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Jeremy Greenstock

lines on the record: 1,478
first: 1998-07-30
most recent: 2003-07-25
sittings or episodes: 194
sources: un-security-council

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“I thank the representative of Sierra Leone for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Iraq. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Sierra Leone. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Australia. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Bahrain. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Pakistan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Malaysia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of India. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of the United Arab Emirates. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of South Africa. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Jordan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker is the Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the United Nations. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Yemen. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of the Republic of Korea. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Argentina. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I thank the representative of Sweden for his statement and for making an oral precis of the written statement, which will be circulated in full. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Sweden. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I may well come back to the Under-Secretary-General or to his representative during the course of the discussion to pick up points from the debate as it is taken forward by non-members of the Council. We now move to the speakers' list under rule 37, and I intend to get through the speakers' list today, however long it takes. I hope that people will leave room for later speakers. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Canada, whom I invite to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The President: I propose, in the absence of objection, to extend an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Oshima to take a seat at the Council table. I give the floor to Mr. Oshima to respond to comments made and questions raised in the debate so far.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Indonesia, Israel and Nepal, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Thayeb (Indonesia), Mr. Lancry (Israel) and Mr. Sharma (Nepal) took the seats reserved for them at the Side ofthe Council Chamber.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“As we mainstream the Secretary-General's recommendations on civilians in our everyday work, we should be sure to do the same in implementing resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. In short, there is no need for further recommendations of a general nature. We have them already. The Council and its United Nations partners now have to assess themselves for their success in achieving results. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I should like to thank members of the Council for their contributions this morning. I shall now suspend the meeting. We will resume at 3 pm. with a contribution from the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, and then move on to the list of speakers under rule 37. The meeting was suspended at 1.30pm.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Here I entirely agree with the proposals made by the representative of Mali on the capacity of the Economic Community of West African States and the need for the Security Council and the United Nations system to look at the capacity-building aspects of our link with regional and subregional organizations. We have to analyse carefully the obstacles to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations and put in place sensible solutions to them. The Secretary-General's proposal on media monitoring mechanisms is a good example. We must also recognize that civilians, so often the victims of conflict, are individuals in specific circumstances with particular protection needs. Whether they are children, women or other vulnerable groups, their needs must be properly identified and met.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We should consider what role there might be for the Executive Committee on Peace and Security, and whether there is need for a permanent capacity in the Secretariat - perhaps a cross-cutting team in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations - to address the protection of civilians. Finally, there is the all-important regional context. We agree that it is time to forge operational links with the regional and subregional organizations that can bear the weight of the work that we collectively have to do.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Instead, he should do so every time he reports on an individual country situation where civilians are at risk, with clear and practical proposals for realistic and sustainable action in that case. One useful outcome of this debate would be for us to ask him to do that. Another might be to ask for reinforced structures on the ground 4 for instance, the establishment of automatic reporting procedures on abuses of human rights and the appointment of deputy special representatives with responsibility for coordination on the humanitarian implications of conflict, along the lines of the role played by Alan Doss in Sierra Leone. We also need to accept that the success of our decision-making will in large part depend on the information and analysis that is placed at our disposal.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“All of this will be without value, however, if we do not also make real strides to close the gap between ambition and capability. The practical commitments that we make must lead to a real difference in the protection of civilians on the ground. Our next steps, therefore, need careful consideration. I would counsel against a resolution or presidential statement taking action on the Secretary-General's report at this stage. They are too easy to agree in the language of political compromise and then to ignore the next time a crisis comes along. Instead, we should be thinking carefully about how to meet the challenge the Secretary-General has given us in our everyday work. I hope that in this context the Secretary-General will not limit himself to making recommendations on the protection of civilians once a year.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“But in practice, these actions are those which are most likely to be taken up by actors that are represented in the field. Although the Council can put its political weight behind them, we must be clear about the most effective avenue of approach. We therefore need clear arrangements for coordination within the United Nations - an improved system-wide approach that will consolidate the expertise of all relevant bodies without stifling the capacity of any to do the work that it does best. I hope that we will be able to discuss this further at the Council's meeting with the Economic and Social Council on Friday, and I take note with interest of Ukraine's proposal that the Economic and Social Council should join in fact-finding missions when it is relevant for the Council to institute them.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“All States should sign and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the proposed special court for Sierra Leone must now be established. Special representatives of the Secretary-General and special envoys should be asked to report on responsibilities ignored or abused, including by non-State actors. The wider United Nations system - Governments, the Secretariat, agencies, funds and programmes - must also examine how best to make their contribution. This means a clear-sighted examination of which organ or body is best placed to take action, for example, and how Member States can help that happen. The report before us says that the Security Council should engage the parties to conflict in negotiations on access for humanitarian actors and undertake fact-finding missions.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“In this area the particular challenge is to mainstream the commitments that we make in these decisions into our everyday work on country-specific issues such as Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Afghanistan and many others. It is also clear that the Security Council cannot succeed on its own. Making a difference requires the effort, cooperation and active involvement of the parties to conflict and of the wider United Nations system. The primary responsibility rests with the parties to conflict. They must change their behaviour and live up to their moral and legal responsibilities. If they will not do so themselves, the international community should help them to do so. We must take further strides to combat the culture of impunity.