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Haley

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first: 2017-02-02
most recent: 2018-12-18
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“In the longer-term, the G-5 Sahel must do a better job in facilitating humanitarian and development operations to help counter violent extremism and re-establish State control. To be effective, the G-5 Sahel must respect human rights, hold its forces accountable and consult with local communities, while being responsive to their concerns. As the Joint Force works to ensure civilian security in the execution of its duties, there will be a growing list of G-S Sahel partners to help the Force work towards self-sufficiency. We look forward to continuing our discussions on improving the peacekeeping Mission in Mali. We also welcome the opportunity to work with the Malian parties to make progress on implementing the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, and address other remaining challenges in the country.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8129 (2017) · source
“We feel that the Council's encouragement of a technical agreement is the full extent of any support role that the United Nations should play outside of continued coordination and technical assistance on a voluntary basis. We must also not lose sight of the need to ensure that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali has the troops and capabilities that it needs to succeed. The current capacity of the Mission in terms of its manpower and operational capabilities is not acceptable. It hampers the Mission's ability to deliver on its own mandate, and it will hamper its ability to provide support for the Joint Force within the terms envisioned by resolution 2391 (2017).”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8129 (2017) · source
“The creativity and innovation in the text of the resolution shows what is possible in the spirit of cooperation on shared objectives. The international community's support for the people of the G-5 Sahel member States and the G-5 Sahel Joint Force is undeniable and growing. The G-5 Sahel has numerous partners in its effort to combat terrorism and violent extremism. The United States has pledged $60 million, thereby joining the European Union, France, Saudi Arabia and others in supporting the G-5 Sahel. We believe that such examples of expansive international support show the best path forward for future assistance to the G-5 Sahel's initiative.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8129 (2017) · source
“The setting up of the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) by member States committed to security in the region shows real responsiveness to that threat. Continued African leadership is vital in that long-term effort, and the United States will continue to look for ways to promote economic resilience and civilian security through support for the Joint Force and other G-5 Sahel initiatives. By adopting resolution 2391 (2017), the Security Council is also expressing its support for the G-5 Sahel Joint Force by encouraging a technical agreement between the United Nations and the G-5 Sahel. That will provide some immediate logistical support on a reimbursable basis. We wish to thank members of the Council for their cooperation, especially France, with whom we have worked closely during these past months.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8129 (2017) · source
“I would like to begin today by expressing our heartfelt condolences to the families of the 14 Tanzanian peacekeepers who were killed and the more than 40 wounded in last night's attack in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We are horrified by that cowardly attack on those who were sent to protect the most vulnerable. Terrorism and violent extremism exact a tremendous human toll every day. There is not a member nation of the Security Council that has not been affected. In the Sahel, violent extremists - often in league with transnational organized criminal networks - attack civilians and peacekeepers with deadly impact that is felt throughout and beyond the region.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8129 (2017) · source
“It must be about future generations. Palestinian and Israeli children both deserve a future of peace; neither one deserves it more or less than the other. When those children have grown up, they should be able to look back to this time as one when the parties genuinely negotiated for their sake. Those Palestinian and Israeli children deserve to have hope for a brighter and more peaceful future. Our wish and prayer is that this is the time when both sides stop thinking about their present needs and start thinking about future generations. I urge all countries in the Security Council and in the Middle East to temper their statements and actions in the days ahead. Peace remains achievable. We must all do our parts to achieve it.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“To my Palestinian brothers and sisters, I can tell them with complete confidence that the United States is deeply committed to achieving a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. We have demonstrated that commitment over many years and with the investment of large quantities of financial resources and diplomatic energy. Sadly, peace between the two sides has not been achieved, but we will not give up. Our hand remains extended to them. We are more committed today to Israeli-Palestinian peace than we have ever been, and we believe that we might be closer to that goal than ever before. Both Israelis and Palestinians have very real stories to tell; painful stories of challenges, distrust and destruction. But this conflict is not just about the past. It must not be about all of those painful stories.