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first: 1999-05-14
most recent: 2014-04-25
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“What is essential is to guarantee that women are included in peace processes and to ensure that their perspectives, direct knowledge of the concrete situation and concerns are taken into account as important contributions to the reshaping of torn societies in post-conflict situations and in peacebuilding efforts. To conclude, Portugal has been striving to support the promotion and protection of the human rights of women and their political participation. In this context, my country reaffirms its commitment to ensuring women's effective participation in peace and security and to translate this commitment into enhanced action.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“And we need to work with UN-Women and the United Nations country team partners to help countries to develop national action plans to coordinate the implementation of all women and peace and security resolutions. Women have indeed a crucial role to play in rebuilding war-torn societies and in preserving social cohesion. They did it in Europe during and after two world wars; they did it in South America; and they have done it in Africa in countries divided by civilian strife. They still do it on a daily basis in several countries tormented by conflict.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Often, in the name of peace amnesty is given to combatants who had used sexual violence as a tactic of war. We believe that there can be no sustainable peace without justice for victims; targeted and graduated measures should be imposed against all parties to a conflict that are responsible for grave violations of women's rights. Perpetrators, including commanders who commission or condone the use of sexual violence, should be held accountable. On these matters, zero tolerance has to be the rule. We also need to strengthen support networks to ensure that survivors of violence can return to take an active part in public life, especially in peacebuilding efforts.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Impunity for perpetrators and insufficient response to the needs of survivors are unacceptable. The grave violations of women's human rights through mass rape and other sexual violence require the immediate attention of such organizations as the International Criminal Court and other relevant tribunals. Furthermore, international and national courts should have adequate resources, access to gender expertise, gender training for all staff, and gender-sensitive programmes in order to more effectively prosecute those responsible for such crimes. Further prompt action on the part of all actors is necessary to change the reality on the ground for women and girls at risk of becoming victims of Violence or already affected. We need to redouble our efforts, notably in the fight against impunity.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Violence against women, including rape and sexual slavery, is often used as a weapon of warfare in order to dehumanize women themselves or the communities to which they belong. Importantly, high levels of sexual and gender-based violence also rarely cease at the end of hostilities and continue well into the post-conflict phase. The costs of sexual and gender-based violence are largely underestimated and ignored. Such violence is surrounded by a culture of silence and impunity, and the range and complexity of the underlying causes make it a difficult issue to address, particularly in conflict-affected contexts where judicial and security institutions are weak. Durable peace and reconciliation are heavily compromised if the perpetrators of such acts are not prosecuted.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Women are still underrepresented at the several levels of peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, just as they are inadequately represented in formal peace negotiations. The exclusion of women from peace talks and peacebuilding efforts often means that insufficient attention is paid to addressing women's needs and concerns in the post- conflict phase, thereby reinforcing a circle ofinequality and marginalization. Moreover, the abuse of the rights of women and girls is a dominant feature of conflict, and sexual violence is often widespread and systematic both in conflict and in periods of political instability. Sexual violence and rape are prevalent in regions of war as well as in refugee camps.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank Nigeria for convening this open debate on women and peace and security, with a particular focus on sexual violence in conflict, an issue to which Portugal attaches great importance. I also wish to warmly congratulate Ms. Zainab Bengura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on the excellent work she has been carrying out. Portugal aligns itself with the statement made this morning by the observer of the European Union, but I should like to make a few remarks in my national capacity. While acknowledging that important progress has been made in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security, we need to recognize that significant challenges remain.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“It is particularly paradoxical that, in spite of the existence of normative international instruments, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most inclusive of all instruments of international law, children continue to be the main victims of armed violence, being injured, raped and killed. Let me conclude by saying that Member States and the Security Council share the common responsibility for taking collective action to overcome this scourge. Protecting children in armed conflict requires the commitment of the international community as a whole, and my country is fully dedicated to this objective.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“Further institutional dialogue between the ICC and the Security Council is fundamental in that regard. On peacekeeping operations, Portugal strongly supports the inclusion of child protection advisers in mandates. It is fundamental that in scenarios of hopelessness, such as armed conflicts, United Nations peacekeepers on the ground are a symbol of the core values of respect and protection of human right for which the Organization strives. In this sense, predeployment training in child protection for peacekeepers, and the effective screening of peacekeepers to ensure that individuals who have committed grave violations against children do not serve with the United Nations, are essential.