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Hoxha

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first: 2014-02-19
most recent: 2023-12-29
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“We commend Qatar, Egypt and the United States for their efforts and urge them to continue until all hostages are reunited with their families. We are encouraged to note that some key elements of resolution 2712 (2023), which Albania supported, are being implemented, and we call for the resolution to be fully implemented. In that context, we welcome the considerable increase in the volume of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including fuel and cooking gas, but way more is needed, and way more needs to be done. The horrific events of 7 October — the deliberate massacre and abduction of civilians — cannot be forgotten. Hamas carefully planned and knowingly executed the worst. Nothing can, or will ever, justify terror.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Let me thank the Secretary- General for his remarks, and the Special Coordinator for his briefing. The holding humanitarian truce is the key fact and key word of these days. It has been six days without hostilities; six days without the deafening noise of war and its deadly consequences; six days without the terrifying sirens announcing missiles flying over Israel; and, most important, six days without victims. Diplomacy has made headway; humanity has prevailed; and some hope has been restored. The truce is holding and extending, and we see it as a testimony of a desire for peace. The continued release of the hostages is very positive and very welcome, but so too is the relief for the Palestinians in Gaza.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“If we do not want the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to believe that actions have no consequences, if we do not want to make it believe that diplomatic tools are useless, and if we do not intend to make North Korea’s violations a pattern for other rogue States to follow and to allow it to make a mockery of the Security Council, we must act and respond in a prompt and proper way to the irresponsible behaviour. The Council has done so in the past, and there is even more reason to act now. And through collective and preventive diplomacy, it must ensure that the regime ends its weapons-of-mass-destruction, ballistic and nuclear programmes fully, transparently, comprehensively and irreversibly. That is the only way.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“When resolutions are not respected, when rules are broken, when sanctions are not observed, and when actions and policies lead to threats, it is the primary duty of the Security Council to act. It has repeatedly not done so in the case of North Korea. We profoundly regret this wrong approach. Protecting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea means empowering it to continue with its nuclear programme and giving it a licence for further militarization and continued threats to its neighbours. The majority of the members of the Council continue to call for it to act against the reckless attitude of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. They are not listened to. We may end up regretting this pervasive inactivity.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“It is a frightening prospect, from which no one in the region or outside has anything to gain. And still the Council is surprisingly muted. The result of it is no progress whatsoever on demilitarization, more modern weapons, more satellites and a more aggressive and dangerous regime. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is also violating the sanctions regime, and we know that that cannot be done alone. We condemn all efforts to open windows of opportunities to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for military and nuclear purposes, which not only violate the sanctions regime and international norms but also increase tensions on the Korean peninsula and exacerbate threats to peace and security elsewhere, including on our continent, Europe. Such acts call for meticulous scrutiny and accountability.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“Indeed, the case of North Korea is a perfect example of preventive action, one of clear and urgent necessity to act before things get worse, before what is openly said is openly done. The regime does not hide its intentions and, amid the inaction of the Council, it feels free to carry them out, despite them being illegal, dangerous and escalatory. So much has happened since the Security Council stopped taking the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issue seriously and became unable to maintain the common ground it had secured for years. In 2016, North Korea had not fired any intercontinental ballistic missiles. Since then, it has developed and launched three types of ICBMs and is now placing satellites in space, which it could use to target its neighbours more effectively.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is only and constantly under the threat of its own regime, their escalatory and dangerous policies, their wrong choices, which are starving people, and their frightening paranoia, which has made it a pariah. The international community has shown continuously that it wants to help and has spared no effort to offer humanitarian assistance to reach the people of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, who are hostages of their own regime in a country that is more like an open-air prison. The actions undertaken by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its heightened rhetoric are a direct threat to the region and peace and security on the Korean peninsula, and an open challenge to the global non-proliferation regime. As such, they cannot remain unanswered by the Security Council.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“In this regard, we share the concerns of the countries in the region and remain worried about any accidents or possible miscalculations that could be caused by all these military actions and continued trends. The propaganda and the false narratives pushed by the regime portray the launch as a full-fledged exercise of self-defence. As a matter of fact, sending such satellites into space may provide the regime with additional opportunities to develop technologies useful to its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes, including re-entry technology for nuclear warheads. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not under any threat by its neighbours or anyone else in the world.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing. After two failed attempts on 21 November, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a military reconnaissance satellite. We condemn it, as it represents another act of escalation in total disregard of multiple Security Council resolutions. This was the third such attempt in six months. But these are not the only violations by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which has launched almost 30 ballistic missiles, including several intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The regime continues to invest in its military capabilities through open provocation, seeking destabilization and escalation and putting in danger the entire region.”
