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first: 2009-10-14
most recent: 2023-12-15
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“We applaud the courage of Equatorial Guinea and its President in combating mercenary activities, and we strongly support the President's call on the international community to more effectively combat the three consistent evils in the history of humankind: terrorism, mercenaries and piracy. We applaud Angola, Zimbabwe and Cameroon in helping Equatorial Guinea to decisively address the issue of mercenaries. We call on the African Union to make greater efforts to combat mercenaries and integrate those efforts into current plans for Africa's contribution and funding of peacekeeping operations. We note in particular the link between child recruitment, child abuse and mercenaries. We also call for priority to be given to those issues as we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
2019-02-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8456 (2019) · source
“Mercenary groups continue to exploit conflicts in a number of African regions and consider those areas as havens for their criminal activities. Sometimes, such groups carry out human and arms trafficking and, in other cases, practice banditry and exploit natural resources. Mercenaries seek to perpetuate conflicts, fragile conditions and weak Governments in order to survive in environments that suit them. Accordingly, mercenaries are one of the greatest challenges and threats to maintaining peace and security. Mercenary activities in Africa and in countries like yours, Mr. President, are among the threats posed to stability and security in Africa, as is evident in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The continuation of such activities on our continent causes great harm to humankind as a whole.”
2019-02-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8456 (2019) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your friendly country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for convening this important meeting on such an important topic, which has a great impact on security and stability in Africa. I also congratulate the new members that joined the Security Council in January, as well as the friendly Republic of China and its people on the Chinese new year. I also welcome the participation in this important meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon and Rwanda. My delegation is grateful to Equatorial Guinea for dedicating this debate to discussing the disastrous effects of mercenary activities on peace and security in Africa.”
2019-02-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8456 (2019) · source
“I have with me a photograph of that event. Would it ever occur in anybody's wildest imagination that any legal system in the world would ever commit such an affront and act of complete bias, prejudice and partiality? Again, I say that the Court is riddled with corruption from head to toe. The meeting rose at 4.45 p.m.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“A series of articles in Der Spiegel and other European media, partnered with European investigative collaborators, revealed that Luis Moreno Ocampo, the predecessor of the incumbent Prosecutor of the ICC, had owned offshore companies in Caribbean tax havens. Lastly, it is evidently and naturally incompatible with the duties of the Prosecutor to take or to be seen taking sides in an investigation she is allegedly performing. Article 42 of the Rome Statute provides that "[t]he Prosecutor and the Deputy Prosecutors shall be persons of high moral character". Regrettably, in the wake of her report before the Security Council in June (see S/PV.8290), the Prosecutor of the ICC came forth with former rebels and abusers of refugee status here in New York and displayed, together with them, a t-shirt on which was written "Arrest Bashir".”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We are, rather, duty-bound to prove beyond a doubt the institutional corruption of the Court itself and, on the same scale, the underlying, purely political considerations that drive the Court and reduce it to a mere political tool and remnant of the defunct polarization of the world. In this connection, we have to showcase the extent to which the Office of the Prosecutor and, in fact, the entire body of the Court are misused and abused. For example, on 17 October the German magazine Der Spiegel and other media outlets accused the Chief Prosecutor of lying with regard to her relationship with a former Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, after Ocampo left office in 2012. This is an account of facts; it is not rhetoric.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“Article 3 of the Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions provides for the following: "Nothing in this Protocol shall be invoked for the purpose of affecting the sovereignty of a State or the responsibility of the government, by all legitimate means, to maintain or re-establish law and order in the State or to defend the national unity and territorial integrity of the State." (Spoke in English) The way the Prosecutor's statement and a few members of the Council referred to the President of the Sudan is of course unacceptable. We are not trying to point the finger at an individual, including the present Prosecutor of the ICC.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We are constitutionally, legally, ethically and culturally committed to prosecuting perpetrators of crimes and violations under well-established international laws - including the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Protocols, and other human rights conventions - while committed to fight impunity.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We should listen to the voice of the African Union which, on behalf of all its members, unanimously and without exception rejected the insult addressed to our continent and its peoples, and the ruling on its leaders that they are fugitives. The delegation of my country stresses once again the need to fight impunity and achieve justice through our own national justice and judicial institutions, which are capable and qualified, and through free international cooperation.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We therefore wonder, as some members of the Council wonder too, about the significant progress that has been made in the Prosecutor's investigations in Darfur, according to the report of the ICC. Those institutional contradictions between the principles of peace and justice must be eliminated. We should underscore the established principles of international law regarding the immunity of States and their representatives. We should also, in a practical manner, emphasize the principle of equality among States, which is a well-established and independent legal principle. We further reiterate that no entity, including the Security Council, can compel a State Member of the United Nations to be committed to any treaty that it has not joined pursuant to its free political will.