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2002-07-25
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2004-05-17
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  1. “The increase in regional responses to conflict requires the United Nations to forge meaningful relationships with key regional political and military institutions, especially where a United Nations intervention is a precursor or successor to a regional effort. Finally, let me assure the Council that New Zealand remains committed to United Nations peacekeeping. Over the years, we have made a significant contribution to a wide range of United Nations peacekeeping missions. We have contributed to other peace support operations, particularly in our own Asia-Pacific region. This includes assisting in the restoration of law and order in the Solomon Islands last year. We are also strong supporters of the international campaign against terrorism and have deployed a provincial reconstruction team in Bamyan province in Afghanistan.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  2. “New peacekeeping missions this year will place further strain on the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and will require additional financial contributions from Member States. We need to address this situation. We need a mechanism to ensure that, when a mission is mandated, there is explicit agreement that it can be adequately resourced and supported. And there is an additional challenge. The external security environment has changed significantly. The United Nations, which for many years has relied on its reputation for neutrality, now recognizes that it is a target. This has both financial and operational implications. The United Nations has become increasingly involved in regional conflicts, most recently in West Africa. These pose new challenges to a Council that is designed to consider peacekeeping mandates on an individual basis.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  3. “We would like to see an evaluation of what has worked and what has not worked so that we can formulate specific proposals to improve consultation. Many observers have noted the emergence of multinational forces as a phenomenon distinct from blue-beret peacekeeping operations. Multinational forces have become more common as a means to respond to different types of security crises and to provide rapid deployment to deal quickly with an emergency prior to the establishment of a peacekeeping mission. Contributors to peacekeeping missions are now predominantly developing countries. Whether this trend continues remains to be seen, but for us the issue is not peacekeeping operation versus multinational force, so much as a perceived or real unevenness in the international effort in responding to humanitarian and security crises.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  4. “The Council could, for example, ask the Secretary-General to begin a dialogue with United Nations funds and programmes and develop a plan for the transition of a mission and its eventual exit strategy, for incorporation in the next mandate renewal proposal. There is also the question of whether the structure and internal consultation processes of the Secretariat are sufficient to ensure integrated, quality policy advice on the new peacekeeping challenges. We also think it is time for an honest assessment of existing consultative mechanisms between the Security Council and non-Council members. It is not enough to point to the existence of a mechanism. In order to be meaningful, consultation should produce results and recognize the shared responsibility of Council and non-Council members for its quality.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  5. “We know, too, that development has a vital contribution to make to ensuring peace. The Security Council provides a fire- fighting mechanism. But a sustained effort will often be necessary to guarantee a durable peace. Recent developments in Haiti demonstrate this. Accordingly, we would encourage the Council to take a longer-term view of peacekeeping mandates and a more holistic approach to peacekeeping activities. The Council should consider ways to build into mandates the future role of the broader United Nations system, as peacekeeping operations evolve into peace- building and peace support.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  6. “The purpose would be to contribute to the development of peacekeeping policy by the Security Council and to provide policy guidance to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and to the Fifth Committee's peacekeeping financial management discussions. Peacekeeping is one of the most important - and certainly one of the most visible - activities of the United Nations. That the General Assembly should not discuss peacekeeping at its highest level is arguably an abdication of responsibility. Complex peacekeeping missions are becoming the norm. It is now accepted that effective peacekeeping and peace support is likely to involve a multidimensional response incorporating security, law and order, support for civilian institutions and human rights and humanitarian components.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  7. “Mr. President, may I first of all thank you for calling this open debate to discuss the critical issues currently facing United Nations peacekeeping. All Member States have a stake in peacekeeping. The principle of collective responsibility means that issues of the Organization's capacity to respond to threats and the nature of those threats need to be addressed by the membership as a whole. Peacekeeping should not be considered the sole preserve of the Security Council. The Security Council has been entrusted with the vital role of responding to specific threats or conflicts, but we should differentiate this from the need for a meaningful exchange on contemporary generic peacekeeping issues. For this reason, we have proposed elsewhere that the General Assembly plenary should debate peacekeeping issues on an annual basis.”