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“The United States no longer stands by when Israel is unfairly attacked in the United Nations, and the United States will not be lectured by countries that lack any credibility when it comes to treating both Israelis and Palestinians fairly. It is no coincidence that the historic peace agreements between Egypt and Israel and between Jordan and Israel were both signed on the White House lawn. If and when there is a historic peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, it is likely that that will also be signed on the White House lawn. Why is that? It is because the United States has credibility with both sides. Israel will never be, and should never be, bullied into an agreement by the United Nations, or any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for Israel's security.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“To those who have good-faith concerns about the future of peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, let me again assure them that the President and the current Administration of the United States remain committed to the peace process. To those who do not act in good faith, including any person, leader, country or terrorist group that uses this week's decision as a pretext for violence: they are only showing themselves to be unfit partners of peace. Finally, I will not let this moment pass without a comment about the United Nations itself. For many years, the United Nations has outrageously been of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards Israel. The United Nations has done much more damage to the prospects for peace in the Middle East than it has advanced those prospects. We will not be a party to that.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“In almost every country in the world, the United States Embassy is located in the host country's capital city. Israel should be no different. The United States took that step in the full knowledge that it would raise questions and concerns. Our actions are intended to help advance the cause for peace. We must recognize that peace is advanced - not set back - when all parties are honest with each other. Our actions reflected an honest assessment of reality. I understand the concerns that Security Council members have in calling this meeting. Change is hard, but we should never doubt what the truth can do. We should never doubt that peace can happen when we face the truth, believe in the human spirit and encourage each other.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“The United States has not advocated changing any of the arrangements at the Temple Mount/Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The President specifically called for maintaining the status quo at the holy sites. Finally, and critically, the United States is not pre-determining final-status issues. We remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement. We support a two-State solution, if agreed by the parties. Those are the facts of what has been said and done this week. There are a few more points that are central to the discussion of this issue. Israel, like all nations, has the right to determine its capital city. Jerusalem is the home of Israel's Parliament, its President, its Prime Minister, its Supreme Court and many of its ministries. It is basic common sense that foreign embassies be located there.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“For 22 years, the American people have overwhelmingly supported that position, and they have waited - and waited. This week, President Trump finally made the decision to no longer deny the will of the American people. It is important to be clear about what the President's decision specifically means. The President has announced that the United States recognizes the obvious; that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. He has also instructed the State Department to begin the process of relocating the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That is what the President has done; and the following is what he has not done. The United States has not taken a position on boundaries or borders. The specific dimensions of sovereignty over Jerusalem are still to be decided by the Israelis and the Palestinians through negotiations.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“The Jewish people are a patient people. Throughout 3,000 years of civilization, foreign conquest, exile and return, Jerusalem has remained their spiritual home. For nearly 70 years, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State of Israel, despite many attempts by others to deny that reality. The American people are less patient. In 1948, the United States was the first nation to recognize the independent State of Israel. In 1995, the United States Congress declared that Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital ofIsrael and that the United States Embassy should be located there. Former United States Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama all agreed with that position, but they did not act. They delayed, in the hope that a peace process would produce results, but those results were never attained.”