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“That is exactly what we did in the Sudan concerning the N'Djamena ceasefire agreement of 2004, the peace accord signed in Nairobi in 2005, the peace agreement signed in Abuja in 2006 and the 2011 Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. The only obstacle to peace now is the Court, which pits parties to conflict against each other under the guise ofjustice. The core of resolution 1593 (2005) is a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur and the restoration of lasting peace. However, the resolution falls short on that objective. The twenty-eighth report of the Prosecutor is now before the Council. It is pointless to read those reports because they entrench the international divide, as can be seen in the statements of Council members, and they also fall short of the objective of achieving peace in that important region of the world.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“That is our purpose: to expose the corruption of the ICC. It is a corruption that exceeds individuals, affecting the institution itself, and it is one that is underpinned by vote trading. Many examples of that can be seen at the level of politics and sports. However, we did not expect to see, even in our worst nightmares, corruption within a judicial institution, as is the case now within the ICC. The Council heard here in the Chamber, on 5 December, His Excellency President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire (see S/PV.8413) say that, after 13 years of suffering, measures towards amnesty, healing wounds and national reconciliation led to the success in Cote d'Ivoire, something that the African continent and the whole world are proud of.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“That is what we what we are trying to clarify. The Court achieved what it wanted through certain vulnerable African States, but the way will not be paved for it to totally attain that goal, which has nothing to do with justice and its natural and legal concept. While the Court does not have the courage ever to press charges against a soldier from any of those influential States, it has spared no effort to press charges against the President of an African State. All members of the Council are cognizant of the noble efforts, internally and at the African level, that the Sudan is making to consolidate peaceful settlements and enshrine the peaceful coexistence principle internally and regionally. What is important to demonstrate to the Council is the institutional corruption within the ICC, which transcends individuals.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“We would like to remind the Council that the Prosecutor of the ICC, who presented her report today, was the Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC then. There are renewed accusations against the Court ofcorruption, and that was revealed by a media group called European Investigative Collaborations. The Prosecutor is trying to halt comments on the corruption ofthe Court by saying that she sees no added value of a further independent inquiry. What is important in that regard is that since 2005 the ICC, through its judges and prosecutors, and because of its rampant corruption, has been trying to make up charges and accusations that appeal to the States and organizations that founded and finance the Court. It is trying to mobilize them for its interests to cover up its evident failures and continuous corruption.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“But after March 2007 he completely turned against those conclusions and convictions. Why? Because after March 2007 he was subject to extortion by certain non-governmental organizations and States that had established the Court, such as the Coalition for the ICC. He totally gave in to the will of those groups and threw the weight of the Court behind pressing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and even genocide, against the Government of the Sudan and its leaders. As all Council members know, in March 2007 Mr. Ocampo was involved in the rape of an innocent female journalist in South Africa. He tried to cover that up by dismissing Mr. Christian Palme, who refused to remain silent about that flagrant act.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“Given what the Council has heard, the proper response to the Court is first to work harder in order to entrench peace and transitional justice systems, and, secondly, for all States Members of the United Nations and non-members of the Court to ignore the ICC. The Council saw that a response by a friendly and peace-loving country like Jordan was met by attacks against it and attempts to denounce it. If Jordan had renounced the Court, it would not have been attacked by the Court, as it continues to be up until now, as the Council saw in the presentation by the Prosecutor. Before 2007, the previous Prosecutor of the ICC, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, believed that article 53 of the Court's statute made him committed to consider peace and amnesty initiatives, as well as mechanisms of transitional justice and reparations for the conflict in Darfur.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“The report of the Prosecutor testifies to what was said by certain permanent Council members, namely, that the ICC - which the Sudan has nothing to do with it, like any other State that is not party to the Rome Statute - has turned its mission into a mechanism to monitor and evaluate the situation in Darfur. For example, paragraph 13 of the report before the Council demonstrates that. The Office of the Prosecutor has undoubtedly received intelligence from States regarding the visit of the President of the Republic of the Sudan to a number of states in Darfur two weeks ago, and the way he was greeted there as a peacemaker. The Court finds it difficult to reflect that fact, knowing that it is driving a wedge between peace and justice.”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. As usual, the twenty-eighth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reveals nothing new. Like all previous ones, today's report did not find anything new to taint its seven pages except by referring to visits conducted by His Excellency the President of the Republic of the Sudan to various countries, as well as by using contradictory, incomplete and inconsistent information with regard to the situation in Darfur. The Council adopted two resolutions on the progressive implementation of the exit strategy pertaining to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).”
