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“South Africa welcomes the Office ofthe Prosecutor's increased focus on cooperation and coordination with Libya and other relevant States in order to support national investigations and prosecutions. South Africa ardently supports strengthening complementarity through the development of domestic institutions to investigate and prosecute crimes. South Africa remains concerned about the current ongoing fighting in Libya, which is not conducive to finding a political settlement that will bring an end to Libya's long transitional period. We condemn the continued loss of civilian lives and crimes being perpetrated against migrants. We call on all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law and human rights law.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8660 (2019) · source
“At the outset, let me thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in Libya. South Africa continues to support resolution 1970 (2011), which calls for a cessation of violence against civilians and mandates the ICC to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity. We also urge non-State parties to the Rome Statute to support the Prosecutor of the ICC in discharging her responsibilities. While South Africa is concerned about the apparent lack of movement in some of the cases, it is encouraged by Libya's efforts to try cases domestically and urges that justice be carried out as expeditiously as possible.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8660 (2019) · source
“We were encouraged, however, by the Council's unanimous adoption, on 29 October 2019, under our presidency, of resolution 2493 (2019) urging States to recommit to the women and peace and security agenda, including by creating safe environments for women leaders, peacebuilders, human rights activists and political actors around the globe. We must continue to support the narrative that women, including young women, are agents of change. As we have heard today, and as we have seen in many examples all over the world, they have the greatest potential for transformative effects on societies, including in peacebuilding and nation-building. We must work to provide the necessary resources for holding elections and implementing peace agreements, as we are seeing in the processes taking place in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere in the world.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“We also share her view that in situations of conflict, and in preventing violence, women's mediation and peacemaking efforts have been proven to be more effective. The involvement of women in United Nations peacekeeping roles within the military, police and civilian components in conflict remains negligible, despite the adoption of resolution 2242 (2015), which calls for doubling the number of women in the military and police contingents of United Nations peacekeeping operations over the next five years, a period that has now almost run its course.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“My delegation further wishes to underline the importance of ensuring that the political process in the Horn of Africa is sustained. In that regard, South Africa reiterates that the gains achieved can be strengthened and sustained only through continued dialogue and cooperation among the countries of the region. We emphasize that the steps taken so far are a major milestone in Africa's efforts to quiet the guns by 2020 and deepen regional and continental integration, in line with the African Union's Agenda 2063. We agree with the Deputy Secretary-General in her statement to the African Union Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa on 21 October, when she emphasized that women's inclusion contributes to the development of responsive decision-making processes that ensure sustainable development.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“We also want to acknowledge the role played by Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the current Chair of IGAD, in facilitating the peace agreement and transition processes in the Sudan, as well his own country's rapprochement with Eritrea. In terms of the peace process in South Sudan, we would like to note the progress made so far towards implementing the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. We want to highlight how important it is that the parties strictly adhere to the deadline of 12 November to form a revitalized transitional Government of national unity and emphasize that there can be no delay or postponement of that deadline, which arrives in eight days' time.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“As we have seen in the recent past, the winds of positive change are blowing in the Horn of Africa. The frontiers of peace and peaceful neighbourliness are expanding, and in the process are touching many nations and ordinary people. Though still fragile, they augur well for the goal of silencing the guns in Africa by 2020. It is in that context of peaceful overtures ahead that South Africa thanks the Deputy Secretary-General and Ambassador Mohammed, and their colleagues both at the United Nations and the AU, for their extensive visits and numerous engagements held with policymakers, activists and ordinary people in their successful trip to the Horn of Africa.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“We commend the joint Visit to Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia led by the Deputy Secretary- General together with Ms. Bineta Diop, the AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, and Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Horn of Africa. The focus of the joint United Nations-African Union trip on women and peace and security, and on the international commitment to peace, stability and credible elections in those countries, was important. South Africa would also like to commend the role that the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and other international partners have played in facilitating State-building and peacebuilding processes in the Horn of Africa.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. Please be assured of South Africa's support for your efforts this month, Madam President. On a slightly different note, I would also like to congratulate the England rugby team on their performance in this year's Rugby World Cup and final. In all sports our teams have historically had a healthy competitive spirit, and that was again illustrated during the Rugby World Cup matches this year and the past weekend. We would like to thank Deputy Secretary- General Amina Mohammed and Ambassador Fatima Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union (AU) to the United Nations, for their briefings.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8657 (2019) · source
