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Hoxha

lines on the record: 1,795
first: 2014-02-19
most recent: 2023-12-29
sittings or episodes: 264
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“The Mission has no crucial role in any of the key issues with which Kosovo needs assistance. Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia is facilitated by the European Union (EU). Public order and security are the focus of the Kosovo Police, the Kosovo Security Force, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Force. The rights of national minorities are enshrined in the country’s Constitution and carried out through its institutions. The Kosovo justice system is consolidated and improving There is a key element to keep in mind — the Kosovo situation is no longer a matter of peace and security. Kosovo is no longer an issue under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. Speaking of peacekeeping now in Kosovo is meaningless. We therefore wonder about UNMIK’s raison d’être.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“With the overall progress and consolidation of Kosovo institutions, with the strengthening of its international profile and the prospects of agreement through ongoing dialogue, there was no doubt that the role of UNMIK would further diminish and erode. There is nothing wrong with that. It is in the nature of things. United Nations missions are not meant to continue in perpetuity. They are there to perform their task and exit as soon as possible. UNMIK is not part of the walls of Kosovo. It was mandated to do a job and, in our view, that job, in its core mandate, is done. We ask ourselves how UNMIK, in its current configuration, is relevant and further needed in Kosovo. We have very carefully read the Secretary- General’s report on UNMIK (S/2022/313).”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“We thank all those who have offered their contribution to help Kosovo and its citizens move ahead. Following the declaration of independence in 2008 and its international legitimacy through the opinion of the International Court of Justice in 2011, UNMIK’s competencies and responsibilities have been gradually transferred to the Kosovo authorities. It was the right thing to do. Also, in response to the considerably improved reality, Council meetings on this issue have become more infrequent. Indeed, when there is not much to say, there is no need to meet. We have therefore come to a moment that calls for a reality check.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“Kosovo is a full-fledged democracy and an important actor for stability in the region. Its democratic internal development and its foreign and security policy have contributed to stabilizing the Western Balkans. As we heard today, Kosovo’s advancement on the women and peace and security agenda and the youth, peace and security agenda, in addition to an increase in the number of elected women, including to the highest positions, is remarkable. We applaud Kosovo’s clear positioning on Ukraine and its alignment with sanctions, and commend the Government and the people of Kosovo for their generosity in receiving Afghan refugees and, lately, also Ukrainian displaced persons, including journalists. Since 1999, for 23 years, UNMIK has supported Kosovo and its citizens in rebuilding their future.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her briefing and wish her success in her new position. I welcome Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo, and Mr. Nikola Selakovič, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, to this meeting. Let me start by commending the Republic of Kosovo and its authorities for their achievements, despite the largely unfavourable environment due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. Local elections held in October brought forth yet further confirmation of how much Kosovo has advanced in building a State for the citizens by the citizens.”
2022-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9019 (2022) · source
“That is why Russia’s war of choice concerns not only the fate of 44 million Ukrainians, but all of us. We must not allow one country to bully the world into submission. No country should be free to dominate others.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“Stalin had decided to invade Finland. He wanted a part of it and was convinced that the invasion would be over in a matter of days. What happened was a different story altogether. The outnumbered Finnish resistance, some 3,600 people, inflicted a humiliating defeat on the 25,000-strong Soviet division of that time. For Stalin, it was a territorial grab. For the Finnish, it was an existential threat. No might can defeat the brave hearts of those in the right. It is important to recall that the Soviet Union wanted to Sovietize Europe. It tried and it failed. The same attempt to impose one man’s rule, concept and foolish dream is failing again, resulting in humiliation for the aggressor but also, unfortunately, in dramatic consequences for Ukraine and serious disruptions for the world.