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2019-06-20

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1. “I thank Special Adviser Khan for being with us in person today and for his thorough and serious briefing to the Security Council. The plight of Iraq's ethnic and religious minorities is of critical importance to the United States. We will not waver from holding the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) accountable for the atrocities it has committed against all Iraqis. The United States remains a strong, committed supporter of the Security Council mandate of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD) to collect, store and preserve evidence ofISIS atrocities that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.”

   2019-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8573 (2019) · source

2. “This short but effective resolution addresses the challenges that persons with disabilities face, as well as concrete actions that the Council and the international community can take to address them. The United States especially welcomes the paragraphs on data collection, capacity-building and the meaningful participation and leadership ofpersons with disabilities during every stage of a conflict. We also look forward to more regular briefings by people with disabilities and their representative organizations, as well as humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders. Our hope is that this becomes a regular part of the Council's work in the way that we address other related issues.”

   2019-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8556 (2019) · source

3. “Persons with disabilities are already marginalized in times of peace; their vulnerability and further marginalization increase drastically in armed conflict. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence as compared to persons without disabilities. Support mechanisms for accessing basic services - such as water, sanitation, food, shelter and health care - might be disrupted as well, and existing environmental, communication and attitudinal barriers in accessing services could be further exacerbated. Moreover, humanitarian services are often not adapted to ensure that persons with disabilities can access them. As a result, people with disabilities are too often left out and left behind.”

   2019-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8556 (2019) · source

4. “The United States was pleased to sponsor this important resolution on persons with disabilities in armed conflict (resolution 2475 (2019)). We thank Poland and the United Kingdom for their tremendous and tireless efforts to conduct a thorough and transparent negotiation process. This ground-breaking resolution is a significant step forward in mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities across the United Nations by bringing the issue here, an area of the United Nations where we have not done enough on the topic. Our delegation knows first-hand the challenges we face in mainstreaming disability rights across the United Nations system, including physical access here at Headquarters. We are therefore pleased to see a reference in the text to the United Nations disability inclusion strategy.”

   2019-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8556 (2019) · source