“In favour: Belgium, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2495 (2019). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2019-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8654 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Sudan to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2019/849, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2019/816, which contains the special report of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2019-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8654 (2019) · source
“That is why we abstained. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The meeting rose at 3.40 pm.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“However, despite having been elected by the General Assembly to serve on and participate in the work of the Security Council, we were not given that opportunity. This process presents Council members that are not members of the Group of Friends with a text with a take-it-or-leave-it approach, which is not sustainable and does not allow us the opportunity to carry out our mandate. South Africa reiterates its principled position on the situation in the Western Sahara, which remains the last colony on the African continent, listed by the United Nations as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Given our concerns and in considering the text before us, as the resolution renews the mandate of MINURSO and endorses the political process embarked upon by the former Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, South Africa was not able to vote in favour.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“Lastly, we wish to note once again that the text must differentiate between the parties to the conflict: Morocco, the Frente POLISARIO and the neighbouring States of Algeria and Mauritania. We wish to reiterate once again that the Council's working methods on this matter, whereby it delegates responsibility to the Group ofFriends ofWestern Sahara, remain of serious concern to South Africa. We have consistently raised this issue as problematic, particularly the unrepresentative nature of the Group, which does not include a single African member of the Council, despite the fact that this is an African issue. The substantive concerns that we have raised regarding the text could have and should have been raised in negotiations on the text.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“The argument put forward for the Council to meet regularly on items on its agenda should also hold for the situation in Western Sahara. Western Sahara should not be treated differently from the other issues on the Council's agenda in similar circumstances, and we should not allow for an out-of- sight, out-of-mind approach to this matter. South Africa welcomes the reference to human rights in the seventeenth to twentieth preambular paragraphs of resolution 2494 (2019). However, we wish to reiterate that there is a need for a formal human rights mandate to strengthen the monitoring of possible human rights violations on all sides, by Morocco and the Frente POLISARIO.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“Secondly, we note that once again terms such as "realistic", "realism" and "compromise" are being used in the resolution. These references are an attempt to undermine the principle of self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, which, as has been established by numerous General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, is relevant to the situation in Western Sahara. The Council must reaffirm its long- standing and unequivocal commitment to the right to self-determination for the people of Western Sahara in an unqualified manner. South Africa would have preferred a six-month mandate for MINURSO, which we believe would have allowed the Council to regularly meet to consider the progress made on the appointment of the Special Envoy and the status of the political process.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“Colin Stewart. A new Personal Envoy should be appointed as soon as possible to continue this process. Although resolution 2494 (2019), which was just adopted, contains numerous paragraphs with which South Africa can agree, there remain several elements of concern to our delegation, as follows. First, the current text, as it stands, is not balanced. It does not provide a true reflection of the unfortunate undertaking by the two parties, Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, as the latter is referred as a member of the African Union, represented by the Frente Popular para la Liberacion de Saguia el- Hamra y de Rio de Oro (Frente POLISARIO) in the political process under discussion. Indeed, both parties are members of the African Union.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of South Africa. At the outset, South Africa wishes to reiterate its unequivocal and strong support for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The Mission, as its name indicates, was created almost 30 years ago, with a mandate to hold a referendum to allow the people of Western Sahara to exercise their right to self-determination. We lament the fact that such a referendum has, unfortunately, not occurred, depriving the people of the territory of Western Sahara of this universally accepted right. South Africa wishes once again to commend the political process facilitated by the Secretary-General's good offices, through his former Special Envoy, Mr. Horst Kohler, as well as the efforts of the Special Representative and Head of MINURSO, Mr.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“In favour: Belgium, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: None Abstaining: Russian Federation, South Africa The President: The draft resolution received 13 votes in favour, none against and 2 abstentions. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2494 (2019). I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2019/787, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara. Members of the Council also have before them document S/20l9/847, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the United States of America. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2019-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8651 (2019) · source
“I thank Ambassador Pecsteen de Buytswerve for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Security Council who wish to make statements.”
2019-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8647 (2019) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. At this meeting, the Council will hear a briefing by Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia. I now give the floor to Ambassador Pecsteen de Buytswerve.”
2019-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8647 (2019) · source
“I thank Mr. Chergui for his briefing and his kind words addressed to me. I also thank the African Union Peace and Security Council for the excellent arrangements and hospitality extended to my colleagues on the Security Council during our fourth informal meeting and the thirteenth joint consultative meeting of the Security Council and African Union Peace and Security Council. I now give the floor to Mr. Tomat.”
