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“Today, the Committee is to conclude its consideration of two additional names for designation, but I believe that we should send a stronger message at this particularly crucial moment in the history of the Central African Republic, ahead of the elections, as spoilers continue to interfere with the transition and lives continue to be lost in the Central African Republic. On Yemen, I regret to note that the Committee acted too little and too late when the processes on the ground were spinning out of control. I also regret the unintended humanitarian consequences that have been hitting the civilian population and the lack of reporting on sanctions implementation, including on the implementation of the arms embargo. Cutting off the flow of financial resources to the sanctioned individuals, in the case of Yemen, also requires more effort.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“It hurts the transition and, above all, it hurts the people of the Central African Republic. As long as the conflict in the Central African Republic continues, it will hurt the neighbouring countries too. There are therefore regional consequences to non-compliance. I continue to call for more resolute action on the part of Committee with regard to sanctions designations. The Panel has provided a total of 25 detailed statements of cases involving individuals and entities that, in the Panel's view, meet the designation criteria set by the Security Council. Only five individuals and one entity have been sanctioned to date.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“In the case of the Central African Republic, sanctioned individuals have been travelling freely, and on some occasions their travel has been facilitated by Member States of the region, despite repeated communication on the part of the Chair and the Panel of Experts and the express requests of the Transitional Authorities of the Central African Republic, including the Transitional President herself. We call on all the States concerned to abstain from any further actions that interfere with the extremely fragile transition process in the Central African Republic and to respect the will of the Transitional Authorities and the people of the Central African Republic in that regard. Spoilers should not be allowed to travel freely, and messages of incitement should not be allowed to be aired from outside the country.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“However, I believe that that should be a standard practice and not depend on individual good will, passion or enthusiasm, especially with regard to the huge need for capacity-building mobilization, because, besides the lack of political will, it is often the lack of capacity that prevents countries from complying. We need to design ways to help the countries concerned, especially focusing on capacity- building with multiplier effects on the ground. There are additional concerns, including the lack of compliance and reporting, and the Ambassador of Jordan has just spoken extensively on that subject. Despite all the explanation and outreach work that we have carried out informally in our mission, that has been a constant source of concern.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“It also helped to better understand existing misconceptions with regard to the sanctions regime, as well as local expectations. My suggestion for the future would be for the Chairs to include not only the country concerned in their visits, but also some key actors in the region while on such trips. With regard to what could be improved, we believe that there is a clear need for a dedicated capacity on sanctions regimes within the Secretariat. For the time being, Secretariat work is rather patchy in that regard, depending as it does on the enthusiasm of individual staff members. We extend our huge thanks to David Biggs, whose advice and initiative have been a tremendous help in our work on the Central African Republic Sanctions Committee.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“My visit to the Central African Republic from 25 to 28 August provided an important opportunity to receive feedback on the ground from a wide range of actors, including the Transitional Authorities, diplomatic missions, senior management of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, mining authorities, the United Nations family, UNMAS, aid workers on the ground, and local civil and opinion leaders. During my visit, I also met with representatives of ECCAS, the African Union and the Office of the Mediator. The visit also served to pave the way for improved communication and collaboration between the Panel of Experts and the Central African Transitional Authorities.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“We are very satisfied with the cooperation that we have received on the part Malaysia in its capacity as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. While such joint formats are practical in saving resources and reducing the burden placed on the briefers, they also enable to combine forces in seeking better responses to the problem at hand. I believe that travel to the countries concerned - the Ambassador of Jordan has spoken extensively of her recent trip - is a most useful tool. I regret having been unable to visit Yemen because of conditions on the ground. I would suggest that the incoming Chairs undertake annual visits, where possible.