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first: 2007-10-05
most recent: 2009-10-14
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“It is from that perspective that Indonesia views the strengthened participation of woman in peace processes. Capacity-building is the core component for ensuring that women's participation will yield the fruit of success. There are at least three aspects of the strengthening of women's participation in the peace process. First, it is imperative to promote gender balance and equity in the process of assembling a negotiating team and to highlight the concerns of women in the negotiating agenda. Secondly, while high-level negotiations are central and indeed critical, attention must be paid to the situation on the ground. Women's participation needs to be structured at the grass-roots level in order to promote sustainable peace.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“While providing such space for increased opportunities is desirable and important, it is also vital to provide beforehand an ample space in which women can make their own choices; a space in which women can feel secure and free from the harm of violence and reprisal; a space in which women can enjoy the freedom to make informed decisions for their own lives; a space for each and every woman in armed conflict situations, in which her basic need for personal safety is met. In other words, our approach should be to View women not only as a group, but also as individuals with their own aspirations. A woman can make a fundamental difference in the peace process if she has the necessary negotiating tools at her disposal, the necessary space to participate and to use her tools, and the support of her own constituents.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“To exclude or omit women's participation in the conflict resolution process undermines the representativity of the efforts of major stakeholders as well as the achievement of a sustainable peace based on the inclusion of all perspectives. Thus, increasing women's opportunities to participate in various stages of the peace and conflict resolution process demands our full support.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“That must be put to an end. The international community has the obligation to protect and assist women in armed conflicts. Not least, the international community has every interest in ensuring the full involvement of women in all stages of the peace process and peacebuilding: women as peacemakers and women as peacebuilders. In an era in which opportunities and knowledge are abundant, we find that women's potential contributions to conflict resolution processes have not been adequately harnessed. Women's perspectives and contributions have been grossly underutilized. That produces an enormous deficit in our common efforts.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Let me join other speakers in thanking Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Ms. Ines Alberdi, Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women; and Ms. Sarah Taylor, Coordinator of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security for their important statements. Of course, we also wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important debate on women and peace and security. Armed conflict is the single most crucial factor exacerbating the security of women. In an age in which international cooperation is closely wedded to international humanitarian law, it is unacceptable that widespread grave violence against women in armed conflicts continues to be perpetrated.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“There is a danger in letting the situation on the border fester without a resolution. We urge both countries to redouble their efforts to determine and demarcate their border as soon as possible. They need to come together to discuss and find mutually acceptable ways and means to do so. Both countries should see it as being in their vital interest to resolve the border problem peacefully. Finally, we recognize the linkages between the tension between the two countries and the broader security issues in the Horn of Africa. The report of the United Nations fact-finding mission (S/2008/602) made a connection between this issue and the Eritrea- Ethiopia border problem. While we wish to avoid blurring the two issues, the fact that these countries are geographically in proximity to each other needs to be recognized.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“The parties may deny having aggressive intentions, territorial ambitions or an intention to allow the situation to slide into a full blown conflagration, and indeed there are no reasons to believe otherwise. Notwithstanding their intentions, however, the situation could develop in an unanticipated direction and take on a logic of its own towards wider conflagration, as many conflicts do. We therefore welcome the report of Djibouti's withdrawal of its forces to the status quo ante. A similar step by Eritrea would be equally welcome. Furthermore, both sides need to commence diplomatic and judicial approaches to settle their dispute, either directly or with the involvement of a third party. It is our belief that the resolution of the current crisis cannot be based on the status quo, which will not be sustainable.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“We regret that the mission, while it visited Djibouti, was unable to go to Eritrea; this deprived us of an opportunity to have an explanation of the views of one of the key parties. We would benefit from clarification of the nature of the current situation from the perspective of all the parties. Today's deliberations will go some way in addressing that need. The efforts of various parties, in particular the African Union, the League of Arab States and Intergovernmental Authority on Development, to assist in bridging the two parties' differences are welcome and should be commended. The Security Council's consideration of the Djibouti-Eritrea issue needs not only to address the tension itself, but also to support the resolution of the underlying causes, including the border problem.