Russian Federation’s sustained aggression against Ukraine. I thank Ecuador and France for their initiative in calling for today’s meeting and also thank Mr. Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his briefing, which highlighted efforts to rein in those actions that undermine the physical and operational integrity of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest nuclear plant. My delegation continues to share the concerns expressed in today’s briefing and more fully espoused in the IAEA report issued in February and in the subsequent situational reports on Ukraine.”
2023-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9334 (2023) · source