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“On Yemen, in June 2014, the 2140 Sanctions Committee held a common meeting for the first time with the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities and the Counter- Terrorism Committee, because there are overlapping and common interests that had to be discussed in the context of Yemen in its fight against terrorism. As terrorist groups continue to benefit from instability in the country, another result-oriented meeting of that kind, I believe, is in order. We also initiated joint meetings between the Central African Republic and Yemen sanctions committees and the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, with biefings from Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“We have also involved the World Tourism Organization, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and engaged with the International Civil Aviation Organization and INTERPOL, in particular, on a regular basis, because those organizations have very practical and accessible tools that could allow countries to reduce the threat of foreign terrorist fighters travelling. Unfortunately, those tools are dramatically underutilized by countries, and I believe that work should continue to bring to the attention of Member States the tools that are readily available. Concerning coordination and synergy building, I believe that we have also taken innovative and practical steps in that respect.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“We have also suggested engagement with the Peacebuilding Commission country configuration on the Central African Republic and the International Criminal Court, as we see clear links between the work of the sanctions committees and those bodies. I can only regret that we could not proceed along those lines, owing to the individual objections. In the case of the Counter-Terrorism Committee again, emphasis was placed on expanding the geographical, as well as regional and thematic engagement. I am pleased to note that we organized the first-ever briefings by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and expanded contacts with NATO on very practical matters, such as the early response to terrorist attacks and foreign terrorist fighters.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“To that end, we have organized briefings by the Special Representative ofthe Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflicts, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the Office ofthe High Commissioner for Human Rights; INTERPOL, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. On the Central African Republic, we have suggested that Kimberly Process representatives be involved. We have not done that, but I think it is important because about 1 million people in the Central African Republic depend on the diamond industry.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I believe that geographical contacts need to be expanded beyond the immediate neighbourhood because sanctions trails tend to take us to quite distant destinations from time to time with serious consequences for compliance. Involving regional organizations should be further explored, and I thank the AU, ECCAS and the mediator's office in Bangui for being ready and willing to engage on the issues related to the sanctions regime. We have also sought to expand the range of briefers, both in sanctions committees and in the Counter- Terrorism Committee.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“For example, as a result of engaging with the Central African Republic Transitional Authorities on the arms embargo, including by video- teleconference with Government authorities in Bangui, the Committee's guidelines were amended, for the first time, to allow the Central African Republic itself to submit arms embargo exemption requests. However, the Committee remains of the opinion that lethal arms cannot be provided until there are credible assurances regarding proper storage of and accountability for weapons and until proper vetting and restructuring of the Forces armees centrafricaines has taken place. Such was also the view I heard from representatives of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) during my visit on the ground.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“My next point concerns outreach and engagement with a diverse range of actors concerned. Again, my colleagues have spoken on some of those issues from their own perspective. From the very outset, we have sought to engage the respective countries - Yemen and the Central African Republic - their neighbours, and other interested partners, inviting them to formal, informal and informal informal meetings, which we held regularly at our Mission. We have also provided informal briefings to countries concerned on the work of the Committees. Such interaction is vital for the sanctions regimes to work, and needs to be done consistently and persistently.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“In that respect, we welcome the efforts taken by the Secretariat to improve the effectiveness of United Nations sanctions lists by standardizing the formats and creating a consolidated list. Such lists and other related information should be readily available in all official languages of the Organization. How can we speak about the Yemen sanctions regime, for example, if the information is not available in Arabic? The Secretariat has done some work on making the sanctions committee websites more user-friendly, but there is clearly scope for further improvements in that respect. Introducing simplified user-friendly matrixes of exemptions requests is another improvement, which we implemented with the Central African Republic sanctions regime, and I think it represents a good way forward.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“In the case of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, we have used the Chair's discretion to organize a series of open briefings and thematic meetings on specific counter-terrorism and counter-violent extremism issues, which have seen large audiences and active participation. We think it is a good practice that should continue because if counter-terrorism efforts are to be effective, we need the engagement of all United Nations membership. With the terrorist threat as grave as ever and even more serious than before, work behind close doors must be combined with transparency and inclusiveness. A related issue is access to information. Again, it matters if we want sanctions regimes to be implemented and have an impact on the ground.