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Mark Lyall Grant

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first: 2009-11-13
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“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 4.50 p.m.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“I thank the representative of Jordan for his helpful suggestions. I think that the proposal of no showcasing might be a challenge for some members of the Council.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“There is much more that could be done by clustering some discussions, spreading out the periodicity of others, avoiding repetitive statements, et cetera, which could free up more Council time for both tackling the crises of the day and preventing the conflicts of tomorrow. I thank Council members once again for the support throughout our presidency. I look forward to hearing their views on our collective work this month. I wish the United States delegation every success in its Council presidency in September. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to the members of the Security Council.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“I take this as an indication of the Council's readiness to respond quickly, even, on occasion, to the point of discussing issues before a descent into full-blown conflict. We should continue to use that particular tool and consider whether we can raise issues even earlier as indicators start to flash red. Talking of flashing lights, sometimes the simplest efforts can make a difference. Starting meetings promptly, encouraging speakers to keep to time limits and moving discussions on smartly have this month all contributed to allowing us to get through large amounts of business. The open debate last Thursday included 59 speakers but finished by 4.30 p.m. I hope that colleagues around the table and in the wider membership will agree that this has been a boon, and not an imposition.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“My hope is that the lessons the Council learned during its visit to Belgium, the debate last Thursday, this week's briefing by the Department of Political Affairs and the adoption of resolution 2171 (2014) will allow us to tackle that head on. If we want to be more effective at preventing conflict, we have to find ways of holding discussions, public or private, on situations that may exhibit some alarming indicators but might not yet constitute a full- blown conflict, without that being seen to constitute an encroachment on sovereignty. The use of "Any other business" has provided one useful vehicle to raise issues of concern privately and in a timely manner. So far this month, 13 issues have been raised under "Any other business" in consultations.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“Actions we can take to free up the Council's workload and to ensure that we get through routine business more quickly could help to create time for more valuable overseas visits, more exploration of the activities outlined for us in Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations, more time for horizon-scanning and more time to act on the indicators of emerging conflict. But time is not our only constraint. The perceived tension between the principle of sovereignty and conflict prevention also constrains Council action. That has been used in the past to justify taking no action for fear of offending a State or being seen to impinge on sovereignty.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“Our discussions in Belgium and The Hague came back time and again to what more the Council can and must do to effectively discharge its conflict-prevention responsibilities. As I said in last Thursday's debate (see S/PV.7247), the Council needs to take conflict prevention more seriously than it currently does. The moral, humanitarian and political imperatives of early preventive action are unarguable. The question is, how can the Council better fulfil this role. Part of the answer relates to the Council's working methods. The Council's agenda is full and our capacity is stretched as we struggle to cope with persistent and complex crises. But acting only in crisis mode, responding and reacting, will never allow us to get ahead of events and intervene early enough to have a preventive effect.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“I hope that the resolutions we have adopted, in particular in confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in resolution 2170 (2014) and tackling Libya in resolution 2174 (2014), will have real and lasting impact on the ground. Much of that crisis work is a matter of public record. I will therefore focus my remarks on a key thematic priority for the United Kingdom presidency, which was conflict prevention. I will also touch on the working methods of the Council. Let me start by recalling the Council's visit to Belgium on 9 and 10 August, the first leg of the wider visit we undertook to Europe and Africa. The aim of the Belgian leg was to commemorate the start of the First World War, to pay tribute to those who died and to learn lessons from the past for our current work.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. Let me start by thanking Council colleagues for their support during what has been another busy month. It has only been with their help that we have been able to get through that business efficiently and effectively. August has not been a quiet month for the Security Council for some years now. This year was no exception, with simultaneous crises in Gaza, Iraq, Ukraine, Syria, Libya and South Sudan, to name just six. The Council has addressed all of those conflicts this month.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7254 (2014) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 3:30pm.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“We again call on Russia to immediately withdraw its military forces from Ukraine, stop its flow of weapons to the separatists and instead help to secure a political solution to the crisis. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of Ukraine.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“The increasing number of Russian casualties and captured soldiers gives the lie to that. Russia can no longer pretend that it is not a direct party to this conflict. Indeed, this conflict would no longer exist without direct Russian military involvement in support of the separatists. President Putin has said that Russia is willing to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. Those words have little value against this clear pattern of escalating Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine. Violating international law and the Charter of the United Nations in such a brazen manner is not compatible with Russia's responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“On Monday, 10 Russian paratroopers belonging to the 331st Regiment of the 98th Svirsk Airborne Division were captured near the village of Dzerkalne, 20 kilometres inside Ukrainian territory. We have satellite imagery confirming the deployment of Russian armoured vehicles supported by artillery south of Donetsk close to that location. Today, another Russian soldier, Petr Khokhlov, serving with the 9th Motor Rifle Brigade, was captured in Luhansk. It is simply not credible for Russia and its proxies in Donetsk and Luhansk to keep claiming that those serving members of the Russian armed forces are in Ukraine by accident or on holiday. Nor is it credible for Russia to continue claiming to the whole world, including to the Russian people, that Russian soldiers are not present on Ukrainian territory.