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“She was 11 years old when her family got the news that her father, who was fighting with the Red Army in the Second World War, had been killed at the front. Amid tears, she said, “My father died defending Russia and now that same Russia is bombing me”. Let me end on this note. In order to enforce its long-held obsessive claim that Ukraine does not exist, the Kremlin has resorted to brute force, coupled with totalitarian censorship back home, in an attempt to force reality to meet the myth. What has happened over the past seven weeks shows the contrary. Reality is hard to deny, and misreading history may result in disaster. History serves not only to bear witness to what has happened in the past, but also as a way to draw lessons and not repeat mistakes in the future. I cannot help going back for a moment to November 1939.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“To be properly informed, we always need critical thinking, but it would be hard to refute the credibility of The New Yorker magazine. The most recent investigative report on the siege of Chernihiv is petrifying. “The siege had lasted 39 days and, according to the city’s mayor, killed some 700 people — though countless more died as a result of freezing temperatures, lack of medical care and shortages of food and medicines.... Residential buildings were struck with terrifying regularity.” Even the Yuri Gagarin stadium was flattened. It could hardly be otherwise. When hospitals and schools are attacked, the fight is not against an army; it is aimed at destroying a population. Nina Rogacheva, at 92 years old, is in a hospital bed, badly wounded.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“The alarming reports of the arbitrary detention of civilians, forced deportation and increased conflict- related sexual violence in territories under Russian control are appalling and must be fully investigated. Accountability is central to our collective efforts to suppress and, hopefully, prevent acts of aggression. We applaud the visit of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, to the crime scenes. Gathering evidence for the purpose of accountability for the atrocities committed in Ukraine remains key not only to delivering on our commitment but also to taking responsibility at all levels to establish truth and end impunity. We may sometimes be sceptical of media reports here and there.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“As we heard from the briefers, the needs continue to grow exponentially, because no ceasefire is anywhere on the horizon, which we deeply regret. Safe passage must be ensured to allow for the safe evacuation of civilians. The Secretary-General has called for a humanitarian pause. We support his call, but will he be heard? Everything must be done to protect people vulnerable to trafficking inside Ukraine or those at risk while fleeing the country. We applaud the generosity and hospitality of Ukraine’s neighbours and the measures that they and others have taken in welcoming Ukrainian refugees and providing them with access to labour markets, health care and social benefits. Everything is under attack in Ukraine — freedom, property, rights and life itself. Where there are no ground troops, there will be deadly missiles falling from the sky.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“A major assault has started in eastern Ukraine. It was anticipated, and we do not need to be told what Russia will do there. Mariupol, Bucha and Chernihiv are the calamitous templates that foretell more of the same ruthlessness. There will be more victims and destruction, more suffering and atrocities and more children hurt. That shows that the so-called negotiations were never sincere, merely a tactical bullet to force Ukraine into concessions or a move to gain time and regroup to inflict more pain. We welcome the work of the United Nations agencies and their international partners — including those at risk of losing their lives, like the worker from Caritas — while helping millions in need, wherever possible, inside and outside the country.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“Russia continues to impose its inhuman behaviour and ruthless vision on its neighbour. It continues to slaughter civilians, destroy the country and persist in dashing hopes. In a matter of weeks, the war has managed to defy the wildest of projections, since, as we heard from Ms. Clements, more than 5 million people have crossed the border since 24 February. Add to that the fact that more than 7.1 million people have been internally displaced and uprooted from their homes, and another 13 million affected by this special madness, and the picture is apocalyptic. The country is upside down. These people, the majority of them women and children, have left everything behind. They have lost their homes. They have been dispossessed of their lives and deprived of their dreams. They are left only with made-in-Russia nightmares.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“Let me thank Director General Vitorino and the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Ms. Clements, for their updated information on the situation in Ukraine. There is unfortunately no good news from Ukraine, only more of a never-ending tragedy. Every briefer from the United Nations system who addresses the Council echoes the same concerns, sounds the same alarms and highlights the same issues. The situation in Ukraine is dire and worsening. We are running out of words to describe the continued terrible human suffering, the deliberate large-scale destruction and the increasing humanitarian needs. But we are not running out of rage or condemnation of what should never have happened in the first place. Russia has crossed all moral red lines, knowingly, willingly and on purpose. The war of aggression remains as brutal as on its first day.”
