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Magzhan Ilyassov

lines on the record: 37
first: 2021-03-11
most recent: 2021-06-28
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“Alim Shaumenov, Director of Akniet Adaptation Centre, has been appointed as the designated focal point for Kazakhstan. I am grateful for this opportunity to share my country’s experience and let me reiterate Kazakhstan’s commitment to contribute to our collective endeavours to achieve a safer world. We believe that Kazakhstan’s experience of repatriation, rehabilitation and resocialization may become a role model for rest of the world community. Our stance is clear – no citizen is left behind, justice and fair play for one and all.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“This is important for the adaptation of children in the society, in the schools they attend. Kazakhstan is ready to share its experience of reintegration as well as to learn from others. With the escalating conflicts and tensions around the world, it is vital to ensure that children grow up in a world free from fear, violence and hopelessness. It is, therefore, our moral responsibility to save precious young promising lives, wh o can be transformed into worthy citizens and beacons of light for others. It is with great honour that the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has accepted the invitation to serve on the Working Platform of Member States to review the draft of the study of the mandate of the children and armed conflict on its twenty - fifth anniversary.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“It is important to emphasize that we consider returned women and children as victims of terrorism. At the same time, we strive to implement the most balanced approach that allows us to avoid both victimization and glorification of this category of people. Special attention was given to the rights of a child. Mothers and their children are not separated at any stage of the program. The returned orphans in most cases are adopted by their closest relatives – grandmothers, aunts, but there are those who find a new family, while brothers and sisters are not separated. There are cases when one family immediately took three returned orphans. To avoid stigmatization all children born in war zones are documented with birth certificates indicating home cities of their parents as their birth places.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“Upon completion of the adaptation period, women with children travel to the regions of their origin, usually to the families of relatives. We are well aware of importance of developing an integrated approach to this problem that will take years and thus implementing the rehabilitation, reintegration and resocialization (3R’s) program for victims of terrorism in Kazakhstan. Further rehabilitation is carried out by local government bodies with the participation of local non-governmental organizations, as well as assistance of our international partners. Currently, a total of 17 Rehabilitation Centres have been opened throughout the country to help returnees, and they are run by local non - governmental organizations supported by the Government.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“In this context allow me to inform the Council about the steps taken by my country over the past two years to bring back from Syria and Iraq 725 of our citizens (37 men, 188 women), including over 500 children, 33 of which are orphans, who were lured into ISIL under false pretense and then entrapped in prolonged armed conflict. Our experience can provide best practices and lessons learned for other countries also engaged in similar repatriation operations. It has been a complex and delicate endeavour over many stages. Each group of returnees are placed in specialized, protected adaptation facilities where they were given special medical, psychological examination. Psychologists, teachers, medical and social workers work with them for a month, identifying the most acute problems of each person.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“These have to be followed with exchanges of experts and training of personnel and institutions for child protection. It also means we must prioritize preventive measures and increase support for reintegration and rehabilitation programmes for children affected by armed conflicts, with guarantees for long term predictable funding by national and international donors. It is essential to work with international and regional organizations, civil society in implementing the above measures. We take note of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic (S/2021/398).”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“We join the call made by UNICEF, and the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and other agencies, to release children detained in relation to armed conflict. These also include children living with parents in detention due to their extreme vulnerabilities, especially the risks on their fragile lives from the spread of COVID-19, other viruses and infections in substandard settings. It is equally important to have an effective system of strict law enforcement and judicial procedures, with high punishment for violence inflicted on children and ban on all impunity. We need to set up mechanisms of early warning, monitoring and use of digital and communication technology for greater vigilance, monitoring and control of such crimes.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“Thus, Kazakhstan presents the following recommendations for consideration to strengthen measures to safeguard children: It is vital that all Member States ratify and strictly implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant treaties. Governments must endorse the international tools related to the protection of children in armed conflicts, such as the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups, the Safe Schools Declaration, the Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers. The attacks on schools, as well as hospitals, and their use for military purposes must be prevented through immediate and resolute action by building a sustained system that protects all children.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“At the outset, Kazakhstan expresses deep concern over the number of unconscionable acts of violence against children in armed conflict, further aggravated by the pandemic COVID-19, and its concomitant upheavals, turmoil, disruption and economic downturns. Child protection, is thus an absolute critical priority for the international community and must be mainstreamed in the work of the United Nations system and its six organs, peacekeeping and political missions, as well as state national institutions and organizations with enhanced capacity on this issue at all levels.”
