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Jeremy Greenstock

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“It is a watershed that the Council cannot allow to be left on the wrong side of. Therefore, it is very important that, in the days and weeks to follow, we all put our collective and several influences behind a successful conclusion of the dialogue. It is more than just one opportunity among many; it is the opportunity to make progress at a time when the fighting has died down and the people of the Congo sense that there is an opportunity for them to have a future quite different from the one that they have had to face over the last three years. So, we must all find practical ways of producing a real conclusion to the dialogue and not just support with rhetoric the words that have been written in resolutions. We have to act to support a real conclusion to the dialogue to release that potential.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“In our conversations with the Presidents of the countries that we visited, it was quite clear to us that they were prepared to work on the basis of a successful dialogue to complete the rest of the programme that was required under Lusaka. This puts an extra focus on the need to conclude the dialogue successfully so that it will be something which Mr. Ketumile Masire can declare a proper result that satisfies the conditions of the dialogue. That will then produce a series of reactions and further activities under the requirements of coordination between the parties of Lusaka, which can produce peace in the country, demilitarization of the armed groups, the withdrawal of all foreign troops and the restoration of stability and of economic normality in the region.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“First of all, I want to fully support what Ambassador Levitte has set out by way of conclusions to the mission and his response to the interventions that we heard earlier. I would like to make one additional point which I think is very important. As I understand the view of all members of the Security Council mission, we came back convinced that there was a real chance to move forward in resolving the conflict in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo and in the Great Lakes region if the inter-Congolese dialogue could be brought to a conclusion that fitted the Lusaka Agreement and the aims of resolution 1291 (2000) and following resolutions.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“The Palestinians are entitled to a homeland, their own State. Israel is entitled to absolute security. The two go together.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Assistance in the security aspects of that will have to be carefully considered. The United Kingdom is prepared to stretch to the limit the boundaries of practicality, but if proposals are to be successfully implemented, realities will have to be respected. Automatic recourse to continued Violence is entrenching itself deeply in the psychology of both sides. A proper ceasefire is an essential prerequisite to restoring the situation to a point where hope can be regenerated. This has to include the complete cessation of acts of terrorism by Palestinians against innocent Israeli civilians. And on this, the Palestinian leadership has not been convincing. Leaders on both sides carry the responsibility ahead of anyone else of making sure that the route to peace is now rebuilt. We must not loose sight of the basics behind all this.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We accept that this will have to be done in a series of measured steps. There will be no overnight success. The Secretary-General, who clearly shares that View, has made a further, carefully considered proposal for the introduction of an international force to help damp down the violence and restore the prospects for political discussion. The United Kingdom will study his proposals in detail. We all recognize that such a proposal, as the Secretary-General himself has made clear, would need the support of both parties if it was to be realizable. At the very least, there will need to be significant international assistance to the Palestinian Authority to restore its capacity to administrate the occupied territories and to regenerate some kind of a normal life to the Palestinian people.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Meanwhile, we are all too well aware that the resolutions of the Council have not been implemented. The United Kingdom continues to insist on the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territory. Arrangements must quickly be put in hand for a ceasefire and for steps to be taken for an early return to political negotiations. We applaud the efforts of Secretary of State Powell, together with other members of the "quartet" on the ground, to set in place the necessary steps. We look forward to his and their continuing engagement. As the British Prime Minister has made very clear in his public statements, there is no alternative to intensive third-party action to ensure that the parties return to a sensible course of a cessation of violence and a return to political negotiations.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The British Government believes that the circumstances of the fighting in and around Jenin, and perhaps elsewhere in the West Bank, need to be carefully examined against the obligations on all States to observe international law and international humanitarian law in the conduct of military operations. The United Kingdom would wish to see an independent inquiry set up soon to establish the facts of what has happened. Also, in the short term, we regard the humanitarian requirements as paramount. Unrestricted and unconditional access for relief agencies and medical workers must be allowed at once. Here, too, the proper action has been too slow. We have made this clear to the Israeli Government, and in turn they must make it clear to their forces on the ground.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The United Kingdom fully subscribes to the European Union position presented by Spain yesterday. In the last Security Council debate on Palestine, I called the continuation of Israeli actions in the West Bank intolerable. The development of the situation since then has indeed become I think for almost all of us more than we can bear. The image of the region's only truly democratic State lowering its standards to the point - if first reports are in due course confirmed - of callous disregard for civilian life and humanitarian circumstances is a truly disturbing one. All the evidence points to excessive and disproportionate use of force by the Israeli Defense Forces in Jenin and elsewhere. This is not only unacceptable in terms of what Israel is professing to achieve in the longer term; it is also futile and unproductive.”
