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lines on the record: 66
first: 2015-02-23
most recent: 2016-12-16
sittings or episodes: 13
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“My country has been engaging with fellow Council members on the type of draft text that would reassert the two-State solution and call clearly for a halt to the Violence and the settlements, which threaten to undermine this process. We very much welcome the advice that Arab colleagues are working on text for this purpose. It is time for us, the collective membership of the Council, to stop being bystanders and act as the custodians of the two-State solution that we should be.”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“It is eight years since the Council last adopted a resolution on this question. Over that time a good number of reasons have been advanced as to why further Council pronouncements might be counterproductive or premature. But when the Secretary-General and his representatives tell the Council that not only are people on the ground losing hope in the two-State solution but that the facts on the ground are being altered to render a two-State solution unviable, it seems to me that the Council must either reassert, on behalf of the international community, a firm commitment to the two-State solution or it should start to turn its attention to its responsibilities in the event there is one State not two. A one-State future clearly takes us into territory that no friend of Israel wishes to contemplate.”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“Since the last briefing we have seen opportunities missed to advance Palestinian reconciliation. In the past we have participated in these debates and expressed frustration with the challenges and shortcomings from all sides, but also expressed optimism that we would somehow see parties find their way back to the negotiating table. That has been difficult, but we are now moving beyond difficult. We are now moving into a space in which the plain facts are telling us that the forces currently in play will irretrievably undermine the prospect of two States living peacefully side by side. It is difficult to see the legislation now before by the Knesset as other than a direct challenge to the notion of a two-State solution and a direct challenge to the resolutions previously adopted by the Council. Where does that leave the Council?”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“Since 1947, the Council and the international community have embraced the notion of two States living peacefully side by side as the only acceptable basis for resolution of this issue - as reinforced in Oslo and Madrid and in a number of Security Council resolutions. But we have been told in words of one syllable that developments taking place on the ground now threaten the viability of the two-State solution and that the people on the ground are losing hope in the two-State solution, with all of the consequences that follow. Since the previous briefing to the Council (see S/PV.7820) we have seen the situation compounded by legislation before the Knesset that could lead to the legalization of settlements and outposts, including on privately owned Palestinian land.”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“Unless that is going to change, it is our view that an emergency special session of the General Assembly is an appropriate next step. In thanking His Excellency the Secretary-General for his final briefing on the Middle East it is difficult not to be struck by the depressing familiarity of much of what he has imparted: a continuation of incitement and violence against ordinary Israelis and Palestinians and a continuation of the settlements programme, which undermines the prospect of a viable Palestine and challenges the credibility of any commitment to the two-State solution. In listening to today's briefing and to recent briefings by the Secretary-General's Special Coordinator it is difficult to understand how the Council can be silent when the space for a two-State solution is being so clearly undermined.”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“The situation in Syria is bleak. Aleppo has fallen. The fate of tens of thousands of civilians is unclear. Despite the strong calls from members of the Security Council and others, civilians continue to suffer. New Zealand has used strong words in this Chamber to describe the actions of Russia, and we stand by them. Indeed, Russia, Iran and the Syrian Government bear much of the responsibility to ensure the protection of civilians. They must allow the United Nations to do its job to get aid to those who need it and to ensure the safety of those who stay and those who wish to leave. The Security Council will meet behind closed doors shortly to talk about how the United Nations might get more involved in eastern Aleppo. To date the Security Council has been unable to meet its responsibilities.”
