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Lagatie

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2021-11-22

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2023-12-15

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1. “I am delivering this statement on behalf of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the Benelux countries. I would like to align myself with the statements made by the representatives of the European Union, in its capacity as observer, and Canada, on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security. At the outset, I would like to thank the briefers for their testimonies today. It is alarming to see such unprecedented and appalling levels of violence, harassment and reprisals against women human rights defenders. The Security Council has a responsibility to ensure a safe and secure environment for civil- society actors, journalists and trade-union members in carrying out their essential peacebuilding efforts. However, at the moment the burden is almost entirely on the individuals themselves.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

2. “For example, the Arms Trade Treaty recently established the Diversion Information Exchange Forum, which provides a dedicated platform for States parties to exchange information in a confidential setting, allowing for increased mutual trust, while sharing sensitive information. The Forum should help to identify diversion routes and methods, thereby strengthening arms-export assessment procedures. The Arms Trade Treaty may not be a universal instrument, but it can nevertheless reinforce the implementation of other instruments, such as the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, as well as arms embargoes, which remain a key tool of the Security Council.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

3. “Technological developments will further hinder such efforts, as polymer and modular weapons pose particular challenges for tracing operations. My country therefore actively encourages adapting the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons to accommodate new technologies in order to increase its effectiveness. Experts’ findings should also be followed up, including through contacts with countries of the region, as the latter are often the final stage before possible diversion. Countries with major port or airport hubs also have a role to play in monitoring transit and transhipment in order to fully implement United Nations embargoes. Thirdly, Security Council action must go hand in hand with measures taken elsewhere.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

4. “Secondly, Belgium believes that expert groups have a complementary role in that scenario, since they monitor compliance with arms embargoes and their reports provide valuable information on traffickers, methods and trafficking routes. The development of an easily accessible institutional repository should be encouraged and cross-referenced information among expert groups should be facilitated. Expert groups and United Nations peacekeeping operations should work closely together in their efforts to map arms flows and trace the origins of illicit small arms and light weapons. That requires dedicated resources and trained personnel. Tracing requests from expert panels regarding diverted weapons are sometimes not sufficiently detailed, which can hamper efforts to properly trace their origin.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

5. “First, in conflict areas, law enforcement agencies often lack the capacity to conduct investigations. United Nations peace missions could be involved if they had a mandate and the technical capacity to record and support efforts to trace all weapons recovered or seized during their operations. My country believes that creating arms embargo units within missions is also an effective tool for collecting relevant information on arms flows through a joint civilian and military effort. Moreover, peace missions are particularly well placed to provide assistance to the host country in safe and secure stockpile management and the collection and destruction of surplus weapons and ammunition.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

6. “Mr. Lagatie (Belgium) (spoke in French): Belgium thanks Mexico for having convened this open debate. We also thank the briefers. Their interventions underlined the devastating consequences of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) for peace and security and the need to improve the Security Council’s approach to effectively combating such proliferation. To that end, I will mention three courses of action that the Security Council could consider and that my country believes to be key. Those three avenues are based on the basic observation that if we want to effectively prevent flows of illicit weapons, we must have a clear picture of the diversion routes and the weaknesses in control throughout the life cycle of the weapons.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source