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“We cannot help but note with concern that all nuclear-weapon State parties to the NPT officially envisage relying on large, modernized nuclear forces as a central component of their security postures for decades to come. Once again, we urge them to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals in fulfilment of their relevant multilateral legal obligations and to cease all plans to further modernize, upgrade, refurbish or extend the lives of their nuclear weapons and related arsenals. As an important building-block to that effect, we call for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, pursuant to the mandate given by General Assembly resolution 68/32.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“In general, the NPT has significantly helped limit the horizontal proliferation of nuclear weaponsHowever, the ongoing reality is that tens of thousands of nuclear weapons continue to threaten humankind, while billions of dollars are being spent to modernize them despite pressing development needs and challenges all over. Bangladesh therefore favours a balanced approach, that is, nuclear non-proliferation pursued in tandem with nuclear disarmament. We have no doubt that nuclear weapons are wrong weapons. Far from securing us, they only endanger our lives. We therefore consistently stress the total elimination of those weapons in order to provide an absolute guarantee against the use, either by design or by accident, or threat of use of such weapons, and also against the danger of their falling into terrorists' hands.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“Bangladesh recognizes the seminal importance of resolution 1540 (2004) and its successor resolutions in ensuring the non-proliferation of WMDs. The varying levels of capacity among Member States, as identified through voluntary national reports, deserve to be addressed with a sense of priority. One response to that effect would be to consider further strengthening the capacity-building mandate of the panel of experts concerned. We believe the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“Such evolving trends require us to devise innovative, well-coordinated and foolproof mechanisms to effectively prevent the illicit use or transfer of weapons of mass destruction and their means of production and delivery. The adoption by consensus of General Assembly resolution 70/ 3 6, entitled "Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction", has been a right response within the United Nations framework. It is critical that there be in-depth and evidence-based discussions on that, involving all Member States, in order to coordinate international and national efforts, as appropriate. Focus should be placed on identifying gaps in national response that may be addressed through customized international cooperation. The current review of resolution 1540 (2004) can be quite critical in that exercise.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“My delegation expresses its appreciation to the presidency of Malaysia for convening this open debate. Bangladesh aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The potential consequence of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), especially nuclear weapons, falling in the wrong hands is only too vivid to require reiteration. That possibility has become more and more real as terrorists and other non-State actors continue to choose their targets without discrimination, and accordingly keep evolving their modes of operation to carry out their heinous acts.”
2016-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7758 (2016) · source
“Our Government has recently taken an initiative, with the assurance of support by the Japanese Government, to establish a peacebuilding centre in Dhaka. We believe the centre will add to regional and international efforts in this regard through substantive research and training activities. We invite interested partners from Africa and elsewhere to come forward in making this initiative a success.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“We hope the unequivocal emphasis on increased, predictable and sustainable financing in this year's peacebuilding architecture resolutions will help garner sufficient political support towards mobilizing much-needed resources, including for the Peacebuilding Fund. We look forward to creative ideas from the Secretary-General on mobilizing finances, factoring in both assessed and voluntary contributions. The underfunded mechanisms within the African Union also merit the international community's added attention. Bangladesh remains an ardent believer in peacebuilding and will continue to remain engaged in further strengthening the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, with particular focus on Africa.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“The PBC's value-added work can seek to make a difference in addressing various relevant and emerging issues of concern, including the seminal task of institution-building. In that context, we recognize the important work being done by Japan on viable and long-term institution-building in countries emerging from or at risk of conflict. F ourthly, the PBC's gender strategy and discussions on young people's role in peacebuilding are valuable contributions to promoting the inclusive agenda of sustaining peace. We look forward to the expected adoption of the gender strategy in September, which we believe can be a useful contribution to advancing the women, peace and security agenda, including in Africa. Fifthly, and perhaps most importantly, the issue of financing for peacebuilding remains a major stumbling block to reaching its potential.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“Secondly, we feel encouraged to see some positive, ongoing efforts within the United Nations, including on the ground, to break down the silos in sustaining peace. It must remain a constant preoccupation for the PBC, through its convening and advisory roles, to further consolidate such efforts, particularly those aimed at bringing the security and development actors closer together without undermining their respective mandates and competence. The PBC's country-specific configurations have certain good practices in that regard that can be suitably replicated or scaled up across the system. Thirdly, we welcome the upswing in the PBC's interaction with the relevant regional and subregional organizations, especially in Africa, and its growing focus on regional, cross-cutting issues.