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“For some months, Russia has deployed small groups of its special forces operating under the command of the main intelligence directorate of the Russian armed forces in support of the separatists. Those forces have been responsible for coordinating attacks and facilitating communications and transfers of equipment and personnel. Their presence is clear from their communications. Over a single 24-hour period from 29 to 30 July alone, there were 45 separate instances ofRussian secure military radio transmissions originating from inside Ukrainian territory. Today, NATO has released satellite imagery, taken on 21 and 23 August, of Russian self-propelled artillery units inside Ukraine in the vicinity of Krasnodon, Luhansk province.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“On 31 July, a Russian soldier posted photographs of himself operating military hardware inside Ukraine. His photographs included images of himself inside an SA-ll missile launch system - the very weapon that appears to have been used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17. Russia has also denied that it has shelled Ukrainian territory. In fact, over just five days, between 14 and 19 August, Ukrainian armed forces were fired upon from positions inside Russian territory on at least 21 separate occasions, with weapons systems ranging from heavy mortars to Grad rockets. Now we see irrefutable evidence of regular Russian forces operating inside Ukraine.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“In the past three weeks, that support has increased significantly, no doubt in response to Ukraine's success in liberating territory from the separatists. On 7 August, 50 vehicles, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers and BM-2l Grad multiple rocket launchers, crossed from Russia into Ukraine at the Chervono Partizansk border crossing. On 15 August, a convoy of 23 armoured personnel carriers crossed close to where the Russian humanitarian convoy was awaiting customs clearance. The following day, a further convoy of 84 military vehicles crossed the border. The evidence is overwhelming, and plenty of it comes from the Russian military itself. On 13 July, armoured vehicles flying Russian flags were photographed by a Russian serviceman crossing the Ukrainian border at Izvaryne, Donetsk.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“Russian denials of that reality fit into the pattern of Russia's dishonest approach to Ukraine from the very beginning of the crisis. We all remember that Russia denied that it had any extra military personnel on the ground in Crimea right up until its illegal annexation with military force. Russia has denied providing military support to the separatists. In fact, Russia has been transferring significant quantities of advanced weapons, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers and artillery, to separatist groups for several months. As of today, the separatists' arsenal includes up to 100 main battle tanks, 80 armoured personnel carriers, 100 man-portable air defence systems, 500 anti-tank weapons and more than 100 artillery pieces. Almost all of those have been directly supplied by Russia since the conflict started.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing. The United Kingdom is deeply alarmed by the escalation of Russian military intervention in eastern Ukraine over the past 72 hours. Formed units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation are now directly engaged in fighting inside Ukraine against the armed forces of Ukraine. Those units consist of well over 1,000 regular Russian troops equipped with armoured vehicles, artillery and air defence systems. That incursion is a clear violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory by the Russian Federation. It is a clear breach of international law and a contravention of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Feltman.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7253 (2014) · source
“I thank Ms. Kang for her briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion of the subject. The meeting rose at10.15 am.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7252 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Kyung-Wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/611, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014). I give the floor to Ms. Kyung-Wha Kang.”
2014-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7252 (2014) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion of the subject. The meeting rose at10.55 am.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7251 (2014) · source
“I thank Mr. Mitri for his briefing. On behalf of my colleagues on the Security Council, I would like to express our appreciation for his efforts over the past two years on the Libya dossier. I now give the floor to the representative of Libya.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7251 (2014) · source
“It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands. In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2174 (2014). I now give the floor to Mr. Mitri.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7251 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Germany, Italy and Libya to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Tarek Mitri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document 8/2014/629, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7251 (2014) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.10 am.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source
“In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2173 (2014). I now give the floor to the representative of the Sudan.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Sudan to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2014/515, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Members of the Council have before them document S/2014/628, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by France, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7250 (2014) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council has before it the text of a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today's meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to this statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ZOl4/l7. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.05 am.”
