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Jeremy Greenstock

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“Illegal trafficking in small arms and light weapons threatens international peace and security. It is closely connected with other forms of international organized crime and with terrorism. It poses a complex challenge, involving security, humanitarian and development dimensions. This is, sadly, too well- illustrated in West Africa, where small arms in the hands of rebels have exacerbated and prolonged conflicts. Action needs to be taken by various players in different forums: first, we warmly encourage ECOWAS to work on practical steps to implement the well- constructed Moratorium it adopted in 1998. Mr. Chambas has described how this is being done.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“I warmly welcome you back, Mr. Minister, to the presidency chair, together with your fellow Ministers from Africa in this room. I am delighted that we also have among us senior representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development (PCASED), whose briefings to us this morning were important. Mr. President, congratulations on the establishment of this workshop, which we enthusiastically support. Small arms and light weapons are the predominant instruments of conflict in a great majority of recent conflicts, and it is estimated that at least half a million people die every year as a result of their use. This is something rightly of concern to the Security Council.”
2003-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4720 (2003) · source
“I think we should try the cross-application of some of those lessons from other fields to our sanctions work. We very much welcome this initiative and today's briefings, and we look forward to seeing the Stockholm ideas come alive in Council decisions.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“I think that a recent example of that was resolution 1452 (2002) on the Taliban and Al Qaeda. But their impact on the target is also crucial. As Stockholm says, and as Hans Dahlgren re-emphasized this morning, the Council must identify the Achilles heel of a target in order to select sanctions that will really bite and thereby force compliance with the Council's demands. Thirdly, I would like to make a brief point about the CTC. I was interested to note Stockholm's comments about lessons to be learned from the CTC. Although, as the Stockholm Process points out, the CTC is not a sanctions committee, the practices we have developed of transparency, detailed reporting by Member States and facilitating technical assistance for all those who need it to make the process efficient are all useful lessons for sanctions committees to consider.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“But our key objectives will remain the same: to maintain the independent character of sanctions monitors, whether they are expert panels or a monitoring mechanism; to exploit the synergy among the different panels and make them familiar with one another's work; to eliminate overlap between monitors; and to make them more effective by improving their technical backup in terms of their database, roster of experts, network of contacts, and so on. Danilo Turk rightly put his finger on the importance of improved coordination and follow-up in making that process work, and having an effective mechanism is Vital to that. Secondly, impact has to be a primary consideration when designing and implementing sanctions. We give careful thought to humanitarian impact when we are designing sanctions and implementing them.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“I would like just to add three points - the first on monitoring, the second on impact and the third a cross-reference to the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). On monitoring, there is no doubt that improved monitoring should be a priority for the Council, and Stockholm has many good ideas on this, including guidelines for expert panels. As Ambassador Duclos has already noted, we and the French have put forward a joint proposal for an independent monitoring mechanism to replace the current system of ad hoc expert panels, and we are looking carefully at how to adapt that idea to respond to the Stockholm recommendations.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“There is no point in adopting sanctions, however carefully crafted and precisely targeted, if we then fail to enforce them. One clear and obvious example is that there have been sanctions against Liberia since 1992, and that yet both the Government and the rebels have been able to import arms with relative impunity - some 200 tons of arms last summer alone - thus making a nonsense of sanctions, making the lives of the population absolutely miserable and undermining the whole objective of the original imposition of sanctions. If we impose sanctions, we must follow up. The United Kingdom has strongly supported the Stockholm Process, and we look forward to taking forward its recommendations. Many delegations that have spoken so far have identified some of the key points.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“It is good to see State Secretary Dahlgren back in town; we thank him very much for his briefing. We are very grateful for the way in which he and Professor Wallensteen have given their personal commitment to the Stockholm Process. That means a lot, and it has resulted in an extremely effective and useful booklet. We are also very grateful to Danilo Turk for his statement, which my delegation carefully noted. I will make some references to it. The Interlaken and Bonn-Berlin processes provided guidelines for policy makers on sanctions design. But it is the Stockholm recommendations, as we have heard from State Secretary Dahlgren and Assistant Secretary-General T'urk this morning, which take us to the next stage - that of better implementation. We all know how crucial that is.”