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“On behalf of the Indonesian delegation, I have the pleasure of welcoming the participation in today's Security Council meeting of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh. We listened attentively to his statement and, of course, to the statement of the Permanent Representative of Eritrea. The situation between Djibouti and Eritrea is a cause of concern for Indonesia. The situation poses real danger for both countries and, beyond, for the region. It is thus a problem that needs to be resolved peacefully. We thank the Secretary-General for his follow-up to the Security Council's request to send a fact-finding mission to the region.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“As the co-creator of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Security Council should therefore help in boosting public awareness and visibility of the Commission's work by featuring its processes and outcomes in its various engagements. Finally, allow me to reiterate that Indonesia, for its part, will continue to support and contribute to the efforts for an integrated and coherent approach in peacebuilding based on the dimensions of security, democracy and development, and to raise awareness of those matters nationally and regionally.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“In that regard, as stipulated in the Council's presidential statement S/PRST/2007/42 of 6 November 2007, the Peacebuilding Commission should continue to serve as a forum for coordination between the United Nations system and regional and subregional organizations in the area of post-conflict situations. My delegation recognizes that the Peacebuilding Commission is steadily leaving its infancy. Its work, however, is not particularly well known to wider audiences, including the private sector, non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups, whose role in and contribution to peacebuilding efforts have been recognized by the Council.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Further collaboration between the Commission and the Council should also be encouraged in the information-sharing activities that relate to peacebuilding. The information that the Peacebuilding Commission gathers and that the Security Council receives must be mutually complementary and merged to form a basis for sound decisions with regard to peacebuilding activities. To narrow any gap, there should be more synergy and substantial communication between the Council and the Commission. Equally essential is the synergy between the Peacebuilding Commission, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. Of particular importance is bridging peacebuilding and political stability, socio-economic recovery and humanitarian issues, which would lay the foundation for longer-term development activities.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“It can ensure the operational relevance of Peacebuilding Commission advice, which remains essential for countries on the agenda of both organs and in resolving the security- related aspects of peacebuilding. The finest synergy between the two organs would serve to clarify and define a seamless transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding. Close cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Security Council should also continue to be nurtured. That is crucial because it is the Council that draws up referral letters to the Commission. That collaboration also forms a basis for the Commission to identify peace challenges, risks and priorities in a particular post-conflict country.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“That will lead to better coherence and integration of the cause of and results in the United Nations system. The issue of coordination remains critical, given the existence of so many institutions and resources. By giving good consideration to how coordination within the United Nations and between it and other actors might take place, we will more effectively utilize those resources and have a more efficient process. The United Nations itself should continue to play a leading role in the field in coordinating international efforts in post-conflict situations. For its part, the Security Council, as part of the United Nations system, could play an important role in enhancing adequate coordination and division of labour at the level of United Nations organs.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Yet the challenge is how those aspects could be effectively linked with the social, economic and development components of peacebuilding efforts, as envisioned by other United Nations bodies. My delegation therefore believes that the Commission can play a very important role as a nexus for linking the political and security components taken up at the Council with the social, humanitarian and economic aspects that the Economic and Social Council focuses on. At the strategic level, that approach can be developed with the Commission's active and substantive engagement with other principal United Nations organs, Bretton Woods institutions and other relevant agencies. At the operational level, it can be derived through the regular interface of the country configurations with the pertinent United Nations funds, programmes and country teams.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“That very important step could ensure that peacebuilding support is incorporated in a United Nations mission. We hold the View that the more the notion of peacebuilding support is meaningfully reflected in the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping and other United Nations political missions, the greater is the chance for realizing the priority areas of peace consolidation as stipulated in the integrated peacebuilding strategies. The key to that exercise is close consultations with the receiving country, potential contributors and the Secretariat. The Security Council is also an appropriate forum for providing guidance on the political and security aspects of peacebuilding activities.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Allow me to first express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission and to thank the Commission for its second annual report. We would also like to thank Ambassador Yukio Takasu of Japan for his remarks and to commend the work of the Peacebuilding Commission, the present and previous Chairs of the four country configurations and the Working Group on Lessons Learned. In its presidential statement S/PRST/2008/l6 of 20 May 2008, the Security Council expressed its intention to support the peacebuilding efforts in countries emerging from conflict. We believe that peacebuilding support should be provided to those countries at an early stage, especially when the Council creates or renews the mandates of United Nations-led missions through its decisions and resolutions.