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first: 2015-04-23
most recent: 2016-03-21
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“Albania welcomed the joint press statement of 16 February on the political dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo issued by the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organisation of La Francophonie, which emphasized the necessity for an inclusive political dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We urge all Congolese political actors to spare no effort, within the framework of the country's Constitution, to ensure the successful holding of elections, with a view of further advancing the progress made so far.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“By taking those measures, the natural resources of the mineral-rich Great Lakes region will have the potential to become a very powerful tool to achieve durable peace, reconciliation and development. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has made good socioeconomic progress in the past decade, in particular since the adoption of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. The upcoming elections in that country are of a crucial importance. The holding of peaceful, transparent, smooth and timely elections will greatly contribute to consolidating the progress made in the country over more than a decade. The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo should have an opportunity to have their voices heard through a democratically elected Government.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“Nowhere is that such exploitation more well- established and more dramatic than in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where that trade is worth an estimated $1.25 billion annually. Important lessons have been learned in past years by realizing the fact that instability in the Great Lakes countries has been financed by illegal mineral sourcing and trading, prompting concrete measures such as the Regional Initiative on Natural Resources. Illegal exploitation and trade in natural resources in the Great Lakes is very complex. The needed measures to address it should necessarily include actions against impunity, improved governance, reforming security forces, the sustainable management of natural resources and promoting livelihood programmes.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“While any meaningful resolution will require a creative combination of factors, the countries of the region, supported by the international community, can become key players and have the potential to comprehensively address those regional dynamics before they escalate. We welcome the holding of the first Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference, which took place in Kinshasa on 24 and 25 February and which was attended by the Secretary-General, to provide a platform for a public-private dialogue on promoting responsible investment in the region and enhanced networking opportunities between regional and international stakeholders. However, responsible investment cannot be achieved without addressing the issue of the illegal exploitation of minerals and natural resources.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“Previous experience in the region has shown that the destiny of each of the region's countries is deeply intertwined with that of its neighbours. The crisis in Burundi has only exacerbated the situation in that context, as worrisome reports indicate that infiltration by armed groups is fuelling further instability. Urgent attention therefore needs to be paid to the regional dynamics of the crisis in order to avoid escalation and regionalization. The potential for conflict to spread throughout the region should neither be assumed nor ignored, in particular by the Security Council. In that regard, we welcome the steps taken by the United Nations Stabilization Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ensuring that contingency plans are in place in case of an eventual escalation.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“In that context, we commend the steps and measures taken by both the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the armed forces of the country to strengthen the protection of civilians, and we welcome their improved cooperation. However, further actions are obviously needed towards that fundamental objective, including through increased outreach and early-warning activities in the region. We furthermore welcome resolution 2211 (2015), which provides that any future reconfiguration of MONUSCO or its mandate be based on the evolution of the situation on the ground and on the protection of civilians, stabilization and the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework, including national reforms.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“We are deeply concerned about the significant deterioration of the situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where activities by the Allied Democratic Forces and by the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda, among other groups, pose serious threats to security in the region and beyond. Furthermore, we regret that civilians are being caught up in the fighting and are being killed, displaced, forcibly abducted or harassed, often on the basis of ethnicity or perceived collaboration with opposing groups - with an estimated more than 500 civilians killed since 2014 and more than 45,000 persons recently displaced.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“We appreciate the opportunity to take the floor during this open debate on this very important topic. We would like to thank the Angolan presidency of the Security Council for choosing the theme of the prevention and resolution of conflicts in the Great Lakes region, as well as for the very informative concept note (8/2016/223, annex) circulated in preparation for this debate. We would like also to thank the Special Envoy and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for their informative insights on the situation in the Great Lakes region. Albania aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union. Allow me to make the following remarks in my national capacity.”
