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1. “As Angola's membership of the Security Council ends - and coincides with the very last day of 2016 - I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our colleagues and the members of the Council a very peaceful and prosperous new year.”

   2016-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7855 (2016) · source

2. “What is essential is that the efforts should focus on the common goal of achieving peace and enabling the citizens of Syria to reconcile and rebuild their nation within parameters that they establish themselves, with the support of the international community. The Security Council resolution remains a relevant and important instrument for resolving the conflict. We are aware that its unanimous adoption has reinforced the chances for peace, and that unanimity represents a very good way of ending the year with a decision that we have repeatedly insisted on - that the solution must be a political one. This decision will enable that.”

   2016-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7855 (2016) · source

3. “Like the other members of the Security Council, Angola voted in favour of resolution 2336 (2016), and we would like to thank the delegation of the Russian Federation for convening today's meeting for the unanimous adoption of a resolution aimed at establishing a ceasefire agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic. We should consider it a real contribution to creating a path to peace and stability in a country that has occupied such a central place on our agenda during the past year, the year that is about to end. We would like to commend the Russian Federation for the central role that it has played in achieving that goal, and Turkey for the joint agreement that has been signed. We look forward to the peace talks to be held in Astana. Obviously, there are no perfect agreements.”

   2016-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7855 (2016) · source

4. “Above all, resolution 2334 (2016) calls for a commitment to peace, particularly by the two main parties, Israel and Palestine. In conclusion, let me say that the resolution is not an imposition of terms by the United Nations, but rather a measure to salvage the prospects of the two-State solution. Therefore, we hope that we will definitely see this as a step in the right direction, as we have several times reiterated in the Council.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source

5. “Palestinian statehood will not be possible if settlements are expanded; then any possibility of a contiguous Palestinian State would be eliminated. Therefore, we urge both parties to refrain from any negative unilateral actions that could hinder the prospect of the two States living side by side in peace and harmony. A Council resolution represents only a positive contribution to peace and security in the world, which again is the primary raison d'etre of the Council; that is, if the resolution can be implemented. I hope that resolution 2334 (2016), which we just adopted, will be effectively implemented, particularly by all key parties. This calls for the unity of the Security Council, unity by the Palestinians, unity in Israel.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source

6. “Angola welcomes the adoption today of resolution 2334 (2016). I would like to thank the sponsors - Egypt, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuel - for presenting it to the Council. For far too long, a source of deep frustration and despair to the international community as a whole has been the continued expansion of illegal settlements by the Israeli authorities, which have perpetuated an atmosphere of mistrust, hostility and violence among Israelis and Palestinians. There is no doubt that the settlements are illegal under international law, and therefore we find it disappointing that the Israeli authorities dispute that and believe that their final status should be determined in talks on Palestinian statehood.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source

7. “I hope that we will continue to engage with UNMIL and the Government, especially in this period of peace consolidation, which is a very critical phase. We do not want to see a return to a situation that has been positively corrected by the Mission while in Liberia.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7851 (2016) · source

8. “Angola voted in favour of resolution 2333 (2016), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for more than 12 months, based mainly on our overall evaluation of the very positive role of UNMIL, especially in coming electoral period, and on the concrete request of the Government of Liberia, in solidarity with and understanding of the challenges can be faced during the electoral period and the need for stability. That is why we voted in favour of the resolution. Angola regrets that the resolution was not adopted unanimously by all Council members, as that would have shown a more resolute and united position of the Council, especially for a mission that can be considered a success story of the Council.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7851 (2016) · source

9. “That would be in line with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which underscored that an arms embargo or sanctions on South Sudan would not provide the requisite solution leading to permanent peace and stability in the country. IGAD stressed again that what is required is dialogue, reconciliation and the commitment by all the South Sudanese parties to fully implement the peace agreement. The African Union has also adopted the IGAD position. We feel that the Council should reinforce and encourage that position. Angola is fully committed to the path of sustainable peace and stability through dialogue, which is a better way to solve conflicts, including this particular conflict in South Sudan. For that reason we abstained in the voting on the draft resolution.”

