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first: 2021-09-27
most recent: 2023-12-07
sittings or episodes: 32
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“Our support for the African Union pledge to achieve the goal of a conflict-free Africa must be stated once again in the light of the ongoing crises that are heavily impacting the development perspectives of many countries and communities on the continent. Through multilateral action and bilateral support, Italy therefore remains committed to contributing to the ongoing international and regional efforts to silencing the guns in Africa. We deem it important to pursue a comprehensive approach that encompasses development cooperation, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. International support should not be limited to addressing the ongoing emergencies, but should also tackle the structural challenges and root causes of conflict, such as poverty, food insecurity, social exclusion, absence of the rule of law and violent extremism.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank Mozambique for convening this debate and the briefers for their interventions. Italy aligns itself with the statements to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Croatia on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect. Over the years, the Security Council has identified the causes of conflict that are prolonging violence on the African continent. It was therefore only natural for the Council to welcome the Silencing the Guns initiative, which focuses on the drivers of conflict in Africa and acknowledges the urgent need to address them. The initiative remains extremely relevant, as it recognizes that there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The intolerable consequences of the armed conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere demand that we promote solutions to stop the suffering of women and girls in conflict-affected situations. We must listen to the call for action, accountability and justice coming from civil society’s grass-roots women-led organizations, and embed that call in our individual and collective action to enable women to be not mere victims but actual agents of change.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Network offers training, capacity-building and networking opportunities and has led to the establishment of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediators Networks, uniting voices from six different regions of the world in a call to accelerate the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda on the ground. Peacebuilding, peacekeeping and mediation are sectors in which women have proved particularly effective. In that spirit, we welcome the prioritization of the women and peace and security agenda in the Secretary-General’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative and in mandates of peacekeeping operations. This is a time to engage to do things differently.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“For that reason, we welcome all efforts in that direction, such as bringing in more technical expertise, higher- quality data and adequate resources; promoting strategy meetings on designing and supporting inclusive processes to identify and then implement measures with the greatest impact for each context; strengthening gender mainstreaming across the work of political and peacebuilding missions; and ensuring the support of regional organizations and Member States to make those efforts sustainable. Italy has a long-standing tradition of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. We are a proud supporter of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, which we launched in October 2017 to promote gender equality and foster women’s inclusion in peace processes, mediation efforts and peacebuilding in the Mediterranean region.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“However, when we look at the data from the past two years, we see that the rate of women’s participation as party negotiators or delegates at peace processes has decreased from 23 to 19 per cent, in spite of their constructive contribution at the grass-roots level and their presence on the front lines. Structural barriers to implementation remain and need to be addressed.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Italy aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representative of the European Union in its capacity as observer and the representative of Canada, who spoke on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, and would like to add a few remarks in its national capacity. Italy commends Mozambique’s timely initiative to convene an open debate on women and peace and security right at the outset of the work of the sixty- seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Indeed, participation is the challenge at the core of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We should also continue to address the legal implications of rising sea levels. Italy commends the Study Group of the International Law Commission for its work, while recalling the centrality of the legal framework enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In conclusion, it is our hope that the Security Council will continue to address the threats posed by sea level rise.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That would help both Member States and regional organizations in stepping up their climate action to fulfil their international commitments. By the same token, the Security Council should tackle the accompanying security implications, such as those resulting from sea level rise. Mitigation and adaptation should be further integrated into the formulation of mandates for United Nations peacekeeping missions. As the co-Chair, with Bangladesh, of the Group of Friends Leading on Environmental Management in the Field, Italy is engaged in shaping solutions that can enable peace operations to perform in a sustainable way. Financial support is also critical. In that regard, we welcome the investments of the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund in support of building and sustaining peace in relation to the effects of climate change.