2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source
“Discussions this year on the draft text on the responsibility to protect will offer us yet again an opportunity to renew and further the commitment made at the 2005 World Summit to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In this respect, Albania wishes to reiterate its strong supports for the French proposal and the efforts of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group to draft a code of conduct regarding the non-use of the veto in situations of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. In concluding, allow me to go back to where it all began - to the noble idea of saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war - in order to recall that the authority and legitimacy vested in the Security Council to maintain or restore international peace and security has no precedent in international relations, and that the Council must be up to its responsibility and justify world confidence in fully upholding the principles enshrined in the Charter.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The Charter has tasked the Security Council, as the organ responsible for maintaining peace and security, to act swiftly and resolutely when countries are confronted with situations of mass atrocity and grave human rights violations, and when States are at risk of experiencing genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing. We, unfortunately, know only too well what happens when the Council fails to live up to its responsibilities. The use of the veto in such cases betrays the trust of millions of people for whom the United Nations is the only hope. It openly disregards the victims, it empowers dictators and other human rights violators, and undermines international efforts to end impunity.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Developing the norm alone does not provide for prevention or protection. The growing support for the normative framework should be matched by the necessary political will and, most importantly, resources to prevent atrocity crimes. The rise of violent extremism and non-State armed groups perpetrating atrocities, particularly against ethnic and religious minorities, continues to be one of the most pressing challenges, and it must be defeated. Only recently, on the occasion of attaining 60 years of United Nations membership, Albania reaffirmed once again its full commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and its firm belief in effective multilateralism and international cooperation as the best means to respond to old and new threats and the challenges of our time.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Increasingly, the international system is beginning to reach the more remote areas of social and political change, but the United Nations mechanisms were not originally designed to focus on them. It is therefore imperative to adapt the United Nations to allow a more active response to political and humanitarian abuses. In 2005, 60 years after its founding, the United Nations World Summit provided an opportunity to reform the United Nations to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. The responsibility to protect, in particular, has catalysed important developments during the past 10 years. Progress has been made in building a global political consensus around the responsibility to protect as a very practical and effective framework for preventing mass atrocity crimes.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Millions of people across the world have had no other choice than to water down their illusions faced with wars, atrocities and massive human rights violations from which the United Nations has solemnly pledged to save succeeding generations. Important recommendations on several situations from the General Assembly and other United Nations mechanisms have, most regrettably, not been referred to the International Criminal Court. We have entered an era in which armed conflicts are greater in complexity and numbers of actors, broader in tactics and weapons used and, above all, more atrocious in the human suffering they cause. The response of the international community should also be adapted to the new reality and the challenges we face.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“It represents the basis of the very important core treaties whose fiftieth anniversary we mark this year: the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The failure to fulfil the so-called firm promise of the United Nations to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war has also been constant. The solemn pledge of "never again" has been repeated too often, and man-made tragedies keep recurring, challenging the belief in humankind's capacity to learn from its failures. Over the past 70 years, the Charter has not always been implemented in the manner that a literal reading of the text might suggest, even though, since the end of the Cold War, we have seen its reinvigoration.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We further concur with your assessment, Sir, that throughout its history the United Nations has registered significant achievements as regards peace, security and international cooperation. Indeed, there has been immense progress during the seven decades of the United Nations existence - progress that has brought real change. Undeniably, the United Nations has worked for and greatly contributed to the transformed, better world we live in today. It has brought to life, inter alia, the vast issue of human rights, enshrined in the Preamble to the Charter - "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small" - which was almost inexistent before the founding of the United Nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Allow me first to thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and for the interesting concept note prepared for it (S/2016/103, annex). Albania aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. I would like to make the following remarks in my national capacity. As rightly provided pointed out in the concept note, the United Nations emerged from the ashes of the Second World War with a firm promise. Nothing indeed could have been nobler in 1945, as they are today, than the common ideals enshrined in the Charter of the Organization, including, notably, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind".”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We therefore reiterate the call to the Council to provide consistent political and operational support for the protection of civilians in conflict, including where State parties are involved in attacks and atrocities against civilians. Next year's World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul will be an opportunity for all of us to renew and further the commitment for a world of peace, security and sustainable development. Unless we adopt more effective ways to address the suffering of civilians in armed conflict, we cannot aspire to meeting the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1), whereby no one should be left behind.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“We reaffirm the need to carefully plan peacekeeping operations and to conduct them in such a manner so as to facilitate post-conflict peacebuilding and progress towards sustainable peace, stability and development. We also believe that the implementation of such activities requires close coordination between peacekeeping, United Nations country teams and development actors. On a final note, we would like to point out that we have entered an era in which armed conflicts are greater in complexity and in the numbers of actors, broader in tactics and weapons used and, above all, more horrific in the human suffering they cause. The international community's response should also be adapted to the new reality and the challenges we all face.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“Albania believes that, for future missions, it will be increasingly crucial for information to be gathered from current global missions in order to evaluate, analyse and contextualize their work, specifically on civilian protection. That is why there is a need to match the protection mandates for peacekeepers with appropriate resources, providing specific training on civilian protection, including training on child protection, measures against sexual exploitation and abuse as well as developing civilian protection doctrines and practical guidance. Any abuse at the hands ofpeacekeepers - in other words, of those mandated to protect - is unacceptable for international peacekeeping. Moreover, we strongly support the United Nations zero-tolerance policy.