2019-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8646 (2019) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/ZOl9/822, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic. I now give the floor to Mr. Ndiaye.”
2019-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8646 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Central African Republic to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic; Mr. Sma'il Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security; and Mr. Stefano Tomat, Director for Integrated Approach for Security and Peace, European Union External Action Service. Mr. Chergui and Mr. Tomat are joining the meeting via video-teleconference from Addis Ababa and Brussels, respectively.”
2019-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8646 (2019) · source
“I wish to remind representatives that I have no intention of going beyond 6 pm. I will suspend the meeting at exactly 6 pm. whether or not anyone is speaking. Members' cooperation is appreciated. I now give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“South Africa has noted the memorandum of understanding signed between Turkey and the Russian Federation on 22 October. My delegation hopes that the memorandum together with the previously agreed ceasefire between Turkey and the United States of America on 17 October, along with the continuous and steadfast efforts of Special Envoy Pedersen, all work together towards achieving long-term peace, stability and prosperity for Syria and its people. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor to make a further statement.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“The brief elements of presidential statement S/ PRST/2019/ 12, which we adopted last week, are a start. It may not say much but at least it shows that we can agree on some common ground. South Africa would be willing to work with the penholders and interested delegations on this matter to seek consensus. In conclusion, it must be emphasized that it is crucial that there be utmost restraint and a de-escalation of hostilities, as well as the recognition of Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and that all parties comply with international law. South Africa wishes to reiterate that the situation in Syria must be resolved through negotiations and dialogue and calls on all parties to make every effort towards the full implementation of resolution 2254 (2015).”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“At the very least, we should be able to agree on humanitarian assistance. Let us be clear: Syria is at a delicate stage. There is a glimmer of hope and prospects on the political front given the positive developments with regard to the official launch of the Constitutional Committee by the end of this month. The Council should be galvanizing all its energies towards that political process and invest everything possible for a fully inclusive Syrian-led political process. However, the developments in north-east Syria in recent days have also aggravated the fragile situation we are talking about. The Council must endeavour to rally around a common position to assist the process and implement its mandate to maintain international peace and security.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“Their withdrawal and suspensions of operations have added further challenges and complications for those civilians in the area requiring assistance to meet their basic needs. These combined events have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis that has already been declared one of the world's worst. Last month the Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that addressed the dire humanitarian situation in Idlib. Such lack of Council unity is not the message that we want to convey to the Syrian men, women and children who have lost their lives, sustained severe injuries and endured multiple displacements due to the dismal conditions in which they live. We are the international body that has been entrusted with peace and security. Yet, because of our internal rivalries, we are failing to discharge our responsibility.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“Since the beginning of May this year, more than 630,000 people have been displaced, some not for the first time, with many seeking shelter in the open. In north-east Syria, more than 180,000 civilians, including 80,000 children, have now been displaced due to the increased military operations since 9 October. With regard to the damaged Allouk water system, we welcome and applaud the United Nations efforts in repairing that infrastructure, which supports 400,000 people in the region, and call on all parties to ensure that the additional necessary repairs to return the water system to full operation can be completed without delay. The humanitarian situation has worsened further following the withdrawal of some international humanitarian agencies and non-governmental organizations from north-east Syria.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“I will now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of South Africa. I thank Ms. Ursula Mueller, Ms. Agnes Marcaillou and Mr. Khaled Khiari for their briefings. South Africa voices its deep concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Syria. While the previous briefing by the then Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Lowcock, in September (see S/PV.8619) focused on the upsurge in violence in north- west Syria, the new front in Syria's complex war is exacerbating an already fragile humanitarian situation. According to the most recent Secretary-General's report (S/2019/820), more than 1,000 civilians have been killed since late April, with 209 killed between 1 August and 22 September.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“I thank Ms. Marcaillou for her briefing. I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2019/820, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) and 2449 (2018). I now give the floor to Ms. Mueller.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary- General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific; and Ms. Agnes Marcaillou, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service in the Department of Peace Operations. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2019-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8645 (2019) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 4.40 pm.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8643 (2019) · source
