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Jeremy Greenstock

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first: 1998-07-30
most recent: 2003-07-25
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“To provide one example, recent allegations surrounding the conduct of United Nations workers in West Africa has outlined the possible value of the aide- memoire in highlighting relevant protection concerns and, in so doing, enhancing a more systematic approach to our planning process. On the training of security forces and other United Nations staff charged with carrying out the work of the Organization, we need to have codes of conduct that give substance to the Secretary-General's call for zero tolerance in cases of abuse of civilians by United Nations personnel. We need to understand what this means for the system.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“As recent and ongoing conflicts show - and the Under-Secretary-General has given us examples this morning - each of these issues has the potential to do much damage to the protection of civilians. But their specific effects are not often well understood, and often we realize how they have impacted on protection of civilians only when it is too late to take remedial action. It is important to understand that each of the primary objectives contained in the document is of interest not only to the humanitarian wing of the United Nations. Because of the complex interaction between these issues and the conduct of conflict, they are also important in the context of maintaining peace and security. By definition, therefore, they demand the proper attention and consideration of the Security Council. The aide-memoire helpfully underlines that.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“We would very much like to thank the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its United Nations partners for their efforts in preparing the aide-memoire we have now. But the point is that it marks a step forward in the practical action that we can take over and above the rhetoric in which we have engaged in previous debates. While the Council is becoming steadily more informed about many of the issues contained in it - the special role of women and children in conflict comes to mind here - I would suggest that we sometimes overlook many others. The insidious effects of landmines on civilians are one example. The role of the media and information is another. The exploitation of natural resources and their effect on prolonging conflicts, and so the effects on civilians caught up in those conflicts, is yet another.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“In that Declaration, Member States pledged to "expand and strengthen the protection of civilians in complex emergencies" (General Assembly resolution 55/2, para. 26). That was an important step forward, and the Secretary-General's statements on this subject since then have noted the importance of that commitment. His report in March 2001 on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2001/331) called for the establishment of a culture of prevention, a concept which gives life and purpose to the need for an aide-memoire to aid our forward thinking. I am not going to comment this morning on specific instances around the world. The very useful presentation that we had from the Under-Secretary- General gives some illustrations of where things are going wrong.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“We respect the request which you made, Sir, at the beginning of your presidency to provide short, focused interventions. I have to thank you for ensuring that the Council deepens its understanding of this important subject. Presidential statements from February 1999 onwards and resolutions 1265 (1999) and 1296 (2000) have all been recognized as important benchmarks. Therefore, we welcome this discussion and the production of the aide-memoire to move us forward from the general expressions of interest in the subject of protection of civilians in armed conflict that we have had in past discussions. The commitments made by heads of State or Government in the Millennium Declaration are also very relevant to this discussion.”
2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source
“We continue to hope that the entities will be able to reach agreement on constitutional change, but, if not, the High Representative should be allowed to use his full powers to make the changes necessary to help realize the objective of a Bosnia and Herzegovina that is internally cohesive and fully democratic.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“We attach great importance to the apprehension of all International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia indictees, and we are disappointed at the misguided criticism of these operations from the Republika Srpska. We regard the operations of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) as completely legitimate, because cooperation with The Hague Tribunal is key to Bosnia's integration into the international community. The arrest and transfer to The Hague of Karadzic and Mladic would signal a new page in Bosnia's development. The implementation of the Dayton/Paris Peace Accord remains the overall goal. Dayton provides the constitutional and structural evolution. The High Representative's work on a structure to ensure civilian implementation is a good example of this.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“This is stifling Bosnia's ability to attract international business interest, and it also affects unemployment - which is still far too high - and the immigration of younger people. The fight against corruption and criminality has to be another priority. We welcome the steps that have been taken so far, but the authorities need to step up their efforts to show both the international community and the Bosnian people that they are serious in these respects. As the High Representative has said, there are no individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina who are beyond the reach of the law. The United Kingdom warmly welcomes recent attempts to capture Mr. Karadzic.