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John Sawers

lines on the record: 590
first: 2007-08-28
most recent: 2009-10-14
sittings or episodes: 89
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“The Council stresses the need 09-44473 regularly to assess, in consultation with other stakeholders, the strength, mandate and composition of peacekeeping operations with a view to making the necessary adjustments where appropriate, according to progress achieved or changing circumstances on the ground; (ii) Better information sharing, particularly on the military operational challenges, through, inter alia, systematic consultation by the Secretariat with Member States in advance of deployment of a technical assessment mission on its objectives and broad parameters and debriefing on its main findings on return. The Council encourages the practice of holding meetings between Council members and the Secretariat at political-military expert level prior to discussion of mandate renewals.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"The Security Council has identified several areas where further reflection is required to improve the preparation, planning, monitoring and evaluation, and completion of peacekeeping operations: (i) Ensuring that mandates for peacekeeping operations are clear, credible and achievable and matched by appropriate resources.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"The Security Council has endeavoured in the past six months to improve its dialogue with the Secretariat and with troop- and police- contributing countries on the collective oversight of peacekeeping operations and to develop the following practices: (i) Regular dialogue with the Secretariat on the general challenges of peacekeeping; (ii) Efforts to deepen consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries, including through the Security Council's Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and the debates organized on 23 January and 29 June 2009; (iii) Organization of political-military meetings on specific operations to improve the shared analysis of operational challenges; (iv) Encouraging regular updating of planning documents by the Secretariat to ensure consistency with mandates; (v) Improved monitoring and evaluation, through the use of benchmarks, as and where appropriate, that enable progress to be charted against a comprehensive and integrated strategy.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"The Security Council believes that United Nations peacekeeping is a unique global partnership that draws together the contributions and commitment of the entire United Nations system. The Council is committed to strengthening this partnership. The Council recognizes the important work conducted by the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly and the United Nations Secretariat to ensure that peacekeeping efforts provide the best possible results.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I quote: "The Security Council reaffirms the recommendations made in its resolutions 1327 (2000) and 1353 (2001) and in the statements of its President dated 3 May 1994 (S/PRST/ 1994/22), 4 November 1994 (S/PRST/1994/62), 28 March 1996 (S/PRST/l996/13), 31 January 2001 (S/PRST/2001/3) and 17 May 2004 (S/PRST/2004/16) and the note by its President of 14 January 2002 (S/2002/56) and confirms its intention to strengthen further efforts to implement fully these recommendations. The Council recalls in particular from its statement of its President of 3 May 1994 the appropriate factors that should be taken into account when the establishment of a new peacekeeping operation is under consideration.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I thank all those who have contributed to this very full debate today. Thank you very much for your participation and above all for the continued attendance and focus that the Under- Secretaries-General have applied throughout the day. After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following rather long statement on behalf of the Council.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I thank the representative of Canada for the contribution that her delegation has made to this debate over the past months and years. I now give the floor to the representative of Indonesia.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber The President: I would like to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. I now give the floor to the Permanent Representative of Morocco.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I would like to inform the Council that in addition to the list of countries that I mentioned this morning, I have received letters from the representatives of Nepal and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration 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.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178Resumption1 (2009) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council. to suspend the meeting until 3 pm. The meeting was suspended at 1.15pm.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“The Council should continue to support the work of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and the Secretariat as we take forward what is a very challenging agenda, set out in the draft presidential statement that we will adopt this afternoon. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Sweden.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“It is that approach that represents the transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and the greater integration and coordination of effort of which we often speak. Thirdly, we should support the call from our colleagues in the Secretariat - the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support - to establish a new horizon for United Nations peacekeeping. We have heard much support for the recommendations made in their recent non-paper in statements today. Those are not issues that can be tackled by the Security Council alone; nor should they be. During the rest of today's debate, I look forward to hearing ideas, perspectives and views from across the peacekeeping partnership, including from Member States that contribute personnel to operations and money to finance them.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“We know that today's conflicts require a complex range of responses from peacekeepers. They must help to protect civilian populations, monitor and protect human rights, work to build fledgling police forces and judiciaries in support of national authorities, and support electoral processes. Those activities are all essential to the wider peacebuilding process. To deliver success in peacekeeping, we must ensure that it is part of a longer-term effort to build a sustainable peace. That requires coordination with a wide range of partners with specialist skills from within the United Nations, funds and programmes, international financial institutions, and regional and subregional organizations.