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Hoxha

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first: 2014-02-19
most recent: 2023-12-29
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“As we recall the fundamental principle of press freedom and celebrate the essential role that a free press plays in promoting democracy, transparency and accountability, we pay tribute to journalists who are often threatened, harassed and attacked for their work. We also take this opportunity to think of those hundreds of millions who still live in countries in which the freedom of the press remains a wish, repression is the rule and censorship makes — or rather breaks — the news. For us, freedom and peace go together. The multitude complex challenges that are listed in the concept note (S/2023/283, annex) have one thing in common — cooperation, and if they persist, it is because of a lack of cooperation or because the solutions provided are insufficient. Cooperation requires goodwill and genuine commitment. It requires trust.”
2023-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9315 (2023) · source
“Mr. Hoxha (Albania) (spoke in French): As this is the first meeting in May, I would like to congratulate Switzerland for its very first presidency of the Security Council, an event of historic significance. Rest assured of our full cooperation. We welcome the choice of subject for today’s debate, highlighting the need to build trust and sustain peace. I thank Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Youth Ambassador for Peace for Southern Africa and Ms. Olonisakin for their useful briefings. (spoke in English) I would not be able to continue without mentioning that today is World Press Freedom Day.”
2023-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9315 (2023) · source
“That is why want such agreements. That is why we want implementation. But in order to avoid the Council having the opposite effect of what happens in Brussels, I reiterate what we have said before, that is, that we do not need two annual meetings. Just one per year is probably enough.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“I am absolutely aware of the time. This is not to reply to anything that was said, but just to make one comment. What we heard — and it has happened many times — shows how difficult the discussion on some topics can be. But I regret that we do not see in the Council the spirit we see in Brussels, where the parties meet. It is not always an easy discussion, but they agree. What happened on 18 March is absolutely a milestone. I think we should really strive to bring to the Council the spirit of what is happening and not really argue about the historical perspectives, about which we disagree. Nobody forgets that, but I think we have to look forward. What happens between Kosovo and Serbia is extremely important for Kosovo and Serbia, but it is important for other countries in the region as well. That is why we want that to succeed.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Let me conclude by highlighting that the developments in our part of the world — the Western Balkans as part of Europe — make it crucial to ensure that minorities are treated with respect and dignity so that they contribute to the well-being of their societies, participate fully in democratic governance and become bridges that connect people and cultures promoting the values of diversity and social progress. That is not only an important lesson from the past but also a powerful path towards our common future.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“We strongly encourage both Kosovo and Serbia to continue their efforts and pursue the only path for them and the entire region, which is the European path. That implies working tirelessly to build a better future for the two countries and people, including, in particular, their respective minorities. The Serbs in Kosovo are entitled to the best possible enjoyment of rights in the European landscape. I repeat, the best possible. That should be the same for the Albanian minority in Preševo Valley, in southern Serbia. The passivization of addresses and lack of investment and economic incentives there remain a source of concern.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Today the focus in Kosovo and the Western Balkans is on strengthening regional cooperation, concretizing European integration, increasing academic mobility, consolidating youth exchanges, enlarging the free trade area and the free movement of goods and persons and deepening interconnectivity. We therefore reiterate our position on the need for a substantial revision of UNMIK’s activity and a gradual drawdown of its budget and staff, leading progressively to its closure. Experience has shown that rigid foreign missions, prolonged unnecessarily in fast-changing environments, tend to lose their purpose and relevance. UNMIK cannot stay in Kosovo forever for the very simple reason that no one is able to locate the exit sign, although it is in plain sight.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Kosovo is a fast-developing country that is gradually finding its place on the European and international stage according to the choice of its citizens. The level of stability and the prospect of the EU-facilitated dialogue, as I mentioned, through the implementation of agreements, only amplify the need to think seriously about UNMIK’s future. The UNMIK mandate was defined a quarter of century ago, based on a post-conflict situation that is a bygone reality. As such, its roots lie in the past. But Kosovo, like the entire region, has changed considerably, way more than the ability of UNMIK to reflect it, or better put, more than the Council allows UNMIK to reflect it.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“But for that to happen, the respective political representatives must act accordingly and responsibly and make use of the formidable space they have. Kosovo is their country. We hope that the implementation of the agreement reached with Brussels within the dialogue will make it possible to quickly find the best solution. In addition, as today is Kosovo’s national day of missing persons, we urge both countries to do much more to find out what happened to the more than 1,600 persons still unaccounted for, and to close that open wound. These developments help us understand the environment in which the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is currently operating. Kosovo is not a frozen conflict, and every wave of tensions we have witnessed there is artificially generated and totally avoidable.