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“The FATF recommendations provide useful guidance to Member States on the requirements they must meet in order to effectively implement these restrictive measures. The FATF guidelines also provide particularly useful guidance to banks and other financial institutions, which are on the front lines, so to speak, in terms of sanctions implementation. In our view, it is also essential that, in its management of sanctions regimes, the Security Council take into account its cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC). A practical way to do this would be to include individuals subject to an arrest warrant from the ICC on the lists of relevant sanctions committee of the Security Council.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“I will cite as one example the cooperation between INTERPOL and several sanctions committees concerning the publication of Special Notices. Secretary General Stock has just described the scope of those notices. Luxembourg supports that tool for disseminating information that educates Member States on their obligations under the sanctions regimes. In the spirit of enhancing the coherence of the work of the various sanctions committees, we hope that all committees will be able to cooperate with INTERPOL in the future. In its resolutions establishing sanctions on Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Security Council has recognized the value of standards and further guidance from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the implementation of financial sanctions.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“The assistance of panels of experts is essential to allowing sanctions committees to fully discharge the mandates entrusted to them by our Council. All panels of experts must receive the administrative and technical support needed to do their jobs. Similarly, Member States and all stakeholders should be encouraged to cooperate fully with the panels of experts, including by providing them with any information they have about possible violations of sanctions. This cooperation is essential to ensuring the safety of experts and unhindered access for them, particularly the access to persons, documents and sites necessary to successfully carry out their mandate. We also believe that the Council and its sanctions committees could benefit from increased interaction with the relevant international and regional organizations.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“The unit could also support the Security Council's efforts and those of its subsidiary bodies aimed at providing practical guidance to Member States, building their capacity and providing them with technical assistance for the implementation of sanctions. We commend the work done by the Secretariat to standardize the format of all United Nations sanctions lists and establish a consolidated list of Security Council sanctions in all the official languages of the Organization, to facilitate their implementation by Member States. To go further, each committee should be responsible for maintaining and publishing a document that consolidates all existing measures for the regime being applied. That would further enhance the readability of sanctions for Member States and private sector actors.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“The efforts of the Department of Political Affairs, especially the Security Council Affairs Division, to that end are commendable. To move forward, we support the idea of establishing a coordination and policy unit within the Security Council Affairs Division. The unit would be responsible for identifying good practices and facilitating exchanges of such practices among the various sanctions committees, managing the roster of experts and the consolidated sanctions list, and identifying and mobilizing within the United Nations system the expertise required for the effective implementation of sanctions.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“Luxembourg has actively participated in the work of the high-level review of the sanctions imposed by the United Nations, and we await the final document of that process with interest. We thank Australia in particular for having chaired the working group on integration and coordination within the United Nations system. As Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, I fully agree with the objective of achieving better coordination within the Secretariat and better awareness among Member States. This is not about affecting the primacy of the Security Council or constraining the sanctions committees, but about streamlining their work, making the support to Committees more effective and improving the implementation of the measures imposed by the Council.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize this briefing. Luxembourg shares Australia's view of the importance of a proper implementation of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council. That is even more important now, as the number of sanctions regimes has never been higher. We hope that a draft resolution that will allow us to strengthen and better coordinate the United Nations system's capacity to implement the sanctions regimes will be adopted as soon as possible. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, and the Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Mr. Jurgen Stock, for their very informative briefings and their concrete recommendations.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“As ofOctober 2015, Luxembourg, with the Netherlands, will assume the annual co-chairmanship of the Missile Technology Control Regime, demonstrating our strong commitment to combating the proliferation of delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“As examples, I will cite the recent conference organized by Germany, with the support of the European Union, in the framework of the Wiesbaden process, in which industries participated, or the legislative guide for the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) at the national level that was published by an independent non-governmental organization, VERTIC, with the support of Canada and the United Kingdom. Any new initiative in that area would be welcome. In conclusion, I reaffirm the active support of Luxembourg for the comprehensive implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Nationally, we are pursuing our efforts to reform our export control system in order to strengthen national mechanisms to combat the proliferation ofweapons ofmass destruction and related technologies.