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I think that there are three things on which we now need to focus, and those are captured in the draft presidential statement that we look forward to adopting later today. First is a commitment to building on the work that we have done in recent months, paying greater attention to the monitoring and evaluation of missions, more realistic mandates; greater involvement of the troop- and police-contributing countries, and better information-sharing between the Secretariat and political and military experts of the countries concerned. We have made some progress. We have much more still to do, as many colleagues have said. Secondly, we need to take advantage of opportunities, such as under the forthcoming Austrian presidency in November, to develop a wider consensus on the critical tasks that we expect modern peacekeepers to perform.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the United Kingdom. In my introduction to this debate, I referred to United Nations peacekeeping as a unique global partnership and, over the past six months, I have been struck by the extent to which we have a shared understanding of the challenges that we face and how we can overcome them. That substantial common ground has been made clear again today. I think that we all agree on the central principle that peacekeeping can only support a political strategy; it cannot replace it. We all agree on the importance of having mission mandates that clearly reflect achievable objectives and in which tasks are prioritized. We also agree on the need to enhance consultations with those countries that contribute troops, police and other units to peacekeeping operations.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I believe that General Obiakor and his fellow commanders now need to leave. I thank them again for their presence here for the past hour and for all their work. I ask them to convey our thanks to all the men and women of their missions.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“On behalf of the Council, I should just like to thank them all, and all the men and women of their missions, for the outstanding work they do for peace and security around the world. I shall now give the floor to members of the Security Council. In accordance with the understanding reached among Council members, I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“On a personal note, may I thank all Council members for their unflinching support throughout my tenure. It has been an absolute privilege to be the Force Commander of such a challenging mission. The President: I thank General Agwai for his briefing and his outstanding service to the United Nations over the past several years. We are very grateful to him for everything that he has done personally. We also thank the entire team at the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. I take this opportunity again to thank all the commanders of the peacekeeping missions who are here for their annual conference and have taken time out from that to attend our meeting this morning. I know they have to move on in 10 minutes' time or so, but we are very glad to have them here.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“In Darfur, we have to liaise daily with the parties on the ground - the State leadership, the Walis, the amdas, the Government of the Sudan police and military liaison, the sheikhs, the sheikh of sheikhs - and the list goes on. Failure to include any one of those can result in delays in deployment, stalled projects or obstructed patrols. It remains a real challenge for operational effectiveness. This has been a remarkable two years for UNAMID. We have made significant progress on the ground and the end of the deployment is at last in sight. This is a major achievement, and I have faith that when we are fully deployed, we will make a difference to the men and women of Darfur, who have suffered so much for so long. The burden of expectation upon us is high, but we owe it to them to deliver.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“But by refusing to leave the town and its inhabitants, it sent a potent message to both parties and thereby contributed to averting direct hostilities. A mission such as UNAMID demonstrates the importance of partnership and interaction between all the parties involved. The tripartite mechanism between the African Union, the United Nations and the Government of the Sudan, which focuses on deployment, logistical and administrative issues, is an effective one. I am particularly grateful to Under- Secretary-General Susana Malcorra for the commitment she has made to keeping those meetings focused, and to Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for pushing the process forward. But it does not stop there.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“We also need well-trained troops and effective command and control. If we are to be robust, there must also be an acceptance of the risk of casualties, and we will need to redouble our efforts to protect mission and civilian personnel in the face of these risks. I should say, however, that a robust posture is not only a matter of training, equipment or force strength, important as they are. It is first a matter of the attitude and resolve of the mission. When the Sudanese army and the forces of the Justice and Equality Movement squared off over control of Muhajeriya in late January and early February 2009, UNAMID's small contingent there risked being caught in the crossfire and was by no means in a position to directly impact the military situation.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I attended the Conference on Robust Peacekeeping organized by the Office of Military Affairs in May 2009. Darfur typifies the kind of environments that often demand a robust response capacity. It is a complex internal dispute with many diverse players. It affects the most vulnerable - women and children. As the Brahimi report asserts, peacekeepers "must be prepared to confront the lingering forces of war and violence, with the ability and determination to defeat them" (5/2000/809, p. viii). From my experience as Deputy Force Commander in Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2002, wherever the United Nations deploys, civilians have an expectation that it will provide protection. We are achieving that, but we need the tools with which to do it, including those critical enablers that I mentioned earlier.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“The longer it takes to establish initial operating capacity, the more difficult it is to focus on practical mandate implementation. We are now beginning to look at this at UNAMID. Here, the New Horizon document makes an essential point as to the importance of peacekeepers with adequate pre-deployment training. In particular, we need to continue developing patrol skills if we are to extend UNAMID's area of influence. At present, we are like 32 ink spots on a very large piece of blotting paper. Each spot must grow and be connected to the others. That means considerably longer patrols, ranging from base for several days at a stretch. Many of the troops deployed do not currently have the skills, discipline and equipment required for this type of patrolling. This, in turn, puts further strain on UNAMID to establish in-mission training units.