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2003-11-17
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2004-04-15
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  1. “One promising area could be strengthened interaction between the Council and the Bretton Woods institutions with a view to promoting the timely involvement of those institutions in post-conflict reconstruction; that, in turn, would create a favourable climate for private-sector involvement in various individual aspects of peace-building.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  2. “It is therefore important to be guided at the same time by existing international legal principles and norms and to make full use of existing early warning and conflict prevention techniques and mechanisms which have proved their effectiveness. Turning to the work of the Security Council, it should focus first and foremost on issues related to the creation of the political conditions necessary to taking advantage of the positive potential of business to promote post-conflict peace-building. Here, it is critically important to ensure the required transparency and to draw up clear and understandable rules for the activities of foreign companies in the markets of States that are engaged in post-conflict reconstruction. Such rules and procedures must be based on principles of political impartiality, equality and fair competition.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  3. “Universally recognized principles that must guide responsible businesses in normal circumstances - such as respect for human rights and non-participation in improper political activities, in particular activities likely to involve violations of human rights and gender equality - take on particular significance in conflict zones. Here, we must build on existing groundwork in the framework of the Global Compact and on the positive experience gained in the Kimberley Process. But it is clear that voluntary self-restraint measures based on purely ethical standards and universally recognized principles are not in themselves a panacea.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  4. “Such a dialogue could become even more substantive and more closely linked to the practical tasks ahead through the convening of individual focused discussions between representatives of the United Nations and interested business circles regarding subregions and specific flashpoints that are subject to crises. In principle, the idea is of interest that, in zones of conflict, business would act on the basis of a voluntary system of self-regulation that would promote the avoidance of conflict and the settlement of its consequences.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  5. “As regards interaction between the business community and the United Nations in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace- building, one starting point methodologically could be the fact that it is precisely business that must support and supplement the peacekeeping efforts of the Security Council and the United Nations as a whole, and not the other way around. Moreover, the parameters for such interaction must be drawn up in a dialogue with the private sector, taking into account its own specific approaches. The forthcoming Global Compact Leaders Summit on 24 June could be a useful forum in which to elucidate those approaches. Furthermore, it may be possible to organize a discussion of these issues in the context of the United Nations regional economic commissions.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  6. “The Council's debate, enhancing the political significance of the problem and enriching it through the Council's experience in dealing with crises in a number of African countries and other flashpoints, seeks to contribute to the elaboration by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council of an integrated approach to the interaction between the United Nations system and the private sector in the interests of development and of achieving the Millennium Development Goals.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  7. “Mr. Isakov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Globalization has made business not only a key player in the global economy, but also an important factor in global policy. The expansion of partnership relations between the United Nations and business, provided for in the Millennium Declaration, is an imperative of our times and should be encouraged to the extent to which such cooperation is in keeping with the spirit and letter of the United Nations Charter, above all in the social and economic sphere, is mutually beneficial and works to strengthen the authority of the Organization. It is precisely in that broad context that we view Germany's initiative to discuss, within the framework of the Security Council, the role of business in conflict zones.”

    2004-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4943 (2004) · source

  8. “This devastating epidemic gobbles up the resources and potential of countries and has a negative impact on the overall socio-economic situation, and in the final analysis, as in the case of any other serious global problem, it has a negative impact on international security and stability. Given this context, overall consideration by the Security Council of this issue is quite understandable. The Council considered it in connection with the impact of AIDS for peace and security in Africa in January 2000, and in connection with peacekeeping operations in July 2000.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

  9. “A major role is being played by Secretary- General Kofi Annan, who is constantly focused on this issue, who is personally committed and who was actively involved in establishing the Global Fund to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. From the very beginning, the Russian Federation has supported the idea of setting up that Fund; we helped in the organizational and legal arrangements and in its actual establishment. We have already contributed $4 million to the Fund and, in December, we plan to contribute a further $1 million out of the total amount pledged by the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Putin, namely, $20 million. HIV/AIDS is a serious hindrance to development for States.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

  10. “Ivanov, when he spoke in September this year at the General Assembly's special session on the review of the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, which had been adopted at the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly in 2001. The General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council have already done a lot in elaborating an effective strategy to react to the spread of HIV/AIDS. We would also commend the practical work done in this area, primarily by UNAIDS, and also by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and a number of other agencies in the United Nations system.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

  11. “Mr. Isakov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would also like to thank the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Guehenno, and Mr. Piot for their extremely informative briefings. We attach great importance to the coordination of international efforts, with a central role being played by the United Nations, to deal effectively with the most burning global challenges, one of which is undoubtedly HIV/AIDS. We believe that consideration of this issue is appropriate in the context of the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations. The global fight against HIV/AIDS requires firm political leadership, personal commitment and agreed specific measures, backed up by technical and financial resources. This was a point well made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source