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“Solana that there will be careful transition arrangements between the IPTF and the European Union police mission, and we hope that this will include the continuation in service of those European Union police officers who are serving with the IPTF at the end of the year. Efforts to establish more firmly the rule of law in Bosnia have to be the top priority in the immediate term. This has a very direct impact on Bosnia's development and its credibility within the international community. Progress must encompass judicial and penal as well as police reform, for the reasons clearly set out by the Special Representative. Economic reform also remains a serious concern. Recent progress in areas such as privatization, the creation of a single economic space and trade between the entities has been disappointing.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“If our speakers this morning are answering questions later, I wonder if they could give us a slightly more detailed assessment of the security situation in the run-up to the October elections and the key challenges that still remain. For instance, in spite of the success which Mr. Klein has recorded in Mostar, does the Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) continue to pose a security challenge? It is important, against that background, that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) downsizing does not begin prematurely, and we hope that numbers and capabilities can be maintained until after the elections. We were also glad to hear from Mr.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“Those efforts are really beginning now to bear fruit, marked not least by the forthcoming membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Council of Europe and also in the dramatic increase in refugee return. As this is Ambassador Petritsch's last address to us in the Council, I should like to thank him very warmly for the work that he has done in Bosnia and Herzegovina at an extremely important time in the history of that new country. It is the United Kingdom's privilege to be providing his successor as High Representative, Lord Ashdown, and he has a hard act to follow. Nevertheless, we all know that a great deal still has to be done. The year 2002 is a crucial one, with elections coming up in October.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“Mr. Minister, it is a special honour to have you presiding over the Council this week to underline the importance of this discussion and of other aspects of our work. I also thank the Secretary-General for his presence here today and for his introductory statement, which set exactly the right tone for our discussion. We have had three very interesting and important briefings from High Representative Petritsch, from Special Representative Klein and from the High Representative of the European Union. The United Kingdom fully subscribes to the approach of the European Union set out in Mr. Solana's presentation. I should like to commend very warmly the dedicated and professional work of Special Representative Klein and High Representative Petritsch on peace implementation in Bosnia.”
2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source
“The United Kingdom, for its part, will remain an active member of that category. We continue to believe that if the Council is to act effectively it must speak unanimously. An analysis of the speeches made by Council members so far in this debate indicates a wide area of common ground. We must play our proper role and enlarge on that. Further than that, the international community must speak with one voice. We must all remain focused on urging the parties to fulfil their responsibilities to end the violence and to return to the negotiating table.”
2002-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478 (2002) · source
“The parties must focus on creating the conditions for the success of those negotiations. That can most readily be done by their implementing in parallel the obligations they have accepted under the Tenet security plan and the Mitchell Committee report. But the United Kingdom sees ample evidence that the parties alone cannot now find their way back to the path of peace. Mutual trust and confidence have disappeared as the levels of violence have increased and the intifada has continued. We therefore welcome and encourage the sustained engagement of the Secretary-General and his Special Coordinator, the Governments of the United States, the European Union and its Member States and Russia, and those in the region and further afield who remain determined that peace can and must be achieved.”
2002-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478 (2002) · source
“The precise obligations on each side to bring violence and terrorism to an end are well spelled out in the European Union statement. Our goal remains a two-State solution: a State of Israel and a viable Palestinian State, both secure within recognized borders. The recent remarks by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia give extra momentum to that objective. His vision of full normalization of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours is very welcome. We hope that other countries in the region will build on it. An end to occupation can be achieved only by negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, leading to a just, final and comprehensive settlement based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and on the principle of land for peace.”
2002-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478 (2002) · source
“It was a good format to listen to the Secretary-General two working days ago, to consider his words, and then to have an exchange of views this evening. The Secretary-General came very close to articulating what every Member of the United Nations can accept as common ground. His is therefore an approach on which we should be building. These meetings have been taking place against a backdrop of increasing violence and despair in the Middle East. The statement which Spain will later deliver on behalf of the European Union expresses very clearly the urgency with which we all feel efforts to end the violence must proceed. As Ambassador Ryan implied in his remarks earlier, there has recently been a failure of courage and imagination on both sides. We all know that the only effective solution is through a return to dialogue and negotiation.”