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“We encourage the 1540 Committee and its Group of Experts to persevere in their efforts to match requests for and offers of assistance, and to increase the number of assistance providers, since demand currently exceeds supply. We believe that the topic deserves to be among the key priorities of the 1540 Committee in the context of the coming first comprehensive review of the status of implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), which must be conducted before December 2016. The open debate organized by the Republic of Korea on 7 May under its Council presidency (see S/PV.7169) gave new impetus to the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). In that context, civil society, industry and private sector have a key role to play. Several initiatives have demonstrated the benefit of involving such stakeholders with the efforts of Governments.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“Resolution 1540 (2004) plays akey role in preventing proliferation, but it will be effective only if all Member States are determined to implement its provisions. Country visits and the participation by members of the 1540 Committee and its Expert Group in such events as the regional workshop held last month in the Republic of Korea are essential for raising awareness among Member States and promoting the universal implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Luxembourg welcomes the fact that, at present, there remain only 20 Member States that have not yet submitted national reports. Advocacy efforts must continue to further reduce that number. The 1540 Committee also continues to play an important role as a centre for exchange connecting those seeking and those providing assistance. The growing number of exchanges testifies to that.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“Cooperation, coordination and synergy between the 1540, 1267/1989 and 1373 Committees should continue to be promoted in order to strengthen the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The proliferation ofnuclear, chemical and biological weapons and of their means of delivery continues to threaten international peace and security. The risk of terrorists or other non-State actors acquiring, developing, trading or using such weapons remains high. It is, therefore, a duty for all Member States to join forces to minimize that risk. In that respect, the submission of national reports on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and their regular updating are important confidence-building measures in the fight against all types of weapons of mass destruction.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Like the previous speakers, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Ambassador Oh Joon, for his presentation and for the dedication shown by him and his team in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years. While this time it was not possible to hear presentations by the Chairs of all the Sanctions Committees during a single Council meeting, Ambassador Oh Joon's presentation is a useful complement to the presentations made last week by the Chairs of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism (see S/PV.7316).”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“To conclude, I would like to assure the Council of my country's full and complete commitment to contribute concretely to the unprecedented effort of the international community to free the affected countries from the Ebola virus and thereby to eradicate that threat to international peace and security.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“On 3 November, the three configurations held ajoint meeting to assess the multifaceted impact of the Ebola epidemic. After the meeting, we sent a letter to the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission requesting that he ask the Secretary-General to assess the impact of the epidemic in the areas of security, local governance, political institutions, social cohesion and sustainable economic development. That assessment will make it possible for the international community to better support the recovery of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone over the longer term. The Peacebuilding Commission will have a role to play in this context, as recognized in presidential statement S/PRST/2014/24, which we have just adopted at the initiative of the United States.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“For our part, we are supporting a regional programme established by the Red Cross to assist Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, the Niger and Senegal. We welcome the responsible attitude of all Member States that have maintained their transportation and trade with the countries most heavily affected by the epidemic. We also commend the airlines and maritime transport companies that continue to provide their essential services for the economy of the countries of the region. Beyond the emergency, we must already begin preparing for the post-Ebola scenario. The Guinea configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), which I have the honour of chairing, is working actively to that end with the authorities of the Republic of Guinea and with the Liberian and Sierra Leone configurations of the PBC.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“This logistical operation has strengthened UNMEER and the World Food Programme capacity to respond to the Ebola epidemic by providing them, inter alia, with medical vehicles and communications equipment valued at El million. Luxembourg's total contribution to the fight against the Ebola epidemic and to the preparation of countries in the region today is over $2 million. The spread ofthe Ebola virus to Mali is a distressing development. We are nevertheless convinced that the rapid reaction of the Malian authorities, partnering with WHO and UNMEER, will make it possible to quickly contain the virus. The case of Mali illustrates the importance for Member States of the region to prepare, prevent, track, isolate and treat all Ebola cases as quickly as possible. They need our support to strengthen their capacity in this area.