   2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7850 (2016) · source

10. “At this stage, the Council, instead of moving in the direction of applying sanctions, should continue to monitor the decisions announced and encourage the Government to move forward on that path. Several positive developments were recorded in the various states of the country, such as the approval of the deployment sites in Central Equatorial. We believe that in due time, again through dialogue, the parties, namely, the United Nations and the Government of National Unity, will agree on the necessary arrangements and agreements. In our view, sanctions against South Sudan must not be the priority of the United Nations. Rather, the United Nations should focus in South Sudan more on supporting the political dialogue with the aim of implementing the peace agreement.”

    2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7850 (2016) · source

11. “Like other members, Angola abstained in the voting on draft resolution S/2016/1085, which sought to target sanctions and an arms embargo against the Government and authorities of South Sudan. Recently, the Government of South Sudan has continued to show its commitment to the implementation of the joint communique between the Transitional Government of National Unity and the Security Council on the deployment of the Regional Protection Force. And in our latest Council discussion on the topic, which took place on 19 December (see S/PV.7846), Angola noted with appreciation the steps taken by the Government to support the operationalization of the Force. Angola welcomes the decision that President Kiir recently announced to launch a national inclusive dialogue.”

    2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7850 (2016) · source

12. “Angola has acceded to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Additional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, as well as other relevant international conventions and instruments related to the eradication of child and forced labour and to slavery. In conclusion, further work is needed in all of our countries. Without a comprehensive regime to combat the trafficking in persons and protection of victims, we need to build on the experience of others who have made the most progress. To this end, Governments must deploy efforts to prevent, punish and eradicate trafficking in persons as well as to ensure the physical safety of victims, while ensuring that legal systems contain provisions that address the needs and give due compensation of the victims.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

13. “Responding to increased awareness of the phenomenon, Angola has adopted legislation related to criminalizing trafficking in human beings by developing specific mechanisms to prevent and combat that type of crime. The aim is to step up the fight against trafficking and ensure assistance, recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration for victims. In addition, justice reform, executive programmes and legislative measures have been adopted to support victims. Legislation has been updated, including the adoption of new penal code provisions to respond to Angola's current problems in this area. Effective partnerships among agencies responsible for preventing and combating this scourge are being put into place, while the Minister for Social Reinsertion has created shelters throughout the country for the victims of human trafficking.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

14. “Trafficking in persons takes place in countries and regions of Africa and the Middle East, Latin America and the Far East, with people being recruited for a life of exploitation and slavery in Europe, the United States of America and elsewhere. Moreover, criminal networks recruit desperate people, including children, in search ofa better life, thereby raising the imperative need to consider the phenomenon as an issue related to international peace and security, as expressed in the fourth preambular paragraph of the statement by the President ofthe Security Council, adopted 16 December 2015, which notes that "trafficking in persons undermines the rule of law and contributes to other forms of transnational organized crime, which can exacerbate conflict and foster insecurity" (S/PRST/2015/25).”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

15. “Modern slavery is one of the most significant human rights tragedy ofmodern times, with multiplying effects in conflict situations, particularly in Africa and in the Middle East. The Security Council, as we are doing today through this debate and the adoption of resolution 2331 (2016), decided to continue sending a strong message concerning that egregious violation of human rights, by qualifying the trafficking and the issue of enslavement as war crimes and crimes against humanity and broadening the jurisdiction covering that type of time. In addition, the United Nations system has been mobilizing and coordinating efforts to combat modern day slavery in conflict situations.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

16. “A collective effort is crucial in order to upgrade the fight against trafficking in persons by gathering the support of all nations, communities, institutions and individuals as an essential prerequisite to successfully addressing the problem. Trafficking in human beings in conflict situations leads to sexual slavery, to the trade in women and girls, to forced marriage and to the most appalling human rights violations. Those tactics are used by terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab in Somalia, Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in Syria, the Lord's Resistance Army and other armed and terrorist groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