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Recently, Kosovo organized snap elections in four municipalities. They were held in accordance with the country’s constitutional requirements after the resignation of former elected officials, and were conducted in an exemplary manner. We regret the fact that the Serb list, representing the Serb community in the municipalities concerned, chose not to participate, which affected both the participation and the outcome. In democracy, a boycott may be a right, but it is never a good choice, as it deprives those concerned of direct participation in areas in which their interests are involved. The Serb community in Kosovo has the right to have its representatives at all levels. The country’s Constitution and legal framework guarantee it.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“We commend Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and Gabriel Escobar, United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, as well as the Special Envoys of France and Germany, for their important contributions to the process. As we know, however, agreements have meaning only if they are implemented. We expect the parties to implement their commitments in full, in good faith and without delay for the benefit of both Kosovo and Serbia and their respective citizens. That is the only way to chart a clear path and show leadership through concrete commitments, which will lead to a new chapter in relations between the two countries.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“According to them, Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to develop normal good-neighbourly relations with each other, on the basis of equal rights, and recognize each other’s documents and national symbols, including passports and licence plates. The text clearly stipulates that neither can represent the other in the international arena and that Serbia, and this is very important, will not object to Kosovo’s membership in international organizations. That appears in the last line of article 4 of the agreement, in black and white. I was therefore very surprised — baffled, to tell the truth — to hear Mr. Dačić state quite the opposite here, even more so since he was calling on the Government of Kosovo to abide by agreements reached between the parties.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, on 21 April, just a few days ago, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to accept the request of Kosovo for membership in the organization and send it to the Parliamentary Assembly to give an opinion, as per the procedures. That is a historic step and another milestone on the irreversible path of Kosovo to integrating what the world knows as the best body the world has ever seen for promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law as the foundation of a Government for the people. Furthermore, and by no means least, the EU- facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia has delivered. The agreement on the path to normalization between Kosovo and Serbia and its implementation annex, agreed in Ohrid on 18 March 2023, are historic milestones.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“We congratulate the Government and the people of Kosovo for their continued strategic commitment to their European and Euro-Atlantic perspective, as well as for their faithful alignment with the common foreign and security policy of the European Union. Secondly, on 23 April, the European Parliament granted a visa-free travel regime to the citizens of Kosovo. In that way, as of January next year, if not earlier, Kosovo joins all the other countries of the Western Balkans and only 61 countries in the world in benefiting from visa-free travel in the Schengen area. It represents an important foundation for the future and for ever closer cooperation between the European Union and Kosovo.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“That is the only truth. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing and for her efforts. We welcome the presence at today’s meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo, Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, and of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, and thank them for their statements. There have been important developments since our last meeting, in October 2022 (see S/PV.9155), and they are worth mentioning. First, on 15 December 2022, Kosovo delivered to the President of the European Union its application for membership of the European Union (EU).”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“We were not happy, of course, and we believe that the presidency was not impartial in its role, but in order not to put the Council in a difficult position we went along with the ruling, although it goes against the rules and the spirit of multilingualism that is at the heart of the United Nations and against precedent in the Chamber. It was mentioned that there were precedents, and I can inform the Council that in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018, there have been cases in which another language was used in the Council by both delegations. Telling us now that we should have insisted, although I have not heard how many times we should have insisted, is just ridiculous. We thank the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo for her understanding and for her respect for the Council in not putting it in the difficult position of having to vote on the issue.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“First, I need to set the record straight regarding the use of languages in the Council and in today’s meeting. Two Council members backed a formal request made by the delegation of Kosovo to speak in the language of its choice. As we know, rule 44 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure speaks of any representative being able to make a statement in a language other than the languages of the Security Council and to provide for interpretation into one of those languages. That was provided by Kosovo to the appropriate services, in writing. Russia, as President, opposed it, and that is also in writing.”
