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“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, which you, Sir, chair. We are worried about the recent intensification in the various terrorist tactics of Al-Shabaab throughout large parts of Somalia, including Mogadishu, and the trend of strengthening the group's ties with Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Despite the fact that the forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) now control 80 per cent of the Somali territory, large-scale terrorist attacks committed by Al-Shabaab since the beginning of the year clearly demonstrate that extremists are still in a position to seriously destabilize the situation.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“I could cite other instances, such as the bombing of Yugoslavia and Iraq and the events of recent years in Libya and Syria, of which I spoke earlier. It would seem that a sense of their own exceptional status has long allowed certain States to place themselves above the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“For example, in its first historic decision in the 1947 case of Corfu Channel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania), the Court recognized evidence of violations by the United Kingdom of the sovereignty of Albania. In its 1986 judgment in the well-known case of Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States ofAmerica), the Court directly noted that the United States had violated the sovereignty of Nicaragua and the norms governing non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and the non-use of force. It is to be noted that the United States openly continued to carry out actions that the Court had qualified as violations of international law. The attitude of unaccountability of the United States and its allies continues.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In 1983, the United States invaded Grenada. In its resolution 38/7, the General Assembly called the United States actions "a flagrant violation of international law". Many of us are probably aware that the President of the United States at the time reacted to the adoption of the resolution by saying that it would not spoil his appetite for breakfast. In 1986, the United States carried out an armed attack on Libya, which the General Assembly characterized as a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. In 1989, the General Assembly called the United States incursion in Panama an out-and-out violation of international law. Such violations have been repeatedly noted by the International Court of Justice, the primary judicial organ of the United Nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The dictates of the present are that there is a need to establish a true democracy and the rule of law in international relations. Some delegations today spoke about violations of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, baselessly accusing Russia of such actions. To ensure that such flights of fancy not give the wrong impression, may I just give a quick review of the most egregious cases of disregard for international law, including for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, over the past decades, because clearly they have been forgotten about. In 1964, the United Kingdom bombed the Yemeni city of Harib. The Security Council condemned that action in resolution 188 (1964), underscoring that reprisals were not compatible with the purposes and principles of the United Nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The advantage ofthe Minsk agreements is their very specific nature, which leaves no room for their manipulation or arbitrary interpretation. That is the big headache for Kyiv, which is attempting to not implement them fully. In the current context, when accuracy in the understanding of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their inviolability often seems to be lost, we think that there is a need to clearly underscore our shared commitment to those provisions, for which there are no alternatives. We hope that that would help in preventing attempts to bring massive pressure to bear on sovereign States by imposing unilateral decisions and standards in the political, economic and ideological areas.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“According to the 1970 Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States, that right can be realized, including through the establishment of a sovereign and independent State, the free association or integration with an independent State. It is noteworthy that a number of States that have called into question the legitimacy of the secession of Crimea said the opposite with regard to Kosovo. As to the current conflict in Ukraine, it is unlikely to stop until the Government in Kyiv finds a common ground with all the political forces and regions of the country. We are ready assist in that effort in any way possible. An important step there would be strict compliance with the Minsk agreements, which, as we well know, Kyiv seems to have a problem with.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Today three delegations referred to the Ukrainian crisis. We think that blatant interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine took place through support from the outside aimed at undertaking an anti-constitutional coup d'etat in 2014. There is well-known evidence of that: we might recall the brazenness of high-ranking American officials, sponsors of Kyiv, which was recently fully unmasked in the French documentary film entitled Ukraine: Masks of the Revolution. The coup led to a degradation in the statehood of the country, radicalization, an increase in nationalism and numerous casualties. We would like to recall that, against the backdrop of that crisis, what happened in Crimea is what is envisaged by international law, including United Nations principles, namely, the right to exercise self- determination.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The past year, since the Security Council meeting in February 2015, has served to confirm that positive results can be achieved when members of the Council come together in the interests of finding consolidated positions in line with the purposes and principles of the Charter. That was the very foundation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme, which allowed us to get rid of one of the most explosive sources of conflict in the Middle and Near East. The destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal was successfully carried out, important decisions were made regarding countering terrorism and its financing, and progress was achieved in the Syrian settlement. A new comprehensive Paris Agreement has been drawn up on the issue of climate change.