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“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Germany. I will start off where Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve ended and thank you, Mr. Grandi, for your work. You work to assist people who are in very dire circumstances. Our colleague of the Dominican Republic gave examples from all over the world. When we talk about 70 million refugees, we are talking about the fate of 70 million individuals - children, women and men. Therefore, we encourage him to continue his work. He always radiates hope and optimism. I think that that is the only way to survive the challenge. But, we need that. I ask that he please continue his work. Germany will always support him. We try to be a reliable partner. In 2018, I believe, we were the second-largest donor to the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees.”
2019-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8504 (2019) · source
“I thank the representative of Poland, who I believe was able to take some time from the representative of China, whose statement was shorter.”
2019-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8504 (2019) · source
“I thank Mr. Grandi for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements. I again encourage members to take the opportunity, now that the High Commissioner is here for the first time since the end of 2017, to ask questions on this issue and have him respond in a more interactive session. The first speaker is the representative of Equatorial Guinea. As he is speaking on behalf of the group that comprises the African members of the Security Council, I think members will all agree that he deserves two turns of the hourglass.”
2019-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8504 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Grandi.”
2019-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8504 (2019) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council has before it the text of a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today's meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to the statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2019/3. The meeting rose at10.10 am.”
2019-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8503 (2019) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti for his encouraging words. There are no more names inscribed on my list of speakers. The meeting rose at 12.55 pm.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“We are on a good trajectory, but it is fragile. I think that the Minister will take away from the Security Council that there is a strong wish to support him. I think that I did not overstep my five minutes. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti. With my colleagues' permission, he can have some extra time.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“On the substance of the special political mission there, I would fully support what our Belgian, French and Russian colleagues said concerning maximum assistance, so we should do everything with the special political mission to support the Government. I would also add to the list what my colleagues from Belgium and the Dominican Republic said with regard to the Peacebuilding Fund. South Africa, Poland and Cote d'Ivoire stressed the need to hold a dialogue with civil society. Our Russian colleague said that there has to be an inclusive national dialogue; I think that it is very important to include civil society in the way forward. Let me conclude by echoing what the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic said: we should not rush ahead or endanger what has been achieved, and so we must move carefully ahead.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“Our French colleague mentioned the fact that only one of the 12 seats on the Supreme Court is held by a woman, so perhaps that issue can be addressed. Briefly, I would say that the remarks all went in pretty much the same direction. As our American colleague said, Haiti is on a positive trajectory, and there are many examples of where things went well, but, of course, there are still some deficits. There is one issue where I personally do not see this as clear, where Jonathan said that we should not link the length of the mission to the elections. Elections in Haiti have always been a case involving problems related to the duration.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“Perhaps the Haitian Foreign Minister could say a few words about where Haiti stands with regard to that and to such an office. Let me also thank Ms. Viaud for what she said in a very impressive way about inequality, sexual and gender- based violence and women's political participation. These are key issues. We fully support what she said, and, as she has seen, many around the table also back what she said. Our colleagues from France, the United Kingdom and the Dominican Republic noted how important this is for the stability of society and of the country. Again, I do not wish to overburden the Minister, but perhaps he can say something in his intervention about the promotion of the issues that were raised, the protection of women and the fight against sexual and gender-based violence.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“Also listening around the table to our Chinese and Equatorial Guinean colleagues, as well as the representatives of Kuwait, France and others, I think that the Secretary- General's report (S/2019/198) and his proposal with regard to a special political mission as a follow-up was widely praised. I would like to thank in particular Ms. Bachelet for her presence and for her briefing. From a German perspective, I would just like to highlight her phrase when she said that the promotion and protection of human rights is a foundation to stability and development. I hope that we will be able to give the necessary support with regard to the special political mission. I am also very happy to have heard that she is working with the Haitian Government regarding a stand-alone presence.