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Miculescu

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first: 2014-01-29
most recent: 2015-05-13
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“Cooperation is paramount to improving and consolidating the international community's reaction against the illicit proliferation of SALW, especially considering that the heavy cost of conflicts enabled by irresponsible transfers of SALW is being increasingly paid by innocent civilians, mostly women and children. As Bertrand Russell said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation". That is even true so when working to ensure a safer world for future generations, as we all try to do so here under this beautiful roof.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“I would like therefore to recognize today some of those actors, such as the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, the International Action Network on Small Arms, Saferworld, International Alert, Control Arms, Small Arms Survey and others. They make a critical contribution to promoting public understanding, public awareness and public support for effective arms control policies. Finally, I would like to underscore our call for the further strengthening of international cooperation in this field. It is the only way to develop an integrated international approach to combat illicit transfers of SALW.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“For example, national procedures have been developed in order to warrant efficient cooperation with regional organizations, such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including through facilitating coordination on specific documentation for export controls. The ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and Other Related Material should be considered a successful endeavour that addresses the illicit transfers of SALW and their destabilizing accumulation and misuse. That approach, we think, could be implemented in other regions or subregions as well. We acknowledge the significant efforts and the role played by the United Nations agencies, as well as by civil society organizations, in dealing with all aspects related to preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in SALW.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“For Romania, the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms is a very important practical tool, and we believe that such tools could also be used for the effective implementation of the ATT. Aiming at the full and effective implementation of arms embargoes established through Council resolutions, our national export control agency has set up a speedy mechanism for the enforcement of such provisions. Our domestic law stipulates the direct applicability of measures related to arms embargoes. I assure the Council that efforts to continuously improve inter-agency collaboration in order to adequately implement such measures at the national level are not spared. More effective cooperation and cohesion should also be pursued at the regional and international levels, including within the United Nations system.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“In our view, internationally agreed regulations, as well as regional agreements, should be implemented and enforced at the national level in a timely and comprehensive manner, in particular because these instruments often facilitate the strengthening of cooperation. In that regard and based on our experience, the International Tracing Instrument has proved to be a very useful and functional mechanism for exchanging information between countries on tracing SALW in a suitable and reliable manner. Transparency in armaments is, in our View, a substantial confidence-building measure that could also help assess if an excessive or destabilizing accumulation of arms is taking place.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Greater responsibility in transfers of SALW is needed to ensure the effective prevention of the destabilizing accumulation and misuse of such weapons. The Romanian policy on SALW is fully in line with the relevant Security Council resolutions and presidential statements on the issue and the goals envisaged in the Arms Trade Treaty, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, the International Instrument on Marking and Tracing, the United Nations Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, as well as with the relevant initiatives of the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Wassenaar Arrangement.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“The international community must continue to mobilize and fight against the scourge of illicit SALW. At the same time, we must also state that international efforts to regular the trade in small arms and light weapons are not aimed at constraining the rights of States to defend themselves and to use small arms and light weapons for legitimate purposes in a responsible manner. As Council members know, Romania is one of the 64 States to have ratified the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and we are firmly engaged in the ongoing process aimed at ensuring its effective implementation and universalization. My country strongly believes that arms export control regimes are essential tools for the maintenance of international and regional peace and stability, as well as for enabling sustainable development.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Let me join my colleagues in thanking Lithuania for organizing this timely debate and to congratulate you for the excellent stewardship of this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his biennial report on small arms and light weapons (SALW) (S/2015/209) and for the recommendations contained therein. