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“Although the Governments of the region are making efforts to address humanitarian challenges with the international community's support, the sheer scale of the crisis, its complexity and its potential for further deterioration call for a renewed sense of urgency. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the number of displaced people in the most affected areas has risen from 1.6 million to 2.4 million, while food insecurity and malnutrition have rapidly grown worse. Women and children represent a majority of the displaced as Boko Haram attacks continue and military operations intensify. Now more than ever, the humanitarian community is called to protect and assist people displaced by conflict and the communities hosting them.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“Despite progress in the fight against Boko Haram, the terrorists are still active in the region, intensifying asymmetric attacks and continuing their rampage of terror, death and destruction. It is imperative that the international community support the Multinational Task Force and the countries of the region in consolidating the gains achieved to date in the fight against terrorism in the region. The recurring nature of food insecurity and poverty in the region requires a concerted effort to assist the most vulnerable, prevent severe hunger and malnutrition and ensure that communities in distress are able to recover.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“Poverty and joblessness create a reservoir of radicalization, violent extremism and willing recruits for the terrorists. The seven-year-old Boko Haram insurgency that spread from Nigeria into Chad, the Niger and Cameroon prompted countries bordering Lake Chad to join forces in the Multinational Joint Task Force, on the understanding that a collaborative and cooperative regional approach would be the most effective way of denying safe havens to the terrorists, whilst strengthening those countries' military capabilities to face and defeat Boko Haram. The Multinational Joint Task Force was endorsed by the African Union in January 2015, and the Security Council commended Lake Chad Basin countries and Benin for their efforts to operationalize the Multinational Joint Task Force.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“The countries of the region should assume their irrevocable responsibilities and strengthen their political will in order to mobilize the international community, which should seriously consider extending tangible support to the project. If the current situation is not rapidly reversed, it has the potential to become yet another hotbed of crisis and conflict and a real threat to regional and international peace and security. In short, the Lake Chad Basin is no longer able to secure the livelihoods of the people living on its shores, a state of affairs that is triggering a threatening security situation and the current humanitarian crisis. The security situation in the Lake Chad Basin has continuously deteriorated over the past few years, against the backdrop ofshrinking resources.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“The Lake Chad Basin Commission, a regional initiative established with the objectives of, inter alia, regulating and controlling the use of water and other natural resources in the basin, while relatively active and having made some achievements, has not delivered visible improvements in the lake's water replenishment. The Lake Chad Basin Commission has developed the Lake Chad replenishment project with the objective of regenerating the lake through the transfer of 900 cubic metres per second of water from the Ubangi River by way of a navigable channel to Lake Chad aimed at reversing land and water degradation and reviving the lake's ecosystem. Being an ambitious project, it has the potential to radically change the current situation in the Basin and the lives of its populations.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“A set of factors such as shifting climate patterns and human activities, namely, the diversion of large quantities of water from inflowing rivers, the irrigation for crop production and an increasing population's demand for water, have had a strong impact on and triggered the diminution of the lake's size. Several initiatives at the national and regional levels aimed at managing the lake's shrinking water resources and at reversing the trend towards its extinction have been undertaken. These initiatives are a demonstration of the concern by the people, Governments and the international community with respect to the current state of affairs.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“The challenges facing the region are of three distinct but often interrelated natures: environmental degradation due to climate change and human actions; security threats linked to poverty, unemployment, youth radicalization and terrorism; and the huge humanitarian crisis unfolding against the backdrop of high rates of population growth, extreme poverty, and the food and nutrition crisis. Lake Chad's resources benefit around 20 million people living on its shores in four countries. The lake supports the peasant economy of local people who see their sources of livelihood in peril and the lake at the brink of ecological disaster, as it has become a tiny fraction of its former size.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“We start by commending the delegation of the United Kingdom for calling for the convening of today's meeting. We thank the Under- Secretaries-General for Political and Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Stephen O'Brien, respectively, for their insightful briefings on a critical situation prevailing in the Lake Chad Basin, a region in the heart of Africa facing huge challenges that threaten the very existence of Lake Chad and the survival of millions ofpeople living on it shores. It is our hope and expectation that today's meeting will further contribute to sensitizing world public opinion and the international community to this very serious issue.”