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“The Security Council should be given credit for the fact that, by creating the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and by referring the situations in Darfur and Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it has itself sent out important messages. It is therefore equally important that, when a peace operation is to be deployed in an ICC-situation country, its mandate should authorize it to assist the ICC, which is an important step towards providing justice by making those responsible for human rights violations accountable. For a number of years, the mandates of many United Nations peacekeeping and other missions have included the protection of civilians.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“But progress made at the normative level makes sense only if translated into tangible action on the ground. On that, unfortunately, we have to concur with the conclusion in the Secretary- General's report that "the task of protecting civilians on the ground has been more pronounced in its failures than its successes" (ibid, para. 6). That sad reality shows that much more needs to be done to reverse the catastrophic consequences of the continued actions by terrorist groups. It is therefore important to recall the need for the Security Council to act swiftly and resolutely in all situations affecting civilians.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“It is shocking that, in the twenty-first century, the outbreak, continuation and escalation of armed conflicts and the recurrence of violence in post-conflict settings all over the world have taken a dramatic toll on civilians, in particular for the most vulnerable - women and children, older persons, the disabled, internally displaced persons and refugees. Neither States nor non-State armed groups have respected their obligations adequately, including during the past 16 years, during which the Council has established a robust normative framework for the protection of civilians. Furthermore, every passing year, the consensus grows stronger around the idea that the protection of civilians lies with the State, but it is also a legitimate and necessary focus of collective action by the international community.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“It is outrageous, as rightly noted in the report, inter alia, that "[d]irect attacks on schools and hospitals have become common features of many armed conflicts. Humanitarian and health-care workers are deliberately targeted." (S/2015/453, para. 4) On a daily basis, across the world, we see a widespread failure to respect international humanitarian law, which is the duty of all States and non-State actors, pursuant to the Geneva Conventions. In ongoing conflicts, civilians have been specifically targeted and subjected to terrible atrocities, which ignores the very basis of the Geneva Conventions: respect for the human person.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“At the outset, allow me to than you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the topic ofthe protection ofcivilians in conflicts during your first month of Security Council membership, as well as for the concept note (S/2016/22, annex). Albania aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union. Allow me to make the following remarks in my national capacity. The protection of civilians provided by international humanitarian law is quite extensive; however, as in the past, in all ongoing conflicts, the difficulties are related to its application. As accurately pointed out in the Secretary-General's report of 18 June 2015, unfortunately, in many parts of the world, the situation has deteriorated significantly.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“We emphasize in this context the importance of developing and implementing the relevant national strategies and plans of action, in close cooperation with civil society. In concluding, allow me to underline the need for the Security Council to strengthen its commitment to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda through a more coherent and systematic approach. Let us not forget that resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted following a decade of terrible failures in protecting women, including on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. This fifteenth anniversary of the resolution should mobilize us in addressing key challenges of the women and peace and security agenda, including the lack of consistent implementation.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“The Summit further committed to integrating women into efforts to counter violent extremism and underscored the need to work together in the region to better understand the precise nature of violent extremist threats at the local and regional levels, including by promoting research, analysis and information-sharing on the drivers of Violent extremism in all of its forms for all segments of society, including women and youth, and on how best to counter those drivers. Civil society has also played a very important role in implementing resolution 1325 (2000). In recognizing this role, my Government has systematically engaged and supported women's organizations in the implementation of the 1325 agenda.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“Since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), significant threats to global peace and security have emerged, the most prominent of which is the rise of violent extremism. The Balkans Regional Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, held in Tirana on 19 and 20 May 2015, recognized that women are both vulnerable to radicalization and have an important role to play in countering violent extremism.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“All military structures under the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence have their own gender equality focal point. There are currently nine focal points altogether: seven women and two men. On the normative framework, the national action plan on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), adopted in 2011, provides for enhanced institutional gender capacities, which made it possible, starting that year, for eight women to participate in international peacekeeping operations. The 2013 directive from the Ministry of Defence provided for gender equality and gender mainstreaming as annual priorities, achieving later that year the objective of 17.7 per cent representation of women in the armed forces.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“In implementing resolution 1325 (2000), the Government of Albania identified and focused its efforts on several key objectives that take account of the need to enhance women's leadership; increase the participation of women in political and public decision-making; increase the participation of women in the police and armed forces; and enhance the relevant programmes for professional training on gender issues and violence against women. Recent legal acts such as those entitled "Protection from Discrimination" and "Military Discipline in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania" provide for appropriate legal and disciplinary measures in cases of sexual harassment, sexual violence and gender- based violence committed by military personnel in discharging their duties.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“It has been striving, however, to achieve higher standards in facing new challenges and emerging asymmetric threats on our path to consolidating democracy, peace and security, and respect for human rights. My Government is convinced that peace and security cannot be achieved without joint efforts by both women and men, given the inextricable links between gender equality and international peace and security.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“We appreciate the opportunity to take part in this open debate on the review of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) to assess progress at the global, regional and national levels in implementing the resolution. We also welcome the adoption by consensus yesterday of resolution 2242 (2015), which we were very pleased to co-sponsor. We would also like to thank the Spanish presidency of the Security Council for the very interesting concept note (S/2015/749, annex) issued in preparation for the debate. As pointed out in the concept note, we concur with the view that Member States have the primary responsibility to ensure the implementation of the global commitments and obligations in the context of the women and peace and security agenda. Albania is not a post-conflict country.”