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the elements set out in the new draft resolution. We look forward to its adoption by the Council, thus building on the provisions on resolution 2117 (2013) with a view to assisting the countries affected by the illicit trade in SALW. While Romania fully aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union, I would like to briefly underline a couple of points of national relevance.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“We must focus strongly on education, especially in post-conflict situations and in areas liberated from terrorism, so as to prevent further atrocities in the future and to enable persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities to resume their places in their societies and in their territories. In conclusion, let me recall the words of the legendary Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, who once said that the United Nations had not been created to bring humanity to heaven, but to save humanity from hell. To do so and to save the minorities under threat in the Middle East from hell, we must follow our consciences and show determination in stepping up our efforts to that end, especially taking into account the very complex and specific proposals made during today's very important debate.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“The aim should be that discrimination based on religion or ethnicity should be not only prohibited in law but also clearly understood as such by the majority of society. We must build on the fact that the vast majority of Muslims denounce extremist ideology and are themselves terrified by the atrocities committed by such groups. But societies, in particular in the countries affected, must speak openly about how terrorism exploits the universal impulse of young people to seek opportunity and justice, in contrast to the marginalization, discrimination and corruption they witnesses on a daily basis. Meeting the economic and social grievances of those people is the key issue.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“Faced with the imminent danger of sectarianism, tolerance and inter-religious dialogue must be encouraged and strengthened robustly by secular and religious representatives - prerequisites for creating and ensuring a peaceful environment based on mutual respect. Such messages must also reach the younger generations in war-torn areas, which are unfortunately expanding, as the daily horrors evidence. Young people must be gently turned away from the effects of the culture of violence and reminded of the values of tolerance and understanding that have enabled millennia of coexistence in our shared space for the benefit of all. We would like to see more discussion on this topic, at the national level in the countries affected, as well as at the international level.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“The international community must do more to reverse the trend in the region towards expelling or exterminating people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds, who are all under the terrible threat of an extremism that is guided by narrow-mindedness and blind violence. We encourage the United Nations to expand its activities in that connection, primarily by raising awareness around the world of such tragedies as the fate of undesired minorities, including through tools that already exist, such as the Alliance of Civilizations. I would like to express the support of Romania for the initiative of the Secretary-General to prepare an action plan to be prepared by a panel of religious leaders, as well as for France's announced plan to convene a conference on the topic.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“The central role of Arab Christians in the development of Arab civilization and culture, leading to the Al-Nahda Arab renaissance of the nineteenth century should not be ignored. Nevertheless, today the very survival of Christianity in the Middle East is in danger. Due to the limited time available, we can only recall a few of the collective tragedies, such as the violent expulsion of thousands of Armenian Christians from the coastal town of Kessab one year ago, or the recent cowardly murders, this time in Libya, of 21 Egyptians of the Coptic Christian faith. We must urgently step up efforts aimed at preserving the mosaic of religious and ethnic communities that have enriched the Middle East for centuries.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“By destroying the rich religious heritage and ethnic diversity that make up the complex social fabric in the Middle East, as well as the remains of a glorious past, they aim to totally subjugate and manipulate all people within their reach. Their actions are part of a campaign to erase diversity, and it is being conducted in the name of Islam, with which those savages have absolutely nothing in common. Let us not forget the victims ofthe barbaric attempts to hunt and potentially eradicate entire religious communities from their historical lands. The tragedy of the Yazidis is perhaps the largest-scale tragedy that any one community has suffered since the emergence of Daesh. Christians have been a part of Syria since the conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road to old Damascus.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“Mrs. Miculescu (Romania) (spoke in French): I would like to begin by thanking the French presidency ofthe Security Council for having convened this debate. Romania associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, but I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity, which I will keep brief in the interests of time. The world is looking on in horror at the massacres, beheadings, arson, rape, stonings, conversions at gunpoint, the revival of slavery, mass expulsions and forced migration being perpetrated against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims, including Shabaks, Turkmens and others. The strategy of the criminal gangs responsible, such as the so-called Islamic State or Daesh, is simple, as their beliefs exemplify barbarity.”
