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Heinbecker

lines on the record: 398
first: 2000-08-24
most recent: 2003-09-30
sittings or episodes: 56
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“We do applaud the steps taken by the Government to implement a national diamond certification programme. We hope that the Government can also find an effective means to address the new problem of diamond smugglers that have moved into territory previously occupied by UNITA. With the United Nations itself, there is a need to reform the manner in which sanctions are made to work. Canada fully supports the Mechanism's recommendations. We call for a renewed commitment to the implementation of sanctions by all Member States and for permanent monitoring and stringent enforcement.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“(spoke in French) War, destruction and devastation continue to characterize the grim picture before us in regard to Angolan children, of whom one out of every three will never reach the age of five. More than 3 million persons need humanitarian assistance, and 1.5 million of them have been displaced inside their own country. (spoke in English) Terrorism and civil war account for much of the suffering a in fact, the great majority of the suffering - but not for all of it. With the vast resources available to the Government of Angola, from diamonds and oil revenues, we believe more can be done to provide basic services to the people of Angola. Like Ireland, we, too, are encouraged by the undertakings of the Government of Angola in this Chamber.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“(spoke in English) The Mechanism's analysis of UNITA's continuing use of electronic technology for communication and the dissemination of propaganda worldwide is especially troubling. The international community must look closely at this technology and find ways of limiting or preventing its use. We hope that a more concerted effort will be made in this regard, because, sadly, despite the positive steps taken to tighten sanctions, UNITA has intensified its terrorist attacks. Horrific attacks on schools and children and innocent civilians are a deliberate attempt to compound the already grave humanitarian situation. These atrocities put Savimbi in the same category of a lengthening list of terrorist criminals that the world must bring to justice.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“We urge the Council to take more resolute action towards Member States that continue such violations by, for example, imposing secondary sanctions. Canada welcomes the progress made by the Mechanism in examining the financial component of the sanctions regime. Information on such transactions will ultimately make the sanctions imposed on UNITA more effective. (spoke in French) We encourage the States that host the bank accounts, residential property and the businesses of the high authorities of UNITA to cooperate with the Mechanism and freeze their assets. These measures will play an important role in limiting the possibilities for UNITA to buy arms and logistical equipment to enable it to continue this tragic civil war.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“We are particularly encouraged that more and more Member States are providing the Mechanism with the assistance it needs. Such cooperation in the implementation of Security Council decisions is welcome. I would also remind colleagues that it is not discretionary; it is a condition of membership in this Organization. It is important that Member States recognize and act on this obligation. The Mechanism has identified Member States that have allowed the blatant continuation of UNITA's activities. We call upon the Member States that are named in the report to end these violations. It is, after all, this Council's authority that is being flouted. And that should be of concern to this Council and a stimulus to act.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“The recent report of the Monitoring Mechanism is, in our opinion, a very important continuation of the work of the United Nations in Angola. We commend it for its attention to detail and for its consistency. The distinguished members of the Mechanism, under Ambassador Larrain's leadership, have once again successfully completed extraordinarily difficult work with dedication and professionalism. We are all indebted to them. We also salute the presence here of the Adviser for Special Assignments in Africa, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari. We call on the Government of Angola to cooperate fully with him. He carries the support of the international community in his work. We commend as well the astute leadership on this issue of Ambassador Ryan. His stewardship of this issue has been insightful, effective and exemplary.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“Canada was engaged in providing assistance to Afghanistan throughout the 1990s, and we are actively participating in the assistance efforts now. We have extensive experience in this area and we are ready, willing and able to help.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The importance of broadly engaging Afghan civil society, including women's groups, in the dialogue over Afghanistan's future cannot be overstated. Afghanistan, especially in its current circumstances, simply cannot afford to deprive itself of 50 per cent of its talent. In addition to broad-based humanitarian assistance and political institution-building, we believe that the establishment of a Eurasian security and cooperation dialogue would fill a void in the region. It could be an important component of a lasting peace in Afghanistan. Last, but not least, we look to the United Nations to bring together a cooperative management group of those members of the international community capable of helping, as well as those with direct interests.