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“With regard to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), my delegation believes that the Mission will remain pertinent in assisting the country to tackle various challenges to its security and development. We, however, feel concerned over the obstacles arising from the deteriorating security situation in the country that continue to hinder the implementation of its mandate. We welcome the ongoing preparation by UNAMA to open its new provincial offices. We are hopeful that the expansion will help bring about a political surge in the country, as envisioned by the Secretary-General in his report. Finally, Indonesia wishes to reaffirm its full support for UNAMA and its work and contribution to a peaceful, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“We are hopeful that the conference will mobilize support for the current return and reintegration of Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons. Partnerships with regional States as well as the international community will remain key to sustainable peace and development in Afghanistan. President Karzai's participation in the recent summits of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a welcome step. Most urgent at the international level is the swift honouring of pledges made at the Paris Conference. We welcome, in that regard, efforts to enhance the coordination of donor efforts and to strengthen aid effectiveness.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“My delegation is concerned over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. As pointed out in the Secretary-General's report (S/2008/617), the intensifying conflict, exacerbated by natural disasters, has worsened the situation. In that regard, we attach particular importance to expeditious resource mobilization in response to the impending crisis. Attacks on humanitarian workers and aid convoys are exceptionally deplorable. Such attacks will increase the suffering of the population in need. My delegation therefore urges that every step be taken to end such attacks immediately and permanently. With regard to Afghan refugees, Indonesia welcomes the forthcoming international conference on return and reintegration of Afghan refugees.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“We recognize, in that regard, the various recent initiatives undertaken by neighbouring countries to assist the commencement of inter-Afghan dialogue and reconciliation. We are hopeful that those initiatives will achieve tangible results. The protection of civilians remains a critical issue in Afghanistan. As indicated in the Secretary-General's report, a total of 1,445 civilians were casualties in the first eight months of 2008. My delegation therefore continues to underline the importance of compliance by all parties with international humanitarian and human rights law and the appropriate measures to ensure the protection of civilians. We also call on international forces in Afghanistan to take additional robust efforts to mitigate the risk of civilian casualties, in accordance with the Security Council resolution 1833 (2008).”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“Indonesia therefore attaches primary importance to the Afghanistan National Development Strategy, which serves as a road map for comprehensive action over the next five years. We also attach great importance to making real progress in the implementation of the Action Plan on Peace, Reconciliation and Justice. As the drug economy has helped sustain the activities of insurgents, continued efforts to circumvent that challenge are also crucial. In that regard, we welcome the recent decrease in opium cultivation and the decline in its production. Also critical to achieving sustainable peace in the country is an Afghan-led reconciliation process. That effort must be inclusive and all parties involved must renounce violence, respect justice, equality, freedom and tolerance, and promote consultation.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“I wish to begin by joining previous speakers in thanking Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing and the Secretary-General for his report. In the past few months, the international community has recognized the increase in challenges to peace and stability in Afghanistan. Military measures remain critical to responding to the security challenges. However, other steps will be needed in addition to a military approach. The situation in Afghanistan must be managed with a strategy that incorporates not only security actions, but also the promotion of governance and the rule of law, as well as socio-economic development.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“The placement of Guinea-Bissau on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission makes it clear that the country has graduated from conflict to the post-conflict phase, in which internal consolidation and national capacity building are key. Lastly, let me reiterate Indonesia's continued support for UNOGBIS in helping to consolidate peace, democracy and the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau. My delegation would also like to commend the crucial role being played by the Peacebuilding Commission, in particular by its Guinea-Bissau configuration.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“Strengthened law enforcement and judicial institutions will accordingly be in a sound position to identify those who are involved in those activities and to bring them to justice in accordance with the country's national laws and regulations. It is through that emphasis on the building of national capacity that we view the efficacy of punitive sanctions and the possible establishment of a panel of experts by the Security Council. We are of the View that the Security Council could continue to play its role by encouraging a more coherent and holistic approach by international stakeholders, and in particular by the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS), in order to contribute to the establishment of peace, stability and prosperity in Guinea-Bissau.