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“We stress that that notion should be duly acknowledged by all principal organs of the United Nations and all other relevant stakeholders in order to give peacebuilding a real chance to deliver on its potential in national, regional and multilateral contexts. In that connection, we wish to reiterate the importance that we attach to five critical issues. First, the centrality of national ownership and leadership in peacebuilding must be valued and preserved, including in all affected African countries. It is of paramount importance to foster an environment for inclusive peacebuilding in which a diverse set of national actors with legitimate voices and interest have the opportunity to participate and contribute.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“The convergence of such priorities between the AU and the United Nations makes it particularly good news for peacebuilding, which will gain further momentum, especially in the conflict-affected least-developed xountries presently on the Peacebuilding Commission's (PBC) agenda. It is important to recognize that the United Nations peacebuilding work in Africa over the past ten years has been critical in reaching consensus on the notion of sustaining peace. The agreed definition of sustaining peace justifiably broadens the traditional and rather restrictive notion of peacebuilding, and underscores the importance of sustained political accompaniment across the entire spectrum of conflicts, including relapses into conflict.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“It was perhaps only logical that the nearly identical resolutions adopted by the General Assembly (resolution 70/262) and the Security Council (resolution 2282 (2016)) on the peacebuilding architecture review earlier this year devoted particular attention to further streamlining and energizing the United Nations peacebuilding activities in Africa. Against that backdrop, it is encouraging to follow the good tidings from the African Union (AU) with regard to the further sharpening of its focus on peacebuilding and sustaining peace under the aegis of the African peace and security architecture. In parallel, several initiatives are afoot to accelerate the pace of regional and subregional economic integration for sustainable development in Africa.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“The Bangladesh delegation wishes to congratulate the Japanese delegation for its successful presidency of the Council this month. We also appreciate this initiative to focus on peacebuilding in Africa and the detailed concept note (S/2016/586, annex) prepared for that purpose. The Secretary General's Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture gave, in its report last year (S/2015/490), due emphasis to reorienting our thoughts on peacebuilding based on the experience and knowledge gathered through work in Africa over the past decade.”
2016-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7750 (2016) · source
“We continue to urge all key actors to remained seized of efforts to pursue a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question, consistent with the relevant Security Council resolutions and in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative, the Quartet road map and the principle ofland for peace. We take this opportunity to reiterate our support for a draft resolution of the Council to revive political efforts aimed at achieving the desired two-State solution and at the convening an international conference to address the multidimensional aspects of the Palestinian question in a focused, structured and holistic manner.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“If we are to succeed in our efforts to address the internal and local drivers of violent extremism and terrorism, we need the international community's meaningful support and commitment to resolve the external drivers, including foreign occupation and protracted conflicts. In line with our constitutional commitment, the Government and the people of Bangladesh maintain their unwavering support for the just and legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people for their inalienable rights, including their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent, viable, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side-by-side with Israel. Our Prime Minister, Sheik Hasina, has consistently articulated that in her annual address at the General Assembly.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“The moral and ethical issues involved in the Palestinian question need to be unequivocally upheld in order to defeat the twisted and corrosive massaging used by Violent extremists to serve their own vested agenda. That was recently brought home to us in Bangladesh in the most gruesome manner, as we have witnessed an expansion in the demographics of our home-grown terrorists, now also being drawn from a section of educated cosmopolitan youth. Initial investigations show that some ofthose young people had been exposed to narratives that tend to build a case for extremism under the pretext of religion, on the basis of real or perceived injustices suffered by people in the Middle East and elsewhere, especially in Palestine. That is a challenge that we are not in a position to deal with on our own.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“As has been noted, Israel continues to announce and implement its settlement expansion plans in the occupied territories, including in and around East Jerusalem, even in the aftermath of the release of the Quartet report. That casts a shadow on the possibility of moving towards implementing the recommendations of the report. We have stated a number of times here, and will continue to do so, that the continued injustice with regard to the Palestinian question remains at the root of a number of scourges that bedevil international peace and security. Among a host of potential scenarios, the resolution of the Palestinian question will help dry up the ideological reservoir that many international terrorists and violent extremist groups tend to draw on.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“The Council has a moral obligation to prevail upon Israel to immediately halt its illegal settlement regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip and put an end to all forms of occupation. Immediate priority must be given to ensuring international protection for the Palestinian people, who have suffered for decades from Israel's policy of collective punishment. The recently released Quartet report provides a rather dismal assessment of the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. Yet the report has probably only covered part of the concerns that continue to characterize the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“In the absence of any international accountability or sanctions, the occupying Power continues to kill Palestinian citizens, especially youth and children, imprisoning and abusing scores of Palestinians in its detention centres and injuring and displacing thousands of Palestinian families through its construction and expansion of illegal settlements. It is obvious that the settlements and the wall in and around occupied East Jerusalem are being deliberately pursued in order to fundamentally change the character, status and demography of the occupied Palestinian territories. That will serve only to indefinitely postpone the Middle East peace process, and thus destabilize the prospects for a two-State solution based on the pre-l967 borders.