2022-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9018 (2022) · source
“We look forward to concrete steps towards a sustained political process, and we strongly support Special Envoy Grundberg in his efforts in this respect.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“We know, as it was said in this Chamber, Yemen is one of the most exposed countries to threats to food security, given its dependence on imports. While we applaud — and rightfully so — this moment of hope, let us not forget that serious challenges persist, and we must remain prudent. The humanitarian situation is still dramatic, and access must be improved. The detained United Nations personnel must be released. The human rights situation remains sobering. The truce is fragile, and everything must be done to maintain and possibly extend it. Pessimism can be pervasive, but the Yemenis must not indulge in it. Rather, they should fully grasp this momentum and offer themselves the prospect of a future different from the past.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“All the foregoing important developments would not have been achieved without the bold commitment of the Gulf Cooperation Council in hosting the Yemeni- Yemeni consultations. The Presidential Leadership Council must bring a new focus, and we encourage it to address the urgent humanitarian and economic needs of the Yemeni people. The positive momentum created by the $3 billion economic-support package announced by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should be fully embraced, and it calls for concrete action and reforms. We also welcome the Saudi Arabia pledge of $300 million to fund the United Nations humanitarian response plan, especially in the circumstances where the military aggression in Ukraine is greatly affecting or exacerbating food security in other conflict areas.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“The goodwill expressed by all sides needs to be translated into long-term commitment and avoiding unnecessary rhetoric and truce breaches. Now that guns have been silenced, we believe it is the right time to start thinking that Yemen, peace and development can go together and that it is possible to work and achieve a lasting solution to the conflict. Viable solutions to long and protracted conflicts require an inclusive political process, and we reiterate our call for the full engagement of all the parties with the Special Envoy. In this regard, the political participation of women remains of paramount importance. We take note of the visit of a Special Envoy to Sana’a and the exchanges with the leadership of the Houthis, with the objective of moving the political process forward.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“It has been a long time since we had good news from Yemen, to the point that the name of the country itself had become synonymous with despair. We welcome the first serious truce between the parties in years and all the positive measures associated with and resulting from it. We welcome the cessation of hostilities and military operations and cross- border attacks. Let me join colleagues in praising Special Envoy Grundberg’s sincere efforts to successfully broker this truce. We hope it will be fully respected by all sides and that the sides will continue to remain constructively engaged in its full implementation. We reiterate our firm position: a comprehensive nationwide ceasefire remains a priority. We have long stated that there is no military solution to the conflict.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“We must use the recent accounts of victims of sexual violence in Ukraine, and anywhere else in the world, as a most urgent wake-up call: no perpetrator should go unpunished — not in Ukraine, not in Yemen, not in Afghanistan, not in Syria, not in Kosovo, not anywhere.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Thirdly and finally, we must ensure the effective and secure participation of civil society, as was the case today, in particular women’s organizations, in our efforts to address conflict-related sexual violence at all stages, including reparation and rehabilitation. We must protect women activists, including women human rights defenders, journalists and peacebuilders and those working directly on conflict-related sexual violence, from any form of reprisal. In conclusion, spending time to only condemn such crimes is not an option. We must take concrete action through the entire chain of steps: prevent violence, protect individuals, punish perpetrators and provide redress to victims and survivors. The legal framework has value only if it is implemented. Otherwise, it is just printed paper.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Albania welcomes the steps taken by some countries under universal jurisdiction in their national courts and encourage a more coordinated approach among States towards that end. We will be very pleased to follow the Murad code on the collection of evidence, because only evidence can lead to accountability, and accountability helps wounds heal. We in the Council should incorporate sexual violence as a stand-alone designation criterion for targeted sanctions when we cannot do better than that. The message should be a clear one: no one who has promoted, used or plans to use sexual violence as a tactic of war will escape justice.