2023-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9485 (2023) · source
“We all have the duty to do more and better and work for a Gaza free of Hamas, but also without Israeli troops and able to reorganize its life and future in peace and in freedom.””
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“The longer the war endures, the greater the danger of seeing that further expand and be exacerbated. Today the prospects for peace and a long-lasting solution may well seem more distant than ever. We must resist that idea and feeling, and we should think and work for the day after the current conflict. Israel’s right to exist and its security on the one hand, and a viable pathway for Palestinians to have their own State and freedom on the other, are not mutually exclusive. To the contrary, they form the tandem foundations of a future in security, dignity and prosperity for all. As Prime Minister Rama said yesterday, “Palestinians in Gaza cannot be left with the impossible choice, either Hamas or Israel.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“Let us not forget that any military strategy that ignores the human cost could ultimately have adverse effects, which, in the long term, risk playing into the hands of extremists and undermine long-term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the wider region. As we are all aware, the Israel-Hamas war has spilled onto the world stage. Sharp political and social polarization has deepened far from the conflict zone. In such troubled times, people make little effort to understand; they rush to take sides, often unleashing the worst. We see with worry an alarming rise of acts of antisemitism, dehumanizing language, multiple acts of hate, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab or anti-Palestinian sentiment. They are becoming commonalities to unite multiple different and competing groups of bigots, which can quickly metastasize into senseless violence.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“The bombardments, the huge number of displaced people, the collapse of water and electricity systems, the lack of fuel and the limited access to food and medical supplies are — as we heard from the briefers — severely affecting maternal, newborn and child health care in an already dire humanitarian situation. We have said it many times: wars have laws, and they must be respected. Hospitals and schools — wherever they are — enjoy protection under international humanitarian law, and that should be no different in Gaza. In responding to terror, Israel must abide fully by international humanitarian law, in line with the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“At the same time, we acknowledge that fighting in such a densely populated area is very challenging because Hamas’s military capabilities and its war infrastructure are deeply embedded within Gaza; its fighters intentionally hide among civilians, exposing the latter deliberately to high and heightened risks. Wars, even the most carefully planned ones, are always a tragic event, as many things can and do go wrong. We are dismayed by the extreme disproportionate impact the Israeli response to Hamas is having on civilian lives in Gaza. The death toll of civilians is utterly disturbing, and the rules on the protection of civilians in conflict are being challenged constantly.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“That makes even more incomprehensible the unprecedented and unjustified losses the United Nations family has endured, with more than 100 of its staff killed in the line of duty. In the face of the abhorrent massacre by Hamas of Israeli citizens, a carnage that evokes some of the darkest memories, we understand the efforts to root out Hamas in an act of self-defence and to make sure that such attacks never happen again. In the media landscape, the latest bad news reports quickly overshadow the previous ones, but Hamas’s horrific crimes cannot be forgotten or relativized and should not go unpunished.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“This momentum should be fully used to contribute to ensuring the delivery of critical and vital humanitarian aid for all civilians in Gaza. Humanity always prevails in ensuring that things get better. We acknowledge the extremely difficult circumstances the United Nations agencies and their international partners continue to face while operating on the ground. We pay tribute to their extraordinary efforts to help those in need. The pause will bring the much-needed relief to facilitate their work, guarantee their safety and ensure immediate, unrestricted humanitarian access for all civilians in need in order to save lives and prevent further suffering. Saving lives is the United Nations core mandate; it is the calling of those who serve it.”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“I thank Executive Directors Bahous, Russell and Kanem the information provided. Like many others, we welcome the agreement reached to ensure the release of some of the hostages captured by Hamas. Women and children illegally held in captivity for more than seven weeks will finally be reunited with their loved ones. We commend the efforts of those involved, in particular the United States, Qatar and Egypt — and we encourage them to continue — and we reiterate our call for the release of all innocent civilians. The four-day pause and the partial release of hostages go in the same direction as resolution 2712 (2023), adopted recently by the Security Council, and which should be fully implemented (see S/PV.9479).”