2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source
“It aims to ensure efficiency and improved coordination between all stakeholders for delivering on the 2030 Agenda at the regional level. We believe that an expanded United Nations presence in Central Asia, through establishing the United Nations Regional Centre in Almaty, will contribute to sustainable development in the region, including in Afghanistan. To conclude, Kazakhstan will join the multilateral effort, in partnership with our Central Asian neighbours, to lay the long-term foundations of enduring economic recovery and, consequently, stability and progress in the country.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“We will also continue to provide stipends for Afghan youth to study in leading Kazakh universities. To enhance the country’s infrastructure, and increase connectivity and access, Kazakhstan participates in the Khaf-Herat railway project to accelerate its completion. All these will transform Afghanistan into a viable self-sustaining economy and will contribute to the development of both Afghanistan and the region as a whole. Another noteworthy step we have taken is to establish the United Nations Regional Centre for Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty. The Centre will be based in the new United Nations building (which houses 18 United Nations agencies with regional and subregional mandates) in Almaty, opened in May 2019 by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“Considering Afghanistan as our important regional partner, we are working jointly with others to form an interregional model based on development, security and cooperation between Central Asia and Afghanistan. This is critical, as the future of Central Asia is directly related to the stability of Afghanistan. Bearing in mind that the stability of Afghanistan is closely linked with its economic development, Kazakhstan will continue to provide long-term financial, technical and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, as we did in 2020, through food, medicine and other humanitarian aid to pandemic-hit Afghanistan, and different forms of technical and financial support, both bilaterally and jointly with the United Nations and international partners.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“We are committed to ensuring that the gains in education, especially of women and girls, achieved in the past 20 years, are not reversed. The women and youth of Afghanistan are at the forefront of society and need to be given all opportunities for development and make their full contribution to society. The independent and free media also play a critical role in a democratic Afghanistan and should be protected. We record the valiant efforts of UNAMA, which contributes to bilateral and multilateral deliberations and action of the Central Asian States with Afghanistan. A peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan has always been a priority for Kazakhstan.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“We call on all actors to engage in the peace process in good faith and to translate their commitments into tangible actions for the benefit of all Afghans. These call for implementing new national security policies and strategies to enhance the effectiveness, inclusivity and accountability of security institutions. It is, therefore, important to strengthen the military and police through comprehensive security sector reforms, as well as to promote the United Nations women and peace and security agenda by supporting national efforts to increase the representation of women at all levels, including in the security and defence sectors. Kazakhstan supports the aspirations of the people of Afghanistan for peace, justice and prosperity. These could not be achieved without the preservation of the republican democratic system in Afghanistan.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“We thus, once again, reiterate that the Afghan-owned, Afghan-led and Afghan-controlled settlement of the Afghan conflict is the only way forward. Kazakhstan hopes that the opposing parties will find compromise solutions in the interests of the people of Afghanis tan. According to the Monitoring Team’s report, reducing violence and preventing insurgent forces from amassing new territories are the critical tasks the Security Council and the international community must address. The Team’s report also warns that efforts should be made to ensure that the Government is not destabilized and weakened by attacks on soft targets like schools, worship sites, education centres, wedding halls or, now, even public buses. Kazakhstan strongly condemns all targeted killings, attacks and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“Kazakhstan commends the Estonian Presidency for hosting this debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We acknowledge with great appreciation the efforts of UNAMA under the sterling leadership of the Special Representative, Deborah Lyons, aimed at assisting the Afghan people and Government to achieve sustainable peace and development, and also recognize the important role of the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, Jean Arnault, in that regard. Afghanistan is entering a critical phase in its history. We need to ensure that the upcoming withdrawal of United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops will not lead to the escalation of the conflict. The only means to de-escalate the conflict and lay the foundations of stability in the country is dialogue, compromise and mutual understanding.”