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We do indeed need to agree on how, on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations, joint risk management will be carried out in a context of increasingly complex international relations. We will not succeed in achieving that purpose without upholding the system of fundamental principles that I have mentioned. Those endeavours should include decisive measures to do away with double standards in international politics and to strengthen the role of the Security Council as the primary body charged with agreeing on collective approaches, based on respect for the cultural and civilizational diversity of the contemporary world.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The Russian delegation is seriously concerned about the most recent aggressive actions of the Turkish Government, the massive shelling in neighbourhoods of Syria on the border, as well as the possible movement into Syria of fresh groups of mercenaries who seek to join Jabhat Al-Nusra, Al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations. The consequences of the interventions in Libya and Syria are striking by virtue of their scale, as they have caused atrocious suffering to civilians, the desecration of the cultural heritage of humankind and unprecedented migrant flows. We support the declared goal of today's meeting, namely, the commitment to the inviolability of the purposes and principles of the Charter, a well as the effort to find ways to involve States in their effective implementation.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Today we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening as a result of undisguised interventions in the internal affairs of States through support for illicit changes of power or the forcible imposition of foreign cultural or social norms. We all clearly saw how, from the spark of popular unrest in Libya, through allegedly disinterested outside assistance, a fire was fuelled that destroyed the State, leaving in its place ashes and chaos. The same sort of illicit intervention, involving illegitimate air strikes or the provision of weapons to non-Government armed forces, led to a rise in violent extremism and radicalization in Syria, which eventually resulted in the emergence and strengthening of such terrible phenomena as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Nobody, it would seem, calls into question the immutable nature of the principles of the Charter. We are convinced that, today as well, many parties reaffirm their commitment to them. However, in practice those principles are not always upheld. Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, the basic principles that should serve as a backbone for the system of international relations are becoming for some an awkward obstacle and, consequently, are subject to various types ofinterpretations, or are simply circumvented. That inevitably leads to a situation in which States are experiencing the explosive situations that at the time created the conditions for world wars and which the founders of the United Nations wanted to exclude once and for all by creating a unified code of conduct for all.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome the convening of today's discussion at the initiative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Madam President, as well as your personal presiding over this Council meeting. A useful discussion on the same theme took place a year ago on the initiative of China (see S/PV.7389). It demonstrated that almost no Member State remains indifferent to the issue. And as of today, the discussion is far from being exhausted. The basic code of conduct for States in the world is provided by the compilation of principles and rules reflected in the Charter of the United Nations - such as the independence and sovereign equality of States, non-interference in their internal affairs, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the right of peoples to self-determination.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The document does not include important language suggested by the Russian delegation, among others, condemning the violations of the arms embargo by illegal armed groups, the recruitment of rebel child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers and a call for a full - not a selective - implementation of the Doha Document. The responsibility for those omissions lies entirely with the American side. We hope that this situation will serve as an important lesson for the United States representative and that, in the future, when drafting resolutions and other Security Council documents, the United States delegation will demonstrate a more reasonable and constructive approach.”
2016-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7619 (2016) · source
“Instead, we would like to express our serious concern over the working methods used in putting the draft before the Council by the delegation of the United States, which abused its power as penholder and most inconsiderately inserted its own national priorities into the document. Under the pretext of the good intention of establishing peace in Darfur and by arbitrarily interpreting the recommendations of the sanctions experts, the sponsors sought to increase the pressure on Khartoum by depriving it of one of its largest sources of income. At the same time, they also ignored the positions of other delegations. Those tactics undermined the unity of the Council. Consequently, the United States delegation was forced to proceed with a strictly technical extension of the sanctions resolution and put the text to the vote.”
2016-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7619 (2016) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation voted in favour of resolution 2265 (2016), guided by its main objective to promote a political settlement in Darfur. In particular, we continue to consider targeted limitations as an important tool for bringing pressure to bear on rebels who refuse to join the talks on the basis of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. If it were not for the duplicitous positions held by some Security Council members, the sanctions mechanism could be used more effectively. We have been raising this issue for many years, but honestly nothing can be done.”
