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first: 2003-04-11
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“On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Pierre Chevalier, Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, to whom I give the floor.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“Now I give the floor to the representative of Qatar. On behalf of the Security Council I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Muhammed Abdullah Mutih Al-Rumaihi, Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-up and Head of the Working Group on United Nations Security Council Questions.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Vittorio Craxi, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Italy, to whom I give the floor.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Cui Tiankai, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, to whom I give the floor.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“I now give the floor to Mr. Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins, Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his inspiring statement. 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 longer statements are kindly requested to circulate their texts in writing in the Chamber and to deliver a condensed version when speaking. I now give the floor to the President of the General Assembly, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“We therefore believe that the issue of security sector reform will remain at the centre of his attention during his tenure. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“We believe that today's debate will provide an important impetus in that regard. 07-24428 It is therefore my pleasure to welcome among us Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the General Assembly; His Excellency Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis, Permanent Representative of Lithuania, President of the Economic and Social Council; and His Excellency Ambassador Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins, Permanent Representative of Angola, Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission. A crucial role in these efforts will belong to the Secretary-General. It is therefore a special honour to have the Secretary-General present. As is the case for the Slovak presidency, this open debate is one of the first during the Secretary-General's term in office.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“It cannot, therefore, be overemphasized that the ultimate objective of security sector reform should be the improvement of people's lives through that public service. If we are to achieve those goals, we have to solve one basic conundrum: how to strike a balance between national ownership and international support. National ownership is crucial for the success and sustainability of any security sector reform. However, in post- conflict environments in particular, national actors often lack adequate resources and international support becomes necessary. The United Nations system as a whole has done an excellent job in that regard by promoting security sector reform in many parts of the world. Nevertheless, we believe that there is room for improvement in the coordination, coherence and efficiency of international activities.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“During our one-year-long experience in the Security Council, we have learned how crucial security sector reform has also been in other parts of the world. Particularly in countries emerging from conflict, we have seen that the lack of reform of the security sector is an underlying cause of conflict or a reason for relapse into it. In virtually all the cases that the Council has dealt with, security sector reform has been a precondition for stable and sustainable post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction. Nevertheless, security sector reform goes far beyond simple post-conflict institution- and capacity- building. Unreformed security institutions directly affect the everyday lives of the people.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“I should like to draw attention to document S/2007/72, which contains the text of a letter dated 8 February 2007 from the Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. Allow me to present my opening statement. I am indeed honoured and privileged to open the first Security Council open debate ever organized by the Slovak Republic. It is no coincidence that Slovakia has chosen to devote this meeting to security sector reform, since our own transitional experience has shown how important such reform has been for security, stability, good governance and rapid development in our country.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · 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 among Council members, I am pleased to invite the following participants under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council: Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the General Assembly; His Excellency Mr. Dalius Cekuolis, President of the Economic and Social Council; and His Excellency Mr. Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins, Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Sudan, Switzerland and Uruguay, in which they request 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 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.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632 (2007) · source
