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  1. “I thank Ambassador van Bohemen for his briefing. I now give the floor to Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaite, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter- terrorism.”

    2015-05-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7453 (2015) · source

  2. “I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I now give the floor to Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities.”

    2015-05-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7453 (2015) · source

  3. “I also wish to draw the Council's attention to document S/2015/338, which contains the text of a letter dated 13 May 2015 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism, addressed to the President of the Security Council; as well as to document 8/2015/358, which contains the text of a letter dated 19 May 20l5 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, addressed to the President of the Security Council. I now give the floor to His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon.”

    2015-05-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7453 (2015) · source

  4. “I wish to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, ministers and other representatives present in the Security Council Chamber. Their participation is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Jiirgen Stock, Secretary General of INTERPOL, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/324, which contains the text ofa letter dated 8 May 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General.”

    2015-05-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7453 (2015) · source

  5. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at J p.m.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  6. “I remind speakers to kindly limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to ensure that we can complete our work expeditiously. I also appeal to speakers to deliver their statements at a moderate speed so that interpretation can be provided properly. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  7. “As warfare becomes increasingly asymmetrical, and targeted propaganda becomes just another weapon of war, there is a clear need for more comprehensive measures to ensure the independence of the free media. To quote the French philosopher Helvetius: "To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves." The fundamental freedoms of expression and information, part and parcel of fundamental human rights, are at the core of the freedom and prosperity of our societies. By protecting journalists and media workers, we help to protect our freedom. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to the other members of the Council.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  8. “They are also attacks on the international community's ability to understand and respond effectively to conflicts that threaten international peace and security. Truth need not be the first casualty of war. Journalists need not be and should not be casualties of conflict. It is for this reason that Lithuania submitted a draft resolution on the protection ofjournalists. We thank all Council delegations for their cooperation and all the co-sponsors supporting our initiative. The media is essential for the maintenance of international peace and security. It is our duty and responsibility to protect those who risk their lives in order to disclose and disseminate the truth. Today, however, wars are fought not only by means of equipment and weaponry, but also through deliberate disinformation, propaganda and media restrictions.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  9. “The rapid evolution of information technologies allows individuals to disseminate information freely and directly by using the Internet and social media. Such individuals, bloggers and independent reporters are increasingly targeted and their safety concerns need to be properly addressed. Although we understand that dangers and threats can never be completely prevented or eradicated, and that journalists will still be targeted, not least because of the influence that their stories and objective reporting can have on the transformation of conflicts and societies, this awareness cannot justify inaction. Attacks on journalists are, like all attacks on civilians, attacks, first and foremost, on humankind.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  10. “The requirement to investigate, prosecute and punish unlawful arrests and attacks againstjournalists as well as the criminalization of any such unlawful behaviour should be an integral part of the fight against impunity. Employer responsibility should also be strengthened, including with regard to local freelance staff, in order to improve the environment in which journalists operate today. Media agencies should contribute to the common goal of the protection of journalists by elaborating and implementing more stringent and more inclusive safety provisions for journalists and media workers covering stories, in conflict areas in particular. It is notjust traditionaljournalists who face threats.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  11. “Even if the legal framework for the protection of journalists has greatly evolved over the last decade, there is a need to reinforce existing international norms related to the protection of journalists by clarifying, reinforcing and amending existing the international framework. There is also an urgent need to reinforce the implementation of legal norms and provisions, including the accountability gap. Fewer than 5 per cent of the perpetrators of crimes against journalists have been prosecuted. In the majority of cases, the killers have never been found and no investigation has even been initiated. It is the responsibility of all States to comply with their obligations to end impunity. Strengthening national legislation and tackling impunity for attacks against journalists would be an important contribution to their protection.