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Extreme sea levels are also causing more frequent flooding, loss of ecosystems and salinization of soils. As a direct consequence, the very survival of many small island developing States is at risk, while other climate-vulnerable countries are experiencing damage to their infrastructure and losses in their industries. Poverty, food insecurity, a scarcity of resources, displacement and immigration are also linked to sea level rise in many coastal areas. Those factors combined are key drivers of conflict and a threat multiplier, endangering peace and security not only in the States most affected but also at the regional and global levels. We therefore believe that every organ of the United Nations should take coordinated multilateral action to address the adverse implications of climate change.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I would like to thank Malta for convening this debate and the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, Minister Aurescu and Director Pasisi for their interventions. Italy aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the European Union and with that to be delivered by Nauru, on behalf of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security. Today’s debate gives us the opportunity to point out why sea level rise represents a threat to international peace and security, enabling us to define a common strategy for this specific aspect of the climate-security nexus. We need to raise awareness on the existential threat posed by sea level rise, which can lead to the permanent submergence of land and the disappearance of entire coastal areas across the world.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“To date, unfortunately, we have seen no evidence that Russia is committed to genuine and sustainable peace efforts. It can end the war immediately by ceasing its attacks and withdrawing its forces from the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine. With a view to achieving a viable post-war peace settlement, Italy welcomes Ukraine’s ideas and vision for a just peace and remains ready to support arrangements for sustainable security that can help Ukraine defend itself, secure its free and democratic future and deter future aggression, in line with its rights as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Looking at the bigger humanitarian picture, we are also funding the Grain from Ukraine initiative launched by the Ukrainian Government to provide vital food directly to the most vulnerable countries, especially in Africa. However, only the continued renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative — for which we reiterate our support for the outstanding work of the Secretary-General and the Emergency Relief Coordinator — can ensure that the world will not find itself in a serious famine emergency. We therefore call on Russia to avoid any disinformation or politicization of that beacon of hope. At the end of the day, the only real way to alleviate people’s suffering in Ukraine and tackle the global humanitarian consequences of Russia’s aggression is to end the war.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Russia will be held accountable for those crimes and will also have to pay for reparations to critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed in its brutal war. We emphasize that there can be no peace without justice, and no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has left roughly 40 per cent of the Ukrainian population in need of humanitarian assistance. Italy has worked promptly to bring support to Ukraine by contributing to the humanitarian response, both through financial allocations of tens of millions of dollars and tons of in-kind donations. This very week we are also distributing a significant number of generators to help the Ukrainian population face the harsh winter, since Russia’s shelling of their electrical system has left them without the heating they need.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Russia should understand that even after a full year we will continue to stand together with the Ukrainian Government and people, more united than ever, to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the multilateral order, as recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, to which we are all signatories. For that reason, Italy fully aligns itself with the statement to be deliveredonbehalfofthe European Union, towhich Iwould like to add some considerations in my national capacity. We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s inhumane attacks on critical infrastructure, particularly energy and water facilities in cities across Ukraine. Those are not military objectives but merely indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population and civilian objects that constitute war crimes and brutal violations of international humanitarian law.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Italy sends its deepest condolences to the people of Türkiye and Syria, especially the victims’ families, following today’s devastating earthquake. Italy is sending rescue teams to Türkiye. I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his sobering and alarming update. Let me also express our sincere congratulations to Malta on its assumption of the presidency of this important organ for the month of February. Sadly, February is also the month that will mark the passing of an entire year since Russia began its brutal, illegal, unjustifiable and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, the serious international crises under way have highlighted even more dramatically the need for an effective multilateral system. Italy will continue to do its part to contribute to advancing towards a reformed, effective, accountable and democratic multilateralism.