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Iliichev

lines on the record: 831
first: 2012-12-12
most recent: 2018-01-24
sittings or episodes: 141
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“Ratko Mladie's recent petition was no exception. His lawyers also sent an appeal to the Secretary-General in that regard, which we hope will be very carefully considered. The final stage of the Tribunal's work did not conclude without tragedy. Slobodan Praljak committed suicide in the courtroom itself, raising serious questions about security and the conditions for detainees. The Tribunal twice failed to meet the deadlines set by the Security Council. In its resolutions, the Council not only repeatedly asked the Tribunal not delay its proceedings but also to review the timetables for considering cases with a View to shortening them. That did not happen.”
2017-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8120 (2017) · source
“The Tribunal fell far short of generally accepted standards for ensuring an appropriate judicial timetable and the fundamental right to life, health care and a fair trial of the accused. For example, the ICTY will go down in history as the court that had to keep Vojislav Seselj in pre-trial detention for more than 11 years in order to finally sentence him. The number of defendants who died while under the Tribunal's jurisdiction speaks to the level of medical care given to prisoners. The death of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague was truly shocking, and unfortunately not the only example. Astonishingly, despite being unable to provide adequate care and treatment for the accused, the Tribunal repeatedly denied the defence's petitions for their temporary release for medical treatment in Russia, despite our provision of thorough guarantees.”
2017-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8120 (2017) · source
“The other side of this issue is the series of acquittals of defendants from among the representatives of other parties to the conflict. Among others, former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders went unpunished. The scandalousness of the proceedings is a well-known fact. It was the first time in the history of international justice that witnesses were subjected to barefaced blackmail and intimidation on such a scale. Not to mention that these actions took place in an atmosphere of complete impunity and with the connivance of the international presences in Kosovo. The ICTY consistently turned a blind eye to the unlawful nature of the NATO military operations in the Balkans. We should remind the Council that that resulted in civilian deaths and general large-scale destruction. Nobody was held responsible for those barbarities.”
2017-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8120 (2017) · source
“The ICTY has been a glaring illustration of the existence of double standards. The Tribunal has been unable to become the impartial and independent body that the interests of genuine rather than selective justice demand. It is revealing that during the totality of its existence, an absolute majority of those sentenced by the ICTY were Serbs - more than 60 per cent, who between them were sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison. The Tribunal's adoption of a basically one-sided anti-Serbian approach to the tragic events of the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia not only did not encourage implementation of the basic principle of the inevitability of punishment for war crimes, it also undermined the process of re-establishing mutual trust in the Balkans. Ratko Mladie's recent sentence was a continuation of this biased, politicized attitude.”
2017-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8120 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Today the Security Council is preparing for the last time to discuss the report (S/2017/662) on the International Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which will finally terminate its activities on 31 December after numerous delays. The Council's establishment of the Tribunal in 1993 was a very daring step on its part. At the time, we all assumed that a body established under the Council's auspices would play a role as an impartial instrument of justice and would contribute both to the process of reconciliation in the region and to the development of international criminal law as a whole. Today, 24 years later, we are compelled to state definitively that the Tribunal has unfortunately not been up to its tasks.”