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“The European Union Emergency Response Coordination Centre has been activated, and within that framework Luxembourg is providing medical evacuation capability to repatriate international humanitarian workers who might be infected with the Ebola virus. As of mid-December, two aircraft of the specially equipped Luxembourg air ambulance will be available to evacuate patients infected with the Ebola virus. All member States, the United Nations, its agencies and relevant international organizations can call on that capability, which is critical to supporting humanitarian personnel deployed on the ground. Moreover, since early this month, my country has mobilized strategic air transport capabilities that have allowed the delivery of humanitarian equipment to Conakry, Freetown and Monrovia.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“I also wish to express my sincere condolences to the authorities and colleagues of Rwanda for the loss on 17 November of Mr. Marcel Rudasingwa, Ebola Crisis Manager for Guinea under the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). Although the latest situation report of the World Health Organization (WHO) offers a glimmer of hope, the time is not ripe for complacency. On the contrary, the efforts of the international community must be pursued and intensified. As our colleague from Lithuania reminded us a moment ago, the European Union and its member States have committed to mobilizing over â‚¬1 billion. Many are sending medical and humanitarian personnel, mobile laboratories or specialized equipment and supplies.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): We thank our United States colleague Samantha Power for having requested the convening of this debate. We hope that the continued commitment of the Security Council and the General Assembly will provide the support necessary to the ongoing efforts to defeat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. I would especially like to thank Special Envoy David Nabarro and Special Representative Anthony Banbury for their briefings and tireless efforts. I particularly wish to thank Mr. Thomas Mauget, Head of the French Red Cross in Guinea, for his account from Conakry of the work on the ground. On behalf of Luxembourg, I wish to pay tribute to the heroic commitment of thousands of national and international volunteers who, at the risk of their very lives, are trying to contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“Alongside peacekeepers and civilian personnel, those police officers carry out essential work, often under difficult conditions, in the implementation of the mandates that the Council defines. We applaud their commitment, as we salute the memory of those who have given their lives in the exercise of their duty in the service of the United Nations.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“In that respect, we believe that the mentoring dimension in the training of national police by United Nations police components is essential, as is the training of more senior officials. I take this opportunity to ask Commissioner Hinds what specific measures are being taken in Liberia to ensure that the capacity-building of national Liberian police is lasting, in other words, that the local police can function in the long term without the support of United Nations Mission in Liberia. To conclude, I would like to express Luxembourg's deep gratitude to the more than 12,500 police officers deployed in the framework of United Nations peacekeeping missions and special political missions.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“As the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations has noted, it is clear that female police officers make an essential contribution to the work ofpolice components, above all when missions are required to interact with women affected by sexual violence during conflict. It is therefore important to redouble efforts to increase their number and to eliminate any obstacles to the participation of women in police components. Female police officers also need to have access to all levels of responsibility in the field and at United Nations Headquarters. As guardians of peace, the police are the most visible face of the State for citizens. They need to meet the most stringent criteria in terms of professionalism, quality and discipline.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“1 would also like to know how the coordination between the police components and the advisers responsible for the protection of women and children is working out within the frameworks of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Would the designation of focal points for the protection of children within police components help to further strengthen that coordination? And what measures could be taken by the Security Council to strengthen the ability of the police components in UNMISS and MINUSCA to protect civilians? Allow me now to say a few words about the issue of women and peace and security.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“It also underscores the importance of strengthening coordination between police components and the advisers responsible for the protection of children and women. It also encourages the training of police prior to their deployment, through role-playing, in order to strengthen their ability to prevent sexual and gender- based violence and to reinforce their capacities in the area of child protection. That provision is in line with resolution 2143 (2014) on children and armed conflict. In the interactive spirit of this meeting, I would like to ask Commissioners Yiga and Carrilho to tell us how they view the way in which the protection of women and children is being implemented on the ground in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“It is therefore essential for police components to be well trained and qualified, and for them to be aware of the need for civilian protection. They must have sufficient capacity and the necessary resources for the effective protection of civilians, in particular woman and children, who are the first victims of conflicts. Today, as we commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we welcome the fact that the resolution just adopted has taken that aspect into account. Indeed, resolution 2185 (2014) reiterates that the protection of children in armed conflict must be an important factor in any general strategy aimed at conflict resolution or peacebuilding.