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Masood Khan

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first: 2012-10-15
most recent: 2015-01-30
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“Pakistani women have served as police officers, doctors and nurses in various missions in Asia, Africa and the Balkans. Our feedback about the work of the police officers is very positive. Women police officers instinctively, and because of their special training, show empathy to women suffering in conflict situations. These women in turn relate instantly to these police officers.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“The Council should continue constantly to ensure that peacekeeping and political missions institute monitoring mechanisms to enhance the protection of women and girls on the ground. The protection of civilians agenda should be broadly linked to the Secretary-General's Human Rights up Front initiative. Finally, the Council should devote a special session to dealing with the threats posed by violent extremism to the safety and security of civilians, especially women and girls. United Nations peacekeeping and other relevant missions must be properly mandated and geared towards protecting women and girls caught in conflicts. As a leading participant in peacekeeping, Pakistan has regularly contributed to this effort. Gender sensitization as a core cultural value has been a mandatory part of our training for peacekeepers.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“As peacekeepers face non-traditional threats, such as terrorism, extremism and transnational crime, existing measures and tools should be refined and strengthened to choke financing resources and bring criminals to justice. In this regard, we would like to make the following suggestions. The command-and-control of peacekeeping missions should be streamlined and harmonized to pay particular attention to the protection of civilians, especially women and girls. The doctrinal differences regarding the protection of civilians and protection-of- civilian mandates should be resolved so as to enhance the protection of women and girls. Barriers to humanitarian access should be removed so that peacekeepers and the international humanitarian community can reach women and girls trapped in conflicts.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“We agree with you, Sir, that gender equality and women's empowerment are essential to reinforce the protection environment, which is an integral part of the protection of civilians. Parties to conflicts are bound under international humanitarian law to protect women and girls. Women must sit at peace negotiating tables to ensure that women's rights are protected during and after conflicts and during recovery, reconstruction and peacebuilding. The present debate is timely because the Secretary- General's High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations is focusing on the protection of civilians. First and foremost, the Security Council should continue to curtail and end impunity for perpetrators of violence against women in conflicts and bring non-State actors under the ambit of international humanitarian law.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“More worrying still is the fact that women and girls are being attacked by directly by parties to conflicts as part of their tactics. Violence against women is being used as an instrument of war. The plight of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Syria and Iraq has mobilized the Security Council in the recent past to generate sufficient momentum for decision-making to protect women and girls in armed conflicts. There is an increasing understanding of the need to enhance women's participation in all aspects of the prevention and resolution of conflict. The gender perspective has been integrated into the Council's protection-of-civilians agenda. Monitoring and reporting arrangements have also been made to prevent sexual violence.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“We thank Chile for having organized this important debate and Assistant Secretary-General Kyung-wha Kang for her insightful statement earlier today. The briefings by Ms. Helen Durham, of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Ms. Ilwad Elman, of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, were very informative and useful. The protection of civilians in armed conflicts is one of the core functions of the Security Council in its mandated peacekeeping missions. Civilians continue to be targeted in conflict. Women and girls, being the most vulnerable, bear the brunt of the devastation of conflicts disproportionately. Last year, the combined caseload of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons around the world crossed the mark of 50 million people; the majority of them are women and girls.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“With equal vigour, they should promote national, territorial, religious, ethnic, racial, social and cultural cohesion and inclusion. The Security Council might consider issuing public documents on lessons learned and best practices from various conflict situations. Such publications could help decision makers and peoples grappling with similar situations. Finally, synergy on the issue of inclusion among United Nations bodies does not mean they should trespass on one another's mandated space but should rather share experiences and perspectives aimed at enhancing the United Nations system's effectiveness. The jurisdictional boundaries of each forum must be respected. The objective is to work towards lasting peace and development that serves the people of the world.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“The concept note has, in a synoptic manner, highlighted how the Security Council has assisted in the management of inclusive transitions, peace dialogues, electoral processes and governance structures in Iraq, Yemen, Mali, the Central African Republic and West Africa and how nations like Rwanda, Burundi, Haiti have seen a turnaround by pursuing national reconciliation and inclusive development. We endorse the President's view that peace missions, under the guidance of the Security Council, should continue to work for inclusive peace processes, development and security. The very concept of inclusion implies that the United Nations system should work as a whole, and not operate in parts, in silos. Nations must eliminate the exclusion, discrimination and marginalization that lead to violence, strife and conflict.