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  12. “In most cases, however, the deaths of local journalists and media workers pass unnoticed by the international community. Syria continues to be the deadliest place for journalists. At least 80 journalists have been killed in Syria since the conflict there began in 2011. The second and third places in the number of journalist deaths are Iraq and now Ukraine, because of the ongoing war against the country's sovereignty sponsored and supported by Russia. Koichiro Matsuura, former Director-General of UNESCO, once said: "Every aggression against a journalist is an attack on our most fundamental freedoms. Press freedom and freedom of expression cannot be enjoyed without basic security." I could not agree with that more.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  13. “The beheadings of Daniel Pearl, James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Kenji Goto and others are testimony to the rabid brutality of terrorists who target journalists not only to instil fear among those eager to expose their barbarity, but also to make news, to advertise themselves, in fact. Local journalists, especially women journalists, as has been mentioned today, and freelancers, are particularly exposed. According to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, roughly 90 per cent of those killed in conflict situations are local journalists. In September 2014, Daesh captured and beheaded cameraman Raad al-Azzawi in the Tikrit area. Earlier this month, Daesh killed a Mosul journalist Firas al-Bahri because he refused to pledge allegiance to the terrorist group.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  14. “By doing so, they serve as early warning mechanisms, because, as we know so well, human rights abuses often predict conflicts and humanitarian catastrophes to come. The deliberate targeting of journalists and media workers is often used as a tactic of intimidation and revenge by parties to the conflict who do not want their criminal actions exposed. For reporters, being in the midst of action is part of thejob. They have to brave armed attacks, cross enemy lines, move with the displaced or persecuted minorities. They go to places others seek to escape. They constantly push the limits of their own safety and security. The spread of radical extremism and terrorism adds another highly dangerous dimension to the threats journalists and media workers are facing.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  15. “What we just heard reaffirms my conviction that this debate on the protection of journalists in conflict situations is very timely. We rely more and more on real-time information in our decision-making. It is especially important in situations of armed conflict, where our ability to mobilize international response and assistance depends on knowing the facts as they happen. Journalists are our eyes and ears on the ground. Sadly, our being informed comes increasingly at the cost of their lives. Since 1992, 1,129 journalists have been killed. It is journalists and media workers who often expose violations of international humanitarian law and human rights by warring parties, abuses by military and security forces, and the tyranny of repressive regimes.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  16. “I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. In favour: Angola, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2222 (2015). I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. Let me start by expressing my sincere appreciation to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and Mr. Christophe Deloire for their briefings and valuable insights and to Mariane Pearl for sharing her very personal and deeply moving perspective with us today.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  17. “I thank Ms. Pearl for her statement and for her presence at this meeting. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Members of the Council have before them document S/2015/375, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Albania, Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palau, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  18. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/307, which contains a letter dated 1 May 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. I wish to warmly welcome the Deputy Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Ian Eliasson, and I give him the floor.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  19. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedures, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Christophe Deloire, Director-General of Reporters Without Borders, and Ms. Mariane Pearl. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. Ioannis Vrailas, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and His Excellency Mr. Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations. I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to the United Nations to participate in the meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  20. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine to participate in this meeting.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  21. “I would like to warmly welcome the Deputy Secretary-General, ministers and other representatives present in the Security Council Chamber. Their participation is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter under discussion.”