2017-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8120 (2017) · source
“Any destructive competition or attempt to advance narrow national agendas via the South Sudan efforts could adversely affect the peace process. While noting the balanced nature of the Secretary- General's latest monthly report, we should also point out that much of the factual information in it has already been presented to the Council in one form or another. We believe that the overall situation with the deployment of the Regional Protection Force should enable us to think seriously about reducing the frequency of the reports with a view to improving the general effectiveness of our work.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“It is important that the advance unit is already patrolling critical supply routes in the region of the capital and that preparations for the arrival of the main part of the force are on schedule. We urge South Sudan and the troop-contributing countries to work together to ensure that the RPF is fully operationalized. We hope to see the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's high-level revitalization forum succeed. We note the mediation efforts of Kampala and Nairobi and should not omit to mention the attempt in Cairo in mid-November to consolidate the opposition parties. However, we should once again emphasize the importance of coordinating all the negotiation tracks. It is also very important to ensure that the approaches of the regional Powers to the settlement in South Sudan remain united.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“Unfortunately, all we are seeing from them is destructive action instead. There is no other way to describe the attempts to launch a counteroffensive on the eve of the December negotiations in Addis Ababa. We affirm our position that it is counterproductive to impose targeted sanctions or an arms embargo. Such measures will worsen the crisis rather than easing it. We are pleased with the speed with which the Regional Protection Force (RPF) is deploying in South Sudan. It should continue its operations while respecting the country's sovereignty and the core principles of peacekeeping. We are pleased that mutually acceptable modalities for the operation are being worked out with the South Sudan authorities, including the RPF's deployment in the area of the capital's airport.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Keita for her substantive briefing. We regret the fact that we were unable to hear the views of Mr. Ismail Wais, Special Envoy for South Sudan of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), due to the fact that he is taking part in a meeting of IGAD Ministers in Abidjan. The sole way to stabilize the state of affairs in South Sudan is through the launch of a genuinely inclusive process of national reconciliation. We do not think it is fair to continue to lay all the blame for the persistent violence on Juba alone. The Government has worked to meet the opposition halfway, and now it is up to the opposition to do the same and take a more constructive position.”
2017-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8115 (2017) · source
“In deploying additional peacekeepers as part of the Mission, we must not forget the contingents that are already deployed in the Central African Republic. They are carrying out difficult duties and risking their lives in doing so. The Secretary-General did not observe United Nations Day in the Central African Republic, alongside our peacekeepers, in vain. We call for a balanced approach to assessing the contribution of troop-contributing countries. We cannot have situations created owing to the withdrawal of a whole contingent because of sexual crimes committed by individual peacekeepers when replacements cannot be found quickly, since that seriously interferes with the Mission's operational capacity.”
2017-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8102 (2017) · source
“However, we hope that peacekeepers will not spread their efforts too thin but rather focus on carrying out their primary tasks - protecting civilians and advancing the political process. The fact is the Blue Helmets are not in a position to protect every citizen of a country that is the size of France. However, if their mobility is increased, as the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/865) emphasizes, they will be able to contribute significantly to alleviating tensions on the ground, which will enable Bangui to focus on the peace process and on implementing the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme for former combatants. The Government of the Central African Republic should also continue rebuilding the capacity of its national armed forces.”
2017-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8102 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation endorsed the adoption of resolution 2387 (2017) on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic for one year. We were chiefly guided by the importance of sending the citizens of the Central African Republic a message that the international community will not abandon them during the difficult situation that the country finds itself in at the moment. The security situation is extremely worrying, and the Central African Republic State finds itself besieged as never before. In these circumstances, the Security Council cannot stand idly by. We concurred with the Secretary-General's proposal for increasing the Mission's military component by 900 persons.”
2017-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8102 (2017) · source
“We support the importance of ensuring an ongoing dialogue between the Security Council and troop-contributing countries on every aspect of peacekeeping operations, including mandate planning and formulation. We believe firmly that discussions on the most difficult issues, particularly police organizational issues, should be transparent, and that the most suitable platforms for them are the existing Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, on the latter of which all troop-contributing countries are represented. No external reviews can supplant intergovernmental discussions of police issues. In that context, we welcome the forthcoming briefing by heads of police components to be held in the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“We believe it is unacceptable to put a subjective interpretation on the norms of international humanitarian law, particularly where the protection of civilians is concerned. Under no circumstances should peacekeepers, including police, become a party to a conflict or take any side, and they should certainly not be put in a position of using force against a host State. The police unquestionably play an important role in United Nations efforts to prevent relapses into conflict within the framework of their mandates in each individual mission, but it is difficult to conceive what their potential contribution could be to the Secretary- General's prevention and mediation efforts before conflicts break out and missions are deployed.