    2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source

  8. “The Security Council's continued attention to small arms issues, particularly in the regional context, will help maintain the international community's resolve to address effectively the issue's security and humanitarian dimensions.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  9. “At their last annual meeting in August 2003, Pacific Islands Forum leaders endorsed model weapons-control legislation based on that framework. Those steps have been complemented by a regional workshop, co-hosted by Japan and Australia in Tokyo in January 2003, to enhance cooperation in legal and institutional areas, law enforcement and effective small-arms stockpile management. Finally, that progress notwithstanding, improving national legislation and regional coordination in border controls, law enforcement and armoury management will be essential to combat the threat posed by small arms. In this respect, the Secretary-General's report provides a useful practical guide and outlines areas where further progress is possible.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  10. “The Biketawa Declaration forms the basis for the current police and military support that Pacific Island countries have extended to Solomon Islands, at the request of its Government, to overcome instability and lawlessness, exacerbated by the spread of illicit small arms. The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands has led to the surrender of more than 3,700 weapons, the establishment of 16 police posts and the arrest of key militants, providing the conditions for donors to re- engage, for economic recovery to begin, and for a more stable, safe environment. The effective implementation of the Programme of Action remains a priority for the Pacific region. Pacific Island Forum members have agreed on a common regional approach to weapon control, reflected in the Nadi Framework.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  11. “Both have demonstrated their capacity to fuel and sustain conflicts. Our own region has experienced the lawlessness and political instability that accompanies the unchecked proliferation of small arms and light weapons. It has benefited from the Council's support in managing the role of small arms in respect of the post- conflict situation in Bougainville, where the collection and destruction of weapons is a critical part of the peace process. Pacific efforts to address the small arms issue centre on a regional approach. The importance of working collaboratively to address security issues was reaffirmed by Pacific leaders in the Biketawa Declaration, which provides for a regional approach to regional security issues.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  12. “Strengthened national export controls, including effective end-user certification and an effective cross-border tracing mechanism, are also integral to defending against illicit transfers and ensuring that legally exported arms do not end up in illicit hands. In the post-conflict phase, effective disarmament, demobilization and reintegration elements are crucial in ensuring that small arms and light weapons do not disrupt peace-building and reconstruction efforts. In that regard, we support the Secretary-General's comments about the importance of increasing the funding for such programmes. It also remains critical that the Council continue its efforts to identify the links between the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and the illicit exploitation of natural and other resources.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  13. “In that regard, we welcome the Secretary- General's most recent report (S/2003/l2l7) on initiatives undertaken to implement his earlier recommendations on ways and means in which the Security Council can contribute to dealing with small arms questions in situations under its consideration. Those recommendations set out a series of practical steps that the Council may take, and we are heartened by the progress made so far. In particular, targeted and specific arms embargoes - if effectively enforced by Member States- are an important tool at the Council's disposal to prevent the proliferation of small arms in a particular conflict.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  14. “The destabilizing effect of the proliferation of such weapons, their role in exacerbating unrest and conflict and their disproportionate effect on civilians, women and children were further recognized at the First Biennial Meeting on the Programme of Action, held in New York last July. National and regional action remains critical to the effective implementation of the Programme of Action. However, there is also an important role for international initiatives and, in particular, for the Council, to play. Small arms and light weapons remain a significant factor in many of the conflicts currently under the Council's eye. The need for the Council to continue to address small arms issues in its response to particular conflict and post-conflict situations remains real.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  15. “It is my honour to address the Council on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum group of countries that maintain permanent missions in New York, namely Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and my own country, New Zealand. We welcome the Council's continuing consideration of the issues surrounding the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. The Programme of Action adopted at the 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects underscored the multifaceted nature of this issue and the real and immediate threat that the illicit trade in and possession of these weapons poses to the security of nations and individuals.”

    2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source

  16. “This will be complemented by the deployment of New Zealand Defence Force personnel to work with a British team providing command and leadership training to the Afghan national army in Kabul. New Zealand is very aware of the need to achieve tangible improvements in the quality of life of Afghan people, while also making longer-term investments in building capacity, through reconstruction and development activities. These considerations have informed our contribution to humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. In conclusion, there remains a vital need for the international community to reassure Afghanistan's Government and people that we intend to remain engaged in security and humanitarian assistance efforts to restore their country.”

    2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source

  17. “In addition to providing personnel to ISAF and supporting Operation Enduring Freedom since late 2001, the New Zealand Government recently announced a further contribution to the reconstruction of Afghanistan. New Zealand will contribute to one of the provincial reconstruction teams that are working with the Afghan provisional Government to expand its influence outside Kabul, enhance the security environment, promote the reconstruction effort, and monitor and assess civil, political and military reform efforts through community engagement. If it proves to be within our capability, that contribution will extend to leading a provincial reconstruction team.”

    2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source

  18. “The establishment of a Constitutional Commission and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the return to school of almost 6 million children and the absorption of 1.7 million refugees back into communities are all positive developments. We encourage further progress on the key milestones contained in the Bonn Agreement, particularly in the lead-up to national elections scheduled for next year. We have been concerned at the recent attacks on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul. They reinforce the importance of strengthening national security institutions and providing support to the ISAF and Operation Enduring Freedom.”

    2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source

  19. “Addressing the drug economy is a necessary first step in countering a range of illegal activities. The links among drugs, the authority of the central Government, its ability to implement key milestones in the Bonn Agreement and broader security continue to present major challenges. We are very appreciative of the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and those Member States making significant contributions to drug eradication efforts in Afghanistan. Turning to the situation in Afghanistan as a whole, it has been heartening to see the achievements of the transitional Government since last year.”

