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Jeremy Greenstock

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first: 1998-07-30
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“I think that we should have a discussion of this in January, if the French presidency will allow it, because, if and when the next really big incident happens and the Council has not proved yet to be particularly active in stopping terrorism on the ground, people will start throwing stones at us. Therefore, Mr. President, I fully agree with your focus on that particular issue. It has to be a concern of the Council beyond the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. Allow me to get myself into trouble over the question of the permanent five, which the Ambassador of Guinea in particular focused on. He did continue a bit of a myth about the amount that the permanent five do before we come into the Council, which we have done only on Iraq this year, and necessarily on Iraq, as I think most members of the Council have realized.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“I think we need to talk a little more about that and, indeed, act on it. I may come back to that in one or two respects. In your intervention, Mr. President, you referred to the Council's work in combating terrorism, because we lacked time for a more considered discussion of that is sure when you had the breakout meeting the other morning. I want to share and, indeed, reinforce, your view. The Counter-Terrorism Committee is doing quite a lot of bureaucratic work on counter-terrorism, which is important. I am not trying to downplay that; why should I try to do so? But the Council is in danger of taking its eye off the ball that really matters, which is stopping terrorists. I am not sure that the Council is grappling with the phenomenon of terrorism in all its aspects as substantively as it should.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“I particularly appreciate the fact that the Guinea-Bissau mission was a combined mission, reflecting also, if I may say so, the excellent work done by Ambassador Koonjul with the Ad Hoc Working Group on Africa - another innovation, which he steered very successfully this year and which needs to be taken forward. How we organize that sort of thing has an effect on our follow-up. Ambassador Mahbubani said this morning that the cultures of action, innovation and reflection were very important to the Council, and that the Council was not good on all of them. I actually think that we have been quite good at innovation and reflection, as well as action. What we have not been good at is follow-up and implementation. That is where the Council is really being tested as we become more professional in our mandates and in our discussions.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“I think that resolution 1441 (2002) was a striking example of that, not least because, if I may say so, the two countries at either end of the spectrum of debate on that issue - the United States and Syria - both came to conclude that unity in the Council was what they were looking for. If we learn the lessons of that and apply them - not only on that subject - in the future, then I think that we will increase the power, effectiveness and legitimacy of the Council. We are not just an isolated Council. We have to deal with the Secretariat, people on the ground and Governments, as well as other organs of the intergovernmental system. I think we have made progress on the relationship between the Council and the Economic and Social Council this year.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“The fact that that tendency is increasing is also very welcome. This morning several members - particularly the outgoing members - have referred to unity in the Council. I think that, when we can get it right, this is a very real evolution of compelling impact. But we must not forget that unity of result depends in the end on what happens in capitals and the perceptions there. We need to go on ensuring that our ministers understand the need for collective action through the Council as much as we appreciate it among ourselves, because we cannot produce unity if we do not get instructions to do so. That element has to be remembered.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“More of the management of the agenda is going to coordinators and there have been fewer obligatory meetings with the Council presidency at the beginning of the month to go over the agenda, which can be done before we reach the beginning of the month. I also found the daily e-mails of the Colombian delegation, sent by Andres Franco, to be extraordinarily helpful in pushing us towards what needed to be done each day and giving us notice of the changes in the mind of the presidency about how we needed to deal with the agenda. All of that was innovation in the right direction. I would also like to pay tribute to our experts. There is an increasing tendency to deal with texts outside informal consultations and for ambassadors not to spend their time and competence on them; our experts seem to do it better.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“I would like to focus - as you, Sir, have asked us to - on the institutional aspects of our work over the past 12 months, to pay particular attention to what the outgoing members of the Council have said this morning and to make some additional comments. By way of preamble, may I also say how much we appreciated the freshness and vigour which the outgoing members of the Council brought to the discussions of the Council. They have made us think about how we are doing our work in a way which we do not often do - and we are continuing that this morning under your presidency, Sir. The agenda is becoming overloaded and I very much share the feeling of the Irish delegation that there needs to be a way of continually filtering what we do. I think that we have had some useful innovations this year.”