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“Since 2000, the United Nations-certified peacekeeping training centre of the Interior Ministry's All-Russian Institute for Advanced Training in Domodedovo, near Moscow, has trained more than 350 foreign police peacekeepers, including commanders from more than 50 countries. Russia has unique experience in vocational training for peacekeepers and we are ready to share it. Russia supported the Council's adoption today of resolution 2382 (2017). However, we have to point out that the work on the draft resolution was extremely difficult. The Security Council took great pains to ensure that the document did not politicize the work of the United Nations police and that it focused on concrete issues, based on the premise that every element of the United Nations system is responsible for a clearly defined area of issues.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“The Russian Federation, as a police-contributing country, has continued to expand its contribution to United Nations peacekeeping activities and to deploy personnel with relevant skills. Since 1992, more than 500 officers from branches of Russia's Ministry of the Interior have become United Nations police officers. Since the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit in June 2016, the number of Russian United Nations police officers has increased by more than 50 per cent. They are currently engaged in operations in South Sudan, Kosovo, Haiti and Cyprus, and 20 per cent of them are women. Women's participation in policing in Russia itselfis also growing steadily. Russia has also been striving to do its bit to improve the effectiveness of police peacekeepers' work, including that of non-Russian police.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“One can hardly call it effective international support if a mission's protracted presence ultimately results merely in substituting the efforts of United Nations police for those of the local force. In providing assistance to States it is equally critical to take national specifics into consideration. Attempts to apply a universal approach to reforming an area as important and sensitive as a society's law-enforcement structures inevitably ends in the proposed solutions being rejected. In order to help peacekeepers deal effectively with the challenges they face, especially when additional factors complicate conflicts further, they must get the technical and staffing support they need.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“Besides helping to ensure public order, they also support national Governments in their efforts to protect civilians and play an important auxiliary role in post-conflict reform of law-enforcement institutions and national capacity- building for host States. We believe that because they are providing that assistance on behalf of the entire international community, the police, like peacekeepers, are obliged to comply scrupulously with Security Council mandates, the Charter of the United Nations and the core principles of peacekeeping. A key part of effective mandate fulfilment is the establishment of constructive, trusting relations with the host State that take its priorities into account. It is the principle of national ownership that guarantees success.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting on police issues in United Nations peacekeeping operations and special political missions. We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Police Commissioners of the United Nations missions in Mali, Haiti and Darfur, for their helpful briefings. We take this opportunity to once again express our gratitude to all United Nations police peacekeepers for their selfless efforts. The work of the United Nations police in our current peacekeeping initiatives is extremely important. They deal with tremendous challenges and have to work in increasingly difficult conditions.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source
“Russia, as a participant in the international support group on the Central African Republic, intends to continue actively promoting the peace process in the Central African Republic, where Russian air transport resources have already made a significant contribution to MINUSCA operations.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“It is unacceptable for an entire contingent to be removed due to sexual abuses committed by a few individual peacekeepers and to have no substitute for the unit for an extended period of time, which seriously undermines the operational potential of the mission. It is essential to take coherent steps to address the challenges facing the Central African community and to allocate funds from international partners and donors, including the resources pledged at the Brussels Conference for the Central African Republic in November 2016. In that context, we encourage Bangui to create a transparent and effective national system in order to manage international aid.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“In that connection, we stress the importance of coordinating and harmonizing all the peace initiatives related to the Central African Republic. The Blue Helmets are playing an important stabilizing role in the Central African Republic. We are ready to carefully study the proposal of the Secretary-General on increasing the military component of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), given the difficult situation in the country. At the same time, we want to stress once again that we must be careful in cooperating with troop-contributing countries.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“The Central African authorities will need to work together to ensure that the justice system starts working properly, with a focus on building national capacities. Temporary emergency measures by peacekeepers and the delayed establishment of the Special Criminal Court are not a panacea for the country's problems in combating impunity. International experience has shown that various courts with international support are not very effective and are costly. It is also important to create favourable conditions for the implementation of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic. Also, the road map for a Central African settlement adopted in the Libreville on 17 July must be fully implemented.