2021-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/601 (2021) · source
“As the initiating State and Chair of CICA, Kazakhstan will make efforts to strengthen the unifying role of mutually beneficial cooperation between the United Nations and Asian countries.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“We are confident that the proposed CICA action plan will allow member States to coordinate their efforts to combat terrorism. No less meaningful are the new agenda for peace of Secretary-General António Guterres, the disarmament agenda and peacekeeping reform, considering the importance of these issues for the CICA region. Kazakhstan has planned to hold discussions to exchange views on the new agenda in the field of disarmament and peace reform. We believe that the interaction of CICA and the United Nations has the potential to reach a higher level of cooperation in the context of the United Nations joint action with regional and subregional organizations in the area of conflict prevention.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Critical in that regard is the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, mentioned by the Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter- Terrorism, His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, in his video message to the participants of the conference organized by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to United Nations and CICA on the theme “How to build stronger confidence in Asia and make CICA more responsive to the challenges of 21st Century”, which brought together CICA member countries and observers as well as the Asia-Pacific Group. CICA member States are already in the process of negotiations to finalize the CICA action plan for the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“The issues of developing cooperation in the area of epidemiological security, public health protection, pharmaceuticals, digitalization, as well as expanding humanitarian and social interaction in the CICA format, are being updated in the light of recent developments.In the light of the changing situation in Asia, CICA will promote the global processes and the United Nations agenda, in particular the 2030 Agenda, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the decade of accelerated action for the implementation of the SDGs, focusing on promoting the empowerment of women and youth as well as climate change mitigation. Therefore, the measures taken by CICA member States will contribute to United Nations efforts in this direction.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Kazakhstan, as Chair of CICA, pays special attention to the implementation of the Catalogue of Confidence-building Measures in order to mobilize funds and efforts for structural economic transformation, the diversification of exports and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Catalogue is a fundamental tool for promoting the goals and objectives of CICA.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Versatility and inclusiveness are proving to be of the highest relevance after the times of one-sidedness obviously failed to lead the international community during the unprecedented threats that the world is currently facing. The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are just two of the many global problems that cannot be resolved unilaterally. Building trust as a tool of preventive diplomacy, the peaceful settlement of disputes and multilateral cooperation lie at the heart of CICA’s approach to contributing to the achievement of the United Nations goals in the field of global security.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Presently CICA has 27 member States, accounting for nearly 90 per cent of the territory and population of Asia. Eight countries and five international organizations, including the United Nations, have observer status. With regard to Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, as an intergovernmental forum, CICA aims to help maintain international peace and security. We would like to confirm CICA’s full adherence to the principles of the Charter and international law, fixed in the Almaty Act. CICA has been an observer at the General Assembly since 2007. CICA signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and regularly participates in the activities of such United Nations agencies as the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Environment Programme.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Therefore, the leading role of the United Nations in matters of world order must be strengthened and mobilized. In this regard, effective United Nations cooperation with regional and subregional organizations in the area of conflict prevention plays important role. The issues of building confidence and mutually beneficial cooperation among continents and large regional organizations under the auspices of the United Nations are being updated. Kazakhstan is the Chair of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence- building Measures in Asia (CICA) for the term 2021 to 2022. CICA is unique multilateral platform aimed at creating a secure space on the Asian continent through dialogue, cooperation and confidence-building measures among member States.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“We express our gratitude to the Vietnamese presidency for organizing and presiding over this open debate on the theme “Enhancing cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in enhancing confidence- building and dialogue in conflict prevention and resolution”. Resolving issues of peace, security and conflict prevention has always been a priority for Kazakhstan, including during its membership of the Security Council in the period 2017 to 2018. Our country considers the issue of United Nations cooperation with regional and subregional organizations a key priority in the area of international security and conflict prevention. This cooperation is of particular relevance against the background of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and amid a significant increase in international tension.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“Since 2010, more than 1,000 Afghan students have graduated from Kazakh universities on grants sponsored by the Government of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is also implementing, together with the United Nations Development Programme, the European Union and Japan, several triangular cooperation projects on education, training and capacity-building for Afghan women and youth. To institutionalize our development assistance to Afghanistan and other countries in the region, Kazakhstan recently established an official overseas development assistance agency, KazAID. To conclude, Kazakhstan is strongly committed to assisting Afghanistan in partnership with Central Asian countries and other States Members of the United Nations to lay the long-term foundations for an enduring economic recovery and peace in the country.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“The regional centre will be based in the new United Nations building in Almaty, opened in May 2019 by President Tokayev, where 18 United Nations agencies with regional and subregional mandates are located. The Centre is aimed at ensuring efficiency and improved coordination among all stakeholders towards delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the regional level. We believe that an expanded United Nations presence in Central Asia and the establishment of the United Nations regional centre in Almaty will contribute to sustainable development in the region. Education is a critical agent of social change, and so we value our partnership with Afghanistan in building its capacity and expertise.