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“The United States has been very clear with Russia and the broader international community. We consider any assault on Idlib to be a dangerous escalation of the conflict in Syria. IfAl-Assad, Russia and Iran continue, the consequences will be dire. We heard earlier that 3 million people are at risk in Idlib, 99 per cent ofthem innocent civilians. To put that in perspective, that is 7.5 times the number of the people whom the Al-Assad regime besieged in eastern Ghouta. It is nearly 11 times the number of people whom the Al-Assad regime trapped in eastern Aleppo. At the time, we said that the level of civilian suffering was unbearable. If the Council can even imagine it, Idlib would be even worse. The Al-Assad regime must halt its offensive. Russia and Iran, as countries with influence over the regime, must stop the catastrophe.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“The regime has spent the last seven years refining it with Russia and Iran's help. It has happened so many times before. In July, it was Dara'a and south-western Syria where the regime trapped and besieged civilians. In February, it was eastern Ghouta. The year before, it was eastern Aleppo, and before that, places like Madaya and Hamah. In the process, the regime has left behind a country of rubble. The atrocities committed by Al-Assad will be a permanent stain on history and a black mark for the Council, which Russia has blocked over and over again from taking action to help. Now an offensive against Idlib is starting. Despite the clear warnings of the President of the United States and other world leaders, air strikes by Russia and the regime have already begun against civilian areas.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“I will now make a statement in my national capacity as the representative of the United States of America. I would first like to thank Mr. Ging and Mr. De Mistura for giving us the latest information about the dire situation in Idlib. I also want to welcome the statement of grave concern about Idlib that the Security Council's 10 elected members delivered yesterday. The Al-Assad regime and its enablers, Russia and Iran, have a playbook for this war. First, they surround a civilian area. Next, they make the preposterous claim that everyone in the area is a terrorist, so that every man, woman and child becomes a target. Then comes the so-called starve-and-surrender campaign, where they keep attacking until the people no longer have food, clean water or shelter. It is a playbook of death.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“I thank Mr. Ging for his briefing and important remarks. I would like to remind the Council that after Council members speak, if they have any questions or comments for Mr. De Mistura, we are going to bring him back after the Council members have spoken and before the representative of Syria speaks.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“I thank Mr. De Mistura for his briefing. During this presidency, we are holding all meetings in the open. We want to hear from Mr. De Mistura what the civilians have to say and what they think. We would appreciate it if he would say that publicly and let us know what he thinks. If he has any additional comments after we are done, we are more than happy to hear those, if he is comfortable with that being public. I once again give the floor to Mr. De Mistura.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Mr. John Ging, Director of Operations and Advocacy in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Mr. De Mistura is joining today's meeting via video-teleconference from Geneva. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I welcome Mr. De Mistura to the meeting and now give him the floor.”
2018-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8345 (2018) · source
“Both times, my Administration followed through. The United States and its allies forced the Al-Assad regime to pay the price for its crimes. We therefore want to take this opportunity to remind Al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian partners that they do not want to bet against the United States responding again. The story of the war in Syria is still being written. There is still time for those who believe in human dignity to shape history. There is still time for the nations of the world to come to their aid. And there is still time for those who would commit additional acts of human savagery to reconsider their actions. The choice is theirs and it will dictate our response in the time and the manner of our choosing. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“In June, the special sssion of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention decided that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons should identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria. Even though the United States believes that the primary responsibility for addressing the use of chemical weapons belongs to the Security Council, we welcome this decision. Anything that brings us closer to bringing the Al-Assad regime to account for its crimes enhances the security not just of the Syrian people but of us all. In referencing accountability, we have a message for the Al-Assad regime and anyone contemplating using chemical weapons in Syria. In the past, 18 months I have spoken in this Chamber twice promising that the United States would respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“That amounts easily, conservatively, to 1,500 innocent children, women and men killed by the Syrian regime with chemical weapons - 1,500 murders covered up by the Russian regime and 1,500 reasons to disbelieve the claims that others are responsible for the atrocities. As these ridiculous claims are repeated again and again, I ask everyone listening to remember that the Syrians' and Russians' lies do not exonerate them. The Syrians" and Russians' lies only reveal Al-Assad's guilt. The United States will not stop pushing back forcefully against these lies. We will not abandon the Syrian people. Along with France, the United States has announced new sanctions against individuals and entities that support Al-Assad's chemical and conventional weapons programme.