2016-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7839 (2016) · source
“We are pleased today's resolution urges the Committee to prioritize efforts towards specific risks and towards countries and regions that are the most vulnerable to proliferation. New Zealand restates its commitment to global disarmament and nonproliferation efforts and our support for the 1540 regime. We have been active in helping our Pacific Island partners understand and implement their obligations. We have been a strong advocate of working through regional bodies, such as the Pacific Islands Forum, and we stand ready to continue to play our part over the long-term. In concluding, we commend Spain for today's debate and its work to make the Council's non-proliferation regime more effective.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Pacific SIDS also have small administrations with limited capacity to enact and implement complex 1540 legislative requirements, which are often not directly relevant to them. We recognize that mandatory Council resolutions must apply to all Member States and that, in the case of the 1540 regime, our non-proliferation efforts are only as good as the weakest link in the chain. But it is neither sensible nor realistic to impose the same administrative and reporting burdens on a country like Tuvalu or Nauru - countries with populations of 10,000 people, with no shared borders or proliferation-sensitive industries - as we do on much larger countries, such as France or the United Kingdom, Ukraine or Egypt, or even Uruguay or New Zealand.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“If the Council continues to constrain itself with such overly sensitive notions of sovereignty and non-interference, it risks becoming increasingly ineffective and irrelevant. Such an attitude is seriously at odds with the many strong calls, including by the Secretary-General-elect, for a much greater emphasis on prevention. An issue of particular importance to New Zealand in today's resolution is the acknowledgement that a risk- based approach is appropriate when considering the implementation of the 1540 regime. Our Pacific region is nuclear-free and strongly committed to preventing the spread of those weapons. But the small island developing States (SIDS) of the region do not produce or export sensitive materials, so the proliferation risk in their cases is low.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We as a Council are worried about the risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists or would-be terrorists. We know that one of those risks arises when a State may not have the systems or the capabilities to deal with that threat and would benefit from more active cooperation. Yet in the resolution we were unable to endorse the simple proposition that this Council might take the initiative to offer such cooperation through the 1540 Committee. I understand that the objection is that such an offer might be construed as inconsistent with State sovereignty, or an unwarranted intrusion into the internal affairs of the State concerned. That is very frustrating.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Terrorist organizations, such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, have acquired the materials and know-how to manufacture chemical weapons and have used them in combat. That was one of the very threats that the 1540 regime was set up to prevent. We need to consider how we can curb such developments, while also being ready to deal with new proliferation risks as they emerge - as they surely will. That requires both early action and sustained commitment over the long term. One of the frustrations we have encountered during our term on the Council - and one we met again in the negotiations on today's resolution - is the extraordinary aversion of some Council members to ideas that would seem like simple common sense in any other context.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“They are the reasons why we have supported the efforts led by Spain to upgrade and expand the 1540 regime to make it more efficient and responsive to today's realities. We are disappointed that some Council members - some permanent members - have limited the full realization of what had been proposed. Today, the materials, expertise and technology relating to weapons of mass destruction are more accessible than ever before. The Internet readily provides to anyone information previously held in closed scientific and military communities. Three-D printers mean that specialized equipment can be developed anywhere, and drones bought in a store or online can provide the means of delivery for a WMD attack.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Put simply, our safety and security i and the safety and security of most United Nations Members - depend on the effectiveness of international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD). These are the reasons why New Zealand was and remains a staunch supporter of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, even as we lament the failure of nuclear-weapon States to live up to their commitments to pursue negotiations on nuclear disarmament. They are also the reasons why New Zealand is a strong supporter of the 1540 regime, which seeks to address the risks of terrorists and other non-State actors acquiring nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and other WMD.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We start by congratulating Spain on its leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and on our common effort to ensure that the non-proliferation regime that the Committee oversees is able to respond to today's challenges. My country has a long and proud record of activism in relation to the threat and risks ofnuclear weapons. We have long understood what it would mean for the world, even in our remote part of the Pacific, ifthe doctrine of mutually assured destruction were carried to its illogical conclusion. We have seen the effects - security, health, environmental and social - of the testing of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific. We knew that those threats and risks would multiply if the numbers of parties possessing nuclear weapons were to grow.