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lines on the record: 24
first: 2008-07-17
most recent: 2018-09-27
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“But it is not too late to change course. Just as President Kennedy's prediction turned out to be pessimistic, there is nothing inevitable about the road along which North Korea has so far travelled. Before his regime wastes even more resources, creates yet more poverty and triggers still greater confrontations, Kim Jong Un could decide to allow his country to flourish in peace and safety. He could choose to heed the will of the Security Council, keep his own promises and relinquish the nuclear arsenal that has brought only misery and tension. The decision rests on his shoulders. Until then, the Security Council should hold fast to the resolutions we have passed.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“In a country where 200,000 children are acutely malnourished, half of all schools have no access to running water, and only 3 per cent of roads are paved, the regime has squandered the nation's resources and deepened the poverty of its people by pursuing an illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons. Far from bringing prestige or security, this arsenal has only increased tensions in East Asia and brought upon North Korea the most extensive economic sanctions ever imposed by the Security Council in the twenty-first century. As recently as 1973, North and South Korea had about the same gross domestic product per capita. Since then, decades of communist economic failure in North Korea have opened up a 20-fold disparity. Today, North Korea's gross domestic product per capita is less than 5 per cent of South Korea's.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“We support the assessment presented by Secretary of State Pompeo and the United States, which demonstrates that North Korea has systematically violated the controls placed on the import of these products. Indeed, the annual cap for 2018 has already been broken. This year, Britain sent two Royal Navy ships, the HMS Sutherland and the HMS Albion, to the Pacific, where they have helped to monitor illegal fuel transfers. A third ship, the HMS Argyle, is due in East Asia later this year. The members of the Security Council, especially the five permanent members, have a duty to uphold and enforce the sanctions contained in the resolutions, which we ourselves supported. We must not allow the authority of the Security Council to be undermined. Today, North Korea's leadership has a choice to make.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“Until that moment comes, Britain believes that the sanctions agreed by the international community should continue to be rigorously enforced, reflecting our shared belief that North Korea's nuclear ambitions threaten the safety of all of our peoples. The Council adopted the relevant resolutions as one and we should enforce them as one until the conditions that caused their adoption have decisively and irrevocably changed. Britain will continue to play our part in this effort. We are supporting the work of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) and the United Nations Panel of Experts. The onus rests on the whole Council to prevent North Korea from evading sanctions, particularly the controls on refined petroleum products.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“That country is North Korea, which has tested six nuclear devices in the past 12 years. Today, the international community shares a collective responsibility to ensure that North Korea complies once again with the rules on which the safety of every nation depends. Britain welcomes North Korea's decision to re-engage in diplomacy since the beginning of this year. We are encouraged by the meeting between President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang last week. We hope that North Korea's repeated promises to denuclearize are genuine, but we note the lack of concrete steps so far. Action counts for more than assurances; deeds must follow words. North Korea must comprehensively, verifiably and irreversibly abandon its nuclear weapons and the means to build them, in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Council.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“In March 1963, President Kennedy predicted that as many as 25 nations would soon develop nuclear weapons, posing what he described as the greatest possible danger to the survival of humankind. In the end, his bleak prophecy to never come to pass. Seven years after Kennedy voiced his fears, the world summoned the collective wisdom to create the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which now has 191 States parties. All but a handful of countries put aside their differences and agreed that global security - indeed, the existence of the human race - depended on halting the spread of nuclear weapons. Only one country signed the NPT and then sought to withdraw from it. Only one country promised, in the Treaty, never to develop nuclear weapons and then did exactly that.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“That approach, which focuses on prevention rather than prosecution after a crime has been committed, has caused more than 500 people to turn away from terrorism in the United Kingdom. We have learned lessons over the years and refined our "prevent" programme. We stand ready to share our experiences with countries that face similar problems. Societies that are confident in their beliefs and values and hold Governments to account are societies that are resistent to the virus of terrorism. The key to success is partnership among many nations. We must not lose sight of the importance of those partnerships, even as Da'esh loses its grip on Syria and Iraq. I look forward to our discussion today on how we can act together to prevent and counter the evolving threat from Da'esh. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“Earlier, in 2005, the Council adopted resolution 1624 (2005), condemning incitement and repudiating all attempts to justify or glorify acts of terrorism. The Council should be willing to consider further action in order to counter the use of the Internet by terrorists for propaganda and fundraising. Prevention is a key pillar of the United Kingdom's approach to counter-terrorism. Our aim is to identify anyone at risk of radicalization. We seek to reintegrate them into society. Agencies and local Governments, from health, education, social services and the police, routinely meet to identify individuals at risk and refer them to programmes run by specialists in deradicalization.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“For example, up to 20 per cent of foreign fighters globally are women and girls. Almost 10 per cent of the 40,000 individuals who travelled to join Da'esh were minors, many of whom have witnessed or experienced horrific violence and been exposed to radicalization. Some will be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. We need to act to prevent those minors from becoming the next generation of terrorists. The United Nations has a vital role to play in the struggle against Da'esh, consistent with the responsibility of the Security Council to address threats to international peace and security. The Council made air travel more secure by adopting resolution 2309 (2016), the first-ever resolution on aviation security, and it addressed the threat from foreign fighters in resolutions 2178 (2014) and 2396 (2017).”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“The rest are still in Iraq, Syria or elsewhere. Our response to this enduring threat should fall into two parts. First, we must press on with military operations against Da'esh. British forces continue to play their part as members of the global coalition, and the United Kingdom leads in the vital area of strategic communications against Da'esh. This year the British Government has committed another Â£20 million to counter-terrorism projects in countries we assess to be most at risk from returning foreign fighters. Secondly, we should renew our focus on prevention by addressing the root causes of the emergence of Da'esh, which means doing more to support peace and reconciliation in Iraq and a lasting political settlement in Syria. It also means responding to specific humanitarian problems.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“Britain shares the assessment of the Secretary- General's report that Da'esh is responding to the loss of territory by evolving into a covert terrorist network, with branches as far apart as Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen. Da'esh takes advantage of ungoverned space and weak States. Its terrorists do not necessarily require central direction, and they have demonstrated their ability to strike in Europe and South-East Asia. The report of the Secretary-General estimates that as many as 20,000 Da'esh fighters remain in Syria and Iraq, among them citizens of many countries. Around 900 people with links to the United Kingdom have travelled to join the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Around 40 per cent returned to the United Kingdom in the early days Da'esh's so-called caliphate, and some 20 per cent are believed dead.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“In the summer of 2014, Da'esh swept down the Tigris and Euphrates valleys, capturing thousands of square miles of Iraq and Syria and imposing its pitiless rule on millions of people in an area that was once the cradle of civilization. Over the next three years, attacks that were directed, inspired or enabled by Da'esh would claim more than 30,000 lives, including 181 attacks outside Iraq and Syria. The world responded by forming a global coalition to defeat this threat, and military action by many countries, including my own, has driven Da'esh from almost all of its domain and liberated millions from its oppression. But the point I wish to emphasize today is that Da'esh has not been vanquished, and that the root causes of its emergence have yet to be resolved.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“I thank Ms. Cook for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Coninsx for their briefings on the report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by Da'esh to international peace and security (S/2018/770). We would also like to welcome Ms. Joana Cook and thank her for sharing the key findings of her report on Da'esh women and minors, which shows the value of inviting civil society and researchers to inform our discussions.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2018/770, which contains the seventh report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da'esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering that threat. I now give the floor to Mr. Voronkov.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts Seventh report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da'esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat (S/2018/770) The President: In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary- General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; Ms. Michele Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate; and Ms. Joana Cook, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“As Security Council members will be aware, former Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away on 18 August. I am sure that Council members will join me in expressing our profound sadness at the news of his death, and in sending condolences to his family and loved ones. As President of the Security Council, I propose that the Council now observe a minute of silence in his honour. The members of the Security Council observed a minute ofsilence. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2018-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8330 (2018) · source