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“An independent investigative group, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), found the Al-Assad regime responsible for the attack. The fact that the Russians later succeeded in killing the JIM does not change its conclusions. Their findings were credible and definitive. Al-Assad killed his own people with chemical weapons at Khan Shaykhun. Then, in April 2018, over 40 people died and hundreds received treatment for exposure to chemical weapons in Douma. In all, the United States estimates, conservatively, that the Al-Assad regime has used chemical weapons on its own people at least 50 times since the war began.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“Their claims are baseless. They are the definition of fake news. In fact, ifthe past is any guide, the Syrian and Russian attempts to blame others for the use of chemical agents are an indication that the Syrian regime still believes that it can use these horrific weapons with impunity, and an indication that the Syrian regime may be preparing to use these horrific weapons in future attacks. No one - I repeat - no one is fooled. Here are the terrible facts of the war in Syria. Five years ago, the Al-Assad regime launched missiles containing a cocktail of deadly gas at the people of Ghouta, killing 1,429 people. On 4 April 2017, the Al-Assad regime dropped sarin gas from the sky on the people of Khan Shaykhun. The attack killed over 70 innocent Syrians, including dozens of children.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“Today's meeting is devoted to chemical weapons, but we should make no mistake - an Al-Assad regime offensive on Idlib would be a reckless escalation even if chemical weapons were not used. It is up to Russia to keep this from happening, and we will discuss the humanitarian consequences of the Idlib offensive in greater detail tomorrow. In the meantime, the Russian Federation has recently been building up its naval forces off the coast of Syria, signaling that Moscow is pre-positioning itself once again to abet the murder and mayhem of the Al-Assad regime. As on numerous occasions in the past, there are signs that the Assad regime is planning to use chemical weapons to finish off the siege of Idlib. As in the past, the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies are spreading lies about who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. History's verdict on the conflict in Syria is not yet written. There have been plenty of missteps, miscalculations and willful negligence throughout the course of the war. There has been evil, there has been honour and many things in between. I would say that it should be cause for deep shame on the part of those members of the Council that have fought relentlessly to shield the Al-Assad regime from accountability. Instead, those members have made a clear display of their cynicism, their penchant for brutality and their lack of capacity for shame. Still the competition for how the Syrian war will be remembered - as an example of humanity at its worst or at its best - goes on.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document 8/2018/804, which contains a letter dated 28 August 2018 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. I now give the floor to Ms. Nakamitsu.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8344 (2018) · source
“This is a day for explanations from Russia, and solidarity with our colleagues in the United Kingdom. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The representative of the United Kingdom has asked to make a further statement.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“In direct response to Russia's use of chemical weapons in the Salisbury incident, the United States has announced additional sanctions against Russia. As we acted together with our NATO allies and other partners, 153 Russian officials were expelled around the world in response to the attack on the Skripals on British soil. While this incident was in Salisbury, who is to say it could not have happened in Paris, Amsterdam or Addis Ababa? We must now help our British friends find the two Russian suspects they have identified and bring them to face justice in the United Kingdom. Better yet, why can the Russian Government not turn those two murderers over to British authorities? We must fight and win the broader battle against impunity for the use of chemical weapons.