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“The International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to play a fundamental deterrent role, complementary to the roles of tribunals at the national and international levels, by holding perpetrators accountable and by investigating and prosecuting those responsible for committing atrocities against children. The need to tackle impunity regarding persistent perpetrators already clearly identified should certainly guide our work in the near future. It is striking that we are referring to individuals or entities that have been identified as persistent perpetrators for five years or more, most of whom are non-State actors. It is the credibility of the system that we have built that is at stake. The Council needs to address those difficult cases and to ensure that such individuals are accounted for and sanctioned.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“As we sit here today, children are being forced out of their classrooms and playgrounds and such attacks not only affect children and communities as a whole but also should affect our consciousness. In Syria, more than 2,500 schools were damaged or destroyed by April last year, and the number now exceeds 3,000. We urge all Member States to act to protect schools, teachers and students from attack and to hold perpetrators accountable. We salute the efforts of Luxembourg, as Chair of the Working Group, to agree on tangible measures aimed at preventing the attacks on education and the military use of schools and to ensure the accountability of perpetrators.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“We are gravely concerned about widespread and intentional attacks against schools, teachers and students as an instrument of war. As a recent study launched by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack demonstrates, there is a very concerning pattern of deliberate attacks against education perpetrated by armed non-State groups, State military and security forces and armed criminal groups in more than 70 countries. Schools and education facilities are being systematically used as bases, barracks, weapons caches, detention centres and even torture chambers by regular armed forces and armed non-State opposition groups. Hence, education infrastructures become strategic targets of attack, putting children and teachers at risk and denying children their right to an education.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“We welcome the Security Council's commitment to addressing the grave violations committed against children in situations of armed conflict and the progress achieved over the years with the adoption of a number of resolutions that have reinforced the mechanisms to deal with that pressing issue. Despite the significant progress and establishment of a strong normative framework and a mechanism to monitor, report and respond to grave violations against children, huge challenges remain, due in particular to the changing nature of conflicts. It is troublesome that in his latest report (S/2013/245), the Secretary-General notes the increasing trend of the use ofschools for military purposes, as well as attacks on education.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“We align ourselves with the statement made by the observer of the European Union, but I would like to underline some aspects ofparticular significance to my country. Portugal bears a strong commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights and to international humanitarian law. The first debate held in the Council on the issue of children and armed conflict was, in fact, promoted by my country in 1998 (see S/PV.3896). We were then already convinced, as we remain today, that the issue has serious implications for international peace and security.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate on children and armed conflict, which is an issue to which Portugal attaches great importance. Let me start by thanking today's briefers for their presentations. I take this opportunity to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her briefing. I take this occasion to commend her work and efforts to ensure the protection of children in situations of ongoing armed conflict. Portugal fully supports the "Children, not soldiers" campaign launched by the Special Representative yesterday with UNICEF and in collaboration with Luxembourg and other United Nations partners.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“We are convinced that they would serve to strengthen the Council's effectiveness by improving its relationship with the broader membership and by promoting enhanced participation in its decision-making.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Instead of relying on a single facilitator in the outreach to and consultation with Council members, including incoming ones, the Council should usefully involve other co-facilitators in the process, including outgoing chairpersons, in order to take advantage of their experience. That would allow for a more transparent, inclusive and participatory process leading to the appointment of chairpersons. Building on last year's consensus, that could be the next concrete step towards improving the upcoming process of appointing chairpersons with respect to transparency and the participation of all Council members. Those are just a few concrete ideas.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Finally, with respect to the appointment of the chairpersons of subsidiary organs, a point just mentioned by the representatives of Morocco and Pakistan moments ago, it is important for the Council to give concrete meaning to the consensus reached in December through the note by the President of the Security Council contained in document S/20l2/937, that is, to establish an informal process with the participation of all Council members and in consultation with the newly elected members. The current practice would gain if such a process of facilitation were made more participatory and inclusive.