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Hunter

lines on the record: 302
first: 2018-08-29
most recent: 2022-05-17
sittings or episodes: 53
sources: un-security-council

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“As he said, "You have to understand: as an envoy, I cannot want peace more than the protagonists". He stepped down, paralysed because the Al-Assad regime did not want peace, and Russia, sometimes alongside China, blocked the Security Council from stepping in. That is the challenge with mediation. All of us know that it is vastly better to solve conflicts through talks instead of by force. All of us agree that investing in mediation and prevention is important. All of us support the efforts of the Secretary-General to build the United Nations mediation capacity. But, of course, even the world's greatest mediators have no troops at their command; they cannot impose sanctions and cannot compel people to do anything.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for coming to preside over this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Ms. Qadeem for their remarks today. The United States joins the Archbishop in honouring the memory of the late Kofi Annan on this issue. In August 2012, Mr. Annan spoke to the press about his work as Special Envoy for Syria. Reflecting on his task, he said: "I accepted this task, which some called "Mission Impossible', for I believed that it was a sacred duty to do whatever was in my power to help the Syrian people find a peaceful solution to this bloody conflict." He made real progress towards developing a peace plan. Had the parties listened to Mr. Annan at the time, hundreds of thousands of Syrians could have been saved. But after five months on the job, Annan came to a sobering realization.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source