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“That is how nations that defy the international norms that keep us all safe are held to account. That is how the memories of those injured and killed, and the service of the first responders who cared for them, are honoured. It now falls to us to do our part. Rather than accept responsibility for its actions, the Russian Government has offered only denials and counter-accusations, anything to deflect attention and distract from its guilt. The Russian denials have followed a familiar script. From Crimea to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 to Donbas to the killing of Litvinenko, the list goes on and on. And the song is always the same: Russia is somehow never behind these incidents. But no one is buying it. The most recent British action will ensure that Russia does not get away with this brazen attack.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“This was not, as Prime Minister May said, a rogue operation. It was a highly planned, purposely driven attack. The British have the suspects on CCTV from their arrival at Gatwick Airport, to their travel to the vicinity of the Skripals' house on the day of the attack, and finally their departure from Heathrow back to Moscow. Every one of us in the Chamber and listening around the world should be chilled to the bone by the findings of this investigation. As for the subsequent poisoning of Charlie Rowley and the death of Dawn Sturgess, Prime Minister May said it well: "Were these two suspects within our jurisdiction, there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder." That is how it is done. That is how individuals who commit murder and their heinous crimes are exposed.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“Hundreds of detectives have analysed thousands of hours of closed circuit television (CCTV) footage and thousands of documents. Some things we knew already. British investigators had already concluded that Russia was responsible for the exposure of hundreds of people to a deadly agent on the streets of Salisbury. Now, thanks to the careful, methodical work of the British authorities, no one should have any doubts. It is actually amazing to see the clarity and undeniability of the results. The British Government has identified two Russian nationals as responsible for the use of the Novichok nerve agent on British soil and the attempted murder of a British citizen and his daughter. Critically, the British have also concluded that the two men are officers of the Russian Military Intelligence Service.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“They are creating accountability for those who use chemical agents and are providing vital support for the international norm against the use of these deadly, illegal weapons. The British Government is pursuing accountability for this attack in the only way accountability can truly be accomplished, that is, in accordance with the rule of law. British investigators have conducted a full and fair investigation of what has been determined to be the attempted killings of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and Detective Nick Bailey. The investigators have linked those crimes with the chemical agent that poisoned Charlie Rowley and killed Dawn Sturgess. Prime Minister May went into great detail about each step of the investigation.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. This morning the Security Council is addressing the use of chemical weapons for the first of two times today. As we have done previously, the United States expresses its unequivocal condemnation of the use of chemical weapons, in Salisbury or anywhere else. We stand firm in defence of the international norm against the use of these horrific weapons, and we stand firm with the British people. It is easy to express outrage, of course. We do it every day in this Chamber. What is difficult is finding solutions. Today our British friends and colleagues are providing us with a master class on how to stop the spread of chemical weapons.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2018-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8343 (2018) · source
“For the sake of the people of Nicaragua, for the security of the region and for the respect for human rights that we are bound to uphold, I applaud the Security Council for adding its powerful voice to those calling for an end to tyranny in Nicaragua. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“The Nicaraguan people are demanding a voice in their future. They are calling for the release of arbitrarily jailed protesters. They are calling for an end to the dictatorship. They are calling for their own freedom. On 18 July, the Organization of American States (OAS) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution holding the Nicaraguan Government responsible for ongoing human rights abuses, and has since established a working group to consider the situation in Nicaragua. The OAS has shown great leadership in addressing the tragic developments in Nicaragua. The United States fully supports the efforts of the OAS.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“Today, the United States stands in solidarity with the people of Nicaragua, not just because we believe in fundamental human rights and expect them to be honoured, but also because our future is bound up with our neighbours in the Americas. Their prosperity is our prosperity, and their security is our security. On my trip to Colombia, I met with Venezuelan families who walked three hours in the blazing heat every day to cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge forjust a single meal - the only meal that they would have that day. Nicaraguan families are not that desperate yet, but we know what is coming if nothing changes. We still have the opportunity to prevent history from repeating itself. We still have the opportunity to prevent tyranny from threatening peace and security.