2015-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7419 (2015) · source
“I leave participants with the thoughts of the outstanding Romanian diplomat Nicolae Titulescu, the only twice-elected President of the League of Nations, who said, "Each of us has a mission. Together, how can we fail to succeed?"”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“In 2005, Romania put forward what later became the Council's first resolution to address cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. We are still convinced today - this year, when my country will celebrate 60 years of United Nations membership - that developing strong, flexible partnerships with regional actors will assist the Council in discharging its increasingly diversified duties, both efficiently and legitimately. The huge loss and suffering that led to the establishment of the Organization was a tribute to the fundamental values of justice and human dignity. We must continue working together to achieve a peace worthy of that sacrifice.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“While the Council retains the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security, regional organizations are increasingly recognized as being instrumental in the prevention, resolution and management of conflicts. In our view, mutually beneficial cooperation could be ensured by even more active and continuous engagement on the part of the Security Council, capable of acting in a united and cooperative manner. Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations spells out the principles that guide partnerships with regional arrangements and agencies. The Charter provides no precise definition of regional organizations, thus allowing for a variety of cooperative efforts. It is clear by now that such cooperative efforts should be undertaken with willing and capable partners, in order to ensure success.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“It will soon enter into force, enabling a declaration of acceptance to be deposited with the Secretariat as a token of Romania's full commitment to international law and its recognition of the Court's prominent contribution to international peace. The international community has repeatedly called in question the strategies and instruments used by the United Nations in fulfilling its mandate, including with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security. That does not mean that the principles of the Charter are being questioned, but that the capacity to provide prompt and efficient responses to threats and challenges needs constant improvement and enhancement. Romania considers the role of regional actors to be an essential element of a well-functioning, efficient and legitimate collective-security system.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“In that context, my country reaffirms the importance of the resolution of all conflicts, without differentiation, on the same basis - respect for the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the norms and principles of international law, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States within their internationally recognized borders, and in a framework of negotiations conducted in good faith and in inclusive formats. Promoting the rule of law in international relations has been a constant aim of Romanian foreign policy. One example is that on, 5 February, the Romanian Senate unanimously enacted a law accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“The myriad conflicts we are witnessing today - from Ukraine to the frozen one in the Transnistrian region, from Nagorno-Karabakh to Abkhazia and Ossetia, to name just a few, in addition to heinous phenomena such as the spread of radicalization and terrorism - require that the United Nations and the international community remain vigilant and strive tirelessly to provide relief through common action. While the security landscape has fundamentally changed, the core of our collective security system is the same. The ban on the use of force in international relations is as valid today as it was in 1945. The necessity of common action is as valid today as it was 70 years ago, while of course exponentially enhanced by the speed of interaction in a globalized world.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Reflecting on history, let us go back for a few seconds to the moment 70 years ago when United States President Harry Truman addressed the national delegates gathered in San Francisco. He recalled the brave women and men who gave their lives so that future generations could live in a secure world ruled byjustice. "Let us labour", he said, "to achieve a peace which is really worthy of their great sacrifice." Achieving a peace worthy of their sacrifice is a commandment we are still bound to and challenged by today. After 70 years of working together, and 70 years since the end of the Second World War, mistrust between States has not completely disappeared, to put it mildly.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“I would first like to wish your country and nation, Mr. President, a happy, peaceful and prosperous new year. Romania joins others in thanking China for preparing and organizing today's thought-provoking debate on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations. This is indeed an excellent opportunity for United Nations Members to reaffirm, individually and collectively, their commitment to the purposes and principles of the United Nations founding treaty. Romania, of course, is honoured to firmly re-state its original pledge. I align myself with the statements delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and by the Ambassador of Austria on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Rule of Law, and would like to add a few thoughts in my national capacity.