2014-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7249 (2014) · source
“I know that it was a gruelling five days, but I think that many of the themes, including around conflict prevention and accountability, are vitally important for our work here in New York. Travelling to South Sudan and Somalia has given all of us added insight into two conflict areas that we are directly addressing in the Council. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 3.25 pm.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“Council members expressed concern that the United Nations consolidated humanitarian appeal for Somalia was significantly underfunded, and committed to urging Member States to make a contribution to the humanitarian fund. Security Council members left Somalia with the feeling of optimism. There are undoubtedly immense challenges that remain, in particular on security. But I think it is fair to say that, if the Government follows through on its commitments to govern in the interests of the people of Somalia and puts aside its differences, then the Somali people could have the increased peace and prosperity that they so richly deserve. Finally, in my capacity as President of the Council, I take this opportunity to thank the Secretariat and all the co-leaders for their support in organizing the trip.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“and the head of the Somali National Army briefed the Security Council on plans for the next phase of their operations against Al-Shabaab. The AMISOM. Force Commander reminded Council members of the importance of sourcing attack helicopters for their operations against Al-Shabaab. The Government of Somalia updated the Security Council on the measures it had put in place to manage the flow of arms in a more effective manner. In response, the members of the Security Council underlined the importance of complying with the Security Council's requirements in the management of arms and ammunition. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Somalia.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“We reiterated the importance of the Government of Somalia holding a referendum on the Constitution in 2015 and democratic elections in 2016. We look forward to the Government of Somalia adopting key legislation, including on establishing the electoral commission. We also underline the importance of women's participation in the peace and reconciliation process. Turning to the military situation, Council members were united in their praise for the bravery and sacrifices that the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army had made in the pursuit ofpeace in Somalia. We reiterated our determination to end the threat posed by Al-Shabaab to Somalia and the region. We underscored in particular the importance of stabilization and the provision of basic services in areas recovered from Al-Shabaab. AMISOM.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. The Somalia leg ofthe trip was co-led by the United Kingdom and Nigeria. The visit focused on progress towards elections in 2016, including the participation of women; the security situation, in particular the campaign against Al-Shabaab; and the humanitarian situation. It was the first Security Council visit to Somalia since 1994. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Abdiwali Sheikh Ahmed and Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari warmly welcomed the historic Visit and hailed the United Nations as a key contributor to the protection of Somalia's sovereignty. Council members welcomed the progress Somalia had made over the past two years. We underlined the importance of unity in the Federal Government of Somalia.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“At this meeting the Security Council will hear briefings by the representatives of Australia, Chile, the United States of America and my own delegation on the Security Council mission to Europe and Africa.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7245 (2014) · source
“After today's briefing, there is a strong case for renewed Security Council action. We shall therefore propose a new draft resolution on how the Council can better protect humanitarian workers. It is time for the Council to be heard again. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The Council has concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at noon.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“The Council's statement on the killing of aid workers in South Sudan was a welcome step and raised awareness ofthe attack. There is direct action. We raised the Bunj attack directly with President Kiir last week, calling on him to speak out clearly against such attacks irrespective of who committed them. We should use our legislative role to ensure that peacekeeping operations are mandated and equipped to create safe conditions for the rapid and unfettered delivery of aid. Special political missions have a key role in promoting institutions to ensure accountability for attacks. We should also, in the case of persistent behaviour, consider sanctions, including against non-State actors. Eleven years ago, the Council came together to adopt resolution 1502 (2003) in the wake of the attack on the United Nations compound in Baghdad.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“Karokhail powerfully reminded us this morning, it is important to recognize that the vast majority - 80 per cent - of attacks are directed against national, locally recruited staff. We heard at first hand from him about the impact of insecurity on the front lines of humanitarian operations in Afghanistan. But it is the same pattern elsewhere. Recently, in Bunj, South Sudan, we saw fatal ethnically motivated attacks on South Sudanese aid workers. The shift towards managing risk by using local staff to deliver aid will only put those staff more and more at risk of attack. Against that worsening background, it is the Council's duty to act. As colleagues have recalled, we have a number of tools at our disposal. There is condemnation.