2002-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4515Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I end with thanks to my colleagues on the Committee and our experts in the Secretariat for the hard work that they have done and that is still to come.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I hope that many Member States will follow Malawi's example and make specific requests for assistance, because in our work as the Committee with international organizations and donor States, we are beginning to bring together the availability of supply of assistance, which will be relevant in the case of Malawi and, I suspect, many others. I think today's debate has been extremely useful. I would like again to express my gratitude to all those delegations that have taken a part. There is a huge amount of work to do. We in the Committee will do it with a will, and we look forward to further open briefings. I will try to hold one before the next week is out with Member States of the United Nations.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We work by consensus and we will regard an act of terrorism, if it is necessary to do so, as one which all 15 of us will agree is an act of terrorism. That covers a huge area that needs work under resolution 1373 (2001). So we ourselves will not cut across the responsibility of the General Assembly to take action in that regard. I was very pleased that Malawi spoke to us on behalf of the Southern African Development Community to say what that subregional group is doing and that it also, in respect of its own national approach, expressed very clearly the seven areas where it was seeking improvements and was unequivocal in wanting international assistance to help it fulfil its obligations in those areas.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I would mention also Japan, in its role within ASEAN + 3, the G-8, the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and beyond that as a bilateral donor of importance. I would also mention the regional organization that has made the most progress so far of collective, considered reaction against terrorism, and that is the Organization of American States. All these are playing increasingly important roles, and I hope that others will join them. It is already, as you will see from my list, a very broad collective effort. Turkey mentioned definitional problems. I am not going to get back into them. It is not the business of the Committee to solve definitional problems. As I have said on other occasions, the CTC has an enormous amount of work to do and can do that work without stumbling over definitional problems.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In response to that, I think it is time for me to thank, from my position, quite a broad range of Member States who have already begun or are already contemplating putting in place a number of measures to help those States who need technical and financial assistance in meeting the requirements of resolution 1373 (2001). I mentioned Norway and the Organization of African Unity this morning, and Australia and New Zealand in their area. The United States in virtually every area has been highly active in this regard. The Group of Eight industrialized countries under Canadian leadership is very active at the moment. Your own country, Mr. President, is active in the area of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been active in Europe and beyond.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I think that the delegation of Chile is right that we should - as far as we can, and without straying from our mandate - share our experience with the international community and with Member States in terms of - well, who knows what a new concept of security is - in terms of the global, the comprehensive, collective approach to dealing with security problems of this nature. We will bear that in mind and make sure that our web site and the other means that we use to distribute our experience will be full of what I hope Member States will find is interesting material. Australia brought up its own very welcome contributions to regional efforts to understand the problem and to start dealing with it.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“So there are questions that we have to have in our minds, but the resolution itself is our guide in this respect. From my point of view as Chairman I will make sure that we stick scrupulously to the terms of the resolution. Chile made a suggestion that we should compile our experiences to facilitate progress towards an elaboration of a new concept of security in the twenty- first century. That is much too broad a suggestion to discuss this afternoon, but I think it is the Committee's intention to be very frank and open about its experiences. We have already had three members of the expert team circulate papers about their view of how it has gone so far. We are, to some extent, in new territory as we move forward.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I do not think we have to tie ourselves down by trying to answer that question until we meet it. If we do, the Committee will discuss it. We are working by consensus, so within the Committee we are not going to solve any contentious or highly political and sensitive issues. We have already said as a Committee that we will, if necessary, bring such issues, if they affect our mandate, back to the Security Council itself. I think that we are proceeding in the right way. We are starting with the intention to make sure that every State has the right legislation in place, then is implementing that legislation with the right Government machinery in place and is using, as I said this morning, those instruments to make sure that terrorism does not surface on its territory.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“And members of the Committee, like members of the Council, need also to be aware of their own individual and collective roles in making sure that all Member States - or each Member State, as we come to its case - is truly implementing the resolution, whether or not it is reported to be doing so. The Committee has a role there. It is not just for experts or the State itself to decide - the Committee has a role of assessment. But the work of the experts in setting broad, objective criteria is of great importance to the Committee. What action will be taken if a State is not compliant? That has not yet happened, and we will address it if and when it does happen. But the response from States Members of the United Nations has been extremely positive, constructive and cooperative so far.