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“Drug trafficking and organized crime should be recognized as unintended products of the continuing challenges in institutional and economic development and of the lack of governing capacity, which needs to be addressed. Like in similar cases in many other parts of the world, we believe that what is needed for Guinea-Bissau is also a concerted effort to build the national capacities needed to overcome drug trafficking and organized crime. In that regard, we need to respond positively to the appeal of national authorities for international support to combat drug trafficking. The international community is therefore called on to lend its full support to the efforts of the Government of Guinea-Bissau in strengthening its legal, law enforcement and judicial institutions to deal with those criminal acts.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“In order to address that grave problem, we are of the view that the country should build on the December 2007 Lisbon International Conference on Drug Trafficking in Guinea-Bissau. It should bring to bear the efforts of all stakeholders, which came together successfully in "Operation Bissalanca" this past July. My delegation also welcomes the convening of a regional conference by the Economic Community of West African States on combating drug trafficking, which is to be held later this month in Cape Verde. Close cooperation among neighbouring countries of the subregion has the potential to deal with the menace posed by drug trafficking, which is a borderless and transnational form of organized crime.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“Continued support in the areas of development and security could contribute greatly to the efforts of Guinea-Bissau to consolidate peace and stability in the country and the subregion. With regard to the work of the Peacebuilding Commission, Indonesia welcomes and supports the adoption of the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau on 1 October 2008, which was the result of an extensive consultative process involving all the relevant stakeholders. Most important of all, the Framework observes a nationally owned process. We share a common concern with the Secretary- General regarding drug trafficking. Guinea-Bissau is increasingly not merely a transit hub but rather a major marketplace for the drug trade.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“Let me first of all join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe for his briefing, as well as, of course, the Permanent Representative of Brazil Ambassador Viotti, as the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for her statement. As stated in the report (S/2008/628) of the Secretary-General, and having been identified as one of the peacebuilding challenges, the upcoming legislative elections scheduled for 16 November 2008 are indeed an important landmark in the effort to achieve sustainable peace in the country. At this important juncture, it is important that the international community continue its sustained assistance to Guinea-Bissau.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5988 (2008) · source
“Those resolutions clearly state that they shall not affect the rights, obligations or responsibilities of Member States under international law and shall not be considered as establishing customary international law.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5987 (2008) · source
“Resolution 1838 (2008) is an attempt to gather support to address a maritime menace, but the larger problem remains outstanding and the resolution is not intended to be a substitute for larger efforts to help Somalia deal with its conflicts. We are also in favour of the resolution as we support the appeal for a greater international contribution and more cooperation in protecting humanitarian convoys for Somalia and in repressing piracy and armed robbery at sea in conformity with international law, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Security Council resolution 1816 (2008). Those instruments are both necessary and adequate to address that menace. Finally, it is our view that resolution 1838 (2008), like resolution 1816 (2008) before it, applies only to the situation in Somalia.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5987 (2008) · source
“Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and also to express our profound appreciation to Ambassador Kafando and his able delegation for their sterling stewardship of the Council last month. My delegation's favourable vote on resolution 1838 (2008) was based on a number of considerations. Our support reflects our deep concern at the intensifying problem of piracy in the waters off the coast of Somalia, which threatens the transportation of humanitarian assistance into Somalia as well as the security of international navigation in the area. That said, however, we do not see piracy off the coast of Somalia as a stand-alone problem. Rather, it is an extension of the continuing political instability and lawlessness in Somalia itself.”
2008-10-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5987 (2008) · source
“Indonesia shall work earnestly to ensure that the Council's resolutions add value and do not lessen it, and that they provide incentives, and not disincentives, to negotiations. From our perspective, the draft resolution before us is, above all, a reaffirmation of the intrinsic promise of negotiation as a means to find solutions. For those considerations and reasons, Indonesia will vote in favour of the draft resolution before us today.”
2008-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5984 (2008) · source
“If it did, we would not have been able to support it. The draft resolution reaffirms previous statements and resolutions and calls on Iran to comply fully with its obligations under those resolutions. However, it would not have sufficed to stop there. As a matter of principle, Indonesia attaches the greatest weight to a negotiated solution of the issue. It is our firm belief that negotiations and dialogue offer the best chance for a solution. My delegation therefore appreciates the incorporation of its amendment reaffirming the commitment to a negotiated solution of the issue as part of the dual-track approach. Such a dual-track approach must have the same common objectives and must not cancel one another out. An atmosphere conducive to the negotiations must be nurtured and promoted.”