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We would like to see a strong central role for the United Nations under the Secretary-General's leadership and with the valued input of Special Representative Brahimi. We need the United Nations to develop strategies for the stabilization of Afghanistan, including the development of functioning government structures. We are pleased to see the creation of an integrated mission task force for Afghanistan. We think that is a very good idea. We would like it to operate a bit less opaquely and more transparently so that we can benefit from it as we draw up our own policies. We have pledged to work with Ambassador Brahimi and other coalition States to support the Afghan people in the enormous task facing them.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The only solution that will be sustainable will be an indigenous one that is of the Afghan people and for the Afghan people, but also supported by the international community. Success will not come without the financial, political and technical support of those in a position to help on peace-building, on humanitarian aid and on reconstruction. Nor can it succeed without satisfying the legitimate security concerns of all Afghans and of Afghanistan's neighbours. Those neighbours bear a particular responsibility to work together to bring about the kind of peace that is in the interests of the Afghans and, ultimately, of each other. Afghanistan, a much neglected, abused and abandoned country that has been driven into isolation by extremists, could not even be ranked on the last United Nations human development index.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“For the medium and longer term, the challenges facing the people of Afghanistan and the international community in supporting them are daunting: to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate militants; to establish the rule of law; to create accountable institutions, including a police force and a judiciary; to establish broadly representative governance structures; to promote respect for human rights and tolerance, including the rights of women and children; and to develop strategies to address organized crime and the drug trade. That said, as others have remarked, the international community can only foster - not impose - a lasting, workable solution to this crisis. We agree with Mr. Brahimi and others that the solution for Afghanistan lies with the Afghan people, both in the country and among the extensive diaspora.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Reprisals cannot be a basis for building a new society. Action is needed urgently to bring an international presence, including a United Nations presence, to the liberated areas of Afghanistan, and we are encouraged that Mr. Vendrell and other United Nations officials are moving quickly to do so. At the same time, we must not lose sight for a moment of our objective - that is, to bring Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network to justice. That remains job one.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Like Special Representative Brahimi, we believe our common goal must be to assist Afghans to establish a stable, multi-ethnic, representative and neutral administration in Afghanistan. That administration must be initiated and supported by a broad spectrum of Afghans, with the full support and cooperation of coalition members, bordering States and other regional players. Easy to say, extremely difficult to do. We must above all not permit a political vacuum to develop as a result of our current military actions. The international community must act promptly. This will be decisive to the future of Afghanistan. It is also integral to our campaign against terrorism. We are much encouraged by the apparent collapse of Taliban resistance in the north. There are already, however, very disquieting reports of lawlessness.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): With respect to the situation in Afghanistan, the reaction that we have witnessed today during this public debate demonstrates clearly the commitment of the international community to the Afghan people and the need to find a lasting solution to the longstanding crisis in that country. The people of Canada are deeply concerned by the current situation and by the need to give full protection to Afghan civilians, particularly internally displaced persons and refugees. (spoke in English) It is difficult to comment sensibly on such a fast- moving situation, and it is for that reason that we particularly commend Special Representative Brahimi for his extensive and incisive report to the Council and for the wise counsel he is giving the international community in this most complex situation.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Council may rest assured that Canada will continue with these battles, working closely with like-minded States from all regions of the world until this scourge is alleviated. In that regard, we support the Secretary-General's call for a legally binding treaty.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Just because the issues of transfer and possession are not reflected in our document does not mean they are not reflected in the daily lives of so many people - lives that are themselves too often curtailed because of these weapons. The real assessment of the Conference's success will be made on the ground, not in New York, in terms of guns destroyed and lives saved. This in turn will mean some very hard work, nonetheless, for us here in New York, in converting the paper promises of the Programme of Action into reality. It will mean devoting time, money and political will to this issue, and it will mean continuing the battle over the coming years to complete the Programme of Action to make it more comprehensive in its scope and more ambitious in its commitments.