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“The overriding message is that the world expects the Council to act in a determined, visible and sustained manner to find a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question. The continued occupation of the Palestinian territories, the systematic human rights Violations, the indiscriminate attacks against civilians and the expansion of illegal settlements by Israel, the occupying Power, constitute an affront to the values and principles that the Organization stands for. The Council must demonstrate its resolve to address the Palestinian question as a matter of urgency. The continued breaches of international humanitarian law and the occupation of Palestinian territories have given rise to an egregious culture of impunity.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“We express our appreciation to the Japanese presidency for convening this open debate. My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and by the representative of Kuwait on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Bangladesh welcomes the fact that the Palestinian question is being discussed in the Security Council periodically in the wider context ofthe Middle East. This should help build impetus for resuming negotiations to resolve all the final status issues, as also envisaged for the international conference to be convened in the coming months. We stress the need for upholding the spirit of the joint communique issued by the ministerial meeting in Paris on 3 June.”
2016-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7736 (2016) · source
“We continue to urge all key actors to remain seized of efforts to pursue a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question, consistent with the relevant Security Council resolutions and in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative, the Quartet road map and the principle of land-for-peace. In that context, we take this opportunity to reiterate our support for a Council resolution to revive the political efforts aimed at achieving the desired two-State solution and the convening of an international conference to address the multidimensional aspects of the Palestinian question in a focused, structured and holistic manner.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The moral and ethical issues involved in the Palestinian question need to be unequivocally upheld in order to defeat the twisted and corrosive messaging used by violent extremists to serve their own vested agenda. In line with our constitutional commitment, the Government and the people of Bangladesh maintain unwavering support for the just and legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people for their inalienable rights, including their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent, viable, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel. Our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has consistently articulated this message in her annual addresses to the General Assembly.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The Council has a moral obligation to prevail upon Israel to immediately halt its illegal settlement regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, lift the blockade in the Gaza Strip and put an end to all forms of occupation. Immediate priority must be given to ensuring international protection for the Palestinian people, who have been suffering for decades from Israel's policy of collective punishment. We have stated a number of times here - and we will continue to do so - that the continued injustice around the Palestinian question remains at the root of a number of scourges that bedevil international peace and security. Among a host of potential scenarios, the resolution of the Palestinian question will help dry up the ideological reservoir that many international terrorist and violent extremist groups tend to draw on.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“In the absence of any international accountability or sanctions, the occupying Power continues to kill Palestinian citizens, especially youth and children, imprisoning and abusing scores of Palestinians in its detention centres and injuring and displacing thousands of Palestinian families through its construction and expansion of illegal settlements. It is obvious that the policy of settlements and the construction of the wall in and around occupied East Jerusalem are being deliberately pursued in order to fundamentally change the character, status and demography of the occupied Palestinian territories. That will only serve to indefinitely postpone the Middle East peace process, and thus to destabilize the prospects for a two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“The continued occupation of Palestinian territories, the systematic human rights violations, the indiscriminate attacks against civilians and the expansion of illegal settlements by Israel, the occupying Power, constitute an affront to the values and principles that the Organization stands for. The Council must demonstrate its resolve to address the Palestinian question as a matter of urgency. Immediate priority must be given to ensuring international protection for the Palestinian people, who have been suffering for decades. The continued breaches of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories have given rise to an egregious culture of impunity.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“We convey our appreciation to the Chinese presidency for convening this open debate. It is somewhat reassuring that the Palestinian question is being discussed in the Security Council at certain intervals against the backdrop of its continued inability to act on this seminal concern for the maintenance of international peace and security My delegation aligns itself with the statements made today by the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and by representative of Kuwait on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The overriding message is that the world expects the Council to act in a determined, visible and sustained manner to find a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question.”