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“First, we must prioritize prevention, and we can contribute by including the prevention of and response to conflict-related sexual violence when we in the Council design and renew the mandates of peace operations. The deployment of women’s protection advisers has proved to be very effective in ensuring more timely, accurate and reliable information regarding conflict- related sexual violence in the field. Secondly, as everyone agrees, we must improve and strengthen accountability; ensuring accountability by putting an end to impunity for violations and abuses must be our priority. We strongly support the work of the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict as well as the Model Legislative Provisions and Guidance launched by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“In this respect, we commend Special Representative Patten for the publication of the anthology entitled In Their Own Words: Voices of Survivors of Conflict- Related Sexual Violence and Service-Providers, which contains 150 powerful and heartbreaking stories of survivors and service-providers. Reading their words, one understands the destructive force and the dehumanizing nature of that horrendous crime. It harms not just a single individual or a single family or even a single group but negatively affects entire families and communities, erodes social and political stability, and undermines economic progress, as you, Lord Ahmad, rightly put it. If we want to finally end this universal scourge, we must be able to do more and better, and that is by taking action.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“While the conflict-related sexual crimes committed in Kosovo have regrettably never been included in the reports of the Secretary-General on sexual violence and their annexes, we commend UN-Women for its work in assisting and training the Kosovo authorities to investigate, prosecute and adjudicate cases of conflict- related sexual violence and address their legacy by integrating a survivor-centred human rights-based approach, because the voices of more than 20,000 women and girls abused during the conflict in Kosovo must be heard, just as all voices of all survivors of sexual violence anywhere in the world must be heard.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“We have the law, but there is a lack of proper application of it. We express outrage, but we end up with little action, and this is what must end. Coming from a region that, in the not-so-distant past, has been the setting for major conflicts and human suffering, we have witnessed how sexual violence was used as a tactic of war against civilians. Sexual violence was a despicable weapon of war, an instrument to humiliate that was widely used in the conflict in Kosovo in 1998 to 1999. This horrible crime has left a profound imprint on survivors and society alike.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Perpetrators are being identified, and they must be prosecuted and convicted. All parties to conflict, whether they are State or non-State actors, are bound by international law. While in the past sexual violence has often been seen as a by-product of war, it is now recognized as a war crime and a core security challenge. It is outlawed by many international legal frameworks and Security Council resolutions. I therefore wish to echo Special Representative Patten’s questions: why is it still so widespread in conflicts from Ukraine to Myanmar, from Afghanistan to South Sudan? Why do some State actors still condone sexual violence as a means of warfare? The unacceptable and deplorable reality is that despite collective efforts, conflict-related sexual violence goes largely unpunished.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“The evidence uncovered shows that Russian soldiers not only recklessly and sadistically killed people in revenge for their defeat, but there is more: a woman was held as a sex slave in a cellar before being executed in cold blood. Ukraine’s Ombudsperson speaks about horrific cases of sexual violence involving a group of women and girls who had been kept in a basement of a house for 25 days, and nine of them are unwillingly pregnant now. By committing such despicable crimes and systematically denying them, as we have heard perpetrators do, they are killing twice. This is the only so-called noble aspect of this war: we know that lies are the backbone of every dictatorship, and Russia has made it its flagship communication tactic. These crimes must not be left unanswered.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“There is unfortunately a new situation where, as the days go by, we see new gruesome pictures emanating from the darkness of the war in Ukraine, and we hear new chilling testimonies of women and girls raped by the Russian aggressors. Only two days ago, the Executive Director of UN-Women, speaking on the situation of Ukraine, said in this Chamber, “We are increasingly hearing of rape and sexual violence” (see S/PV.9013). It was a stark warning of what is to come. In a remarkably well-documented investigation, an excellent example of the kind, The New York Times tells a part of a story of Bucha, this landscape of horror.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Thankfully, in the course of the last three decades, this has changed, but certainly not enough, as atrocities and conflict- related violence based on sexual orientation continues to persist in many parts of the world. Sexual violence continues to be used as a weapon of war and terror to punish civilians, terrorize communities and break up families for the sheer sick choice of perpetrators. Women are raped, men are tortured, girls are exploited and sold, children are born to raped mothers and end up being excluded by their communities. This is what has happened and is still happening in many theatres of war, from Tigray to Syria, from Myanmar and Afghanistan to Yemen, but not only these countries; the list is much longer.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Mr. President, thank you for organizing today’s open debate on this crucial issue. The number of speakers by itself speaks of the paramount importance that the States Members of the United Nations accord to this issue. We were moved by Ms. Murad’s powerful message. We thank her, as well as Ms. Karkoutly and Ms. Berhanu. Again, we thank you, Mr. President, and the United Kingdom team, for bringing these important voices to our discussion. They testify to how much we need to hear from civil society in the Security Council. We all know where we have come from on this issue. For a very long time, conflict-related sexual-violence crimes have not been recognized as crimes against humanity or war crimes, and as such were only rarely prosecuted, if at all.”