2002-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4478 (2002) · source
“We also look forward to the discussion in the Security Council next month, under Norway's presidency, of the aide-memoire that OCHA is preparing on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and our exchanges on Angola this morning are entirely relevant to that more general debate.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“First, we would welcome the assessment by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the extent to which the Angolan Government contributes to the humanitarian relief effort in financial, political and other inputs, including military efforts; and secondly, whether these inputs have changed either way over the last six to 12 months. The continuing conflict in Angola is directly affecting far too many Angolans. UNITA clearly has minimal concern for the humanitarian effect of its operations. The Security Council's consideration of the situation in Angola today is an important opportunity to focus now on the practical steps that need to be taken to relieve a situation that shames Angola and the international community. The proposals made by OCHA this morning are an important start to that process.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“The international donor community has to respond better to the 2001 United Nations Consolidated Appeal, which so far has not yet reached the necessary level of funding, before it addresses afresh the appeal in 2002. At the same time, we have to support energetic efforts to end the civil war, not least those led by the Secretary-General and Ambassador Gambari. The United Kingdom also strongly supports the work of the United Nations Office in Angola. I should like to put a few questions to Mr. Erick de Mul, through Under-Secretary-General Oshima.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“What is really required is a coordinated approach by all parties working in Angola to alleviate the suffering of the Angolan people. This coordinated effort should lead to positive action - easily measured, substantive and clear improvements in the humanitarian situation. Access to populations in need through improvements in security and infrastructure would ensure the delivery of much-needed humanitarian relief. I think that we all noticed, when we looked at the map on the screen during Mr. Oshima's briefing, how much white there was on the map - areas that cannot be reached by the agencies a some of them quite close to Luanda itself.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“The Government's own figures, circulated today, show the extent of the problem that we are facing: half a million people fled their homes afresh in 2001, and 560,000 people in eight provinces cannot be reached by the United Nations agencies. The recent efforts made by the Government of Angola to improve the humanitarian situation are very welcome, but much more needs to be done, as Under- Secretary-General Oshima has made very clear. The international donor community also has an important role to play in improving the humanitarian situation. It is therefore right for the Security Council to inject a strong note of urgency into this debate and into the search for an end to the internal conflict. We welcome Mr. Oshima's intention to visit Angola this spring.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“I warmly thank the Under-Secretary-General for the very useful and detailed briefing he has given us this morning and Vice-Minister Chikoti for his interesting presentation. It has been nearly 18 months since the Security Council was last briefed on the humanitarian situation in Angola, so the discussion we are having this morning is not just timely; I think that it is overdue. The humanitarian problems in Angola are among the worst in the world. It is quite clear from the briefings that we have heard that this situation requires the concentrated attention of both the international community and the Government of Angola.”
2002-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4472 (2002) · source
“I should like to conclude by paying a warm tribute to my Vice-Chairmen, the Permanent Representatives of Colombia, Mauritius and the Russian Federation, and to all members of the Committee for their support and for their hard work. We could not otherwise have achieved what we have done since 4 October.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Speaking again as Chairman, the Counter- Terrorism Committee is mandated to monitor the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). Monitoring performance against other international conventions, including human rights law, is outside the scope of the Counter-Terrorism Committee's mandate. But we will remain aware of the interaction with human rights concerns, and we will keep ourselves briefed as appropriate. It is, of course, open to other organizations to study States" reports and take up their content in other forums. Speaking for the United Kingdom, and recalling what the Secretary-General has just said to us, I would encourage them to do so. May I thank the Council for placing confidence in me to establish the Committee as a working organism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Let me here say a word in my national capacity about these political aspects. In taking a consensual approach, the Counter-Terrorism Committee is not ducking its responsibilities. Our job is to work with Member States, to make the counter-terrorism effort a truly global one and to clarify how best they can meet the obligations that rest on their shoulders. But the Counter-Terrorism Committee's processes will put pressure on Governments to ensure, in the decisions they take - both political and administrative - that they do not condone acts of indiscriminate violence against civilians in any political context. We have to develop an international collective conscience in this respect in which every Government, without exception, is a participant.