YouSaid · the spoken record

Mohamed

lines on the record: 1,149
first: 2009-10-14
most recent: 2023-12-15
sittings or episodes: 102
sources: un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like at the outset to express my condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation in connection with the terrorist act in Saint Petersburg and to condemn this cowardly act in the strongest terms. I would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your appointment to the position of Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations and for your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during the month of April. I assure you of my delegation's readiness to cooperate with you, Madam President, to carry out your presidency's mandate. Furthermore, I would like to express our thanks and appreciation to the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom for his delegation's outstanding presidency of the Security Council during last month.”
2017-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7912 (2017) · source
“All individuals who hinder peace should be held to the obligations of international law. We hope that the Council will carry out its responsibility in denouncing and punishing all those who obstruct peace and prolong the suffering of the people in Darfur, in particular the leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid faction. My country welcomes the Panel of Experts and we stress our readiness to cooperate with it. We hope that the Panel will abide by its mandate and uphold transparency and impartiality. We hope that it will rely on credible information and that its reports would reflect the situation on the ground in Darfur in support of the country's peace process. The meeting rose at 10.15 a.m.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“We expect the Security Council and the General Assembly, as well as the Secretary-General and the Secretariat, to make every effort to defend the Darfur peace agreement that was signed in July 2011 and stress its precedence. We should not forget that the Justice and Equality Movement chose to withdraw from negotiations from the beginning. The Government of the Sudan has agreed to the request of the United Nations, the African Union and the League of Arab States to prevent the Movement from returning to the negotiation table. From a political, legal and technical perspective, the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur is one of the world's most important peace agreements for addressing an internal conflict. Attaining peace in Darfur should not depend on any one party or individual.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“During the period under review, we issued a national action plan to prevent the recruitment and use ofchildren in armed conflict in March 2016. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict was present for the signing of the Plan. The action plan has sought to complement the Darfur peace process and to ensure the transition to peace. We thank our partners, including United Nations entities in New York and Khartoum, especially UNICEF and its Executive Director, Mr. Anthony Lake, for focusing especially on this issue and for commending our efforts. We thank the Council for noting that important development in resolution 2340 (2017).”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“We do not yet know ifan entity to investigate that issue has been established. We are aware that the issue of access to Darfur's various regions - Central Darfur in particular - has been raised in previous reports issued on the situation in Darfur. The Council knows that we have taken every opportunity and made every effort to brief it on events on the ground, while noting that, as stated by a high- ranking UNAMID official last year and acknowledged by other United Nations officials, access has now been granted to all areas in Darfur. In that regard, we note the joint mission carried out by United Nations entities and representatives of the Government of the Sudan to Central Darfur between 8 and 13 December 2016, along with their first-hand accounts of events on the ground.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“It is time that this situation were rectified and an end put to any mention of condemnation and contentious issues that have nothing to do with the reality on the ground. The report of the Panel of Experts (S/2017/22, annex) notes that the remaining armed groups are self- funding through neighbouring countries by resorting to mercenary acts, trafficking in persons, hostage-taking and forced taxation. The Council's resolutions must denounce such actions just as the international community condemns them through its international conventions and resolutions. The confidential report of the Panel of Experts was leaked before it was presented to the Sanctions Committee and before it had been made public. We notified the Committee of that dangerous incident in April 2016.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“The drop in the level of conflict in Darfur should have resulted in the lifting of sanctions and organization of the exit of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). It has been 12 years since the Council's adoption of resolution 1591 (2005). The Sudan saw periods of respite and of escalation in the area up until 2011, when the parties to the conflict reached a peaceful negotiated settlement under the auspices of the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States, Qatar and other peace partners. As the reports on the work of UNAMID have noted, the situation in Darfur has been gradually improving year by year, as members of the Council past and present have acknowledged. Resolution 2340 (2017) includes preambular and operative paragraphs from previous resolutions.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“I am grateful to the members of the Council for the opportunity to discuss the content of today's resolution, and for taking our views into consideration and incorporating them into the text, despite the fact that some of our recommendations were not taken into account. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, in your capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, for your work in coordinating the unanimous adoption of today's resolution. Resolution 2340 (2017) considers the security, humanitarian and political aspects of the situation in Darfur, noting in the fifth preambular paragraph that except in the Jebel Marra region, the conflict and the forms it has taken have subsided. Jebel Marra, an important region of our country, is in Central Darfur, one of five Darfuri states.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to address the Security Council, and I congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Sweden, for his able leadership of the Council last month. I also thank the United States delegation for paving the way to unanimity today on resolution 2340 (2017), on the annual renewal of the mandate laid down in resolution 1591 (2005). I would like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and I look forward to meeting with her one on one in the near future.”