2016-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7619 (2016) · source
“Unfortunately, we are increasingly seeing individual Council members abusing the format by making use ofit to push their own initiatives or those of their proxy organizations. Such events should be held on the margins, not paid for under the Organization's budget. In conclusion, I would like to express our thanks to the outgoing Director of the Security Council Affairs Division, Mr. Movses Abelian, for his assistance and his facilitation of the Council's work, and to congratulate him on his promotion. I would also like to wish the incoming Venezuelan presidency of the Council every success in carrying out its functions.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“There is no justification for the artificial tying of this topic to the work of the Security Council. There was no prior consultation of Council members on the need for such a meeting, and most were simply presented with a fait accompli. We believe that this undermines the collective principles of the work of the Security Council. Incidentally, that collective approach helps to improve the effectiveness of the Council's activities, including such important tools as mission visits. In any case, there is nothing to prevent individual Council members from visiting countries they are interested in in their national capacity. We would like to point out that Arria Formula meetings are supposed to be informal confidential occasions for a frank exchange of views in private on the issues that fall under the Security Council's remit.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“We must realize that without the comprehensive political solution that we are all hoping for, the humanitarian situation will not improve. Unfortunately, we are compelled to conclude that from time to time some delegations exploit their status as members of the Council to politicize and put a propagandistic spin on their own particular priorities, rather than working quietly and painstakingly on the maintenance of international peace and security within the Council's authority under the Charter of the United Nations. That applies in particular to the Arria Formula meeting held a few days ago on the global challenge of accounting for missing persons from conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, organized crime, migration and other involuntary causes.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“There can be no doubt that we must not relax our attention to the situation there, given the extremely grave consequences that the conflict, the terrorist atrocities and the attempts of certain external actors to forcibly redraw the centuries-old ethno-religious map of Syria have had for the civilian population. However, we believe that this is not a case where the quantity of meetings reflects their quality. To start with, once the plight of the residents of the besieged cities became the subject of the Council's intense attention, it was treated in a very one-sided and biased way. Secondly, behind this activity there clearly lurks a wish to distract attention from fundamental issues of settlement and perhaps even to sabotage the start of talks in Geneva.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“I would particularly like to note the Security Council's adoption on 25 January of resolution 2261 (2016), establishing a United Nations mission in Colombia. We believe that the progress the parties have made in settling their 50-year conflict and the decision to invite the further facilitation of the United Nations constitute an important, perhaps even historic event not only for Colombians but for the region as a whole. Moscow is keeping a keen eye on the course of the negotiations and will maintain its steadfast support to reaching a speedy conclusion to the peace process. Over the past month, the Council has considered the humanitarian aspects of the internal armed conflict in Syria three times.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“Mr. IliicheV (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, and the whole Uruguayan delegation for your skilful and effective presidency of the Council for January. This month saw a full agenda. We had a thorough consideration of a number of African topics: Mali, the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and the situations in Darfur and West Africa. We sent a Security Council mission to Burundi and the headquarters of the African Union, a positive result of which was the President of Burundi's affirmation of his willingness and openness to accept international support for his country's efforts to find a solution to the crisis there. We should take advantage of the opportunity. That solid list shows that the majority of the Council's work has been focused on African problems.”
2016-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7616 (2016) · source
“This is attested to, for example, by the fact that the Turkish air force regularly violates Cypriot air space. We are convinced that such actions have a negative impact on the atmosphere in which the negotiations are taking place, harm civil aviation in the region and should be curtailed. We are in favour of the Cypriot parties finding a negotiated solution that is in line with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the provisions of the Security Council resolutions and which would respond to contemporary geopolitical realities. In that context, we note that the existing security mechanisms, namely, systems of external guarantees for Cyprus, are a relic of the colonial era and have no place in the twenty-first century.”