“As with all matters of peace and security, but especially those concerning the most vulnerable populations, we urge the Security Council to maintain its vigilance and overcome obstacles - usually political - that block full implementation of its resolutions. Resolution 1612 (2005), together with its related body of law, has set global standards and, indeed, has made a global promise. It is a promise we urge the Council to keep.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“Thirdly, we urge the Council to support the system-wide strengthening of the monitoring and reporting mechanism and, as others have urged, to expand the scope of the mechanism to include sexual violence as a trigger for activating it. Fourthly, it is also essential that donors adequately resource DDR programmes for children, with an emphasis on the necessary long-term, community-based reintegration programmes, as precisely described by Special Representative Coomaraswamy. Finally, looking towards the coming year, we ask the Council to reaffirm its readiness to build upon the provisions of resolution 1612 (2005) with a view to increasing the efficiency of the resolution's key aspects through a new resolution on children and armed conflict in 2009.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“Our statement is a call to action urging all those present here, representatives of other States Members of the United Nations, regional bodies, civil society and national Governments to respond with the resources and remedies needed to ensure that their historic commitments to children and to international peace and security do not lapse into vacant cliches. To that end, we urge the Council to act without delay on the following five priorities. First, it is necessary to demand accountability from perpetrators by imposing targeted measures when warranted. Secondly, the Council should call on its Working Group to continue to review reports of violations, to complete effective conclusions in a timely manner, to make practical recommendations for action and to utilize all the tools at its disposal.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“When the Security Council became seized of the plight of children and armed conflict, it was at a time when hideous images of boys and girls slung with bandoliers and Kalashnikov rifles, of civilians with hacked-off limbs and of sexual savagery shocked the human spirit, as they continue to do. Since then, the monitoring and reporting system mandated by the Council under resolution 1612 (2005) has made considerable advances, which the Watchlist documented in a study of four countries, released before last February's open debate. The Council's recent resolution 1820 (2008), as mentioned by previous speakers, gives added hope for more robust action to stop the rampage of sexual violence in armed conflict and to provide desperately needed protection and services to children and women.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“That means, first and foremost, overcoming the delays and deadlocks that have impeded the formulation of conclusions for specific reports and making use of the range of tools in the Working Group's innovative "tool kit". Equally crucial in countries emerging from decades of violence and destruction, it means ensuring that programmes for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of children are executed in a timely manner and are sufficiently resourced over the necessary long term so that girls and boys can enjoy their basic rights to life, health and education in their community's painful transition from bloodshed to development.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“Since then, as previous speakers have outlined, the Security Council's leadership on children in armed conflict has made significant progress. Thanks to the country-level task forces mandated under resolution 1612 (2005), the consolidation of efforts carried out under United Nations country teams, peacekeeping operations and the Peacebuilding Commission demonstrates the Organization's enormous potential to prevent egregious violations, to respond to them quickly and to end impunity for their assailants. However, given those successes and the Security Council's potential to totally change the lives of children in the most dangerous circumstances, there is no time to lose. The Council must maintain its momentum and enable the groundbreaking Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict to carry out the mandate that the Council has given it.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“Think of the ordinary people we know in war-ravaged villages who really do look to the Council to exercise its power to achieve real improvements for their girls and boys thousands of miles from this Chamber. The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is a coalition of non-governmental organizations that brings together the resources of both operational humanitarian and human rights agencies. Five and a half years ago, the Watchlist first appeared before the Security Council in an Arria formula briefing to reiterate the call by Mrs. Graca Machel - in her landmark survey on the effects of armed conflict, already mentioned today - to make children and armed conflict a matter of international peace and security and to create a United Nations-led monitoring and reporting system to protect children caught up in W ar.”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source
“Ms. Hunt: On behalf of my colleagues on the Steering Committee of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and the hundreds of members of our network around the world, I thank the Government of Viet Nam for hosting today's open debate and for offering this opportunity to civil society representatives to brief the Security Council. Welcome to New York, Sir. I also wish to express our appreciation for the significant time and effort that all members of the Security Council have dedicated to implementing the Council's own groundbreaking mandates, including its resolutions 1325 (2000), 1460 (2003), 1530 (2004), 1612 (2005) and, recently, 1820 (2008).”
2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936 (2008) · source