2016-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7673Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Fifthly and lastly, the Council must take an informed and cautious approach in mandating peacekeeping missions with counter-terrorism operations for which the troops deployed on the ground are generally not equipped. We look forward to continuing this dialogue with all Members, including during the Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy review upcoming in June.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Secondly, the Council should - as it has done today - periodically take stock of its contribution to a holistic and balanced implementation of the four pillars of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and further calibrate its response in light of the strengths and gaps identified. Thirdly, we expect the Council to provide continued guidance to the concerned counter-terrorism committees and expert panels under its remit to conduct their work in regular consultation with the wider membership and to effectively contribute to needs- based capacity-building at national and regional levels. Fourthly, it is crucial for the Council to make an objective assessment of terrorist threats and linkages based on evidence and to discourage reporting or analyses that are not necessarily backed by a sufficient understanding of the realities on the ground.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“In this context, we appreciate the work of the Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force, the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Financial Action Task Force, among others, in strengthening the capacity of ourjudiciary, law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, broadly in line with our national counter-terrorism strategy. To conclude, we wish to share some thoughts for the Council's consideration. First, the Council must remain seized with its efforts to address the fundamental root causes of international terrorism, including through facilitating the resumption of the Middle East peace process towards its logical conclusion.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Our Government remains firmly committed to overcoming these threats and challenges and to preserving the fundamental rights and freedoms of all citizens within our democratic and pluralist social fabric. There are added challenges posed by the growing and sophisticated use of the Internet by terrorists. Alleged financial support flows largely through informal means, including from abroad. Against the backdrop of our efforts to reduce the digital divide, there remain loopholes within the system that cyberterrorists can take advantage of at any time. Perhaps these challenges are not unique to Bangladesh, but they need to be addressed with the participation of all relevant domestic actors and the support of our international partners.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Bangladesh hasjoined the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund as a pilot country to strengthen community-based responses against the spread of violent extremism leading to terrorism. We remain concerned over the targeted terror tactics being used by certain banned terrorist outfits, especially a group of online activists. This outfit primarily operates through splinter cells, with indoctrinated individuals working within a disparate network system. This poses a challenge to investigation and prosecution, considering our resource constraints. Matters get further compounded by generally unfounded claims of involvement of certain international terrorist groups.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“No faith in the world justifies or condones unwarranted violence and attacks against innocent civilians in the pretext of righting any wrong. Based on this, in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has avowed a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism in all their forms and manifestations. Our Government has done much to dismantle fringe terrorist groups and their offshoots. We remain vigilant so as to obviate the possibility of our nationals being recruited as foreign terrorist fighters in the Middle East and elsewhere. We have made sure that our territory is not used by any terrorist entity working against the interest of our neighbour countries.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“While going into a firefighting mode about some immediate challenges, we must address the larger, accumulated grievances that terrorists tend to use as staples to increase their ranks. We also lose focus when we try to find scapegoats instead of being somewhat self-reflective. This leads to scare- and hatemongering about others, whose identity may vary depending on the context. The action of some aberrant individuals cannot be apportioned to an entire community or a nation in an indiscriminate fashion. That kind of generalization leads to further polarization, disrupting the unity of purpose that is a must to defeat and degrade terrorists. For us, a terrorist is a terrorist and does not have any religion, belief or creed.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“We thank the Chinese presidency in the Council for organizing this open debate. Terrorism and violent extremism are direct affronts to what the United Nations stands for. As the main custodian of the mandate of the Charter of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security, the Security Council must continue to counter these threats in a visible manner. The tentacles of terrorism continue to grow and engulf more and more territories and communities. As a series of barbaric incidents from Paris to Ougadougou, from Istanbul to Lahore make it evident, no one nation among us is immune to terrorists' reach. We may have a different set of readings of the underlying drivers of terrorism, yet we must all subscribe to certain fundamental concerns.”