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Germany. Let me first say that, from our national point of view, everything in my statement has already been said so I will refer to what was said earlier. First of all, I would like to welcome the Foreign Minister of Haiti. I thank him for being here. I would also like to thank his delegation for the very good cooperation we had in preparation for today's meeting. I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his intervention. His dashboard was widely praised. I think that it is very good. I will give him the floor a little later because there were a few questions put by the representative of the United Kingdom and other speakers.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“I thank the representative of Belgium for having followed our proposal to discuss only the relevant points to be covered in representatives' statements.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“I thank Ms. Viaud for her briefing, which impressed us. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements. We will now inaugurate our hourglass.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations; Ms. Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Ms. Loune Viaud, Executive Director of Zanmi Lasante. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Joao Pedro Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, 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 S/20l9/l98, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti. I now give the floor to Mr. Lacroix.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“We believe that this is a very important body and that, at a time when there are many difficult issues on the international agenda, we have to meet the expectations of our citizens and make it work. I thank everyone very much for giving me the chance to say a few words at the beginning of the routine agenda. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The question concerning Haiti Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (S/2019/198) The President: In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Argentina, Canada and Haiti 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.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“As the President of the Security Council this month, I would suggest that I thank the briefers and United Nations officials for their interventions so that participants do not need to repeat words of thanks. However, of course, all members are free to do it individually. We would like meetings to really be interactive, so participants should not hesitate to ask questions. Also, please use the two-finger rule if you have a question that you want to put to a speaker and, at the end, I will ask all the briefers if they are ready to respond to questions. Let us see how it works. We are not doing this to annoy members, but because we believe in the Security Council.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“But we have another innovation in the Chamber, which we announced through the Political Coordinator, namely, this hourglass here. It was hand made in Thuringia. It takes about five and a half minutes, after it is turned, for the sand to drop down. That is a bit longer than the recommendation for interventions in presidential note S/2017/507, which is for five minutes, but we thought we would give an extra 30 seconds. However, let me say that - and I am looking a bit by chance at our friend Jerry Matjila - there is an inalienable right to speak, so nobody wants to cut you short, Jerry, or anybody else. We will follow the proposal of our South African friend and put forward a draft resolution about that.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“We met with regard to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons yesterday (see S/PV.8500), again together with our French friends. I am very happy that, under the agenda that we are about to adopt today, we will have as a briefer the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for her first-ever meeting with the Security Council in that capacity. Human rights are very important for us. We want this to work. We will do everything possible to ensure that the next weeks of the Security Council are successful. We want to have an enlightened Security Council. I am very grateful to the Secretariat that our intervention to have the curtains opened was successful and we now have natural light in the Council.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“We very much appreciate that France, during the first presidency, actually did share a lot of things with Germany, and not just in a pro forma way. In particular, France shared its presidency when we went on the trip together to Africa, so our trip to Burkina Faso and Mali was really a trip with three presidencies. I think that was a good sign of cooperation among the five permanent members and the elected 10. I thank the French delegation very much for that. The presidency ofthe Security Council is something very special for Germany because the Security Council is at the core of multilateralism and of the United Nations, which is at the top of the international rules- based order. We started the month with the issue of humanitarian law, which is very important to us.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“Before we adopt the agenda, let me make a few remarks in my national capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of April. Let me start by picking up where we left off on Friday when a colleague from the Dominican Republic said that I should take the French presidency as an example when leading the Council in April (see S/PV.8498). I will do that, but I would first like to thank both Mr. Francois Delattre and Mrs. Anne Gueguen, as well as their team, for the wonderful cooperation that we had during the first leg of the German-French twin presidencies for the months of March and April. I hope Council members have seen that these are substantially innovative bilateral presidencies.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8502 (2019) · source
“The Security Council Will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council has before it the text of a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today's meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to this statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2019/2. The meeting rose at 10.15 a.m.”