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Such a practice, in our View, would help promote broader participation by Council members in the decision-making process, in particular those from the same region as that of a particular situation under consideration who are willing to raise their level of participation, or those with a special interest in it, for instance those who Chair the Sanctions Committees or subsidiary bodies directly related to a given situation. At the same time, such joint-penholdership would help share the burden of keeping all Council members informed about initiatives from the earliest possible stage.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“First, with respect to the issue ofpenholders, which was touched upon by the representative of the Russian Federation this morning and on which the Informal Working Group initiated a reflection last year, the question here concerns the implementation of note 507, in particular how to give real meaning to the notion of participation in the preparation and drafting of Security Council decisions, as called for in paragraph 42 of the note. One decisive step in the right direction would be to introduce the practice of joint-penholdership or co-penholdership to initiate and chair the drafting process.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Those two goals could be usefully combined. For instance, nothing prevents presidencies, after convening a private wrap- up meeting in which only Council members speak, from inviting interested non-Council members to an informal briefing in another room on the same or the following day, where interactivity can then take place. Alternatively, may we suggest that the Council periodically open up wrap-up meetings for genuine participation and interventions by non-members. That would hardly be a first: the Council has done that successfully before on several occasions. My two next remarks concern aspects of the Council's internal work, although they remain relevant to the implementation of note 507, since they relate to the transparency, inclusiveness and effectiveness of the Council's work.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Wrap-up meetings have since been organized as formal private meetings, with the attendance of interested non-Council members. Alternatively, some presidencies have opted for informal briefings to the broader membership at the end of their respective presidencies. Those have also proved very useful and have allowed for an informal exchange of views between non-Council members and the presidencies on the work done. We strongly suggest the continuation of such practices. However, with respect to formal wrap-up meetings, we believe that they would benefit from being more future-oriented, more concise or else focused on specific issues of relevance and timeliness in the Council. Such formats - both wrap-ups and informal briefings i should have two aims, namely, more information and more interactivity.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“The Council has done the latter in the past, and we think that it could be a useful practice to revive, such as in certain open debates in which the Council launches discussions on new themes. Allow me to point out something that we all, not only non-Council members, should do. We should follow note 507 and not exceed five minutes in making our interventions - a point also stressed by the representative of the United Kingdom this morning. That is an effort we encourage all to make for the sake of efficiency in all open debates. Secondly, with respect to wrap-up sessions, we see the practice resumed since January as very positive. I commend the delegation of Pakistan for kicking off so promptly and effectively the implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council contained in document S/2012/922.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“We welcome them as they fit into the trend we expect the Council to follow, which is to have more open meetings with greater participation by the broader United Nations membership. However, open debates are meant to allow the Council to listen to the broader membership. That is why we suggest that whenever an open debate is expected to have an outcome, the Council should consider adopting the outcome statement at a later time so that it can reflect on the input of non-Council members, as the Council deems relevant. Greater interactivity in open debates could be encouraged by alternating the statements of Council members with those of non-members and by promoting the use ofa summary at the end ofa debate.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“On our part, we continue to support all efforts within and outside the Council to improve working methods with the sole aim of strengthening and enabling the Council to better discharge the role entrusted by the Charter of the United Nations. As a member of the recently established Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group, Portugal aligns itself with the statement just made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of ACT members. Portugal has considered particular aspects related to the implementation ofnote S/2010/507 and subsequent notes by the President of the Security Council. I would like, therefore, to concentrate on four of those aspects and to suggest concrete measures for improvement. The first aspect concerns open debates. Open debates have become regular features of the Council's monthly programme of work.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Let me first thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Azerbaijan for its initiative in organizing today's important open debate on the Council's working methods. Improving working methods is a continuing task. Indeed, there is always room to improve the transparency of the Council's work and to enhance its relationship with the broader membership, the General Assembly and other United Nations organs, as well as with regional and subregional organizations. That is what brings us to the Council today. We welcome the recent measures the Council has taken to improve its working methods. We also commend the continuous efforts in the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, led by Argentina.”