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“As recalled by the concept note for this meeting (S/20l4/788, annex), the past 20 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of contingents of United Nations peacekeeping missions. The missions have grown ever more complex and diverse, operating in situations of increasing difficulty that are subject to rapid deterioration. The briefings we have just heard from the heads of the police components in Liberia, South Sudan and the Central African Republic have amply shown that. It is therefore correct for the Security Council to devote increased attention to police components. The protection of civilians lies at the heart of the mandate of most United Nations peacekeeping operations. Police components are a key player in the proper implementation of those mandates.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg thanks Australia for organizing this first meeting of the Security Council on the role of United Nations police in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The fact that you, Madam President, are presiding over this meeting demonstrates your country's commitment to this matter. I also wish to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, as well as Commissioners Greg Hinds, Fred Yiga and Luis Miguel Carrilho for their briefings. This morning, in adopting resolution 2185 (2014), the first stand-alone resolution on policing, the Security Council has made a practical and useful contribution to peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations and to security sector reform. Luxembourg was therefore a sponsor of the resolution initiated by Australia.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“We call on the Russian Federation to shoulder its responsibilities in the full and complete implementation of the Minsk agreements by preventing all military movement of weapons or combatants from its territory into Ukraine and by exercising its influence on the separatists to fulfil the obligations to which they have subscribed under the Minsk agreements.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“It becomes more urgent every day to end the conflict impacting Ukraine. The conflict has already killed more than 4,000 people since April. The victims include numerous children, including two struck down on 5 November by mortar shells on a school playing field in Donetsk. The killing must stop. The solution to the conflict has been identified; it includes the good-faith implementation of the Minsk protocol of 5 September and the Minsk memorandum of 19 September, signed by all parties to the conflict, with the decisive verification support of the OSCE. Ukraine has demonstrated in deed its determination to pursue the path of peace. We call on the separatists and Russia to do the same so as to halt the spiral of conflict.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“The Secretary-General and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office have rightly denounced the elections of 2 November as an obstacle to efforts to find a political solution to the conflict. We welcome the concrete steps taken by Ukraine to meet its commitments under the Minsk agreements, in particular the adoption of laws providing for amnesty and the temporary status of local autonomy. In addition to scrupulously observing a ceasefire, of particular importance is the withdrawal of armed groups, military equipment, combatants and illegal mercenaries, as well as securing the border between Ukraine and Russia and its permanent monitoring with OSCE verification. It is crucial in this context that the Mission's monitoring of the border posts at Gukovo and Donetsk be extended to other border-crossing areas as soon as possible.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We do not recognize those elections. They are illegal under the Constitution and Ukrainian law. They constitute a flagrant violation of the commitments that Russia and the representatives of illegal armed groups made when signing the Minsk protocol. Those sham elections do not legitimize the warlords at the head of the self- proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, just as the illegal referendum in Crimea does not and will not legitimize the annexation of the peninsula by Russia. Successive reports of the Special Monitoring Mission bear witness to serious violations of human rights committed since April in areas occupied by armed separatist groups. These individuals cannot claim to speak for the people of Donbas.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We are concerned about the recent build-up of Russian troops in the immediate proximity of the Ukrainian border. We are also concerned about the increased movements of military convoy in separatist-controlled areas heading for Ukrainian army positions. As has been noted, in recent days the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has reported sightings of large convoys of military trucks without license plates transporting troops and heavy weapons, including howitzers. A convoy of nine tanks - four T-72s and five T-64s - heading west was observed by the Mission on Saturday, 8 November. These movements of troops and heavy weaponry are accompanied by intensified bombing, especially in Donetsk. We condemn the sham elections held on 2 November in the eastern regions of Ukraine controlled by the separatists, with the blessing of Russia.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“We also support the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, which has a key role to play to promote the de-escalation of tensions by providing objective information on the situation on the ground. We are very concerned by the serious deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine since 2 November, when the separatists held illegal elections in the regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts under their control. While the Minsk protocol and memorandum, signed on 5 and 19 September, respectively, paved the way for a peaceful end to the conflict, non-compliance with key provisions of the Minsk agreements has led to a new escalation of tensions and a worsening situation in several regions of eastern Ukraine. The growing number of violations of the 5 September ceasefire agreement are compounded by worrisome omens.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): I too would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General ad interim for Political Affairs, Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg- Frandzen, for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission, and Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in- Office, for making themselves available to us and for the invaluable information they have provided to the Council on the critical situation in Ukraine. Luxembourg fully supports the efforts of the Swiss Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE to find a political solution to the crisis, while fully upholding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