2016-01-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7613 (2016) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2263 (2016), on extending the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which plays an important role in the maintenance of peace and tranquillity on the island. We are in favour of intercommunity relations and negotiations. However, we note that the document is seriously flawed because the sponsors of the resolution did not heed the opinions of a number of Security Council members, failing to reflect in the text an obvious fact, namely, that beyond the presence in Cyprus of the two Cypriot communities, there is also one additional player - Turkey - which maintains an enormous military presence on the island and whose true relationship with the settlement of the Cyprus issue is still not clear.”
2016-01-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7613 (2016) · source
“Moreover, there are new, problematic provisions in the text, including an arbitrary interpretation of violations of international humanitarian law and the devaluation of the United Nations guiding principles with regard to emergency humanitarian assistance. We also have serious questions with regard to the working methods used by some of our colleagues in the Security Council, who abuse the practice of penholding by inconsiderately pushing through their national priorities and neglecting the red lines drawn by other delegations. That undermines Council unity and could have a negative impact on the effectiveness of its work.”
2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7581 (2015) · source
“Similarly, we cannot agree with the language pertaining to the intention of the Security Council to evaluate the work of the future hybrid court in South Sudan, for, in line with the peace agreement and the decisions of the African Union, the establishment and work of that judicial body is the exclusive purview of the African Union Commission. Some Council delegations have already warned on a number of occasions of the unacceptability of attempts to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the objections of the Government of South Sudan. As we have seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the added value of using UAVs is in doubt.”
2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7581 (2015) · source
“That has no place in this resolution, whose main purpose is to extend the mandate of this peacekeeping Mission and strengthen it with the task of assisting the peace process - and all the more so given the progress made in resolving the conflict, including the overall decrease in the intensity of hostilities, the withdrawal of the Ugandan troops from South Sudan, the withdrawal of Government troops from Juba and the agreement on the est in the capital and other cities of the joint integrated police. Moreover, we reject in principle situations in which some colleagues prefer to arbitrarily use Council sanctions instead of holding a serious political and diplomatic discussion.”
2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7581 (2015) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation did not prevent the adoption of resolution 2252 (2015), on the extension of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Our decision was informed by the need to continue active international efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the armed conflict and by our understanding of the important role of the Mission in that process. Nevertheless, we could not vote in favour of that document because, as was the case with resolution 2241 (2015), its sponsors did not take into consideration a number of serious concerns on the part of the Russian delegation and some other Council delegations. In particular, we believe that the wording formulated as an ultimatum with regard to sanctions against South Sudan is counterproductive.”
2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7581 (2015) · source
“We hope that the consistent implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel, with the broad participation of partners, will lead to a qualitative improvement of the situation in the region.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“The counter-terrorism activities in the Sahel have not yet borne fruit, and terrorists believe that they enjoy full impunity. That was clearly demonstrated by the recent attacks launched by Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in Bamako. Joint local mechanisms for security, such as the Nouakchott Process, remain in their early stages but progress has been made. The lack of political sustainability, economic underdevelopment and social unrest lay the foundation for young people to become radicalized. We welcome the increased attention being paid by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the root causes of the crisis in the Sahel.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“Of particular concern is the security threat to the Sahel, which over the past year has significantly increased. The instability in the Middle East and Syria and the lack of an internationally coordinated response are spreading to the countries of North Africa. That poorly controlled region has thus become a hotbed for terrorists and organized crime groups. Moreover, we note with interest that the southern Sahara is also a growing hotbed for such activities. We cannot overcome these challenges with the kind of outside intervention that occurred in Libya. The fight against Boko Haram is a relatively successful example because it was undertaken by the Multinational Joint Task Force, although a comprehensive breakthrough is still far from being achieved.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“It is of paramount importance that, with support of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, interested States of the Sahel establish relevant mechanisms for cooperation. In time, that will allow the countries of the region to take a leading role and primary responsibility for the implementation of the comprehensive Strategy. We are increasingly guided by the concrete outcomes of the work of the Ministerial Coordination Platform for the Sahel. The operationalizion of the Group of Five for the Sahel provides a nucleus for initiatives in that region. Specialized agencies for continental integration are working well at various levels, including the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Economic Community of the Central African States and the Lake Chad Basin Commission.