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“To that end, we have also issued regularly press statements on the work of the sanctions committees aimed at sensitizing the wider audience on the work we do. Such statements may not be the most exciting read, but they allow to better disseminate relevant information, develop better understanding of the aims of and expectations from the respective committees and can remind the spoilers that we are watching very closely and are ready to take further action. We have also considered introducing Chair's statements where appropriate, but I would leave that idea for the incoming Chairs to consider.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“From the outset, we have therefore insisted on open briefings to Security Council members on the work of the bodies we presided over. We have also organized the first-ever open briefing to the wider United Nations membership on the Yemen sanctions regime, and I wish I had organized a similar one on the Central African Republic sanctions regime. I am well aware of the scepticism from some quarters within the Council on the merits of such openness. To that, I can only say that my delegation is happy to see more and more chairs of subsidiary bodies choosing open Council briefings on their work. To us, that is proof that we have chosen the right path. Better compliance and implementation can come only through such openness and better communication.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“With regard to the working methods, lessons learned and suggested good practices, whether with the sanctions committees or other subsidiary bodies, we have sought to promote transparency and openness. While the work is done among the 15 members of the Security Council, we believe it would defeat the purpose for respective bodies to keep it all to themselves. Because even if it is the 15 members that deliberate and make decisions, all States Members of the United Nations are expected to implement the sanctions regimes and to report accordingly. In both areas we have considerable problems, as my colleague, the Jordanian Ambassador, referred to. For that to happen, the entire United Nations membership needs to understand clearly what the subsidiary bodies are doing and what is expected of them in particular.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to present the outgoing Chairs' views on the work done in steering the Council's subsidiary bodies. I have had the privilege to set up and preside over two sanctions committees: the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) concerning Yemen, as well as the Counter- Terrorism Committee. I am afraid my text will be rather long because those are three bodies to which we have dedicated a lot of effort and passion. I would first like to touch upon some of the working methods and good practices in the work of the subsidiary bodies that I presided over and then move on specifically to the Counter-Terrorism Committee.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“It is my firm conviction that, if Member States continue to be unable or unwilling to implement the Council's travel ban in the context of the Central African Republic sanctions, the Council's silence will send the wrong message not only to Member States in the region and beyond, but to the sanctioned individuals themselves - a message that there are no consequences when one violates a travel ban imposed by the Security Council.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“With the agreement of the President of the Council and the members of the Council, therefore, and along the lines of a similar initiative undertaken by the Council's President and the Chair of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Committee in November, I would like to propose that the President and myself hold joint bilateral meetings with the delegations of Kenya and South Africa with a view to obtaining a definitive response regarding the Committee's letters of 30 October.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“Since then, the Committee has not yet heard again from the delegation of South Africa. With regard to the Permanent Mission of Kenya, while I am aware that the Panel of Experts met in New York with Kenya's Director of the United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Directorate, who was visiting from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi, no reply has been received from Kenya in connection with my letters of 30 October concerning Adam's flight to Nairobi.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“As the names of only five individuals and one entity are currently on the Committee's sanctions list, I hope more names will be submitted in the remaining weeks of my chairmanship. I also would like to inform members of the Council about the follow-up efforts made by the Chair with the delegations of Kenya and South Africa with regard to the reported travel ban violations, respectively, of sanctioned individuals Francois Bozize' and Nourredine Adam to South Africa, and the letters transmitted by the Chair in that connection on 30 October, which requested both delegations to reply by 6 November. On 5 November, the Permanent Mission of South Africa replied to the Panel of Experts, indicating that South Africa was unable to meet the deadline of 6 November and would respond in a timely manner once the necessary processes had been completed.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“Citing names of perpetrators, the Special Representative called upon the Committee and the Panel of Experts to continue to conduct investigations on armed groups recruiting and using children in the Central African Republic. In that regard, I would like to inform the Council that I have encouraged members of the Committee to consider further designations in connection with statements of case that were proposed by the Panel of Experts in July and October 2014 and in January and November 2015. With the latest statements of case submitted on 18 November, the total number of cases submitted by the Panel stands at 25, of which 20 pertain to individuals and five to entities.