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Olof Skoog

lines on the record: 243
first: 2020-04-23
most recent: 2021-10-19
sittings or episodes: 20
sources: un-security-council

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“The implementation by Iran of its nuclear-related commitments is one essential part of the agreement, which sets strict limitations regarding Iran’s access to both plutonium and high-enriched uranium and establishes a comprehensive monitoring and verification mechanism. The other essential element is the comprehensive lifting of sanctions, promoting and facilitating the normalization of trade and economic relations with Iran. The European Union, for its part, lifted sanctions in line with its JCPOA obligations on the day of implementation. Today it remains fully committed to working on the preservation of the agreement, including towards the objective of normalizing economic and trade relations with Iran.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“We urge Iran to reverse them and return to the full implementation of its commitments without delay. At the last Joint Commission meeting, on 26 February, the remaining participants in the JCPOA confirmed their determination to pursue all efforts to preserve the agreement. Full and effective implementation by all sides is key. These efforts have continued over the past months, and we remain determined to continue working with the international community to preserve the JCPOA, an important multilateral achievement endorsed by the Security Council in resolution 2231 (2015). I would like to recall that the JCPOA is a nuclear non-proliferation agreement.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“I recognize that Iran continued to fully comply with the nuclear-related provisions for three and a half years, including for 14 months after the United States withdrew from the JCPOA, and re-imposed unilateral sanctions, actions which the European Union and its member States, as well as the other remaining participants of the JCPOA, continue to deeply regret. However, it is deeply worrisome that Iran has decreased its nuclear-related JCPOA commitments. We remain particularly concerned about Iran’s continued accumulation of low-enriched uranium in excess of the JCPOA stockpile and enrichment level thresholds, its continued expansion of research and development with advanced centrifuges and the enrichment activities in Fordow. Those activities are inconsistent with the nuclear-related provisions of the JCPOA.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“As Coordinator of the Joint Commission, we have spared no efforts to engage with all remaining participants and other partners to find solutions within the framework of the JCPOA and to address current difficulties, including matters referred to the Joint Commission for resolution. Now more than ever, a united international effort is needed to preserve the agreement, which was endorsed by the international community through the adoption of the resolution 2231 (2015). I would also like to reiterate our deep appreciation for the IAEA, which plays a crucial role in monitoring and verifying the entirety of Iran’s nuclear programme, including Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA. We fully support the impartial and technical work carried out by the IAEA, as well as efforts to facilitate the IAEA carrying out its mandate.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“According to the IAEA’s annual safeguards implementation reports, Iran’s regular inspections have doubled as compared to the period before the JCPOA. In addition, since 2016, Iran has consistently allowed the highest number of complementary access under the Additional Protocol. It is important to remember that the Additional Protocol is implemented by Iran as part of its JCPOA commitments. Therefore, losing the JCPOA would also mean losing the Additional Protocol, the access rights granted to the IAEA and, accordingly, the additional transparency. Unfortunately, despite all its achievements, the JCPOA has been increasingly challenged.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“It is in that light and with that memory in mind that we need to view the JCPOA as a key component of the global non-proliferation architecture that helps reduce regional and global security risks. The JCPOA has removed the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran from the regional security equation. Most important, it has done so in a verifiable way, as the agreement provides for an unprecedented amount of access and monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under Iran’s comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and the Additional Protocol thereto. Thanks to the Additional Protocol, the IAEA has access to both declared and undeclared sites in Iran, and to key facilities where the IAEA has installed 24/7 online monitoring systems.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“In addition, I would like to convey my sincere gratitude for the work done by colleagues in the Secretariat, including in relation to the procurement channel and the preparation of the latest report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2020/531). Nuclear proliferation remains a global threat with potentially worldwide consequences. That is why we have the responsibility, as members of the international community, to address those challenges jointly for the benefit of world peace and future generations. Only last week, the international community celebrated the anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations. At that time, 75 years ago, the disastrous damage caused by nuclear weapons was fresh in memory.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“I am honoured to address the Security Council today on behalf of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, in his capacity as Coordinator of the Joint Commission established under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and will therefore focus my intervention today on the Joint Commission. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Secretary-General António Guterres and Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve of Belgium, serving as Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for the excellent collaboration over the past months.”