2002-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4677 (2002) · source
“In closing, the United Kingdom would like to pay tribute to the efforts of the Governments of Norway and of Canada in elevating the profile of this subject on our agenda. There is no doubt that their efforts have resulted in raising our awareness of the challenges surrounding the issue and of the cost to peace and security if we ignore it. We look forward to further updates from OCHA and the Secretary-General on this subject and would be happy with the timings recommended by Mr. Oshima.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“We need to ensure that we develop systematic ways of dealing with the issues surrounding the protection of civilians. As the July workshop outlined, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, working with United Nations partners, has a vital role in securing protection measures. The Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations should be encouraged to use the aide-memoire in its deliberations. We must also ensure, we believe, that the terms of reference provided to Special Representatives of the Secretary-General take protection of civilians issues fully into account. A final concern is the link between the aide- memoire and the road map, which we still find a little unclear. With respect to the road map, when can we expect roles and responsibilities to be clarified and agreed? And how will the road map and the aide- memoire fit together?”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“While welcoming the recent strengthening of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Kingdom is increasingly concerned about the threats to the protection of civilians in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and also in Burundi. We need to promote the use of the aide-memoire as a living document, updated on a case-by-case basis, as we agreed in our discussion on 15 March this year, and as set out in the presidential statement (S/PRST/2002/6). That was the intention of our one- day workshop, held during the British presidency in July to highlight how the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and OCHA were working in the context of the drawdown of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. We are glad to read in the report that that was a useful event.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“Broad-based economic growth and gains from development will be lost for many Africans if protection of civilians issues are not dealt with first in the context of conflict prevention measures. We hope the findings from the recent Johannesburg and other regional workshops can feed into that strategy. My delegation thinks that the Security Council also needs to consider how it can be more proactive in enhancing protection measures. We have already committed ourselves as a Council to doing this, as a scan of the language contained in Security Council resolution 1296 (2000) makes clear. We need to keep the protection of civilians in mind right across the spread of countries already on our agenda. We also need to encourage the Secretary-General's use of Article 99 of the Charter in this respect.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“Failure to do so will jeopardize efforts aimed at peace and long-term security and development. The report makes those links very clear. Governments need to respect those obligations in the context of ensuring the safety and security of United Nations personnel. The killings of United Nations relief workers are an affront to the Geneva Conventions and to international humanitarian law. We need to develop an accountability structure that rewards a proactive approach to protection issues. With this in mind, we welcome the efforts of the South African Government to raise the profile of the issue within the African Union. The New Partnership for Africa's Development is a good basis for this, we think.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“We also need to consider how the protection of civilians agenda can be used as a framework which can link other, related issues on the agenda of the Security Council, such as those dealt with in Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security and resolution 1379 (2001) on children affected by armed conflict. The report touches on this issue but perhaps does not go into enough detail on how we can encourage a more integrated approach in dealing with these issues. I would like to ask Mr. Oshima how we can improve our work in this respect. A further United Kingdom concern is to underline the obligation of Governments to respect and observe international humanitarian and human rights law as the basis for protecting civilians. Mr. Gnaedinger spoke eloquently on this.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“We strongly support the emphasis in the report on core principles that represent the minimum standards of conduct for United Nations personnel. The Secretary- General's call for a zero-tolerance policy for those in breach of those standards, we think, demands nothing less. Both civilians and peacekeepers must be held accountable for violations. We want to see tougher action taken in this respect and want training programmes to continue to emphasize the importance that the Council attaches to it. So, the United Kingdom will continue to support DPKO's Best Practices Unit in further developing this issue, and we will work to ensure that our funding of both the United Nations and non-United Nations-agency relief work reflects the importance of our concerns in this area.