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We recognize that challenges remain, and that there is a long road ahead to secure the peace that has been made, but with the continued commitment of all parties, we are confident these can be overcome. The Colombian people will have an opportunity to express their views on the peace agreement through the referendum on 2 October. We hope they will choose the path of peace. New Zealand is also committed to supporting Colombia's efforts to find lasting stability and reconciliation, and to ensuring that Colombia experiences an early peace dividend. That is why we have pledged to assist Colombia in achieving its goal to become a landmine-free country by 2021. Colombia will not face the road ahead alone. New Zealand, the Council, and the international community stand ready to help. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“We hope that the activities of the special political mission can help give confidence to all sides that key elements of the agreement are being faithfully and effectively implemented by both sides. The Security Council's response to Colombia's requests for assistance also represents an unusual and positive model for how the Council can and should interact with conflict-affected States. It is rare for a country to voluntarily approach the Security Council seeking its help. Colombia's actions in doing so, and the Council's swift responsiveness to its requests, with due respect to the specific needs of the situation, have provided an example of how constructive the relationship can be between the Council and the countries it seeks to assist. New Zealand was pleased to sponsor the resolution today, and welcomes its unanimous adoption.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“We congratulate and thank Cuba and Norway, as well as Chile and Venezuela, for their vital roles in steering the peace process to its successful conclusion. The United Nations will play a crucial role in supporting the effective implementation of Colombia's peace agreement. By adopting resolution 23 07 (2016) today, endorsing the Secretary-General's recommendations in his most recent report (S/2016/729) for a special political mission to assist with monitoring and verifying the agreed ceasefire and laying down of arms, the Security Council is ensuring it plays its part in helping to secure a better future for Colombia. It is only appropriate that the Council should play its part in these efforts.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for New Zealand. At the outset, I welcome the Colombian Permanent Representative to the Council today. The historic peace agreement concluded between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebels on 24 August represents a significant milestone that offers the promise of a future of security and prosperity for all Colombians in the years to come. New Zealand congratulates President Santos on the courage and determination that he and his country have demonstrated in order to conclude this historic agreement. We also commend FARC for its commitment to peace through the long period of negotiations.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“In favour: Angola, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2307 (2016). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Colombia 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/2016/774, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by all Council members. I would like to thank all Council members for sponsoring the draft resolution, which is now a presidential text. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/ZOl6/729, which contains the report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the United Nations mission in Colombia. 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.”
2016-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7768 (2016) · source
“As I have already said, the Security Council has a central role to play in guiding a comprehensive international response to combating terrorist narratives and ideologies. At home, in our region and further afield, New Zealand is committed to playing its full part.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“That has to be done globally, in particular through the full implementation of the Council's sanctions regimes targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaida and the Taliban, and regionally. For my country, enhanced cooperation across the Asia-Pacific region is of great importance, especially through the growing number of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-based counter-terrorism initiatives. As we see greater success against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, the return of foreign terrorist fighters will become a challenge for many nations, my own included. Cooperation across such areas as policing, border control and aviation security will be increasingly important. Policies relating to the detention and reintegration of terrorist detainees present questions that are both complex and challenging.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Therefore, my first message is that the Council must face up to its core business of preventing and resolving conflicts ifit wants to eliminate the conditions under which extremist narratives and ideologies will breed and spread. Secondly, stronger, fairer and more inclusive societies are the best long-term sustainable defence against the spread of terrorism. Establishing unifying, inclusive governance that respects human rights and the rule of law and that does not succumb to the short- term temptation to marginalize significant groups is critical to the long-term fight against extremist ideologies. That is true in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is true in all countries. Thirdly, Governments will need to be increasingly active and innovative in their counter-terrorism strategies and continue to improve cooperation across national borders.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“New Zealand strongly supports the four pillars of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy - addressing the conditions that spread terrorism, preventing and combating terrorism, counter-terrorism capacity-building, and respecting human rights and the rule of law. The Security Council has a central role to play in guiding a comprehensive international response to terrorism. I want to make three brief points. First, the most important contribution the Security Council can make to combat terrorism is to improve its capacity to prevent and resolve conflict. Unresolved conflicts in Syria and Iraq are fertile breeding grounds for terrorism and extremist ideology, a phenomenon we have already witnessed in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The unresolved conflict in Palestine has now fuelled generations of hopelessness and extremism.