2003-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4713 (2003) · source
“It was very useful to hear the details in his briefing, and the intended structures seem very sensible, but how is the programme getting on with the recruitment of Afghan individuals for the jobs that are being laid out in the structure? Does the German programme think that, if the money is there, the right individuals with the minimum qualifications can be found to fill out the structure and the system within the time period that he has laid out? With regard to international involvement, it was interesting to hear of the contributions of Nordic countries and of others. Is this international support broad enough, and is he looking for further particular input from the international community that we can get our Governments to look at specifically?”
2003-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4711 (2003) · source
“First of all, I should like to express the United Kingdom's sincere condolences to Pakistan and Afghanistan with regard to the crash of the Cessna. A particular loss, in the context of today's debate, is that of the Afghan Minister for Mines and Industry, Mr. Juma Mohammed Mohammedi, and we mourn that loss. We very much appreciate this morning's briefings by Under-Secretary-General Guehenno, Ambassador Nishimura and Ambassador Braun, and we are very grateful to the Japanese Government for its input on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and to the German Government for what it is doing on the Ministry of the Interior and on police reform. I should like to seek a bit more detail from Ambassador Braun about the reconstruction programme in the Ministry of the Interior.”
2003-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4711 (2003) · source
“President, for organizing this meeting, to the Committee for its continued hard work and increasing professionalism, to our excellent body of experts and to our Secretariat help, which is, as we said this morning, increasing in effectiveness and experience all the time. I think that we have now discussed, analysed and planned enough. The next period will be for action.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“Delegations will find that as the published material of the Committee and its sister organizations increases, that corpus of written work will provide an extremely useful set of guidelines and information to Member States as they devise their own national programmes. I think that after a further period of time - and we will talk about this in the future - the Committee, under my successor, Ambassador Arias, will eventually need to develop into a more professional body. I think that we should start brainstorming on that, and we will do it over the coming period. I end with warm thanks to you, Mr.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“The right professional organizations should be the ones calling for conferences and operational action on civil aviation, shipping, other forms of communication, customs work and arms control. There are much better bodies than the CTC to do that. But we will be a switchboard for making sure that this activity happens. As for guidelines on compliance, which was Liechtenstein' s point, the fundamental guideline is the text of resolution 1373 (2001). We will not stop advocating that. But I think that the 7 March meeting will usefully get into global standards as guidelines in each of the main areas.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“It is my hope - I hope it is not a dream - that the structures that we are beginning to put into place for counter-terrorism in the global network will also prove valuable in the activity against other forms of international organized crime and eventually in providing a much more cohesive and effective structure for keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the wrong hands. The requests for greater proactivity, transparency and help with guidelines that we heard this morning - Israel and Liechtenstein touched on those points - are being listened to by the Committee. I think that we must be careful as a Committee not to try to do everything ourselves.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“My thanks go also to those States that are contributing to the assistance programmes and indeed to the international organizations as well. The European Union is coming up fast now on this front, but the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada, in addition to member States of the European Union, have all made clear how much they are putting into, particularly, their own regions. Yes, this needs prioritization. And yes, the CTC will help - Canada mentioned this - with developing priorities for the assistance programme. It is something that Ambassador Ward is working on. Some mention should also be made of the connections with international organized crime and weapons of mass destruction. The Committee is going to get further into this in the near future, but up to, I think, 10 Member States mentioned this this morning.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“There is a growth of machinery in these organizations. There is a growth of bilateral and multilateral exchange activity and operational coordination. There is a growth of seminaring and conferencing. There is a growth of the exchange of best practice. All of this is tremendously valuable. I think that it was Fiji that talked also about the areas of vulnerability. There is a growing realization in all States that there are gaps in their performance and in their makeup against terrorism about which they are learning from participation in the collective activity. I hope that our conference on 7 March will be not just a collection of written and oral information handouts but also an exchange on how these points of vulnerability can most easily be filled by action learned from best practice elsewhere.