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The resolution also expresses the Council's determination to take all necessary steps to ensure the full implementation of the resolution. We in the Committee - and Mauritius is a prime exponent of this - have agreed that we will implement that mandate - nothing less and nothing more than that mandate. So I do not think that the Committee is in any way exceeding the very broad scope of resolution 1373 (2001) in the way that it is going about its business. But the answer to the particular question about whether, from the reports, the CTC will be able to judge whether a State is compliant is, I think, "Yes, up to a point; but other things are necessary".”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Gokool asked three questions, I think. First, is the CTC exceeding the scope of the resolution itself in the way that it is approaching implementation? Secondly, will the answers received from Member States really help the CT C to judge whether a State is truly compliant? And thirdly, what action would be taken if a State were not compliant? I think if we look at the text of resolution 1373 (2001), we will see that it is extremely broad. States are asked, basically, to do everything possible, in cooperation with others, to make sure that terrorist acts are not committed, to prevent and suppress terrorist acts, to take action against the perpetrators of such acts, to cover the whole area of the financing of terrorist acts in great detail and to refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, direct or indirect.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: We have heard today about some very good examples of regional and other collective approaches to the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), and I am very grateful to those Members of the United Nations who have spoken to that theme and shown their very clear general interest in making sure that resolution 1373 (2001) and the work of the Security Council and the Committee make a difference on the ground in the area of counter- terrorism. There were no direct questions to me, but there are one or two individual points that I would like to pick up. In his statement this morning, the representative of Mauritius spoke about the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC) needing to make judgements about the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), and I would like to pick up on a couple of points in that respect. Mr.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I will be going to one of them on 3 and 4 June. I will pick up other points after lunch because people want to get away. I thank everyone for the positive tone of the debate so far.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“One very useful paper produced recently on the subject of lessons learned from reports so far was written by the spokesman for the Committee's experts, Mr. Walter Gehr. It has now been distributed to all Member States as a resource. I suggest that the delegations look at it. It is a useful addition to the category of lessons learned. Spain also mentioned the Secretariat setting up a unit. Before this meeting, I discussed with Sir Kieran Prendergast whether the Secretariat wished to speak. I do not think that unit is yet fully formed enough to make an input. It will be up and running, I understand, by the end of June. In the next debate that we have, I hope that the Secretariat will make a full contribution. As for the Vienna institutions mentioned by Spain, there will be an important series of seminars and symposiums in earlier June.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“That is where it is in their own interest to use their regional organizations and for that to be an active area. On human rights, I think we have the balance right. I have taken careful note of what the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said recently and of what the Secretary-General has said. But I think the Committee has got the balance right. The Committee is in consensus on human rights: it is awareness and discussion and liaison. But it is not implementing action as far as human rights obligations are concerned. The Committee is working up to its full mandate but not beyond it. I will pick up some of the points from regional organizations and other Member States after lunch. But Spain, on behalf of the European Union, mentioned lessons learned and the spreading of lessons learned.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“I particularly appreciate Norway's work with the Organization of African Unity in setting up a project to get them going in implementation, a project which I did not know about. Inevitably, because of lack of experience in this field, Africa is in danger of falling behind in this whole area, and I very much appreciate that sort of donor-State activity with regional organizations. Cameroon and others referred to the whole concept of State responsibility. I think that Ambassador Belinga-Eboutou expressed that very well. It lies at the heart of the effective implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). In the end, the CTC can be only a catalyst for this, although, if we have to, at the end of the day, there is a bit of a stick to wave. But States must take on their own responsibility. There is nothing more important than that.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“Japan and others have said "well then, they need assistance, and that assistance must be arranged". That is something I now want to do. May I inform the Council and, indeed, the Committee, that I am now in a position to move forward with the appointment of the seventh expert and will take action on that within the next 24 hours. It is an important appointment and one on which I want work to get going. Regional organizations are absolutely vital, as many people have said. Frankly, I think that as we move forward in the CTC's work with regional organizations, this could be the beginning of a model of cooperation with regional organizations in other aspects of the Council's work. I think we need to give some thought to that.