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“But it has become apparent in negotiations that there are still some philosophical differences of approach on the issue of small arms. In Canada's view, and in the view of many of the countries most severely affected by the instability and insecurity these weapons bring, the access, the management, the sale, the transfer and the use of these weapons must be closely tracked and closely controlled, whether they are in the legal or illegal cycle of transfer. We should know into whose hands these weapons are being sold or given and by whose hands they are being used at all times - in peace, in conflict, but particularly in turbulent times. No philosophy or ideology gives any of us a dispensation from seeing the terrible harm that these weapons do, and no philosophy or ideology gives anyone an exemption from the responsibility to address them.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This includes the Security Council, which can play a key role, for example, by incorporating appropriate disarmament, demobilization and reintegration provisions in the mandate of peacekeeping operations and in securing the necessary financing for those provisions. The Conference was undoubtedly a success, but still only a qualified success. It would be a mistake to underestimate what we did achieve. Equally, it would be wrong not to recognize how far we still have to go. We owe it to the men and women and girls and boys in places much less comfortable than New York City. Their well-being and security depends on our controlling - indeed, on our curtailing - the appalling trade in small arms. We do not believe there is any country among us blind or indifferent to the terrible consequences for these people if we fail.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Some of these issues can be handled through the follow-up procedures of the Programme itself. The issues on which there was agreement, both those explicitly mentioned in the follow-up section of the Programme and those mentioned elsewhere in the document, should be pursued vigorously in the meantime, starting now. For our part, in Canada, we have already begun planning and consultations with other States on regional implementation seminars. We will be pushing for implementation not just at the national level but also through all pertinent regional and international organizations of which we are members 4 and that is most of them.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Programme of Action also includes little in the way of detail on such key issues as criteria to help Governments clarify the conditions for export authorization or standards for determining what constitutes an excessive and destabilizing accumulation or surplus. These are important elements for Canada, but problematic for some other countries. All these unfulfilled elements are key to any comprehensive international approach to the small arms issue and must still be re-addressed. The issues that could not be agreed on in the Conference can and must be actively pursued and re-addressed in the biannual meetings and the review process. More broadly, the Programme will be stillborn even in its current form if it is not rigorously and rapidly implemented.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Another positive aspect for Canada is the Programme's attention to the issues of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, issues that others before me have highlighted today. The results of the Conference are thus very welcome, but they are only a first step. In achieving a consensus result some important elements had to be left aside for the moment. The Programme of Action is a good start, but it is neither perfect nor complete. It includes no elements, for example, on such key factors as regulation of civilian possession of arms, or transfers to non-State actors. Action on these elements, too, was supported by many delegations, but unacceptable to only one.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“(spoke in English) We now have a consensus document that acknowledges that the small arms trade as a whole, and not just the illicit aspects of that trade, poses real and urgent problems. We have all agreed that Governments are responsible for acting on such issues as manufacturing, marking and tracing, record-keeping, export controls, brokering, stockpile management and the collection and destruction of small arms. The Programme of Action that we have agreed to also recognizes the human dimension of the problems linked to small arms, including their impacts on women and children - aspects of the issue in which my country has invested particular time and effort.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): I welcome you, Sir, and we congratulate Ambassador Reyes of Colombia, who was able to organize this meeting with competence and patience. Canada is pleased with the results of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. The Conference concluded with the adoption of a Programme of Action that showed the international community's determination to tackle the problem of small arms trafficking. This success is based on solid foundations, in particular on the specific, future-oriented action of the African States, the member States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the countries of Latin American and the Caribbean.”