2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source
“To this end, we are happy to organize in Tirana, on 19 to 20 May, the first regional follow-up meeting to the White House Summit. We will be glad to share the conclusions of that meeting with the wider United Nations membership.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“But reality forces us to admit that schooling alone may prove to be insufficient and sometimes too little, too late in the struggle against terrorist groups and their increased influence. The long and challenging fight against extremism will be won only by successfully combining a wide variety of tools; by successfully countering extremist ideologies and changing mindsets; and by engaging all stakeholders in contributing to building a better society for all. Otherwise, we may end up fighting long and protracted battles against this scourge. Albania participated in and welcomes the results of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, organized in February in Washington, D.C., and we are fully committed to doing our part while working closely with our partners and allies.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“It should bring together good governance, the rule of law, respect for human rights across the board, sustainable economic growth with opportunities for all, accountable institutions, and the involvement of young people and women and education, and including, indispensably, work in the community. Education is beyond any doubt one of the most powerful tools for providing the younger generation with the keys to its future. We must continue, within or outside conflict areas and their neighbouring countries, to seriously invest in the kind of education needed not only for opening minds and providing knowledge, but for providing the kind of empowerment that provides the necessary tools to build a new life.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“As amply highlighted in yesterday's discussion in the General Assembly, while acknowledging that extremism is fuelled by various factors and has complex roots, the abhorrent and catastrophic acts of nebulous terrorist groups have placed religious extremism at the centre of world debate, and religious leaders on the front line with regard to their influence, role and responsibility in influencing developments in society, alongside the family, schools, communities and other important actors. Countering Violent extremism in today's fast- changing multicultural and multiconfessional societies requires a completely renewed and optimal focus on a wide range of issues.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Economic hardship, disillusionment, exclusion, discrimination and marginalization - especially among the vulnerable and disadvantaged - will inevitably lead individuals, in particular youth, to seek solutions outside the exhausted traditional ones, thereby becoming easy targets of extremist ideology, religious radicalization and exploitation. There is no doubt that radicalization and violent extremism, especially among young people, are one of today's, and for that matter tomorrow's, most pressing challenges to peace, stability and development.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Sadly, reports also describe recurrent cases of abductions of children by those groups, who are then trained as fighters. Regrettably, the recruitment of children is not confined to areas of conflict. Through the Internet, and especially via social media, people are now more interconnected than ever before to other people and subjected to their ideas. We feel increasingly powerless in noticing how traditional links, including to family, are undermined by profit-driven, unwarranted external influences, which have been strengthened.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“While in the context of strong governance and robust social and political systems conflicting interests are managed and ways are found for groups to peacefully pursue their goals, in fragile situations with poor governance and weak political and social systems, grievances, disputes and competition for resources can turn Violent with disastrous consequences. Children living in conflict areas are a direct and easy target of Violent and extremist groups. Terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaida, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram, have taken full advantage of the overall security situation in different parts of the world and are not only trying, but are, rather successfully, managing to indoctrinate children in extremist ideology.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“According to UNICEF, hundreds of millions of children live in countries and areas affected by armed conflict, and an estimated 15 million children are directly caught up in Violent conflicts in different countries. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to the unspeakable brutalities we have heard of recently. The world has always been prone to conflict- otherwise seen as the pursuit of contrary or seemingly incompatible interests - but as we have seen, its nature has fundamentally changed during the past two decades. While in modern times relations among nations have managed to prevent direct inter-State conflicts - with a few notable exceptions, as evidenced by those in Georgia and Ukraine - the number of intra-State conflicts fuelled by ethnic, religious or other differences and grievances have increased.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Albania aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union. Allow me to make some remarks in my national capacity. We appreciate the opportunity to take part in this open debate and would like to thank the President for organizing it. It offers us a real opportunity to further our discussions on this very important topic following the summit on countering violent extremism convened by President Obama, back in February. We also thank the presidency for its concept paper (S/2015/231, annex) in preparation for this debate. The reality check is bleak and painful. The year 2014 has been a devastating one for millions of children, and 2015 is in no way better.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source