2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052 (2013) · source
“Portugal continues to develop policies to promote the recruitment and retention of women in the military and in the police forces, and looks forward to cooperate further in training and in sharing good practices with other troop and police-contributing countries. Let me conclude by stressing the role of the economic, social and cultural rights of women as a central component of protection. Portugal strongly supports the inclusion of this subject in the Secretary- General's latest report (S/2013/525). These issues belong at the forefront of our discussions on women and peace and security and we commend his effort to do so. Further analysis of the relationship between the stability of livelihoods and the safety of women and girls is therefore, from our point of View, crucial.”
2013-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7044 (2013) · source
“With regard to peacekeeping and peacebuilding, we also find encouraging examples of clearer political will and adequate allocation ofresources aimed at increasing the proportion of women in uniformed components in operations and in national security sector institutions. The Council has heard, on a regular basis and and directly from the ground, requests for further strengthening the implementation of protection mandates. We hope that the targets set by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of 20 per cent for female police participation in peacekeeping operations by 2014 will be attained.”
2013-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7044 (2013) · source
“It is our firm beliefthat only through the systematic and active participation ofwomen in peace processes can transitional justice truly assume a national dimension and lay the foundations for rebuilding the rule of law and reconciliation. We have been witnessing the very important role women can plan in reconciliation processes when they are included from the outset. Portugal feels particularly encouraged by the rising awareness regarding those issues, and by the efforts made at the United Nations and national levels to increase expertise in several areas, such as mediation and capacity-building for the political participation of women, whether as candidates, electoral observers or office holders.”
2013-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7044 (2013) · source
“It is increasingly evident that the rule of law is all too often the second victim of conflict, the first victims being women and girls. Portugal reaffirms the view that women and girls are disproportionately affected by armed conflicts and remain particularly vulnerable in post-conflict situations. Sexual and gender-based violence, child and forced marriages and disruption in education, to name but a few of the facts of conflict, are magnified when it comes to women and girls. The Security Council has repeatedly acknowledged that fact and must continue to act on such a basis. On the other hand, there is a tendency to consider transitionaljustice as the second-to-last concern of peace agreements, the last being the participation of women in peace agreements.”
2013-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7044 (2013) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on women and peace and security, an issue to which Portugal attaches great importance. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General; the Under- Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanethem Pillay; and Ms. Brigitte Balipou for their very enlightening statements. Portugal of course shares the views that have been expressed by the observer of the European Union regarding the matter of the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict-affected situations. However, allow me to expand on some aspects of political significance for my country.”
