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Krishna

lines on the record: 21
first: 2011-02-11
most recent: 2017-09-20
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“Let us all move beyond non-implementation of the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) and work together to make United Nations peacekeeping successful.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Nepal welcomes the Secretary-General's call for a surge in peace diplomacy. It should be used to speed up reform in the Council's working methods, including by supporting the capacity-building of national Governments in sustaining peace. Prevention and sustaining peace should reinforced with resources for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and coordination with the Security Council, the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries, who need to be there right from the planning phase. Peacekeeping missions should protect civilians and ensure the safety and security of the peacekeepers to help keep their morale high so that they may deliver even in adverse situations. I wish to conclude by assuring the Assembly of Nepal's commitment to supporting reforms in peace operations.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Nepal has been considered a consistent and reliable partner of United Nations peacekeeping for nearly 60 years now. Over 130,000 Nepalese peacekeepers have served to date, and 73 have made the ultimate sacrifice. Currently the sixth-largest troop and police contributor, and having served in some of the most difficult missions, Nepal wishes to make the following points on the reform of United Nations peacekeeping. United Nations peace operations have successfully adapted to evolving situations, and that should continue. Reform should be a continuous process, not a one-time event. Reform depends on the political will, commitment, support and solidarity of all the stakeholders. Selective implementation of the recommendations contained in major reports cannot produce the results that we all want.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“Nepal congratulates the Ethiopian presidency of the Council on convening this important open debate. We also thank the Secretary- General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for their valuable briefings. Peacekeeping is the United Nations flagship activity in the maintenance of international peace and security. Today's peacekeeping operations are not limited to monitoring ceasefires, but have evolved into multidimensional operations. However, peacekeeping cannot do what negotiated political settlements can do. Also, there can be no development without peace and no lasting peace without sustainable development. Peacekeeping efforts should build the domestic capacities of countries emerging from conflict and ensure their own impartiality and credibility.”
2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to emphasize the time-tested principles of national consent, impartiality, fairness and equity in all conflict-prevention activities that the United Nations may undertake.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“There really is no sustainable alternative to political processes and the principle that the primary focus of the United Nations should be facilitating a political settlement. Coercive measures should be avoided and used as a measure of last resort, implemented with extreme care and caution. Decisions to use force should be free of political motives. The humanitarian imperative of providing succour to the suffering should not be used to further one's political objectives. That does humanitarianism and diplomacy a great disservice. Moreover, there are very good reasons why international law is based on the principle of consent. Efforts to circumvent this process are not prudent and cannot be expected to address the drivers of conflict on an enduring basis.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“Thus, actions undertaken within the framework of conflict prevention by United Nations entities must be designed to support and complement, as appropriate, the conflict-prevention roles of national Governments. India has always opposed and will continue to oppose the use of force as a primary reaction to conflict. As the major troop-contributing country to United Nations peacekeeping operations, we are more familiar than most with the limitations of force. We note, however, that peacekeepers, who are also early peacebuilders, are being asked to do more with less. This resource gap must be addressed. The inability of the international community to match its mandates with resources ultimately affects the credibility of the Security Council and its authority in resolving disputes.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“Such failures do not in any way detract from the soundness of the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes or its means as mentioned in the Charter itself. Of course, it goes without saying that the peaceful method is the more difficult one. The great Indian Emperor Ashoka noted three millennia ago that to do good is difficult. Preventive diplomacy takes time and commitment. It requires a clear understanding of the nature and context of the conflict and the ability to discern realistic solutions. It requires the involvement of the various stakeholders affected by conflict. It needs to incorporate forces for stability and progress into a particular situation. The foremost responsibility of sovereign States is the protection of their populations. It is also their primary responsibility to prevent conflict.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“Such damage, whether human or material, has unpredictable effects on political conflict resolution processes while creating moral or normative dilemmas. In many places, the use of force has prolonged conflicts, a situation where the cure turned out to be worse than the disease itself. The international community must not show undue eagerness to use coercive arrangements in its hurry to bring peace. We are often reminded of the shortcomings and limitations of diplomacy and the need to intervene. It is important, however, to remember that the tragic events of the past that are cited to justify intervention took place not because dialogue was ineffective but because of a lack of will on the part of the international community to act.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“It is recognized that such conflicts are extremely complicated and require complex solutions. Unfortunately, recent developments seem to indicate a worrying trend towards increased reliance on the use of force as a mechanism for resolving some of these conflicts. The limitations of using force too frequently and too quickly are many. Any respite that coercion brings about in the absence of a political settlement is likely to be only short-lived. Efforts at peaceful settlement of disputes may also suffer if force is used prematurely and without adequate deliberation. Very frequently, a demonstration of a lack of patience in persisting with peaceful efforts is also likely to play into the hands of those who want these conflicts to persist. The use of force also leads to collateral damage.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“Over the last six decades, peaceful interventions by the United Nations have helped defuse a number of conflict situations on a number of occasions. These interventions, wherever they are undertaken with impartiality, fairness and equity, have earned the United Nations a reputation for effective mediation. The challenge before the international community is to build on this legacy and ensure that peaceful means for the settlement of disputes remain relevant to current realities. Contemporary threats to international peace and security differ qualitatively from those prevalent six decades ago. Conventional war has been overtaken by intra-State and even borderless violence. Low-intensity conflict, non-State actors and the terrorist-criminal- drug-trafficking nexus threaten international stability and progress.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“The adoption of the Charter of the United Nations was supposed to herald the beginning of a new chapter in international relations. One of the purposes of the United Nations, as elaborated in Chapter I, Article 1, paragraph 1 of the Charter, was to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace. The Charter therefore stresses the importance of the adjustment or settlement of disputes by peaceful means, which include negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement and resort to regional agencies or arrangements.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“I would like to begin by congratulating Lebanon on its presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for personally presiding over this very important event. It is indeed an honour to participate in the discussions today and to convey to you, Sir, and to the other members of the Security Council, the good wishes of my Government. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/552) and his recommendations on the use of preventive diplomacy by the United Nations. If properly used, preventive diplomacy could become an essential element in the global community's response to some of the major challenges facing the international system today, and could help in conflict prevention.”