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“It projects a holistic view of international security and recommends inclusion as a way to effectively prevent intra-State conflicts and asymmetric warfare that undermine the governance of societies and international peace and security. The prevention of conflicts remains the primary responsibility of Member States, but in conflict situations prevention requires a comprehensive approach and the constant support of the international community, particularly the Security Council.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“The Security Council and its peace operations and missions are trying to resolve conflicts driven by the lack of inclusive growth, inequitable distributing of resources and weak institutions. The strategies to resolve conflicts should therefore include economic deprivation and marginalization. That is particularly important in the post-conflict peacebuilding phase so as to stem a relapse into conflict. A targeted focus on development and long-term economic revitalization in an inclusive manner is essential to achieving that objective. Regional organizations and the Peacebuilding Commission are ideally placed to build and strengthen the nexus between security and development. The President's concept note (S/2015/6, annex), so ably written, goes beyond inclusive development.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Inclusive development shapes a salutary milieu for the maintenance of international peace and security. The purpose of highlighting the correlation between inclusive development and peace and security is not to encourage the Security Council to take up the issues of sustainable development or financing for development, which are dealt with by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, nor will the Security Council have the capacity to do so. Those issues are being rightfully addressed by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the High-level Political Forum, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other relevant forums. The purpose is to promote synergy among various United Nations bodies.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Poverty eradication; sustainable patterns of consumption and production; sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth; reduction of inequalities; fostering of equitable social development; and inclusion and promotion of the integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems create an enabling environment for peace and security and gradually remove drivers of conflict. Draft goal 16 of the sustainable development goals, adopted in the Open Working Group last year, stipulates the promotion of peace and inclusive societies for sustainable development. The Secretary-General, in his synthesis report (A/69/700), says that participatory democracy and free, safe and peaceful societies are both enablers and outcomes of development.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“We are honoured that Micheline Bachelet, President of Chile, has presided over this important Security Council debate. We thank Ambassador Patriota and Ms. Gbowee for their insightful briefings. Peace and security, development and human rights are the three pillars of the United Nations system and collective security. Those pillars are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. General Assembly resolution 66/288, entitled "The Future We Want", adopted in pursuance of the Rio+20 Conference, once again established a firm correlation between sustainable development and peace and security.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“We must work together to stop the tide to save our global civilization. Finally, I would like to say that I participated as a Council member in the debate on the Middle East (see S/PV.6894) in late 2012. The atmosphere was gloomy and one of bewilderment, self-flagellation and helplessness. Two years down the road, as I prepare to leave my post, nothing has changed. Palestine was an issue 100 years ago. It is still a vexing issue that keeps the entire international community hostage. This historic impasse must be broken through enlightened and resolute diplomacy.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“Our experience of the past four years shows that there are no shortcuts to peace in Syria, that military means and killing sprees will not produce a solution and that intense and results-oriented diplomatic engagement was the only option we have for pursuing and delivering peace. In the past year, the civil war in Syria and a fragile peace in Iraq have produced an even bigger monster: the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The world was caught unaware. Now the poisonous philosophy of that hydra-headed monster is spreading to other parts of the world. Pakistan unequivocally condemns terrorism perpetrated by ISIL against States and individuals and rejects the notion of the so-called caliphate by ISIL. Pakistan is fully implementing resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014) in letter and spirit.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“Therefore, the only path to a viable and sustainable peace is the establishment of the State of Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and the evacuation of all Arab lands by Israel, including the Syrian Golan. In the four years ofthe conflict, the past year was the deadliest in Syria. This progressive deterioration must be halted. We fully support the Secretary-General's Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura's efforts to arrange localized ceasefires and initiate a political process. Last year saw the destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons programme, which demonstrated what could be accomplished when the Council was united.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“We would encourage Council members to work on such a draft resolution, which could pave the way to a clearly marked pathway to peace. It would put the Council back at the helm of maintaining peace and security in the Middle East. Our fresh push towards peace is urgently needed. Some steps that would help are these: Israel should immediately release the withheld tax revenues; the blockade of Gaza should be lifted; pledges for the reconstruction of Gaza should be honoured by contributors and donors; and international efforts to resume the peace process based on internationally agreed parameters should be re-initiated. No matter what we say, Palestine and Israel have a symbiotic relationship. They will have to coexist for generations to come within the same geographical neighbourhood.