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“Over 25,000 Nicaraguans have migrated to Costa Rica since the start of the crisis, with Honduras, Panama and Mexico also receiving Nicaraguan migrants and asylum seekers. With each passing day, Nicaragua travels further down a familiar path. It is a path that Syria has taken. It is a path that Venezuela has taken. The Security Council should not and cannot be a passive observer as Nicaragua continues to decline into a failed, corrupt and dictatorial State, because we know where this path leads. The Syrian exodus has produced millions of refugees, sowing instability throughout the Middle East and Europe. The Venezuelan exodus has become the largest displacement of people in the history of Latin America. A Nicaraguan exodus would overwhelm its neighbours and create a surge of migrants and asylum seekers in Central America.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“Now, he is clinging to power in an equally authoritarian fashion by killing, detaining and brutalizing anyone who dares to oppose him. According to the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights, over 448 people have been killed and over 2,000 have been injured. Predictably, the Ortega regime has unleashed its allied forces and turned citizens against citizens. Hundreds of the regime's opponents have been kidnapped, including six national dialogue student leaders who were taken just yesterday. Hundreds more have disappeared, and just last week he expelled the United Nations human rights delegation. All of the detained students and other political prisoners should be released immediately. The result is the beginnings of the exodus of desperate Nicaraguans out of their homeland.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“They are both students of the same failed ideology, and they are both dictators who live in fear of their own people. The Ortega regime has long controlled the media by ensuring that television and radio stations are in the hands of family, friends and corrupt allies. Ortega banned opposition parties and rigged the Nicaraguan Constitution to allow him three uninterrupted five-year terms, and he named his wife Vice-President to continue to hold the power and dominate Nicaragua when he passes from the scene. In classic authoritarian fashion, Ortegais attempting to destroy the most respected institution that is rightfully standing up for the Nicaraguan people - the Catholic Church. Clerics have been attacked. Catholic charities have been looted. Churches have been desecrated.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“Institutions that people rely on outside the State, such as universities, trade unions and the church, are attacked and demonized The regime unleashes its militants to kidnap, torture and execute dissidents. The dictator hides behind those forces that terrorize and surveil their neighbours - all at the regime's instruction and on its behalf. And when the people inevitably rise up in protest, they are met with more violence, more imprisonment and more death. Then the exodus begins. All of this has already happened in Venezuela. All of this is now happening in Nicaragua. Daniel Ortega has adopted the tactics of the dictators he once claimed to oppose. We should not be surprised. Daniel Ortega and Nicolas Maduro are cut from the same corrupt cloth.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“The violence and instability that follow spill over borders. One nation's crisis becomes a region's crisis - even a global crisis. This process is well advanced in Venezuela. To those who say that this is only a matter of Venezuelan internal affairs, I would say: "Tell that to the people of Colombia. Tell that to the people of Peru. Tell that to the people of Brazil. And tell that to the people of Ecuador". We are long past the point at which the narco-State of Venezuela stopped being a Venezuelan security problem. And now we are seeing the start of this disastrous cycle in Nicaragua. The spread of tyranny follows a predictable pattern. Media and opposition parties are silenced. Corruption chokes off economic opportunity.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. One month ago, I stood on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge that connects Venezuela with Colombia, and watched an unending line of desperate people trying to escape tyranny. The irony and the tragedy of this bridge should not be lost on any of us. Named for a great liberator, the Simon Bolivar International Bridge is now an escape route for a people starved and imprisoned by a dictator. But there is also a lesson in the thousands of Venezuelans who cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge every day. Fundamental human rights are denied when a man's ability to feed his family is destroyed. Human rights are denied when a woman loses her voice in determining her own future and when human rights are denied.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“I want to say that this is the reason we are having this Security Council meeting, because the international community needs to pay attention to the situation in Nicaragua. I thank Mr. Maradiaga for giving the Nicaraguan people a voice and for taking the time to be at this meeting. It is important for us to hear his statement. I now give the floor to those Council members who wish to make statements.