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  1. “We would therefore urge the Security Council to support the judicious recommendations of the transition working groups and of the Secretary-General that we maintain a United Nations mission with a scaled-down structure in Timor-Leste for an additional 12-month period, and that we conduct a further evaluation of Timor-Leste's self-sufficiency by May 2006.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  2. “It will continue to require international assistance, especially in strengthening its public administration, its judicial institutions and its security forces. Let us, as responsible partners, continue to render the needed support to that young nation, so that it can see concrete and measurable progress in its efforts at nation-building. As the Secretary-General has pointed out in his report, a premature termination of the important tasks before us could jeopardize the achievements as well as the significant investment that the international community has made in Timor-Leste since 1999.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  3. “We fully support the Secretary-General's assessment that, despite the extraordinary progress made in Timor-Leste, significant challenges remain and that the provision of international assistance beyond the current mandate is crucial for the long-term security, stability and sustained development of that young nation. The report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change has correctly identified the importance of helping to build and strengthen important key institutions as part of the process of peacebuilding in post-conflict countries. That is one recommendation that has found broad in-principle support from the United Nations membership. It is also a recommendation which has a strong bearing on the current situation in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is in the early stages of peacebuilding.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  4. “Until the initial capacity of the Timorese police and defence force is fully realized, the international civilian police advisers will be much needed to help bolster the capacity of the local police, in particular the border police unit, and to provide a good foundation for the long-term security of the country. Thirdly, one of the key challenges facing the Timor-Leste Government is the issue of border management and control. United Nations liaison officers can play a critical role in the urgent and necessary task of building up the expertise and professionalism of the Timorese border units in managing border-related issues and, in doing so, contribute positively towards maintaining the overall order and stability.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  5. “The work of the justice sector, especially in the operations of the district courts, is an important and integral part of the ongoing efforts to rebuild and establish the rule of law in the country. The continued support of United Nations legal advisers will definitely help to facilitate that process. Secondly, we are heartened to note the progress made in the development of the various law enforcement agencies and in the training of the Timorese police force. From the report, it is clear that UNMISET civilian police advisers, especially police trainers, are still critically needed to provide mentoring and guidance to those enforcement agencies in the area of developing standard operating procedures, ethics and human rights training, and anti-riot training.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  6. “The Secretary-General's report has confirmed that the decision taken in May 2004 to extend the mandate of UNMISET was the correct one. I would like to make a few observations with respect to the Secretary-General's report. First, it is clear from the Secretary-General's report that Timor-Leste's judiciary and public administrative systems are still in the early stages of development and that much more needs to be done to strengthen the capacity of Timorese State institutions. The work of the international judges and of the United Nations civilian advisers remains crucial to the development of the justice system and the legal and financial institutions. Building up those key institutions will take time, and we would like to commend the judges and the United Nations civilian advisers for their hard work and dedication.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  7. “My delegation, too, would like to join preceding speakers in conveying our condolences to the Government and the people of Bangladesh and to the families of the nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed last Friday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive progress report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) for the last three months. I would like also to thank Mr. Jose Ramos-Horta, Foreign Minister of East Timor, for the comprehensive statement he made a short while ago. My delegation would like also to pay tribute to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sukehiro Hasegawa for his leadership and outstanding work. We are encouraged by the steady progress made in various aspects of Timor-Leste's development efforts.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  8. “Timor-Leste will continue to require international assistance, specifically in the area of strengthening its security forces, public administration and judicial institutions. Let us, as responsible partners and friends, continue to render the necessary support to that young nation so that it will see measurable and sustainable success in its efforts at nation-building. Singapore remains fully committed to assist and support Timor-Leste. Together with the United Nations, we have a stake in helping Timor-Leste succeed.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  9. “That will enable the Security Council to take an objective decision on the level of support and assistance to be rendered to Timor-Leste in the months ahead, as well as after the expiry of the United Nations mandate. While Timor-Leste continues to seek sources of bilateral and multilateral assistance, the United Nations must correspondingly harness the collective efforts of its development programmes for the benefit of that young nation. The people of Timor-Leste have made considerable progress since the country became independent, in May 2002. However, there is still much that needs to be done. Further international assistance will be critical to consolidate and build upon the gains that have been made in an atmosphere of peace and security.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  10. “We agree that it is important for UNMISET to focus on the strengthening of local institutions before the final exit of United Nations forces. The remaining months are crucial, and UNMISET must ensure that the departure of the United Nations does not create a vacuum in which instability and uncertainty prevail. The United Nations will need to consider how the current programmes by the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund can be further expanded so as to ensure a smooth transition to Timorese ownership. I would urge the Security Council to conduct a further evaluation of the state of Timor-Leste's self- sufficiency before the expiry of the UNMISET mandate, in May 2005.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  11. “But the work to build Timor-Leste's own capacity to ensure stability has only just begun. Until the capacity of the Timorese national police and defence force is fully realized, the work of the UNMISET security forces will be vital to the provision of a secure framework for development. The Secretary-General's report has noted the lack of professional experience of the police and the defence forces, the slow resolution of the grievances raised by ex-combatants and veterans and the growing voice of martial arts groups. Those are possible challenges to the internal security situation that merit our attention. We support the Secretary-General's recommendation that UNMISET's current tasks, configuration and size be retained until 20 May 2005. That is critical to the consolidation of what has been achieved thus far.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  12. “Internal capacity in those areas has yet to be fully established. The work of international judges and United Nations civilian advisers is therefore crucial to the development of the judicial system and other governmental institutions. The building of those important institutions will take time, and I commend the judges and the civilian advisers for their hard work and commitment. Given the significant increase in the number of returnees and the growing population of Dili, programmes focusing on the areas of education, job creation, the provision of utilities and health care will also have to be continuously developed and sustained. Secondly, we note that the overall security situation in Timor-Leste has been calm and peaceful in recent months. That is due in no small measure to the presence of United Nations forces.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  13. “Let me first thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive progress report (S/2004/888) on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) for the past 3 months. I would also like to pay tribute to Special Representative Sukehiro Hasegawa for his leadership, commitment and outstanding work. We are encouraged by the steady progress made in various aspects of Timor-Leste's development efforts. The Secretary-General's report has confirmed that the decision of the Security Council in May 2004 to extend the mandate of UNMISET by one year was correct and that the mandate was appropriately defined. Please allow me to highlight a few observations concerning the report. First, it is clear from the report that Timor-Leste's judiciary and public administration systems are still in the early stages of development.”

