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2013-02-12
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2015-11-17
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  1. “To cement this understanding and for changing our narrative, debates like this are useful. However to really change our course we must transform our words into action.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  2. “While the Council must do the firefighting, only sustainable development is capable of taking care of the root causes that led or contributed to the conflict. Moving away from conflicts, human mobility has all kinds of other causes. The current migration trends are symptoms of underlying causes such as economic hardship, environmental degradation, food and water scarcity, and so on. In essence, these are different forms of unsustainability, be it economic, environmental or social. In these cases, the implementation of Agenda 2030 is the primary solution, while the Council has an important supportive role to play. Agenda 2030 does not change the authority of any organ. Therefore, there is no need to reinforce the division lines. To the contrary, the integrated nature of threats will require ever closer cooperation.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  3. “First, the onus is squarely on the Security Council to find solutions to conflicts so that affected countries and communities can start their journey towards sustainable development. Secondly, as many others have mentioned, conflicts wipe out whatever progress is made in the field of development. Therefore, the Council must put much more emphasis on prevention. The need for interaction can be best understood by taking a quick look at the current refugee/migration crisis. Until we put an end to the conflicts, we will have no solution for the refugee crisis. Here, the Council has a special responsibility to find and enforce political solutions. Inaction by the Council cannot be substituted by the compassion of others or rectified by addressing the humanitarian consequences.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  4. “First of all, they are cornerstones for the full implementation of the social pillar. They are also important drivers and enablers for the economic and environmental pillars of sustainable development. Agenda 2030 when implemented will ensure that situations threatening international peace and security arise less frequently. The Agenda will also assist in the fight against terrorism and extremism, areas where the Council also has to act, albeit with different tools. Successful implementation will therefore lighten the burden on the Council and assist it in making solutions more robust and longstanding. This, however, does not take away the authority of the Council.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  5. “Indeed, this very issue of relationship has provoked extended debate in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, and the debate was partly put to rest by an innovative suggestion to place less emphasis on what peace and security can do for development and to utilize a reverse approach that was more in line with the mandate of the Group. From then, on the Open Working Group focused on what kind of development could promote peace and security. That is how Goal 16 and other interrelated elements - such as the fight against inequality and discrimination, the principle of inclusivity, women's empowerment and the leave-no-one-behind principle - took shape and later commanded strong support in Agenda 2030. Goal 16 and related goals therefore are not about peace and security. They are much more than that.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  6. “Let me start by thanking the United Kingdom presidency for this opportunity and also joining others in offering our deepest condolences to victims, families of victims, people, and governments of countries who have been affected by the recent terrorist attacks. Two months ago, our Heads of State and Government pledged to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies that are free from fear and violence. That is clearly a noble but interrelated task that requires a lot of stakeholders. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1) requires a fresh look at the relationship between peace and development.”

    2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source

  7. “We also urge the Security Council to build on the resolution adopted today in order to further contribute to these endeavours in conflict situations.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450Resumption1 (2015) · source

  8. “However, the increased number of attacks on journalists is a symptom of a much broader problem related to the diminishing respect for international human rights law and humanitarian law obligations in conflict situations. Therefore, besides treating the symptom we will also have to focus on the root causes. Based on that understanding, violence against journalists can be addressed only through the cooperation of States, United Nations agencies and the relevant stakeholders. The United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue ofImpunity is the first holistic effort to address these issues. We commend UNESCO as the overall coordinator of the implementation of the Plan of Action.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450Resumption1 (2015) · source

  9. “As many have also pointed out, outside these walls General Assembly resolution 68/163, on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, also recommends practical measures to promote a safe and enabling environment for media workers. Furthermore, the resolution clearly identifies the threat posed by non-State actors, including terrorist groups and criminal organizations. As your concept note (S/2015/307, annex) points out, Madam President, the vast majority of these crimes still go unpunished. Since 2014, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists has served to ensure that this issue receives constant attention. While accountability for crimes can help prevent future attacks, we must also point out that ending impunity is first and foremost a State responsibility.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450Resumption1 (2015) · source

  10. “Yet in the past decade, attacks againstjournalists reporting from conflict zones have steadily increased in both number and severity. As others have already mentioned, there is also have the gender factor. According to a 2014 survey, nearly half of women journalists said they had experienced sexual harassment. Many of those crimes remain unreported for fear of reprisals and stigmatization. When incidents do receive public attention, blaming the victim is a frequent phenomenon. Mushrooming conflicts, asymmetrical warfare and also a hunger for negative sensations in reporting will continuously send media workers into harm's way. Therefore, we must protect those on whom our access to information partially depends. We commend the Security Council for adopting resolution 2222 (2015) today. Hungary is a proud co-sponsor of the resolution.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450Resumption1 (2015) · source