2017-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8128 (2017) · source
“And if war comes, make no mistake, the North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed. The nations of the world have it within their power to further isolate, diminish and - God willing - reverse the dangerous course of the North Korean regime. We must all do our part to make that happen.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“As I mentioned, many countries have made some big economic and political sacrifices by cutting ties with North Korea, which they did to serve the peace and security of us all. We now turn to President Xi J inping to also take that stand. We believe he has an opportunity to do the right thing for the benefit of all countries. China must show leadership and follow through. China can do that on its own, or we can take the oil situation into our own hands. The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war, rather than taking it further away from it. We have never sought war with North Korea, and still today we do not seek it. If war does come, it will be because of continued acts of aggression such as we witnessed yesterday.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“First, we should continue to treat North Korea as the international pariah it has become, by taking its United Nations rights and privileges away, including its voting powers. Secondly, we know the main driver of its nuclear production is oil. Through sanctions, we have cut off 90 per cent of North Korean trade and 30 per cent of its oil, but the crude oil remains. The major supplier of that oil is China. In 2003, China actually stopped the oil to North Korea. Soon after, North Korea came to the table. We need China to do more. President Trump called Chinese President Xi Jinping this morning and told him that we have come to the point where China must cut off the oil for North Korea. That would be a pivotal step in the world's effort to stop this international pariah.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“But the North Korean regime missed something very important; as we have said before, being a nuclear Power comes with certain standards. It comes with being responsible enough to know that you do not threaten other countries with nuclear weapons. You do not starve your own people in order to fund nuclear weapons. You do not bully and play games with nuclear weapons. The regime has shown time and again that it does not want to talk. Kim Jong Un did not even speak with President Xi Jingping's envoy when he was sent to talk to the regime. The regime has emphatically said it will not eliminate its nuclear production * and North Korea is in clear violation of multiple Security Council resolutions. We are once again at a time of reckoning. We have some options.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“While being treated by a South Korean medical team, doctors discovered that the soldier had parasites and uncooked corn kernels in his digestive tract - clear evidence that the North Korean regime is unwilling to properly feed even its own high-ranking military troops. That is the incomprehensible nature of North Korea. Yesterday's missile launch was more advanced than previous launches. No one can doubt that this threat is growing. No one can doubt that the North Korean dictator is getting more aggressive in his obsession with nuclear power. Yesterday, the regime declared itself a nuclear power, saying that it had "completed the State nuclear force, tipped with a super-large heavy warhead capable of striking the whole mainland of the United States".”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“Therefore, today we call on all nations to cut off all ties with North Korea. In addition to fully implementing all United Nations sanctions, all countries should sever diplomatic relations with North Korea and limit military, scientific, technical and commercial cooperation. They must also cut off trade with the regime by stopping all imports and exports and expel all North Korean workers. Just last week, the world was given a stark reminder of the barbarity of the North Korean regime when one of its own soldiers fled the country. Even more than the dramatic video of the soldier's escape, more shocking was his medical condition unrelated to his bullet wounds.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“The Council has required that all refined petroleum imports into North Korea not exceed the annual cap, and we banned ship-to-ship transfers. Yet we see North Korea illegally obtaining refined petroleum from neighbouring States through ship-to-ship transfers in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. There are countries that are continuing to fund the North Korean nuclear programme by violating United Nations sanctions and obstructing our efforts. The world knows who many of them are. As successful as we have been in levelling multilateral sanctions against it, the North Korean regime continues to test new and more powerful missiles and, in doing so, continues its march towards a functional nuclear arsenal. The continuing development of those missile systems demands that countries further isolate the Kim Jong Un regime.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“All of the countries that have taken actions to isolate North Korea have acted based on deep concern for that regime's dangerous refusal to abandon its nuclear programme. They have selflessly placed our collective security above their individual political and economic interests. They have won the gratitude of the international community for their responsible actions. Regrettably, not all countries have done the same. All States Members of the United Nations are, at the very least, obligated to fully implement all United Nations sanctions. However, we know that that is not happening in every case. The Council has banned coal exports from North Korea, and yet we have reports of the regime continuing to smuggle coal into neighbouring Asian countries, using deceptive tactics to mask the coal's origins.