2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016 (2022) · source
“Finally, we welcome the progress that has been made in transitional justice processes. The Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition has delivered strong results to hold perpetrators to account. We would welcome a stronger focus on conflict-related sexual violence and the opening of a dedicated special case for such crimes. While it is important that all victims receive justice, accountability is also key to reconciliation and building a more peaceful society. Let me conclude by thanking President Duque Márquez for his Government’s positive engagement with the Security Council during his tenure. We look forward to continuing this work and wish him the best in his future endeavours.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“The elections have shown that the Government and the people of Colombia are indeed working hard to achieve a peaceful future for their country. The creation of 16 special transitional electoral districts for peace is an important step towards implementing the agreement, by including the voices of historically excluded populations in conflict-affected areas, members of indigenous communities and representatives of victims and women’s organizations. We have been happy to see the highest number of women candidates ever as well as an increase in the number of women elected to Congress. We encourage the Government to address gender-based political violence in the upcoming presidential elections by ensuring that security measures are in place so that the right to vote for all Colombians is protected.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“Rural security should be improved, the presence of State services in rural communities and conflict- affected areas enhanced and alternatives for illicit crops and economies developed. Without comprehensive rural reforms that also include the right to land for victims of the conflict, there will be no peace and development in Colombia. The gender provisions of the Final Agreement continue to be implemented and financed at a slower rate than other parts of it. As we stated in the joint media stakeout in January with Norway and the United Arab Emirates, the implementation of the Agreement’s gender provisions and ethnic chapters is an essential condition for lasting peace. After decades of senseless conflict, the Colombian people in March held their second congressional elections since the signing of the Agreement.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“A recent horrific example was the attack on 27 March in Bogotá that killed Salomé and Daniel and injured more than 30 people. There have also been attacks, death threats and a kill list from the Águilas Negras, who did not stop short of targeting the vice-presidential candidate as well. It is vital to ensure that the Colombian Government continues and intensifies its efforts to protect and safeguard all who are targeted and threatened, and that it strengthens the institutions that can investigate and prosecute the criminal actors responsible for such violence. The Government has a responsibility to protect its citizens, including in rural areas. Criminal gangs and armed groups must be dismantled once and for all.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“In particular, some rural areas have in recent months seen an increase in violence, including sexual violence and child recruitment, which threatens the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace and might risk rolling back some of the progress made. The biggest challenges to peace in Colombia remain the attacks and violence by armed groups and criminal gangs against community and social leaders, indigenous and Afro- Colombian representatives, human rights defenders and LGBTI activists. Women are especially targeted among those groups. Former combatants who have laid down their arms are threatened, making it harder for them to successfully reintegrate into society. We are appalled by such attacks, which jeopardize the peace process as a whole.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“Thousands of former combatants have laid down their arms and been reintegrated into their communities. Transitional justice mechanisms have been established and proven effective. The former Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo has been transformed into a recognized political party. Victims and previously excluded and marginalized populations have been given a seat at the table and in Congress, making processes more inclusive. There is broad support for the peace accord and the transition among Colombians. We sincerely commend the people, Government and President of Colombia for those efforts, the engagement and the activism aimed at creating a more peaceful, just and prosperous country for all. At the same time, as we have heard here, many challenges persist.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“Mr. Hoxha (Albania) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, for his briefing today as well as for his tireless efforts and those of his team and the United Nations country team on the ground. I would like to welcome President Iván Duque Márquez. His presence here today and the information he has shared with us illustrate once again the importance that the Colombian Government attaches to engagement with the Security Council and the entire international community. We greatly appreciate the direct exchange that makes our discourse more transparent. (spoke in English) In the five years since the signing of the historic peace agreement, much progress has been achieved.”
2022-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9015 (2022) · source
“The implementation of resolutions 2532 (2020) and 2565 (2021) should have our attention in each country situation file and humanitarian crisis considerations, as they are important resolutions that enjoy consensus and constitute a good solid basis to further build upon.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“We urge every vaccine donor to increase supplies for developing countries and congratulate Germany on co-hosting the 2022 Gavi Alliance COVAX Advance Market Commitment Summit and for pledging additional funding for COVID-19 vaccination in lower-income countries. Thirdly, the role of United Nations country teams, peacekeeping and special political missions in trying to support the vaccination process has proven to be of crucial importance, not only in contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security, but also in assisting local authorities and health facilities in addressing the pandemic and its consequences. Lastly, the Security Council should spare no efforts in calling upon all parties to armed conflicts to stop their hostilities and engage immediately in a durable humanitarian solution.