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“We think that early feedback on how those teams have worked would be useful for informing the future response of both the Security Council and the wider United Nations system. We also welcome the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to develop comprehensive rule-of-law strategies in the context of promoting justice and reconciliation. But we would stress the need to incorporate existing United Nations efforts in this area of work so as to avoid duplication and to promote coherence and genuine cross-cutting integration within the system. So, we would like to ask how DPKO's efforts will fit in with the mandate of the United Nations Development Programme in this area and with the work of the Department of Political Affairs, for example.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“Oshima perhaps identify other country or regional situations currently on the agenda of the Council which could benefit from such framework agreements or similar approaches? A further concern is the sending of multidisciplinary assessment teams to areas of emerging crisis. The report is very clear about the heightened threats to the security of civilians posed by the failure to separate civilians from armed elements, especially in refugee camps. The United Kingdom has consistently called for work in the area of protection of civilians to be an integrated and cross-cutting issue in terms of United Nations handling. And multidisciplinary assessment teams make a good match with this requirement.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“On that basis, we must determine who is responsible for providing that protection. The report brings those points out well. From the report, we would like to highlight the following United Kingdom concerns and to pose the following associated questions. First, with respect to the issue of greater use of inclusive framework agreements, we agree that they can offer useful ways of ensuring access to vulnerable populations, especially where a lack of structured relations with non-State actors can impede access and stop relief efforts. The experience of the Sudan is instructive in that context. And we would like to know more about how the approach adopted in the Sudan has worked to enhance prospects for wider peace and security. With this in mind, can Mr.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“The conclusions of that workshop, which was attended by a wide range of Government officials and United Nations and non-United Nations practitioners, closely reflect the report's key observations. Those conclusions included, first, that there is a need to get on and implement the aide-memoire more proactively, rather than seeking to refine the normative framework. As the aide-memoire is an agreed document of the Security Council, we need to continue to consider what needs to be done to promote it actively and how we can encourage others to do so. Secondly, we need to consider how to engage non-State actors in the protection of civilians. Thirdly, a clear idea is needed of what the protection needs are of civilians caught up in conflict and how protection is best provided, secured and sustained.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“And we warmly welcome your presence, Madam President, and that of the Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway. The United Kingdom is happy to align itself with the European Union statement to be made later by Denmark. The subject under discussion is a high priority for the United Kingdom that we wish to see remain prominent on the Council's agenda. I would therefore like to make a number of points in a national capacity. Most important, the United Kingdom agrees strongly with the point made by the Secretary-General in his introduction: we need to move now from policy to practical implementation. That point was underscored in Mr. Oshima's very helpful presentation. And it is why the United Kingdom sponsored the European workshop, one of the six regional workshops referred to in the report, in an effort to operationalize the aide-memoire.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“I would like to begin by expressing my delegation's thanks to the Secretary-General and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for producing the report (S/2002/1300) we are discussing today. We know that OCHA has worked hard to ensure a more systematic presentation of the issues. We think that it is important that the latest report builds on the framework set out by the aide-memoire adopted unanimously by the Council in March (S/PRST/2002/6, annex). We need this common, agreed reference point as a basis for strengthening our own response and for providing direction to the various organizations required to fulfil their respective roles. Given the subject under discussion, it is a particular pleasure to see Mr. Gnaedinger, the Director- General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in the Chamber.”