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“Those steps are aimed at contributing, including with the support of the international community, to resolving the issues and tasks, many ofwhich werejustly mentioned in the recent report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/865), and they contribute to implementing the national defence plan approved by President Touadera on 4 September, which includes the gradual transfer of responsibility for State affairs in the country to the legitimate authorities. We note the efforts by the Government of the Central African Republic aimed at ensuring operational and combat readiness and rapidly deploying two battalions of its armed forces, which, as we understand it, should form the backbone of the future unified armed forces of the country.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“We support the steps outlined in that document towards stabilization and establishing a ceasefire throughout the country, lifting restrictions on the free movement of goods and people, releasing illegally detained persons and ensuring that illegal armed groups recognzie authorities elected in the 2015-2016 elections as legitimate. We believe it is necessary for all parties to the agreement to undertake additional efforts to quickly implement its provisions. We support the steps being taken by Bangui to reform the security sector and resume control over the entire territory of the country.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“The already difficult situation is further complicated by the fact that the authorities actually control only the capital, Bangui, and the local Government bodies are paralysed or lacking in the rest of the country. The adoption of the national strategy for the restoration of State authority on 8 September and the appointment of prefects and subprefects are certainly steps in the right direction, but much remains to be done to do. With the signing in Rome, on 19 June, of a peaceful political agreement between the Government and armed groups, real prospects for normalizing the situation in the Central African Republic have opened up.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“Mr. IliicheV (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, as well as the Special Representative of the African Union, Mr. Moussa Nebie, and the representative of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Mr. Mauro Garofalo, for their detailed briefings. We share the concerns about the continuing situation of military and political tension in the country and the fact that clashes between groups are increasingly ethnic and confessional in nature. Of course, civilians are the ones who suffer the most. The top priority of all parties to the conflict should be to provide humanitarian access to the victims. The authorities must create the conditions for a safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“Sandra Honore and all the previous Heads of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti for their contribution to the progress achieved by the host country with the support of the international community.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, we would like once again to express our support for the Government and the people of Haiti, which is on the path to stability and prosperity while overcoming not only internal disagreements but also the devastating consequences of the natural disasters of September, namely, Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Caribbean region has historically been vulnerable to a complex natural environment. In order to overcome the environmental risks more expeditiously, a strong Government and a cohesive society are necessary, which through joint efforts will allow for restoring, building and strengthening Haiti's potential. We would also like to express our gratitude to Ms.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“In that regard, we fully agree with the conclusion of the report that programmes in the areas of security, policy and development must be framed by the Government and be based on the views of the population. Moreover, of no less importance, all national stakeholders should have a sense of shared responsibility for sustaining peace. The top priority of national ownership, with the support of the international community where absolutely necessary, is confirmed not only in the part of the report concerning the legacy of the Stabilization Mission but also by experience, and one of the most striking examples ofthat is in the neighbouring country of Colombia.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“We have carefully reviewed the information in the report concerning the progress made in transitioning from the Stabilization Mission to the Mission for Justice Support, which will begin operating on 16 October. With respect to delegating responsibilities to the Mission and the country team, we believe that, while supporting the Government of Haiti in the various areas of governance, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator should be guided by the main provisions of the mandate that had been given to the Stabilization Mission, as well as by the primary principle of national ownership. That also applies to the new Mission. Its conscientious support is extremely important for the Government, which should become increasingly independent every day, in terms of both defining its priorities and implementing peacebuilding tasks in Haiti.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“We are pleased to note that the Secretary-General's report indicates that the withdrawal of the military component and the reduction of United Nations police personnel have not negatively affected the security situation. Nevertheless, the statistics provided by the report pertaining to crime on the island continue to be a cause for serious concern. Despite the improvements in certain indicators, the Haitian National Police, supported by Blue Helmets, should continue to consider that to be a matter of the highest priority as one of the key components for ultimately normalizing life in the country. We hope that the timely and coherent implementation of the 2017-2021 strategic development plan for the national police will contribute to that.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Sandra Honore for her presentation of the report of the Secretary- General (S/2017/840), as well as her assessment of the situation in the country on the eve of the transition to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH). We agree that since the adoption of resolution 2350 (2017) in April, there have been positive developments in the country, made possible thanks to the efforts of the Government and the President, with the support of the international community.