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“I also noted the extent to which violence against children was a major issue in the Central African Republic. In that connection, I recommended that there was a need to add more names to the Committee's sanctions list, in particular in relation to the exploitation of children and to sexual violence. Also on the issue of children, on 3 December, members of the Committee and the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict held a joint meeting with Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, with regard to the impact of conflict on children in the Central African Republic.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“The trip represented a long-awaited opportunity to receive feedback from the ground on the implementation of the sanctions regime from a wide range of actors in the Central African Republic, including Government officials, diplomatic missions, MINUSCA senior management and mining authorities, as well as local religious, civil and opinion leaders. The visit also served to pave the way for improved communication and collaboration between the Panel of Experts and country authorities. During my visit, I also met with representatives of the Economic Community of Central African States and the African Union. I concluded that the arms embargo was still very much useful and essential in the Central African Republic context, and recommended the improvement of the weapons-storage capacity of the armed forces of the country.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“He called on the Committee to consider adding the names of more individuals and entities to its sanctions list. With regard to the mid-term update, the Coordinator furthermore noted that the management and storage of weapons stockpiles still remained a major issue in the Central African Republic. He highlighted that the Panel had continued to investigate armed groups in the country that had committed grave violations of international humanitarian law, while meeting the criteria set by the Security Council for sanctions designations. Following the meeting, the Committee proceeded to arrange for the dispatch of letters in line with the Panel's recommendations. On 10 September, Ibriefedthe Committee on my trip to the Central African Republic from 25 to 28 August.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“On 21 August, during its fifth formal meeting, the Committee again discussed the arms embargo and related exemptions procedures with representatives of the Permanent Missions of the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Sudan, and South Sudan. The formal meeting on 21 August was followed by informal consultations of the Committee, during which the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts presented the Panel's mid-term update, submitted on 29 July. In addition to providing an overview of the findings and recommendations of the mid-term update, the Coordinator expressed the view that the Committee's decision on 20 August to add four additional names to its sanctions list had been timely and important, with real consequences on the ground.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“On 3 August, the Committee discussed the arms embargo and related exemptions procedures via video teleconference with representatives of the Government of the Central African Republic, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the arms expert and armed groups expert/Coordinator of the Panel of Experts. Following that meeting, and in connection with a request from the Central African authorities, the Committee agreed to revise its guidelines to allow the Central African Republic itselfto submit arms embargo exemptions requests, in addition to supplying States.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“During the meeting, members heard statements from the representatives of the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. Committee members also received a short briefing from the Office of the Special Representative of INTERPOL to the United Nations. On 12 June, Committee members heard a presentation by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts via telephone link with regard to the Panel's progress update submitted to the Committee on 20 May. During the presentation, the Panel drew attention to the lack of cooperation from some States in the region and noted scepticism with regard to the prospect of the agreement on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration being implemented as signed.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“In connection with the recommendations contained in the Panel's report, letters have been sent out to the relevant States and organizations. With regard to the work of the Committee and the Panel of Experts since my last briefing to the Council, I wish to recall that, on 9 February 2015, the United Nations Mine Action Service provided the Committee with an overview of its work in the Central African Republic. During the Committee's informal consultations of 31 March, the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts presented the Panel's programme of work. On 22 April, in its fourth formal meeting, the Committee held deliberations on the reported travel ban violations by sanctioned individuals Francois Bozize' and Nourredine Adam.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“According to the report, armed groups remain in control of, or still exert influence over, almost all inhabited areas of the Central African Republic. Armed groups are also continually rearming, and present a key risk to the holding of elections in the country. Attacks against peacekeepers have also been ongoing. The report also highlighted that the Lord's Resistance Army continues to be a major threat in the Central African Republic and is using the country to gather resources. The report furthermore underlines that the local population in the Central African Republic has turned out in unprecedented numbers to register for the elections, thereby demonstrating the strong will of the country's people for the polls to be held.