2002-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4660 (2002) · source
“I would like to ask whether the Special Representative has any suggestions for what can be done about serious crimes which fall outside the remit of the mandate implementation plan, because we believe these could undermine work on the plan. We look forward to the multi-donor mission to Timor-Leste next week to look at the needs of the national police. We are pleased that the transfer of responsibility to the national police is proceeding well; it is important that the police should be fully capable of maintaining law and order when the time comes for UNMISET's departure. Finally, we would be interested in knowing whether the United Nations has any plans to revise its phase-five security status for West Timor. I end by repeating our thanks to UNMISET for its work and giving, through Mr.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“We look forward to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assessment mission and to the provision of a suggested road map of assistance for the justice sector by the Portuguese justice sector expert on the World Bank monitoring mission. A review of all pre-trial detentions is clearly needed, and we are especially concerned about the 10 juveniles currently in detention. We welcome the recent indictments issued by the Serious Crimes Unit, especially for members of the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) suspected of murdering Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes. The poor performance in attracting forensic pathologists needs to be addressed. The mandate implementation plan of 10 priority cases needs to be completed quickly to increase the chances of successful reconciliation.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“So we would be grateful to learn a bit more about the assessment of the United Nations as to the current economic and budgetary situation and what needs to be done to address it. I note that the rule of law is the first of what the Special Representative considers the principal challenges that the new State faces. There are reminders of our experience in the Balkans echoing here. Respect for human rights and for the rule of law is crucial for Timor-Leste's future. We therefore welcome the establishment of the Provedor office, but we are concerned at the suggestion that the Judicial Magistrates Statutes do not provide sufficiently for the independence of judges and lawyers. I would be grateful to know whether anything is being planned to remedy that.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“We urge UNMISET to deal with those as quickly as possible - particularly the posts for which it has already secured funding - and if the Special Representative could give us some sense of a time frame for that, it would be useful. We hope that international experts working in Timor-Leste will focus on training their Timorese counterparts rather than on trying to do the job themselves. That is an important aspect of capacity-building. On the economic side, we understand from the International Monetary Fund - which is currently visiting Timor-Leste - that it estimates a shortfall of between $60 million and $80 million in the budget up to mid-2005 and that it is also expecting the economic situation to worsen in the second two years of this triennium, in 2004 and 2005, which will clearly affect the social safety nets.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“In addition, we express our sympathies for the families of the victims of the Bali bombing. The report and the briefing together set out an approach that the United Kingdom fully supports for Timor-Leste. We also welcome the continued commitment by the Government to achieving the objectives set out by the Security Council in resolution 1410 (2002), but it is clear that there are many tough challenges still ahead. We are particularly aware that urgent action is needed to alleviate poverty, to improve employment and to strengthen the still-fragile institutions. I should like to go through a number of detailed points. We welcome the news that 86 of the 100 stability posts have now been filled, but we are still concerned that only a quarter of the 228 development posts have thus far been filled.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“My delegation fully associates itself with the statement to be made shortly on this subject by Denmark on behalf of the European Union. I should like to express a very warm welcome back to the Council to Ambassador Sharma and to commend him on the excellent start that he has made as Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We are very much pleased to see the Secretary- General's report (S/2002/ 1223) and are grateful for that and for the clear and informative briefing that we have had today. The United Kingdom is very much encouraged by the progress that has been achieved in Timor-Leste since independence, and we should like the Special Representative to convey the thanks of the Council to the whole UNMISET team for what they have achieved, both before and after independence.”