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Their efforts contribute not only to the safety and security of our communities in the context of a world we all know to be seriously haunted by increasingly barbaric forms of terrorism and extreme violence, but also to the values of the rule of law that are the foundations of democracy.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate is ideally placed to look into that specific question from a global perspective and to engage in a dialogue with the competent national authorities and regional actors. While regional systems might be better equipped, we need to address the question globally, as we are facing a global phenomenon, and we need to consider instruments of universal applicability. Further follow-up, either normative or technical, could also be envisaged. Let me conclude by underlining that we encourage this specific exercise at the level of the Council's subsidiary bodies in order to support uniform compliance across different legal systems and to facilitate the work of those who are on the front line of our common endeavour, namely, national investigators and prosecutors.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“What is the impact of extending the catalogue of offences within the same mutual legal assistance convention framework? We believe that now is the right time to ask that question. Transnational evidence-gathering is a particularly sensitive aspect of mutual legal assistance. Therefore, an early assessment of possible options would be of added value. States are currently evaluating legislation and exploring the most efficient ways to comply with their new obligations, including in the framework of regional organizations. We propose that the Council's subsidiary bodies consider that topic in the exercise of their mandates.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“As the scope being considered is universal, rather than regional or bilateral, the question that arises is whether the existing framework for mutual legal assistance in counter-terrorism proceedings is adequate and sufficient for all the offences referred to in paragraph 12 of the resolution, read in conjunction with paragraph 6. In the situation that prevailed prior to the adoption of resolution 2178 (2014), the assessment was that the sectoral conventions, although confined to the specific acts that they criminalize, together with related instruments such as the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, offer a sufficient legal basis for mutual legal assistance, including for the offences covered by resolution 1373 (2001). The situation following the adoption of resolution 2178 (2014) has yet to be assessed.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Paragraph 12 of resolution 2178 (2014) recalls the obligation of Member States to provide one another with the greatest measure of assistance, including evidence-gathering, in connection with criminal investigations or proceedings relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts. The paragraph then underlines the importance of fulfilling that obligation in investigations and proceedings involving foreign fighters. The wording of the provision is closely connected to paragraph 6, which asks States to ensure that they incriminate and prosecute as serious offences three forms of conduct involving foreign fighters.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Resolution 1373 (2001) and its most recent updates in resolutions 2170 (2014) and 2178 (2014) are fundamental elements of that framework. In view of the time constraints and the concept note prepared by the presidency (S/2014/787, annex), in particular the third topic suggested for discussion, I will focus only on a technical aspect of international judicial cooperation that raises particular challenges, in our view. It is a matter on which the United Nations could provide valuable support and guidance to Member States and regional actors with regard to implementation. We refer to judicial cooperation for the collection of evidence needed for criminal proceedings against foreign fighters.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“It is in view of a long-standing concern with the rules of international law on terrorism that my country takes the floor today. Romania was one of the early and strong promoters of a convention to render terrorism universally punishable, and I cannot refrain from mentioning in this context the work of the Romanian jurist Vespasian Pella, who contributed directly to the drafting of the 1937 Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism. At the international level today, we are working with a complex framework made up of sectoral anti-terrorism treaties and Security Council resolutions that keep the framework updated as the phenomenon evolves and that contain important material and procedural obligations for international criminal law.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“In aligning itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union and in adding a few thoughts in its national capacity, Romania joins all the other speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, and your country for preparing and convening this debate. It is yet another product of an excellent presidency of the Security Council. The reality we face today is that, despite sustained efforts the virus of terrorism continues its genetic mutations, periodically challenging our values, presenting us with new legal and political dilemmas and forcing the international community to constantly adapt and rethink its counter-terrorism arsenal. That is why this debate is a meaningful and necessary exercise, and we welcome the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2014/23.