2018-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8425 (2018) · source
“They patiently listened to my country's views on the issues included in resolution 2445 (2018), which was just adopted. We would also like to thank those who strive to facilitate the work of UNISFA, in particular the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the African Union Peace and Security Council, the African Union Commission and the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel, as well as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan. We also thank all the staff of UNISFA. We reiterate the Sudan's determination to continue working with UNISFA in order to ensure that it can discharge all its tasks in a smooth way.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“It goes without saying that the Abyei Protocol, which is part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005, is the bedrock foundation recognized by the Security Council. The Protocol stipulates explicitly that Abyei is an integral part of Sudanese territory. It is therefore impossible to review the arrangements that are based on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement without completely recognizing this fact and the consequences thereof. It is on this basis that the Sudan agreed to settle the final status of Abyei by conducting a joint referendum. In conclusion, I would like once again to express my appreciation and thanks to all our partners and friends, especially those in the Council, who have worked with both the Sudan and South Sudan in a spirit of sincerity and determination, and supported us in our efforts to strengthen peace.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“We hosted the peace negotiations on South Sudan that led to the peace agreement of 12 September in order to further cooperation between the two countries in order to implement all provisions of June 2011 agreement, and set up the institutions envisaged in that agreement, including the joint administration for Abyei, the joint legislative council and the joint police force. I am sure that Council members will agree that those institutions are indispensable in order to manage the region, provide services that the people need, promote peaceful coexistence among the various elements of society, and ensure the proper conditions conducive to settling the final status of Abyei in a manner that satisfies everybody.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“The two parties to the agreement - the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which became the Government of the Republic of South Sudan in July 2011 - agreed that the 2011 agreement would remain in force until the final status of Abyei had been settled. Both parties also agreed to refrain from making any amendment to the UNISFA mandate without the approval of the three parties, namely, the Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, the only troop-contributing country to UNISFA. I note that the issue of Abyei should be considered in the overall framework of relations between the two brotherly countries, the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. Recent positive developments in our relationship with South Sudan have brought us closer to a comprehensive resolution of the situation in Abyei.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“My Government reaffirms its attachment to and respect for all conventions and agreements that have been signed with the Republic of South Sudan, foremost among which is the Agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on temporary arrangements for the administration and security of the Abyei Area, signed on 20 June 2011, and the 27 September 2012 Agreement on Cooperation and Security Arrangements. I take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of the 2011 agreement, which is the cornerstone of all arrangements relating to the issue of Abyei, including the deployment of UNISFA.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“I thank the delegation of the United States of America, the penholder on this item, for its efforts to facilitate the negotiations that led to the adoption of that resolution. I would like to reiterate my country's commitment to its ongoing cooperation with UNISFA in order to allow it to fully implement all elements of the mandate that was conferred on it by the Security Council in resolution 1990 (2011) and all subsequent relevant resolutions. I also underscore our resolve to cooperate with the Security Council and the penholder on this issue, the United States of America, in order to achieve our common goals of preserving and strengthening peace in Abyei, as well as establishing the pertinent mechanisms that would allow us to resolve and confirm the final status of the region.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on China's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish you every success in the discharge of your duties during the period of your presidency. I also congratulate your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Bolivia, for his own efforts at the helm of the Security Council during the month of October. I would like to reassure you of the full cooperation of my delegation. I want to thank the Security Council for the spirit of cooperation and consensus that enabled it to adopt resolution 2445 (2018), extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for six months.”