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We need to examine closely why it is that, as the Secretary-General commented in his report (S/2001/331), so few of his recommendations from September 1999 have been fully implemented. There are reasons why resolution 1296 (2000) was not able to endorse all of them. Some fell outside the Council's competence, some outside its reach in terms of what was practical or realistic. Others simply did not garner consensus. But where we have found consensus on a principle, we should have systems in place to ensure that we follow through with coherent and practical action. It is not sufficient simply to adopt a thematic resolution or presidential statement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the United Kingdom, after which I will suspend the meeting for lunch. I, too, am very grateful for the statements of the Deputy Secretary-General and the High Commissioner, and to all members of the Security Council for approaching this debate in a very practical manner. I shall just add a few points within the context of the general statement which the Swedish Presidency of the European Union will be making this afternoon. As the Secretary-General's report shows, this is a subject which concerns us all, but one to which the United Nations system has not yet made a real difference on the ground.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I thank the High Commissioner for those further points she has made, and I should like, on behalf of the Council, to express our gratitude to her for taking the trouble to come across from Geneva for this debate and spending the whole morning with us.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I am now going to give the floor back to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as she has to leave us shortly. I shall then finish the speakers' list of members of the Council, and start the list under rule 37 at 3 pm.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Members and non-members of the Council should expect the meeting to be suspended at 1.15 pm. and to be resumed at 3 pm. promptly.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“After I give the floor to the representative of the United States, I shall turn to the High Commissioner for Human Rights to pick up some of the points that she has noted so far.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Could I also say to members that if questions are raised during the course of the debate, either to the Secretariat, the High Commissioner or each other, I will make arrangements for those questions to be taken up within a fairly short period of their being raised, so that we can get some interaction on points that are raised during the debate.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I thank the High Commissioner for her important and very relevant statement to us. I am now going to give the floor to members of the Council who wish to speak. Could I remind members and non-members of the Council that I have asked for interventions to aim at five minutes as a limit on speaking so that everybody can have the time to speak during the course of the day. Any Member State can make arrangements with the Secretariat for paper copies of their remarks to be recorded in full if in speaking they wish to curtail them or draw attention orally to specific parts of them, in the interests of time. They can make that arrangement with the Secretariat to get their written speech into the record if they wish to shorten it in their oral remarks.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“What pressure can be brought to bear on the parties to conflicts, including non-State actors, to live up to their moral and legal responsibilities to afford protection to civilians? With that sort of focus on implementation, I am sure that we can begin to make a difference. I now give the floor to the Deputy Secretary- General to introduce the Secretary-General's report.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Bearing in mind the Secretary-General's comments in the report, what more can be done to implement the provisions of recommendations that he made in September 1999 (S/1999/957)? What are the most operational recommendations in his present report? How best can we implement Council resolution 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000? What are members' reactions to the recommendations in the Secretary- General's report? What practical conclusions can usefully be teased out from them? What sorts of provisions should be included in peacekeeping mandates to improve the protection of civilians? What new capabilities are required in the United Nations system to ensure that they are implemented?”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I hope that the debate will see short, focused statements from members of the Council and non- members alike, concentrating on what the Security Council can do in practical terms to further the protection of civilians on the ground. The emphasis should be on practical steps that will make a difference. Broad statements of national positions were made in the stages leading up to the adoption of resolutions 1265 (1999) and 1296 (2000), and detailed accounts of conflict situations can be contributed when we address those items specifically. We need to respect the division of responsibilities in the United Nations system, in particular between the Security Council and other organs of the United Nations. The topic of coordination will therefore be relevant. Some key points for this debate might include the following.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, document S/2001/331. I should like to make some introductory remarks. It is important that something solid and valuable emerge from today's debate. In a moment, the Deputy Secretary-General will introduce the Secretary- General's report on behalf of the United Nations system as a whole. This will be followed by a short statement from the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the specific human rights issues related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Other Secretariat members will be present during the debate. I intend, as appropriate, to invite them to answer any questions which directly affect their areas.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“lfI hear no objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Lamani. There being no objection, it is so decided. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mrs. Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mrs. Robinson to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 20 April 2001 from the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, which reads as follows: "I have the honour in my capacity as Chairman of the Islamic Group at the United Nations to request that the Security Council extend an invitation to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Mokhtar Lamani, Permanent Observer for the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations, during the Council's discussion on the agenda item entitled 'Protection of civilians in armed 7s, conflict . That letter has been issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/2001/389.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation to the Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the United Nations to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite the Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the United Nations to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 19 April 2001 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, which has been issued as document S/2001/388, and which reads as follows: "I have the honour to request that, in accordance with its previous practice, the Security Council invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the forthcoming debate of the Security Council regarding the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which is to be held on Monday, 23 April 2001." I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to participate in the current debate, in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Cappagli (Argentina), Ms. Wensley (Australia), Mr. Buallay (Bahrain), Mr. Heinbecker (Canada), Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt), Mr. Sharma (India), Mr. Al-Douri (Iraq), Mr. Satoh (Japan), Prince Zeid Ra 'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan), Mr. Dorda (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Mr. Hasmy (Malaysia), Mr. Navarrete (Mexico), Mr. MacKay (New Zealand), Mr. Ahmad (Pakistan), Mr. Lee Ho-jin (Republic of Korea), Mr. Kamara (Sierra Leone), Mr. Kumalo (South Africa), Mr. Schori (Sweden), Mr. Wehbe (Syrian Arab Republic), Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) and Mr. Al-Ashtal (Yemen) took the seats reserved for them at the side ofthe Council Chamber.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, India, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sweden, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source