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“I want to be invidious for a moment and say that, in my personal view, the Organization of American States is still, in the lead amongst regional organizations for its cohesiveness and for the detail that it is putting into its programmes. But all the regional organizations are way ahead of where they were 18 months ago. I think that that is a very encouraging development. They realize as organizations and as individual States that it is in their interest to keep terrorism out. There are deep economic, social and political disadvantages in allowing terrorism to take place or to grow on one' s territory. I think that it was South Africa, again, that brought out very clearly the importance of the collective in achieving the interests of each Member State. The fact that that is realized is very valuable.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“I want to assure Members of the United Nations that, in that follow-up - I think it was the representatives of Egypt and South Africa who referred to this point - we will take Member States on their merits. There are different capacities and different speeds of work that are possible. So long as every Member State is working to its own full capacity, then it has a willing partner in the Counter-Terrorism Committee. There was an enormous amount of comment - a very encouraging amount of comment - on the regional activity that is going on. Paragraph 5 of the declaration annexed to resolution 1456 (2003) says, "States should assist each other to improve their capacity", and States are beginning to do that.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“I think it was the representative of Fiji who talked about the many threads of our activity in this very complex operation against a nasty threat. In the Committee, we have become increasingly conscious that we have to create a global network. It has to be pervasive and comprehensive, and that, increasingly, is what we are trying to do. I think it is reflected very well in the declaration contained in resolution 1456 (2003). I think it is reflected in the CTC's response to that, which - although it looks quite bureaucratic in the follow-up paper that we have put round behind my remarks this morning - is very comprehensive and becoming increasingly operational. I think Member States are appreciating that.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: I will not take long. I wish first to thank Member States for their interventions this morning, which have been interesting and very positive, and to express appreciation to them also for the tremendous amount of hard work that is going into the whole process of the interaction between the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and Member States. What they are doing in their capitals and what they are doing in their delegations matters a tremendous amount to them, and it is nearly all being done very well. I think there is a sense from this morning of overall support and momentum from Member States, which is extremely important to the CTC. Members of that Committee are very conscious that we have to continue to earn it in the future, but it is Vital to us.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“The Committee will continue to be effective only if it has the confidence and support of the United Nations membership, and it would be most helpful to hear their views on the way ahead, as set out for the Council in my report on behalf of the CTC on 20 January, and in the ministerial declaration.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“The special meeting of the CTC which I have called for 7 March will help in taking forward this global effort. In accordance with resolution 1373 (2001), the CTC will continue to encourage States to become party as soon as possible to the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, as the matter of urgency demanded by the ministerial declaration. The CTC will remain aware of the links between its work and Member States' obligations under international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law. The CTC welcomes this opportunity to hear the views of Member States on the work of the United Nations in the field of counter-terrorism. I thank them for their engagement with the CTC in its work so far.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“The CTC will keep the Council and the wider membership fully informed of progress. The Committee continues to work with the vigour, focus and transparency which the fight against terrorism demands. Our expert team is back up to strength and is continually gaining in experience and effectiveness. In the current period, as our published work programme shows, we are concentrating on three areas: first, working with Member States to raise their capacity to defeat terrorism in each of their countries; secondly, promoting assistance programmes to accelerate the capacity-building process; and thirdly, creating a global network of international and regional organizations to maximize the efficiency of each of them in dealing with terrorism and to share experience and best practice.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: Mr. President, I very much appreciate the time that you have allocated for this important subject today to hear the views of Members of the United Nations. On 20 January, we heard the views of our ministers on the Security Council's work on counter- terrorism, including the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). I welcome the support that they expressed for the work of the CTC and their commitment to achieving the full implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) and to further developing the CTC's role. The CTC has discussed the challenge which ministers set for us all in the declaration adopted by resolution 1456 (2003). We have agreed on a set of actions for the CTC to take forward the points in the declaration. This set of actions is being circulated to delegations with my speaking notes.”