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“Violence and conflict can erupt at any moment. The Secretary-General, speaking at an informal meeting of the General Assembly on 8 January said, "We must not resign ourselves to any further worsening of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians". Diplomatic efforts have become tenuous and do not seem to promise either re-engagement between the parties nor a solution to the conflict. The efforts being made by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, the one track that offered some hope, seems to have lost momentum. Diplomacy must be re-energized and intensified. Some members of the Council said in December last year that they might reconsider the issue of Palestine in 2015. The Palestinian Authority is considering bringing the parameters draft resolution to the Council once more.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“Those developments are writing on the wall. Yet, surprisingly, the Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution (S/20l4/916) that merely asked for the endorsement of universally parameters: the recognition of Palestinian statehood, Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders, a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem, a three-year deadline to end the occupation of the West Bank and the lifting of the siege of Gaza. The draft resolution, regrettably, foundered on dictates of realpolitik. Otherwise, there was strong justification for its adoption. The absence of engagement between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the constant state of fear and animosity between the Palestinians and the Israelis and the ongoing violations of the Palestinians' rights do not constitute a state of limbo, but rather a very precarious and perilous situation.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“Over the past several months, we have seen both positive and negative developments with regard to Palestine. The Palestinian Authority has ratified more than a dozen major international treaties and conventions, including the Geneva Conventions, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the United Nations Convention the Law of the Sea. What is more, the United Nations has accepted Palestinian ratification of those treaties. Palestine is poised to become a member of the International Criminal Court in April. Sweden recognized Palestine. And the British, Irish, Spanish and French Parliaments voted for Palestinian statehood. That has created a compelling case for Palestine's integration as a fully independent State into the international community.”
2015-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7360 (2015) · source
“The United Nations should strive to develop and maintain uniform standards in training, equipment and technology. Sixthly, to cement their partnership, both the United Nations and the African Union should invest heavily in peacebuilding. Pakistan is deeply committed to collective efforts to strengthen peacekeeping through regional partnerships. Since 1960, Pakistan has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to peace and security in Africa. The bulk of our troops are deployed in the continent. Our experience in Africa has further enhanced our appreciation of the value of regional partnership and cooperation. We will remain a steadfast partner of the African Union.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“Communication, consultation and coordination between the Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council should be enhanced to further build mutual trust and confidence. Fourthly, increasing regional capacities should not lead to parochialism or regionalization ofpeacekeeping. While drawing upon regional expertise, focus should remain on peacekeeper training, professionalism and performance. Emphasis on regional deployments raises the risk of peacekeepers becoming prone to taking sides and the United Nations subcontracting its responsibilities. Regions and subregions should not be removed from the international mainstream simply because they are not of strategic interest. Fifthly, regionalization should not lead to disparity in professional levels and standards.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“First, when authorized by the Security Council, African peacekeeping operations should be supported, from planning and funding to equipment, logistics and training. Regional organizations and countries bear part ofthe responsibility for securing resources. In addition, resourceful countries and regional organizations should contribute more to the African Union's capacity- building projects and programmes. Secondly, lessons learned from recent transitions must be collated and utilized for future missions. Interoperability is a major priority. We encourage the Secretariat to continue to develop exercise and training policies with regional organizations aimed at improving interoperability. Thirdly, Africa is the locus ofthe bulk of the United Nations regional and hybrid missions.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“In View of the fast-developing crises and conflicts in the past year, rapid response and deployment have become imperative. Pakistan has recently decided to deploy a rapid-deployment battalion within the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also important to improve and harmonize the working methods of the two Councils through better communication. It is true that the more the African Union is politically involved with African countries, the more they will contribute to security initiatives, as the President's concept paper (S/20l4/879, annex) argues. In this debate, we should also bear in mind the following general points.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“Successful transitions usher in peacebuilding and pave the way for national, subregional and regional ownership. The African Union brings with it complementary resources, expertise and insight. The Secretary-General's initiatives, such as the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, and the integrated strategy for the Sahel, have built on such complementarities. It is important to have clearer mandates and take preventive measures to stem fragile States' relapses into conflict. Moreover, the African Union's involvement at early stages of the Security Council's deliberations on conflict resolution and management would help to ensure that the right course of action is adopted. The Council is increasingly mandating peacekeeping missions in volatile security environments.