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Ndong Mba

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“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (spoke in Spanish): We welcome Mr. Sergey Vasilyevich Vershinin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to New York and wish him a pleasant stay with us. We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting and Ms. Ursula Mueller for her insightful briefing. The Republic of Equatorial Guinea remains extremely concerned about the escalation of tensions in north-western Syria, in particular in the provinces of Idlib and Hama. Although it is true that there has been some reduction in the level of violence, aerial bombardments and attacks on the ground continue in various parts of those two governorates.”
2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source
“This will require improving transparency in the Committee's discussions. We therefore commend the efforts being made to increase accountability through ensuring the participation of States in debates and informative briefings and facilitating the participation of interested Member States in informal meetings, particularly when their interests could be affected by the inclusion of persons or organizations on the sanctions list. Finally, we urge the Committees to further bolster such initiatives.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“We also acknowledge their collective efforts and encourage them to continue bolstering their cooperation with other international and regional organizations, particularly with the African Union. Secondly, we deem it important to cooperate with the private sector, civil society and other sectors to ensure that efforts in these areas are more effective, always with full respect for the sovereignty of States and their laws. We also reiterate that the most effective method of preventing and countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, violent extremism and conflicts is to invest in sustainable development. Thirdly, we acknowledge the efforts of the three Committees in ensuring the implementation of their mandates and in supporting States in that regard.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“The Republic of Equatorial Guinea remains firmly committed to implementing Security Council resolutions to ensure that such important work is conducted. For those reasons, and in conclusion, we would like to make the following recommendations. First, we need to be innovative in our collective response in order to be able to face new threats and, at the same time, do so in a way that does not hinder the sustainable development of countries and communities. In that regard, we commend the role played by the three Committees and their Groups of Experts for their growing and increasingly robust collaboration, as well as for their cooperation with other United Nations entities, such as the Office for Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as INTERPOL and others.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“We encourage the Committee to continue working with States to promote educational programmes that contribute to disarmament, non-proliferation and public awareness, in collaboration with international organizations and various sectors of society. Today's briefings remind us that the threats of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction have changed, but they have not diminished. We must be able to improve our collective efforts and anticipate events in order to counteract and eliminate those threats and lessen their impact on the most vulnerable, in particular children, women, refugees, displaced persons, the elderly, persons with disabilities, members of minority groups and others.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Given that scenario, the Security Council must not tolerate rhetoric that threatens the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and human existence and must act firmly as the helm and defender of international peace and security. We must strive to make this world a place of renewed peace and order among States. We must strive to ensure an environment conducive to social, political and economic progress. We must also strive to ensure a secure environment for all. The Republic of Equatorial Guinea supports the States Members of the United Nations in their efforts to mitigate and prevent conflicts within their borders and among themselves.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“The Republic of Equatorial Guinea believes that Africa should go even further by implementing nuclear non-proliferation in its geographical area, thereby complementing the principles of the Treaty of Pelindaba with a total ban on the direct or indirect supply and marketing of mineral resources from African soil, specifically uranium and plutonium, for the production, use, manufacture or research of weapons of mass destruction, as well as military activities. Recent events lead us to believe that there is a serious global risk ofa resumption ofthe arms race, due not only to clashes caused by disagreements stemming from the balance of power but also by the ambition of new States to possess such weapons as a deterrent strategy, which creates worldwide concern and insecurity.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Resolution 1540 (2004) is the first international instrument that has comprehensively addressed the very complex issue of the possible use of nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological weapons by terrorist groups. Therefore, the work of the 1540 Committee in ensuring its implementation of its mandate is an important basis for the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and for mobilizing international cooperation for the nuclear disarmament of State and non-State actors.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Mercy Buku, an expert in anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, recalled two months ago in the Chamber (see S/PV.8496), those new technologies used to transfer capital could be the most effective contribution to global efforts of financial inclusion to ensure that the 1.7 billion people in need are lifted out of poverty in the regions of the world most affected by terrorism and conflicts. In that regard, we encourage the work of the 1373 and 1267 Committees to continue to take that issue into account and to support the work of States in not suppressing financial inclusion. That should be achieved by implementing measures to combat the financing of terrorism through the regulation and facilitation of services that contribute to sustainable development.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“In that regard, we recognize the recent focus on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism through resolution 2462 (2019) - a French initiative co-sponsored by Equatorial Guinea - to ensure that the response ofthe United Nations, regional and subregional organizations and States to terrorist threats is more effective and efficient. The work of the 1267 Committee has also reinforced the message regarding the importance of curbing the financing of terrorism to prevent attacks by Da'esh, Al-Qaida and affiliated groups. That is why it is necessary to invest in preventing the criminal exploitation of new financial technologies, such as cryptocurrency and mobile payment services. As Ms.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Through the excellent work of the 1373 Counter- Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate and the 1267 Committee, concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida, and its Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, we have been able to build on the work of the 1373 Committee and its Executive Directorate. We remain abreast of new global challenges resulting from changes in methodologies, capabilities and impact with regard to exploiting people, natural resources and new technologies in order to finance and conduct their criminal activities.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“I take this opportunity to reiterate, as we have been doing, that the Republic of Equatorial Guinea strongly and categorically opposes terrorism and the proliferation ofweapons of mass destruction, which are serious threats to international peace and security. In that regard, today's briefing is an excellent opportunity to jointly address those very important cross-cutting issues, as finding solutions for and eradicating them fall within the mandate of the Security Council. We note with deep concern the impact of the flow of foreign terrorist combatants, their return to their countries of nationality or origin and the growing nexus between transnational organized crime and terrorism.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to express our most sincere congratulations and appreciation to Ambassador Meza- Cuadra and Ambassador Dj ani, as well as their respective teams, for their informative briefings and excellent work as Committee Chairs, as they strive to implement the mandates of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism, the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of weapons of mass destruction, respectively.”