2023-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9312 (2023) · source
“Let me end by reiterating Albania’s firm commitment to supporting Haiti and its people in their efforts to overcome the crisis and move towards a stable and sustainable future.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“The Haitian people have been deprived of their most fundamental rights, including the right to normal life, water, food and health care. The restoration of security, which would create an environment conducive to preparing for elections, a return to legitimacy and the building of responsive governance, is a must. As we heard, Haiti is burning. It needs help, and it needs it now if it is to avoid becoming a failed State owned by gangs, in which law would lose all meaning. Albania continues to believe that only through domestic unity among political actors, regional and international solidarity and a sense of urgency on the part of all can Haiti start to reverse the chaotic situation it is going through and allow people to return to normal life in dignity.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“Experience has shown that Haiti’s police force, which is undermanned, underpaid and underequipped — conditions that make it vulnerable to penetration by gangs — has been unable to gain the upper hand. The longer that situation lasts, the more powerful the gangs will become, eventually being enabled to dictate their terms and seek a place in the country’s political and financial circles. That is why we support the deployment of an international specialized armed force, as the Secretary-General and Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, have advocated for. That is the only adequate response to the Haitian people’s legitimate demand for international assistance, as armed gangs are expanding their influence, targeting everyone and making normal life impossible, while State authorities are unable to prevent the spread of anarchy and chaos.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“With their brutal methods of extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking, the gangs are suffocating the capital and have metastasized throughout the country. It would be naive to think that they exist in isolation. All those responsible for the spread and financing of gangs and their violence, including those within the Haiti elite who are using or profiting from them, should be held accountable. Haiti cannot move ahead with illegality and without legitimacy for its core institutions. We therefore believe that we should make further use of the sanctions toolbox in order to track gang leaders, as well as arms traffickers and those who benefit from chaos.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“As we heard from the briefers, the cycle of violence is compounding an already disastrous humanitarian situation, worsened by high prices and a shortage of food. Albania fully supports all efforts to restore the rule of law and the functioning of State institutions. In that spirit, we welcomed the recent establishment of the High Transitional Council and the appointment of judges to the Court of Cassation — encouraging steps following the signing of the National Consensus for an Inclusive Transition and Transparent Elections. But they are far from enough and will not resolve the crisis. It is imperative for Haiti to restore law and order and to combat corruption and the impunity of armed gangs.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“I welcome Special Representative María Isabel Salvador and wish her the best of luck in her mission. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Waly for their briefings and would also like to recognize the presence of Foreign Ministers Généus of Haiti and Álvarez Gil of the Dominican Republic at today’s meeting. Albania reaffirms its full support for the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and recognizes the critical role it plays in a context of heightened violence and insecurity. In these trying times, amid a profound political crisis, as the country remains in the grip of vicious gangs that are dominating daily life through rampant warfare and extortion, we stand with the people of Haiti as they struggle with a catastrophic deterioration of human rights and pervasive insecurity.”
2023-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9311 (2023) · source
“Let me express once more Albania’s full support for the need, the urgent need, to restore a political horizon for a just and negotiated two-State solution within the 1967 borders, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. We see no alternative to comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It means a safe and secure Israel and a viable, independent and democratic Palestine. There has never been, and we do not believe there will ever be, an alternative to reconciliation through constructive dialogue and mutual understanding. A solution with two States for two peoples, with mutual recognition and Jerusalem as shared capital, will ensure that both sides, the Israelis and the Palestinians, live as neighbours in safety and security and enjoy freedom, dignity and justice.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“We are, nonetheless, pleased to note that a record number of 1.5 million Muslim worshippers visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque throughout the holy month of Ramadan to exercise their rights. Peaceful coexistence among Muslims, Jews and Christians and respect for religious diversity and tolerance towards different faiths and beliefs are fundamental values to be dearly preserved. They are at the heart of efforts to promote understanding and social cohesion and the best antidote against violence and conflict anywhere, even more so in the Middle East. This confirms the crucial importance of the preservation of the historic status quo of the holy places, and we praise the special role of the custodianship of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“Inflammatory rhetoric, incitement to violence and hate speech are unacceptable as they only breed violence, which will only continue to harm civilians. Those worrisome developments reinforce the call for both parties, the Israelis and the Palestinians, to abide by and implement in good faith the commitments made in Aqaba and Sharm El-Sheikh. Every step towards confidence-building measures is an opportunity for them to open up the perspective of the currently blurred political horizon. The heightened tensions and violence in and around the holy sites are a cause for concern, which reveal and underscore the complexities of the situation. The places of worship should be for safe, peaceful and dignified religious rituals. Political and religious community leaders on all sides must reject incitement and provocations.