2014-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7311 (2014) · source
“I would like to wish every success to my colleague, Mr. Gary Quinlan, and to his team. They can count on our full support.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“As to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the open debate this month (see S/PV.7281) and the emergency meeting held yesterday (see S/PV.7291) have underscored the urgency of overcoming the deadlock. Greater tension in East Jerusalem is of the greatest concern to us. We hope that Israel will refrain from any additional step that would further reduce the chances of reaching a two- State solution. We call upon both parties to take the necessary measures to make progress towards peace. Other questions that were dealt with should be raised here, in particular the situation in Ukraine, the fight against the Ebola epidemic or even the hostilities that continue to ravage South Sudan and the Central African Republic. They will continue to motivate us in the weeks and months to come. The responsibility to steer our work will now fall upon Australia.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“First of all, with regard to Syria, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, reported this morning on the steps that have been taken towards finding a political solution to the crisis. We must support those efforts, given, above all, the suffering of the Syrian population and the refugees, but also given the growing impact of the conflict on stability for the region as a whole. At the same time, we must continue to stress the scrupulous implementation of resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014) to provide humanitarian assistance and relieve the population's suffering. We must also remain vigilant when it comes to the complete dismantling of the Syrian chemical weapons programme. The Security Council cannot allow violations of resolution 2118 (2013) to be overlooked.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“It will be crucial to establish at the right time who is responsible for the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in order to achieve reconciliation and a lasting peace. The poignant accounts heard during the public debate on the situation of women and girls displaced by conflict (see S/PV.7289) strengthens our conviction that the fight against impunity for perpetrators of crime, namely, sexual crimes, must be an integral part of any holistic strategy to support women and girls affected by conflict. Before concluding, I would like once again to mention a few other important topics that were on our agenda for October.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“In last Thursday's open debate on working methods (see S/PV.7285), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and Ms. Kimberley Prost, Ombudsperson of the Al-Qaida sanctions regime, once again stressed the importance of justice and due process in the Council's actions and the supporting role that the Court and the Ombudsperson can play. The annual private meeting of the Security Council with the President of the International Court of Justice (see S/PV.7290) also helped to highlight the complementary efforts of both institutions. This month we also spoke about several crises where the fight against impunity must be an integral if not a critical part of the quest for a lasting solution. That is the case of South Sudan or even in Syria.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“Similar issues may arise in the scaling- up of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, which is already facing a particularly complex situation. Above all, we welcome the Secretary-General's announcement of his intention to establish a high-level task force to carry out a global study on peacekeeping, aimed at improved strategies in that area. Useful synergies could be developed in view of the review of the peacebuilding architecture planned for 2015. I also wish to briefly reiterate another topic of great importance - the fight against impunity and to promote justice. We believe that this is a fundamental aspect of the Council's effort in the maintenance of international peace and security, as well as in conflict prevention.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“We were able to address some of those issues in greater detail during the course of the month in our discussions on the situations in the Golan Heights, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. These issues will be all the more critical when the Council discusses mandate renewals. That will be the case next month regarding the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. It goes without saying that discussions with the troop-contributing countries before the renewal of a mandate will be essential in considering their concerns and opinions. Moreover, next month we will have to identify solutions to assist MINUSMA in more effectively tackling its challenges in northern Mali.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“We were able to discuss this on 9 October in the annual open debate with the military commanders of the peacekeeping operations (see S/PV.7275). The Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force provided the Council with their point of view from the field regarding the impact of these new challenges on fulfilling the mission mandates, whether due to more complex situations involving the protection of civilians or to deteriorating security or operational conditions.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Let me first of all congratulate you, Madam President, and your entire team on the manner in which you have conducted our work in a month that has proved especially rich in activity. I also wish to thank you for convening this wrap-up meeting on our work for the month; the added value of such meetings can no longer be denied and fulfils the goal of transparency which we support. I wish to begin my remarks by noting the new challenges in peacekeeping. United Nations peacekeeping operations are more often intervening in complex situations in which there is little or no peace to maintain and an increased risk of asymmetric attacks directly targeting our peacekeepers. Multidimensional responses are necessary given the new context.”