17. “Nadia Murad Basee Taha, for their poignant testimonies on an issue in which the Council sometimes needs to hear directly from the people involved in order to more clearly seize the importance of taking measures on time and measures that take action and count in combating such practices. Trafficking in human beings is clearly a gross violation of human rights and an infringement on the dignity and integrity of human beings. This type of crime is on the increase, having become a large source of income for organized crime worldwide, in parallel with drugs and arms trafficking. The basic approach to countering the phenomenon involves the commitment of countries and the international community to improving the socioeconomic conditions of the most vulnerable and guaranteeing the fundamental rights of all of their citizens.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

18. “Let me too join other colleagues in presenting our most heartfelt condolences to the Russian Federation for the terrible act that ended the life of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. Let me welcome and thank the President of the Government of Spain, His Excellency Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, for presiding over this very important debate, and the Spanish delegation for selecting this critical issue of contemporary life as a central theme in the programme of work of its presidency in the month of December. We are grateful to the Secretary-General; the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yury Fedotov; and our two briefers and activists for Yazidi women's rights, Ms. Ameena Saeed Hasan and Ms.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

19. “This is also in line with resolution 2282 (2016). To conclude, we would like to thank the members of the Ad Hoc Working Group and the Secretariat for their invaluable contributions in supporting the work of the Chair. We also convey our best wishes to our successor in the chairmanship of the Working Group .”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

20. “The discussion afforded the members of the Working Group an opportunity to evaluate how we can enhance the relationship between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, assess how the Peacebuilding Commission can be more relevant to the work of the Security Council, taking into account its bridging role, and contribute to overcoming a problem that has been detected - the lack of synchronization or the existence of the silo mentality - which has been identified as one of the problems affecting the work of the United Nations. We recommend that the annual programme of the Ad Hoc Working Group include peacebuilding and sustaining peace thematics. We further recommend that the choice of the thematics be proposed by the Chair following consultations with relevant structures of the Secretariat.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

21. “This meeting was based upon the adoption of resolution 2282 (2016), in which the Council expressed an intent to regularly request, deliberate and draw upon the specific strategic and targeted advice of the Peacebuilding Commission. This was a remarkable development, as it will definitely make the Peacebuilding Commission a very important body in the work of the Council.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

22. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the African Union Peace and Security Council did not until recently respond to our repeated communications regarding the latest version of the draft joint communique discussed in New York on 23 May, which contained several outstanding issues. These developments are worrying signs for the future of the Security Council's engagement with the Peace and Security Council, which is its main partner in matters related to peace and security in Africa. As our successor now takes over and prepares for the eleventh joint session, which will take place in Addis Ababa, those matters should be carefully addressed. The second focus of activity this year was a meeting on improving the cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Security Council in sustaining peace in Africa.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

23. “The Working Group discussed the programme, the draft agenda and the joint communique issued after the informal meeting of the joint session, which took place on 23 May. The Group was to address two points on its agenda. Unfortunately, we could not agree on the inclusion of specific points raised by the African Union, in particular the inclusion of the question of the situation of Western Sahara. During the informal consultations, the Peace and Security Council expressed its concern for the rejection of the proposal of items of the African Union in the agenda. That affected the good work of the joint session, especially considering that conflicts in Africa are very much on the agenda of the Security Council.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

24. “Let me also join you, Mr. President, in reiterating the condolences of the Council over the occurrence in Ankara this afternoon, which caused the death of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. We thank you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. I would also like to acknowledge the strong support that we have received from the Secretariat regarding the work of the Committee, especially the participation of Mr. James Sutterlin, who has been Secretary for the Working Group. As decided by the Council, the Ad Hoc Working Group has served as the forum through which the Security Council has prepared the joint session of the Security Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7845 (2016) · source

25. “During the past two years, we have tried to actively participate in all initiatives to revive the Middle East peace process. In Security Council debates, in private consultations, in several Arria Formula meetings, we have tried to contribute to finding a solution for this long-standing conflict. The international community and the United Nations membership agree that the Council has enough tools at its disposal to address the issue of the settlements, since they are illegal under international law and constitute the most concrete threat to the two-State solution. As we come to the end of our two-year participation as a non-permanent member, let me reiterate the hope that the Council will look at the two-State solution not as a mere slogan, but as a workable, effective road map towards peace in this very volatile region.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