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“This year alone, as North Korea's behaviour has become increasingly intolerable, more than 20 countries from all corners of the globe have restricted or ended their diplomatic relations with North Korea. Mexico, Peru, Italy, Spain and Kuwait have expelled North Korea's Ambassadors from their countries. Portugal and the United Arab Emirates have suspended diplomatic relations. The Philippines and Taiwan have suspended all trade with North Korea. Singapore - formerly North Korea's seventh-largest trading partner - has cut all trade ties. Uganda has halted all military and security ties. The European Union, Australia, South Korea and Japan have made additional sacrifices for peace and security by going well beyond the requirements of the Security Council.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“It chose to challenge the patience ofa world united against its recklessness. With that choice comes a critical decision point for the rest of the world. The world has responded powerfully to North Korea's outrageous and lawless actions. The Council has taken unprecedented measures to stop North Korea's development of a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. We have levelled the most impacting sanctions that any country has experienced for a generation. We have cut deep into North Korea's major export industries to eliminate the revenue for its illegal missile programme. We have reduced the country's military access to the refined petroleum required to run its war machine. In addition to our work here in the Security Council, many nations have taken their own strong actions against North Korea's threat to peace.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership in convening this meeting and for your leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). We also appreciate Mr. Feltman's briefing. This is the ninth time this year that the Security Council has met in reference to North Korea. At the Council's previous meeting on North Korea's development of nuclear weapons, the United States made it clear that the future of North Korea was in the hands of its own leaders (see S/PV.8042). If they chose the path of peace, then the world would live in peace with them; but if they chose the path of defiance, we would respond appropriately. The choice, we said, was theirs. Yesterday the North Korean regime made a choice. It chose to fuel its nuclear aggression. It chose to thumb its nose at the civilized world.”
2017-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8118 (2017) · source
“These mothers' desire for their children to have a better life should motivate us to act. It should make us intolerant of more promises and impatient for results, because these mothers know better than any of us ever could that time is running out for the children of South Sudan.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“Again, only actions will prove whether this intent is genuine. In the midst of all the suffering I saw, I was struck by the hope and the dignity of the people of South Sudan. They want nothing more than to live normal lives. They want to be productive and self-sufficient. In every camp we visited, we asked the children, if there was one wish they could have come true, what would it be? In each and every case, they said they wanted to go to school. Most amazing of all were the mothers. With all the physical and emotional hardship they have suffered and the constant fear of being raped, they did what mothers do. They were still more worried about their children than they were about themselves. They see the promise of their young country slipping away. More importantly, they see their children's futures being lost to chaos and hate.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“That means putting down their weapons, coming to the negotiating table through the high-level revitalization forum and ending the harassment and obstruction of UNMISS and other organizations that are trying to help the South Sudanese people. President Kiir's recent order requiring free and unhindered access for humanitarian groups in South Sudan was a good sign, and a welcome Sign. We encourage him to follow through on his commitment, and, to help encourage him, we make this commitment in return: we will be watching. We are not interested in one-time concessions or a stop-and-go approach to allowing humanitarian access in South Sudan. The South Sudanese need sustained access to food, water and basic supplies. We are encouraged by the Government's promise to provide sustained humanitarian access.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“Government security forces stop peacekeeping patrols at checkpoints, ask for documents that are not required and deny personnel of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) entry into South Sudan, in violation of the status-of-forces agreement. Every month we see reports detailing how peacekeeping personnel are being deliberately and repeatedly harassed, threatened and even physically assaulted by Government forces. The Government has stooped so low as to impede peacekeepers from providing water to their own personnel and the people they are supposed to protect. It is petty, it is cruel and it must end. Words are no longer sufficient. The United States is prepared to pursue additional measures against the Government or any party, for that matter, if they do not act to end the violence and ease the suffering in South Sudan.