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“I have the honour to brief the members of the Security Council in my capacity as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013), concerning the Central African Republic. In my statement, I intend to highlight the main findings of the final report of the Panel of Experts and briefly touch upon the discussion of the report and its recommendations during the Committee's meeting on 20 November. I also intend to highlight the work of the Committee and the Panel of Experts since my last briefing to the Council (see S/PV.7331), on 9 December 2014. On 20 November, the Committee met with the Panel of Experts to consider its final report and recommendations.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to ask the Special Envoy a couple of questions with regard to counter-terrorism efforts. How would she assess progress in developing national cGunter-terrorism/counter-violent extremism strategies in the countries of the Sahel? How could the Security Council aid those countries in that regard? Earlier this year, there were recommendations to strengthen her Office's capacity on countering terrorism and violent extremism. Has anything been done since? How can we help her to strengthen the ability of her Office to deliver on the ground?”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“In our View, more attention is required on preventing recruitment and radicalization among vulnerable refugee and displaced persons communities, especially in border zones, where terrorist extremists can come and go as they please owing to porous borders. Such zones are in general subject to particular vulnerabilities, and it is therefore no wonder that when Boko Haram first struck the Niger it did so in the border zone of Rosso- Diffa. The role of women, civil society representatives and religious leaders remains essential to counter radicalization. Some good practices exist among the countries of the region - for example, on promoting moderate Islam, the training of Imams in Mali - that could be shared and applied more broadly.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“In all of the countries of the region, there is a clear need to develop rule-of-law, law enforcement and judicial capacities to be able to detain and try terrorists and radical extremists. Tangible improvements are also urgent in the detention and penitentiary systems, considering the fact that prisons can often serve as recruitment grounds for violent extremists and criminals, especially in conditions where regular criminals and petty offenders are held together with terrorist suspects for lengthy periods. Concerns with regard to the safety and security of judges who try terrorist cases must also be taken into account and addressed.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“Tackling poverty and social exclusion and lingering grievances of individual communities within the Sahel countries remains crucial. As the Speical Envoy underlined, despite the fact that a huge percentage of the population is below the age of 25, youth are not systematically involved in decision-making and lack education and employment opportunities. Such a situation is a ticking time bomb because, as she also noted, disaffected young people are easy prey for terrorist recruiters and organized crime. The countries of the region need to develop sustainable livelihoods, with the support of international partners, strengthen the presence of the State throughout the respective countries, ensure the delivery of basic social services and guarantee access to justice.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“We commend the implementation of projects and flagship programmes by the United Nations family aimed, inter alia, at strengthening security cooperation, border protection, counter-terrorism coordination and information-sharing and countering violent extremism and radicalization in the Sahel. It was encouraging to hear from the Special Envoy that there is more progress in terms of better coordination of the work. We also welcome the efforts of the G-5 Sahel to reinforce regional security cooperation capacity by carrying out joint cross-border military exercises, as well its members willingness to work together on cross- border issues such as organized crime, radicalization and the root causes of illegal migration.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“As part of the European Union Training Mission in Mali, Lithuania has and deployed instructors to train Malian forces Koulikoro, and we will continue to do so. The 20 November assault on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako was the latest in a series of deadly attacks. We strongly condemn that murderous attack and express our condolences to all those affected. The terrorist threat posed by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram and groups such as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, Ansar Eddine, Al-Mourabitoun, as well as human smuggling, trafficking, the free flow of arms into the region, further compounded by the Libya crisis, continue to aggravate Sahel's vulnerabilities.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel for her briefing and for her dedicated work on the ground. As the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/866) indicates, the Sahel region continues to face grave security, development and socioeconomic challenges. Close coordination of the activities by the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) and other regional and subregional actors, ensuring complementarity of effort and enhancing the delivery of assistance and support are crucial. The European Union remains a dedicated partner in those efforts and is implementing its respective strategy and an action plan adopted earlier this year.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“For that, new and reinforced partnerships are required internationally, regionally and locally, where the voices of women, youth and vulnerable groups are well heard and heeded. Finally, the importance of resolving the Syria crisis could not be more urgent. We must restore hope to the Syrian people. While we cannot see, by any measure, the regime at the core of this crisis as a partner in the fight against Daesh, we are encouraged by the Vienna talks and the new momentum they seem to produce, with a hope that this will lead to the desperately needed transition and the full implementation of the Geneva communique (S/2012/523, annex) of 2012.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7565 (2015) · source