2018-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8400 (2018) · source
“It also requires the Government and political parties to ensure that equal opportunities exist for women and girls to participate at all levels of political life. Women are the custodians of the cultural and spiritual values of a community. We must accept that the role of women has changed at a rapid pace and that women now profoundly affect all aspects of society. We must ensure that women's progress is sustained and accelerated, if we are to realize the promises set forth in the Council's resolutions.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“It is taking steps to increase the number of women in executive positions and decision-making roles in both the Government and the private sectors, while continuously challenging the traditional paradigm that women occupying senior positions in companies or the Government have to make a binary choice between career and family. Through our employment act, Maldives has already taken steps to ensure that women are ensured equal access to employment and equal pay for equal work. The act also makes it illegal to use gender or marital status as a basis for terminating employment. In 2016, Maldives enacted a gender equality act, which outlines the steps that the Government, business entities, non-governmental organizations and other employers should take to ensure equality and non-discrimination with regard to women and girls.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“Most important, the women and peace and security agenda must become part of the Council's regular toolbox, in addition to debates such as the one we are holding today. Maldives is fortunate to have a tradition where household decisions are taken jointly by women and men in most situations. Maldives has always had universal adult suffrage, and we have always had maternal and paternal leave, which are now guaranteed by law. There has never been discrimination in school enrolment or employment, and now girls outperform boys in secondary school graduation rates. Beyond those achievements, Maldives is continuing its efforts to overcome existing challenges to ensuring respect for the rights of women.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“We are pleased to note that significant progress has been achieved in a number of countries, as highlighted in the concept note. Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge that resolution 1325 (2000) places strong emphasis on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women. It is therefore time that the Council prioritize a gender perspective in diagnosing security-risk situations and in formulating solutions for reducing such risks. The Council must consider the meaningful participation and empowerment of women across all agenda items, including in all mandate renewals. It must provide the necessary leadership and follow-up to the implementation of its resolutions on the topic, and it must produce analytical evidence-based progress reports.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“I wish to thank the Government of Bolivia for convening this important debate on the women and peace and security agenda. No society can sustain peace or realize peace dividends unless women are involved in the making of decisions on peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation. There is sufficient empirical evidence, including the examples cited in the concept note for this debate (S/2018/904, annex), that confirms that, when we invest in cultivating the values of respect for the rights of women and gender equality and the rejection of discrimination against women, the chances are always higher that we will be able to sustain peace and achieve social and economic progress. The Security Council has adopted eight resolutions over the past 16 years on the women and peace and security agenda.”
2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source
“That is precisely what the Sudanese Government is currently doing, and what the Council is witnessing. We will spare no effort to achieve those goals.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“If they had been, he and his brother - who killed five from the rebel forces recently - would not have been able to commit such heinous crimes. We commend the statement made by Joint Special Representative Mamabolo and the statements made by the representatives of Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait and Kazakhstan. We cannot forget that this pressure would be exercised on a person that controls enclaves in the mountainous area, that is a tiny piece of land - just 5 per cent of the Jebel Marra area, which constitutes 5 per cent to 6 per cent of the area of Darfur. In conclusion, the prosperity, safety and security of the Sudanese people are a sacred duty for the Sudanese Government. That duty is complemented by the efforts of the Sudanese Government to achieve sustainable peace in the region, starting with neighbouring countries.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“We look forward to the implementation of the recommendation that was adopted at that meeting, namely, holding a donor conference to fund the transitional phase and support development projects that are the basis for sustainable peace and stability in Darfur. In that regard, we support what the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia said as well as the statements made by the Representative of Kuwait and others: filling the gaps in Darfur will only be achieved if the pledges are fulfilled. Council members raised an important point, that is, Abdul Wahid is ignoring and disregarding all Security Council resolutions. Abdul Wahid's disregard of Council resolutions and Council members shows contempt for the international legitimacy embodied by the Council. No concrete and decisive measures have been taken against him.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“In the upcoming period we will be consulting with Council members, the Secretariat and the Under-Secretary-General to present concrete proposals in order to operationalize the Doha Document and its mechanisms. The great, continuous improvement we have seen in the security and humanitarian situation in all states of Darfur since 2015 made it incumbent upon the Sudanese Government, with the support of the international community, to move Darfur from the phase of conflict to the phase of building, reconstruction and achieving the desired developmental renaissance to solidify stability. That is why the Sudanese Government participated actively in the high-level meeting that was held on the margins ofthe General Assembly to discuss the transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding in Darfur.