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“Linguistic training is also adapted to the needs of peacekeepers. We are working on developing additional training centres for peacekeepers. We are looking into the possibility of swiftly deploying any peacekeepers requested by the United Nations. We are ready to continue to provide support in strengthening United Nations peacekeeping capacity. In conclusion, we would like to stress that, regardless of how United Nations peacekeeping evolves, what should remain unchanged is our confidence in peacekeeping, which depends upon clear adherence to the Charter of the United Nations and the basic principles of peacekeeping - the consent of the host State, impartiality and the non-use of force, with the exception of self-defence and the protection of the mandate.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“Any reports of such dreadful crimes should be thoroughly investigated and their perpetrators punished. However, we are also convinced that it is counterproductive to apply collective punishment to entire contingents for egregious, yet individual, violations. Russian peacekeepers - both men and women - currently take part in 10 United Nations peacekeeping operations. We also actively provide aviation services to the United Nations. Both our own peacekeepers and foreign peacekeepers - individual and formed police units - undergo training in Russian training institutions. Furthermore, we assist in equipping foreign contingents. We have the relevant experience and have developed a system of training that ensures both general and specialized training, which is provided directly before peacekeepers are deployed to their relevant missions.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“In that regard, we appreciate the various existing tripartite cooperation mechanisms, including regular meetings and the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations. We believe that there is potential there for increasing their effectiveness. The most important platform for discussion and decision-making on the full range of peacekeeping issues is the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations. When the Secretariat makes administrative decisions it should make sure that the Special Committee's conclusions are strictly observed. Any arbitrary interpretation, such as occurred with the issue of the collection and analysis of information, is completely unacceptable. The same applies to the issue of zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“We firmly believe in the importance of close cooperation and coordination of efforts between the Security Council, the host Government, the troop- contributing countries and the Secretariat, not to mention of direct, good-faith contact between United Nations field missions and their host countries. It is that kind of interaction, based above all on transparency and accountability and thereby on trust, that helps to improve effectiveness in dealing with urgent problems. Obtaining host countries' consent and support would help missions in their operational activities as well as their political ones, an essential component of their ability to effectively fulfil their mandates. It is also important to take into account the views and concerns of troop-contributing countries in developing and extending mission mandates.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“What is important in that regard is not only the professional preparation and competence of personnel but also missions' ability to deploy in a timely fashion and their mobility on the ground within the framework of their mandate from the Security Council. In that context, it is crucially important to ensure that peacekeepers have all the resources they need as soon as possible so that they can provide security and accomplish their mandated tasks. In that regard, both the Secretariat's Department of Field Support and to the troop-contributing countries have an equally responsible part to play. We cannot emphasize the importance of the TCCs' contribution enough. It is impossible to carry out the Security Council's mandated tasks without them.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We appreciate your organization of today's meeting, Mr. President. The briefings by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and by the representatives of Bangladesh and Canada on behalf of the troop-contributing countries (TCCs), were helpful. We believe firmly that it is essential for United Nations peacekeeping activities to adapt to current realities so that the Blue Helmets can effectively implement their mandates and stand up to new challenges. That applies equally to the training and functioning of units involved in United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“We are convinced that the national ownership of the peace process by the Colombians is the main reason for these positive developments and the best guarantee for lasting peace and further developments. That is the most important lesson both for States that are experiencing a difficult chapter in their history and for the members of the Security Council in considering the most complicated situations on our agenda.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8063 (2017) · source
“We expect that the Government and the Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional will meet their obligations in good faith and that the Verification Mission will provide the necessary assistance to that end. We believe that expanding the mandate of the Mission by increasing its staff by 70 international observers and setting up an additional 33 posts is fully in line with the expectations of Colombia. As to the Verification Mission, it has become an excellent tradition to develop the mandate of the Mission in close coordination with the Colombians themselves. Today's consensus vote clearly demonstrates that the Security Council is ready to provide constant support for the good faith of the two parties.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8063 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation supported the adoption of the resolution 2381 (2017), expanding the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. The mission will now provide assistance in monitoring compliance with the temporary ceasefire agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Eje'rcito dc Liberacio'n Nacional. In addition to the achievements of the peace process with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, we hope that this ceasefire will complete the final solution to the lengthy internal conflict and achieve domestic peace in Colombia. We value the support of the guarantors in this process: Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Norway and Venezuela.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8063 (2017) · source
“Attempts to advance short-sighted national agendas, let alone to compete with neighbours in the region where South Sudan is concerned, could have disastrous consequences for the peace process.”