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Unfortunately, to this day, the debate is often derailed by an insistence on process and procedural matters instead of a focus on substance and finding true convergence on the important issues at hand, such as regional representation within the Council. Italy will continue to engage in a constructive and committed manner in the new session of the intergovernmental negotiations starting in January. We hope that the rest of the membership will do the same with a view to reaching further areas of convergence and moving the reform process forward. Furthermore, we believe we ought to improve the Council’s working methods. For that to happen, there is no need to go through the process of amending the Charter of the United Nations — it can be done here and now.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That is why we support initiatives aimed at self-restraint when it comes to the exercise of the veto. A more democratic Council simply means that every new member of a reformed Security Council must be elected. Democracy as we know it is based on regular elections. A more effective Council means one that can act expeditiously, that enjoys more credibility in the eyes of all Member States and whose decisions are fully observed and implemented, enabling it to better deliver on its mandate. A reformed Security Council is well within our reach. It is not the absence of a text that is hampering progress towards a more effective Council.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“A more transparent Council means that decisions are taken not by an exclusive few who hold ultimate power, but by all Security Council members in a fully inclusive way. A more representative Council means going beyond a simple increase in the number of members. It means increasing the opportunities for all Member States and thereby the role and voices of those currently underrepresented, in particular Africa and small island developing States. A more accountable Council means that every member should answer to the entire United Nations membership. The vetoes cast in the Council in recent months in relation to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine have provided further confirmation of the paralysing effect of the veto on the Council’s ability to act.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Italy and the partners in the Uniting for Consensus group have a very clear vision of how to achieve that goal, and our position is well known. We have made it clear in the intergovernmental negotiations, which remain the only credible platform for achieving comprehensive reform of the Security Council and — let me stress — the only natural forum where reform is to be discussed among Member States. That said, I want to reiterate here that in our view, a satisfactory reform of the Security Council is one that will enable it to be more representative, democratic, efficient, transparent and accountable, and ultimately more fit to face new global challenges and today’s realities.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In order to do that, we have to strengthen global cooperation among all regions and Member States, giving priority to the needs of the most vulnerable countries and regions and the means to address the specific challenges they face. The Secretary-General has already offered his vision for a reformed multilateralism, as presented in his report on Our Common Agenda (A/75/982). Member States should actively consider the report’s key proposals, which deserve our full attention if we are to build a more effective, efficient, inclusive and networked multilateralism across all three pillars of the United Nations. With the ultimate goal of strengthening multilateralism, Italy underscores the urgency and importance of Security Council reform.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The core issues of this open debate are at the very heart of the increasing demand for reforming and strengthening the entire set of multilateral institutions on which the international system is based today. The discussion of how to reform multilateral institutions is urgent and needs to be inclusive, involving all Member States in the appropriate negotiating forums. We strongly believe in a rules-based international order, with the United Nations at its core, for ensuring peace and security, human rights and sustainable development. As stated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there can be no peace without sustainable development and no sustainable development without peace or human rights. It is therefore essential that the New Agenda for Peace be anchored in those principles.”
2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220Resumption1 (2022) · source
“It requires political solutions, inclusive peace processes, conflict prevention, robust post-conflict peacebuilding and a strong belief in multilateralism. As the first contributor of Blue Helmets to United Nations peacekeeping among Western countries, Italy will continue to do its part to address the whole set of challenges posed by today’s conflicts.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“We must recognize the centrality of peacebuilding to break the vicious cycles of underdevelopment and, even worse, unfair politics and the militarization of political systems. We need more ambitious and structured collaboration between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Security Council, as the Commission is ideally placed to raise the Security Council’s awareness of regional efforts, local communities’ understanding and expertise and the cross-border dimensions of conflicts. We need more coordination between the United Nations and relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, including the African Union and the European Union, while recognizing their added value in the cross-border dimensions of conflicts. Making peace sustainable over time is our greatest challenge.