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“We strongly support that approach, and have said so repeatedly to the Council, especially during a period that can be described as somewhat uncertain. Since we have agreed on the centrality and the importance of the Doha Document, we call upon the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations to attach equal importance to the Implementation Follow-up Commission, which is composed of the permanent members of the Council, neighbouring countries of the Sudan, donor countries and partners in peace, in addition to the State of Qatar and signatory parties. The reports of that Commission issued since its establishment, in 2011, should be a point of reference for the Under-Secretary-General and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in their reports to the Security Council and the Secretary-General.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“He focused on the importance of the ongoing peacebuilding process, which is a responsibility shared by the three parties I mentioned, to achieve full and lasting peace. We underscore that the Sudan will continue its initiatives, which were commended by the Security Council in its consecutive resolutions since 2014, and which were also commended by the Human Rights Council in its latest resolution on the Sudan, adopted in September. The Council might also agree with us that the latest report of the Secretary-General on UNAMID and the peace process in Darfur relies primarily on the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. It also relies on the implementation of that Document to measure progress achieved in Darfur.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“The implementation of the exit strategy must not therefore be subjected to the details of the benchmarks, but rather the benchmarks should be subjected to significant improvement. At this juncture, we would like to thank all Council members who positively engaged with our proposals in the paper that we circulated to them two weeks ago. We thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for giving the Sudanese Mission more than one opportunity to clarify its view. We refer to the statements made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Sudanese Mission for the current session of the General Assembly in his meetings with the Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-Generals at the high-level event on 28 September.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“In adopting both resolutions, the Council has practically attained the main benchmark in paragraph 24 of resolution 1769 (2007), which established UNAMID, namely, to achieve significant improvement in the situation in Darfur. The Council may recall that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations decided that until the adoption of resolution 2363 (2017), in June, the benchmarks that were consistently highlighted and included in the report of the Secretary-General specified significant improvement. That is the correct approach, which led to the adoption of resolution 2363 (2017), followed by resolution 2429 (2018). That is why we call for the adoption of the same approach for the 2018-2020 time period.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“The Government and peace partners are working on ensuring the necessary conditions for voluntary return. In the two resolutions adopted in June 2017 and July 2018 (resolutions 2363 (2017) and 2429 (2018)), the Council acknowledged that the situation has gone back to normal. It decided that it was time to move from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and that the transitional phase should be the responsibility of three parties, first, the Sudanese Government; secondly, the United Nations and the African Union, to complete the administrative and logistical process related to the exit of the mission; and, thirdly, the United Nations country team specifically and the international community generally.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“Courts that specialize in family and children, public funds, consumer protection, counter-terrorism, cybercrime and drug crime have also been set up in Darfur. Those efforts have reassured the people of Darfur and made them feel more secure. The establishment of additional courts strengthens justice, policing and the rule of law. We hope that the Council and its members will take note of those positive measures. To prevent impunity, the Office of the Public Prosecutor examined 184 cases of violations from 1 January to 30 September. Of those, 102 were referred to court and many have already been adjudicated, while work is still ongoing regarding the remaining cases. Those efforts led to an increase in the rates ofvoluntary return. More than 385,000 previously displaced people were able to return.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“Since the adoption of resolution 2429 (2018), in July, the situation in Darfur has been stable to a great extent, as reflected in the report (S/2018/912) before the Council. The Sudanese Government has made considerable efforts to achieve and sustain security and stability, in conjunction with the reduction of the forces of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and its reconfiguration through the deployment of additional Sudanese police and security troops, as well as through the establishment of additional courts in districts, states and administrative units in Darfur, where 13 additional courts were established. The Government has also set up courts in Zalingei, Amri Saleh and Gulu.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Iwant to express my sorrow over the passing away of the former President of the Republic of Sudan, Field Marshal Abdulrahman Suwar Al-Dahab, on 19 October. I would also like to thank you, Madam President, the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for the report they jointly presented to the Security Council (S/2018/530). I thank, as well, His Excellency Ambassador Mamabolo, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the African Union, for his briefing via video-teleconference and for his tireless efforts. Finally, I thank all Council members who have spoken in this meeting. We will definitely take their comments into account.”