2008-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5984 (2008) · source
“Indonesia's principled position with regard to the issue before the Council remains. First, it is imperative to find a peaceful solution to any question related to nuclear non-proliferation. Secondly, any solution must be guided by the need to protect the integrity of multilateral 2 arrangements, in particular the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which is fundamentally based upon three main pillars, namely non-proliferation, the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and nuclear disarmament. Thirdly, Indonesia has full confidence in the credibility, independence and efficiency of the International Atomic Energy Agency as the sole competent authority for the verification of the respective safeguard obligations of Member States. The present draft resolution does not provide for additional sanctions against Iran.”
2008-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5984 (2008) · source
“Those principles have guided and instructed Indonesia on other issues that are confronting the Security Council, including a most recent issue relating to another sovereign State Member of our Organization. Consistency is required in the application of principles. Hence, those same principles are certainly also guiding us on the present issue.”
2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source
“My delegation wishes once again to underline the need for the Council, including its permanent members, to speak with a common voice, calling on the parties concerned to engage in peaceful dialogue and negotiations to bring the crisis to an end. Before I conclude, I should like to add some additional final thoughts. Indonesia's commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes is abiding, anchored in the belief that diplomacy and dialogue offer the best chance for a lasting solution. Equally, its commitment to the principles of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of States, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, is steadfast and consistent.”
2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source
“However, it is, indeed, a source of profound disappointment to us, as an elected member of the Security Council, once again to witness the Council rendered incapable of discharging the responsibility to maintain international peace and security mandated to it by the Charter. While the Council readily pronounces itself on a host of issues, despite a series of emergency sessions on a matter that directly impinges on that most fundamental principle that governs relations among nations, namely, respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of States, the Council still, and not for the first time, has collectively remained silent and unable to reach consensus.”
2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source
“We have protested against the ascendancy of the logic of war and the vicious of cycle of violence and more violence. Instead, we have spoken in favour of diplomacy and the power of reason and argument over the use of force. Naturally, therefore, given the primacy that we place on dialogue and negotiation, we have drawn encouragement from the heightened diplomatic efforts in various capitals and through envoys of the highest level to bring the hostilities to an end. We have, therefore, welcomed the six-principle commitments by the parties to bring the fighting to an end. We have also consistently called for an early endorsement by the Security Council of those commitments as a means to consolidate the momentum towards peace. I do not wish to digress.”
2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source
“I wish to thank the representatives of the Secretariat for the information they have shared with the Council. Over the past weeks, Indonesia has been following closely, with considerable disquiet, the situation unfolding in Georgia, in particular the development of recent days, namely, in relation to the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which clearly marks a new phase in the evolution of the issue. That development is hardly likely to enhance the prospect of achieving consensus in the Security Council. It is a development that deeply concerns us. From the very onset of this crisis, with the attendant suffering of innocent civilians, we have consistently advocated diplomacy, dialogue and negotiation as being the only means to bring about a comprehensive and lasting solution.”