2017-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7878 (2017) · source
“I should also like to commend the efforts of the African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur, Mr. Martin Uhomoibhi. In one year, he has assisted us in making considerable headway and in re-establishing trust between the Sudan and UNAMID. Once again, I should like to stress that we are ready to continue dialogue with all of the members of the Council and to cooperate in a positive manner. The meeting rose at 10.40 am.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“To that end, my country continues its efforts to carry out holistic development in all sectors and across Darfur. As the Council knows, one of the main problems in Darfur is the scarcity of resources. Our efforts are therefore ongoing. We are trying to better connect the two cities of Al-Fashir and Khartoum. It is the first time that high-speed roads have been built and, for the first time in a long while, products from Jabel Marra are now being sold in Khartoum. Lastly, I would also like to highlight our sincere willingness to achieve peace in Darfur and to continue our cooperation with the United Nations, the African Union and all of our other partners so that we can attain our noble objectives and meet everyone's interests. I would like to reiterate my gratitude to UNAMID and to all troop- and police-contributing countries.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“We must take all the necessary measures to secure disengagement in a gradual fashion, which would allow us to implement the objectives set up in February 2015. I would also like to stress that my Government will not accept the option whereby the withdrawal or the end of the work of the joint working group, which my Government is a part of and is very important to us, and we need to continue the implementation of a UNAMID withdrawal strategy. We have sent two messages to the Secretary- General on that subject. One of them was sent by the Foreign Minister of my country. We have also contacted the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on that issue. We agree with the Secretary-General's report, in that it stresses the need to resolve the deep-seated causes of conflict in Darfur and to continue to commit the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“We are surprised to see that the international community continues to bear the financial and material burden for UNAMID when, in fact, there is no longer a need to do so. UNAMID is no longer needed in some sectors. It is as if UNAMID were an end in itself and not, in fact, a means of securing peace in Darfur. The UNAMID budget is now a whopping $1.3 billion annually. A small fraction of that would allow for certain cities in the area of Darfur to be supported, which, in turn, would help us make progress in our efforts for development. Different agencies have also visited various regions and sectors of Darfur i Jebel Marra in particular. We therefore stress the need to build a road that would allow us to end the armed conflict and the armed confrontations. It would be very useful if we could begin such a project.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“The group demonstrated that the situation has improved, thereby allowing the withdrawal of UNAMID from eastern Darfur, for example. Representatives of the United Nations, with whom we have carried out discussions, continue to reject the withdrawal of UNAMID from other sectors as well. That is why I would like to make some clarifications. The Government of my country has reached the conclusion that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations does not take seriously the disengagement strategy for UNAMID. However, my Government has, at several turns, demanded that the strategy be taken into account and that dialogue and national consultation be considered. That is the request of the Sudanese Government.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“In addition, the withdrawal of UNAMID from certain sectors would still allow us to continue the peace process because those sectors no longer require a UNAMID presence. Currently there is an unequal situation in some zones of Darfur, but it covers an enormous territory. Peace is possible thanks to a series of factors that we see are seeing now. That is why there should be a progressive, flexible and quick withdrawal strategy. We have carried out a number of cycles of negotiations and consultations with the United Nations and the African Union with the help of the joint working group. That group has met four times, most recently in November. There were also two evaluation visits made to different parts of Darfur.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“We officially request that the Council take that matter in hand. For two years now, the Secretary-General has responded positively to my country and to the demand that we made for a gradual disengagement strategy for UNAMID. We made that request in 2014; it is a logical and legitimate request, which is based on a number of different considerations. First of all, the security situation and the humanitarian and political situation have improved drastically in Darfur. Everyone is aware of that. The reports of the Secretary-General are also evidence of that fact. That is why the presence of UNAMID, in its current form, does not seem logical. UNAMID also has a very significant budget, whereas the international community needs those resources to react to humanitarian crises and issues elsewhere in the world.