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“While they cannot address all the factors leading to a conflict, history demonstrates that peacekeeping operations can make a difference, either by paving the way for long-standing peace or, unfortunately, by exacerbating tensions. Therefore, they must be designed to achieve sustainable political solutions, promote the conditions for durable peace and reflect the drivers of conflicts. Thirdly, we should consider peacebuilding and peacekeeping to be complementary. Peace processes do not end when the last soldier leaves the ground. Before, during and after a peacekeeping mission, we must take full advantage of our peace toolbox, such as smaller civilian-only peacebuilding missions, police-focused rule-of-law missions, special political missions designed to support political processes and region-based special envoys.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Addressing them requires a shift from the traditional peacekeeping paradigm to the implementation of the key measures identified in the Action for Peacekeeping and Action for Peacekeeping Plus initiatives — collective coherence in support of the political strategy, as reflected in clear and achievable mandates by the Security Council that are matched with the appropriate resources; strategic and operational integration; well-trained and well-equipped peacekeepers; close cooperation with the host country or countries; the meaningful participation of women in all stages of the peace process; effective strategic communications; and an innovative data-driven and technology-enabled approach. Secondly, peacekeeping operations should be considered not only as stand-alone initiatives but also as essential components of the peace process.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“Italy fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union and thanks the presidency of Ghana for organizing this timely debate. I would like to stress three main lines of action to make peace operations more resilient and sustainable. First, we need to embrace and enforce the strategic transition of peacekeeping operations. Today’s conflict environments are often marked by geopolitical tensions, the proliferation of armed groups, exclusion, inequalities, social and political marginalization, climate insecurity, violent extremism, terrorism, the spread of misinformation and disinformation, and food insecurity. Those are all factors that, inter alia, often transform local conflicts into regional crises. There is no standard solution for challenges of that kind.”
2022-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9181 (2022) · source
“We strongly support the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, and we firmly believe in the benefits that the presence of well-integrated female personnel in peacekeeping operations provides. We also uphold the importance of streamlining the women and peace and security agenda in all the relevant discussions of the Council. In conclusion, the participation of women is a key requisite for creating resilient, inclusive and peaceful communities. We remain fully committed to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda in our efforts to pursue the reinforcement of the global peacekeeping and peacebuilding architecture.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Network offers training, capacity-building and networking opportunities and has led to the establishment of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediators Network in September 2019, uniting voices from six different regions of the world in a call to accelerate the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on the ground. At the international level, we have strengthened our partnership with the United Nations system in favour of women and girls through increased core funding to UN- Women and policy commitments. We support the action of United Nations agencies on the ground in working for the full realization of Sustainable Development Goal 5, and we have also increased our financial support to UN-Women and the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Peacebuilding and peacekeeping also mean mediation, a sector in which women have proved to be particularly effective. It has been demonstrated that peace agreements are 20 per cent more likely to last at least two years and 35 per cent more likely to last 15 years when women are included in peace processes. At the national level, we are implementing our fourth action plan on women and peace and security, and we are a proud supporter of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, launched in October 2017 to promote gender equality and foster women’s inclusion in peace processes, mediation efforts and peacebuilding in the Mediterranean region.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Since the adoption of the historic resolution 1325 (2000) a lot has been accomplished, but women and girls continue to bear a disproportionate burden in conflict and remain under- or unrepresented in peace-process efforts, in spite of their constructive contribution to conflict resolution at the grass-roots level and their presence on the front lines. Italy has a long-standing tradition of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. We have strongly supported resolution 1325 (2000) since its adoption, and we devote significant effort and resources to promoting women’s participation in peace and international mediation processes. Women have proved to be extremely successful in protecting civilians, accessing communities and creating relationships of trust with local populations, especially the most vulnerable categories.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Italy welcomes the initiative of Gabon to convene the Security Council’s annual open debate on women and peace and security, which enables us to reiterate our strong support for resolution 1325 (2000) and the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda. Italy aligns itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the European Union, the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security and the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect, and would like to add a few remarks in its national capacity. Promoting the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all areas of public life and in our main decision-making processes is key to bringing change and fostering peaceful coexistence.