2023-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9484 (2023) · source
“Because, let us not forget, for Ukraine, the defence efforts are a matter of survival. For Russia, the war has been and remains a matter of caprice and imperial design. It is therefore crucial not to allow Russia to get away with crimes: the crime of changing borders by force, the crime of illegal annexation of territory and the crime of deliberate policy that could bring back anarchy in Europe and instability in the entire world. That is why standing with Ukraine and for its sovereignty and territorial integrity means all of us defending democratic values, the international rules-based order and the Charter of the United Nations — what we stand for.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“No one likes armed missionaries; and the first lesson given by nature and prudence is to repel them as enemies.” As incomprehensible as it may be, 231 years later, that extravagant idea and that kind of politician are still around — except that today Robespierre’s advice to repel enemies is enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and international law and is embodied in the worldwide solidarity with Ukrainians in their right to self-defence and their heroic resistance. It means that we have learned from past mistakes — at least some of us have. That is why we will continue to support Ukraine’s right and ability to defend itself against Russia’s aggression, uphold the fundamental principles of multilateralism and help the Ukrainian people to build the secure, prosperous and independent future they deserve.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“This war, which was based on bogus pretexts and alternative realities that Russia created and continues to perpetuate, has only revealed how little respect a permanent member of the Security Council has for the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the resolutions of the Council, despite its unsuccessful attempts to preach otherwise. History can always provide good advice to learn from the past and understand the present. In 1792, Maximilien Robespierre warned that: “The most extravagant idea that can take root in the head of a politician is to believe that it is enough for one people to invade a foreign people to make it adopt its laws and constitution.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“Ukraine has become a candidate country to the European Union, strengthened its European credentials and is making its choices free from the Russian dictate. It was meant to show Russia’s strength and grandeur. It has instead proved a disastrous example of overreach. It has isolated Russia, which stands now as a weak pariah, perceived as a threat to democracies, the European security architecture and the international security system. By invading its smaller neighbour, Russia showed its contempt for the rules-based international order. It has upset and challenged it. But the world, as show in the General Assembly, has not followed Russia. It has openly opposed and condemned it.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“As we approach the twenty-second month of uninterrupted, brutal war, let us take a moment to look at some key aspects of this war — which was probably a culmination of incompetence, non-strategic decisions and political blunder — and what it has brought for Ukraine, Russia and the world. It was meant to be a three-day promenade. It has been going on for more than 620 days with no end in sight, bringing death and destruction for Ukraine, but also extraordinary costs for Russia itself. It promised to save and liberate Ukrainians. It has only brought misery and suffering, killed 10,000 innocent people and displaced more than 10 million others. It was meant to bring Ukraine closer to Russia. It has instead created a more unified, nationally conscious country and society than before the war.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“In 2023, in a man-made war, the Kremlin continues to weaponize food against the same country and people, this time with effects reverberating around the world. As part of its efforts to subjugate its neighbour, Russia killed the Black Sea Grain Initiative, annihilating much-needed food security relief worldwide. It continues to deliberately bombard and destroy Ukraine’s export facilities and grain silos. It has wrecked and heavily mined vast parts of the agricultural land, inflicting huge damage to the country’s economy and its output. What Russia did not want, Ukraine is now making possible, thankfully. The food corridor is vital both for Ukraine and for millions around the world.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“The reports established by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, based on numerous missions to Ukraine and other evidence, show beyond any doubt that the Russian authorities have committed a wide range of violations, many of which amount to war crimes. They include wilful killings, attacks on civilians, unlawful confinement, torture, rape, sexual violence and forced transfers and deportations of children. Just a few days ago, Ukraine commemorated the ninetieth anniversary of the Holodomor, otherwise known as the great famine. In the period from 1932 to 1933, millions of Ukrainians were starved to death in a man-made famine engineered by the Soviet Government of Joseph Stalin.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“Nothing can or should diminish the tragedy unfolding in Gaza, but we cannot forget that civilians are dying every day in a disastrous war in the Sudan, that a horrible civil war is going on almost in silence in Myanmar and that the cruelty of Russia in Ukraine has not stopped, to mention just a few human miseries of our world. That is why this meeting is important, as a very much-needed reality check. The briefers shared the latest information on several key aspects, and we welcome that. In the course of nearly two years, Russia has reduced entire Ukrainian cities to rubble, conducted indiscriminate attacks with shelling, missiles and drones against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, caused a massive humanitarian crisis and is guilty of multiple crimes, including crimes against humanity.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“Let me also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth for their briefings. While the world’s attention remains glued to the ongoing dramatic developments in Gaza, with hope that some of the much-awaited good news will come soon, the aggression against Ukraine continues unabated, with terrible humanitarian consequences and a profound detrimental impact on human lives, including for many around the world. Like it or not, the world media and public attention have their own patterns. They can focus on only one event at a time.”