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“This is one of the factors behind the positive shift in attitude towards UNAMID among the local population and the significant number of civilians moving towards the UNAMID camps. Yet, as the New Horizon non-paper makes clear, effective deployment is not just a question of total numbers of the ground. It is about the right types of capabilities arriving in the right sequence. As UNAMID's integrated deployment plan illustrated, sequencing of deployment - logisticians, engineers and medics first, as the United Nations Light and Heavy Support Packages, and new battalions thereafter - makes sense. But UNAMID also demonstrates that this is often very difficult in practice. Even now, there remain significant shortfalls to effective operating capacity of the mission.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“The lack of specialized capabilities is critical in difficult and dangerous operating environments. Even the most experienced United Nations hands who were brought to help us after the transfer of authority on 31 December 2007 agreed that Darfur presents logistic challenges that go well beyond those that United Nations peacekeeping operations regularly face. The roads were no more than muddy tracks; the airfields were too short to allow large aircraft such as Antonov l24s to land; the railway was single-track, and the climate was brutal. The rate of deployment has been affected. The first new troops did not arrive until May 2008. Nevertheless, we have made progress. By the end of this month, we should have 74 per cent of the total 19,555 troops on the ground.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“In the attack on the AMIS camp at Haskanita in September 2007, 10 peacekeepers lost their lives on the spot and 2 more died in hospital. We could not fly many of them out until the following day because of the lack of helicopter resources. Sadly, UNAMID is now approaching its second anniversary without these vital enablers that can make such a difference to the safety and security of our personnel. Another one of those enablers is robust communication lines. The well-executed ambush of a UNAMID patrol in July 2008 resulted in the deaths of seven more peacekeepers. One of the first rounds fired destroyed the patrol's only VHF radio, and the first information that the base camp had about the attack was when the survivors limped in some six hours later. Again, helicopters could have played a critical role in bringing the injured to safety.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I come here as a simple soldier and would like to take this opportunity to speak to the Council candidly at the end of my posting to Darfur. It has been an extraordinary two years, and it has been a privilege to end my 40-year military career with such a challenging mission. I was first posted to Darfur in July 2007 as the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), which was basically an observer mission with only eight infantry battalions and a strength of just about 7,000 sparsely deployed personnel. From those early days we have had to confront the consequences of the lack of critical strategic enablers in peacekeeping, whether in the African Union or the United Nations. One example is the lack of military helicopters.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I thank Ms. Malcorra for her briefing and for the work that she and her Department have been doing on this very important topic. I have the pleasure to give the floor to General Agwai, Force Commander for the United Nations- African Union Mission in Darfur. General Agwai: Good morning. I am deeply honoured to have been invited here to address this prestigious forum. We have just heard from two Under-Secretaries- General about the importance of identifying a new horizon for peacekeeping. The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) encapsulates the full range of challenges facing modern United Nations peacekeeping missions: the role of critical enablers, deployment challenges, robust peacekeeping, the protection of civilians, logistic support and all the other issues addressed, which are at the very heart of UNAMID.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“At the same time, the increasing scale and complexity of peacekeeping have stimulated a dialogue among Member States and the Secretariat - a dialogue that has already produced important proposals from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support which warrant our further reflection. 09-44283 This work has generated some initial progress on which we now need to build, working within the Security Council and beyond, in close cooperation with the wider United Nations system. Our objective today is to hear the views of colleagues from across the United Nations membership, record and review progress to date, and identify common elements of a way forward. I now invite Mr. Le Roy to address the Council on this subject.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“They are a scarce asset, demand for which continues to grow. The United Nations system has a responsibility to ensure that United Nations peacekeepers are deployed to maximum effect in the places where they are needed most. The initiative that the United Kingdom and France launched in January sought to ensure that the Security Council could play its part to best effect. In the early stages of our work, we have focused on the strategic oversight of peacekeeping operations, seeking to ensure that mandates are credible, achievable and measurable. And we have sought ways to improve information sharing and consultation with the countries that contribute troops and police.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“Effective delivery on the ground has to be at the centre of our efforts to review peacekeeping - in the Security Council, in the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, in the General Assembly and elsewhere in the United Nations system. I thank General Agwai for his attendance today. I also welcome his colleagues, the commanding officers of United Nations peacekeeping operations, who between them represent and command around 100,000 United Nations peacekeepers around the world. I pay tribute to them and to the men and women they serve with - military, police and civilian - and thank them all for their contribution to peace and security around the world. United Nations peacekeeping is a unique global partnership. Our peacekeepers help fragile nations emerge from conflict to find new stability.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I will begin by making a few remarks at the outset. I should like to start by welcoming the two Under-Secretaries-General, Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra. In their recent non-paper on peacekeeping, entitled "A new partnership agenda: Charting a new horizon for United Nations peacekeeping", they have 2 spoken about the need to set a new horizon for United Nations peacekeeping - one that will help meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. I hope that today's debate will make some contribution to achieving that objective. I am also very pleased that we have with us today General Martin Agwai, Force Commander of UNAMID, to provide a perspective from the field.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend invitations under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Ms. Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support; and General Martin Luther Agwai, Force Commander for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia and Uruguay, in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration of the item, 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.”