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“Thus, projects, such as the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project, and the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline provide the much-needed natural land bridge connecting Afghanistan to Central Asia, South Asia and beyond. To enhance the country’s infrastructure and increase connectivity and access, Kazakhstan is participating in the Khaf-Herat railway project. Another major step we have taken is the establishment of the United Nations regional centre for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan, in Almaty.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“To mobilize funds and efforts towards structural economic transformation, export diversification and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic in LLDCs, Kazakhstan, as the global chair of LLDCs for 2020-2021, has initiated the adoption of the innovative Roadmap for Accelerated Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for LLDCs in the Remaining Five Years. Afghanistan needs a comprehensive strategy on infrastructure, trade, investment, transit and transport development to integrate into the region.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“In 2020, we provided food and other humanitarian aid to pandemic-hit Afghanistan. Despite the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the global economy, we managed to increase our bilateral trade turnover by 55 per cent. Both Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, like the rest of Central Asian States, are landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and have therefore been particularly hard- hit by COVID-19. Our trade and supply chains have been severely damaged and our ability to invest in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in countering the COVID-19 pandemic has been substantially reduced.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“Kazakhstan is of the strong conviction that the settlement of the Afghan conflict must be based on the principle that it is Afghan-owned, Afghan- led and Afghan-controlled. We see dialogue, compromise and mutual understanding as the only means to de-escalate the conflict and lay the foundations for stability in the country. At the same time, positive perspectives for the Central Asian region’s own future are directly related to corresponding stability in Afghanistan. We highly appreciate the role of UNAMA, which contributes to the bilateral and multilateral interactions of the Central Asian States with Afghanistan. Bearing in mind that the stability of Afghanistan is closely linked with its economic development, Kazakhstan has been providing long term financial, technical and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“We commend the presidency of the United States for hosting this debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Addressing peace and security in Afghanistan has always been a priority for Kazakhstan, including during our tenure on the Security Council in 2017 and 2018. We see Afghanistan as an important regional partner and are thus working on integrating it into the Central Asian region. Kazakhstan traditionally co-sponsors an annual General Assembly draft resolution on Afghanistan, as we see its significance for peace in the country. Kazakhstan also supports the international community’s efforts to continue with peace talks, which will, hopefully, result in a ceasefire and a reduction of violence in Afghanistan.”
2021-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/291 (2021) · source
“It will also enhance social protection measures and thereby close the gender gap in agriculture, together with the engagement of youth groups.Finally, the Group also calls on all to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect food-related civilian objects, including farms, markets, water systems, mills, food processing and storage sites, and hubs and means of food transportation. In conclusion, LLDCs must be central to the international food security agenda. The Group will cooperate fully to make the 2021 Food Systems Summit a historic event for our common and secure humankind.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Many conflict-induced food crises elsewhere can compound the economic crises in general in LLDCs or the neighbouring transit countries. Hence, we see the valuable role of a focal point or envoy for food security in directing and monitoring this process at the regional and global levels. Sustaining peace for LLDCs must be not a mere post-conflict activity, but rather a priority right in the pre-conflict phases with livelihood support, facilitated community-based approaches and capacity-building of governmental and civil society institutions. Only then can we prevent food security disruptions and displacements. Furthermore, implementing resolution 1325 (2000), on the women and peace and security agenda, will greatly promote women’s economic empowerment.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“In the light of the abovementioned, we realize that we can have a sustainable impact on peace only if food security and nutrition initiatives are implemented as part of a larger and broader set of multisectoral, humanitarian, development and peace-related strategies to avert conflicts. So, instead of short-term responses, LLDCs will need sufficient financial and technical support for investments in longer-term resilience building and disaster preparedness, in addition to their own resources. Therefore, the international cooperation of the United Nations system, development partners and donors will help build resilient livelihoods and risk- informed programmes to reduce poverty and effectively implement resolution 2417 (2018). However, the situation is complex.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The 2020 Global Report on Food Crises indicates that 16 LLDCs were among the 50 countries with severe food crises. Secondly, it is necessary to understand that this fragile situation stems from the costs of imported food items, as well as domestic food prices, which are three times higher in LLDCs than the coastal regions. Thirdly, the brunt of this burden is often borne by vulnerable populations who are threatened by climate change, with its devastating impact on some 54 per cent of the terrain of LLDCs, which is comprised of arid and semi-arid areas or dry lands and not conducive to agriculture. Fourthly, since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease pandemic, increasing food insecurity and potential instability have soared in LLDCs faster than their capacity to cope with these spiralling conditions.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“We thank the United States presidency for focusing attention on resolution 2417 (2018) as the pathway for the convening of the Food Systems Summit during the high-level week in September 2021. It is hence my honour to speak on behalf of the 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) of the world and present a pathway by which agriculture and food systems can be made the backbone of our economies and sustainable development. However, first, we need to acknowledge the many complex challenges that LLDCs encounter. These arise from their geographic remoteness, the lack of direct access to the sea and the high transport and trade tariffs connected to traversing through transit countries. This accounts for why one third of the population of LLDCs lives in extreme poverty, with moderate to severe food insecurity still persisting.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source