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“I would like to start by thanking Minister Selim for convening this open debate on countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism. Today we are dealing with a threat whose scale and spread requires a global and collective response and surely commands the attention of the Security Council. My country, New Zealand, once regarded itself as largely removed from the threat of international terrorism, protected by its geography. Sadly, we now live in a world where terrorism is a global enterprise, exported through modern technology and sophisticated social media. Every society has its element of disenchanted and disenfranchised people who provide a ready market for extremist ideology. Every society has its element of disturbed or criminal minds who find international terrorist branding a convenient cloak.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“However, whether a Council initiative is concluded imminently or a little later in the year, we believe it will be useful to start discussions as soon as possible on a draft text and on synchronizing the Council's consideration with other parties and external initiatives. We hope that by the time of the next Middle East debate in the Council, there will be greater clarity and unity about a way forward.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“I know that there are those who would rather the Council played no role and others who will assert that there are risks around a resolution at this time. But the greater risk by far is that the Council might do nothing at all as a two-State solution is pronounced dead and buried. New Zealand is therefore committed to seeing the Council decide on a clear plan over the coming weeks. Between the work of the Quartet, the Arab League, the French initiative and others, there is a vitally important role for the Security Council. We will work with others to determine whether a draft resolution can best support the work of the Quartet, the French and the Arab ministers by being finalized before or after the other initiatives that are under way.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“It is our absolute conviction that a Council resolution is an essential ingredient in the steps that lie ahead. The only issue is its timing and relationship to external processes. New Zealand would find it hard to understand how a draft text with the limited purpose and focus 1 have outlined could be too strong to be acceptable to other Council members. Conversely, some others may be underwhelmed and want a more wide-ranging resolution. However, based on the careful soundings we have taken, our conclusion is that, in the current dire circumstances, maximalist positions would almost certainly fail and would serve only to consign the Council to continuing to preside in silence over the demise of the two-State solution. Our immediate task must be to preserve that ultimate goal and put the Council's weight behind the first steps on the path.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“When New Zealand proposed a draft text last year, in the absence of any alternatives, we were persuaded through the process of consultation that there was not enough support for it to succeed and that other processes in play might have been affected if the Council had acted at that time. However, the situation has deteriorated further and the threat to a two-State solution has become greater. Over the coming weeks, therefore, New Zealand will resume the conversation about the sequencing and content of a focused draft resolution as the views of the French representatives and the Quartet take greater shape. The efforts of those parties are vital, but they are not sufficient, and they cannot absolve the Council of its responsibility to lead.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“That work is necessary to rebuild confidence and trust and to prepare the parties for negotiations. And, thirdly, at the right time, they expect the Council to endorse a pathway back to negotiations, potentially through a resolution on parameters. Opinions differ as to how some of those elements should be sequenced. In particular, there is debate as to whether a Council resolution focused on preserving a two-State solution, ending the violence and rhetoric and halting the settlements might best precede the proposed French conference or whether it might follow it. But I believe there is broad agreement on the content of those three phases.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“Against that background it is difficult to understand why the Security Council has not adopted a single resolution on this question in more than seven years, and that it could be a silent witness to the demise of the two- State solution. What does the international community therefore expect of the Security Council in the difficult circumstances of today? First, it expects the Council to reassert a two-State solution as the only pathway to a secure and lasting peace. And it undoubtedly expects it to condemn the violence on both sides and the ongoing settlements programme as unacceptable obstacles to such a solution. Secondly, they expect the Council to support and give momentum to the work taking place outside the Council in the Quartet, among the members of the Arab League, and through the proposed French international conference.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and realistic briefing. Next Saturday, it will be two years since negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were suspended. In the meantime, violence has escalated, the settlements have continued and trust between the two parties has been further eroded. And the Council has been largely a spectator. It has been accepted wisdom in the Council, and in the eyes of the international community, that a two- State solution is the only path forward for resolving this matter. Yet today it is becoming increasingly apparent that such a solution may be moving beyond reach and that, if matters continue as they have for the past two years without action from the Council and others, the two-State solution will be dead.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673 (2016) · source