2018-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8377 (2018) · source
“The Security Council can and should act to address the conflicts in the Middle East. We urge the Council to use the tools and mechanisms that are already in place within the United Nations system to pursue dialogue and to resolve those conflicts. The Government and the people of the Maldives will always support a peaceful and lasting solution to the question of Palestine and the conflicts in the Middle East.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“In such an event, more than 3 million people would be displaced with nowhere to seek shelter or find food or access health care. It is our view that all actors involved in the conflict should prioritize the fundamental human rights of the people affected over and above anything else, and to allow humanitarian relief to reach those who need it most. The already complex conflicts in the Middle East are being worsened by terrorist groups that are inflicting destruction and tearing the social fabric of society in the process. They do not recognize borders, distinguish between young and old or women and men, or respect any religion or culture. We must tackle the factors enabling terrorism through international cooperation, information-sharing and strategies that focus on combating violent extremism.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“The Maldives has always believed that an independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the 1967 borders, living side by side and in peace and harmony with Israel, is the best and only solution to the conflict. We call on Israel to fully implement the Council's resolutions and to respect its legal obligations under the Charter of the United Nations. We all must act in good faith and respect the international norms that we have forged to sustain peace in the Middle East. In Syria, we are approaching the end of the seventh year in the conflict and one of the crucial moments in Syria's north-western Idlib province, where an outbreak of conflict would result in the worst humanitarian catastrophe of this century.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“Just last month, Israel's High Court of Justice rejected a petition to prevent the demolition ofa village in the West Bank, which would result in the displacement of hundreds of people, leaving them homeless, without a livelihood, without a school for their children and without access to basic health care. As the people of Palestine continue to live in unjust conditions in their own homes, we have on many occasions heard the international community call upon the people of Palestine to be resilient. If we continue to merely express sentiments instead of holding accountable those responsible for multiple breaches of international law and international humanitarian law, we are masking our own failures and abandoning our own responsibility to the people we claim to help.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“Through resolution 2334 (2016), the Council called upon Member States to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories of Palestine, occupied since 1967, and reaffirmed the illegality of Israeli occupation and settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. And yet, the question of Palestine remains unsettled. As responsible members of the international community, all Member States, especially the key players in the conflict, must uphold the letter and spirit of relevant Council resolutions. The legitimacy of the Council is fundamental to the credibility of the United Nations and the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“I would like to thank Bolivia for convening today's open debate onthe situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. It has been more than half a century since the General Assembly recommended a two-State solution with clearly defined borders between the State of Palestine and Israel. The Council, through resolutions 476 (1980) and 478 (1980) declared the Israeli occupation ofPalestine to be illegal;, the annexation of the holy city of Jerusalem to be illegal; and the shifting of the Israeli capital to Jerusalem to be illegal. The Council also declared it illegal for any country to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and therefore any move of its embassy to Jerusalem to be illegal.”
2018-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8375Resumption1 (2018) · source
“In conclusion, I reiterate my thanks to all our partners, whose efforts are contributing to facilitate the work of UNISFA, in particular the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the African Union Peace and Security Council, the African Union Commission, the African Union High- level Implementation Panel, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan; as well as the Secretariat and the entire staff of UNISFA. We recall the Sudan's commitment to cooperating with UNISFA so that it can smoothly complete all its tasks in accordance with the provisions of resolution 1990 (2011).”
2018-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8371 (2018) · source
“We also call on them as well to disassociate from anything that might undermine this positive trend and to avoid any measure or decision that is not adequately thought out. I also note the importance of considering the issue of Abyei within a broader framework that encompasses the relations between the Sudan and South Sudan. In that regard, my country's delegation would like to express its hope and aspiration that the most recent positive developments in the relations between the two countries, as well as the Sudan's hosting of peace negotiations pertaining to South Sudan within the framework of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, will contribute to further cooperation between the two countries so as to implement all the agreements concluded between them and fully invigorate the work of J BVMM.”
2018-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8371 (2018) · source