2019-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8501 (2019) · source
“Those detention atrocities, testimonies by incredibly brave torture survivors, the Caesar photos and regime documents all form the basis of the criminal cases now being investigated by the German Federal Prosecutor, the international arrest warrants issued by Germany and actual arrests being carried out in Germany. It is profoundly cynical for a regime known for its atrocious crimes and for its ruthless brutality against Syrians to come to the Security Council and criticize others for violating international law.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8495 (2019) · source
“The regime has arrested, disappeared, tortured and killed tens of thousands of dissenters, activists, journalists, students, professors, medical workers, lawyers and others, including minors. There are horrific reports and accounts of sexual Violence. We have seen the Caesar photos displayed in the halls of the United Nations Building in New York. They provide horrifying evidence of the crimes that are happening behind bars in Al-Assad's hell-hole prisons and detention facilities. Tens of thousands are dead, killed by that ruthless regime out of sight of cameras.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8495 (2019) · source
“The Syrian Government has grossly violated the international laws of war for the past eight years and is responsible for grave war crimes and crimes against humanity. In response to peaceful protests, the Syrian regime has reacted with brutal violence against its own population. It has bombed protected facilities, including hospitals, schools, markets and civilian homes. It has used indiscriminate and illegal weapons, including cluster bombs and internationally banned barrel bombs, to kill and terrorize civilians. The Syrian regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its own population - a flagrant violation of international law - and continues to refuse to fulfil its obligation to the Council to account for discrepancies in its declarations on chemical weapons.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8495 (2019) · source
“The position of the German Government with regard to the occupied Golan Heights is clear. I refer to my statement yesterday (see S/PV.8489) and to the common European position. Security interests, as urgent as they may be, do not justify annexation. However, the presence of troops of the Syrian regime and of Iranian-backed militias close to the border violates the Disengagement of Forces Agreement and constitutes a threat to Israel. Those presences should end. Today's meeting was scheduled partly in response to a request by the Syrian regime, which called for this meeting "in order to discuss the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan and the recent flagrant violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions by a permanent member State". That request is deeply cynical.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8495 (2019) · source
“As a concrete step towards increased accountability, we support the strong call to release persons arbitrarily detained and underline that the utmost needs to be done in that regard. The Conference also acknowledged the extraordinary generosity of neighbouring countries and host communities in providing refuge and support for millions of displaced people. The international community remains committed to substantially supporting those efforts.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“As penholders, we are committed to delivering on the pledges we announced at the conference. We kindly ask all donors to make their funding available as soon as possible. The conference stressed the importance of adherence to international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict and put special emphasis on the urgent need for the improved protection of civilians and humanitarian access to all people in need inside Syria. The Conference renewed the strong commitment to the United Nations-led political process under the guidance of Special Envoy Pedersen. Obviously, there can be no sustainable peace without justice. True reconciliation in Syria requires a thorough investigation of breaches of international law and that perpetrators be held accountable.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“That would raise serious questions as to the willingness of the parties concerned to help those in utter need and without protection. Reports point to urgent medical needs, in particular among children and young adults. The quest for long-term solutions cannot distract us from addressing the urgent needs that exist in the camp now. Lastly, the Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, held under the leadership of High Representative Mogherini and Emergency Relief Coordinator Lowcock, sent an unambiguous sign of solidarity to the Syrian people. At more than $9 billion, the pledges reached an unprecedented level. As penholders, we would like to thank all donors for their contributions, which will sustain a high level of humanitarian engagement in 2019.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“People willing to return must receive reliable safety guarantees. The outcome of the intention surveys carried out in Rukban made it clear that concerns go beyond personal security. Other important factors are access to documents and property and confirmed information on amnesty and conscription procedures. This burden of proof does not lie with the humanitarian community or donors. In the first instance, it is essential to provide regular, free and unimpeded access by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to returnees and refugees. That is the litmus test we are facing. In the case of Rukban, additional assistance must be made available to the camp population as soon as possible. We cannot accept undue delays as in the past.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“The United Nations and its partners must be in a position to provide needs-based assistance to all people in need without delay or bureaucratic impediment. Thirdly, concerning the protection of returnees and refugees, the fragile situation in Rukban and other parts of the country shows why the Council needs to closely follow the security situation on the ground. All returns and relocations must be voluntary, safe, dignified and well-informed. Compliance with international humanitarian and human rights law is an obligation. Let us be clear: those who favour more and speedy relocations bear the burden of proof that the right conditions are in place. Family unity needs to be ensured during all phases. Key protection mechanisms such as proper monitoring along routes and at screening and reception centres must be in place at all times.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“We stand united in our call for a nationwide cessation of hostilities, in accordance with resolution 2401 (2018). Secondly, with respect to the north-east, the displacement situation is particularly unsettling, with a new influx of displaced persons from Baghouz to Hasakah province. Camps for internally displaced persons are overcrowded, and the most important point of refuge, Al-Hol camp, is operating far beyond capacity. Ninety per cent of the people in Al-Hol are women and children, and many are in poor health. During the last week alone, 16 people died en route to or after arriving at Al-Hol. The special needs of the most vulnerable, including the elderly and the disabled, must be urgently addressed. We call on all parties to the conflict to allow sustained access to displaced persons, including at screening sites.