2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We believe that, in order to ensure that East Timor's developing security sector is effective, accountable and responsible, UNTAET's civilian police philosophy must adhere fully to democratic principles based on a community policing model. Focusing on training a large quasi-paramilitary force strikes us as a distraction from that goal. Our concerns with some aspects of police planning notwithstanding, we remain steadfast in our full support for UNTAET, and we thank Mr. Vieira de Mello and his entire staff for their dedicated work. The Security Council has an important responsibility before it: to ensure that the excellent job that Mr. Vieira de Mello and his team have done and are now doing is not prejudiced by a precipitous withdrawal.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Last week's report of the Secretary- General (S/2001/719) says that upon completion those units will consist of 58 officers, with others to assemble in task forces as needed. Yet we understand that 750 East Timorese police officers are to be trained for those units. To whom will those specialized units report once trained? What functions besides crowd control and public order, as specified in the latest report of the Secretary-General, will they fulfil? To what level will they be armed? What sort of training are they receiving, and why is the training not taking place at the Police College? Those are questions that have been occurring to my authorities in Ottawa.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“At this critical juncture, we must be vigilant to ensure that UNTAET functions in a robust and responsible manner. In particular, we see the continuation of the United Nations civilian police and the development of the East Timor Police Service as essential to safeguarding law and order in East Timor. However, despite the achievements of the United Nations civilian police in training and developing the East Timor Police Service, we have noted some developments with increasing concern. For example, although we agree that a small number of specialized police units will be necessary for crowd control and other public safety purposes, the number of East Timor Police officers scheduled to be trained for those units is worryingly high.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We recognize that, in due time, United Nations involvement can be reduced, but the United Nations must stay the course for the time being and must withdraw progressively when we have confidence that East Timor's success and stability as an independent State will not be compromised. A factor that would contribute to that stability would be the curtailment of militia activity in West Timor: a culture of impunity exists there. We understand the challenges confronting the new Indonesian Government and the size of the job that faces it. We nonetheless urge that Government to bring to justice those guilty of the murder of United Nations civilian and peacekeeping personnel. Such people are there on behalf of us all, and we owe them justice.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We agree with the representative of Singapore and others who have argued effectively and convincingly here that the transfer from the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to East Timorese civilian authority must be managed carefully to ensure that the transition unfolds in a seamless manner. We also note that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, advocated this morning the cautious and thoughtful rightsizing of the international presence. He is right to argue that the successor mission to UNTAET ought to be funded by assessed contributions, and we agree with him and with others who have said so.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): As we approach the 30 August elections, it is clear that East Timor has thus far made outstanding progress on the road to independence. The elections will be an important milestone and will surely help East Timor move forward in nation-building. While this process has been a success for East Timor, it has also been a success for the United Nations. But we cannot rest on our laurels. We are only at the beginning of the process, and the great progress that East Timor has achieved could be obliterated if we in the international community do not meet our commitments. (spoke in English) The security situation remains tentative, and we must see East Timor through.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It is not being employed responsibly this time. We appeal to all Council members to act corporately in the common interest. That is their duty under the Charter; this is our expectation of them as our representatives. We urge all members of the Council to support the United Kingdom's draft resolution.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“A united and resolute stand by the Council and the countries of the region now would send a clear message to Iraq that compliance remains the only solution. Full compliance will lead to an end to the sanctions, but both compliance and control have to remain our objective. It is for these reasons that we were particularly discouraged by the interventions we heard on Tuesday from certain Council members. I need hardly remind members of the Council that Article 24 of the Charter specifies that Security Council members are to act on behalf of the entire United Nations membership. Thus, the threat to veto this draft resolution on the basis of acknowledged national, economic or political considerations not only damages the Council's credibility, but also demonstrates once again the need to curtail this instrument.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We understand the concerns expressed by Iraq's neighbours regarding this draft resolution, particularly in light of the Iraqi threat to retaliate against any State that cooperates with the implementation of this approach 4 that is to say, cooperates with an approach taken by the Security Council. We welcome efforts by Council members to develop mechanisms to address these concerns. The divisions in the Security Council, evident in the vote on resolution 1284 (1999) and since, have encouraged Iraq's intransigence over the past 18 months. They have fostered the mistaken belief that sanctions would go away. This has not served the interests of the international community; it has not served the interests of the region; and it has most manifestly not served the interests of the Iraqi people.