2017-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8056 (2017) · source
“We call on South Sudan and the troop-contributing countries to help the Regional Protection Force reach operational readiness. We welcome the Secretary- General's personal involvement in the efforts to achieve a settlement in South Sudan and commend the cooperation among the African Union, IGAD and the United Nations. We hope that the current preparations for the IGAD-led revitalization forum for the peace agreement will enable it to succeed. While noting the Kampala and Nairobi mediation efforts, we share the Secretary-General's opinion that those processes require tight coordination. We would also like to note the importance of ensuring that the regional Powers maintain a united approach to the settlement of the crisis in South Sudan.”
2017-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8056 (2017) · source
“Kiir announced in May to be implemented without reciprocal measures on the part of the opposition. We continue to believe that threatening the Government with targeted sanctions or an arms embargo would not help to solve the crisis, and might in fact exacerbate it. During our recent visit to Addis Ababa, the members of the Council were able to see for themselves how wary the regional players are about increasing the sanctions pressure. We are pleased that the deployment of the Regional Protection Force is under way in South Sudan. We trust that IGAD and the Secretariat will continue working with the South Sudan Government on mutually acceptable modalities for the operation, including the involvement of the Regional Protection Force in the area of Juba airport. That is a requisite of the basic principles of peacekeeping.”
2017-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8056 (2017) · source
“We agree with the Secretariat that this can be viewed as a supplement to the process initiated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for revitalizing the August 2015 peace agreement. In that regard, we welcome the efforts of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in promoting intercommunal reconciliation at the local level. We have once again been compelled to turn our attention to the dire humanitarian repercussions of the crisis in South Sudan. Its escalation is having extremely negative repercussions in the subregion, producing a significant spike in the influx of refugees into neighbouring countries. In our view, it would not be fair to lay all the blame for the persistent violence entirely at the Government's door. It is impossible for the unilateral ceasefire that Mr.”
2017-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8056 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, as well as Mr. Festus Mogae, Chair of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, for their substantive briefings. We believe that it will be possible to stabilize the situation in South Sudan only ifthere is a lasting ceasefire and the start of an inclusive national reconciliation process. We note that certain progress has been made in that regard, in the form of the gradual implementation of President Kiir's initiative, launched in May, to begin a nationwide dialogue, with the participation of every ethnic group, political actor and population sector, aimed at achieving national reconciliation and ending the conflict in South Sudan.”
2017-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8056 (2017) · source
“This became possible in part through the help of guarantor States: Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Norway, Chile and Ecuador. We hope that it will bring about a lasting settlement of the long-standing internal conflict and contribute to the establishment of peace. We await the Secretariat's imminent recommendations on how the Verification Mission should respond to the request by the Government and the National Liberation Army's for assistance in monitoring the implementation of their agreement. We again reaffirm our readiness to continue to assist the people and Government of Colombia in their endeavour to forge robust peace and post-conflict development.”
2017-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8049 (2017) · source
“The role of the United Nations and the Verification Mission is to help the parties in preserve the peace process and moving it forward, which has already enabled us to take to the first steps on the path towards the socioeconomic and political reintegration of former combatants, including the formation of a political party. We hope that the parties will continue to address outstanding issues in good faith and that the Verification Mission will provide the requisite support. It is important not to weaken the close attention we have paid to the security situation to ensure that no vacuums emerge. We therefore deem important the progress in the peace process achieved between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army on a temporary ceasefire.”
2017-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8049 (2017) · source
“Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation supported the adoption of resolution 2377 (2017), endorsing the size and mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, which will begin its work on 26 September. We consider it important that the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia was elaborated in close consultation with the Colombian parties. The successful course of the peace process in Colombia allows us to draw two lessons, the first of which is the importance of the principle of national ownership. It is only as a result of the will of the Colombian sides that the peace agreements were able to be reached and implemented. Secondly, the example of Colombia proves that primarily political solutions are the only guarantee for an effective and lasting settlement.”
2017-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8049 (2017) · source