2019-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8528 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to echo some internal Syrian voices who are calling on the United Nations to consider deploying an impartial and independent monitoring team in Idlib in order to ensure the cessation of all acts of violence against women, document any violations and a posteriori prosecute and punish those responsible. We believe that measure deserves the full attention ofthe Council, since it is aimed specifically at protecting the Syrian people from a possible massacre looming on the horizon in Idlib. We call on those countries that have influence on the events that are unfolding to exert the necessary pressure on the parties to avoid a huge loss of innocent lives, as we are now seeing in Idlib.”
2019-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8527 (2019) · source
“We must therefore be unwavering in our determination to resolve the situation in that supposedly demilitarized zone. We encourage better Russian-Turkish cooperation aimed at stabilizing the situation in Idlib and stress the need to take effective measures to combat terrorist organizations in Syria. We recall that no one should sabotage the effective coordination of those bilateral actions, which could thwart the spirit of Astana and increase the risk of tensions, as well as tear apart the political process in Syria and the formation of the constitutional committee.”
2019-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8527 (2019) · source
“We call on all the parties to put an immediate end to the escalation of tensions in Idlib and to do everything possible to prevent the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, health centres, schools and other civilian infrastructure, and to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law to prevent civilians from bearing the brunt of the fighting. They also have an obligation to protect civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, schools, warehouses and so on. As we underscored recently, given this bleak outlook, we cannot remain mere onlookers. Passivity and the lack of genuine political will to bring an end to the hostilities in Idlib will, in one way or another, turn us into participants in the ongoing tragedy in Idlib.”
2019-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8527 (2019) · source
“Equatorial Guinea believes that there is indeed cause for concern, as a surge in ceasefire violations in the de-escalation zone is increasingly worrisome, with serious consequences for the humanitarian situation faced by civilians in Idlib, an increase in the number of fatalities and a wave of displacement, as Ms. DiCarlo and Mr. Lowcock have described. We are facing a devastating scenario in which thousands of families and villages have been completely annihilated and in which corpses, as has been underscored, are arriving from hospitals and schools on a daily basis, as well as a huge number of internally displaced persons, many of whom are wounded and face an acute lack of hospitals and means to care for them. Worse still, the few hospitals that can still care for the wounded are constantly under attack.”
2019-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8527 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (Spoke in Spanish): We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting. We also thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and Mr. Mark Lowcock for their excellent briefings. When this second meeting was convened to address the situation in Idlib, we could not help but wonder if we should prepare for the worst-case scenario in Idlib and if the United Nations should urgently review its state of readiness in the event that developments took a tragic course and we again found ourselves with a situation similar to that of Aleppo, which has been virtually completely destroyed by the war.”