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie for her detailed briefing. We believe that it is important for the Security Council to discuss the issue of the Sahel in a comprehensive manner. Her assessment of the situation in that vast region is of great usefulness. The ever-increasing number of challenges there give the effective implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel its continued relevance. The Russian Federation has welcomed that initiative from the outset, as it holds great promise. A series of useful projects have been crafted to help the countries of the region overcome existing issues. There must be a shift to a practical phase that brings together a large number of participants from the various branches of the United Nations system under one umbrella.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“We see great potential in developing that type of cooperation in almost all regions of the world. In conclusion, I would like to note that the whole range of issues, including those related to preventive measures, the principles of peacekeeping, structural changes in the Secretariat, as well as the use and redistribution of human and financial resources, demand significant and substantive consideration by Member States. That work should be carried out primarily within the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations of the General Assembly and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“United Nations mechanisms, including in the area of peacekeeping, need to be cut back, and additional mechanisms should not be established to do so. Furthermore, we must not artificially restrict the number of troop-contributing countries, and the Secretariat must not have too broad a remit over staffing policy, including in the areas of early deployment and civilian personnel management. It is imperative that the United Nations cooperate with regional and subregional organizations and countries in the region and find other forms of cooperation. That cooperation could operate along various tracks: from an exchange of information and best practices to joint activities on the ground and providing resource support in order to quickly and effectively respond to existing and emerging challenges.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“We are not trying to undermine the importance of those issues, but we urge a responsible and rational approach to them. Otherwise, it may affect the execution of the primary peacekeeping tasks. There is also a need on the part of the various departments of the Secretariat to carefully respect their mandates and curb the practice of assuming others' mandates and duplicating efforts. Such modern words as "links", "coherence", "coordination" and "flexibility", which one encounters in nearly every United Nations decision, must not lead to everyone doing everyone else's work. The inevitable result of that would be that no one does anything and no one assumes responsibility for anything. As a side effect of such an approach, we have seen a growth in the number of offices and increased costs and expenditure.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“They alone ultimately can ensure the quality and stability of such protection. In that regard, one of the main aims of peacekeeping operations is to lend a hand during difficult times to the host country, when it is not able to assume that responsibility on its own. That assistance must be impartial and based on the consent and understanding of the host State. At the same time, we must not forget that, in any case, it is a temporary measure that is needed in order to allow time to find a political and diplomatic solution. We believe that it is important to be careful with regard to the excessive focus in peacekeeping on human rights issues, including the Human Rights Up Front initiative of the Secretary-General, and gender issues.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“We have paid particular attention to the ideas in the report stating that United Nations peacekeepers should not be used to combat terrorism and violent extremism. The international community has other tools at its disposal for that purpose. In that regard, it is encouraging that the recommendations confirmed the basic principles of peacekeeping. We cannot agree with the idea, which is being increasingly put forward at the United Nations, that there should be a flexible interpretation of peacekeeping. The protection of civilians is and remains one of the main aims of peacekeeping, but it cannot be the ultimate aim of the operation, because the need to protect civilians is a result of the conflict, not the cause. We must not forget that the responsibility to protect civilians should be borne by the States themselves.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“However, it is also important that the degree of involvement of the Organization be carefully balanced depending on the situation in each specific country. Furthermore, the interests and needs of the people of the country must be taken into consideration as much as possible, through the organization of close dialogue with local Governments and communities. We are still convinced that the United Nations presence must seek to assist the host country only on the basis of the priorities identified by its Government. In that context, it is crucial to have constructive regular cooperation between peacekeepers and the local authorities of the host country, along with efforts to strengthen the capacities of the receiving State.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“We fully agree with the approach taken in the reports that there is a need for change in United Nations peacekeeping operations, in particular with regard to the political tools for resolving crises. Good quality and painstaking political and mediation efforts should be a priority for us. The experience of conflicts in various parts of the world has shown that such an approach is what helps to eradicate the root causes of conflicts and not just treat the symptoms. Otherwise, even after a temporary lull, crises are likely to re-emerge. We support the observation that there is a need to strengthen global and regional cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security. The role of the United Nations and its significant authority in terms of peacekeeping potential is unique.