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“There is a way to reinvigorate the peace process in South Sudan. The country's leaders, both Government and opposition, must take responsibility and seize the opportunity presented by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. No more pointing fingers; the process must be inclusive. The parties must be willing to reconsider the parts ofthe 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South that are not working, and the leaders must now lead. And there is a way to provide for and protect innocent civilians in South Sudan. It is not complicated; it is actually very simple. President Kiir and his Government must end the violence and allow the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to do its job. Every month we continue to receive a report that shows restrictions being placed on the peacekeeping force.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“Simply acknowledging the problem is not enough; President Kiir must act. It is the Government that bears the primary responsibility for the killing, raping and torturing in South Sudan, and it is the Government that bears the primary responsibility for ending the violence, easing the suffering and saving future generations of South Sudanese. President Kiir said all the right things in our meeting; he made promises that he has made before. But now things are different, and I told him so. Going forward, the United States will judge President Kiir and his Government by their actions, not their words, and the actions needed are clear. There is a way to end the violence in South Sudan. As a first step, President Kiir needs to adhere to the ceasefires he has declared many times. No more promises; we need action.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“I heard more stories of husbands being shot and babies being taken and killed than anyone should ever hear. But maybe the most disturbing thing I saw was the seed of hate being planted in future generations. In the refugee camps, children roam around, malnourished and uneducated. Young boys are traumatized and bored, but soon they will be adults and will be uneducated, untrained and resentful of the conditions they have been living in. If we do not do something about the way in which South Sudanese kids are being raised, we will be dealing with them as adults on the battlefield. I took pictures of these children and showed them to President Kiir when we met. I told him that he could not deny what the pictures represented. To his credit, he did not try to deny it. But that is not enough. It was not then, and it is not now.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“I thank Ms. Keita for her briefing. Every member of the Council is familiar with the horrifying statistics being produced by the violence in South Sudan. Millions of South Sudanese are facing famine and have been driven from their homes. Tens of thousands are dead, and thousands of children have been forced into conflict as child soldiers. I, too, knew these statistics before I travelled to South Sudan in October, but that knowledge did not prepare me for the suffering that I saw there. I saw a civilian population that is deeply traumatized by the violence that it has experienced and a population that is unacceptably vulnerable to further violence. I saw families living under tarps on mud floors. I lost count of the number of women who told me they had been raped, often repeatedly.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“As armed conflicts and trafficking in persons continue to converge and contribute to global peace and security challenges, the United Nations must also improve coordination to address that challenge. We join the Secretary-General's call on remaining Member States to become party to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. That would be an important show of the unified, international front against human trafficking. We will continue to work with the Council and partner Governments to end that barbaric assault on human dignity.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“We believe that a victim-centred approach to the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking is critical to the overall success of law enforcement efforts. That includes commitments by States not to prosecute trafficking victims for acts committed as a direct result of being subjected to human trafficking. We are also committed to partnering with Governments in order to enhance their capacity to document human trafficking cases. We welcome the Council's unanimous call for an investigative mechanism in Iraq to document ISIS' crimes, including its heinous practice of forcing women into sexual slavery. Finally, we are encouraged by the Secretary- General's focus on improved United Nations coordination on trafficking of persons in conflict, as expressed in his report.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“As noted in the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/939), victims of trafficking by violent extremist groups, such as ISIS and the Taliban, suffer from particularly severe trauma. Not only is the United States fully committed to the complete defeat of those Violent extremist groups, but we join the Council in our complete commitment to helping those Victims. On prosecution, we appreciate the Council's focus on accountability for human trafficking. In addition to the impressive efforts of our colleagues at the Department of Justice to bring perpetrators to justice, we have elevated our diplomatic engagement on that effort by highlighting prosecution throughout the Department of State's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“Many will never fully recover. The United States continues to combat trafficking in persons by focusing our efforts on prevention, protection and prosecution. On prevention, we fund research to better understand the connection between conflict and vulnerability to human trafficking, especially in places most affected by the outflow of refugees from the Syrian civil war. We also support the International Organization for Migration's efforts to increase screening, victim identification and services among vulnerable populations. On protection, the United States stresses the critical need to immediately identify trafficking victims in conflict situations, and to see that they are provided with the necessary protection and assistance.