2013-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7044 (2013) · source
“But they also send a powerful signal to the victims of sexual violence that no political or military leader is above the law. That fundamental political message needs to be constantly emphasized by the United Nations, and by the Security Council, in particular. I conclude this intervention with a word for the victims and the survivors of sexual violence. There is a need for recognition and reparation. There is a crucial need to extend affordable and accessible health services to survivors. Our aim is, certainly, to bring the perpetrators of sexual Violence to justice; but also to bring justice and adequate care to the survivors and victims of such hideous crimes.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“Sexual violence needs to be included in the definition of acts prohibited by ceasefires, and needs to be reflected in specific provisions of peace agreements related to security arrangements and transitional justice. In past years, some notable actions have been taken to combat impunity at national and international levels. Governments have prosecuted senior officers of their armed forces for crimes of sexual violence, and leaders of parties to armed conflict have been arrested and transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Subsequent verdicts of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the ICC constitute important landmarks of international justice and demonstrate that accountability for sexual violence is possible. They send a clear signal to many parties to armed conflict throughout the world that impunity is unacceptable.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“Indeed, the full and effective participation of women in formal peace processes will allow peacemakers to benefit fully from their knowledge and experience. By empowering women and upholding women's rights, we will also fight sexual violence more efficiently. Women are often - intentionally or by a lack of security structures - placed at risk. It is striking that sexual violence has been absent so often from peace talks and peace agreements, including those that have followed conflicts where sexual violence was a major feature of the fighting. The Security Council and the United Nations can, in general, play an important role in changing that situation.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“It is, therefore, extremely encouraging that a number of countries have already requested technical cooperation from the Team to respond promptly and effectively to conflict-related sexual violence and to strengthen the capacity of their national rule of law and justice actors. Portugal commends the three United Nations entities - the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme - for their work in providing assistance in preventing and addressing that form of violence. Urgent action in another dimension of the broader women, peace and security agenda will also have a positive impact on our common fight against sexual Violence.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“That should not be acceptable. Constraints in the establishment of peacekeeping missions should not be at the expense of women's protection advisers, especially if sexual violence has been identified as a major concern in a conflict or post-conflict situation. Anther promising tool at the disposal of Member States that could be further engaged is the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict. The lack of capacity at the national level to investigate and prosecute sexual violence remains the main obstacle to ensuring accountability, and leads to the prevalence of impunity.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“We strongly support, in that regard, the five-point priority agenda carried out by Special Representative Zainab Bangura: ending impunity, empowering women, mobilizing political leadership, increasing recognition of rape as a tactic and consequence of conflict and ensuring a more coherent response from the United Nations system. Those five elements represent fundamental goals that are complementary and mutually reinforcing. We should start to work towards the effectiveness of our fight against sexual violence by making full use of the existing tools - for instance, by ensuring the deployment in relevant peacekeeping operations of women's protection advisers, who will strengthen the prevention and the response to sexual violence. Many challenges have delayed the deployment of those advisers, even when specifically requested by the Council.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“Portugal values those significant achievements because there is no real security without women's security. The achievements will increasingly make sexual violence a liability for armed groups by exposing their leaders to international scrutiny and pressure. Another accomplishment that we value is the knowledge that has been developed on the issue in the past three years by the office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The different dimensions of the problem are now better understood, and by better understanding the problem, the international community will be in a better position to fight it efficiently. Portugal recognizes that, while the Council has been quite successful in discharging its responsibilities, much more can be done to reinforce the effectiveness of our common fight against sexual violence.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“Monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements have been established in a number of conflict or post-conflict situations to collect more consistent information on conflict related sexual Violence. A list of parties to conflicts that are credibly suspected of committing sexual violence on a repeated basis has been set up. A dialogue with those parties has been established by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General to obtain protection commitments and the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict has been formed to assist national authorities to reinforce judicial systems. Last but not least, the Council has adopted sanctions against perpetrators that have been identified or that are credibly suspected of having committed sexual Violence in situations of armed conflict on its agenda.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative Zainab Bangura for their remarks. I commend all Council members for the adoption by consensus of resolution 2106 (2013) today, which Portugal has co-sponsored and which will help us to further implement our common fight agains sexual violence. Portugal obviously shares the Views that will be expressed by the observer of the European Union, but allow me to underline some aspects of particular significance to my country. In recent years, Security Council resolutions have recognized sexual violence as a tactic of war and its potential to undermine peace and security. We need to recognize that much has been accomplished since 2010.”
2013-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6984 (2013) · source
“I conclude by commending once again the work of the Ombudsperson's Office within the framework of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011). The Ombudsperson's very valuable contribution to implementing fair and clear procedures for delisting with respect to that Committee should, in our opinion, also be made available in the framework of other relevant Security Council sanctions Committees, thereby opening the way to an even more credible, transparent and fair management of their respective sanctions lists.”