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“We welcome the strong institutional linkages established in recent years between the United Nations Security Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, aimed at determining causes and drivers ofviolence, resolving conflicts, supportingjoint planning exercises and developing United Nations-AU operational models. Financing for AU peacekeeping operations should be predictable and sustainable. In that regard, we agree with the President that the recommendations of the Prodi United Nations-African Union Panel of Experts should be seriously considered for implementation, and that a fresh drive should be launched to generate indigenous resources. The United Nations-African Union partnership becomes most critical in managing drawdowns and transitions.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“The partnership between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) is an important constituent of the United Nations-led peacekeeping operations. It conforms to Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which creates space for cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in maintaining and bolstering peace and security. Today's debate, convened by you, Mr. President, comes at an opportune time, since what we discuss here today will feed into the ongoing strategic review of peacekeeping operations commissioned by the Secretary-General.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chad and the members of the Security Council for their condolences and sympathies regarding the horrendous terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar this morning. It was aheinous, unconscionable act of savagery that has been universally condemned. The Government and people of Pakistan are committed to fighting terrorism and promoting and protecting the right to education. Families in Pakistan are devastated, and the entire nation is in a state of shock. The words of sympathy, condolence and solidarity of those here today have touched the hearts of the people of Pakistan. We are a resolute nation. We will overcome this menace.”
2014-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7343 (2014) · source
“The Council should weigh the benefits of creating a new post of special representative on extremism in order to synergize the work of the United Nations. Measures to prevent extremism and violent terrorism should be mainstreamed. Most conflicts today are being driven by extremism, terrorism and asymmetric warfare. The United Nations peacekeeping missions from have to deal time to time with terrorism and transnational crime, but it would be prudent to keep peacekeeping missions focused on their primary mandate of keeping peace and protecting civilians. Counter-terrorism is too broad a brief to be neatly integrated or subsumed into peacekeeping. We thank the leadership of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the UNCCT for their influential work in countering terrorism.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“With respect to foreign terrorist fighters, our Government has intensified efforts to implement resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014). In this regard, real-time information-sharing and effective coordination among all relevant national departments are most critical. Pakistan welcomes the role played by the United Nations and its agencies in counter-terrorism efforts. We View the United Nations as a facilitator and provider of technical expertise in areas identified by the Member States. We support the idea of a roster of experts being developed by the United Nations Centre for Counter- Terrorism (UNCCT). Experts well-versed in local culture and environment can act as a focal point in the United Nations system.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“The participation of foreign actors is generally perceived with suspicion at the local level. Efforts to counter violent extremism must involve local actors, preferably from the same community, and should have demonstrable results. Young people respond positively to economic programmes and projects; direct advocacy is less effective. We recommend the pursuit of a rule of law and a due process approach, and esnure access to justice. We should avoid exacerbating ideological and religious divisions and focus on the criminality of terrorism and violent extremism, and not on their ideological rationales. Community leaders should be involved in countering violent extremism to use appropriate platforms for mediation and intercession.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“We have learnt that hardcore terrorists abuse the name of religion to commit crimes against civilians and mistake overtures for dialogue as appeasement. At the same time, we continue to make our efforts to bring misled moderate youth back to the national mainstream, deradicalize them and reintegrate them. This requires both political idiom and economic incentives. For that purpose, we are investing in the social, educational, religious and economic sectors. Violent extremism is, regrettably, infecting all societies. Countering violent extremism requires strategies and solutions suited to the relevant environments. A one-size-fits all approach does not work. Our national experience in countering violent extremism has brought forth the following lessons. Best practices need to be adapted to local conditions.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“With the rise of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the interflows of transnational terrorist groups and foreign terrorist fighters, the broader Middle East region and scores of countries beyond have become more volatile and more vulnerable. The United Nations has taken timely measures; now they must be implemented faithfully. Our national experience is that there should be zero tolerance for terrorists and violent extremists. That is why for the past several months we have been prosecuting the intense counter-terrorist Operation Zarb-e-Azb to take out terrorists, dismantle their networks, staunch their flow inside and outside borders, and destroy their support system.