“In this regard, we welcome the prospect of a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the near future with a view to relaunching mutual negotiations. We encourage such continuous engagements among all parties to the conflict.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“At the same time, we expect the Israeli Government to continue its commitment to peace in the Middle East, based on principles laid out in the road map, and to refrain from such steps and activities as might be contradictory to the principles of international law. In this context, we repeat our call for the immediate release of Palestinian ministers and legislators in Israeli custody and for a freeze on all settlement activities. In conclusion, I reiterate our belief that there indeed exists a window of opportunity to reinvigorate the peace process. That opportunity should be seized by all concerned parties through concrete and immediate action.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“In this regard, we welcome the continuation and expansion of the temporary international mechanism, which will enable the channelling of resources and the delivery of assistance directly to the Palestinian people, and thereby address their urgent humanitarian and financial needs. To this end, we urge Israel to resume transfers of withheld Palestinian tax and customs revenues, and encourage it to carry out this transfer via the temporary international mechanism. We also call for the full implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access and for the reopening of the Rafah and all other border crossings, which must remain open.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“We welcome the ongoing efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a Government of national unity. We hope and expect that such a Government will be committed to the Quartet principles and that its political platform will facilitate an early engagement, as well as the continuation of dialogue aimed at a solution to the Middle East conflict. We also hope, and reiterate our call, for an immediate end to violence by Palestinian factions and the release of the abducted Israeli soldier. We remain deeply concerned about the economic and humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“The cooperation of the Government of Syria in that regard is also indispensable and is requested. We also hope the issue of the delineation of the border between Syria and Lebanon, including the Sheba'a farms, will be solved soon. I take this opportunity to reaffirm our support for a just, comprehensive and lasting settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on all relevant Security Council resolutions, negotiations between the two sides and the agreements reached. We are convinced that the Quartet still represents the most appropriate mechanism for advancing the peace process and that the road map, in a possibly updated form reflecting the recent developments on the ground, represents the most efficient plan for achieving a lasting peace settlement to the conflict.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“We call on all relevant parties in Lebanon to secure the release of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers. We also agree that it is necessary to address the problem of Lebanese prisoners. Those two issues, however, must not be linked, and the release of the Israeli soldiers must be immediate and unconditional. The Lebanese Government has to regain full authority and control over its whole territory in order to prevent and stop any activities of domestic and foreign militias. Those militias must be disarmed and disbanded expeditiously to ensure that there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State. Effective measures must be undertaken on the borders of Lebanon in order to prevent the flow of illegal weapons. The arms embargo must be fully observed by all relevant parties.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“In that regard, we welcome yesterday's statement by the Quartet in which it reaffirms its commitment to the road map. The recent tragic conflict in Lebanon could have been avoided if all relevant Security Council resolutions had been implemented. The conflict again had an unacceptably high price and caused a lot of suffering and destruction on both sides. We believe that resolution 1701 (2006), which we co-sponsored, provides an important basis for starting the process towards a comprehensive and lasting settlement to the Lebanese crisis. We consider that resolution to be the first step in fully and urgently addressing all causes that have led to the crisis. In order for the entire process to be successful, full implementation of that resolution is needed. All concerned and relevant parties must fully respect and comply with it.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“I would like to join the previous speakers in thanking you, Madam President, for convening the meeting. Today's meeting is perhaps symbolically taking place on the International Day of Peace. As the recent events in Lebanon have proved to all of us, once again, there is indeed no solution based on the use of force, and there is no military solution to the many challenges and problems of the Middle East region, with the Israeli-Palestinian dispute at its core. The only way to achieve a comprehensive and lasting settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict in general, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular, is through peaceful negotiations and full implementation of all relevant Security Council resolutions and the principles defined by the Quartet.”
2006-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5530 (2006) · source
“As a part of this effort, we plan to organize a special round table with regional organizations in December in New York. In our opinion, all that should lead to a thematic debate during our presidency of the Security Council early next year.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Therefore, Slovakia supports efforts to build capacity for peacekeeping, peacebuilding or crisis-support operations, including financing mechanisms, both in the United Nations and in regional organizations. That involves both capacity- building for operations and steps and measures that would ensure their success after the operations have been withdrawn. As a part of these efforts, Slovakia would like to draw attention to a particularly important component of peacebuilding activities that to a large extent determines their sustainable success - security sector reform. Slovakia has made this topic its specific thematic priority during our membership in the Security Council and plans to organize a series of round tables that should eventually contribute to developing a comprehensive policy framework for security sector reform.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Recently, in our work to enhance the Security Council's working methods, we have agreed to further strengthen the Council's interactions with regional and subregional organizations and make them more systematic and more frequent. Such efforts - which, among other things, strengthen Security Council legitimacy - have always enjoyed Slovakia's full support, and we will continue working hard on early and full implementation of all such measures. In conclusion, let me once again reiterate that while the role of regional organizations in peace operations has been growing, their capacities for sustainable operations are often limited, particularly in developing regions of the world.