2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source
“Not least, we shall consistently place a premium on working methods that offer the best chance for the Council to speak with a common voice in carrying out its Charter-mandated responsibilities. It is imperative that the Council be transparent as well as equitable and just in its approach to all threats and disputes that imperil international peace and stability. We seek a Council that safeguards the interests of all and whose decisions and actions are in full consonance with the established principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“Form follows function. We believe that in considering the various facets of the Council's working methods, including the possible format of Council meetings, it is important that we not lose sight of the underlying objectives or aims of the activity in question. With regard to consolidation and further progress, we believe that it is important that the progress already made in the implementation of the note by the President be consolidated and that renewed and concerted efforts be made where progress is yet to be made. As a matter of principle, Indonesia shall consistently place a premium on working methods that promote transparency and greater interaction between the Council and the wider membership.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“It is important that such interaction be inclusive, involving each member of the Council, consistent in its application, reflecting the Council's readiness to engage with parties that may make contributions to its decision-making, and transparent. Taken to the extreme, we are concerned by situations in which discussions on draft resolutions and statements are carried out outside the Council proper, leaving less than optimal opportunities for deliberation on them within the Council. No doubt, we are all for the promotion of efficiency in the Council's working methods. In that connection, Indonesia wishes to acknowledge the important steps the Secretariat has taken in carrying out several of the recommendations identified in the note by the President contained in document S/2006/507. I should now like to share some concluding thoughts.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“Investment in such interaction would help enhance the wealth of information, insights and the spectrum of perspectives that guide the Council's deliberation and decisions and also promote synergy between the Council's efforts and those of regional organizations. Of particular significance is the promotion of interaction between the Security Council and the troop-contributing countries (TCCs), not only in the drawing up of mandates, but also in their implementation and when the situation on the ground demands it. In short, more interaction between the Council and the wider membership of the United Nations should be promoted. A footnote, however, may be needed.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“We believe such interaction has the potential not only to enhance the quality of the Council's decisions, but also to engender an equally important sense of common ownership in them, thereby strengthening the prospects for their effective implementation. As a country that strongly espouses greater cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, Indonesia naturally attaches particular importance to the ways and means that might facilitate interaction between them. In line with resolution 1631 (2005) and the World Summit Outcome document, the Security Council has on some occasions conducted enhanced consultations and cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, as well as the Group of 77 and China, the NAM. and other groupings, to speak on specific subjects in its open debates.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“Also, we must be cognizant of the possibility that, as resort to formal meetings becomes more common, there may be a tendency for substantive consideration of Council decisions to take place outside of formal meetings, and even outside of consultations of the whole, through such processes as the "groups of friends". The latter brings us to the question of greater interaction with non-Council members. We support the efforts of the Council to consult with the wider membership of the United Nations and other relevant stakeholders, particularly when drafting resolutions, presidential statements and press statements.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“It would be to the Council's advantage to hear the Views of interested Member States at that stage as well. Consideration of any follow-up action by the Council may take place at its subsequent informal consultations. Nevertheless, care needs to be exercised in evaluating the actual significance of the reported increased resort to formal meetings. We must ensure, for example, that the potential contributions of such formal meetings are fully harvested. The Views of the wider membership deserve full consideration. However, not infrequently, presidential statements are issued immediately after open debates and resolutions are adopted before the views of the concerned countries are fully heard. The Council should allow sufficient time to incorporate the valuable inputs from concerned Member States.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“Thus, it would be appropriate for the Council to further develop an information dissemination system that responds to the dynamism of a fast evolving situation and yet is comprehensive and inclusive in its reach, in order to ensure that the wider membership of the United Nations is informed in a timely and accurate manner of the Council's activities. We welcome the increased resort to open, formal meetings as another facet of transparency. In order to increase transparency, especially at an early stage of consideration of an issue, the Council should strive for open meetings. Indeed, unless there are strong, irrefutable arguments to the contrary, we believe that 3 reports by the Secretary-General, already published and available to Member States, should be presented and considered at open meetings of the Security Council.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“The United Nations Journal announces both formal and informal consultations of the Council and, to a certain degree, the meetings of the subsidiary organs. Not least, we have seen efforts to give renewed impetus to open meetings. However, not infrequently, the monthly programme of work and forecast of the Council bears little resemblance to the actual work of the Council in a given month. Unforeseen crises invariably seize the Council's attention. Meetings, including formal and informal consultations, are convened at short notice. It is incumbent that the Council recognizes that this way of working is increasingly becoming the norm, rather than the exception.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“It is our belief that a systematic and concerted application of such measures would indeed help promote the Council's transparency, interaction with non-Council members and efficiency. My delegation is therefore encouraged to note that the two years since the note's issuance have seen some progress in its implementation. While welcoming this development, Indonesia can also see room for further progress. It is our conviction that the objectives of greater transparency, interaction with non-Council members and efficiency are compatible. Indeed, they are quite inseparable from efforts to further enhance the legitimacy of the Council's decisions and their effectiveness. Transparency has recently been enhanced. Monthly programmes of work and forecasts have been made available.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source