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“I reiterate the demand that we have already made of the Security Council - to bring pressure to bear on the more recalcitrant movements as a means to encourage them to continue negotiations in order to put an end to the suffering of our population in Darfur. I would also like to kindly request that the Council deal firmly with the case of the rebel Abdul Wahid Mohamed al-Nour, who has consistently rejected any initiative that promotes dialogue. He is called Mr. No in the Sudan, as he has rejected all of our proposals for dialogue. In the face of that, we must apply the Security Council's resolutions firmly, particularly paragraph 3 (c) of resolution 1581 (2005). It is very important that Abdul Wahid be added to the sanctions list. The African members of the Security Council should take that into account.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“The Sudanese Government is doing everything it can to establish a holistic and long-term peace across our national territories to move us away from war and fratricide. That is Why we are pursuing dialogue and negotiations, in order to advance the peace process and put an end to the conflict. We have made great efforts to work with different factions, and were successful when the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid joined the National Dialogue, launched by our President. That initiative was integrated into the constitutional amendments that are currently under discussion. Thabo Mbeki, Chair of the African Union High Level Panel on Darfur, led the ongoing African mediation efforts, which seek better results with the other functions, with a view to achieving sustainable peace.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“In 2016, we saw the return of 93,000 displaced persons and refugees who returned from Chad and who have re-established themselves in Darfur. Southern Darfur saw the return of 71,000 people; 65,000 returned to western Darfur; 32,000 to central Darfur and 21,600 to eastern Darfur. All ofthat is thanks to the provision ofbasic services to their villages. Those villages are part of the voluntary return that was facilitated by the League of Arab States and Qatar, as well as other countries, particularly China and Japan - countries that have also contributed to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. Our Government also wants to put a plan in place to improve the conditions for voluntary return for our citizens.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“All of this has made it possible to ensure security and to prevent tribal conflicts. The Council can see that in 2016, there was no significant tribal conflict that could have had an impact on security and stability in Darfur. For us, that is a great accomplishment and a great step forward, if we take account of the four most recent reports of the Secretary-General since 2015. We also have the first report of 2016 (S/2016/1109), which indicates that tribal clashes were a serious threat to peace and security in Darfur, which is no longer the case. That is why the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has been able to justify its presence, thus far, in Darfur. Today, however, what prevails in Darfur is security, stability and recovery, which have had a positive impact on the humanitarian situation as well.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“In previous statements before the Security Council and on other occasions, we have very often stressed the continuing improvement of the situation in Darfur, in particular from a security, political and humanitarian standpoint. The various reports of the joint working group, as well as the visits and missions by United Nations representatives and special representatives of various countries, in addition to the report presented today, all have confirmed that progress has been made in Darfur. This is, of course, the result of the efforts made by the Sudanese Government, with the help of our international partners. The Sudanese armed forces, as well as other regular forces, have been able to take control of the entire territory of Darfur following the departure of the rebel forces, which are now outside of the Sudan.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your country's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and to wish you every success in your work. I should like also to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Spain, for his efficient stewardship of the work of the Council last month. Similarly, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for the report (S/2016/1109) presented on his behalf today to the Security Council. In addition, I wish everyone a happy and successful 2017, in particular Mr. Ladsous, and I thank him for all of his efforts.”