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In fact, we are disappointed that the strong recommendations developed by the Security Council group on sanctions have still not seen the light of day and we would urge the Council to adopt them as soon as possible. In any case, all those who agree with the need for the Council to be more precise in the employment of sanctions should embrace the approach embodied in this draft resolution, particularly since it so clearly and directly addresses the humanitarian plight of the Iraqi people. It is a sad paradox that, if the opponents to this approach succeed in sidetracking it, the result will be a status quo ante that they themselves have long claimed to be unacceptable.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Saddam Hussein has not availed himself of the many possibilities already available to him if he wished to help his people, nor has there been a scintilla of evidence that he is now reconciled to living at peace with his neighbours. For this reason, we believe that constraints on Iraq's freedom remain necessary. So long as Iraq refuses to accept the obligations and responsibilities laid out in successive Security Council resolutions, restrictions on its military capabilities serve all our interests. On the humanitarian front, the approach embodied by the United Kingdom's draft resolution moves us closer to the objectives of targeted sanctions, which we believe should be the norm for all future Security Council sanctions efforts.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): I welcome the opportunity provided me to express the point of view of Canada on the draft resolution presented by the United Kingdom. For years now, critics have stressed that the sanctions regime against Iraq was indifferent to the sufferings of the Iraqi people. We admit that the sanctions regime has had weak points, but this draft resolution, if adopted, could eliminate most of these weaknesses once and for all. (spoke in English) This draft resolution, if adopted, would enable the Government of Iraq to respond more comprehensively than heretofore to the needs of its citizens. Unfortunately, however, there has been no sign whatsoever that the suffering of the people of Iraq has troubled the leadership of that country.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Canada endorses the recent statements by the Secretary-General, by High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers and by UNTAET regarding the unacceptable outcome of these cases and the need for there to be sentences proportionate to the crimes. We are encouraged that an appeal to these sentences has been filed by the Indonesian authorities, and we hope that this matter will be dealt with expeditiously and effectively. Were the Indonesian system to prove unable to defend the rule of law and enforce internationally accepted norms of legal behaviour, the international community would have no choice but to pursue other means to ensure that justice is served.”
2001-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4321Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The murdered UNHCR personnel were colleagues of us all, as much as the people around this table are our colleagues. They were there working on our behalf, and we owe them justice at least. The sentences for the perpetrators are an affront to the deceased, they are an affront to us all, and they are simply unacceptable. No one in this Chamber credits for one instant that these murders were anything other than acts of cowardice and thuggery. Treating them lightly only encourages further attacks. To paraphrase the words of our Jamaican colleague, justice has not only not been done, it has been seen not to have been done.”
2001-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4321Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We commend the ongoing efforts being made by the fledgling judicial system in East Timor to bring about justice there for past crimes, and we welcome the clear position of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and the Timorese leadership, rejecting impunity and pursuing accountability. But East Timor should not be left alone in this endeavour. Indonesia also must live up to its commitment to bring perpetrators to justice. The verdict and sentences in the trials for last September's killings of three staff members of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in West Timor are deeply disturbing and distressing. Sentences of mere months given to those who openly confessed to murder can only reduce the confidence the international system has in Indonesia's justice system.”
2001-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4321Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We believe, nonetheless, that we should not act precipitately to reduce resources, military or civilian. We all want this operation to succeed. Let us proceed with circumspection and draw down only in such numbers and at such time as we are sure that our doing so will not prejudice that success that we are seeking. At the same time, we call upon the East Timor authorities to exercise reasonable budgetary restraint. Let us not, however, gloss over the worst threat there is to further progress, and that threat is impunity. As many of us in this Chamber have said in the past, there must be no impunity for those responsible for committing atrocities in East Timor or anywhere else.”
2001-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4321Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): Two years ago we witnessed the signing of a tripartite agreement at the United Nations authorizing the holding of the 1999 election in East Timor, the first in a series of very difficult phases that the people of Timor had decided to go through in order to become an independent country. The elections to be held in August 2001 will mark a new turning point in this endeavour. We would like to pay a tribute to the members of the Timorese Government and the international personnel, who are working together to achieve this goal. (spoke in English) It is important that we all stay the course on East Timor. We recognize that in due course the scope of United Nations involvement will need to be reduced.”