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Do not expect us to declare any Member State compliant. Our exchanges with virtually all Member States will stretch out into the future. I have said what the Counter-Terrorism Committee is and what our aims are for the next period. I should also set out what the Counter- Terrorism Committee is not. It is not a tribunal for judging States. It will not trespass onto areas of competence of other parts of the United Nations system. It is not going to define terrorism in a legal sense, although we will have a fair idea of what is blatant terrorism; where necessary, we will decide by consensus whether an act is terrorism. The Committee has no plans to issue lists of terrorist organizations. If it cannot settle issues of political controversy, it will submit them back to the Security Council.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“I hope that the Council will forgive me ifI also say a special word of commendation to my own expert, Anna Clunes, who has been at the heart of establishing the work of the Committee and to whom we all owe a great deal. What can Governments expect from the review process? In response to each report, the Counter- Terrorism Committee will write, in confidence, to the Government concerned offering its comments. This may be a request for more information or for clarification. It may outline areas in which the Committee believes that legislation or further executive measures are needed to upgrade that State's capacity against terrorism in line with resolution 1373 (2001). We will also, if appropriate, identify for the State concerned possible sources of expertise or assistance in programmes of relevance.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“We anticipate that by 28 February, one third of the reports will have been reviewed; by the end of the second 90-day period, at the end of March, two thirds. We will have completed the task by the end of April. This is a huge burden, not just on the Committee but also on our excellent independent experts and on our hard-pressed Secretariat. I thank them all for their willingness to throw themselves into this exceptional task. Furthermore, in the light of what the Secretary- General has just said, I would like to say a special word of thanks and praise to our Translation Service, which has taken on a huge extra burden given the voluminous material that Member States have presented.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“As far as possible, given the sensitive nature of counter-terrorism work, we have made our documents publicly available. We have maintained an up-to-date and comprehensive web site. To date, 123 States have submitted reports to the Committee. This is a welcome response which demonstrates the excellent cooperation we have received. However, there remain some that have not submitted a report. I ask Council members to encourage their Governments to do so soon, because their action will be of direct benefit to the international community as well as to themselves as we pursue our shared goal. As we enter the second period, the Committee's focus is turning to processing the first set of reports. We have set up three subcommittees to expedite our work.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“The second 90-day work programme, released this week, outlines our plans for the next three months. Council members will find the documents before them. In its first 90 days, the Committee issued guidance to States on the submission of reports. It published a directory of contact points to promote international cooperation. A pool of independent experts was selected to advise the Committee, and I welcome their arrival here in New York. We made contact with a range of organizations active in the areas of counter-terrorism, including potential providers of assistance. The Counter-Terrorism Committee has established the practice of acting with maximum transparency. I have briefed the membership of the United Nations on nine occasions since the Committee began operations, and I have met several times with regional groups.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Here I should also mention, as the Secretary- General has done, resolution 1377 (2001), adopted at last November's ministerial-level Council meeting. That declaration instructed the Counter-Terrorism Committee to explore assistance programmes and best practices to help States fulfil their obligations. The Committee has begun to do so. We have invited States and international and regional organizations to contribute to a directory of available assistance - a "one-stop shop" for those looking for expertise and help. I have also written to the Secretary-General to ask him to consider establishing a United Nations trust fund, because the Committee believes that new contributions are needed to finance this essential work. Our programme for the first 90-day period set out our activities for getting going in the first three months.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“This means upgrading the capacity of each nation's legislation and executive machinery to fight terrorism. Every Government holds a responsibility for ensuring that there is no weak part of the chain. This is a cardinal element of the process that resolution 1373 (2001) has instituted. We must do this together, and everyone has a contribution to make. I welcome the constructive cooperation which Governments and colleagues have shown with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and their respect for this common goal. A critical part of the effort will be building cooperation, internationally and at the regional level; exchanging information about terrorism; and sharing as widely as possible expertise and assistance on counter-terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Resolution 1373 (2001) drew on the language negotiated by all United Nations Members in the 12 conventions against terrorism, but also delivered a strong operational message: get going on effective measures now. The General Assembly continued its work throughout the autumn in the form of negotiations on an overarching Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism and a convention on nuclear terrorism. These efforts must be brought to completion. Resolution 1373 (2001) imposes binding obligations on all States to suppress and prevent terrorism, and the Counter-Terrorism Committee's function is to monitor the implementation of the measures imposed. The members of the Committee have decided to be proactive, cooperative and even- handed in this task. Our aim is to raise the average level of Government performance against terrorism around the globe.