2002-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4646 (2002) · source
“But if Iraq chooses defiance and concealment, rejecting the final opportunity it has been given by the Council in paragraph 2, the United Kingdom - together, we trust, with other Members of the Security Council - will ensure that the task of disarmament required by the resolutions is completed.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“Let me be equally clear in response, as a co-sponsor with the United States of the text we have just adopted. There is no "automaticity" in this resolution. If there is a further Iraqi breach of its disarmament obligations, the matter will return to the Council for discussion as required in paragraph 12. We would expect the Security Council then to meet its responsibilities. Ultimately, the choice lies with Iraq as to whether to take the peaceful route to disarmament. The United Kingdom hopes that Iraq will fully cooperate with the United Nations, meet its obligations and take the path back to the lifting of sanctions laid out in resolutions 1284 (1999) and 687 (1991). The disarmament of Iraq in the area of weapons of mass destruction by peaceful means remains the United Kingdom's firm preference.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“This will reinforce international confidence in the inspectors. It will also, I hope, lead Iraq away from a fatal decision to conceal weapons of mass destruction. If Iraq is genuinely committed to full weapons of mass destruction disarmament, it can ensure that inspections get off to a flying start by providing the complete and accurate declaration required under paragraph 3. The United Kingdom has full confidence in Mr. Blix and Mr. ElB aradei and their teams, and full respect for their integrity and independence, as they embark on a crucial and difficult task. We heard loud and clear during the negotiations the concerns about "automaticity" and "hidden triggers" - the concern that on a decision so crucial we should not rush into military action; that on a decision so crucial any Iraqi violations should be discussed by the Council.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“I am glad that the Council has recognized that we could not afford a return to the ambiguous modalities and memorandums of understanding of the past; that we could not afford exceptions to unconditional, unrestricted and immediate access; that we could not afford to have inspectors again standing by helplessly while crucial documents are burned or while convoys leave from the back doors as inspectors arrive in the front; and that we could not afford interviews compromised by intimidating minders. The provisions we have agreed, including making legally binding the practical arrangements set out by the inspectors themselves, will significantly strengthen the hand of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“The regime in Baghdad now faces an unequivocal choice: between complete disarmament and the serious consequences indicated in paragraph 13. The fact that this resolution has the unanimous support of Council members sends, as the Secretary- General has just said, the most powerful signal to Iraq that this is the only choice, that it can no longer evade its obligations under United Nations resolutions. Because of the strength of this signal, there is at last a chance that Iraq will finally comply with its obligations and that military action can be averted. A key part of the resolution we have adopted today is the provisions giving inspectors the penetrating strength needed to ensure the successful disarmament of Iraq.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“I start by thanking the Secretary-General for his presence, for his powerful statement and for his wisdom in advising the Council over these past weeks. I said at the Council's open debate on Iraq, on 17 October, that no shadow of a doubt remained that Iraq has defied the United Nations - not any particular Member State: the United Nations - over the last 11 years. I itemized on that occasion the ways in which Iraq has sought to frustrate and hinder inspections since 1991. With the adoption of this resolution, the Security Council has clearly stated that the United Nations will no longer tolerate this defiance. As paragraph 2 makes crystal clear, Iraq is being given a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations; a final opportunity to remedy its material breach of resolution 687 (1991) set out in paragraph 1.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“We call on the Government of Uganda to respond constructively to the report's findings and we, like others, look forward to the findings of the Porter Commission. We welcome the Government of Uganda's statement that the Porter Commission has the judicial powers of the High Court and is independent of the executive. Finally, we also call on the Zimbabwean Government to respond to the report's findings. We listened carefully to the representative of Zimbabwe's presentation this morning. The Council will need to consider very carefully all aspects of the Panel's report, including those relating to Zimbabwe.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We call on the Government of Rwanda, in common with other parties named in the report, to respond constructively to the report's recommendations. The Panel notes unconfirmed reports that some personnel of the Rwandese Patriotic Army remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We understand that the Third Party Verification Mechanism (TPVM) and the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have looked into such allegations and are satisfied that Rwandan withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is complete. We call on both parties to implement their Pretoria commitments in full and with full transparency and we express our full support for the TPVM. in carrying out its monitoring role. The Ugandan Government responded publicly and in detail to the report this morning.