2017-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7860 (2017) · source
“I would like to conclude by quoting the words of Mr. Vaclav Havel, the late first President of the Czech Republic: "We must recognize that we are related to more than the present moment and the present place, that we are related to the world as a whole and to eternity. We must recognize that, by failing to reflect universal, supra-individual and supra- temporal interests, we do a disservice to our specific, local and immediate interests."”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“That opportunity has not been available in certain situations, the province of Darfur in the Sudan being one of them. Some members of the Security Council have chosen - through their influence or their role as penholders in the Security Council - to impose the adoption of resolutions that have ensured that those conflicts remain unresolved, and they have thereby created diplomatic confrontations. Council members know that they are supposed to work not on behalf of their own countries and interests but on behalf of the international community. That is a difficult mission, but it is not an impossible one. We must help one another. On the role of the General Assembly and the United Nations Secretariat, we are pleased that Secretary- General Guterres spoke about the importance of conflict prevention and considers it a priority.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“My next point is the need to refrain from using violence to attain political objectives, which is a principle of international law. When, at the outset of a crisis, armed rebel movements violate international law, the country concerned must turn to the United Nations and Member States for any possible assistance in preventing and ending such violations. Next, on sustaining peace, the possibility of sustaining peace is undermined when a country suffers from continued conflict. When the overall situation in a country dealing with an internal armed conflict shows a reduction in military clashes - thanks, of course, to a negotiated peace agreement - we then move to a second phase, in which we can begin to ensure sustained peace.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“My next point is on the need to acknowledge the underlying causes of conflict. In the case ofAfrica, the root causes of conflict are economic deterioration and climate change, which have led to the erosion of green areas, especially on the west coast ofAfrica as far as the coast of the Sudan. That has resulted, unfortunately, in the outbreak of the conflict in Darfur, which erupted as a direct result of climate change. Despite references in a report of the United Nations Environment Programme to the role of climate change in the emergence of the crisis in Darfur, the position of the United Nations on the issue continues to be limited to what amounts to an implicit denial of that role. I would like to echo what some members have said today regarding the need to appoint a special representative for climate change and security.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“With regard to the direct link between conflict prevention and economic and social development, development is the antidote to conflict. Internal conflicts spread and expand in proportion to economic weakness and a lack of development opportunities. I would like to point out that imposing unilateral coercive economic sanctions is as reprehensible as is resorting to the use of force to settle disputes. Under the Charter of the United Nations, only the Security Council is entrusted with the use of force in resolving conflict, and it is therefore the Security Council alone that is entrusted with the use of economic sanctions, as was stated in Security Council presidential statement S/PRST/1995/9, in which the Council agreed that the object of economic sanctions is not to punish but to modify the behaviour of the country concerned.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“First, with regard to the comprehensive concept of conflict prevention, if we look at different conflicts around the world, especially internal conflicts, we see that efforts are not only limited to their prevention alone. We see that conflict prevention is now a reality that includes the following preventing the aggravation of conflict, preventing an ongoing conflict and preventing the exploitation of conflict. That broader concept of prevention gives the Secretary-General, who enjoys ultimate neutrality, additional major burdens to ensure that a conflict does not become a battleground to advance the interests of other countries, just as in the past conflicts used to be battlegrounds to advance the ideologies of other countries.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, as well as your country, Sweden, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council at the beginning of your membership. We also congratulate the newly elected members of the Council, namely, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy and Kazakhstan. We also congratulate the new Secretary-General as he begins his wide-ranging duties. I am fully confident, Sir, that as President of the Security Council you have not overlooked any contribution by any country that has participated in this important discussion on conflict prevention. Allow us to summarize our vision of that important topic in its eight aspects.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“I will not go into the details of that regrettable episode, which was preceded by the contempt displayed by the ICC towards African States and Africans. The meeting rose at 11.55 am.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“They have suspended one of the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law relative to internal conflicts, that being amnesty, and all of that results in the ongoing killing and violations of all forms, which brings us back, regrettably, to the hellish circle of impunity. The African Union, as represented by the African Ministers of Justice, since 2009 has been seeking an answer to a fundamental question: Has the Rome Statute annulled the immunities enjoyed by officials according to international law? The African Union has yet to receive a reply. Furthermore, and regrettably enough, the African Union High-level Committee of African Ministers for Foreign Affairs, headed by the Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs, which was mandated to meet with the Security Council, was not able to hold its agreed meeting in September.