2016-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7748 (2016) · source
“We condemn the air strikes and bombings in eastern and western Aleppo in the recent weeks that have resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, among which there were many children, as well as the destruction of hospitals and other vital civilian infrastructure. While we support the establishment of a humanitarian truce, as requested by the Secretary- General, to allow humanitarian agencies access to those in desperate need of food and water, among other basic necessities, we emphasize that the proliferation of terrorist groups and other non-State armed groups poses a dangerous threat, not only for Syria but for the entire region. The Security Council and the International Syria Support Group must step up concerted efforts to cut off the flow of arms into Syria and jointly combat the growing threat of radicalism and terrorists.”
2016-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7744 (2016) · source
“One issue that is barely mentioned in our discussions is the fact that regional and international stakeholders are not being held responsible for providing the means that allow this bloody war to continue. Paradoxically, humanitarian assistance is blocked or is made hard to reach for those in need, while the means to make war continue reaching the parties to the conflict. In conclusion, we urge the parties to return to negotiations so that a political solution to this bloody war may be found and so that humanitarian agencies may have unconditional, safe and unhindered access to all those in need.”
2016-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7744 (2016) · source
“As the Security Council tries to exert pressure for the cessation of hostilities and a return to negotiations, the parties on the ground continue to strive for military gains. The closure of the last remaining access route in and out of eastern Aleppo, cutting off all civilians from humanitarian assistance, is just the latest demonstration of the total disregard there is for the Council's resolutions and international humanitarian law. Although we fully support humanitarian agencies in their efforts to address critical life-saving assistance, such as food, medical supplies and fuel, and its supply to all besieged and hard-to-reach areas, the recent escalation in fighting between Government forces and non-State armed groups should lead us to focus on where these non-State armed groups are acquiring weapons and resources.”
2016-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7744 (2016) · source
“We thank Under-Secretary- General Stephen O'Brien for his briefing on the disturbing humanitarian situation in Syria. Most regrettably, the conflict in Syria continues while the parties completely disregard their obligations under international humanitarian law and the relevant Security Council resolutions. This is an irrational war that is disproportionately affecting the civilian population. After a short respite, with the partial cessation of hostilities and improvements in humanitarian access, we are now witnessing the escalation of violence in and around the city of Aleppo, with hundreds of thousands trapped by the fighting and unable to access basic assistance.”
2016-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7744 (2016) · source
“Finally, we appeal to the Iranian authorities to continue implementing the JCPOA provisions with the same rigour and in good faith, and to persevere in strengthening trust with its partners, thereby contributing to the economic and social development of the country and the easing of tensions in the region.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“We call on the JCPOA signatories to do their utmost to deepen political and diplomatic cooperation towards appropriate solutions to the conflicts in the Middle East - in Syria, Iraq and Yemen - and to establish real unity ofpurpose in the fight against terrorism. Iran is a great regional Power whose cooperation is key for the attainment of solutions to the conflicts in the region. We firmly believe that, if unlocked, a new chapter in the relations between Western Powers and Iran could provide bright prospects for peace and security in the entire region.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“To that end, the strengthening of mutual trust is a fundamental prerequisite, by keeping dialogue and diplomatic channels permanently open in a spirit of goodwill to resolve all contentious issues arising from the agreement's implementation and by guaranteeing that the Iranian nuclear programme remains exclusively for peaceful purposes, an outcome that would benefit nuclear non-proliferation worldwide. WefullyconcurwiththeFacilitator'srecommendation that the Security Council must ensure that the JCPOA, as stated in resolution 2231 (2015), be conducive to promoting and facilitating the development of normal economic and trade contacts and cooperation with Iran.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“We have taken due note of the transparency, outreach and guidance measures developed by the Facilitator and the Secretariat with a view to improving the implementation of the resolution and its understanding, mainly concerning procedures related to the submission of proposals to the Council, which retains the central role in reviewing and deciding on procurement and supplying of nuclear-related transfers and other activities. We deem it absolutely essential that the J CPOA be rigorously implemented.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“In the past six months since implementation day and the issuance of a note by the President of the Security Council setting forth arrangements and procedures for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), concrete steps have been taken in structuring a framework for the resolution's implementation, through the establishment of a channel for communication between members of the Council and the Joint Commission; in the establishment of operational linkages with the Procurement Working Group; in building discussions with representatives of the Security Council; and in setting up a website for those interested in the implementation of the resolution.