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“The underlying causes may include political and economic grievances, ethnic and religious tensions and a sense of relevant deprivation, real or imagined. We need to understand the mindset of the masterminds behind terrorism and violent extremism, counter their narratives, delegitimize their ideologies, devalue tools they use to make their messages attractive and degrade the means they use to recruit and motivate followers. We should also know what impels individuals to take violent action. Comprehension, however, does not mean acquiescence or condonance of their heinous crimes. We condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“We thank the Australian presidency for convening today's debate and circulating a very solid and substantive concept note to help us prepare for it (S/2014/787, annex). Today's debate has once again highlighted the strong nexus between terrorism and violent extremism. Ideologies, strategies and operations of terrorists and extremists overlap. In fact, it is the violent extremism in one form or the other that fuels terrorism. Both terrorism and violent extremism defy State writ, disrupt civil order and create anarchy to incite hatred in order to execute their toxic agenda. Violent acts justifiably require fitting military offensive responses. We must also develop national capacities to deconstruct those two phenomena to comprehend the conditions in which terrorism and violent extremism thrive.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“There should be in principle no objection to their extension or to the extension of the Ombudsperson's jurisdiction to other sanctions committees, but this would best be done after reforming the current office and especially after giving it the requisite jurisdictional autonomy. Finally, with regard to the follow-up to the referrals by the Council to the International Criminal Court, we encourage Council members to hold internal discussions on the need to designate a focal point or create a subsidiary body or working group and work out modalities in that regard. It is important that such a linkage not infringe on the Council's authority or on the Court's independence.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“We call for making the process for the selection and appointment of panels and groups of experts more transparent, balanced and representative. The Office of the Ombudsperson has worked fairly effectively to advance due process with regard to the delisting requests under the Al-Qaida sanctions committee. It has worked consistently to ensure that fair and clear procedures are in place to list and delist individuals and entities in the targeted categories of finance, travel, arms and commodities. Further improvements are necessary to remove the existing lacunae in the Office, such as non-inclusion of petitioners other than those on the sanctions list and lack of full independence. Due process is crucial in targeted sanctions regimes.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“In that regard, Council members may revisit the Brahimi recommendation on the adoption of resolutions for a specific mandate in two phases. First, a framework resolution should be adopted. Then, after the troop contributors have been identified, a second resolution should be adopted. We support two proposals made by the United States in an intergovernmental negotiations setting on working methods. First, there should be an open meeting of the Security Council Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions with the participation of the general membership, and secondly, an open informal workshop on working methods. That should enhance the space for dialogue between Council members and the general membership.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“Pakistan, as Chair of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, tried to enhance a shared space for discussing difficult issues like robust peacekeeping, new technologies, safety and security, drawdowns and transitions and regionalization. But that was in an informal setting. We believe that the Council should close consult the troop- and police-contributing countries before writing down and approving a peacekeeping mandate and it should involve them throughout the formation of the mission. That would help in addressing the issues relating to force generation, command, control, communication and coordination as well as inter-mission movements. The aim should be to organize iterative discussions with troop contributors so that a mandate is adapted to the realities on the ground.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“Wrap-up sessions, revived during Pakistan's presidency of the Council in January 2013, have proved to be useful for both members and non-members of the Council. Those sessions are not a substitute for horizon scanning, but they do help us review and preview the agenda of the Council. Combined with the periodic briefings by the Department of Political Affairs, those sessions should enhance the Council's awareness for preventive diplomacy purposes. We should continue to find ways to forge more robust partnership between the Council, the troop- and police-contributing countries, the Secretariat and the general membership.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“That is substantial progress and gives an indication of more openness and responsiveness on the part of the permanent five. We also thank you, Madam President, for having Pakistan's proposal on intra-Council communication adopted, albeit in a watered-down form. Our motive in presenting the proposal was to ensure the flow of more authentic and timely information among Council members by strengthening the presidency, especially when held by an elected member, and facilitating communication from the permanent five to the elected ten. That would engender cohesiveness in the Council's work. The test of the value of those decisions will lie in their faithful and consistent implementation. We look forward to the Council's assessment of the follow-up and implementation of those decisions.