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Secretary-General for his briefing today. We have read very carefully the reports prepared by the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and on Special Political Missions (see S/2015/446) and the report of the Secretary-General (8/2015/682) with his vision for the implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel. Those documents will be a good starting point for a comprehensive and careful analysis by Member States of ways to further develop the peacekeeping architecture of our global Organization. We agree that today's threats and challenges, as well as the changing nature of today's conflicts, require appropriate adaptation on the part of the United Nations.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“Otherwise, if we simply try to reach numerical parity between genders, we could put at risk the civilian population of those countries that have requested international assistance. Twenty-five per cent of Russian police serving in peacekeeping operations are women. Russia contributes considerably to efforts to increase the effectiveness of United Nations police. Our training centre in Domodedovo has trained more than 350 foreign police peacekeepers, including commanding officers, from more than 50 countries all over the world, most of them African countries. Among them, more than 70 have been women. Russia has unique experience in the area of professionally preparing peacekeepers, and we would be happy to share that in future.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“Missions need to improve their planning and management, increase the effectiveness of their use of resources and avoid unnecessary expenditures and the duplication of functions. The United Nations should expand its activities aimed at strengthening the potential of police peacekeepers from the various regional organizations, first and foremost the African Union, and help them play a greater role in maintaining regional peace and stability. With regard to the gender aspect of peacekeeping, which has been widely discussed today, we are convinced that, as we seek balance in that area, we need to remember that the key factor remains the professional qualifications of the individual.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“Increasing the effectiveness, rapid deployment and operational capacities of United Nations police can impact a peacekeeping operation's ability to fulfilling its mandate in unpredictable situations. In that regard, we fully endorse the idea that it is necessary to strengthen communication and coordination among police contingents, local authorities and the military component of a mission, as well as among the various missions that operate within a region. In future, what we need to improve is the process of the organization and deployment of the police component of peacekeeping operations and of formed police units. We also need to optimize their equipment. Within that process, the Secretariat must very carefully take into account the opinions and recommendations of the police-contributing countries.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“In order to enhance the effectiveness of the police and other components of peacekeeping operations, the Council must ensure that every mandate issued or extended is carefully considered in the light of the specific conditions of the host country at the time when the decision is taken. We believe that a mere technical copy of settlement formulas will only exacerbate situations. The Council will be unable to adopt effective decisions unless it cooperates with host and contributing countries in that task. We also need to review police activities. Given the expansion of their tasks and scope, they too need to be duly reviewed in the light of the changes that arise in host countries.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“Very good examples of this include the challenges faced by the United Nations Mission in Liberia in the outbreak ofEbola virus disease, and the need to protect civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo when illegal armed gangs were rampant there. The role of the police component of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has grown in response to the need to implement the peace agreement concluded in August. At a certain stage, the mandate of that Mission will probably have to include a resumption of State-building tasks in order to help the country to establish effective law enforcement bodies.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“Extending such assistance on behalf of the entire international community, the police and all United Nations peacekeepers must adhere strictly to Security Council mandates; abide by the basic principles of peacekeeping; respect the sovereignty of the host country, in particular the primacy of the national responsibility of States for establishing their own law enforcement; be impartial and not be the first to resort to force except in self-defence or under a special mandate of the Security Council. The nature of conflicts has grown increasingly complex in recent years, and peacekeeping operations have grown increasingly manifold as they are assigned ever-more burdensome tasks.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“United Nations police, which is a conduit of the Organization's peacekeeping work worldwide, play a substantial role in helping national authorities to assume their main responsibility for the protection of civilians. This is accomplished not only in the traditional formats of patrolling, observation and suppressing disturbances of public order, but also in growing the host country's national law enforcement potential by assisting in security sector reform.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank you, Sir, for organizing today's meeting. We also thank Mr. Herve' Ladous, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and the three Police Commissioners of the United Nations missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia for their briefings. I also take this opportunity to thank all police officers working within the United Nations system for their selfless work, which they carry out in sometimes very difficult circumstances. The importance of the work of police officers in contemporary peacekeeping operations is not questioned by anyone.”
2015-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7558 (2015) · source