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“Unlawful action should be investigated, and perpetrators brought to account. We call for full implementation of international humanitarian law and for the protection of civilians and their properties in all circumstances. We reiterate our position that unilateral actions drive the parties further apart and undermine trust between them, already in very short supply. In that respect, we recall our principled position that settlements are illegal under international law. They should stop, as they constitute an obstacle to peace and hamper the prospect for a two-State solution. We call on both sides to exercise maximum restraint and spare no efforts in finding ways to ease the situation, bearing in mind that the proliferation of violence will do no good to anyone.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“The deliberate targeting of innocent civilians with indiscriminate rocket attacks from Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, or other acts such as the one that was perpetrated yesterday in Jerusalem when a vehicle hit pedestrians near a busy market, are unacceptable, unjustifiable and should be condemned by everyone. There can be no justification ever for terror acts, and we support Israel’s right to self- defence through proportionate response. A continued tense situation on the ground has, unfortunately, resulted in a troublingly high number of Palestinian civilians — 90 since the beginning of this year — who have lost their lives, including innocent women and children. We deplore the indiscriminate violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, including the destruction of homes and properties.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing. We are deeply troubled by the fact that, as we gather here every month, we note over and over again that the situation in the Middle East remains marred by pervasive endless violence with the unfortunate consequences that we have witnessed so many times. It is dangerous, it is unsustainable, and it leads to a dead end. As Israelis gather to commemorate Memorial Day, we reiterate our strong and unreserved condemnation of terrorist attacks in Israel. Nineteen people have lost their lives this year in such attacks, including four children and European nationals.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9309 (2023) · source
“And we need justice through accountability for the crimes committed so that the perpetrators can be held to account. In today’s terms of urgency, that means that Russia must end its war, withdraw its troops from Ukraine and respect the latter’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“The International Court of Justice has ruled that Kosovo’s independence is in accordance with international law. The Court has also asked Russia to stop its war. And there is nothing that sounds hollower than the desperate effort to justify the unjustifiable and the attempt to hide behind the unacceptable. As we know, you cannot hide the sun with your finger, and once again today we heard nothing on the key issue — under which article of the Charter has Russia attacked its neighbour and annexed parts of its territory by force? If we want to maintain the United Nations as the cornerstone of the multilateral world, we need to show respect for one another, not contempt. We need to show solidarity, not threats. We need to choose diplomacy and foster dialogue, not wage war. We need to work together to abide by our commitments.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“The General Assembly has affirmed many times that it will not accept a future where might dictates right and that it will not be trolled by cynical semantics whereby an aggression is labelled a “special operation” and crimes are disguised as “special care”. Yes, let us call a spade a spade, since hypocrisy is nothing more than the audacity to preach integrity through depravity. And unfortunately there was a ton of it from Russia today, in a toxic mixture of everything that fits its propaganda. In particular, it has become a Russian obsession to refer to the Republic of Kosovo, a country recognized as such by more than half of the United Nations membership, in justifying its unlawful actions in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine since 2014 — which, as we all know, are still going on at this moment.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“That requires defending and standing by what we have agreed, respecting international commitments and condemning those who abuse and deform their spirit in the guise of defending it. The United Nations needs reform in order to strengthen it and make it more efficient and more effective, not to undo it. We do not want a world fuelled by resuscitated imperial appetites, a world fragmented by new rivalries rather than one united in purpose. The number of poles will be meaningless and ridiculous if we fail to address the fundamental challenges posed by climate change and environmental deterioration.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Almost eight decades have clearly shown that multilateralism has continued to be indispensable to promoting peace and stability, upholding the rule of law and promoting and protecting human rights. Today we need multilateralism more than ever, because we know that global challenges require global solutions and that we can achieve more by working together rather than by pursuing our interests individually. No one country, regardless of its size or wealth, will be able to deal successfully with climate change, transnational terrorism or future pandemics. That requires a genuine commitment to international cooperation, diplomacy and compromise and the firm recognition that no country can achieve its goals at others’ expense.