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We call on all parties to the inter-Congolese dialogue to renew their efforts to that end. My Government welcomes the statement made by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Public Prosecutor that he will investigate the report's findings. This response contradicts some other statements made by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo rejecting the report's allegations against senior Government figures, so we hope that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will clarify its position and respond constructively to the report's recommendations. The Government of Rwanda has issued a detailed response to the Panel's report and we heard the Rwandan representative speak eloquently on the subject this morning.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We would encourage the Panel to share information with Governments and companies named, to the extent possible without compromising source protection, so as to allow them to carry out full investigations and take any necessary action. We have noted with concern that key parties identified in resource exploitation have also been named as being involved in supplying arms to foreign armed groups, in breach of their obligations as signatories to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. We call again on all parties to stop supplying foreign armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We note the explicit connection that the report makes between resolving the issue of resource exploitation and the establishment of an agreed, fully inclusive transitional Government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We welcome the Panel of Experts' report and appreciate all the hard work that has clearly gone into it. We look forward to continuing work on the detail of the report. On this occasion, I should like to be quite brief and to dwell on just a few of the main points. Our priority - and, I think, our collective priority - is the need to ensure that the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo benefit from the exploitation of the country's natural resources to aid development, peace and stability. We therefore urge all the parties named in the report to investigate seriously the allegations made and to respond fully to its recommendations. My Government hopes that the Panel's Chair will nominate a spokesperson to respond to questions from organizations and individuals named in the report and its annexes.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Since this is our first opportunity to speak this month, I should like to join previous speakers in welcoming China's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to offer you, Sir, and your colleagues the full support of my delegation during this challenging month. Like previous speakers, I should also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Cameroon and his delegation for their efforts during their presidency of the Council last month. We are very pleased to see here today and to have heard the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Uganda. We thank him for making the effort to be present. The Danish Ambassador delivered this morning a statement on behalf of the European Union and associated countries. The United Kingdom fully endorses that statement.”
2002-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4642Resumption1 (2002) · source
“This must take gender mainstreaming forward, and not content itself with recycling analysis, however good such analysis may be. The Council has to implement resolution 1325 (2000) and the Secretary-General's recommendations in its regular work, until we know that a gender perspective is properly integrated into all of our relevant work. For that purpose, and to introduce a touch of accountability into our procedures, I wonder whether, each year as we apportion jobs among members of the Council, we should not ask one delegation to oversee the implementation of our agreed decisions on gender mainstreaming, working with the appropriate parts of the Secretariat to achieve it, because whenever women are disadvantaged in conflict, we owe them some results.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“It is essential to construct working links between all of those areas. We would like to see the United Nations system operating in cross-cutting ways that integrate this work into programmes on the ground. We will return to these same themes next month when the Council discusses the Secretary- General's report on the protection of civilians. I would like to make one last point. It is essential for gender mainstreaming within the United Nations system to be taken up by the operators and agencies concerned, drawing on the support of the expert gender bodies. Progress on gender will not be made unless all parts of the United Nations system assume responsibility for leading in their own areas on matters relating to gender. Work has already begun on a presidential statement to follow up the Secretary-General's report.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“The monitoring of human rights should be included in the mandates of peacekeeping operations, few of which make any specific reference to women and girls. Personnel in peacekeeping operations should be trained on the gender perspective before deployment - an aspect on which the United Kingdom is working with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Respect for women, and an absence of impunity for those who do not show such respect, must be ubiquitous, both inside and outside the United Nations system. One element that is not brought out in the report is the need to place United Nations work on women, peace and security within the broader humanitarian framework. The Security Council has in the past delivered key messages on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and on children affected by armed conflict.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“In conflict areas, women make an important but often unrecognized contribution as peace educators, both in their households and in the wider community. Refugee and displaced women often display remarkable endurance and resourcefulness and can contribute positively to post-conflict reconstruction and peacekeeping operations. They need to be involved more fully in decisions that effect them and their community. They perform generally better than men in the control and management of economic resources - for example, credit schemes - and of natural resources, such as land and water. This is fundamental to the success of a society in the post-conflict phase. The United Nations system needs to move quickly to enable women to contribute effectively to the reconstruction or rehabilitation process.