2016-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7670Resumption1 (2016) · source
“Bangladesh stands ready to share its experience in this regard, especially with regard to promoting justice and recognition for the victims of sexual and gender-based violence committed during our Liberation War in 1971. The African continent is setting examples on a range of norm-setting issues, and also with their implementation. With the exemplary leadership shown by the women of Africa, we are confident that further new dimensions to strengthening women's role in peace and security will emerge in the days ahead, including to enrich the work of this Council.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“In Bangladesh, we are currently in the process of setting up a peacebuilding centre, where we wish to undertake specialized research and training on women's role in peacebuilding, among other issues. Lastly, the overriding importance of prevention and eliminating sexual and gender-based violence during armed conflicts cannot be overemphasized. The political momentum that has been galvanized to this cause must be sustainedThe importance of ensuring justice for such crimes and promoting healing and reintegration for the victims should constitute an essential element in halting and reversing such crimes anywhere in the world.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“As a major troop-contributing country, we remain convinced of the qualitative difference that women can make as peacekeepers on the ground. We are working with the United Nations and other partners to further enhance women's participation among our troops and police and to strengthen and mainstream the work of gender advisers in missions. Fourthly, women's role in peacebuilding is widely recognized, but remains constrained by a lack of resources and, at times, expertise. Within the United Nations, there is scope for reinvigorating a system-wide approach to implementing the gender strategy of the Peacebuilding Commission to use it as a possible guide for a customized approach to specific contexts.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“Secondly, women's role in conflict prevention, mediation, negotiations and peace agreements needs to be bolstered in real terms beyond mere showcasing. It would be critical to invest in women's leadership in order for them to effectively contribute to decision-making and negotiations with a view to mainstreaming women's specific needs and concerns into the broader framework of peace agreements or settlements. Thirdly, the need to enhance women's participation United Nations United Nations peacekeeping operations, including in senior leadership positions, has been duly recongized as an enabling factor for ensuring the protection of women and enhancing women's role in preparing the ground for sustainable peace.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“In order to find resonance with the African situation, we would wish to reinforce five key issues in relation to the women, peace and security agenda, as we see them from our national perspective. First, the confluence of the reviews undertaken last year around the United Nations peace and security agenda needs to be translated into, among other things, a further accent on developing national plans of action corresponding to resolution 1325 (2000) and affiliated resolutions. There are a number of best practices available in diverse socioeconomic contexts that may be built upon further through in-depth national consultations. The critical role of men and boys, particularly youth, needs to be factored into the plans of action.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“In Bangladesh, our sustained investment in women's empowerment and gender equality has allowed us to make the overall environment further conducive to preventing the escalation and recurrence of conflicts. It is perhaps no surprise, as manifest in other contexts around the world, that violent extremists and terrorists make it a point to reverse the trend of women's development and empowerment in advancing their twisted narrative of social norms and arrangements concerning women. It would be crucial for women's groups and organizations to scale up their voice in protest of such trends, and to enhance their engagements with those women who are forcibly or unwillingly made to be complicit with such misguided agenda of violent extremists and other such actors.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“As we heard this morning from the briefers, the normative and standard-setting exercise that has been undertaken by the African Union captures the underlying principles and objectives of resolution 1325 (2000) and its successor resolutions. The changing nature and dynamics of conflicts and the diverse motivations of the actors involved tend to escalate the situation for women during armed conflicts. While the protection needs of women remain a foremost concern, it is critically important to empower women and to allow them the space to serve as instrumental and effective buffers against conflicts. This is not likely to happen in an extraneous manner, and should ideally evolve in an organic fashion from within the conflict-affected society.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“We thank the Angolan presidency for organizing this important open debate in what has been dubbed as the "month of Africa" in the Council. Bangladesh takes this opportunity to recall our pioneering role in contributing to the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) during our membership in the Security Council in 2000 and 2001. The global study that was conducted last year on the resolution's implementation has done a commendable job in charting the progress achieved in terms of measurable results and tangible objectives. It is encouraging to see that women have assumed a central role in 67 per cent of peace agreements that have been mediated or facilitated by the United Nations in recent times. We expect this to be replicated further at the regional and national levels.