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“I thank Mr. Koncke for his briefing. We certainly appreciate the time he has taken to come to brief the Council on the situation in Nicaragua. We also appreciate the Organization of American States getting involved and taking charge of something that is happening in the region that we view with concern. I now give the floor to Mr. Maradiaga.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting. On behalf ofthe Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Gonzalo Koncke, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and Mr. Felix Maradiaga, civil society leader and former Secretary- General of the Ministry of Defence of Nicaragua. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Koncke.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“The President of the Council, pursuant to rule 1 of the provisional rules of procedure, will convene a meeting on the situation in Nicaragua tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Chamber. Finally, I want to thank Ms. Egian and her team for pulling together this open meeting on the provisional programme of work. I also want to thank each and every one of the members for supporting the transparency effort of this meeting. Any one of them could have gel to us very quickly, for being flexible and realizing stopped it, and I thank them for not doing so. I also want how important transparency is 10 the Umwd States, to thank the interpreters, who probably had to rush to The meeting rose at 12.30 p.m.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“I think we have already reached that point. That is why the United States thought it was very important to have a meeting on Nicaragua - because we do not want another Syria or another Venezuela, and we think it is the responsibility of the Security Council to ensure that. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There is no consensus on the adoption of the provisional programme of work, and there is no requirement in the Council's provisional rules of procedure that a programme of work be adopted. Rather, the adoption of a programme of work is Council practice and not required. Accordingly, the Security Council will proceed in its work without the adoption ofa programme of work.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“Ninety per cent do not know where their next meal is coming from. Thousands are crossing the border every day trying to get medical help and supplies. We have dealt many times with the African Union on regional issues; I do not know why we cannot deal with the Organization of American States (OAS) on regional issues. We have spoken with the OAS and give it full support and respect. That is why the Secretary General of the OAS is coming to brief us tomorrow. I would ask any member who does not think that Nicaragua is an issue ofpeace and security to talk to the people of Nicaragua, the people of the region and the countries that have to accept the people of Nicaragua, to the Catholic Church, to which Ortega has turned because of Nicaragua. My final question is, how many people have to die before it becomes a matter of peace and security?”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“I will now make a further statement in my national capacity. The contention seems to about the meeting on Nicaragua. I said to some of the members this morning that all the explanations and reasons that have been raised for not having a meeting on Nicaragua are the exact same responses that were given to us on Venezuela. We were told that it was not a matter of peace and security, that it was a regional issue and that it was best dealt with at the Human Rights Council. We went to the Human Rights Council. They would not hear it because Venezuela was on the Council. We had a meeting outside of the Human Rights Council, in Geneva, to try to bring attention to the issue. Now, as we look back to see where we are with Venezuela, we see that the average adult in Venezuela has lost 24 pounds.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“During the United States presidency, every meeting will be an open meeting. We hope that all members will respect that and consider continuing that policy during their presidency as well. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“All Security Council members should have the provisional programme of work, which was circulated. I have always believed in transparency and that everything we do should be in the open. I know from the breakfast meeting this morning that there were some concerns, or issues, with the provisional programme of work. I felt that, rather than explaining it to one another, members could each openly say, in their national capacity, whether there are any issues with the provisional programme of work, or whether we can continue by consensus. I wanted to at least allow each delegation to say it in its own voice instead of having it said on its behalf. I hope that this will be the start of continued transparency. I think we have come a long way in the past couple of years in terms of making sure all Council meetings are open meetings.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“As this is the first public meeting of the Security Council for the month of September, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Her Excellency Ambassador Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for her service as President of the Council during the month of August. I speak for all members in thanking not only Karen but also Jonathan and the entire delegation on a job well done. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2017/507) The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States.”