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“That will also be the case for two other regional seminars, to be held in Ghana and in Peru later this year. Consultations are underway for the OSCE to hold a 1540 workshop in Vienna. Many of these activities would not be possible without the constructive involvement of regional organizations, including their financial contributions. We have also noted with satisfaction that many regional and intergovernmental organizations have expressed their readiness to work closely with the newly established Peacebuilding Commission, which we think may substantially enhance the Commission's effectiveness and help it become a truly result-oriented body, especially when dealing with individual cases and situations.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Regional and intergovernmental organizations also have an important role to play in combating terrorism and in preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. With respect to the 1540 Committee, which deals with the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Slovakia, as Chair of the Committee, very much counts on cooperation with regional organizations, especially in areas such as facilitating reporting and assisting States to implement national legislative and regulatory measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery and related materials. Active participation on the part of relevant regional and subregional organizations was essential for the success of the recent United Nations regional seminar on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) held in Beijing.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Let me emphasize here the important meeting between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council that was held in Addis Ababa during the most recent Security Council mission to Africa. Such cooperation plays a major role in confidence- building and in guaranteeing sustainable solutions - all in the best interest of the Sudanese people. We also highly commend the constructive role that the relevant regional organizations - in particular, the African Union, the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference - have been playing in actively engaging with the Sudanese Government in relation to obtaining its consent for the necessary transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan to a United Nations-led operation.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Moreover, we fully agree that yet more of our attention and efforts needs to be focused on further assisting Africa in building its own capacities in areas such as early warning, conflict prevention, peacekeeping and crisis management. Also, the ten-year capacity-building plan for the African Union, envisaged in the Summit Outcome Document, deserves our urgent attention. The most pressing current African security and humanitarian crisis - the Darfur catastrophe - has highlighted the importance of such cooperation. Close cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, whose work we highly commend, as well as between the United Nations and other regional organizations, has been essential.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“United Nations cooperation with regional organizations is of particular importance and value in the conflict areas that the Security Council tackles on an everyday basis. These days, that applies especially to Africa, and notably to the cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, which has become the United Nation's major partner in mediation, conflict resolution and promotion of peace and security on the African continent. An important role is often also played by subregional organizations, for example, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This engagement represents one of the most efficient embodiments of the idea of local ownership.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“On the practical level, we welcome the launching of working groups in 2004 and of the standing committee in 2005. Calls for mechanisms that would provide for a more flexible, effective and regular flow of topical information between the United Nations and regional organizations are not new. The goal is to establish efficient partnerships that would be based on proven comparative advantages of each organization involved in conflict prevention and peacekeeping. In fact, this line of thinking is fully compatible with the two major challenges in cooperation identified by the Secretary- General: clarification of roles, and assistance in building the capacity of partner organizations.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“I would also like to acknowledge the excellent work of Romania when it served on the Council, which resulted in the unanimous adoption of resolution 1631 (2005) during the Romanian Council presidency in October of last year. Slovakia aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered later today by my Finnish colleague on behalf of the European Union. Therefore, I will limit myself to just a few comments from our perspective. As a member of the European Union, NATO, the OSCE and the Council of Europe, and at the same time serving as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, Slovakia realizes how important it is that our joint efforts and endeavours are well prepared, synchronized and coordinated. We fully share the Secretary-General's vision of a regional-global security partnership.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“It is indeed a great honour for me to address the Security Council today for the first time in my capacity as Foreign Minister of Slovakia. It was not too long ago that I was sitting here at similar events behind another name plate, when I represented the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as its Secretary- General, and before that, as the Special Representative of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and head of one of the peacekeeping operations. On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate the Greek presidency of the Security Council for the excellent concept paper that further develops this important topic.”