2023-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9483 (2023) · source
“But despite that, for the sake of children and other innocent civilians and their safety, in the name of life and the future, and bound by the unwavering commitment to respect international law and the protection of civilians, we voted in favour of the resolution because human life should be placed above everything else. We sincerely hope that this moment will mark a turning point to start projecting convincingly a Gaza without Hamas and without terror, war and violence, but with people — normal people — who can project their future in freedom and dignity.”
2023-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9479 (2023) · source
“We need to face the truth. The death toll among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, is unbearable and unjustified. That death toll spiral must stop, since civilians are paying for nothing. Civilians do not deserve to suffer. They do not deserve to die. They need to be protected always. But let us not forget or lose sight of the fact that Hamas is directly responsible for the situation. They are responsible for the choices they deliberately made to invest in tunnels, weapons and terror instead of working for the good of the people they pretend to represent. They have and continue to use civilians as human shields, which has always been a preferred method of warfare by terrorist organizations.”
2023-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9479 (2023) · source
“We voted in favour of the resolution because the text, imperfect as it is, responds to critical objectives coherent with our principled position on the issue. It calls for the immediate release of the hostages — who should be released immediately and unconditionally. It provides for extended humanitarian pauses to ensure the protection of civilians, in particular children, in accordance with international humanitarian law; for the immediate and unhindered flow of the humanitarian aid to all those in need; and for the protection of United Nations and humanitarian personnel, who — let us not forget — have paid a heavy undue price. It is a strong message of hope and solidarity with those suffering. We nonetheless regret that the text fails to issue a clear, strong and straightforward condemnation of Hamas and its terrorist acts.”
2023-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9479 (2023) · source
“We thank Malta for its efforts and continued engagement with all the Security Council members to arrive at this point. No one needs reminding that dealing with issues of peace and security, ensuring the protection of civilians and supporting peace efforts are the raison d’être of the Security Council. And when civilians are harmed anywhere in the world, the Council cannot stay idle. Its inability over the past six weeks to find common ground on this issue, speak with one voice in condemning the abhorrent terrorist acts and deliver — while the humanitarian situation in Gaza has gone from bad to worse — has been particularly distressing. The world has been watching, waiting and hoping. Needless to say, therefore, we welcome today’s adoption of the resolution (resolution 2712 (2023)) and its primary focus on international humanitarian law.”
2023-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9479 (2023) · source
“The children of Gaza should grow up to become not future fighters, but good citizens. They should be reared not with hate but with tolerance and respect for others. They should be taught citizenship education, not propaganda and bigotry. This is an arduous and long road. It will require genuine and sustained efforts. However, it may never come to pass if parties do not agree to get together, with the strong help of the international community, and design a path to peace, one that provides the Israelis with what they need, namely, security and peace; and the Palestinians with what they want and deserve, namely, their own State and freedom. Failing that, real and lasting change will not happen in the Middle East, and any appeasement will only postpone the next confrontation.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“Anyone seeking to use the current situation to advance their goals and bring more conflict, more misery and more victims and chaos to the wider region should think twice. The well-known troublemakers and supporters of terror in the region — those who applaud, support and finance Hamas’s terror and other cynical supporters of theirs — should be kept in check. But there is a need for more. As soon as hostilities cease, Gaza, free of Hamas, should emerge with a renewed Administration and political organization. It should be rebuilt through a collective solidarity effort. It is therefore urgent to do the utmost to revive the political horizon with a serious offer and plan for the two-State solution as the only viable prospect for a future region free of terror.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“Far too many innocent people are dying for nothing, caught up in a war that is not theirs. That war against terror should not unduly punish those it means to save — those it needs to save. We welcome the four-hour daily pauses and the safe passage corridors as a concrete step in the right direction. They need to be fully coordinated with United Nations actors and their partners on the ground so that the protection of civilians and humanitarian help become truly effective. We hear the United Nations humanitarian workers and their partners on the ground arguing that that may not be enough. They must be heard. We praise and welcome all efforts made, in particular by the United States, to prevent the spillover of the conflict in the region.