    2015-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7450 (2015) · source

  22. “Anything less -especially attempts to redraw today's international borders - would constitute a betrayal of the memory of those who brought us peace 70 years ago at the cost of their lives, and betrayal of our future as humankind. To quote President Truman in his address to the San Francisco Conference exactly 70 years ago: "We must not continue to sacrifice the flower of our youth merely to check madmen, those who in every age plan world domination. The sacrifices of our youth today must lead, through your efforts, to the building for tomorrow of a mighty combination of nations founded upon justice - on peace."”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  23. “Only because the Ukrainians wanted a clear break from the corruption and cronyism of the past, have they been branded as fascists. The peaceful protests in the Maidan, whose anniversary was marked this past weekend, has been referred to as an extremist coup. Let us be clear. The desire ofa nation to decide its own future is not a crime. The acceptance of European values is not a crime. The Kremlin's propagandistic manipulation of the fascist card, which has been used from time to time, is irresponsible and highly dangerous, especially as part of efforts to whitewash the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. As we approach the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, all States, without exception, must recommit unequivocally and clearly to the values enshrined in the Charter and to the norms and principles ofinternational law.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  24. “The Council has since held at least 30 meetings on the situation in Ukraine, but little has changed on the ground. Even as we speak, Russian proxies continue to violate the latest ceasefire agreement, in violation of resolution 2202 (2015). Russian arms and Russian humanitarian convoys continue to flow across the borders into the militants' hands. The geographical area of violent provocations is expanding beyond the ceasefire line, as seen from yesterday's terrorist bombing attack in Kharkiv. Thousands are dead and millions displaced as Russia continues to stoke incitement and hate against the Ukrainian people, whose only fault is their desire to choose a European path of development. The anti-Ukrainian rhetoric is disturbing.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  25. “It is not for Russia to pressure or wage war against its neighbours. Indeed, 70 years after the end of the Second World War, Russia, which suffered tremendously from that war, should know better than to risk international peace and stability for the sake of redrawing Europe's borders by violence and force. From eastern Ukraine to Moldova's Transnistria, to Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions, a pattern exists of Russia's interference in the sovereign affairs of neighbouring States. For a year now, Ukraine has been under attack by Russian commandos and mercenaries, supported by tanks, heavy weaponry, equipment and supplies. A year ago, as Crimea was being annexed by force and falsehood, Lithuania called for the first Council meeting on Ukraine.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  26. “To small countries in particular, respect for the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and international legal norms is paramount. We do not have the tanks, Grad missiles, Tornados or the multiple rocket launchers and heavy weaponry, the likes of which are ravaging the eastern part of Ukraine as we speak. Respect for international law and the principles and norms enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations is our first line of defence. It is therefore particularly disturbing to see these norms and principles and the Charter itself being violated by a permanent member of the Security Council. The exclusive status of the five permanent members was granted so that they could act as custodians of the higher interest of peace, that common interest of which the Charter speaks so clearly.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  27. “Next month, Lithuania will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the restoration of independence - the longest period we have ever been free in modern time. In the context of Russia's attempts to rewrite history and reverse the transitions of the 1990s, the twenty-fifth anniversary is even more precious. It also reminds us that the international community should not lower its guard. The United Nations came into existence in order to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest. What we are seeing in Europe today, however, is Russia's military might being used in violation of the sovereign rights of States.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  28. “Many died of starvation and diseases along the way. Most were never to see Lithuania or their families again. My people were not the only ones affected. At least 14 million people of various nationalities were sent to Soviet gulags from 1929 to 1953, with a further 7 to 8 million deported and exiled to the most remote areas of the Soviet empire. Induced famine and starvation, including the Holodomor in Ukraine, were used to subdue those whom Stalin's regime considered its enemies. While we pay our tribute and respect to the sacrifice of the Allied forces that defeated Hitler, we also remember all of those whose lives were taken by all the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. Five decades later, Lithuania broke free from captivity.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  29. “He said, "We still have a choice between the alternatives: the continuation of international chaos, or the establishment of a world organization for the enforcement of peace." When the Charter of the United Nations was signed on June 26 1945 by 50 nations, Lithuania was not among them, owing to Soviet occupation. While others were celebrating the fall of Hitler's monstrous regime and engaging in the creation of a new world order, Lithuania's future was being hijacked by Stalin's totalitarian grip. During Stalin's rule, up to 300,000 Lithuanians were deported, exiled and locked up in Soviet gulags in the most remote parts of Siberia, the Arctic Circle and Central Asia. Farmers, teachers, public servants, housewives and entire families were rounded up, barely given time to collect their belongings, and boarded onto cattle wagons.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  30. “I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and to wish you, Mr. President, and all of us a Happy New Year of the Golden Sheep. On 24 October 1945, the United Nations came into existence in response to the unspeakable horrors of the Second World War, which left the indelible scar of the Holocaust on the conscience of humankind and caused as many as 80 million deaths. Addressing the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco earlier that year, President Truman stressed that with ever-increasing brutality and destruction, modern warfare, if unchecked, would ultimately crush all civilization.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source