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“And I want very quickly to move on to the area of assistance and make that an actual and not just an intended measure. There was clearly some confusion over numbers, because 143 plus 50 does not add up to 189. The fact is that we have had, as I said in my report, reports from Member States and others, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, the Cook Islands and Switzerland, which are not Members of the United Nations as such, yet. That adds up to 193. There are 50 which now need to move. I am grateful to those who said how important that is. It is the Committee's approach to liaise with non- reporters in a cooperative way since virtually all of them are not reporting because they have difficulties.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“I think that Ambassador Mahbubani rightly pointed to some of the areas where the CTC has made a difference, but I think it goes beyond his four points. The overall determination of virtually all Member States to do something about terrorism has definitely taken off since 11 September and since the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001). One of the most important of them is the extra legislation that is now being passed. It is not just looking at legislation which is now going forward, it is the actual adoption of new legislation. The increase in the ratifications of the conventions and the real cooperation that is beginning to take place in stopping terrorist actions and the financing of terrorism amount to more than intentions; it is actually happening now.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: I just wish to catch up with some of the questions raised and comments made before people depart for lunch. I am extremely grateful for the general support which the Committee has had from those members and non-members of the Council who have spoken and for the careful thought that has gone into their presentations this morning. They have been generous in their praise of the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) so far, but I want to underline once again, as many speakers have said, how important it is that this be a team effort. A lot of people have contributed to it, not least, may I say again, my own staff, both in my delegation and in the support I have had from London.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“We are doing the same within the Committee, but I am concerned that, as a new operation, the CTC tends to be allocated the resources that are left over when everything else has been covered. That does not reflect the urgency with which we need results from our counter-terrorism work. I should be grateful for everyone's help in resolving the administrative problem the CTC has posed for the Secretariat, because I am not yet getting the response I need on this issue. I thank the Council for placing its confidence in me and the Vice-Chairmen to continue to direct the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. We look forward to doing so with equal determination over the next six months. I welcome the intention of the Council to conduct a further full review in early October.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“The Organization has risen to the task of acting to raise the capacity of all Member States in counter-terrorism, thus catalysing global action to counter a global threat, but in doing so, we should recognize the added burden which this activity has placed on the Secretariat. The translation service has done a phenomenal job in producing hundreds of pages of documentation every month to enable the CTC to do its work, but the pace of our work is being constrained by the speed with which the translation service can produce documents. I have discussed this issue with the Secretariat and shall continue to do so with a view to reducing demand wherever possible, but I call on Member States, in the Council and beyond, as a whole to recognize the heavy translation demands we place on the Secretariat and to reduce these demands wherever possible.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“As we proceed, we may have to contract in specialist expertise in these areas. The CTC further intends to deepen its contacts with regional organizations. It is in the interests of all States that their neighbours have proper safeguards in place to deal with terrorism and regional organizations have a key role to play in ensuring that action is taken across the region. It will add impetus to our work if countries of similar geographical and cultural identity cooperate proactively to keep terrorism out of their region. 11 September posed a new challenge for the United Nations.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“The Committee intends, in the process of reviewing the reports, to identify issues of cross- cutting concern where the professional work of other bodies interconnects with the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). We intend to continue to make contact with other international organizations with a view to encouraging them to take action on issues that fall within their area of expertise. As an example, we have a close interest in the Financial Action Task Force's work on the funding of terrorist networks. There may also be a need for the International Civil Aviation Organization to look with fresh eyes at aviation security or for the International Maritime Organization to consider how the issuance of travel documents could be improved to prevent abuse by terrorists.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“I should like to encourage the 50 countries that have not yet submitted a report to get in touch with the Committee. We understand that putting together a full report may be difficult for countries that have little experience of dealing with terrorism or for which the preparation of such a report is a significant strain on their government machinery. But it is extremely important that all States be in dialogue with the CTC and we believe that this is the best way in which we can help States to find the assistance they might need to implement resolution 1373 (2001). Whatever the difficulty, it is essential that all States should have begun their written exchange with the Committee before 31 May 2002.