2019-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8527 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, allow me to point out that, although the implementation of all the aspects that we have highlighted will not return to us the thousands of human lives lost, they are nevertheless likely to create the conditions for optimism and new hope for peaceful coexistence, the acceptance of intercommunity harmony and the return of the authority of States in all its fullness so that they might assume their constitutional prerogatives, provide legitimate protection to persons and property and stand as united and indivisible States. I would conclude by congratulating each of the G-5 Sahel States for the multiple efforts they are making within the framework of the complete operationalization of the Joint Force.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“We believe that it is necessary, as Minister Barry indicated, to assemble an international coalition similar to those assembled for Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but this time with the help of the African Union, so as to stop this gangrene of insecurity. Without such a coalition, this scourge would extend beyond West Africa.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“In View of the fact that the situation in the Sahel is a real threat to international peace and security, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, for its part, expresses its support for the calls by the leaders of the region to place the mandate of the Joint Force under Chapter VII of the Charter, in order to provide it with the additional political legitimacy that this important initiative and the critical situation in the region deserve. Moreover, the critical situation of not taking rapid and decisive measures could extend to the coastal countries of the area, such as C6te d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin and Ghana.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“In line with the 9 April communique of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, we stress the need for the Security Council to extend support from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) beyond Mali to all components of the G-5 Sahel Joint Force as part of an integrated approach to its work. It is certainly an issue that cannot be avoided in the next month's negotiations on the renewal of MINUSMA's mandate.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“The joint assessment missions carried out between July and October 2018 between the Permanent Secretariat and the UNODC will undoubtedly create a legal framework for the implementation of the police component in order to ensure that the Joint Force can adequately fulfil its mission to combat terrorism and organized crime by ensuring transparent judicial follow-up. We also commend the strategic partnership with INTERPOL, which is essential for the exchange of information and the use of its database for the registration of Joint Force investigations. Furthermore, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea welcomes the final communique of the fifth ordinary session of the Conference of the G-5 Sahel Heads of State, in which they reaffirmed their willingness to mobilize more domestic resources for the full operationalization of the Joint Force.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“The State must restore that tradition and culture of dialogue, rebuild confidence and promote reconciliation and cohesion among communities through coexistence in the context of home-grown processes, which will involve raising awareness of the importance of peace for development and the promotion of positive values, but also of the resolution of land disputes and the administration ofjustice. The close collaboration of the G-5 Sahel with such partners as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and INTERPOL should be underlined.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“Accordingly, projects within the frameworks of the Sahel Alliance and the Priority Investment Programme must remain a priority for implementation by the G-5 Sahel States, with the support of international donors and partners. Parallel to that work, in Mali, a country where extremism has spread, retaking national territory must also be a priority. The different communities have always lived in peace and harmony throughout the country, while conflicts and tensions were managed through dialogue.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“We must undertake a reflection on excessive militarization - in a region in which almost all the world's armies are present, which makes it attractive to extremist and terrorist groups of all kinds - which has continually dragged the States of the Sahel into a cycle of exponential increases in military expenditure for their survival. The cycle is unsustainable and is being maintained at the expense of the investments needed to develop the region and offer hope to young people. Numerous reports have revealed that armed groups recruit either from helpless and unemployed youth or from rural communities that feel neglected by public authorities. It is therefore important that States become aware of the distress of those millions of citizens and generate tangible and lasting political responses.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“Due to the lack of security, 900 schools, for example, had to close in Mali and in neighbouring Burkina Faso, 440 schools must also remain closed, excluding 66,000 children from the education system in the current year. But the G-5 Sahel must do more than fight terrorism. While security investments are necessary, they remain insufficient. Security pressure has generated significant macroeconomic and fiscal costs for every country of the region, including negative effects on social investment. We must also be aware that military approach alone will not resolve the security crisis in the Sahel.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“In that context, we believe that there should be no feeling of impunity and abandonment on the part of the States of the region. We therefore reiterate the urgent need for the national authorities to act swiftly to identify and prosecute those responsible, once identified and detained, to the fullest extent of the law. That would reassure the population, restore the authority and legitimacy of the States and weaken the sense of impunity that fosters violence. To end the conflicts gripping the Sahel, it is necessary to provide rapid responses to the crisis while proposing a sustainable approach. In other words, we need to reconcile what on the surface may seem irreconcilable: the most pressing and lasting needs. Indeed, there are many urgent needs.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“Allow me to express here the strong condemnation by the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea of the recent incidents of intercommunal violence and the asymmetric and coordinated attacks against the armed forces, United Nations peacekeeping forces and the defenceless civilian population, particularly in Mali, Burkina Faso and the Niger. We convey our condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the Governments of the countries concerned, and in particular extend our most heartfelt sorrow to the Government of the Niger for the more than 20 soldiers who died yesterday in a terrorist attack and to France for the two soldiers who fell in the field of honour while rescuing the hostages kidnapped by the terrorists.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“Yury Fedotov for their enlightening briefings. The Sahel region is at the heart of the concerns not only at the level of the West Africa subregion but also at the continental and international levels. The climate of insecurity and instability in the Sahel is increasingly worrying. For several months, communal conflicts in Burkina Faso and Mali have added to the security, humanitarian and development problems. The increasing mobility and sophistication of terrorist armed groups and ethnic militias operating in the region have led to an increase in the number of casualties in recent months.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (spoke in Spanish): I welcome His Excellency Mr. Alpha Barry, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Burkina Faso, and wish to thank him for presence here among us. From this seat and on behalf of His Excellency Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, allow me to convey to His Excellency Mr. Roth Marc Christian Kabore', Chairman-in-Office of the Conference of Heads of States of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), our very best wishes for success in leading the fight against terrorism and its consequences for the Sahelo- Saharan region. We reiterate our thanks to Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant-Secretary-General for Africa, His Excellency President Pierre Buyoya, African Union High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, Mr. Angel Losada Fernandez and Mr.”