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“It is our expectation that the smooth implementation of the JCPOA - confirming the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme - will contribute to building trust and deepening expert cooperation in all areas, including on issues pertaining to peace and security in the Middle East.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“The conclusion of the JCPOA was a decisive step forward in strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime and a demonstration that, with a spirit of compromise and political will, the most difficult issues in international relations could be the subject of a peaceful, diplomatic solution. The JCPOA was also a ground-breaking development in the Middle East, where diplomacy had been unable to score any gains since the peace treaties concluded between Egypt and Jordan with Israel many years ago. The JCPOA prompted a fundamental shift in the Iranian nuclear programme. Its conclusion and implementation confirms how the international community and Iran are willing to forge a new relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“From then on, concerted efforts by Iran and the international community have been made that will hopefully lead, in the long-term, to the adoption of a draft resolution on termination day, in which the IAEA Director- General will declare the broader conclusion according to which all nuclear material in Iran is exclusively used for peaceful purposes - hopefully at a time by which Iran will be fully integrated into the international community and able to make a meaningful contribution to international peace and security, given its importance as a regional and international player.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“The agreement reached with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), after years of complex and very difficult negotiations, was swiftly followed by the unanimous adoption by the Security Council one year ago ofresolution2231 (2015), endorsing the JCPOA, which came into effect three months later on adoption day on 18 October 2015. Furthermore, the submission by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of a report confirming that Iran had taken the actions specified in the JCPOA brought the agreement to the landmark implementation day and the lifting of sanctions against Iran.”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting on this exceedingly critical international issue. We thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the report (S/2016/589) of the Secretary-General. We also thank Ambassador Joao Pedro Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the European Union, for his briefing on the activities of the Procurement Working Group of the Joint Commission. And we thank Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi, Permanent Representative of Spain, for the briefing he made in his capacity as Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).”
2016-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7739 (2016) · source
“We welcome the establishment, by a presidential decree, ofa High Council on governance, Justice and Anti-corruption to oversee the drafting and implementation of a national anti-corruption strategy and presidential statements outlining measures to step up the anti-corruption drive. In conclusion, we are mindful that the challenges faced by Afghanistan are immense. We join the Secretary-General in applauding Afghanistan's commitment, along with China, Pakistan and the United States, in the context of the Quadrilateral Coordination group on the Afghan peace and reconciliation process to reach a negotiated agreement between the Government and the Taliban for the achievement of sustainable peace for the Afghan people.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“In that regard, we commend the efforts on the part of the Afghan authorities to develop relations with regional partners in neighbouring countries in the fight against terrorism and in pursuing a political settlement to the conflict they have been engulfed in for so long. We take good note of the determination on the part of the Afghan authorities and institutions to adopt more rigorous policies and practices and translate them into actions aimed at building the population's trust. The agenda for the reform of the Afghan Government has started to produce a meaningful impact on the lives of the Afghans. The fight against corruption is a key feature of the agenda.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“The agreement among Afghan President Ghani, Iranian President Rouhani and Indian Prime Minister Modi on transport, trilateral transit and facilitation of trade among the three countries and the engagement by the countries of the region with the similar Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process as a platform for regional cooperation, including the fight against terrorism, are other welcome developments, as are as the consultations held in Kabul by the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force with Government officials on plans to develop a structure for a regional strategy on combating terrorism.