2011-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6621 (2011) · source
“We understand the expectations that accompany our Council membership. We are acutely conscious of the need for effective coordination between the Permanent Five and the elected members, especially those whose credentials for permanent membership stand acknowledged. On issues concerning international peace and security, all of us are on the same page. I am happy to note that this process of closer cooperation is making headway. I would like to conclude by reaffirming India's commitment to making its vast experience in more than six decades of nation-building available to global efforts towards greater development and improved security.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“The temptation to create a new orthodoxy, of talking down rather than of listening, must be avoided at all costs. No country has contributed as many peacekeepers to as many peacekeeping operations as India. Our peacekeepers have been early peacebuilders. We are also committed to contribute, bilaterally and multilaterally, to development initiatives. To that end, we are working through the IBSA - India, Brazil and South Africa - mechanism, with the African Union and with regional African groupings to promote South- South perspectives on development and security. The international structure for maintaining peace and security and peacebuilding needs to be reformed. Global powers and the capacities to address problems are much more dispersed than they were six decades ago. The current framework must address these realities.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“The international community needs to ensure a predictable and enhanced flow of resources. It is instructive to note that the United Nations peacekeeping budget, which is about $8 billion annually, is more than the combined budgets of the United Nations Development Programme and UNICEF. It is obvious that development expenditures need to be enhanced greatly if they are to make a dent on security problems. We also need to ensure that collective security mechanisms intersect with our collective efforts for economic progress to mitigate the causes of persistent insecurity at a global level. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi once said that "A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others". The international community can encourage, motivate and facilitate. It cannot impose solutions.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“This not only broadens the support base for development, it also strengthens the Government's ability to perform its core developmental roles." The lessons of inclusivity can also be applied to international efforts in the maintenance of peace and security. The process of implementing a peace agreement must run along with the provision of humanitarian and emergency assistance, resumption of economic activity and the creation of political and administrative institutions that improve governance and include all stakeholders, particularly the weak and the underprivileged. We are greatly encouraged by the African Union's efforts to develop post-conflict reconstruction capacities. The success of the New Partnership for Africa's Development - NEPAD - and the African Peer Review Mechanism has lessons that are relevant to national ownership.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“In recent years, they include the assurance of 100 days of employment to every person living in rural areas, the enactment of the Right to Information Act to help our citizens to become more aware, the right to education to help every Indian share in the benefits of the country's economic progress and also to contribute to it, and the initiative for reservation for women in Parliament and in state legislatures to ensure equal partnership of women in our progress and the increase in reservation for women to 50 per cent in local bodies. Development has to be accompanied by inclusivity and tolerance. In that context, I quote the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh: "The goal of the development process must be to include every last member of our society, particularly those who are at the margins.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“India brings to this table almost 60 years of experience in overcoming many of the challenges of transforming a colonial legacy into a modern dynamic nation of a billion people who are trying to meet their aspirations within a democratic system dedicated to the rule of law. India has taken significant steps designed to accelerate the range and depth of welfare and social justice programmes.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“The international community, over the past two decades, has invested a large amount of human and material capital in peacekeeping operations and peacebuilding initiatives. Our collective experience in dealing with these conflicts shows that without peace, development suffers. At the same time, the lack of development and prospects for economic progress creates fertile ground for violence and instability, which further set back development. The unevenness of the development process and the disparities prevailing on a regional, national, and global scale feed into a vicious cycle. Our efforts should therefore focus on promoting development for all by encouraging economic activity and enhancing livelihood security.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking the Brazilian presidency for organizing this debate. Brazil and India have a very special relationship. It is a great honour for me to make my first appearance in this Council under the Brazilian presidency. India returns to the Security Council after 19 years. These years have been transformational for India. We believe that an effective and efficient Security Council is in our common interest and we will work towards strengthening it. Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation, said that "poverty is the worst form of violence". The Charter of the United Nations, recognizing that violence and the lack of development are interrelated, commits the United Nations to promoting social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source