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“What has happened in Ukraine is a tragedy — a human-made catastrophe with serious security repercussions in Europe and detrimental ripple effects around the world. It represents the opposite of everything we stand for and everything that brings us together here. No peace-loving nation will buy an artificial parallel reality engineered to transform an aggressor into a defender of the Charter, an arsonist into a firefighter or a warmonger into a peacemaker. That is the real issue, and it is what we think we should be talking about, especially today. The ongoing war in Ukraine and the current global reality are putting in question the fundamental question of multilateralism, its future and our ability to defend it.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Russian missiles are destroying residential areas, killing civilians and flattening schools, health facilities and other civilian infrastructure to force an entire country into submission. And Russia has come here to share its views about friendly relations and cooperation among States. If it were not for the thousands of innocent victims, the millions forcibly displaced, the countless children stripped of their dreams and deprived of their childhood, the immense pain of the tortured, the women raped and the families torn apart, it would be a parody — something that Monty Python might have entitled Preserving the United Nations Charter, Russian-style: shred it and store it six feet under. Unfortunately, this is not a parody, and we cannot laugh.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“It has ignored Security Council resolutions and its own international commitments, and yet it has chosen to lecture the world about multilateralism, as we heard today. I could go on with generalities or repeat many important issues mentioned by colleagues around the table, but I prefer to recall the simplest facts. Russia is waging an unjust, unjustifiable and illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation. It is questioning that nation’s right to exist and has the audacity to pretend to come to the rescue of sovereign equality. The Russian military and the Wagner Group are committing horrible crimes in Ukraine, as documented by the United Nations, while Russia pretends to defend universal values.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his remarks and paying tribute to his tireless efforts, as well as to his clear, strong and always principled position in favour of peace and security, multilateralism and respect for the Charter of the United Nations. Four hundred years ago, François de La Rochefoucauld said: “Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue”. Fast forward to this meeting and the flagrant contradiction in which we find ourselves today. A permanent member of the Security Council has openly and defiantly disregarded the Charter of the United Nations. That very country has knowingly and willingly transgressed every rule commonly established with regard to relations among States.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308 (2023) · source
“It needs a national reconciliation process based on the principles of transitional justice and respect for human rights and the needs of all Libyans, including victims of violations and abuses. That is the only way to help Libyans to heal the wounds of the past and chart the path ahead.”
2023-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9306 (2023) · source
“While Libya struggles to find the entry point to its future, the human rights situation has seriously deteriorated. War crimes and crimes against humanity such as arbitrary detention, murder, rape, enslavement, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, including against migrants, committed by State security forces and armed militia groups must be fully investigated, and those responsible must be held to account. We reiterate our call on the Libyan authorities to take decisive steps to provide justice and redress to the vast number of victims suffering from long- standing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. Libya needs, without delay, a responsible political process leading to free and fair elections.”
2023-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9306 (2023) · source
“Just like their military counterparts, they should not get locked into playing tricks that generate indefinite delays that perpetuate the unsustainable status quo. Such a process should be participatory, transparent and consensual. The involvement of women, young people, civil society and all factions of Libyan society is crucial for its credibility and outcome. We reiterate our call for the withdrawal of all foreign forces, foreign fighters and mercenaries. Libya should build its future without any foreign interference. Needless to say, the political deadlock is also having a detrimental impact on the Libyan economy and the well-being of the Libyan people. We reiterate our position that Libya’s national resources should be used for the benefit of all Libyans and must be redistributed in a fair and equitable manner.”
2023-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9306 (2023) · source
“We are particularly encouraged by the engagement of military leaders in providing support for the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections in 2023. Unfortunately, on the political front, despite the efforts being made, the impasse continues, and so does the legitimacy crises of the institutions, leaving unanswered the hopes of millions of Libyans who want and deserve to be heard about the future of their country. The political leaders must respond to those aspirations, leave behind their narrow interests and embrace a firm path towards holding the presidential and parliamentary elections across the country in 2023. The leaders must understand that the Libyan transition must go through agreed solutions based on political will to secure the legal foundation for an environment conducive to the holding of national elections.”