2003-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4710 (2003) · source
“Let me close by paying tribute to the work of Security Council members on the CTC, and to the Vice-Chairmen, the experts and the Secretariat throughout 2002. We begin the new year with five new members and a new Bureau. The Vice-Chairmen - Ambassadors Aguilar Zinser of Mexico, Gaspar Martins of Angola and Lavrov of the Russian Federation - and I look forward to directing the work of the CTC in the coming months. I am determined to make my last three months in the chairmanship count, and intend to pass on to Ambassador Arias of Spain a Committee with a continued sense of purpose, direction and momentum. The Security Council would expect nothing less; the world of law and order can afford nothing less. I hope that ministers will hold their delegations to account for the right results.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“So far the CTC has not initiated action on paragraph 4 of resolution 1373 (2001), which notes the potential links between terrorism and other forms of international organized crime. But what is happening out there, in areas of the world vulnerable to terrorism and international organized crime, is threatening. The structures that the Committee is helping to put in place for counter-terrorism may have a wider value and effectiveness in strengthening the capacity of all Governments against international crime of all kinds. There may be advantages, too, for our work as a Council against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. I would hope that ministers will demand accelerated action across the full range of these vital security issues.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Achieving all this will be easier for individual States if they work within the collective effort of their region. Since its establishment the CTC has developed links with international, regional and subregional organizations that have, or intend to develop, counter- terrorism programmes. International organizations must work with States on standards in their own areas of competence. Regional organizations must develop an understanding of the international obligations of States in the area of counter-terrorism, and help their members to meet them. International and regional organizations have key roles to play. The CTC looks forward to discussing this with such organizations at the special meeting to be held on 7 March, and to setting action on hand.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“States can also use the online directory of counter-terrorism information and sources of assistance, a tool for Governments to access information on best practices and potential assistance programmes. The experts will continue to facilitate the provision of assistance, being in touch with States about their assistance needs, and with potential providers on the current priorities, which at present are legislation and countering terrorist financing. But all States have the responsibility not only to improve their own counter-terrorism capacity, but also, where they can, to help others. Only by working together will we defeat the universal threat of terrorism. It is right that the declaration calls on States to assist each other. Not enough has yet been done actually to get projects up and running.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“States must take prompt action, including having a process in hand for becoming party to the 12 relevant conventions and protocols. The CTC will bring to the attention of the Council any difficulties it encounters, as requested in the declaration that will be adopted today. The CTC pays tribute to the large number of Member States that have worked hard to meet the requirements. We know that the task is not easy, and that many States will require help. The Committee stands ready to offer whatever guidance and advice it can directly, and encourages States to contact the Committee's experts on any matter arising from the Committee's letters. The experts are a source of tremendous knowledge, and I commend them for their huge contribution so far.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“The CTC will continue to be in contact with all these States, offering whatever help or advice they need to complete the reporting requirement. But after 31 March it must be clear that any non-reporting State will be held to be non-compliant with resolution 1373 (2001). Secondly, States must understand what they need to do to improve their implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), and do it. The Committee, through its confidential letters to States, offers advice and guidance on how to fill the gaps in implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), focusing as a first priority on legislation and the issue of terrorist financing. Resolution 1373 (2001) is a complicated resolution, requiring significant effort by States to strengthen their laws and institutions to cope with the modern threats of terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Thirteen States have not yet submitted a report to the Committee. They are over a year late. Two States have not yet even picked up the telephone; they are Liberia and Timor-Leste - although that new Member of the United Nations should be allowed more time. We know that the others - Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, the Marshall Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tuvalu and Vanuatu - are working on reports, three with outside assistance set up by the CTC. We know that others have real difficulties. But, whatever the underlying reasons, they are failing in their responsibilities as Members of the United Nations. The declaration to be adopted today sets a final date for submission of 31 March.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“In 15 months, the CTC has received over 280 reports from 178 Member States. These show that the vast majority of Governments throughout the world have begun to respond to the challenge laid down in resolution 1373 (2001) to prevent and suppress terrorism. In almost every case, parliaments have begun to consider or to adopt new laws. Governments have reviewed the strength of their institutions to fight terrorism, and in some cases have already strengthened them. But there is still much more to do before terrorists find that the bar against terrorism has been raised everywhere. It is in recognition of this that I would like to set out for the Council today the views of the CTC on what more we can do to further global implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). First, all States must begin to work towards this shared goal.