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Italy co-chairs the Group of Friends on Leading Environmental Management in the Field, together with Bangladesh, and is particularly engaged in this area. We will continue to make our contribution. At the national level, Italy — through its Carabinieri Corps — has set up an International Centre of Excellence for the environment, aimed at training military and police forces, as well as civilians, on environmental protection. We are looking forward to working with the United Nations system and all Member States on capacity-building programmes.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“To tackle climate change we need to accelerate international climate action on all fronts: mitigation, adaptation and finance. Giving increased attention to the climate-security nexus must also be part of these efforts. Stepping up climate finance is particularly critical. Financial flows should be oriented towards the design and implementation of projects in conflict- affected areas, where the negative consequences of climate change are most profoundly felt and aggravate insecurity. Moreover, we believe that mitigation and adaptation should be further integrated into the formulation of mandates for United Nations peacekeeping missions. We must pursue a holistic approach, ensuring that peace operations perform efficiently and sustainably in the field.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Italy therefore welcomes the efforts by African Member States to bring the links between climate change and security in Africa to the attention of the Security Council and the entire United Nations membership. As a founding member of the European Union (EU), Italy sees the benefit of a reinforced partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations. The nexus between climate change, peace and security is indeed being mainstreamed across joint United Nations-EU priorities. In this vein, we encourage all Member States to back a strengthened partnership between the United Nations system and the African Union, to tackle together the risks to peace and stability posed by the climate crises that are affecting too many regions in Africa.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“African States and their most vulnerable populations, including women and children, are often among the world’s most affected by the disruptions caused by climate change, which acts as a threat multiplier for violence and instability. The ongoing severe droughts and heat waves in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are displacing millions of people and fuelling conflicts. This is not only an African problem; it is an alarm bell for all of us, requiring that we find collective solutions, working hand in hand with our African partners. The report State of the Climate in Africa 2021 reveals that high water stress is estimated to affect about 250 million people on the continent and displace up to 700 million individuals by 2030.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Italy thanks Gabon for convening this timely debate and the briefers for their insightful briefings. While aligning this statement with the statement of the representative of Germany, who spoke on behalf of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, I would like to deliver the following remarks in my national capacity. The two-way interaction of climate and security cannot be ignored. The adverse effects of climate change, coupled with other destabilizing factors, such as extreme poverty, food insecurity, institutional fragility and terrorism, are posing a serious threat to international peace and security. At the same time, social tensions and conflicts can further reduce resilience to climate change, especially when communities largely depend on scarce natural resources for their livelihoods, hampering development perspectives.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Italy stands ready to actively engage in those efforts here in New York, in Rome and on the front line where humanitarian crises are unfolding. The meeting rose at 5.15 p.m.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“The current cross-cutting crisis touches us all, and it therefore requires a cross-cutting response from all of us. Those challenges include maintaining open food chains, the resilience of both value chains and food systems, new investments for localization and a full transition towards sustainable, climate-smart and resilient food systems. Rural populations and local actors must also be put back at the centre of those processes. Food diplomacy is crucial to mitigate the effects of the food crisis. At the same time, effective political diplomacy is needed to prevent and resolve conflict. We must build on both food diplomacy and political diplomacy with great urgency in order to avert famine and food insecurity globally.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“The European Union’s solidarity lanes are also efficiently adding to efforts to accelerate exports to the global South via much-needed alternative routes. Ensuring access to food, starting with those most in need, is an international and moral obligation that we must fulfil, including in line with resolution 2417 (2018). As food security has been a long-standing priority for Italy, we have increased our political, financial and technical support to the United Nations, in particular through, and in partnership with, its Rome-based agencies. We call on all Member States to increase their support as well. It is our mission, as Chair of the Group of Friends of Food Security and Nutrition, to keep the level of attention high and efforts proactive. In order to avert the worst-case scenarios, a drastic shift in attitude and commitment is needed.