2023-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9306 (2023) · source
“I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his briefing. We support his efforts in the process of enabling national elections in Libya this year through a comprehensive and inclusive approach. I also thank Ambassador Ishikane for his briefing in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). While we recognize the new momentum and dynamics in Libya, the overall situation remains a source of concern. We are happy to see positive developments in the security and military field, and we welcome the 5+5 Joint Military Commission meetings with military and security leaders. Every effort towards the unification of the Libyan army is a step towards national reconciliation and unity.”
2023-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9306 (2023) · source
“It does not need to invent anything; it just needs to look around at what others have done. We will continue to advocate for and support genuine efforts to use collective preventive diplomacy to address the threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and ensure that the regime fully, transparently, comprehensively and irreversibly puts an end to its weapons of mass destruction, ballistic and nuclear programmes.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9305 (2023) · source
“More weapons will not make the country any better or more developed — on the contrary, by pouring an insane amount of its meagre resources, including those illegally acquired, into its weapons of mass destruction programme, the regime is inflicting even more pain on a starving population imprisoned in a paranoid, self- centred and non-responsive system with a catastrophic record of violations of human rights that has led to a huge and persistent humanitarian crisis. Unfortunately that has been the regime’s choice, and it bears all the responsibility. If instead it cooperated with the world, developing its economy and trade, opening up to investments and stopping its policies of provocation, North Korea would get out of its self-imposed isolation and join the international community not in fear, but with hope.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9305 (2023) · source
“If the Council gives any meaning to the word prevention, it must act now, before it is too late, in order to prevent the worst. If it has not decided to make North Korea’s behaviour a template for dangerous transgressions by others, it ought to immediately impress upon the Pyongyang regime that its provocations have lasted far too long. We need to assure all neighbouring countries, including the peoples of Japan and the Republic of Korea, that the Council takes the threat posed by the regime seriously and is determined and committed to responding promptly and appropriately. It must not do so with silence, through powerlessness, by tolerating the inexcusable or ignoring the unjustifiable, but by using its toolbox.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9305 (2023) · source
“For the fifteenth time this year alone, it has tested new types of weapons that are more modern, more mobile and difficult to detect, bringing its provocations and threats to a higher level. We strongly deplore such policies and reckless actions. We reiterate our call on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to stop. But that is not enough — in fact, it is even counterproductive, since through its inactivity, the Security Council has in a way conveyed to the warmongers in North Korea that for them, actions have no consequences. We cannot and must not be reduced to mere spectators. If the Security Council has not ceased dealing with peace and security, the defiant transgressions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s regime require a strong and united response.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9305 (2023) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing. We have warned of this many times before, so we are not surprised today. We warned that if we did nothing, if we stayed silent and were muted while the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea broke international law and threatened its neighbours with impunity, the regime would come to conclude that the Council was divided and weak, made toothless and irrelevant, and therefore that there was no reason to stop. And it is clear for all to see that it is not stopping. It continues to defy the international community, ignoring Security Council resolutions and pushing ahead with its dangerous escalatory policies. A few days ago, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s regime did once again what it has been doing regularly over the past 15 months.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9305 (2023) · source
“We firmly condemn any constraints imposed on humanitarian action, in particular on female local humanitarian workers who are essential to reaching the neediest, namely, the countless women, girls and children who have been heavily affected by the conflict because of the restrictions in Houthi-controlled areas. We call on the parties to ensure free access and free movement for all the female local humanitarian workers. Finally, we reiterate our call for the immediate release of the United Nations and non-governmental-organization personnel and other civilians abducted by armed groups or forcibly disappeared, as well as for the release from the ongoing incarceration of the Yemenis who were employed by the United States and the United Nations. Peace is no longer a remote wish in Yemen. It is a real prospect.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“We reiterate our call for de-escalation and abstention from military attacks that exacerbate insecurity and harm civilians, and for the Houthis to fully embrace peace. The need for a promising political path towards a long-lasting settlement has become even more evident, given the overall catastrophic situation in the country, as the representative of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has reminded us again today. The scars of nearly a decade of war are nowhere more visible than the dire humanitarian crisis. Too many people are still dying unnecessarily in the war, but far too many more are dying because of the war, from lack of daily necessities and services, famine and diseases.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source