2019-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8526 (2019) · source
“This is an issue of logic and justice that is key to achieving our shared goal of silencing the guns in Africa and across the world. We conclude by paying well-deserved tribute to the laudable contribution made by Indonesia to peacekeeping operations.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“In that regard, further efforts are necessary to devise and adopt mechanisms aimed at putting into practice, according to our shared, mutually-agreed- on commitments, all the objectives listed as areas for improvement pursuant to the Action for Peacekeeping initiative and in line with the shared road map. Allow me to conclude with an observation: it is imperative for international peace and security that the African Union be endowed with the resources necessary to fulfil its subsidiary responsibility under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. This requires sustainable and predictable financing of the peacekeeping operations carried out by the African Union under a Security Council mandate, and also that the troops undertaking these missions be provided with the necessary training, capacities and equipment.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“My delegation welcomes the fact that the Action for Peacekeeping initiative represents the main agenda and is an agent of change that affects all aspects of the laudable work done by United Nations peacekeepers and strengthens missions charged with maintaining international peace and security, thanks to the impetus to collective action by peacekeeping personnel from all Member States as well as the Security Council, the General Assembly, financial contributors, troop- and police-contributing countries, host countries, intergovernmental and regional organizations and the Secretariat.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Additional objectives are revitalizing political determination and networks to support the United Nations in its efforts to reform and further galvanize support for Member States so as to enable them to meet their financing commitments for the effective implementation of action for peacekeeping; and undertaking substantial reforms to improve the functional structure of peacekeeping operations, making them more coherent, agile and effective.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“The same is true of all the other strategies set out during the recent high- level Peacekeeping Ministerial on the Action for Peacekeeping initiative (see S/PV.8508), at which the following main objectives were established: generating specialized high-performance capacities for the United Nations regarding peacekeeping so as to meet ever- changing needs and tackle new challenges, in particular increasing capacities for rapid deployment and the training of units that speak the local language, and strengthening compliance with standards of training and performance, including in addressing security and protection issues.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Improving the security and the performance of United Nations peacekeeping personnel undoubtedly means including, valuing and implementing in practice all the aspects contained in the Declaration of Shared Commitments on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, presented by the Secretary-General on 25 December 2018, during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Peacebuilding requires actions aimed at tackling learnt prejudices, developing empathy for others, promoting a change in mentality that opens the way to new relationships in which violence and force are not ways of achieving results and resolving conflicts, and this must be done through dialogue and in a peaceful way. In order to achieve this complex set of actions, society, as a whole and at the international level, must bring to bear its full potential, deploy its full capacities and create connections so that it can transform itself as a society, including by seeking strategies that will allow it to enhance well-being and respect for human dignity and guarantee human rights, justice and equity.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Decisive action is required that guarantees the rights of each citizen; communities must be responsible as concerns the rights and duties of their peoples; and relationships among social, public and private stakeholders must be based on justice, transparency, citizen security, equity, care for the environment, and respect for difference and social dialogue. Equatorial Guinea believes that however we may live and interrelate, peacekeeping is the responsibility ofeach one ofus within our respective societies. Success in this area will require new skills and capacities, through the contributions of all States Members of the United Nations, and international, regional, subregional and social organizations and institutions - in short, cooperation among all States. Peacebuilding must be seen as something that goes beyond just ending war.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (spoke in Spanish): We warmly welcome Her Excellency Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. We align our statement to that to be delivered later by Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations. I thank the presidency of Indonesia for having organized this very timely high-level open debate. I thank also the Secretary-General and the two briefers, Lieutenant General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho and Mr. Bjorn Holmberg, for their edifying briefings. Equatorial Guinea believes that moving towards and investing in stable and lasting peace requires that important social and institutional transformations take place in a State.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“We call on the United Nations and the international community to step up efforts to exert further pressure on the parties, so that negotiations between Israel and Palestine can be resumed and lead to a negotiated solution based on dialogue to this conflict that has lasted for so many years.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“We encourage Egypt and other international actors to continue working to foster intra-Palestinian reconciliation, which in addition to its key role in Palestinian consolidation has a crucial part to play in the control and management of the Gaza Strip, which today continues to cause serious security issues alongside neighbouring Israel. We deplore the fact that Israel has taken no steps to immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, as called for in paragraph 2 of resolution 2334 (2016), as was indicated in the Secretary-General's report of 26 March (S/2019/251).”