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“Reports from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs show that, while we count 28 humanitarian response plan countries today, more than one-third of them — including Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, South Sudan, Cameroon, Burundi and Mali — have hardly vaccinated 3 to 10 per cent of their population. Let us not forget, as the briefers rightly recalled, there is not only a question of availability and access, but also of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy. Secondly, we believe that the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) is a powerful and truly multilateral tool to deliver vaccines equally through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility. Fully funding the ACT-A is of vital importance, and we welcome the efforts of all countries that have donated so far to the COVAX Facility.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“It marked the worst economic downturn since the great depression. In this fragile context, I would like to highlight a few points. First, we need a more robust response to facilitate equitable and affordable access to vaccines to fight the virus in the world’s most vulnerable infrastructure, guided by humanitarian principles, as well as by inclusivity, gender, community engagement principles and, of course, by equity. The poorest and most conflict-affected humanitarian response plan countries received the fewest doses.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“In June 2020, we signed a cross-regional joint statement, together with 170 Member States, to voice our support for the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire in all conflict-affected areas to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which is addressed subsequently in the landmark resolution 2532 (2020). Earlier this year, we joined the call of the President of the General Assembly for vaccine equity as well. Although a strong humanitarian response is in place, challenges are on the rise. We still see the intensification of existing and new conflicts in many parts of the world. We all know the heavy toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has profoundly affected livelihoods around the globe, disrupting global education, throwing millions back into extreme poverty, increasing humanitarian needs and fuelling conflicts.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“We thank the United Kingdom for bringing to the Council the issue of equitable access to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in conflict settings and humanitarian crises. I congratulate the briefers on their insightful interventions and useful recommendations. The pandemic is far from over, despite a much changed and improved global situation due to vaccination. Our increased capacity to learn to live with COVID-19 and a push to return to normal life should not make us imprudent. We know only one way to win over the virus — that is through protection measures and vaccines. Albania is a sponsor of resolution 2565 (2021), demanding humanitarian pauses to allow access to and the delivery of vaccines to all areas in armed conflict.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source
“Finally, the only true threshold here is the appalling degree of unspeakable crimes we are discovering in Ukraine, which has not been seen in Europe for decades.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source
“I listened carefully to our Russian colleague. I would just like to highlight three short points. First, we do not come here to create propaganda. We all know where the propaganda comes from nowadays, and it is certainly not from this Chamber. Secondly, what we say in this Chamber is fact- checked and corroborated. Facts and truths are not up for discussion, even when we do not like them. Thirdly, if we are here to talk about these painful issues, it is because of Russia’s actions, including this aggression. Continuing to claim that there is no war of aggression in Ukraine is equal to continuing to claim that the world is flat. We know that there are people who believe it, but that does not make it true.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source
“If I were in the unlikely situation of talking to President Putin, the only question that I would ask him is whether he would have accepted that his daughters be in the same situation as 11-year-old Yuri, who, terrified and forced to leave his home, told reporters: “Every time there was a shelling, my heart stopped.” I urge that President Putin stop making hearts stop, stop the shelling and the bombardments and order his soldiers, still alive, to go home, to his home, to Russia. As Pink Floyd blasted last week, “Hey, Hey, Rise Up”. It is time for the Russians to come to their senses and stand against this savagery.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source
“They are just a bargaining tool to achieve one man’s cynical goal, in his humiliation and isolation, to force the hand of Ukraine into unacceptable concessions. Life expectancy in Ukraine is now at the Kremlin’s will. It may decide whether one stays in one of those shattered cities and starves. It may decide to kill one with its missiles, which strike everything indiscriminately. It may also offer the forced hospitality of a Russian camp. As we speak about children, let me end with this note. Reportedly, President Putin is a father. That is one of those words that does not need defining.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source
“Have we not had enough of that ridiculous pattern when Russia commits a crime and attributes it to someone else? Who was behind an attempt to overthrow the legitimate Government in Montenegro? Who was behind the aeroplane tragedy of Flight MH- 17, hit by a missile? Who carried out indiscriminate bombardments in Aleppo? Who poisoned the Skripals? Who almost killed Navalny? Who is turning the world upside down through a war of choice? All those crimes lead to Russia. We now know that the Russian army does not attack civilians, except for residential areas, schools, hospitals, theatres, kindergartens and train stations. We also know that, for Russia, Ukrainian men, women, girls and children do not qualify as civilians.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source
“Lieutenant Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov, the Russian commander involved in the occupation of Bucha, will have to answer for the accusations of rape, pillage and the murder of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and for such repugnant disregard for human life. If the Kremlin thinks that it will benefit from the tefal effect, it is wrong. Its crimes stick to its face. A total of 5,600 investigations have been opened so far by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General. Accountability must be ensured. Before anyone had the time to catch their breath following the horrors discovered in Bucha and elsewhere around Kyiv, a missile hit a train station, where several thousand people were waiting to leave. A missile with the vicious sign “For our children” was sent to indiscriminately kill, including five children. We were again told that it was not Russia.”
2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9013 (2022) · source