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“While we understand that a terrorist organization should not be allowed to reorganize, regroup, ambush or continue to kill, as they have shown what they are able to do; while there is fierce fighting against barbarism, there is a need to keep and show the best of humanity. While there can be no equivalence whatsoever between the massacres of Hamas and the military actions of the Israeli army, we need to make sure that the protection of civilians and international humanitarian law do not remain mere empty words but are serious commitments to be observed and respected — commitments that call for prompt and serious actions. The staggering loss of innocent human lives among Palestinians and the unbearable number of children killed are profoundly disturbing.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“Furthermore, concrete, improved and urgent actions are needed. Food, water, medical supplies and fuel must be delivered. They should not go to Hamas and their fighters, but they cannot be denied to civilians. We have said it many times and want to repeat it again: every response to Hamas and their fighting capabilities should be carefully and properly targeted and made with distinction and precaution. Civilians are not responsible for Hamas’s actions; they do not have to pay for the actions of terrorists and extremists. Civilians and the infrastructure they rely on — including hospitals, shelters and schools — must be protected. They cannot be used for other purposes and cannot be places where Hamas can hide or from where it can operate.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“It continues to hurl its rockets indiscriminately at Israel, and its leaders rejoice of their massacres and keep repeating that they will do it over and over again — “1 million times”, said one of them publicly. Albania stands firm with Israel in its legitimate right to self-defence against pure savagery — but in a proportionate manner and profoundly rooted in the law — and supports Israel’s and all other efforts aimed at securing the release of hostages. The humanitarian situation in Gaza needs no description. Despite some efforts and improved access, deemed insufficient, the current situation is unsustainable. More than 800 hundred trucks have accessed Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but much more is needed, and much more should be done. Hospitals should be provided with critical supplies and must remain protected.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“Let me thank World Health Organization Director-General Ghebreyesus and Mr. Jilani for their briefings. We are grateful to them and to everyone working on the ground to deliver life-saving assistance to those in need. The traumatizing developments of the past four weeks have shattered the lives of Israelis and Palestinians and have brought the region to the brink of a major catastrophe, while the ongoing dramatic developments remain utterly troubling. Hamas continues to ignore the call of the international community and of the United Nations to unconditionally release hostages, whom it is holding illegally and without justification.”
2023-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9472 (2023) · source
“During the reporting period, the Committee issued four press releases containing summaries of the informal consultations held on 28 April, 16 May, 19 June and 20 July. A press release was also issued on 26 September on the topic of children and armed conflict as it relates to the work of the Committee. There are currently 12 individuals and one entity on the sanctions list of the Committee. The Committee did not receive any listing or delisting requests during the reporting period. The Committee also did not receive any exemption requests. Lastly, during the reporting period, the Committee continued to receive vessel inspections reports from UNVIM.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9468 (2023) · source
“On 1 November, the Committee heard a presentation by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on the Panel’s final report, which was submitted to the Committee on 18 September 2023 in accordance with resolution 2675 (2023), paragraph 3. The report was transmitted to the Security Council on 2 November and will be issued as document S/2023/833. The Committee further discussed the four recommendations addressed to it and is currently considering follow-up action. Also, during the informal consultations held on 1 November, the Committee received a briefing from a representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs pursuant to resolution 2664 (2022), paragraph 5.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9468 (2023) · source
“On 16 May, the Committee heard presentations by representatives from the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM) and a representative from the United Nations Office for Project Services on UNVIM’s work. On 19 June, the Committee heard a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. On 20 July, the Committee heard a presentation by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on the Panel’s midterm update, submitted in accordance with resolution 2675 (2023), paragraph 3, and discussed the recommendations contained therein for possible follow up.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9468 (2023) · source
“Mr. Hoxha: I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), paragraph 19 (e). The most recent briefing on the matter took place on 15 March 2023 (see S/PV.9282). This briefing will therefore cover the period from 16 March 2023 to date. Since my most recent briefing to the Council, the members of the Committee have met five times in informal consultations. During the informal consultations held on 28 April, the Committee received a presentation from the Panel of Experts on Yemen on its programme of work for the renewed mandate, which had begun on 29 March 2023, in accordance with resolution 2675 (2023).”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9468 (2023) · source