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“We support an increase in the number of programmes to meet the needs of child soldiers, specifically girl soldiers. And we support the objective of a 50-50 gender balance in all areas of peace operations by 2015. We believe that the creation of a database of gender specialists would be a helpful development. Our focus in the Council, however, as most of us have said, needs now to be on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), to which the Secretary- General's report is a very useful contribution. The Council's work is of course part of a wider strategy. Gender mainstreaming has an essential part to play in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Conflict management - and that is the context of our debate today - is crucial to the implementation of those Goals. Let us look at the facts.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“For example, in our own national experience, women's groups in Northern Ireland play an ongoing important role in the peace process. Secondly, following on from that, non- governmental organizations in civil society are important players in promoting peace and reconstruction and in protecting women's rights. We are pleased to see that the Secretary-General's report emphasizes regular grass-roots contacts. Such contacts need to be flexible; in some circumstances women in areas of armed conflict are not organized in any formal or identifiable way. The report draws out many important points, and I would like to provide five examples. We strongly support the recognition that promoting gender equality is not just women's responsibility. We agree that reconstruction efforts have to be based on human rights principles and non-discrimination.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“The Secretary-General's report is concise and well focused and correctly emphasizes what needs to be done to implement the provisions of resolution 1325 (2000) and to ultimately ensure that all stages of conflict management are more effective. Before I turn to it in detail, I should like to make a couple of general points. First, it is important to remember that women are not solely victims of war. They also make tremendous contributions to conflict resolution, conflict management and peace-building. They can of course be combatants themselves. While the Secretary-General's report is right to place emphasis on women in need of protection during conflict, we should also see them as potential participants, particularly in peace processes.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“The representative of Denmark will speak later on behalf of the European Union, and my delegation endorses what she will say. I would just like to make a few additional observations in my national capacity. I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his excellent report on the follow-up to resolution 1325 (2000), which we passed almost exactly two years ago, and also for his pointed introduction to this debate. The report sets out the problems very well and is very clear in its recommendations. We can support them all. I also express warm appreciation for the excellent work of the Secretariat in this area, and I share the praise bestowed by previous speakers on the efforts of Angela King and Carolyn Hannan in particular.”
2002-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635 (2002) · source
“These other violations may not threaten international peace and security in the same way as the issue of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, but they are perhaps more important issues in human and emotional terms, particularly for the families concerned. There can be no humane reason why Iraq has failed to comply for so long. We call on Iraq now to rectify that non-compliance, including by resuming its participation in the Tripartite Commission under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“Discussion in capitals has taken place on bilateral channels. Of course our Governments have been working to make a negotiation worthwhile; proper preparation is a responsible approach. We, the United Kingdom and the United States, have met with the non- permanent 10 twice as often since 12 September as we have with the other permanent members. Once there is a draft with a prospect of broad acceptance in the Council, no Council member will be excluded from discussion. Let us remain connected with reality in this respect. I could not close these remarks without referring to the fact that Iraq is in breach of other Security Council obligations, including on the repatriation of all Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and the return of all Kuwaiti property.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“Let me make totally clear that the United Kingdom Government would expect there to be a detailed Security Council discussion if either Mr. Blix or Mr. ElBaradei, whose professionalism and independence are not in question, reports that Iraq is not fully cooperating with the inspections process. We would want at that point to hear the views of all our Security Council colleagues. I have heard in a number of interventions a concern that the non-permanent members of the Council have been kept in the dark. Some have even spoken of humiliation. I believe the facts have been misrepresented. None of the permanent members has been in a position so far to bring a draft resolution to each other here or to the Council as a whole. The permanent five have done no negotiating on a text in New York.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“The recent Iraqi letters on practical arrangements, the language of which brings back the obfuscations of the past, reinforce the need for strengthened inspections and for practical arrangements to be made legally binding. Stronger inspections will be crucial to ensuring that all countries have confidence in them and that Iraq makes the decision to comply rather than to continue hiding its weapons of mass destruction - crucial, if we are to succeed in achieving a peaceful resolution of this issue. I have heard loud and clear the concerns of many speakers that, on a decision so crucial, we should not rush into a war; that on a decision so crucial, any Iraqi violations must be discussed by the Security Council.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source