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“As we see again and again, prescriptions from outside, without sufficient buy-in among a cross-section of national actors, including women and youth, have never had a lasting impact. The potential role of peacebuilding in contributing to participatory political processes, human development, social justice and institution-building should ideally be driven by national consensus in conflict-affected situations. To conclude, we urge the Council to ensure that the ongoing peacebuilding architecture review will turn out to be a real game-changing exercise in this seminal year for the United Nations peace and security agenda.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Fourthly, the notion of sustaining peace, as elaborated in the Advisory Group's report, is such an all-encompassing construct that it inevitably brings to the foreground the question of adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding efforts. In recognition of the useful services rendered by the Peacebuilding Fund, we see merit in the suggestion to create an assured financing stream for the Fund based on assessed contributions. If we are truly committed to giving peacebuilding a chance under United Nations auspices, we should work on finding creative ways to match the predictability of financing with the flexible, rapid-response capacity of the Fund. Fifthly, and lastly, the primacy of national ownership defined by inclusive and accountable processes should remain at the heart of peacebuilding efforts.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Secondly, the desired coherence in peacebuilding will critically hinge on the level of commitment demonstrated by the Security Council on behalf of United Nations peacebuilding efforts. The Council's focused and meaningful utilization of the existing resources is expected to enhance the value of the Peacebuilding Commission's advisory role and the Peacebuilding Fund's needs-driven financing support. Thirdly, the Peacebuilding Commission's convening capacity must be leveraged to further broaden its orientation and engagements and relieve it of its rather formulaic, agenda-based approach. The interface between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund must be visible in terms oftheir respective outcomes, again without conceding their comparative advantages.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“That is the overarching message that we have drawn from the report (see S/2015/490) of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture, which makes a compelling case for changing the mindset here about the way we view and engage with peacebuilding in the United Nations. In that spirit, we wish to flag five issues that we believe are cardinal to the current initiative of the review of the peacebuilding architecture. First, peacebuilding mustbe owned and appropriated by the principal organs of the United Nations, in due recognition of the interaction among peace and security and development and human rights. As witnessed during the review exercise, each constituency has certain values to add to peacebuilding efforts without compromising their respective mandates.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Those insights have motivated Bangladesh to remain engaged with the work of the Peacebuilding Commission from the outset, assuming its chairmanship in 2012 and organizing the Commission's first high-level meeting the same year, under the stewardship of our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As we see it, there would be a gap in our understanding of peacebuilding if we were to consider it only from the context of post-conf lict recovery. Without sustained, long-term efforts to address the underlying drivers of conflict, sufficient alacrity to read the early warning signs on the ground and a combination of will and agility to pre-empt and prevent conflicts, peacebuilding might risk becoming merely an ad hoc, piecemeal exercise.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Our journey from a war-ravaged, aid-dependent economy to one that is now marked by strong macroeconomic fundamentals, steady economic growth, inclusive socioeconomic development, a sound trade and investment regime and a determined effort to move towards a low-carbon pathway has also been marked by many trials and successes. That serves to reinforce the point that peacebuilding per se is not a quick or easy fix that can take place in a linear, prescriptive fashion. Each conflict setting must carve out its own course for recovery and reconstruction leading to durable peace, in which the international community can play a supportive, catalytic role.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“We thank the Security Council presidency for organizing this open debate on a highly pertinent issue. We appreciate the valuable thoughts shared by the briefers. Emerging from the ashes of our independence war in 1971, Bangladesh undertook an arduous yet sustained process, moving from post-conflict recovery and reconstruction to nation-building in four decades. As a nation, we have yet to close certain chapters ofthat defining event, as is evident from our ongoing efforts to break the culture of impunity regarding the crimes against humanity and the genocide committed during the war. The defeated ideologies of the war also tend to resurface at times to undermine the democratic, pluralist, non-communal and secular values that we cherish as a nation.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source