“By the way, the same held true for the former Yugoslavia, his country, as well as half of Europe. That is therefore not the issue. We have made our transition to democracy in peace, not through war. We have changed ourselves through our own will, not through crimes, as Milošević did for all of the Balkans during the breakup of Yugoslavia. I will conclude with the following. We are proud of our term on the Security Council. We are sure that we have done our best to contribute to its work and that, of course, after our Council term, we will contribute to cooperation, peace and security in the Balkans and Europe.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“I will be brief, but I feel obliged to respond to the totally unhinged remarks by the Ambassador of Serbia. I think that is now understood that we were discussing Bosnia and Herzegovina today and nothing else, not Serbia, not the Republic of Kosovo, or any other country. I did not mention in my statement any other country other than Bosnia and Herzegovina, the subject of this meeting. I utterly reject everything that he mentioned in a total lack of coherence, which is not the first time that this speaker has done this. He has done it here and elsewhere, but that is his problem. I do, however, agree with one thing. During the time of communism, Albania had a system that denied human rights and freedoms. That is true. But that was three decades ago — 33 years ago. My colleague seems not to have been updated.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“Albania will continue to support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and multi-ethnic character, which is so essential to peace, stability and progress in the Western Balkans and wider Europe.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“It will need its youth to be more involved and integrated to provide fresh energy and direction. It will need to invest in all areas of importance, but more than anything in education so as to strengthen an open and cohesive society, forge tolerance and understanding, especially to fight discrimination, the glorification of criminals, genocide denial and the revisionists who want to drag it down. It will need to be forward-thinking and, while it heals the wounds of the past, to fully embrace the fantastic opportunities for regional cooperation and Euro-Atlantic integration by strengthening its democratic institutions and social cohesion as the best guarantee of a future in peace and prosperity.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have the right to build their future through commonly agreed efforts in working for their prosperity and the future of next generations. As President von der Leyen highlighted in Sarajevo two days ago, progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina depends largely on dialogue, mutual respect and respect for the constitutional structure and constitutional powers. This is the last meeting on this issue during our Council mandate. We firmly and profoundly believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina deserves the continued attention of the Council and its partners to maintain stability and unity and to achieve progress in building its future — one its people have chosen, one that leads it forward, not backwards. Bosnia and Herzegovina will need continued efforts, creativity, open-mindedness and inclusivity.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“By introducing legislation in defiance of the opinions of the Venice Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Mr. Dodik is revealing the poor and fading democratic and European credentials of the entity he leads, because he seeks advice and counsel elsewhere, in places where democracy is dying and where freedoms are a thing of the past. We strongly condemn those actions and call on our European and Euro-Atlantic partners to do the same, vigorously. The people of Republika Srpska should know that actions have consequences, and that they will be the first to pay the price of wrong choices and adventurous decisions. One part cannot — and should not — decide for all. One part cannot hijack the ensemble, even less so with retrograde choices.”
2023-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9466 (2023) · source
“Instead of engaging in good faith with the reforms required to bring citizens closer to the European Union and build a stable and prosperous future inside Euro-Atlantic institutions, he is daydreaming of changing the map of Europe with a silly stroke of his silly pen. The truth is that Mr. Dodik has spectacularly failed to bring to the people of the Republika Srpska the real economic benefits promised. Instead he is fanning nationalistic flames, feeding its voters conspiracy theories. By continuously attacking the High Representative and the Constitutional Court of the country, he is openly, continuously and seriously undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement.”
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“If Dodik were not a promoter of autocracy and the well-known setbacks that come with it, if he were not the promoter of a dangerous game of escalation and lies for its constituents and if he were not the zealous gravedigger of the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with very dubious outside support, he would certainly win the prize of the comic-in-chief of the region. But he should not be taken lightly because, bit by bit, he is turning away from Europe. He is undermining the proven benefits of regional cooperation, and he is refusing and wasting the prosperity and security that the Euro-Atlantic path offers to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to all Western Balkan States.”
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“Dodik has visibly resolved never to miss an occasion to drag the country into an artificially generated political crisis by blocking the institutional functionality of the State and be the champion of abnormality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His recent reckless statement calling for the creation of a unified Serb State, the latest of his ridiculous ideas — which, by the way, means undermining four existing States — is not only destabilizing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also threatens the region’s security and stability.”
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