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“For the past decade, Gaza has seen a decline in needed public services and employment opportunities that is entirely the result of the ongoing clashes between Israel and Hamas and of internal Palestinian divisions. We appreciate the work of the humanitarian agencies that support the population, and we urge the international community to encourage such efforts by further contributing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Both Israel and Hamas must refrain from any unilateral action likely to aggravate the conflict, which in our view can be resolved only through negotiations and dialogue based on the concept of two independent States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security within internationally recognized borders.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“The history of this conflict argues against creating further disputes with regard to the few issues that for many years have enjoyed some form of agreement, unless there is a patently clear reason to the contrary. That is something that Israeli and Palestinian politicians must bear in mind if they truly intend to resolve their long-standing differences one day. Equatorial Guinea has always hoped to see the Israelis and Palestinians come to an understanding that a definitive political solution to their conflict would help resolve many of the conflicts that are destabilizing the region today. The establishment of an independent Palestinian State is key to achieving an effective and lasting peace in the Middle East. The situation of women and children and the entire population of the Gaza Strip remains a matter of concern.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“While we await the publication of the United States peace plan, which we hope will consider the concerns of the two parties to the conflict and will be an impartial and constructive starting point for a renewed negotiations process, our delegation is very concerned about the possibility that the elections held in Israel earlier this month will radically influence the decisions, actions and behaviour of the parties to the conflict, a concern that we expressed in our statement in January (see S/PV.8449) and that was evident in the Council's subsequent discussions in February and March (see S/PV.8466 and S/PV.8489) on Israel's decision not to renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron and the disagreement between Israel and Palestine on the collection of tax revenues, to mention only a couple of aspects.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“In addition to the many deaths and injuries caused by the ongoing destruction in the region, it has also produced enormous losses of infrastructure and crops as well as a lack of important services needed for human subsistence, which has meant that their peoples' development has been set back by decades. That has forced millions to move from their places of origin and to accept the fate of poor migrants, which is to be mistreated all over the world. Among them are the millions of Palestinians who have been involuntarily displaced to various parts of the Middle East and elsewhere, while maintaining the firm hope that one day they and their children will be able to return to where they were born.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“What has happened in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine and other parts of the region explicitly violates the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations with regard to the pacific settlement of disputes. The situation in the region is so sensitive and so likely to deteriorate that it is crucial to ensure that none of the parties enmeshed in those conflicts take ill-advised steps that could plunge the region into a fresh wave of violence, which would do nothing to help achieve a peaceful, sustainable and lasting solution. Every stakeholder in the region should therefore make every effort to avoid any action that could incite further violence among the warring parties.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“In addition, we congratulate the State of Israel on the holding and successful conclusion of the general elections held at the beginning of April. We welcome the presence of the Israeli and Palestinian delegations, as well as others that, in solidarity with the Israelis and Palestinians, are inscribed on the list of speakers for this open debate. Since the beginning ofthis millennium, the situation in the Middle East has always been one of our key concerns in considering ongoing international conflicts. Like other countries, Equatorial Guinea has always hoped that the problems created by the conflicts in the region could be addressed with greater clarity and sincerity, but above all fairly.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation condemns in the strongest terms the wave of terrorist attacks seen in New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso and the United States, including on a synagogue in California. We express our solidarity with the Governments of those countries and with the victims' families. We also express our solidarity with Mozambique over the floods and cyclones in that brotherly country that led to great destruction. We first thank your delegation, Mr. President, for having convened this very important open debate and for your skill in conducting our work this month. We also join other members in expressing our gratitude to all the briefers for their detailed and informative updates.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“We hope that their efforts, together with the political will of the parties, can help to put an end to this crisis. In conclusion, we reiterate that the only possible solution to the crisis in the region is a peaceful one achieved through direct, frank and inclusive negotiations, which should focus on reaching a final and just solution that will help strengthen harmonious relations and foster stability in Ukraine and the region.”
2019-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8516 (2019) · source