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces have shown increasing resilience despite the pressures they face, including rising casualty and attrition rates, which create great challenges to the sustainability of the forces, as underlined in the report of the Secretary-General. It is common wisdom that long-term stability and prosperity in Afghanistan depend upon national reconciliation, based on respect of human rights and fundamental liberties, regional and international cooperation, mutual respect and non-interference in one another's internal affairs. Afghanistan is pursuing regional commitments with an emphasis on the economy and security. During the period under review, regional cooperation appeared to be the most virtuous development in and around Afghanistan.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“The indiscriminate killing of civilians deserves our most vigorous condemnation, and we urge all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations and human rights and international humanitarian law by putting an end to attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure. Continued and widespread armed clashes and very low economic growth generate a precarious humanitarian situation, characterized by increasing numbers of internally displaced people and a high number of Afghan migrants already in Europe. On the other hand, humanitarian access remains a matter of concern. Incidents involving humanitarian workers are on the rise, while humanitarian funding for food, nutrition, health care and refugee programmes are insufficient to meet such huge humanitarian needs.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“We deeply regret that the initial impulse of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group on the Afghan Peace and Reconciliation Process in its efforts to facilitate a peaceful solution to the conflict through dialogue between the Government and the Taliban did not bear the desired results. As in the previous period, the security situation remained unstable, characterized by continuous and intense armed clashes in various regions of the country and terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Taliban, with a disastrous impact on the civilian population. We took note, with dismay, that over 1,900 civilian victims were documented in the period covered by the report, with 60 per cent of the deaths attributed to non- governmental elements.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“This debate offers us an opportunity to assess the political, security and human rights situation, as well as the latest regional and international developments, concerning Afghanistan. The overall situation in the country, as portrayed in the report of the Secretary- General is most worrisome. In the past three months, the Afghan Government continued to face significant political, security and economic challenges. However, despite a dire situation, as Mr. Haysom stressed, important progress was achieved in the past 10 years. The Afghans and the international community must do everything in their power to ensure the gains are irreversible.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“We thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his briefing on the quarterly report (S/2016/532) of the Secretary- General on the situation in Afghanistan. We convey our deep appreciation and gratitude for the work of Mr. Haysom and for his contribution in facing, with the Afghanistan authorities and people, the great challenges in achieving peace and a better life. We praise the work of UNAMA in discharging its mandate under extremely difficult conditions while Afghanistan struggles to establish a society based on the fundamental values of peace, human rights and social equity.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“We hope that this support will bear fruit and help to prevent these heinous crimes and assist the Victims Among the priorities for action, we consider it essential to ensure that peacekeepers and United Nations personnel in general receive adequate training before deployment. Finally, I would like to conclude my statement by focusing on prevention. No conflict erupts without warning signs. These signs can be manifold, but they generally include the intensification of violations of human rights. We therefore fully support the initiative of the Secretary-General's Human Rights Up Front initiative, and we encourage him to pursue its implementation. Our organization was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. The protection of civilians must be at the heart of our action. We cannot afford to fail.”
2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source
“In the area of peacekeeping operations, trust and credibility are essential. For that reason, United Nations personnel, whether civilian or military, must be irreproachable. We support the policy of zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, and we welcome the Secretary-General's decision to exclude from peacekeeping operations national forces listed in the annexes of his reports. To show our commitment, Luxembourg has decided to make a voluntary contribution of â‚¬135,000, or about $150,000, to support the work of the Special Coordinator on Improving United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Ms. Jane Holl Lute, and her team.”
2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source
“Since the early 20005, the Council has endowed itself with a normative framework and ambitious mandates in particular with respect to the most vulnerable groups - children and women - by developing its children and armed conflict agenda and its women and peace and security agenda. It is important to implement these with rigour and without exceptions or restrictions. To that end, the majority of the peacekeeping operations deploy specialist advisers - women's protection advisers and child protection advisers. We are convinced that these advisers, whose usefulness has been tried and tested, should continue to exercise the specific role for which they are mandated by the Security Council. Their essential tasks include gathering trustworthy information on the situation of civilians and the risks they face.”