    2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source

  14. “But before I conclude, I would like to note that what we - that is, a small number of delegations, including members of the Security Council - have been doing on this issue can be qualified as norm-making. This is why my delegation welcomes this open debate. It is appropriate that this issue now be discussed by the General Assembly, the principal norm-making body of the United Nations - especially if we acknowledge that the rule of law is something that should be mainstreamed into every part of the United Nations system, which will require the universal support of all Member States. In this regard, I understand that discussions on this issue are being envisaged for later this month in the Sixth Committee. My delegation welcomes that development.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  15. “Questions have been asked as to what justice, especially transitional justice, is worth. This is not an easy question to answer. In this regard, I would like to cite the reply to a question that the British Broadcasting Corporation posed, in an interview on 4 October, to William Shawcross, a long-time advocate of bringing the Khmer Rouge to justice. After noting that the Cambodian Government had estimated that the trials under the Cambodia Tribunal were going to cost $50 million, Mr. Shawcross said: "that raises another very interesting question: would that money not be better spent for Cambodia by reinvigorating and restoring the Cambodian judicial system?" I leave that as food for thought.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  16. “It would be counter-productive for us if, in our haste and impatience to pursue transitional justice, we were to cause a return to conflict, renewed violence and suffering. The Secretary-General's report has also rightly pointed out that the international community, in helping to bring about transitional justice and the rule of law, should bear in mind that its role is not to create international substitutes for national structures but to help build domestic justice capacities. This is important because the goal is to leave in place a sustainable independent system that works, even if such a goal can be attained only after years, rather than months, which is especially likely to be the case if there is a need to train the local judiciary and judicial personnel from scratch.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  17. “It is therefore important that national stakeholders be closely consulted with a view to arriving at a solution that best serves the interests of the people in terms of transitional justice, bearing in mind what would work best to help heal wounds, using the limited resources available and taking account of the urgent competition for these resources, and, where applicable, the risk of its impact on fragile peace processes. On the last point, unfortunately, the reality is that in many post-conflict situations the international community lacks either the political will or the capacity to ensure the disarmament of armed groups, which remain a source of lawlessness and a threat to peace and stability, thereby creating the potential of renewed conflict.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  18. “In this regard, it is important to bear in mind that no two societies and situations are the same, and that there are no model answers that one can simply apply to a post-conflict situation. The institutions and practices of established States have evolved over time - sometimes over centuries - while those of most new States, including States in a post-conflict situation, have had to be either created from scratch or elaborated immediately and put into place. This is clearly not the best way to get things done.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  19. “Together with that, where a culture of the rule of law has been absent, one may need to provide for some form of public education to instil such a culture - a culture that most of us who live in functional societies may take for granted. The second aspect is that of transitional justice. That should be neither an end in itself nor an exercise aimed at salving the international community's conscience for its past inactions. Rather, it should take into account the best interests of the victims of violence and grave injustice, while at the same time serving a broader goal of sending a signal to all would- be perpetrators of large-scale abuses that the era of impunity is over.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  20. “That is why it is vital that the United Nations develop a framework to tap existing external expertise and resources to complement the Secretariat's in-house experience. In post-conflict situations, there is also often a need to introduce immediately a transitional set of laws, if the old bodies of law, where they existed, had been unfair, abused or otherwise discredited. In this regard, having a broad set of internationally-accepted transitional criminal codes, which should preferably have some built-in flexibility to allow adaptation to the different local contexts, could be invaluable to post-conflict work.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  21. “The Singapore delegation has been involved with a number of other delegations and external organizations, such as the International Center for Transitional Justice, in a series of useful discussions and exchanges of views on the experiences of the international community on this subject, especially over the past 10 years. I would like to make some broad observations on this subject of transitional justice and the rule of law, in relation to which I would like to highlight two aspects. First, in a post-conflict situation, the challenge of filling the rule of law vacuum is a key one for many United Nations peace operations. The report recognizes the large and growing demand for expertise in assisting post-conflict countries to establish transitional justice processes, restore shattered justice systems and rebuild the rule of law.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  22. “As a multiracial, multireligious nation, we in Singapore have never taken racial, religious and political stability for granted and have always made conscious efforts to promote social cohesion through sharing the benefits of progress, equal opportunities for all and a meritocracy - the best man or woman for the job, especially as leaders in Government. Similarly, we have always made it a point to ensure that the rule of law is applied indiscriminately both to citizens and to non-citizens. Singapore therefore welcomes the call to strengthen the rule of law in the administration of justice in all States, and the steps put forward to address issues of transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  23. “Nevertheless, we should not underestimate the immense difficulties of trying to put a post-conflict State back together once its political, economic and social fabric have been torn apart. It can sometimes be close to an impossible task - like all the King's men trying to put Humpty-Dumpty together again. It is therefore apt that the Secretary-General stressed in his report that prevention is worth significantly more than cure. We share the Secretary- General's view on that matter, as well as the views expressed by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, an hour ago on the need to anchor justice and the rule of law in societies.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  24. “I would like at the outset to thank you, Sir, and the delegation of the United Kingdom, for leading the effort on this important subject, which has culminated in the excellent report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2004/616). In his statement to the General Assembly two weeks ago (see A/59/PV.3), the Secretary-General pointed out that the rule of law starts at home, but that in too many places it remains elusive. He further said that it is by reintroducing the rule of law, and confidence in its impartial application, that we can hope to resuscitate societies shattered by conflict. With those few words, the Secretary-General put his finger on a major underlying cause of conflict and identified the approach to putting a country back on its feet.”