2006-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5529 (2006) · source
“Once again, I wish to express my gratitude for this very timely initiative. We look forward to further cooperation with the United Nations and its Security Council.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“We participated in the 6 March meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and, again, I am glad that, like a few other organizations, we were acknowledged as a regional organization that has developed quite a strong programme of work for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001). We will continue in this vein in different areas, first of all to promote the implementation of United Nations conventions and protocols; secondly, to promote the implementation of the OSCE's commitments; thirdly, to assist our own participating States to implement resolution 1373 (2001) and our own commitments; and fourthly, of course, to develop further contacts and experience-sharing with our partner organizations. This is a brief response to the points raised by many of those present.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“With regard to developing understanding between the United Nations and regional organizations, in the context of this meeting and my presence here, I will be meeting with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs, as well as the Department for Disarmament Affairs. I would like to stress that point. Those are our counterparts here in the United Nations Secretariat. This is not the first year in which we have been in touch with them. We have regular staff consultations and, on the ground, I mentioned Kosovo, where the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is a part of UNMIK - a pillar of UNMIK.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“This is indeed one of the ways in which to create a much better understanding of the capacities of regional and subregional organizations, which might also be of use with regard to the objectives and purposes of the Security Council and the United Nations as a whole. In my statement I tried to highlight a couple of points with regard to our capacities. Indeed, in order to understand better what we are doing, we also try to engage our partner organizations in information exchanges as well as mutual visits. I mentioned our outreach programme with regard to organizations outside the OSCE area. They are very much interested in our experiences in the human dimension, as well as in confidence- and security- building measures. For example we are engaged in exchanges and experience-sharing with the African Union.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“But I can assure the Council that, at the OSCE secretariat level, we are engaged in regular exchange with the United Nations system - not only with the Secretariat here in New York but also with specialized agencies. We continue to be committed to the expansion of this process. The same goes for our partner organizations. We are expanding the contacts among our situation centres and operational rooms. Again, this is one of the features of our approach - how to improve our very practical operational cooperation. With regard to developing capacity and gaining a better understanding of what we are doing, again I would like just to reaffirm how warmly we welcome this excellent and very timely initiative of the Mexican presidency of the Security Council.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“With regard to some of the more specific points made by previous speakers, I am particularly grateful to the United Kingdom for a number of ideas, questions and proposals on how to focus on and enhance cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. I would like to say that in many respects they very much harmonize with what the OSCE is trying to do and with its focus in all three areas mentioned by the United Kingdom. I would like to say that there can never be enough information exchange. Again, I cannot speak about what should be done by the Security Council and its members, including those in my organization.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Mr. Kubis: I would like first of all profoundly to thank all those speakers who have acknowledged the work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Our cooperation with the United Nations and other partner organizations is, indeed, expanding this year rather well under the very dynamic chairmanship of the Netherlands. I would like once again to reiterate that there is a strong commitment to developing such cooperation, and I very much welcome the pledge made by our Bulgarian colleague - Bulgaria will, indeed, be next year's OSCE Chairman-in-Office - to make cooperation between the OSCE and the United Nations one of the priorities of the forthcoming chairmanship.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The fourth Asian partner is Afghanistan, which was admitted as OSCE Partner for Cooperation two weeks ago. In conclusion, I would once again like to express the OSCE's appreciation for this initiative by the Mexican presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to emphasize the fact that the OSCE is open to cooperation, ready to share its knowledge and experience and willing to learn from the United Nations and other international partners.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“At the same time, as a regional organization, the OSCE also sees its role as being a general framework and forum for interaction and cooperation among subregional organizations and initiatives working in the OSCE area. Furthermore, the OSCE has maintained or intensified its contacts with other regional organizations outside the OSCE area, including with the Organization of American States, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Regional Forum, the African Union, the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. In that endeavour the aim has been to share our experiences in various areas. A good point of departure for such cooperation is our joint work with six OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation and four Asian Partners for Cooperation.