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“On the basis of the periodic reporting by the Office of the Prosecutor, adequate follow-up measures, as well as instances where a deferral of the investigation or prosecution could be decided upon, could be examined. Taking into account all those arguments, let me conclude by saying that such a mechanism would be a step in the right direction in developing a mature and balanced relationship, enabling both institutions to exercise their mandates in an even more efficient and complementary manner. Romania appreciates your synergies, Madam President.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“In our view, that formal argument should not prevail over the substantial one - that of the scope of judicial activity 4 as the consequences of interaction between the two institutions are essential to achieving the Court's mandate. The Security Council has already made a substantial contribution to combating impunity by creating the ad hoc Tribunals. The relationship with the ICC, for which the founding act of the Court provides a solid basis, is an opportunity to build upon and to expand that contribution. There is a need for a constant and meaningful exchange of views among Council members in order to address situations that are referred and the consequences for non-compliance with cooperation obligations under the referrals.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“Improved cooperation between the Council and the Court would certainly consolidate international justice and ensure coherence in the exercise of the mandate that each of the two institutions has in the maintenance ofpeace and stability in the world. Another perspective is the activity of the Court compared to that of the ad-hoc Tribunals, which benefit, at present, from the attention of an informal working group. A fortiori, a dedicated working group for the ICC would be justified, notwithstanding the formal argument of their different origin: in one case, Security Council resolutions, in the other, an international treaty.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“We have in mind, in this respect, the following considerations. The broad membership of the Rome Statute, which currently includes 122 signatory States, and the Council's competence to refer situations to the ICC even from non-States parties create the possibility of an overlap between the activities of the Security Council and those of the ICC with respect to the same situation or situations at certain moments in time. With that possibility, strong coordination between the two institutions is undoubtedly required. One could mention the examples already given, such as aligning sanctions lists with issued warrants.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“Considering those requirements, we warmly welcome the role and the activity of the Office of the Ombudsperson, a valuable rule-of-law component in the sanctions regimes, and we express our full support for Ms. Kimberly Prost's endeavours. To conclude on this point, we would like to mention the ongoing EU legislative process meant to amend the rules of procedure of the General Court. The aim is to establish an adequate system of procedural safeguards that addresses the need for confidentiality without affecting the right to a fair trial. Let me now turn to the second subject, the International Criminal Court (ICC). I am very happy to see the ICC Prosecutor here today. We take the View that it would be a positive step to establish a mechanism on the follow-up of referrals made by the Security Council in accordance with the Rome Statute.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“As regards sanctions, we have acquired, at the EU level, substantial experience in balancing security and fundamental rights that could bring added value to the broader debate at the international level. The obligation to include safeguards when adopting restrictive measures, whether autonomously or pursuant to Security Council resolutions, is established by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. When examining the legality of such measures, the Court of Justice of the European Union explained that the right to effective judicial review requires that any decision that affects a person individually must be taken on a sufficiently solid factual basis. Judicial review cannot be carried out in the abstract, but must assess whether the reasons are substantiated.”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“Let me join my Thai colleague in commending Argentina on its distinguished presidency, and on convening this important and timely meeting. Improving the Council's working methods, increasing its transparency and broadening partnerships that can support the Council in fulfilling its essential task of maintaining international peace and security represent a work in progress that we are all committed to. We therefore very much welcome this annual exercise. In particular, we appreciate today's debate, as it allows us to put forward some modest considerations on two topics that Romania pays great attention to, both in its national capacity and as a member of the European Union (EU).”