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“Today, the United Kingdom has announced a further $1.5 million of funding to protect humanitarian workers, including support for non-governmental organization safety offices in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Libya. The increasing disrespect for international humanitarian law in those environments is of particular concern. As Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos has repeatedly told the Council, even wars have rules. Attacks on humanitarian workers and their vehicles, supplies and facilities have an impact not only on the safety, security and psychology of those workers, but also on their ability to reach people in need. The international community must come together to ensure greater compliance with international humanitarian law and accountability for those who flout it. As Mr.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“Four of the top five countries for attacks, namely, Afghanistan, South Sudan, the Sudan, including Darfur, and Syria, are on the Council's agenda. Aid workers face unprecedented threats. The rise in asymmetric conflicts and the number of non-State actors poses new challenges. The reality is that humanitarian workers are viewed as a soft target. That is a moral outrage and is totally unacceptable. With the increasing demands on the United Nations to operate in increasingly insecure situations, it is clear that humanitarian workers will remain in the firing line. I applaud the bravery of United Nations and other international and national humanitarian staff, risking their lives to get aid to people in need.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“Indeed, the problem is getting worse, with 2013 providing a record high for the number of attacks on aid workers - a 66-per-cent increase on 2012. The year 2014 is on course to exceed even that number. Seventy-nine aid workers have already been killed this year, which is more than were killed in the whole of 2012. The issue cannot be ignored. That is why the United Kingdom arranged this briefing to the Security Council today. The Council has just Visited Somalia and South Sudan, which are two of the top five countries in the world most affected by attacks on aid workers. Such attacks are a war crime and exactly the sort of crime that we entrusted the International Criminal Court with prosecuting, as we heard in The Hague last week. Across the world, aid workers operate in unprecedentedly dangerous environments.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. I would like to warmly thank Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer and Director of The Liaison Office Masood Karokhail for their powerful briefings today. Eleven years ago today, a heinous attack on the United Nations compound killed 22 United Nations staff members, including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sergio Vieira de Mello. I, like many others in the Chamber, paid my respects to their memeory at a moving ceremony downstairs this morning. It is appalling that 11 years later, attacks against humanitarian workers still continue.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“I thank Mr. Karokhail for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to the members of the Security Council. In accordance with provisions of the note S/2010/507, which encourages both members and non-members of the Council to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, it is our intention to use the flashing light on the collar of the speaker's microphone to indicate when the five minutes have elapsed. I strongly encourage members of the Council to conclude their remarks promptly once the five minutes have elapsed.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Mr. Masood Karokhail, Director and co-founder of The Liaison Office. On behalf of the Council, I welcome Mr. Maurer, who is joining today's meeting via Video-teleconference from Geneva. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/20l4/571, which contains the text of a letter dated 5 August 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration.”
2014-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7244 (2014) · source
“I thank Mr. Serry for his briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion of the subject. The meeting rose at 10.20 am.”
2014-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7243 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Serry.”
2014-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7243 (2014) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 3.50pm.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“Today, the Council has shown that it will not stand idle in the face of terrorism and violations of human rights. The resolution is not the final word. The framework that it provides will need to be developed and refined, but the Council's unity on the text establishes a strong basis for doing that. We must be resolute, active and creative in considering what further measures should be taken to tackle that terrorist scourge. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“In particular, it sends a clear political message that the international community utterly condemns ISIL's brutal and mindless terrorist acts, rejects its violent extremist ideology and is united in its resolve to oppose and confront it. The resolution contains measures to stifle recruitment and to target the growing phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters. It tackles the financing of terrorism, calling on all Member States to immediately cease all trade and materiel support that enables ISIL and other terrorist groups to function. It sanctions six key ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra individuals under the United Nations Al-Qaida sanctions regime, sending a clear signal that there is no impunity for those who seek to support Al-Qaida or its splinter groups.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“Resolution 2170 (2014) represents the international community's comprehensive rejection of those terrorist groups and expresses its determination to respond. The Council has taken a firm and united stand. There is already a strong response under way to the short-term threat from ISIL, including military and humanitarian. The United Kingdom is participating fully in the humanitarian response in both Iraq and Syria. We are supporting efforts to establish inclusive governance and to strengthen moderate elements in both countries. However, this resolution provides an additional framework for a longer-term and strategic international response to the threat.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source