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“The Council's decisions are high-stakes matters for States Members of the United Nations that are not members of the Council. Having served in the Council recently, we can testify that it is an efficient body, perhaps the most efficient in the United Nations system. But it needs to work more on effectiveness. In that context, Madam President, we welcome the decisions taken under your stewardship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Matters in 2013 and 2014 on interaction and dialogue with non-members of the Council, consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries, appointment of more penholders from among the elected members, and early appointment of chairpersons of the subsidiary bodies by a deadline.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“An open debate on the working methods of the Security Council under your presidency, Madam President, is doubly apt. This is an area of interest for both Council members and the general membership, and you as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions in 2013 and 2014, Madam President, have given a new impetus to improving the working methods of the Council. As we talk about the working methods today, let us keep the core objectives of the Council in mind. The primary purpose of the Council is maintain international peace and security and to take decisions in that regard in an efficient and effective manner. In addition, it is our collective aim to promote openness, transparency and inclusion.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“The object lesson is that fixing Palestine will fix the Middle East; fixing the Middle East will cure some major ailments of our international polity.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“The United Nations and regional players should use all diplomatic means at their disposal to prevent a further deterioration of the situation. It is now clear that ifthe Syrian conflict had been addressed two years ago, we would not have witnessed the rise of ISIS. We should hold fast to the lessons that we have learned so painfully in our contemporary history. As the Secretary-General said in Gaza, this "endless, needless, mindless cycle of suffering" must end. Whether in Palestine or Syria, dialogue and diplomacy need to be pursued with a real sense of purpose and urgency. That was the rationale behind creating the United Nations and we must not fail in fulfilling our duties in that regard. We know from experience that the failure to resolve the Palestinian issue has spawned many more conflicts.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“It should not forever remain a mirage. It should have clear goals, timelines and benchmarks. In Syria and Iraq, the international community has been challenged to face down the rising tide of primeval barbarism and criminality. The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) does not derive its authority or writ from any religion. We must all, collectively, oppose and defeat its evil ideology of hatred, murder and destruction. We must remain united in our fight against this new face of terrorism and violent extremism. The political process must be revived to resolve the continuing conflict in Syria. Now is not the time to abdicate diplomatic responsibility in the hope that the warring parties will force the outcome through guns and blood.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“Sustainable peace in the region is not possible without establishing an independent, viable and contiguous State of Palestine with pre-1967 borders and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, living side by side in peace and security with Israel. All Arab lands, including the Syrian Golan must also be vacated. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing the General Assembly last month, said, "The United Nations should facilitate a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions" (A/69/PV12, p. 38). We appreciate the United States' persistent efforts in the quest for peace. We hope that Secretary Kerry's efforts to reinvigorate the peace process will bear fruit. The Quartet also needs to be re-energized, but dialogue should not be pursued only for the sake of dialogue.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“The Council failed to fulfil its responsibility as Gaza was burning and 2,100 of its citizens - of whom one-third were women and children - were killed. We appreciate the pledges of $5.4 billion made in Cairo to rebuild Gaza. But Gaza, as we all know, will remain vulnerable if the status quo continues. An overwhelming majority of the international community continues to support a clear path towards full Palestinian statehood and sovereignty. The British House of Commons has recognized the State of Palestine. Sweden's new Government has also decided to recognize it. Those weighty pronouncements, coming from two major European Union countries, raise the hopes of the beleaguered Palestinian people. The Council must acknowledge these realities on the ground.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“We thank the Secretary-General for his briefing today. His continued personal engagement in the Middle East gives us hope. His visit to the occupied Palestinian territory last week provided him with an opportunity to witness first-hand the frustrating build-destroy cycle. We fully support his two-pronged strategy of sparing no effort to rebuild Gaza and sparing no time to jump- start the peace talks. We meet here for the Council's last open debate on this subject for the year - a year that we ourselves had declared the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. We cannot put a spin on what happened this year. The peace process collapsed, Gaza was devastated once again, Israel announced its largest land grab in over three decades, and tensions around the Al-Aqsa Mosque increased.”
2014-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7281 (2014) · source
“Pakistan supports the mandate of the Special Representative, which is adequate to dealing with situations of armed conflict. We want to strengthen the political consensus around it, but the mandate does not need accretion. We firmly believe that the legal parameters of the mandate established by the resolutions 1261 (1999), 1612 (2005) and 1379 (2001) must be respected. Our singular focus should remain on child soldiers and the protection of children in armed conflict. In that context, we want to state for the record that the references to Pakistan in the Secretary- General's report of 15 May (S/2014/339) are not within the purview of the established mandate on children and armed conflict. We hope that this principle will be kept in mind when future reports are being prepared.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source