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“There are a number of examples of how we work side by side with our international partners - with the United Nations in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, where the OSCE Mission in Kosovo constitutes the democratization and institution-building pillar of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); as well as in Georgia and, in the past, in Tajikistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among our other key international partners are the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Council of Europe and, increasingly, organizations within the region of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The OSCE's guiding principles and commitment to such cooperation are defined in its Platform for Cooperative Security, which is the operational document of the 1999 OSCE Charter for European Security.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The OSCE pays special attention to the complementarity of its efforts with those of the United Nations, which is indeed the vital cornerstone of multilateral responsibility and action. The aim is to introduce a concerted operational mechanism to strengthen the common response to new threats to international and regional stability and security. Regular meetings between the Secretary- General and regional organizations assist us in that endeavour.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The lessons learned from the four OSCE missions that currently possess a police-related element and from the expertise established in the Strategic Police Matters Unit, which was formed last year in the secretariat, are now enabling the OSCE to comprehensively implement police-related assistance in the areas of reform, training and capacity- and institution-building. Because of its broad and supportive membership, its comprehensive approach to security and its proven operational flexibility, the OSCE has demonstrated a high degree of effectiveness in developing and rapidly deploying multidimensional activities. It has also proved to be a good partner for other organizations involved in complex peace operations.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Other capabilities and capacities critical to preventing and combating both traditional and new security challenges which have been built up by the OSCE in recent years include policing, border monitoring and security, and combating trafficking in all its forms. Further strengthening the OSCE's work in those areas is an important priority for the Dutch chairmanship-in-office of the OSCE in 2003. For example, the forthcoming 2003 OSCE economic forum, which is to be held in Prague, will be fully dedicated to the issue of combating trafficking in human beings, drugs and arms.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“As has been the case with many other international and regional organizations since 11 September 2001, issues related to preventing and combating terrorism have risen to the top of the OSCE's agenda. The Plan of Action for Combating Terrorism, which was adopted by the OSCE's Ministerial Council at Bucharest in 2001, and the OSCE Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism, which was adopted at the Porto Ministerial Council in 2002, reiterated the core principles and approaches that guide OSCE actions in the fight against terrorism in support of the United Nations-led effort. Just a month ago, the OSCE reported to the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee's special meeting with regional organizations about the OSCE's activities and experiences in the area of counter-terrorism.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The strategy will make an inventory of threats to security and stability in the OSCE area and analyse their changing nature and main causes, setting out how OSCE can prevent or counter threats to security and stability and contribute to relevant international efforts. The ministers have also decided to conduct a review of peacekeeping with a view towards assessing OSCE capacity to conduct peacekeeping operations and identifying options for potential OSCE involvement in peacekeeping in the OSCE region. Further, the first Annual Security Review Conference, to be convened this June, will provide a framework for an enhanced security dialogue in the OSCE area.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“To deploy our missions rapidly requires, among other things, simple, operational and efficient resource- management solutions supported by robust and reliable information technology. At their core are clearly defined responsibility and accountability, roles and processes built around OSCE programmes managers, heads of institutions and heads of missions. To increase the Organization's responsiveness to modern security challenges, the recent OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto last December took a number of important decisions. OSCE has decided to develop in the course of this year an OSCE strategy to address threats to security and stability in the twenty- first century.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“OSCE has always constituted a unique forum for inclusive political and security dialogue and cooperation among its participating States and for developing principles and standards in different areas of security, but it is also an action-oriented and highly operational organization. Practical instruments at our disposal include our institutions: the High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Representative on Freedom of the Media, the Secretariat, as well as the Parliamentary Assembly. Approximately a decade ago, OSCE deployed its first mission. Currently, OSCE missions and field operations are a hallmark of the organization. Nearly 4,000 of our international and local staff work in 19 civilian field operations and some 80 per cent of the OSCE budget is devoted to their work.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“From that perspective, OSCE promotes equally human rights, the rule of law, democratic institutions, free media, free and fair elections - including election supervision and monitoring - economic reforms, good governance and the fight against corruption, and ecological security, alongside more traditional political and politico- military aspects of security, including confidence- and security-building measures and small arms and light weapons-related activities, to mention but a few areas. The multifaceted, cross-border nature of security challenges in the modern world, such as terrorism, trafficking, transnational organized crime or ethnic and religious discrimination and intolerance, requires both a multidimensional approach and a common response.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source