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“We lived side by side with the people of this city as they grappled with the task of overcoming the unprecedented scale of the attack. By any criterion, they have succeeded. New York has shown that terrorism, on whatever scale, does not damage a vibrant, democratic society. The Security Council reacted strongly and quickly to the threat which international terrorism in its latest form poses to international peace and security. The Council recognized that global action was needed to prevent the spread of terrorist networks and cut off all support for them. Its response was ambitious but right. Governments were already familiar with what needed to be done, but few had done it.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Secondly, we express words of sympathy and condolence to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly of Goma, in their further sufferings as a result of the volcano that has erupted. We warmly thank you, Mr. President, for bringing this debate together. It is very important that we should have an open debate on this subject, and I very much appreciate the presence of the Secretary-General here. I hope that participants will focus not on their own national counter-terrorism programmes or on their individual reports, but on the generic and political issues which we are addressing on this subject. The attacks of 11 September 2001 horrified the world. We at the United Nations watched the events at close quarters.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: May I begin by warmly echoing your words of farewell and gratitude to Ambassador Jorge Navarrete, because we already know that he personally will be very much missed in the Council. The month of your presidency, Sir, has focused very much on Africa, and I would like to take advantage of my position here today by saying two things in the African context. First, we need to note that in Sierra Leone, the civil war has been declared ended, and the Council should recognize the enormous amount of work done by the United Nations to bring that about. I would like the Secretary-General to know how much we appreciate the work of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone and others in this effort.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453 (2002) · source
“Thank you, Mr. President, for making this discussion possible, and thanks to those who have spoken thus far for making it so interesting. Let us continue developing so that we can meet the problems that are brought before us.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“Reform is quite important in all of this, and the United Kingdom is a strong proponent of Security Council enlargement. I do not quite accept Ambassador Kuchinsky's statement that the five permanent members are feeling the heat on this question. I think it is in the interests of the five permanent members that there should be reform 4 certainly reform of the nature of our work and the way we go about it. It is in our interests to have the political legitimacy of the Council extended, now that it is quite clear that we are one of the few parts of the inter-governmental system that are actually capable of taking ongoing operational decisions. Therefore, making the environment for our decision-making more effective is an extremely important part of our business. Otherwise, we are all wasting our time. So let us continue these discussions.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“I would like to make a couple of small points about recent procedures before Ambassador Mahbubani gets to the microphone. I am perfectly content with the procedures that we have for the list of speakers, because everybody seems to be happy with them, and that is more important than anything else. However, perhaps the Secretariat could do the lottery earlier - at least two working days beforehand, not the same day. A lottery is a lottery; it does not matter when you do it. Then we would know how to shape our interventions according to the placement and the order. If there is to be a lead nation, perhaps we could at least discuss the criteria for choosing that lead nation, so we do not have a new "Mahbubani round" on that particular issue.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“Yet, in terms of taking a procedural approach which produces the answers we want, sometimes the Secretariat is more conservative than any of us. So the Secretariat needs to come along in these discussions, as well as the 15, 30 or 90 members of the Council past and present whom we talk to, and it would be nice if, in a discussion like this, the Under-Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General could join Joseph and be with us to discuss the Secretariat's viewpoint. I hope that we continue with our lunches with previous members of the Council. It's probably not possible to have a decent discussion with more than 30 people, so we will have a rolling membership. However, I do think that the lunches are valuable, and I am glad that people are enthusiastic about that.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“The discussion we had with the Secretary-General the other day at lunch indicates a very interesting alternative approach to the Middle East peace process dilemma that we face: to treat it more often as an operational subject than as a subject for political statement, hearing those who should properly be heard on the question, discussing it with them and having more frequent briefings from the Secretary-General and his team. That would make a much better inroad into such a difficult subject than the occasional dramas that do not get us anywhere. Let us think about that further. I also hope that as we discuss our own procedures, we bring the Secretariat with us. The Secretariat does the Council a tremendous service; it works miracles on procedures and interpretation. Our interpreters are our lifeline to each other.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“Only a certain number of non-members will come to listen to us talk among ourselves. Yet, when we have open debates to which they are asked to contribute, they read statements of position. We have not solved that conundrum. It does require more work, but we are beginning to tease it out; we know What we want without being able to get there. I listened very carefully to what Ambassador Valdivieso had to say on that point, and I agree with him. The one subject on which we have not yet begun to take the cumulative approach is clearly the Middle East peace process, and the Council suffers from that. Any other subject on which we tried to reach base with one jump would also suffer from stalemate, inoperability and unachievability.