    2004-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5052Resumption1 (2004) · source

  25. “We have also sought to change the general public's mindset to stress that security is a paramount, and not a peripheral, issue. We have mobilized Government agencies, the business community and the general public to work together in a concerted national effort against the threat of transnational terrorism. In conclusion, we join others in urging countries to stand firm and not waiver in the campaign against terrorism, here at the United Nations and domestically.”

    2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source

  26. “Singapore will continue to support the efforts of the United Nations in this area. We have, for example, cooperated fully and in a timely fashion with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions Committee and its Monitoring Team. Singapore has worked closely with other countries in implementing a series of practical anti-terror measures. Singapore has, and will continue, to work with like- minded countries from our region and beyond in intelligence exchanges, capacity-building activities and counter-terrorism operations. In Singapore, we have implemented many security measures to harden the country against the terrorist threat, including critical infrastructure protection and border controls.”

    2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source

  27. “In South-East Asia, the extremist regional network Jemaah Islamiyah, which is Al Qaeda's principal representative in the region, wants to establish an Islamic caliphate comprising much of South-East Asia, including Singapore. Investigations under way clearly point the finger of suSpicion for the recent bombing in Jakarta to that group. We need to work together to deal with the unprecedented challenge of transnational terrorism. While the efforts of individual countries are extremely important, the war against terrorism cannot be won by the efforts of one country alone. International networking and cooperation are also essential. An effective network requires support from individuals equipped not just with special skills, but also with a common understanding of the bigger security strategic picture.”

    2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source

  28. “We are again reminded that terrorism is a clear and present danger around the world. Singapore joins others in strongly condemning those atrocities. We also express our solidarity and sympathy with those affected. Each country must take responsibility for its own security. But that is not enough. International cooperation is vital if we are to be able to effectively confront the threat of transnational terrorism. The events that we are witnessing are not isolated episodes of terrorism. They reflect the existence of a terrorist network with global reach that is capable of organizing deliberate and prolonged acts of terrorism around the world. Al Qaeda has spawned a network of affiliated terrorist groups around the world that subscribes not only to its extreme terror tactics but also to its deviant ideology.”

    2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source

  29. “I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September, and to wish you every success as you and other members of the Security Council deal with several difficult issues on the Council's agenda. I also join other delegations in thanking you for organizing this public meeting. My delegation would also like to thank Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), for his comprehensive briefing. In the past fortnight, the world has witnessed another rash of heinous terrorist acts: the almost simultaneous destruction of two Russian passenger aircraft, the abominable hostage-taking in a Russian school and the bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.”

    2004-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5031 (2004) · source