“If there is one lesson we can learn from previous attempts to resolve this seemingly intractable problem, it is that it will require the concerted support of the entire international community for diplomacy to find a solution. While no words from the Council will themselves bring about a solution to the Palestinian question, it is our duty today to find ways to stem the violence and then to find a framework that creates space for the diplomacy and political engagement that are so seriously overdue.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“We see that format as being the appropriate vehicle through which the Council can mandate the necessary actions and receive regular reports of progress. It may be that a parameters resolution will be required in the early part of next year. We appreciate the fact that, over time, the Middle East peace process has absorbed the energy and attention of many good people. In particular, we admire the huge energy and commitment brought to the topic by United States Secretary of State John Kerry. We hope that the efforts of the Council will help create a space in which the diplomatic leadership of Secretary Kerry and others might succeed.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“It has been six long years since the Council adopted a formal resolution on the matter. The events of recent weeks cry out for action. While we remain ready to support any other reasonable proposals for progress, we will, over the coming days, share with colleagues the text of a draft resolution giving effect to the four steps that I have just outlined. We do so in the hope that the draft resolution will at least stimulate a level of debate and engagement that will enable the Council to chart a way forward. New Zealand is pleased to note the increasing level of activity by the Quartet. We are especially pleased to see the Quartet moving to engage the leadership of Arab nations through the so-called Quartet-plus format.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“Fourthly, if the parties are not ready and the conditions not right for those direct talks today, then the Council should mandate a course of action allowing the parties to get ready and making the conditions right for those talks to commence within a realistic but early time frame. My country strongly welcomes the very clear signal sent by the Secretary-General in undertaking his visit to the region this week. We believe that the Council must also send its own clear signal to the parties, to their neighbours and close friends and to the international community. This is a time to focus on what can be achieved, rather than to lament what cannot. Since joining the Council, we have been clear that we will work cooperatively with other Council members to advance any constructive proposals in relation to the Middle East peace process.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“Ultimately, the Council will be judged not by the quality of the words that are spoken around this table, but by the quality of the actions that follow. What actions should the Council take in relation to the question of Palestine in the circumstances that confront us today? First, we must clearly and unequivocally call for a cessation of the violence and for the leaders of all parties to use all of their authority to end it. Secondly, we should restate the unambiguous commitment of the Council to a two-State solution as the only acceptable basis for sustainable peace. Thirdly, we should be clear that a sustainable solution can be achieved only through direct talks between the parties, supported by key stakeholders, including the Council.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“If the parties are not ready, then surely the Council should tell them to get ready, help them get ready and give them a time frame within which to be ready. No one can excuse the violence that has taken place, but we should understand that it is at least in part a result of a failure of the diplomatic or political process. While those guilty of acts of Violence must take responsibility for them and be held to account, the Council must take responsibility for the failure of the diplomatic and political process and move to resolve it. We therefore welcome the opportunity for the Security Council to focus on this matter today, and hope that the Council can find a way to extend greater protection to those under threat of violence, and hope to those who currently have none.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“It is with a sense of dismay that we address the Council today on the lack of progress in relations between Israel and Palestine and the violence that has raged there in the past few weeks. For the nine and a half months we have been non-permanent members of the Council, we have made clear New Zealand's view that concerted Council action is required to jump-start the direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians that are the only means by which a durable solution can be found. Over recent months, we have been concerned to hear the ongoing repetition of a defeatist narrative that is in danger ofbecoming self-fulfilling: "The conditions are not right; the parties are not ready". But if the conditions are not right for direct talks, then surely it is the Council's role to try to create the right conditions.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“To that extent, the concept behind today's debate can claim success. Where it fails is in its inability to unite these key actors and the members of the Council behind a process that marries the pragmatism that must be employed to stop the conflict with the more principled solutions that will enable Syria to start rebuilding, displaced people to return, and the other conflicts in the region, involving largely the same actors, to be addressed - those in Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Palestine. Until members of the Council learn to cooperate to broker these compromises, we will live in a world which is eternally destabilized by the rivalries of the Middle East and North Africa; a world of constant workarounds as substitutes for Council leadership, and a growing and ultimately deafening demand for Security Council reform.