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“I feel very strongly that the Nobel Peace Prize was deserved certainly by the Secretary-General, but also by that part of the United Nations system that actually risks lives, health and careers on the ground. Those are the people who deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. I am not sure that the intergovernmental system would have got there on its own. However, that means we have to be conscious of that cumulative effect and take advantage of achieving what we can achieve, at the time, on each item that comes before us, and have a sense of the flow of events building up. That is why it is very important that we increase the transparency of our work. But we have hit a problem here - the interplay between transparency as it happens in open meetings and our inability to have a proper interactive discussion with non-member States.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“We have become more insistent that our resolutions should be implemented. But I think we have to take account of quite a deep fact about United Nations work, including the work of the Security Council: because of the need to create consensus and because of the need to deal with ranges of problems that interact with each other, the results that we create in the Security Council or in the United Nations family as a whole are cumulative and are slow. Sometimes, because of the modern world's tendency to focus on tomorrow's headlines - and our politicians are not exempt from that - we forget that the United Nations does its great work through accumulation of the professionalism and often the courage on the ground of a large number of people.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“I will not try to cover everything that has affected the United Kingdom's experience because that would not be popular, but I do want to make a few remarks about certain aspects of our work. The United Kingdom is extremely pleased that we do so much of our work on Africa because Africa is a continent that needs more help from the United Nations than any other and needs to benefit more from modernized, improved and developed procedures from within the United Nations, including from within the Security Council, than any other continent. The integration of our approach matters to Africa because the integration of its problems is deep and significant. We have to match the problems with the attempted solutions. I think that over the last couple of years we have become more operational.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“Let me start by echoing that last remark. I think that Mali has done a terrific job this month, Mr. President, as you come to the end of your tenure. We would like to thank you for that and for your very sensitive approach to Security Council matters with a definite African viewpoint, which has been valuable to us, and the viewpoint of a smaller delegation. I think your whole delegation deserves huge praise for the work that it has done over two years to lead us on a number of issues of great importance to the Council and give us a very particular perspective. I am delighted that we are listening to the views in detail of those non-permanent members that are leaving the Council. I think it is extraordinarily valuable to us, and I am glad that these remarks are going into the record.”
2001-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4445 (2001) · source
“We await detailed information from the Secretariat about the regional office after the current mission returns and about how it will fit into existing United Nations structures. We welcome it as a further indication of the United Nations commitment to West Africa and we wish it well.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“It is also important that the United Nations efforts in the field be properly integrated. Alan Doss's appointment in Sierra Leone as both Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Resident Coordinator is a good model for integrating the United Nations political efforts with its work on the economic and social side in this kind of cr1s1s. Finally, my delegation applauds the engagement that the Secretariat has shown in the problems of West Africa. The inter-agency mission to the subregion under Assistant Secretary-General Fall this spring was one of the most ambitious undertaken by the United Nations. Its recommendation to establish a regional office in West Africa has been welcomed by my delegation and others.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“Such an investment will not arrive from outside without confidence in the potential for results. So, I come to a well-worn theme: cohesion. The necessary cohesion has not yet been delivered. The Council has to respond to the problems of West Africa as a coherent whole and to interact effectively with the other relevant parts of the United Nations. The interface between conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building is nowhere more relevant than in Africa. The conflicts in Africa set it in sharp focus. We cannot, however, allow a concentration only on conflict. The Security Council needs to work better with its colleagues in the Economic and Social Council and other parts of the system to take a more holistic look at the economic, social and political problems that create conflict and poverty.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“I am glad to report that the Group of Eight industrialized countries has already planned a detailed response to NEPAD in its Africa Action Plan. Particular attention is going to be focused on four areas: good governance, peace and security, education and health, and economic growth and private investment. Within those four areas, two cross-cutting issues have been identified: regional cooperation and integration, and agriculture and water. These core themes will be further developed by the eight personal representatives for Africa in several meetings over the next six months, leading up to the Canadian G-8 summit in June. Africa needs an integrated strategy of this kind, linking better terms on debt, trade, development assistance and conflict resolution.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source