26. “Angola therefore welcomes initiatives by a number of Council members to unblock the situation, especially the French conference that is due to take place, seeking to restart negotiations, since it is our collective responsibility to act, and urges the Council to uphold its responsibilities in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. We furthermore welcome efforts by the League of Arab States and look forward to the outcome of the ministerial meeting, which we hope will provide a workable road map on the way forward. As important as it is to get the parties back to the negotiating table, however, we must insist that the Israeli Government halt and reverse the illegal settlement activity and put an end to the blockade of Gaza, which has been the cause of a dire humanitarian situation so far and for too long.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

27. “All members of the Council reiterated that point this morning. The Government's latest move to adopt a legalization bill aimed at sanctioning the illegal settlements and outposts built on private Palestinian property in the West Bank is a step further towards annexation and a demonstration of our collective failure to bring about dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. The Council is called upon to act decisively and in unity if we are to defuse another explosive ingredient in an already volatile region.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

28. “We in the Security Council cannot continue defending equal treatment of both sides and shared responsibility for the lack of progress in the two-State solution. We wonder how it is possible to apply the same level of legal, political and moral obligations and responsibilities to the Palestinians, who are dispossessed of their homelands, deprived of natural resources and economic development and restricted in their movement. Such treatment is one of the main root causes that creates, fuels and breeds anger, frustration and despair, giving rise to acts of violence and extremism. In that context, we commend the drive in recent months by the international community to mobilize in order to salvage the process and prospects for the two-State solution. Israeli policies of continued settlement expansion is a real threat to the two-State solution.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

29. “Over the past two years, a great amount of information was provided from United Nations sources, humanitarian agencies, civil society and warnings made by the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy with regard to the unsustainable status quo on the Israeli-Palestinian issue and the mounting threats to the two-State solution. However, despite the overwhelming evidence, the Council has been unable to effectively address the situation. The matter of the fact is that Israel, with its relatively great military power, has pursued the colonization of territories against the will of their populations for almost half a century. Palestinians living under harsh occupation and brutal blockade face systematic discrimination and violations of their basic human rights.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

30. “This is the last opportunity forusto speakinthis ChamberonthequestionofPalestine and the Middle East peace process. As a non-permanent member of the Security Council, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General and commend him for his consistent engagement with the peace process, and in particular for his work in favour of the two-State solution. I would also like to express appreciation the positive engagement of New Zealand, and especially the presence in the Council this morning of Foreign Minister Murray McCulley.”

    2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source

31. “We strongly urge the parties to choose the path of dialogue rather than that of violence, including the detention, torture and killing of combatants as well as civilians.”

    2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7834 (2016) · source

32. “We would first like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing, and to express our solidarity with his efforts to stop any atrocities being committed in the city ofAleppo against civilians, including women and children. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that all parties to the conflict avoid targeting civilians and that they abide by international humanitarian law and human rights law. Aleppo, and especially its civilian population, has suffered enough. The Government and the opposition have a difficult task ahead of them that will require a great deal of dialogue and coordination if the civilians trapped between their forces are to be spared death and suffering. That is the only way that the carnage in Aleppo can be stopped and a move begun towards a political solution.”

    2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7834 (2016) · source

33. “I would like to make it clear that Angola will continue to be engaged in the search for a solution that can save lives in Syria by stopping the bombing and ending the war that continues to make victims of so many. We need a lasting peace in Syria, notjust in Aleppo, and I am sure that if the Council continues to act as it should - in unity, and with a clear goal - we should be able to reach that goal, as we have done in adopting previous resolutions on Syria.”

    2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source

34. “Regrettably, we felt compelled to abstain in the voting on today's draft resolution (S/2016/1026), which, ifit had been negotiated with the sole objective of saving Syrian lives in mind, would have been adopted by consensus. A resolution designed to stop the bombing for 24 or 48 hours, or even seven days, only for it to be resumed immediately afterwards, is not what is required of the Council. Our consultations clearly pointed to the outcome we have just reached - a draft resolution that could not be adopted, since we did not reach a consensus. Angola has worked consistently to try to enable the Council to reach a consensus and will continue to do so. We should stand united in the face of a situation such as the one in Syria.”

    2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source