2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source
“It is glaringly obvious to us that civilians are the main victims of armed conflicts. They are paying the heaviest price in human lives, be it in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan or the Central African Republic. Civilians are increasingly targeted and tortured in order to terrorize, force mass displacements or inflict a moral defeat on an enemy that cannot be overcome on the battlefield. One corollary to this fact is the absolute need for the Security Council to demonstrate determination and consistency when it comes to ensuring respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. The protection of civilians must not be just a rhetorical priority confined to debates and thematic resolutions.”
2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): I thank France for having organized this important open debate under its presidency of the Security Council. The presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development of France and other Ministers reflects the importance of the subject we are discussing today. We listened with great interest to the introductory briefings of the Secretary-General and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as to the statement made by the President of the Central African Republic. Luxembourg fully supports the European Union statement, as well as that made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians. Let me point out some matters of particular importance to us at the national level.”
2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source
“They were instrumental in preserving trust in international law; to ensuring that those responsible for serious violations of human rights and international law faced trial and punishment; to ensuring thatjudicial mechanisms were put in place as a warning that such crimes would not be left unpunished; and to ensuring thatjustice was delivered to the victims when egregious crimes against humanity were still being committed on a disturbing scale.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to point out that the tenets of international criminal justice, embodied in the criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, were crucial to the recovery process following the appalling events that occurred in those territories. The establishment of those Tribunals, pursuant to Security Council decisions, was a response to the public uproar against the atrocities committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“The Mechanism's ongoing practice of communicating and cooperating with countries of the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and keeping the authorities updated on its activities and on the transition of responsibilities, as well as assistance to national jurisdictions, is worth noting and encouraging. We acknowledge that the Mechanism continues to draw upon ICTY and ICTR best practices and lessons learned in pursuing new ways to improve its operations, procedures and working methods and to maintain flexibility in its staff assignments. That is aimed at maximizing its effectiveness and efficiency.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“However, the Mechanism still faces fundamental challenges, namely, to ensure that the remaining individuals indicted by the ICTR are apprehended and that the humanitarian issue related to the 14 individuals acquitted and released by the ICTR but unable to return to their countries of origin is resolved. In order for the International Residual Mechanism to continue fulfilling its mandate expeditiously, efficiently and cost-effectively, States are called upon to cooperate with the Mechanism and the Government of Rwanda for the arrest and prosecution of the eight remaining fugitives indicted by the ICTR. In that regard, we call on States to investigate, arrest, prosecute or extradite, in accordance with their applicable international obligations, all fugitives accused of genocide who are residing in their territories.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“The recent convictions of war criminals and its efforts in completing the transfer of duties to the Residual Mechanism, in accordance with the pertinent Security Council resolution, attests to such a commitment. Challenges facing the ICTY in staff-related matters, which have been delaying trials, and other instances of attrition are matters of concern. We hope that such delays will not affect the ongoing trials and that the Tribunal's judicial work will be effectively completed by the end of 2017. The establishment of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, in accordance with resolution 1966 (2010), was essential in ensuring that the closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) would not permit the remaining fugitives to escape justice.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“In ending its work, it is expected from the Residual Mechanism, according to resolution 1966 (2010), that it track the renegades indicted by the ICTR and contribute to the arrest of the remaining eight fugitives. The successive delays in the completion of the ICTY's activities have been a source of some tension in the Security Council, since, in accordance with its relevant resolutions, the ICTY should have closed its cases in 2010 or at the latest by the end of 2014. We took good note of the efforts by the Tribunal to quickly complete its work and ofthejudges' efforts in identifying means to speed up the pending cases. We note the Tribunal's commitment in meeting the deadline for its closure by the end of 2017.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“It received outstanding support and international cooperation from Member States and left an important legacy in manuals on best practices and lessons learned on the tracking and arresting of renegades from international justice, on indictments for sexual and gender-based violence, and on referrals of international criminal cases to national jurisdictions. The ICTR also made a substantial contribution to national reconciliation, to the restoration of peace and security, to the fight against impunity and to the development of international criminal justice, especially by seeking justice for the victims and survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“We acknowledge the establishment of these two special international criminal Tribunals as one of the most relevant initiatives of the United Nations for the preservation of the rule of international law and the safeguarding of the principles of peace and justice. In the two decades of their existence, the ICTY and the ICTR have played a crucial role in enhancing the international criminal justice system and providing tools to national and international justice mechanisms by ensuring that those responsible for serious crimes against humanity are brought to justice and held to account. The ICTR was established pursuant to resolution 955 (1994) and closed by the end of 2015, following its verdict on the appeal of the Butare case.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“We welcome and thank Judges Carmel Agius and Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their comprehensive briefings on the activities of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and ofthe Residual Mechanism. We commend Uruguay on its steering of the work of the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals. The need to end impunity and to hold to account the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity led the Security Council to establish the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1993 and 1994, respectively, with mandates to prosecute those persons responsible for crimes of genocide, war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and neighbouring States.”