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“The Committee will also need to be professional with States that require assistance. The CTC expects the experts to recommend what assistance might be needed and where the State might go to find the help it needs. As we go forward under the terms of our mandate, the CTC will remain aware of the interaction of its work with human rights concerns, inter alia, through the contact the CTC has developed with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. There is also an agreement in principle around this table, reflected in our informal discussion on 2 April, that the CTC and the Council will, if necessary, consider what action is needed to address failures to meet the requirements of resolution 1373 (2001) where these affect the comprehensive implementation of that resolution.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“Reaching that point of confidence does not equate to the CTC's declaring any Member State 100 per cent compliant. We do not believe that the Committee can sign off with any State. Against a constantly evolving background, there may always be further work to do to meet the objectives of 1373 (2001), so the CTC will preserve the potential for dialogue with all States, although this will vary in intensity according to the capacity developed by the State concerned. During the coming 90-day period, the CTC will complete its preliminary review of the reports it has received and, from 7 June, it will embark on its second review as the second round of reports begins to arrive. We intend to be more direct in the second phase in identifying potential gaps and in asking States what action they intend to take to address the issues of concern.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“The Committee is unanimous in the view that it should continue to perform properly and thoroughly on the basis of transparency and even-handedness the tasks set for it by the Council, so that the capacity of all Member States to deal effectively with terrorism in their jurisdiction should be genuinely enhanced. In the course of monitoring the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) in all States, the CTC will check the facts of the legislative picture, the administrative action taken and the way in which these tools are being used to prevent the territory of each State being abused by terrorists. We will continue the excellent dialogue which we have begun with all Members of the United Nations until the Committee is confident that each State has taken action on all the issues covered by resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“This is a significant achievement and I should like to thank the Vice-Chairmen of the Committee for leading the work in the subcommittees so intensively and thoroughly. I should also like to thank the Secretariat for the excellent support it has given to the CTC and its sub-committees and I pay tribute to our team of experts, sitting behind us, who have so ably risen to the challenge set by the Counter-Terrorism Committee. All of them - all of us - are developing a deeper expertise as we move forward. Delegations are familiar with the work programmes that we issued for the first and second 90- day periods. Council members will find before them the work programme for the next, third, 90-day period in document S/2002/318, but let me outline in a little more detail how the CTC sees its work developing in the next phase.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: It is now six months since the establishment of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism (CTC) and the Council agreed that it would review the structure and activities of the Committee at this point. I shall not go into detail about the CTC's achievements so far because that information is already well known to Council delegations and to the wider United Nations membership through my regular briefings, but let me briefly set out the latest statistics. We have received 143 reports from Member States and others. We have reviewed and responded to 62 States and we are working hard to finish by the end of May the review of the remainder of reports received. We are following up with the 50 States that have not yet submitted reports.”
2002-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4512 (2002) · source
“When the Security Council next puts effort into a new draft resolution, it should be to spell out, with clarity and unanimity, the political route out of this quagmire, without which no progress away from violence is going to be a realistic prospect.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“There has begun to be talk of a further draft resolution. I would advise the Council against any debasing of the currency of its resolutions. Israel's actions, while they continue, are amounting to self- condemnation. We hope they stop now, but if they do not, the effect of that disastrously counterproductive approach will be far more compelling than another version of resolutions 1397 (2002) or 1402 (2002). Let those resolutions speak for themselves and let the activity in the region of Secretary Powell and other senior representatives of the "quartet" take the operational lead in bringing this horrific episode to a close. Third-party involvement has now become absolutely essential and this could extend - as the Ambassador of France has said - to monitoring.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“We demand the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas that are the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority. In addition, we expect Israel rigorously to respect humanitarian norms and to prevent human rights abuses. Their carelessness as regards the effects of the fighting on civilians is, prima facie, a breach of Security Council resolutions on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. On the Palestinian side, whatever the motivation, there has been an equivocation about resorting to violence and about the scope allowed for the committing of acts of terrorism. The Palestinian leadership must be unequivocal in opposing suicide bombing and then in taking action to see that these instructions are respected. Israel must, of course, allow President Arafat to do his job in this, as in other respects.