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: A number of Security Council delegations came to the View late last year that the Security Council's work on counter-terrorism needed to be stepped up a gear. For all the progress made by the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in monitoring and encouraging the working implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) by Member States, achieving real improvements in practice on the ground everywhere is taking too long. The threat is real and immense. The urgency is irrefutable. As Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, I welcome this ministerial meeting to raise the pace. So what has the CTC achieved against the objective of ensuring that all Governments have taken effective steps to ensure that there is no support, active or passive, for terrorism anywhere?”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“We are especially concerned about Burma, where consistent reports indicate wide, systematic and forced recruitment and training of children for use in combat. Combined with access restrictions to vulnerable communities in the country, this provides a serious impediment to the most basic of human rights. The Secretary-General's report points out the continued need for strengthened monitoring and reporting mechanisms. We agree. But I also underline the need for us to work to the fullest extent possible with existing system architecture. We do not have to invent new structures or mechanisms. We just need to insist on efficient and coherent management of the system in place and on results that make a difference on the ground. As Carol Bellamy has reminded us, we have made promises that we have to keep.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“But operative paragraph 9 (b) of that resolution is particularly relevant. Material measures may need further discussion in the Council, not least in respect of the violating parties in the five countries mentioned in the Secretary-General's list. I am glad to acknowledge the efforts of countries on the Security Council's agenda where conflicts have recently ended and where there is no evidence of child recruitment. We encourage the continued engagement of the Economic and Social Council in developing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes that take into account the specific needs of children and of other vulnerable groups in building the conditions for post-conflict recovery. We also note several countries that are not included on the list but where the problem of child soldiers is persistent.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“Referring back to our calls for sustained mainstreaming of child protection and protection of civilians, we call for future consultations to provide a higher profile to protection concerns within those countries, where violations of protection constitute a clear threat to already fragile peace and security environments. We expect the work of the inter-agency working group referred to in the report to play an active part in the regular briefings provided to the Council and in the Council's subsequent discussions of these countries. The Council will in this way become better briefed on the kind of measures which we can take to deal with protection violations in those countries. The report points out that we have already begun to do this as we move to give life to the provisions of resolution 1379 (2001).”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“In too many countries, the abuse of these resources and the opacity of wealth distribution arising from their exploitation constitute a massive blow to prospects for peaceful development and growth. Again, we will be pleased to pass on the conclusions of the conference to United Nations partners. Our attention is drawn to the list presented in the Secretary-General's report of violators in five specific countries. Of the five countries on this list - Afghanistan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Somalia - three - Afghanistan, Burundi and Liberia - appear in the forward programme of work for the Security Council this month.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“We commend the Panel for its attention to this issue and would like to be fully informed of these activities in the context of our future discussions on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and on the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Council colleagues might like to be aware that the United Kingdom is hosting an international workshop in London next month which will take forward an initiative launched by the Prime Minister at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg last year. The objective is to promote greater transparency of payments and revenues in extractive sectors.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“We look forward to briefing the Secretariat on the outcome of that conference. We also encourage Japan to build on this work when it chairs this year's follow-up conference on the Programme of Action which Member States agreed to in July 2001 at the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. The third element is the impact of illicit commercial exploitation of natural resources in conflict zones. As the Secretary-General has pointed out, report of the Panel of Experts with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2002/1146) noted that children are being conscripted and used as forced labour in natural resource extraction by a number of armed groups.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“The Secretary-General asks the international community to do more to sever the link between the proliferation and widespread use of small arms and light weapons and the horrendous numbers of civilian casualties, including among children, that results from their use, especially in Africa. The United Kingdom agrees wholeheartedly with his call. We are organizing a meeting in London starting today to discuss with Group of Eight (G-8) partners how we can improve common controls on small arms and light weapons transfers. As part of the G-8 Africa Action Plan on the New Partnership for Africa's Development, we will be exploring how we can provide assistance to African countries to promote regional trans-border cooperation and enforcement regimes to combat the proliferation of small arms.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“We would like to have early feedback on how the Executive Committee is using these guidelines, as well as on how United Nations peace missions have benefited from child protection components and what lessons follow for other United Nations missions. Improving resources is part of this, certainly, but so is better planning. We still need more information on where the constraints to better implementation lie so that we can move beyond advocacy to sustained action. The second element is small arms and light weapons. The literature on this subject is littered with examples of the devastating effects of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in fuelling conflicts and prolonging suffering. Graca Machel tells us in her recent book that in a number of African countries, $5 can buy a bag of maize or a well-worn but serviceable weapon.