2016-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7707 (2016) · source
“We will denounce this double injustice on 19 June and every 19 June until the reality on the ground finally reflects the aspirations of the international community.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“We also support the call of the Special Representative ofthe Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Bangura, on the Security Council this morning to provide her with the resources necessary to provide a comprehensive and multidimensional response to the challenges, old and new, posed by conflict-related sexual violence. I take this opportunity to reiterate our ongoing support for the Special Representative's outstanding work and for her Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict. Denial and impunity are the two major obstacles in the fight against sexual violence in conflict. To deny that sexual violence has an impact on security and peace is to grant impunity to the perpetrators.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“That is why resolution 2143 (2014) on children and armed conflict, adopted on 7 March 2014 under the Luxembourg presidency of the Security Council, stresses the importance of recording all births, even belatedly. We fully support the recommendations of the Secretary-General in his report (S/2016/36l), including its call for on Security Council to add sexual violence as a criterion for designation for all relevant sanctions committees, and on the sanctions committees to systematically register alleged perpetrators of sexual violence on their lists. Moreover, the Council should see to it that the alleged perpetrators of systematic sexual violence, or those who sponsor them, are brought to justice, for example by referring situations in which such acts are committed to the International Criminal Court.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“This highlights the importance of the Security Council's decision in resolution 2253 (2015) to include on the sanctions list anyone who transfers funds to Da'esh in the context of sexual exploitation, trafficking or trade. As you rightly note in your concept note (S/2016/496, annex), Mr. President, beyond the obvious physical and psychological trauma, sexual violence poses significant risks of the socioeconomic marginalization of victims and can perpetuate the vicious circle of conflict. Children born of rape, who are often not registered at birth, are at increased risk of being radicalized in their turn and recruited by armed groups. Birth registration is the most effective mechanism for determining the age and preventing the recruitment of minors.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Thus, the Syrian regime's resort to sexual violence in detention centres and interrogations - including against men and boys - is part of an arsenal of terror that contributes to massive displacements of people, which make the situation of already vulnerable groups even more precarious. In recent years, the horror has reached new climaxes with the implementation of a veritable regulated political war economy, in which trafficking in persons for sexual purposes plays a central role. Sexual violence - which serves as remuneration for fighters, a way to sustain the group and a source of income - is part of the system whereby Da'esh remains in power in the territories it occupies.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Ms. Lucas (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Allow me to thank the French presidency for organizing this important open debate and all those who have provided us with their insights and testimony. Luxembourg associates itself with the statement of the European Union. While we will commemorate on 19 June the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the situation on the ground unfortunately continues to be out of step with the resolve repeatedly expressed by the international community to end this scourge. As for the situation of children in armed conflict, the vast majority of parties listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General's annual reports are non-State actors, extremist groups and terrorists such as Da'esh or Boko Haram. However, States too are known to use this type of violence.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source