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“The position of the European Union (EU) will be fully set out by the Spanish presidency later in this debate, and the United Kingdom strongly supports the statement that will be made. First, we are very disturbed by reports from southern Lebanon and the Blue Line. The rise in tension there has to be reversed. We strongly endorse the European Union's condemnation of the recent attacks from Lebanese territory, and the United Kingdom shares the positions of our French and Irish partners on that issue. Secondly, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I have to add to the EU's statement that the United Kingdom finds the continuing - indeed, escalating - Israeli military action following the adoption of resolutions 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002) intolerable. It amounts to a defiance of the Security Council, and we condemn it.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“They provide, succinctly and forcefully, the basis for real peace. The whole United Nations system should be directed to implementation. In our national diplomacy, the United Kingdom will play its part; so will the EU, collectively. As Ambassador Ryan just mentioned earlier, a high-level delegation of the EU is leaving for the region now, with the intention of meeting the leaders of both sides, to encourage the immediate cessation of the violence and the implementation of the resolutions. They and other active negotiators within the "quartet" have the basis for action in resolutions 1397 (2002) and 1402 (2002) - which need no further interpretation - and in the conclusions of the Arab League Summit. We should be doing everything to facilitate their practical work on the ground.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Likewise, Palestinian suicide bombings, which are undoubtedly acts of terror, must cease, and the Palestinian Authority must make a 100-per-cent effort to that end. I believe that the whole Security Council is clear that there can be no military solution. Israelis and Palestinians alike have the right to security. But this can be secured only by a peaceful settlement, negotiated between the parties. President Arafat and the Palestinian Authority are the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people, with whom Israel must be able to resume that dialogue. It is not in the interests of peace - or, I submit, of Israel - to weaken their capacity. These two resolutions have to be implemented; they are routes out of the desperate position into which the two sides have got themselves.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The United Kingdom's position is fully contained in the statement made by Spain on behalf of the European Union (EU), and there is no need for me to add more words to that admirably clear position, which is entirely consonant with the strong stance taken by the Secretary-General. There is nevertheless one point in particular which I feel I need to emphasize. Resolutions 1397 (2002) and 1402 (2002) are significant developments of Security Council policy on this issue. The deliberate use of violence and, in particular, the unproductive and unacceptable escalation in the degree of force used by the Israeli Defence Force, have got to be brought to a halt. The Israeli forces must quickly withdraw from Ramallah and other West Bank towns.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It is not meant to prescribe or to limit the Council's actions, or to treat selectively any aspects of the wide concerns captured in the many resolutions cited in the aide-memoire. So it is not meant to be an inflexible constraint on our work. Rather, it is intended to be a compendium of issues which may be relevant for the Security Council's consideration. The aide-memoire should be updated as necessary, so that it can be used, on a case-by-case basis, as a tool kit in designing appropriate responses to the situations which come before us. That is the spirit in which the United Kingdom will be using this document. We encourage other Council members to do the same.”
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“The Under-Secretary-General has given us useful details this morning of measures in all these areas which the Secretariat is taking. I hope he will keep us informed on progress on mainstreaming the concerns set out in the aide-memoire. We would welcome future joint briefings from Mr. Oshima and Mr. Guehenno in that respect. We also need to be careful that there is consistency and synergy between our aide-memoire and the road map of recommendations arising from the Secretary-General ' s report of March 2001 (S/2001/331), and which we also requested in the President's letter last June to the Secretary-General. In conclusion, let me draw attention to the covering letter which very sensibly sets out the aide- memoire's purpose and which we will adopt this morning as a presidential statement.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“Having enumerated the issues pertinent to the protection of civilians, we need to ask how the system is to work these into its planning processes. Clearly, strengthening the planning and strategic capacities of the United Nations will be important in operationalizing much of the thinking contained in the aide-memoire. I am glad to hear from Mr. Oshima about the workshops planned to spread good practice amongst United Nations personnel. I, too, would like to draw attention to the President's letter of last June (S/2001/614), which called for the establishment of a cross-cutting team between OCHA and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. This would be a clear step forward towards the integration which the United Kingdom is always calling for.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“In the view of the United Kingdom, such a code of conduct must have a system-wide application, affecting all who work under the blue flag, including United Nations humanitarian agencies and implementing partners associated with United Nations programmes. Such codes of conduct need to be transparent, clear and credible, underlining the need for accountability, and they should be properly regulated. They could also assist in preventing the development of a climate of impunity fostering an environment in which terrible crimes and abuse can take place - a point made very specifically to us recently by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Ms. Coomaraswamy, in the case of Sierra Leone, when she talked to an Arria formula meeting the other day.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source