2009-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6178 (2009) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion of the subject. The meeting rose at 4.05 p.m. 09-43962”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6177 (2009) · source
“The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Ad Melkert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Melkert to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I wish to draw the attention of members of the Council to document S/2009/393, which contains the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1830 (2008).”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6177 (2009) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the consideration of the item 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. Al Bayati (Iraq) took a seat at the Council table.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6177 (2009) · source
“I thank the representative of Costa Rica for his kind words addressed to me. There are no further speakers on my list. On behalf of the entire Security Council, I thank those who have been closely involved with this agenda item - the Ambassador of Mexico, Ms. Coomaraswamy, and the staff and leadership of UNICEF - for their important work on this dossier. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 3.25 p.m. 09-43956”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Austria, Burkina Faso, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Viet Nam. The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1882 (2009). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“Members of the Council have before them document S/2009/399, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by 46 Member States: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, the Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America and Uruguay. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, 2 and to Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault, Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes at the United Nations Children's Fund. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration of the item, 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, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Ms.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“Children and armed conflict The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Canada, Chile, the Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uruguay, in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of August 2009, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to our Ugandan colleagues for their service in the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July 2009. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing great admiration for the way in which Ambassador Rugunda and his team conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2009-08-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6176 (2009) · source
“We will continue to conduct consultations with other delegations in order to reach a broad agreement on the draft resolution to put it to the vote next week.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source
“In line with the Council's wider peacekeeping agenda, it requests the Secretary-General to develop benchmarks and timelines to track and measure UNAMID's ability to implement its mandate, as we have done with other peacekeeping missions, such as the United Nations Mission in the Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, and the United Nations Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The draft resolution expresses support for the peace process and calls on all rebel groups to engage, and it calls for an improvement in the humanitarian situation, including the implementation of the Joint Communique between the Government of Sudan and the United Nations on Facilitation of Humanitarian Activities in Darfur.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source
“To consider article 16 of the Rome Statute for any indictee, we would need to see concrete action for peace by the Government of the Sudan, reflected in changes on the ground and genuine cooperation with the International Criminal Court. Lastly, UNAMID's mandate expires at the end of this month, and, as Mr. Margelov mentioned, the United Kingdom has circulated a draft resolution to extend it for a further year. In line with the Secretary- General's report, the draft resolution underlines that the protection of civilians and humanitarian relief are the priority issues for UNAMID.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source
“That can only complicate the delivery of humanitarian relief. So efforts must continue to close the gap between need and provision. The Under-Secretary-General also commented on the regional dimension, and we echo his call for improved relations between Chad and the Sudan. Those are is essential if the people of Darfur are to have a safe and secure future. We need real cooperation between Khartoum and N'Djamena and less trading of accusations. The fourth track is the judicial one, where progress is needed. No one has been held to account for the crimes of the past six years. We call again on the Sudan to comply with resolution 1593 (2005), relating to the International Criminal Court.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source
“On the third track - the humanitarian - as the Secretary-General notes, the security situation in Darfur remains volatile and the situation for civilians deeply troubling. A staggering 4.7 million Darfuris need humanitarian assistance, with about a third of the population - 2.6 million people - internally displaced and unable to return home. Banditry and sexual violence continue to plague civilians across Darfur, as the Secretary-General's report notes. It remains inexplicable why the Government of the Sudan wanted to add to the misery of the people of Darfur by expelling 13 international non-governmental organizations. The Secretary-General's report suggests that now some 5,000 fewer international aid workers are in Darfur than before the expulsions - a fall of over 25 per cent.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source
“As UNAMID becomes more able to implement its mandate, it will also be important for us to monitor its progress, identify where the obstacles lie and adjust the tasking and configuration of the force accordingly. On the second track - the political process - progress remains painfully slow. However effective UNAMID becomes, it will not be able to solve Darfur's problems alone. UNAMID is designed as a peacekeeping force and it needs a peace to keep. The United Kingdom supports the African Union-United Nations Joint Chief Mediator, Mr. Bassole, and the contribution of the Government of Qatar. I would like to echo what Mr. Margelov said earlier. We urge all parties, including rebel movements, to engage with the Mediator without preconditions and show maximum flexibility to resolve areas of disagreement.”
2009-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6170 (2009) · source