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“She testified that her captors separated the men from the women and the Christians from the Muslims. She was forced into sexual slavery and kept underground. She did not see the sun for nine months. Those are just two examples among many. Across sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, vast human displacement due to ongoing conflicts and dire economic need has resulted in rampant human trafficking. Violence on the part of State and non-State actors alike has driven thousands across the region to Europe in search of a better life, exposing already vulnerable populations to human traffickers. The children who are forced into those situations live in conditions that most of us are blessed not to be able to imagine. For those who have escaped traffickers, the nightmare is not over. Their trauma continues long after the victimization ends.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“Terrorist groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) use human trafficking to support their aggression, fuelling a cycle of violence that leads to more vulnerable, displaced people who are then exploited by traffickers. A young boy named Abdul was kidnapped by Boko Haram from his village in Nigeria when he was just 14 years old. The terrorists trained him in the use of heavy weapons and forced him to carry out operations in which he killed 14 civilians. He was also forced to gather intelligence on Government forces for Boko Haram. As far as we have seen, far too often kidnapped girls and women play a different but no less horrific role for those terrorist groups. Amal was captured by ISIS in Libya, along with a group of 71 other migrants.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“That is literally why we are here today - to put a stop to that barbaric practice and other acts of exploitation of human beings. Human trafficking is of concern to the United States because of its destructive impact on individuals. But it also has consequences beyond its immediate victims. The United States was the first country to bring human trafficking in conflict to the Council's agenda as an international peace and security issue in 2015. More recently, we have advocated treating far more human rights abuses and violations as peace and security issues. Human trafficking in conflict is a prime example of the kind of human rights abuses that threaten entire regions and the world.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, and Italy for your leadership on this matter. We also thank all the briefers for their very informative reports. We want to extend a special thanks to the Secretary- General for his strong condemnation of reports of African migrants being sold as slaves in Libya. To see the pictures of those men being treated like cattle and to hear the auctioneer describe them as "big strong boys for farm work" should shock the conscience of us all. There are few greater violations of human rights and human dignity than that. There is no place in our world for slavery. The United States urges a full investigation of those appalling acts. The perpetrators who are responsible for those crimes must be held accountable.”
2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source
“There remains overwhelming international support for investigating chemical weapons attacks in Syria and for holding accountable the perpetrators. To the families of the victims of chemical weapons in Syria - and to the Syrian children, women and men who may be victims of future attacks - I extend our most sincere apologies. They should know that the United States, along with the rest of the Council, will not give up on seeking justice for their lost loved ones and protection for their families. They should know that Russia can obstruct the Council but that it cannot obstruct the truth. With the unity of the Council, or alone and unrestrained by Russia's obstructionism, we will continue to fight for justice and accountability in Syria.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“And Russia declined to propose any textual edits to the United States draft. We even incorporated elements of the Russian draft into our own in the hope that they would engage with us. Indeed, from the very beginning, Russia has not negotiated with any of us. Russia has just dictated and demanded. That is not how the Security Council is supposed to work. That is not how the Security Council can work. I want to extend the sincere thanks of the United States to those Council members that worked so hard ~ and gave Russia a second, third, fourth and fifth chance - to protect innocent civilians from chemical attacks. It is a credit to them and a win for the cause of the non-proliferation of chemical weapons that the draft resolution received such broad support.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“As a sign of their willingness to compromise and their openness to addressing Russia's concerns, the Japanese included in their draft resolution a provision that is virtually identical to the Russian language. I invite my colleagues to examine the two draft resolutions side by side. The language in the draft resolution just vetoed by our Russian friends was virtually the same as the text in their own resolution, and still they saw fit to waste our time. Russia's actions - today and in recent weeks - have been designed to delay, to distract and ultimately to defeat the effort to secure accountability for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia never invited Council members to provide input on its own draft resolution - a text that yesterday received only four votes in favour.