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“On the one hand, we must be pragmatic; we must take the situation as it is and the actors who are there, and collectively impose a transition process that will enable institutions and services to operate as we allow Syria to rebuild. On the other, we must uphold the principles of justice and international law that would rule out impunity for those responsible for mass atrocities. In his introductory remarks to the General Assembly at this year's general debate (see A/70/PV.13), the Secretary- General named five countries whose deep differences need to find resolution if the conflict in Syria is to cease. Each of these five countries, along with most others, has declared its implacable opposition to the brutal terrorist threat that is the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“New Zealand welcomes this Security Council debate on the resolution of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and we welcome the fact that it involves Foreign Ministers from so many members of the Council. But we do not welcome the fact that today we will adopt no resolution, and not even agree a presidential statement; we will not stop the fighting. Sadly, this is symbolic of the dysfunction and mistrust that has characterized the Council's performance on Syria and too many of the conflicts that rage in the region today. And it must stop. In Syria, 250,000 dead people and 12 million displaced by conflict should tell the Council that it must stop - that we must work together to find a resolution. We can all see what the path forward must involve.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“New Zealand has opposed the veto consistently since 1945, and we oppose its use today. We as a Council simply have to find better ways of working together. The countries that suffered heavy losses, including in particular Australia, Malaysia and the Netherlands, are our close friends. New Zealand supported and co-sponsored the draft resolution for an international tribunal as a serious effort to establish accountability for the downing of Flight MH-l7. That is the least we can do to honour the victims and alleviate the grieving of their families. I conclude by conveying the condolences of my Government and country to the families and friends of the victims of Flight MH-17 and our strong regret that the Council was unable to meet its obligations to them today. I resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2015-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7498 (2015) · source
“This is a matter on which the Council should have been able to agree. For the Security Council, charged with upholding international peace and security, not to be able to agree on an accountability process when a commercial airliner was brought down and 298 people were killed is indeed a serious indictment. This does not appear to me to be a matter that can be seen in shades of grey: either we follow a path of accountability or there is impunity. I very much regret that the latter was the result of the Council vote today. As President of the Council, we worked hard to promote a consensus outcome. However, the positions on the establishment of a tribunal at this time were not reconcilable. That this outcome has been achieved by the use of the veto is a matter of special regret to my country.”
2015-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7498 (2015) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for New Zealand. Today, the Council has been asked to remember the tragic events of 17 July 2014 in which 298 people were killed, including one New Zealand citizen and one resident. One year ago, the Council adopted unanimously resolution 2166 (2014), which condems the attack and calls for those responsible to be held to account. Today's draft resolution S/2015/562 sought to establish a mechanism by which that accountability could be sought. The fact that we have not preserved the unanimity that characterized resolution 2166 (2014) is deeply disappointing. In failing to find a way forward, the Council has let down the families and friends of those killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, and has let itself down as well.”
2015-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7498 (2015) · source
“I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands. In favour: Chad, Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America Against: Russian Federation Abstaining: Angola, China and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: There were 11 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 3 abstentions. The draft resolution has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council. I now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make a statement after the voting.”
2015-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7498 (2015) · source
“Members of the Council have before them document S/20lS/562, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I now give the floor to those members ofthe Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
2015-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7498 (2015) · source
“I propose that the Security Council observe a minute of silence in solemn remembrance of the 298 victims who were killed by the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 on 17 July 2014. I invite all present to stand as we remember those victims. The members of the Security Council observed a minute ofsilence. The President: I wish to warmly welcome the ministers present at today's meeting. Their participation is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Romania, Ukraine and Viet Nam to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
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“I thank Mr. De Mistura for his briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue discussions on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.40 a.m.”
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“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy ofthe Secretary- General for Syria, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and I now give him the floor.”
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