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“Martin Griffiths for his personal engagement and his recent mission there. Along with the United States, Qatar and the United Kingdom, and in collaboration with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, we will therefore host a high-level side event on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa region during the General Assembly high-level week. We hope that the event might help to raise awareness about the alarming situation on the ground. Against that bleak background, the key Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered thanks to the good offices of the Secretary-General with the relevant parties, has become a beacon of hope. We applaud the Initiative and call on all parties involved to fully comply with it. Time is of the essence.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“I thank Brazil and Ireland for calling for the convening of this timely meeting, as well as the three briefers for their insightful and sobering accounts. The state of global food insecurity is of great concern to Italy. It is crucial that food security remain at the top of the international agenda. In the context of a pre-existing deteriorating situation, the illegal Russian war against Ukraine further jeopardized global food chains, exposing the most vulnerable countries of the Global South to even more dire consequences, especially in terms of limited access to food and taking food price inflation to record levels. The dramatic situation in fragile areas such as the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, is deeply disturbing. In that regard, I would like to thank Mr.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“From that perspective, Italy highlights the urgent need to guarantee accountability for the perpetrators of such severe breaches of international humanitarian law, reaffirms its full support for the work of independent, international and domestic investigative forums so as to avoid any form of impunity and supports the further strengthening of the existing compliance mechanisms, particularly the International Criminal Court.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9126 (2022) · source
“Secondly, we call on Russia to ensure the immediate return of all forcibly transferred Ukrainian citizens, particularly women and children, to their territories of origin and their full freedom of movement to third Countries. In that regard, Italy believes that the effective evacuation mechanism established in Mariupol, thanks to the coordination efforts of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, is a clear example of how international humanitarian law cannot be allowed to merely depend on the voluntary compliance of armed and non-armed groups and that it should be replicated to end the heinous filtration system. Let me conclude by pointing out that we must also ensure that those crimes will not happen again.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9126 (2022) · source
“Those crimes are not only a violation of the international legal framework, but they are also an offence to the shared values and principles on which the United Nations is built. The seriousness of the situation requires two swift and crucial actions in order to end the unacceptable and inhumane conditions in which thousands of innocent Ukrainian citizens find themselves as we speak. First, we call on Russia to grant unfettered access to the relevant United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to freely and safely visit its temporary placement centres with direct and complete access to civilians there, in line with the Geneva Conventions.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9126 (2022) · source
“It is therefore crucial to reiterate once again that the forcible transfer of civilians from an occupied territory to the occupying Power’s territory is prohibited, regardless of motive. In addition to that already grave breach of international humanitarian law, which could be prosecuted as a war crime and a crime against humanity by the International Criminal Court, credible sources have also raised awareness of potentially cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, including illegal biometric data collection, torture, arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances. All such acts fail to respect the most basic human rights, despite attempts to spread disinformation.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9126 (2022) · source
“I too would like to thank the briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris and Ms. Drik, for their alarming but very effective descriptions of one of the darkest sides of this war. As we have reiterated multiple times, the Russian aggression against Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law. However, the filtration system for Ukrainian civilians that we have heard about today is a violation of jus in bello more profound than anything we have witnessed in Europe since the Second World War. It was precisely to prevent such horrors that the international community gathered in Geneva in 1949 to adopt the four Conventions we all know.”
2022-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9126 (2022) · source
“Ultimately, to avoid further disruptions in food distribution, we urge Russia to stop the war without further delay. Italy will continue to actively support global food security, including by building on the effective implementation of that agreement and as the host country and a major partner of the United Nations Rome-based agencies.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Since the beginning of the war, millions of tons of grain have been stuck in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and even targeted by Russian shelling, triggering enormous humanitarian consequences for developing countries, condemning children, women and men far from the front line of the conflict to starvation. We will do everything in our capacity to mitigate, limit and address all the effects that that aggression is having on developing countries all over the world. While we blame the Russian missile strikes in Odesa the very same day after the signing of the Istanbul agreement and again three days ago, we particularly call on Russia to implement the agreement swiftly, fully and in good faith in order to allow grain exports to quickly resume with the safe and secure passage of ships.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source