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“First, the text of the Statute enshrines the inequality among those who are subject to its jurisdiction, because it differentiates among them according to their nationality and not by the evidence presented against them. Exceptions in the Statute are not implemented with regard to nationals of developing States. Moreover, referrals of cases on the basis of article 13 of the Statute cannot, and do not, take place except for nationals of developing States - and African States alone. Secondly, fully half of the budget of the Court comes from voluntary contributions from States and non-governmental organizations, and indeed even individuals, and those parties ultimately exercise control over the ICC. Thirdly, the Court's policy papers, as well as its practices since 2002, have driven a wedge between the principles of justice and peace.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“However, I am duty-bound to mention that the establishment of an international criminal court was advocated by the international Coalition for an International Criminal Court. The Court is indebted to Amnesty International, an organization that boasts in its statements that it pushed the Security Council in 2004 to constitute the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur, whose report (see S/2005/60) was the basis for referring the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Amnesty International also prides itself on forcing the Court to rescind the decision of the Trial Chamber 1 that no crime of genocide was committed in Darfur. We cannot entrust to the International Criminal Court, under its present Statute, with the important and noble goal of combating impunity for many substantial reasons. I will mention only three, since time is short.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Fourthly, certainly no one was surprisedthat the ICC hailed the report of Amnesty International concerning allegations that the Government of the Sudan, between January and September 2016, used chemical weapons in Jebel Marra in Darfur. In that connection, I would like to refer the Council to the statements by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to the fact that at its annual meeting it welcomed the report of the Government of the Sudan. In addition, the members of the OPCW renewed the Sudan's membership in the Executive Council of the OPCW for another two years. I believe there is no need to concern the Council, or myself, with such vexations and fabrications.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Thirdly, in paragraphs 18 and 35, the twenty-fourth report is cheaply appealing to emotions by shedding tears for the victims, knowing very well that justice for the victims is fully incorporated in the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. I hope that the Council will look carefully at paragraph 35. It states that (spoke in English) "the Office will continue to do everything it can to deliver justice to the countless victims of Rome Statute crimes in Darfur". (spoke in Arabic) The Court is ultimately political; it therefore is not qualified to achieve any kind ofjustice. In the 14 years since its establishment it has ruled on four - just four - cases, all ofthem concerning African nationals, after rejecting more than 9,000 other complaints.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Secondly, the same International Criminal Court, which refers cases of noncompliance to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, refused to refer to that Assembly the case of its first Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, who is alleged to have committed rape in 2006. It refused to refer it to the Assembly of State Parties. Furthermore, it ordered the destruction of incriminating evidence and approved the dismissal of Christian Palme, an employee in the Office of the Prosecutor, who came forward about the case of rape. Mr. Palme later contested his dismissal at the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, which decided he should be compensated.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“(spoke in Arabic) It should be noted that this report relies on the reporting of mechanisms put in place by the Security Council, such as the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Panel of Experts on the Sudan, and even on reports of non-governmental organizations. We have taken up various aspects ofthose reports in the Security Council, and disagreed with many of them. The members of the Council, as I have said, have themselves disagreed with many of the paragraphs in those reports. We have shown on numerous occasions the self-contradictions of those paragraphs, which render them invalid testimony before any credible judicial body.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“The report presented to the Council contains many examples of inconsistency, contradiction and unworthiness. As we have previously stated with regard to the situation in Darfur, the ICC and its Prosecutor have become an adversary and judge both at the same time. According to some international law jurists, the ICC is a kangaroo court. The following are examples of those contradictions. First, as we explained in our response to the previous report, the Court was transformed into a monitoring mission with a political agenda in Darfur, as opposed to a judicial body. The twenty-fourth report, submitted today, states in paragraph 25, (spoke in English) "[t]he Office of the Prosecutor continues to monitor" - I repeat, "to monitor" - "and inquire into current crimes allegedly being committed in Darfur".”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“(Spoke in Arabic) Contrary to arrangements by the Government of the Sudan to achieve justice and peace together, and the Security Council's keenness to maintain that balance, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC issued policy papers in 2007 giving political interpretation to article 53 of the Rome Statute. The latter stipulates that the Prosecutor has the right to not - I repeat, not -proceed with an investigation if that is detrimental to the interests of justice, stating that such interests do not mean peace. The Prosecutor alone created a statute and imposed it on States parties to the Statute. That is very dangerous. It gives the Prosecutor discretionary political power to prematurely abolish peace initiatives and agreements.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“(spoke in Arabic) Although the report of the Prosecutor of the ICC stresses the significance of resolution 1593 (2005), which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC, it has nonetheless deliberately ignored what I mentioned with regard to paragraph 5 of the same resolution: (spoke in English) "The Security Council also emphasizes the need to promote healing and reconciliation and encourages in this respect the creation of institutions, involving all sectors of Sudanese society, such as truth and/or reconciliation commissions, in order to complement judicial processes and thereby reinforce the efforts to restore long-lasting peace, with African Union and international support as necessary".”