  11. “Hungary is deeply committed to the protection of civilians and welcomes the Lithuanian presidency's initiative on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. We also thank today's speakers for their informative briefings. While we fully support the statement recently delivered by the observer of the European Union, Hungary would like to add the following comments in its national capacity. For people in conflict situations, access to quality and timely information can be a matter of life and death. Furthermore, the unhindered work of journalists has a mitigating effect on a conflict and on the worst violations. Conversely, restrictions or attacks on independent media, together with biased propaganda, easily contribute to escalation.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450Resumption1 (2015) · source

  12. “Such measures must include ensuring that the perpetrators of serious crimes are held accountable, even in cases where national authorities fail to prosecute them. In order to do so, the Council should develop its own general and coherent accountability strategy and apply it in a consistent manner. Hungary welcomes the Council's presidential statement contained in document S/PRST/2013/2, on the protection of civilians, and the commitments made towards strengthening accountability. Hungary looks forward to hearing about further practical steps to be taken by the Council, as proposed today by several Council members, including Australia, the United Kingdom and France.”

    2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source

  13. “As the Secretary-General himself mentioned, commitments still have to be translated into concrete improvements. There are different reasons for the setbacks encountered. Hungary, together with other speakers and briefers today, continues to stress that, among other things, lack of accountability, and therefore the possibility of impunity, is an overall source of blame. Lack of accountability means no justice. Human history tells us that there is no lasting peace without justice. Lack of accountability not only kills in the present but becomes an incentive and a breeding ground for future atrocities. Where civilians are targeted, the Security Council should take all measures at its disposal to protect the civilian population.”

    2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source

  14. “Yet civilians not only account for the vast majority of casualties in conflict situations, but the numbers are reaching appalling record highs even as we speak. As has been repeatedly emphasized today, States bear the primary responsibility to protect civilians in times of armed conflict and to bring to justice those who violate related international norms, including international humanitarian law. Besides States, all parties to a conflict have an obligation to comply with the relevant norms of international law. Yet we see States failing to provide protection and other actors behaving as if they were under no obligations at all. While there is a clear-cut role for the international community in situations where States are unwilling or unable to live up to their responsibilities, it has not been able to do enough.”

    2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source

  15. “Hungary aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union. As a member of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group, seeking improvements in the working methods of the Security Council, Hungary warmly welcomes today's open debate, organized by Argentina. Hungary, which is committed to the full implementation of international humanitarian law, is party to all relevant major treaties as well as to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Hungary sees the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute and the Arms Trade Treaty as important building blocks, solidifying and supplementing the international legal regime on the protection of civilians. For the last two decades, the protection of civilians in armed conflict has become a priority issue for the Security Council.”

    2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source

  16. “Key regional and international organizations have acknowledged the need for justice as part of the resolution of the crisis in Mali. It is our fervent hope that in future the Security Council will increasingly look at the ICC not only as an important ally that may assist the Council in its task related to the protection of civilians, but also acknowledge its indirect role in the prevention of conflicts.”

    2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source

  17. “It is on the basis of the aforementioned principles that Hungary joined the initiative of Switzerland and signed a letter, along with 56 other Member States - almost one third of the United Nations membership, from all corners of the world - requesting the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). We are heartened to note that the initiative is now supported by additional Member States, including members of the Council. It is now the collective responsibility of the Council to act on this request when addressing the situation in Syria. In a similarly disturbing armed conflict situation, we note with appreciation that based on the request of Mali, the ICC is now investigating all crimes within its jurisdiction committed in that country since January 2012.”

    2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source

  18. “Such measures must include ensuring that the perpetrators of serious crimes are held accountable in cases where national authorities fail to prosecute them. Political reconciliation and accountability are closely interlinked and mutually reinforcing. It is not an either/or question. All political solutions, in order to become lasting ones, must be based on accountability. There can be no peace without justice. Furthermore, accountability can serve as an effective deterrent and may contribute to the prevention of future attacks against the civilian population.”

    2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source

  19. “I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on South Korea's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and I thank you for having convened this important debate. Hungary aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union. Given the lateness of the hour, I will concentrate on one important aspect of the protection of civilians, namely, the issue of accountability. While the Security Council's primary responsibility is the settlement of disputes, which constitute a threat to international peace and security, in situations where civilians are being targeted the Council must also take all measures at its disposal to protect the civilian population until such settlement is reached.”

    2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source