    2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source

  20. “We would first like to thank the Council for providing this opportunity to discuss a peace and security issue of major international importance. New Zealand places a high priority on contributing to efforts by the international community to assist in the restoration of Afghanistan, to establish security and to rebuild society. We see the role of the United Nations, through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as very important in this process. We received two briefings this morning, on the overall situation in Afghanistan and on the challenges posed by drug cultivation and trafficking. Mr. Costa's excellent briefing was a stark reminder of the inter- relationships among economic, political and security factors contributing to ongoing instability.”

    2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source

  21. “Such an approach, to say the very least, stretched the legitimate limits of the role and responsibility entrusted to the Council under the Charter. Our views on the proposal before the Council to renew Security Council resolution 1422 (2002) for a further l2-month period should therefore be clear. We regret that the need is felt at this time to continue that resolution for a further year. However, now that the International Criminal Court is fully established, we hope that the Council will in future be able to draw comfort from the Court's effective and responsible operation and that, accordingly, the Council will see no need to continue this resolution.”

    2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source

  22. “There should be no double standard for personnel engaged in United Nations missions. To attempt to place such personnel above the law places their moral authority and the indispensable institution of United Nations peacekeeping in serious jeopardy. We put forward this view as a State that has been at the forefront of efforts to protect the safety of United Nations personnel. We also expressed serious concern that the use of the specific procedure laid down in article 16 in a generic resolution, not in response to a particular fact situation and with the intention to renew it on an annual basis, was inconsistent with both the terms and the purpose of that provision. As such, it touched directly on the obligations assumed by States parties under the Rome Statute, without their consent.”

    2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source

  23. “When we addressed the Council prior to the adoption of resolution 1422 (2002) on 12 July last year, we expressed serious concerns about the use of the specific procedure laid down in article 16 of the Rome Statute in a generic resolution to provide an immunity from the International Court's jurisdiction for personnel engaged in United Nations-mandated or - authorized operations. We noted that we saw no need for such an immunity in fact. In order to fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC, personnel engaged in a United Nations operation would need to commit the most grievous international crimes, and those crimes would need to go unprosecuted by the authorities of the contributing State. That combination of events seemed to us unlikely last year, and continues to seem unlikely now. We saw no need for such an immunity in principle.”

    2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source

  24. “The International Criminal Court may conduct a prosecution only if impunity would otherwise result. Further safeguards within the Rome Statute prevent decisions on prosecutions being taken on political rather than legal grounds. As such, New Zealand considers the International Criminal Court to be a landmark contribution to the fight against impunity. We have been happy to accept the jurisdiction of the Court as a State Party to the Rome Statute. Now that the Court is established and ready to function, with its judges and its Prosecutor elected, we will continue to provide our full support to its operation.”

    2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source

  25. “New Zealand welcomes the Council's agreement to requests of Member States, including ourselves, for a public meeting on this issue. This issue has important implications for all Members of the United Nations, as well as particular implications for those States party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The International Criminal Court was established to give effect to the international community's shared desire to end impunity for those who commit the most grievous international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. It was established as a court of last resort on the principle that national courts have primary responsibility for the prosecution of crimes on their territory or committed by their nationals.”

    2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source

  26. “Finally, I welcome the opportunity of this debate to underline the fundamental importance of achieving gender equity for the maintenance of peace and security and of enabling women to participate in the decision-making process.”

    2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source

  27. “We were impressed by the commitment of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to implementing resolution 1325 (2000) in East Timor. Not only did UNTAET make sure that its staff integrated gender issues into its work, it actively collected data and information about the situation of East Timorese women and ensured that East Timorese women had a say on issues of importance to them. UNTAET's report notes, however, that it is important for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) that Member States increase the number of women in the military and civilian police forces serving in peacekeeping operations. We are pleased to note that 461 women - more than 10 per cent of the total - have played an active role as part of the New Zealand peacekeeping force in East Timor.”

    2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source

  28. “New Zealand has participated in the group of friends of resolution 1325 (2000) and in the expert group meeting hosted by Canada to consider the best means to implement the resolution. In our own region, we are particularly aware of the impact of armed conflict on women and of the very constructive role that women can play in the peace process and in the rebuilding of society. Earlier speakers have referred to scepticism on this issue. But we know, for example, that, as my Australian colleague has just pointed out, women were instrumental in bringing to an end the secessionist crisis from 1989 to 1998 in Bougainville. And in the Solomon Islands, women's groups recently helped develop the momentum towards peace. Women literally took to the streets calling for an end to ethnic conflict between Gwale and Malaitans.”

    2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source

  29. “New Zealand commends the United Nations for its recognition of the linkages between gender equity and the realization of peace and security. The Security Council debate almost two years ago, resulting in resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, was a milestone. That resolution expressed concern about the adverse impact of armed conflict on women and girls as civilians, refugees and internally displaced persons. The resolution promoted the role of women in preventing conflicts and in peacemaking and advocated that a gender perspective be mainstreamed into United Nations peacekeeping operations and that there should be greater involvement of women in such operations. New Zealand was pleased financially to support the Secretary-General's study on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls that resulted from that resolution.”

    2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source