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“We would like to draw the Council's attention to this year's report of the Joint Tripartite Commission, made up of the United Nations, the African Union and the Govenrment of the Sudan, which states (spoke in English) "the Joint Working Group acknowledges the efforts of the state Governments and Prosecutor for Darfur Special Crimes Court to address the crimes committed during the conflict and restore law and order through the deployment of additional police, corrections andjudicial human and material resources across the five states of Darfur, including legal advisers, prosecutors, legal aid assistants and family child protection units".”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Therefore, the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur is a compilation of virtually all the principles universally agreed upon for the voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons, for the implementation of the principles of transitional justice, and remedial measures for Victims, ensuring the prosecution of human rights violators and providing for compensation and reparation to victims. Guided by those principles, the Government of the Sudan established a special tribunal for the prosecution of crimes perpetrated in Darfur, and the Sudanese Department of Justice appointed a special public prosecutor for that very purpose. We have formally provided the United Nations and the Security Council with the statistics on the achievements of the tribunal.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“We shall duly come to prove the fickleness of the foundations on which the ICC is built, foundations that are driving more and more nations and countries to withdraw from the Court. The 2005 Interim Constitution of the Sudan is, in essence, a peace agreement, one adopted by consensus following the proclamation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed that same year with South Sudan. That Agreement clearly and equally addressed both principles: justice and peace.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Since 2005, reports of the Prosecutor of the ICC have repeatedly demonstrated an inclination to address the President of the Republic of the Sudan - who, as we have previously stated and as is enshrined in our Constitution, "personifies the sovereignty and authority of the State" - in an inappropriate and derogatory manner. That is inappropriate in general and unacceptable to us in particular. It is deplorable in the light of our national and human dignity, and indeed unprecedented in our history. As evidenced by successive trivial reports, the ICC is completely disoriented. It is plagued by institutional failure and corruption. It has made an enemy of the Sudan and of the Sudanese Government in a manner completely unbefitting an institution that proclaims itself to be of the highest calibre at the international level.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“I would like to hand out two documents in English: one on the issue of access to all areas of Darfur and another on the fallacy of accusing the political leadership of genocide. They have been prepared on the basis of credible and well-documented international testimony, to which I would like to draw the Council's attention. This last accusation is no different in nature from other erroneous accusation made by the ICC, but in this instance there is a strange urgency on the part of the Prosecutor and a suspicious keenness on the part of some international non-governmental organizations to manipulate this accusation in a bid to inflict as much political harm as they can on the Sudan and its existence and integrity.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“It is paradoxical that the Prosecutor also presents her report every six months, theatrically gearing up absurd presentations that are completely contrary to the facts cited by the commission, whose membership includes permanent members of the Security Council, in addition to the State of Qatar, neighbouring African States, the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States and the European peace partners. I should like to stress at the very outset that the Sudan is not a party to the Rome Statute of the ICC. Let me also state that that Court is not an organ of the United Nations, in spite of fervent attempts by some parties to paint it otherwise in the meetings of the Main Committees of the General Assembly. Again, I want to emphasize that the Sudan is not a party to the Statute nor to the ICC, in spite of such statements.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“This is the twenty-fourth report delivered since 2005 pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), which provides for two reports per annum, thereby leaving the ICC and its Prosecutor with no option but to repeat a pointless monologue about the deterioration of conditions in Darfur and compelling the Prosecutor to fake blatant lies in order to rally Council support on an issue that has long been settled - first, by the conclusion of the comprehensive agreement, which was welcomed by the Council in resolution 2003 (2011), and, secondly, by the agreement's implementation across the board, whose completion was celebrated three months ago, in September. In that regard, we should like to call the Council's attention to the records of the implementation follow- up commission of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, which meets every six months.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I hope that I will be given an opportunity to make my statement in response to the report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and her briefing to the Security Council. I congratulate Spain on its presidency of the Council this month and thank its predecessor for the excellent leadership last month. Again, I also thank the President for this opportunity to address the Council in response to the report of the Prosecutor of the ICC.”
2016-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7833 (2016) · source
“My delegation hopes that the international community will make the right decision here and act within the framework of preventive diplomacy firmly, before it is too late and before water becomes a source of conflict in future.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Given the growing number of disputes among States relating to transboundary watercourses, we could have understood a reference to the International Court of Justice, since that is a legal body that is part of the United Nations and is entrusted with peacefully and legally resolving conflicts between States. Finally, my delegation believes that, despite the current challenges presented by water resources, there are many opportunities to ensure that water becomes a positive element in regional and international cooperation. The ball is now in the court of developed countries to implement this lofty vision. The United Nations can play a leading role in guiding meaningful international efforts in that regard.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source