“I thank Mr. Lacroix for his briefing. I think that the Council members saw empty glasses in front of them when they came in, unlike this morning. There will be water in the glasses very soon once things normalize. I shall now give the floor to those Council members who wish to make statements.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8643 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Sudan to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2019/816, which contains the special report of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. I now give the floor to Mr. Lacroix.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8643 (2019) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 11.55 am.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“South Africa appreciates the initiatives of all players that have brought about the current improved security environment and increased the prospects for peace in Yemen. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Yemen.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“In that regard, we remind parties to the conflict that all necessary measures should be taken to respect the Geneva Conventions. We further call on all parties to the conflict to abide by their obligations under international law, including human rights law. This unprecedented humanitarian crisis is a strong indicator of the human toll of continued military action and conflict in Yemen, which necessitates an urgent commitment to a ceasefire and the pursuit of a negotiated, peaceful and inclusive solution to the crisis. In conclusion, we wish to reiterate that the only sustainable solution to this conflict will be through a negotiated, Yemeni-led political settlement that is inclusive and fair and puts the interests of all citizens of Yemen first.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“In that regard, we urge donors to disburse the pledges they made to the United Nations humanitarian response plan as a matter of urgency in order to help address the dire humanitarian situation. South Africa thanks all those donors who have generously disbursed their funds as pledged, including Saudi Arabia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, and we are grateful for the many other donations, such as that announced by China today. We further call on the parties to the conflict to allow for the free, regular and undisputed passage of food and other humanitarian relief and not to take actions that could deprive civilians of their rights to food and health care. We also call on all parties to facilitate access to the humanitarian relief that the people of Yemen so desperately need.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“About 2 million Yemeni children have stopped attending school since the start of the war and, according to UNICEF, many schools are damaged, not in use or have become shelters for displaced persons. Furthermore, about 2,500 boys have joined the fighting, and more than half of all Yemeni girls are now married before they reach the age of 15. The armed conflict in Yemen has killed and injured thousands of Yemeni civilians since it began. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, about 7,000 civilians have been killed and more than 10,000 wounded. The actual number of civilian casualties is likely to be much higher. Thousands more have been displaced by the fighting and millions suffer from shortages of food and medical care.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the population - 24 million people - require some form of humanitarian or protection assistance, including 14.3 million who are in acute need. The severity of their needs is deepening, with the number of people in acute need a staggering 27 per cent higher than last year. Two-thirds of all districts in the country are already suffering pre-famine, and one-third face the convergence of multiple acute vulnerabilities. An estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of five may have died of starvation.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“South Africa urges those who have influence over the protagonists in the Yemeni conflict to apply maximum pressure so that the parties may sustain ongoing peace processes, make necessary compromises, release political prisoners, maintain the ceasefire and relaunch meaningful and sustained all-party talks, as contained in the Stockholm Agreement. Special Envoy Griffiths hasjust briefed the Council, and wejoin others in thanking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for urging the current promising Yemeni negotiations. On the humanitarian situation, South Africa remains extremely concerned about the dire crisis in Yemen, which has caused immeasurable suffering for millions of civilians. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“First, on the political situation in Yemen, we continue to call on all parties involved in the conflict in Yemen to de-escalate tensions and fully commit to the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement. We reiterate our support for a negotiated political settlement that engages all parties in an inclusive Yemeni-led dialogue in order to resolve differences and address the legitimate concerns of all Yemenis, in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions. We also call on the parties to engage in good faith with Special Envoy Griffiths in order to resume an inclusive political process with a View to reaching a comprehensive, negotiated settlement to end the conflict, including with the meaningful participation of women and youth, in parallel with continued efforts to implement the Stockholm Agreement.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of South Africa. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for Special Envoy Griffiths and congratulates him on the efforts he is undertaking to find a peaceful solution to the situation in Yemen. We also welcome Lieutenant General Abhijit Guha and wish him well in his role as Head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA). My delegation would like to address the following two issues: the political situation in Yemen and the dire humanitarian situation.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“Ithank Mr. Griffiths for his briefing. I now give the floor to those members of the Security Council who wish to make statements.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Yemen to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen; Mr. Griffiths is joining the meeting via video- teleconference from Riyadh. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Lowcock.”
2019-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8642 (2019) · source
“Let me conclude by stating that the current approach of BINUH and its benchmarks represent a critical opportunity to advance peace and security, including by enshrining human rights and fostering sustainable development in Haiti, which should be supported. For those benchmarks to succeed, however, political will and commitment from all Haitian stakeholders is required. We should remind all that Haiti was the first black Republic in modern history. Having been free for more than 200 years, Haiti should now welcome and embrace the new political mission. Haitians must close ranks, make the necessary compromises and carve a new pathway towards a stable, democratic, peaceful and prosperous country. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Haiti.”
2019-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8641 (2019) · source