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“We strongly condemn the loss of civilian lives as a result of these attacks. We remind all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law, including humanitarian principles, and human rights law that require them to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. As penholders, we would like to amplify OCHA's clear and repeated assessment that any military offensive would lead to an uncontrollable and unmanageable humanitarian disaster. A breakdown of existing support pipelines would multiply the human suffering. There would be no winners. The fight against terrorism must not impede impartial humanitarian action. We therefore reiterate our call for the continual and faithful implementation of the Russia-Turkey memorandum of understanding.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“It must also include cross-line and cross-border assistance, as mandated by the Security Council. In areas of Syria that recently shifted control, continuity of services must be ensured. Humanitarian access must be provided in an unconditional, safe, timely, unhindered and sustained manner. The Syrian humanitarian crisis is at its core a protection crisis. Today I would like to focus on the following aspects: the situation in the north of the country, that is, Idlib and the north-east; the protection of returnees and refugees; and the recent Brussels Conference. First, concerning the situation in Idlib, we are gravely concerned at the recent increase in violence against civilians and their infrastructure. Shelling and air strikes have killed civilians, including women and children.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“I will deliver this statement on behalf of the three co-penholders: Kuwait, Belgium and Germany. Let me thank Mr. Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for their comprehensive briefings. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and deep respect to all humanitarian and medical workers throughout Syria, in the region and at Headquarters for their tireless efforts to care for the affected population. The figures given by OCHA speak for themselves. With the Syrian conflict entering its ninth year, the humanitarian needs in Syria remain huge. Our response must be needs-based and comply fully with humanitarian principles.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8493 (2019) · source
“We must protect them and strengthen the participation of women in Parliament and in administration. In the light of the demographics, their support is also needed for family planning. Finally, after long discussions with the Government, we got the impression that the Government is truly committed to doing what must be done. We must recognize the difficult budgetary and security situation, but the Government is willing to take action on human rights. Even before we raised the point of ensuring a strong justice system, they mentioned the importance of respecting human rights. As I said before, this was a good visit. I will conclude by saying that we need to continue to improve the situation and to see it through the lens of conflict prevention. I think the visit was key, but we must continue to engage with the country and the region.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“We have also urged them to implement laws that have been adopted on combatting corruption, stressing the necessity of zero tolerance for corruption. We also stressed the importance ofreopening schools and health centres, as well as of building new housing, given the demographics of the country. Finally, we emphasized the need to work to ease the tensions among the various ethnic communities. With regard to human rights, we mentioned several times that there have been damning reports of summary executions of civilians by security forces. We have called for impartial judicial investigations to bring those responsible to justice. The message we conveyed is that the fight against terrorism must be carried out in respect for human rights. The last important message relates to women and children, who have suffered most in the crisis.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“As I said at the outset, the country has gone through a very difficult time. The security situation is fragile, not only along the borders with Mali and the Niger, but in other regions as well, which is truly worrying. There is intercommunal tension, like in Mali. The socioeconomic situation is also very fragile. In Burkina Faso, too, schools and health centres are closed. There are 140,000 displaced persons. Many have also mentioned climate change, which has tragic consequences on the security situation on the ground. Thirdly, with regard to the domestic situation, we encouraged the Government to pursue the path of democratic reforms within the country. Those reforms began three years ago, and we have encouraged the Government to continue reforming the Constitution, organize elections and reform the education system.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, is very involved in developing a strengthened United Nations strategy on the ground. We met with Resident Coordinator Metsi Makhetkha, who made a very favourable impression on us. She is deeply committed. We also felt that she has brought the entire United Nations team together to work as one, which is critically important. Prior to that, the members of the Security Council held a meeting with the Peacebuilding Commission. We saw on the ground the important role being played by the Peacebuilding Fund, as noted by our interlocutors. In other words, there is a good United Nations team on the ground. Secondly, we must address the challenges.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“We met with the entire United Nations team there, as well as with representatives of civil society, including mayors. I must say that, like in Mali, we were all very impressed by the competence, energy and commitment of civil society representatives. We held a lengthy meeting with key Cabinet ministers and representatives of the Group of Five for the Sahel, on which our colleague from Cote d'Ivoire will elaborate later. We were received by President Kabore', who held a long and very collegial meeting with us. I wish to make three important points. First, while Burkina Faso has no equivalent to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, there is a strong United Nations team. Mr.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“At some moments it brought back memories of journeys I took with my friends in high school. On the other hands, it was also very tiring. There were two colleagues, whom I shall not name, who remained behind in Paris for a few days before returning to New York. As to Burkina Faso, I believe that our visit there was most timely. The country has gone through a very difficult time. The members of the Security Council conveyed a message of support, friendship and solidarity, which I believe was understood by all of our interlocutors. We were very well received in all of our exchanges. The programme extended a full day, from our arrival in the morning until our departure in the evening. We had a very busy agenda - almost crazy - but a very interesting one.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“Mr. Heusgen (Germany) (spoke in French): At the outset, Sir, I should like to echo what you said towards the end of your briefing in thanking the entire team, and especially the members of the Security Council Affairs Division, who did outstanding work. With your permission, I also wish in particular to thank the interpreters. What they did was incredible. Two people were on their feet for three days, from morning till night, trying to interpret. I must admit that my own French is not always perfect, so their performance was especially remarkable. I also thank the members of the security team. I also thank France and C6te d'Ivoire. This was a very enjoyable experience for me. It was also a first to have three countries co-lead such a mission. The cooperation among members who undertook the trip was most gratifying.”