2014-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7294 (2014) · source
“In our View, the Security Council has a role to play in that regard by assuming its institutional responsibilities and by playing a more active role to support and preserve the two-State solution. It is our hope that we will all be able to play a constructive role to build peace, to encourage and facilitate efforts to save the two-State solution and to put an end to the occupation. Luxembourg is prepared to support those efforts.”
2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source
“Luxembourg recalls its commitment to free access to the holy sites by the faithful of all religions. Any change of the status of the holy sites would pose a major risk of destabilization. I wish to conclude by stressing how urgent it is to provide a new impetus to creating a credible political horizon for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. Poverty, violence and despair serve only to swell the ranks of extremists on both sides who are driven by their incendiary acts and words. The time to implement the two-State solution cannot be extended indefinitely. The situation is critical. The time has come to put an end to the measures that undermine confidence and exacerbate tensions and suffering. The time has come to take daring, specific measures in order to arrive at a fair, lasting peace.”
2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source
“Israel has the right to live in peace and security. Why then should it take measures that undermine the viability of prospects for peace? We call on Israel to revoke its decision and to put an end to its settlement activities in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. We specifically call for a halt to all measures affecting the demographic balance of Jerusalem, the destiny ofwhich is to become the capital of two States, the capital of the sovereign democratic, sustainable, viable Palestine living in peace and security side by side with Israel. I should now like to turn to the violent incidents in the Holy City, especially the will displayed by some to change the status of the Temple Mount. That will trigger a major crisis, one that will constitute a direct challenge to the Muslim and Christian worlds.”
2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source
“We should do so because they pose an obstacle to peace, because they are illegal under international community, because they directly threaten the two-State solution and because they are not at all compatible with the aspirations of the Israeli and Palestinian people to live in peace and security. Nobody will believe in the success of peace efforts, as fragile as they are, if active settlement continues. If they are left in place, those decisions will serve to confirm the doubts about the commitment of Israel to a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians. How can we reconcile the construction of thousands of settlement units and the confiscation of Palestinian land, when all efforts should rather be targeted to settling the conflict by making the two- State solution a reality. Israel wants to live in peace and security.”
2014-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7291 (2014) · source
“We must act, calling for an end to the provocations and inflammatory statements on both sides and the acts that spread hatred and further poison a delicate situation. The Security Council must condemn calls to violence and extremist acts committed by both sides, either by Palestinian militants or by Israeli settlers. Those extremist acts have recently cost the lives of victims, even of children, including young Israeli Chaya, age three, and a young Palestinian, age five. The Security Council should also condemn the ongoing unrestrained demolition of Palestinian structures and the decisions to build additional settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. I think particularly of the decision recently taken on Givata Hamatos, Har Homa and Ramat Schlomo. Why should we condemn those settlement decisions?”
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“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): I welcome this important meeting at the request of Jordan, following an urgent request by the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine. I wish to thank Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his briefing. The situation is serious. The Israeli project to expand settlement units in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, makes a contiguous Palestinian State each day more difficult. If nothing is done, the two- State solution risks becoming an abstract concept, inapplicable on the ground. If nothing is done, very soon nobody will be able to believe in such a solution. The international community, in particular the Security Council, should not resign itself to doing nothing.”
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