2018-09-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8339 (2018) · source
“The attacks were planned, premeditated and coordinated. The perpetrator was the Burmese military and security forces. The whole world is watching what we will do next, and whether we will act.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“In one of his final acts of service, Kofi Annan led the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, which investigated the causes of the crisis in Burma. The Commission recommended equal rights for all Burmese citizens. It called for all Burmese to have opportunity to feed their families. It called for all people of Burma to enjoy freedom of movement and have equal access to justice under the law. The implementation of those recommendations would advance the dignity and security of all Burmese. Until then, none of us - members of the Security Council, the Burmese military, civilian leaders or other world leaders - has the excuse of ignorance. We are now all armed with the devastating eye-witness accounts of the Rohingya, which lead us to the following conclusions. Children, babies, women and men suffered unspeakable crimes.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“We expect to see Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe 00, two Reuters journalists facing trial for reporting the violence against the Rohingya, acquitted of all charges when a Burmese court renders its verdict next week. The difficult path to democracy must continue in Burma and culminate in a military that is subordinate to the civilian Government, not the other way around. Here at the Security Council, we must hold those responsible for violence to account. A responsive, democratic Government that respects the rights of its minorities will not emerge in Burma until the Government demonstrates that it is committed to accountability. We will continue to suffer the shame that our predecessors suffered after Rwanda and Srebrenica if we do not act when the Burmese Government falls short.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“Beyond our humanitarian efforts are important efforts to demand accountability. In June, the European Union and Canada sanctioned seven Burmese military officers for their roles in the violence. Earlier this month, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned five Burmese military and border-guard commanders and two units of the Burmese army for their involvement in the ethnic cleansing and other human rights abuses. However, much more must be done. The United Nations must have full and unimpeded access to Burma to deliver humanitarian aid and development assistance. The media must have access to the country, including Rakhine state. A free and responsible press is critical for all democracies.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“We have worked to hold the Burmese security forces accountable. Many of us have heard at first hand the accounts of victims. We have seen the sprawling refugee camps and the bulldozed areas where villages once stood. We have seen where innocent human beings were raped, murdered and burned alive for no other reason than their religious and ethnic identity. Some have stood up to help ease the suffering and provide accountability to Burma. The United States recognizes the generosity of the Government and the people of Bangladesh. They have fed and sheltered nearly 1 million desperate people. Their generosity has saved countless lives. The United States is the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya crisis. We also recognize others who have given generously.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“Infants and children were not spared. Multiple witnesses saw soldiers throwing infants and small children into fires and burning huts, rivers and village wells. The very young, the very old and the sick who could not escape the attacks were burned inside their huts. The military and police went from house to house looking for girls and women. When they found them, they did not bother to hide what they were after. Women and girls were raped in the open, in public. Fully one fifth of all Rohingya who survived witnessed more than 100 victims being killed or injured. Let me repeat that - 20 per cent of the randomly selected survivors of the violence saw a mass-casualty event. The United States, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru and others have worked to keep the Security Council's focus on the atrocities in Burma.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8333 (2018) · source
“Eighty-two per cent of the refugees saw a killing; 82 per cent saw their homes or villages destroyed; 65 per cent witnessed an abduction, arrest or detention of a fellow Rohingya; 64 per cent watched a family member or fellow villager be injured and half of the Rohingya refugees - 51 per cent - said they witnessed sexual violence. I repeat - 51 per cent. Forty-five per cent specifically witnessed a rape and, behind the numbers, there are stories of almost unbelievable brutality. In some areas perpetrators used tactics that resulted in mass casualties, for example locking people in houses to burn them, fencing off entire villages before shooting into the crowd or sinking boats full of hundreds of fleeing Rohingya. Rohingya men, women and children were mutilated, dismembered, decapitated and burned alive.”
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“The interviews were conducted by a team of experienced international human rights investigators and the refugees interviewed were randomly selected. In short, the methodology of the report is sound and its conclusions are shocking. The first-hand accounts of the survivors reveal that the majority of the Rohingya directly experienced violence, either to their homes, families or both. Most importantly, the report identifies one group - the Burmese military and security forces - as the perpetrator of the overwhelming majority of the crimes. The numbers tell just part of the story.”
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“The results are consistent with the recently released report of the United Nations Independent International Fact- Finding Mission on Myanmar (A/HRC/39/64) . The world can no longer avoid the difficult truth of what happened in Burma. Let me warn everyone listening that the details of the crimes the Rohingya suffered in Burma are stomach-churning, difficult to hear and even more difficult to say. But the facts of the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya must be said and heard. The State Department report is eye-opening, even for those of us who have a good understanding of what has occurred in Burma over the past two years. It is based on interviews with 1,024 Rohingya refugees in camps throughout the Cox's Bazar refugee camp.”
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