2001-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4321Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Please do not let politics or the urgency of a particular crisis obscure these fundamentals: the world has changed; the nature of conflict has changed; civilians have become the principal victims; people need your protection; your implementing the Secretary-General's recommendations can go a long way towards giving them that protection.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We therefore support further study into the roles the private sector can play in conflict areas, including through conflict prevention activities such as early warning and, subsequent to conflicts, through post- conflict reconstruction. Ways of explicitly integrating private-sector activity into a broader protection-of- civilians strategy need to be developed. I would like to conclude with a few words directed to members of the Council. The Secretary- General's report is an excellent one. The Council has the opportunity to make progress with it.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Whatever document emerges from today's debate- and we agree with the President and the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom that it need not be another presidential statement or resolution - should task the Secretary-General with producing the next report on protection of civilians in armed conflict as well. The Council must not allow itself to be distracted by urgent needs from implementing the Secretary-General's 54 recommendations. One way of not being distracted is to implement the annual audit idea put forward by the delegation of Singapore. We are encouraged that the Secretary-General's report recognizes the positive role that the private sector can play. It also documents how corporate and non-State actors in conflicts can prolong and worsen war.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Resolution 1296 (2000) asked the Secretary- General to include observations related to the protection of civilians in his regular reports to the Council. This practice should be systematic and should go even further. It should also identify cases where particular recommendations for the protection of civilians should be acted on especially promptly. We want to see further reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict not as ends in themselves, but as catalysts for continued action. In this regard, we support the recommendations on follow-up action put forward today by the Permanent Representative of Norway.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In our View, that would be based on the idea of the responsibility to protect people. That responsibility, obviously, begins with the host Governments of the countries concerned, but in extreme cases also extends to the international community. Our third point is that existing resolutions and recommendations on the protection of civilians must be implemented. In his recommendations, the Secretary- General could not have been clearer in putting the ball in the Security Council's court. We encourage him to continue to keep this issue before the Council. We also encourage him to tell the Council, to paraphrase the Brahimi report, what it needs to hear and not what at times might be more convenient to say.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“People here will know that the Government of Canada, in cooperation with a number of foundations, has promoted work done by an international, independent commission to examine the issue of humanitarian intervention and State sovereignty. We are asking it to try to deal with those issues and to try to synthesize what are otherwise very difficult concepts to reconcile. I recall that, in another time and place, Madam Brundtland and the World Commission on Environment and Development, as it was then called, did manage to synthesize two of what, up to that point, had seemed to be irreconcilable points: the necessity of economic growth, on the one hand, and the imperative of environmental protection, on the other. I do not think it is beyond the ingenuity of humanity to come up with a similar synthesis in this area.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We believe it is appropriate that this report of the Secretary-General go to the General Assembly as well. There is work there to be done. For example, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations can also help to give effect to the Secretary- General's recommendations. Moreover, we endorse the Secretary-General's suggestion that the protection of civilians be addressed at the upcoming high-level consultations between the United Nations and regional organizations. I would like to pick up on a point made by the Permanent Representative of Singapore when he referred to sovereignty and humanitarian intervention.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This exclusion was retained by the Security Council in its resolution 1341 (2001) of 22 February 2001. Obviously, MONUC's 1,900 armed personnel could not provide widespread protection for civilians in the Congo. Equally, it is clear that what one Ambassador referred to as "gaps" between ambition and capability should not be allowed to appear. But MONUC could have, and in our View, should have, been mandated under Chapter VII to take the necessary action "within its capabilities and areas of deployment" to afford protection to civilians under imminent threat of physical violence. All United Nations peacekeeping forces should be so mandated explicitly, and with the same caveats, where necessary. The second theme I would like to stress today is that the protection of civilians is everyone's responsibility.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Council now regularly calls on all parties to conflicts, State and non-State actors alike, to respect international human rights and humanitarian law. The Council also has evidence of willingness to take on the issue of impunity. Nothing will strengthen the Council's hand more than the widespread ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. The Council has improved its sanctions instrument, including better targeting and streamlined humanitarian procedures. This amounts to the beginning of a culture of protection- but only the beginning. There have been setbacks. In particular, we regret that the revised concept of operations for the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) excludes the extension of protection to the civilian population.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The protection of civilians is now a routine element of Council discourse. That could not have been made more clear than in this morning's debate, when the need to mainstream the protection of civilians in the work of the Council and of the Secretariat was widely noted and with scarcely any reservations. This is an important step forward. In the past, peacekeepers lacked explicit authority to prevent or stop violence against civilians within their areas of deployment. Recently, however, three peacekeeping missions - in East Timor, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - have included provisions for civilian protection. Advisers on child protection and on gender have been integrated into missions, as have human rights officers. This is also progress.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source