2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source
“We also need better integration between peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as it is a fact that peacekeeping operations alone cannot solve conflicts and must be complemented by carefully crafted peacebuilding mechanisms. I congratulate all those who think and act in that way. My country will always share that vision and gladly help with its implementation.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Our presence in other regional cooperation formats, such as the South-East European Cooperation Process, the Regional Cooperation Council and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, seeks to consolidate and diversify Romania's contribution to and role in security matters at the regional and subregional levels. Allow me to conclude with Romania's conviction that strengthening United Nations partnerships with regional and subregional organizations is key to improving the capacity for facing and overcoming an ever-growing set of challenges, as the world seems to be in turmoil these days. We see room for better communication between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, including through consultations at all appropriate levels.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Having always called for regional and global actors to have complementary roles, Romania has also started to work on new concepts and to identify new actions in the area of stabilization and post-conflict recovery. That is why we established the Training Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Bucharest. Such topics are relevant to complex situations, such as that in Afghanistan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the cooperation and coordination of all field actors - international organizations, States and non-governmental organizations - is highly necessary.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“As a member of the European Union since 2007, Romania has been an ongoing and consistent supporter of the European Security Strategy, including its priority of strengthening cooperation with the United Nations. At the same time, Romania is one ofthe States members of NATO that have firmly supported the need to create a United Nations-NATO cooperation framework. On those grounds, as an important contributor to EU and NATO missions with a multidimensional involvement, from military and police components to civilian elements, most notably in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia, Romania has continuously been involved in the efforts of the international community on crisis management.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Besides being the first Romanian resolution adopted by the Security Council, that document represents the first resolution in the history of the United Nations to deal with cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. Further to resolution 1631 (2005), regional organizations have become significant contributors to international efforts to support States in transition from conflict and from political instability to sustainable peace, as highlighted, for instance, in the report of the Secretary-General on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security (S/2008/186).”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“As a security provider, Romania attaches great importance to the effectiveness of the United Nations in its pursuit of global peace and security. As a contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations, my country is an active promoter of redefining how the United Nations and regional organizations cooperate. In that context, allow me to recall that, during its most recent mandate on the Security Council as a non-permanent member in 2004-2005, one of my country's key achievements was the successful promotion of resolution 1631 (2005) pertaining to United Nations cooperation with regional organizations in the maintainance of international peace and security.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“In that regard, the strengthened United Nations cooperation with regional organizations is unquestionably, in our View, a positive trend and an increasing necessity. That is why I wanted to emphasize from the start that your idea, Mr. President, of holding this discussion is very welcome. In numerous situations, characterized by difficult and violent environments where peace is almost inexistent and where non- State actors and transnational armed groups, foreign fighters, mercenaries or organized criminal networks are increasingly active, regional and subregional organizations are often in a better position to operate than United Nations troops either in a stabilizing intervention or in taking over from the United Nations at a certain point.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for this timely debate and congratulate you on having convened it. Allow me to briefly touch upon the topic from our national perspective besides the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union, with which Romania fully aligns itself. Against the backdrop of the ever-growing United Nations peacekeeping operations with increasingly complex multidimensional mandates, while also bearing in mind the decrease in human resources and financial sustainability, the United Nations has the difficult task of ensuring that its operations remain viable and efficient. It therefore constantly seeks new partnerships in maintaining peace and security.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Ultimately, the responsibility for implementing resolution 1540 (2004) remains with national Governments, but better targeted and more coherent and coordinated support of the international community would have a significant impact in improving the effectiveness of the increasingly limited resources with concrete results at the national level. In conclusion, Madam President, I wish to express our gratitude for all the efforts by the Republic of Korea to advance the goals of resolution 1540 (2004), to wish you great success in your endeavours and to assure you of Romania's constant support.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“Integrated approaches are also necessary given the scarcity of resources at the national and international levels to prevent and respond to such risks. A similar coordinated approach by the 1540 Committee is very welcome. Forging partnerships and increasing cooperation among the Security Council's committees and with international institutions and organizations will support the further promotion of the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). In addition, developing means and ways to better coordinate and integrate the goals pursued by the resolution, with the objectives that other assistance-oriented international structures are following, is most welcome.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“Romania's experience has developed and strengthened as we have adhered to various international non-proliferation instruments, which has required, inter alia, enacting national legislation for implementation and establishing the necessary regulatory infrastructure. We are ready to share our experience in that regard, and we have done so recently in the context of several regional training courses on nuclear security, organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. In a globalized world, the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is more often associated with transnational organized crime, illicit trafficking and corruption. That reality requires integrated efforts and approaches to address such risks in a comprehensive manner, at national, regional and international levels.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source
“State ownership of the implementation process remains essential. The requirements under resolution 1540 (2004) are too diverse to be addressed by one national authority only. During the past 10 years, Romania has organized more than tens of national seminars dedicated to the implementation of the resolution, in cooperation with several international and regional organizations and with the participation of the 1540 Committee and United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs representatives. The seminars have been attended by Government experts and representatives of industry and research institutes.”
2014-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7169 (2014) · source