“Furthermore, we have to find the right answers to the difficult questions regarding modern technologies and communications, which bring huge improvements to our lives but can have deadly effect in the wrong hands. We will have to deal with the uneasy questions of how much of our liberties and freedoms we are ready to sacrifice to ensure our safety and security in a way that does not support repression and oppressive regimes and does not give the satisfaction to the terrorists of having disrupted our lives. We have to critically review our battle for the hearts and minds of potential terrorist recruits by stepping up the efforts to tackle the many root causes that push individuals into the hands of Daesh butchers, as well our counter-messaging efforts.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7565 (2015) · source
“Inter alia, that requires ensuring the full cohesiveness of the counter-terrorism machinery by putting an end to the oft-cited silo mentality and making all the parts of the counter-terrorism system, within and outside the United Nations, work truly as one, from assessment to assistance and delivering advice, support and capacity- building exactly where and when it is needed, with maximum impact. As today's resolution 2249 (2015) recalls, tackling terrorism financing is a high priority. A breakthrough is urgently needed in that regard as well - no more piecemeal measures, but a comprehensive approach that would take into account the increasing diversification and complexity ofthe sources and channels offinancing, as well as the nefarious linkages between terrorism and cross-border organized crime.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7565 (2015) · source
“The evolving nature and intensity of the threat of terrorism and violent extremism put existing counter- terrorism measures to an unprecedented test. While primitively barbaric and brutal, today's terrorists are outpacing us and our high-tech advances. We find ourselves increasingly running against and behind time. There can therefore be no room for complacency or business as usual in our responses. On the contrary, we need to take an honest look at the impact our actions have on the ground and rise up to the new urgency of the task.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7565 (2015) · source
“We welcome the prompt and unanimous adoption of this resolution. "We shall not live in fear" was the proud and heart-rending response of Parisians in the midst of tragedy last week. And indeed, we cannot and we must not give in to fear, but act with the full force of conviction against the evil that Daesh represents. As we stand together in solidarity with the people of France we also share the sorrow and grief of all those affected by the carnage and slaughter perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Boko Haram and other terrorist mutations. Nothing can ever, ever, justify terrorism. Earlier today, Lithuania's President, Dalia Grybauskaite, reaffirmed my country's commitment to working together with our anti-ISIL coalition partners in the fight against terrorism.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7565 (2015) · source
“In some cases, even a small number of illicit weapons can have a disproportionate impact on a country's development, as in the case of small island developing States. Implementation of the ATT facilitates sustainable development as it reduces the risk of arms getting into the wrong hands and allowing peace and development efforts to be undermined.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“We need but look at the lists of the participants and mediators in peace talks, from which, with a few positive exceptions, women are largely missing. But without their voices and participation, peace and development, be it in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan or anywhere else, is much harder to achieve. While not diminishing our focus on women as victims of conflict, a lot more needs to be done to reinforce the role of women as protagonists, leaders of peacemaking, development and counter-terrorism efforts. Finally, I would like to make reference to the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which we see as an important preventive measure and a facilitator of development efforts. The all-too- easy access to weapons makes conflict situations even more entrenched.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“Horizon-scanning, informal Department of Political Affairs briefings, better use of interactive dialogues with regional partners, more coherent analytical capacity within the Secretariat can all contribute to an earlier recognition of the warning signs and prompter acting upon them before they degrade into conflict. A key element of prevention is inclusivity - on which the briefers have already spoken earlier this morning -, with particular reference to the minorities and vulnerable groups of a society, including young people, women and girls. Peace and development will not hold without meaningful and active women's participation. Since the adoption of landmark resolution 1325 (2000), considerable progress has been achieved, but even today, this progress remains far too uneven and not irreversible.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“As the Secretary-General noted earlier today, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/ 1) should be part and parcel of the preventive effort. We have to be much better at reading the warning signs. Among them, violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms are often the first early-warning signs of a conflict. Persistent, unaddressed human- rights violations are also an obstacle to reconciliation and peacebuilding processes and therefore to inclusive development. Implementation of the Human Rights Up Front initiative is of utmost importance in strengthening preventive, peacebuilding and development efforts. To strengthen its preventive capacity, the Council needs to revisit the instruments it has for the purpose.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source