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“The adoption of the draft resolution would have shown the world that the Council will always try to overcome our differences, especially when confronted by the most serious threats to peace and security. In recent weeks, all Council members have professed an interest in credible, impartial investigations of chemical-weapons use in Syria, and all Council members have underscored the need for the JIM. to employ high standards and present credible evidence. Japan's draft resolution tried to build on these points of agreement. Russia was one of the voices calling for an independent and impartial JIM. In the draft resolution it offered yesterday (S/2017/968), it called on the Secretary-General to solicit recommendations from Council members to strengthen the JIM.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“As we have long suspected, Russia does not now and has never had any intention of making this time productive for the Council and the international community. Russia's veto - its second in 24 hours - shows us that Russia has no interest in finding common ground with the rest of the Council to save the JIM. Russia will not agree to any mechanism that might shine a spotlight on the use of chemical weapons by its ally, the Syrian regime. It is as simple and shameful as that. Japan's draft resolution (S/2017970) - a short- term measure to buy us more time to find a way forward - was a stop-gap measure. But it was our last, best chance to stay united.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“In a world in which the Council's time and attention could be productively devoted to 100 different things, Russia is wasting our time. Conflicts are raging. Outlaw States are acquiring nuclear weapons. The human dignity of millions is violated every day. Brutal regimes are using chemical weapons on their own people. All the members of the Council and their staff have worked for months on preserving and strengthening the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). We have worked knowing that lives were at stake. We have worked knowing that the international chemical weapons non-proliferation regime was also at stake. And all that time - hundreds of hours - has been for nothing.”
2017-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8107 (2017) · source
“We worked for weeks on a draft resolution, and then they turn around and say "Oh, can we come up with something else?" I have a draft resolution with every change that was requested, but we are going to allow one member to basically give a pass to chemical-weapons use in Syria. I will tell my Russia friends this - the next chemical-weapons attack is on their hands. The next pictures I hold up will be because they let it happen. Because by not having the JIM, they are basically telling the entire world that chemical weapons are okay to use. That is what we should be embarrassed about today.”
2017-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8105 (2017) · source
“And I will say that the only thing that today has proved is that Russia cannot be trusted in the political process in Syria. Russia will not be a good and trusted actor because it wants to control who is at fault; it wants to control what happens; it wants to control that area, because it wants to work with Iran and Syria to make sure that they have that all under control. If someone is okay with that, then he or she should make the decision. The United States is not okay with that. So what I will say is that through this process we were very kind and tried to work with everyone - as we always do - because we think that every member is important. And we may smile, and we may work with everyone, and we may incorporate these changes, but the United States will not be disrespected.”
2017-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8105 (2017) · source
“that they can micromanage - or that any member can micromanage. That is the JIM. they want. That is what they are looking for. Today, I have heard so many of my friends on the Council talk about how this is all embarrassing. It is embarrassing that the Council is not united. It is embarrassing that we are allowing this to play out. No. What is embarrassing is that we do not have a JIM. renewal. What is embarrassing is that everyone is worried about who they are going to upset, and they are not thinking about the people who were abused by chemical weapons. To realize the importance of what this investigative mechanism would do, one has to also realize when a country is playing games with people's lives. That is exactly what is happening here, and it is happened 10 times. We have watched it happen - 10 different vetoes.”
2017-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8105 (2017) · source
“I showed Russia those changes, and Russia then said it had had no intention of voting for it from the very beginning and that it was always going to veto it. Again, that was disingenuous, because Russia should have just told all of us that that was its intention in the first place. Let me turn now to the process. There is another draft resolution on the table. Suddenly, Russia puts out a draft resolution and Chinajoins it. They did not touch base with a single other country on the Council. Neither ofthem held consultations and neither ofthem wanted to discuss it. To them it was all a game, in which they would just counter it with something else - and they did. All ofus can still look at it, and I can tell you what we think. They want a JIM. that does not have independence. They want a JIM. that does not have reporting. They want a JIM.”
2017-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8105 (2017) · source