2019-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8492 (2019) · source
“In view of the German part of the joint German-French presidencies, I am very happy to pick up with my colleagues his idea of having an informal meeting of Security Council members with the Israeli and Palestinian representatives behind closed doors so that we can perhaps prolong the debate.”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“The Israeli representative said, as I understand, that as long as the children in his city or village where he grew up cannot sleep in peace and be safe from Palestinian Hamas rockets, he cannot respond to the issue of implementing resolution 2334 (2016). The Palestinian representative said the same thing: as long as Palestinian children cannot be sure that the next morning when they wake up there will not be bulldozers in front of their house to tear it down, he must read out his statement. We therefore did not make progress on substance, but I wanted to take up the proposal of the Israeli representative.”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“Very briefly, I would like to thank both the Palestinian and the Israeli representatives for partially responding to my request to put aside their speaking notes, but I regret the fact that neither of them responded to the questions that I put. Can the representative of Palestine not say how the Palestinian Government plans to stop the incitement, provocations and inflammatory rhetoric? What is it doing to stop rockets falling on the Israelis. I did not hear once from our Israeli colleague how Israel wants to implement to resolution 2334 (2016) with regard to the settlements or what Israel plans to do so that the crisis that we read about Al-Haram Al-Sharif is stopped and it negotiates with the Jordanians. Both representatives said basically the same.”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“I would ask our Palestinian colleague to focus his statement on how his Government will end the constant incitements and provocations, the inflammatory rhetoric and, in particular, the missile attacks on Israel. Germany strongly condemns the latest incident, in which innocent Israeli citizens have fallen victim to rockets fired from Gaza. Again, we appeal for respect for international law, but not as a goal in and of itself. We believe that international law is the best way to protect civilians and allow them to live in peace and security and without fear of Israeli bulldozers or Hamas rockets.”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“We have heard our American colleague tell us that the United States is now violating resolution 497 (1981) by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. That comes a year and a half after a violation of resolution 478 (1980), on Jerusalem and the establishment of embassies there. In a few minutes, we will hear our Israeli and Palestinian friends deliver statements that will be full of accusations against one another and how each is violating international law. I would ask them to do as I have done by putting their speeches aside and telling us how they are implementing resolution 2234 (2016). What is the Israeli Government doing to implement that resolution? How is it stopping the settlements? What is it doing to agree with Jordan on how to ensure calm on the Al-Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount?”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“I must say that our discussions with Nikolay Mladenov and the briefings he presents belong to the most depressing exercises undertaken by the Security Council. As our South African colleague reminded us, this organ was created for the maintenance of international peace and security. We have international law as an instrument for maintaining peace and security, and the United Nations has created the instrument of Security Council resolutions, which are binding law, for the same purpose. What we have heard today in Nikolay Mladenov's briefing and around the table has been all about the violation of international law and resolution 2234 (2016). We have heard nothing about steps that have been taken to actually implement that resolution. Today, just a few days before the Israeli elections, a new element has been added.”
2019-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8489 (2019) · source
“There must be an independent strategic review to identify what the future looks like for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That is also very important for the troop-contributing countries, as it will give them an idea of how long they can expect to remain in the country. There is currently no real path towards withdrawal. We also need to make sure that we send a clear message that the international community remains fully engaged on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2019-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8486 (2019) · source
“With respect to the region, I echo what my American colleague said: the situation between Uganda and Burundi is not encouraging. The situation in the region, including Burundi, has security implications for the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We have to keep watching this situation, especially in a region that has been hit by Ebola and where humanitarian assistance providers continue to be attacked. With regard to the future of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I think we have to wait. We have to see how the President sees the situation. There are still some tasks to be done. We must focus on the most important tasks, and we have just referred to them. I think that a drawdown and exit of the Mission should not be a goal in itself.”
2019-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8486 (2019) · source