2013-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6964 (2013) · source
“Those, among others, are key aspects that we believe should to be solidly implemented in order to address the evolving nature of the terrorist threat, its ability to spread into different areas of the world, its intertwinement and increasing connection with forms of transnational organized crime, and its capacity to promote radicalization and recruitment in a global context. At the local and regional levels, we believe that further preventive action should be considered namely in regions such as West, Central and East Africa, where emerging or potentially emerging challenges should be further addressed, for example, through more and better United Nations information sharing and assessment survey capabilities.”
2013-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6964 (2013) · source
“Surely, much has been done already, as we should recognize, but in our opinion there is room for improvement on specific elements of the counter- terrorism strategies as they stand now. As Portugal has consistently stated in previous briefings of the Security Council, more attention should be given, first, to enhancing the United Nations preventive counter-terrorism approaches and agenda; secondly, to improving and more efficiently articulating all relevant United Nations system tools, both in New York and at the field level; and, finally, to addressing the need to reinforce the compliance of national, regional and international counter-terrorism efforts with human rights and rule of law standards.”
2013-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6964 (2013) · source
“Solid international cooperation, on the one hand, and the full implementation of the United Nations counter-terrorism international legal instruments, on the other, are indeed crucial elements of a harmonized and effective response of the international community to the scourge of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The United Nations is singularly well placed to play the key role of coordinating, supporting and pushing forward the global international efforts in this endeavour to address the threats and actions of terrorism through the Security Council and its subsidiary bodies, the General Assembly and its relevant bodies, and other United Nations entities, at both the Headquarters and field levels.”
2013-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6964 (2013) · source
“I congratulate you, Sir, and your country on your presidency of the Security Council this month. I thank the Chairs of the Security Council's subsidiary committees on counter-terrorism for their comprehensive briefings. I am also pleased to address a special word to Mike Smith, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, and to wish him all the best in the future. We naturally associate ourselves with the statement delivered a few minutes ago by the observer of the European Union. I should, however, like to add a few comments. First, preventing and countering terrorism continues to be one ofthe main and more pressing challenges to the international community as a whole, and to the United Nations in particular.”
2013-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6964 (2013) · source
“Let us not forget them and the fact that, beyond bringing perpetrators to justice, the international community also needs to afford care and reparation to women and girls and men and boys that have been victims of sexual violence in conflict-related situations.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“With such information, the Council will also be able to take further steps. That should be understood as a clear message to perpetrators of sexual violence that the Council is ready to apply sanctions or to use all other means at its disposal, including referrals to the International Criminal Court, against perpetrators that have been identified as having committed sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. The Council needs to be consistent in its decisions and reinforce the message that impunity is simply not acceptable, sexual violence is simply not tolerable and there can be no genuine security without women's security. Let me conclude my statement with a word for the survivors of sexual violence. They are at the centre of our debates.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“We are encouraged by arrangements that have allowed the deployment of such advisers in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire, but we also note that women protection advisers are urgently needed in Mali, Syria and Libya, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary- General. All of the information contained in the report is relevant for the Security Council in terms of its Charter-mandated responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The information that has already been collected by the reporting mechanism will make it possible for the Council to have access to "timely, objective, accurate and reliable information" on sexual violence in conflict.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“The action of the international community must also be reinforced. The deployment of women protection advisers in the relevant peacekeeping operations, so as to strengthen the prevention of and response to sexual violence, needs to be accelerated in order to ensure that dedicated capacity on sexual violence exists within peacekeeping and political missions. The challenges that have delayed the deployment of such advisers must be overcome.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“The Council has created the necessary tools to obtain reliable and accurate information on sexual violence: a common definition of sexual violence and common methodologies for data collection through a monitoring and reporting mechanism are now used throughout the system. Another promising tool at the disposal of Member States is the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law, and Portugal welcomes the technical cooperation that was provided at the request of national authorities in six countries, including Cote d'Ivoire, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National accountability needs to be reinforced, as Member States bear the primary responsibility to prevent and address conflict-related sexual violence by strengthening of the capacities of national institutions, in particular health, judicial and social systems.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source