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“The United Kingdom has consistently called for this type of cross-cutting, integrated approach to take root across the range of United Nations protection work. We did so on women, peace and security in October last year and again in December on protection of civilians. Paragraph 6 of resolution 1379 (2001) is very closely linked, for example, with many of the 13 elements contained in the aide-memoire on the protection of civilians (S/PRST/2002/6, annex). We look forward in future reports to hearing how this integrated approach is developing and how it is being taken forward consistently across the system.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“First, with respect to mainstreaming, we are glad to note that an inter-agency working group, involving UNICEF, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of the Special Representative, will do further work on developing guidelines on the integration of child protection issues into United Nations peace efforts and that this work will make constructive use of the Executive Committee on Peace and Security discussions. We firmly believe that protection and assistance measures must go together. It follows, then, that there is no alternative to mainstreaming protection concerns into the body of our peace and security objectives.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are real steps forward in terms of protecting human rights. The United Kingdom agrees fully with the report's call for effective implementation to complement the normative framework. The two reinforce each other. We should regularly review resolution 1379 (2001) in conjunction with the Secretary-General's reports and see what the Council can do to strengthen this agenda in practical terms. Mr. Otunnu's proposals in his description this morning of the era of application are very relevant in this respect. With practical steps in mind, let me focus on three aspects raised in the Secretary-General's report.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to align the United Kingdom with the statement to be delivered later by Greece, which holds the Presidency of the European Union. I am very grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2002/ 1299) and for his presentation this morning. I am grateful too for the briefings we have heard from the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Olara Otunnu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy. Both their organizations are doing crucial work which the United Kingdom commends and continues to support in practice. It is good to note that since the last open debate in the Security Council and the adoption of resolution 1379 (2001), the normative framework for child protection has continued to strengthen.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“But let us not look for institutional innovation; that is too difficult in this Organization. Let us look for practical innovation, which he has been so good at, and then we might actually be getting somewhere - get away from the institutional habits and get into practical innovation of what needs to be done, because there is a situation on the ground that needs it. There, I think, our growing habit of outside discussion would actually be exceedingly useful. I have used up my 10 minutes, but I think that there is a lot there to follow up, and let us see if we can do it in the new year.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“President, I think that is a theme that came out of your meeting, which you have commented on in your excellent paper - written in brilliant English, if I may say so - which we should take forward. There are themes here that you have written down for us which should not just go on the shelf. I would like to continue these discussions, perhaps, with a lunch early in the new year, so that the old members exiting can come and join us and share their experiences again. But I think that we need to talk a bit about how we use informals and whether we need to get really informal by getting away from Headquarters now and again. Finally, Ambassador Mahbubani of Singapore, says, paradoxically, that we have not done much by way of innovation, when he, perhaps, has been the most innovative of all 15 of us over the past few years.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“I wonder whether the non-permanents at the beginning of next year might like to get together among themselves and see whether they would like to take that forward, because I think that it would help. Ireland made a suggestion that we should have more meetings away from Headquarters, of the kind that was held the other day. I remember one or two comments at the end of that meeting about the usefulness of what we had just been doing and the role of informal consultations. We behave in informal consultations rather as we behave in here. In fact, I rarely see any difference between the style of our presentations between the two meetings, and the real purpose of informal consultations has drained away. We think that we are doing something, but actually we are not doing as much as we often do in open meetings. Therefore, Mr.”
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“That is why I think that we should pick up the suggestion made by Norway - on which Ambassador Kolby and I agree - that there should be more of a tendency to take lead nations for a particular subject, and the non-permanents should be in the lead on that. In my observation of the Council's work over the past four years, and in our own experience in the United Kingdom, it is extremely difficult for delegations on the Council to cover every subject evenly, fully and professionally. There is too much going on, and therefore there ought to be a division of functions, so that the professionalism of spending more time on a particular subject comes through. Therefore, rather than just talking about it and re- mouthing it every time we have a wrap-up session, we ought to do something about it.”
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“But I do not think that the split, if you like, between the permanent five and the elected 10 affects, or is related to, transparency. I think that the Council has become more transparent, and that is not a permanent five issue. With respect to legitimacy - if one wants to underline the politics of this, and that is why the United Kingdom supports reform and enlargement - we must not forget that an element of the political legitimacy of the Council is also professionalism. That is something which it is obligatory for the permanent five to introduce and which we discussed in the break-out meeting the other morning. Non-permanent members of the Council talk about this, but I am not sure that they do very much about it.”
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