2020-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/644 (2020) · source
“Lastly, with regard to the political and security situation on the ground and the importance of maintaining a safe and secure environment, the European Union reiterates its firm support for the European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the mandate entrusted to it by the Security Council.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“The European Union also reiterates that election-related issues, including provisions for holding local elections in Mostar and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, should be addressed as a matter of urgency, taking into account the situation in the country and in line with European standards and decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The European Union underlines that no legislative or political steps should be taken that would make the implementation of the European Court for Human Rights ruling in the Sejdić-Finci case, as well as related rulings, more challenging.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“The publication of the Commission opinion last May, with its key priorities covering the Copenhagen political criteria, demonstrates our strong commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina, provided it addresses the scope of reforms with determination. The European Union strongly underlines the need for the country’s authorities to work towards strengthening the rule of law, in particular the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, fighting corruption and organized crime, countering radicalization and tackling migration challenges while preserving access to asylum, guaranteeing the independence of the media and the safety of journalists, promoting youth employment and education and gender equality, and ensuring the full and effective implementation of socioeconomic reforms.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“We also reiterate our call on all political leaders to refrain from nationalist, divisive or provocative rhetoric. They should instead take concrete steps to promote an environment conducive to reconciliation in order to overcome the legacies of the war. Revisionism, in particular the minimization or denial of the Srebrenica genocide, especially this year, as we commemorate its twenty-fifth anniversary, as well as the glorification of war criminals, contradicts the values of the European Union and is incompatible with the prospect of integration into the EU. The European project was built on reconciliation; Bosnia and Herzegovina’s institutions and leaders must therefore honour their commitment to sustainable reconciliation. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been clear about its willingness to become a member of the European Union.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“We acknowledge that, in the current emergency situation, authorities in the country have stepped up their efforts to cooperate with each other, and we hope that this cooperation will continue once the present pandemic has been brought under control. We call on all political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to enable the State-level institutions to resume their work, particularly with regard to the implementation of the Commission opinion, following the recent decision by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today more than ever, we need counterparts with whom to engage concretely on the difficult reforms that are needed to advance towards EU membership. Beyond words, we now need tangible proof that Bosnia and Herzegovina is willing to do what it takes to become a member of the European Union.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“They should also respect the principles of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights. In December 2019, the Council of the European Union reiterated its unequivocal commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU perspective as a single, united and sovereign country and welcomed the appointment of the Chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The EU urged executive and legislative bodies at all levels of Government to start addressing the key priorities identified in the European Commission opinion on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s application for membership of the European Union, in line with the legitimate aspirations of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to advance towards union with Europe.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“In these difficult times, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been able to count on EU solidarity in practical terms, including through the Union’s immediate response — in the amount of €7 million — to the most urgent medical needs, through €73.5 million in mid- and long- term support for economic recovery and €250 million to support macrofinancial- assistance prospects, as well as through unprecedented access to EU civil-protection and health mechanisms and consular cooperation around the world. As we mourn all the victims, we also reflect on this concrete demonstration of the shared interests and common challenges that exist between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU. Extraordinary measures taken to protect citizens and overcome the current COVID-19 crisis should be proportionate and temporary in nature and subject to regular scrutiny.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member States. The candidate countries Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, and the European Free Trade Association country Liechtenstein, which is a member of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement. Let me first join others in thanking High Representative Valentin Inzko and reiterate the EU’s continued support for his mission. I also thank Ms. Irena Hasić, Executive Director of Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for her briefing. Like the rest of Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been severely affected by the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.”
2020-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/379 (2020) · source
“We can win the fight against COVID-19, we can overcome the existential threats S/2020/346 of climate and environmental degradation and we can transform our societies and economies in a way that unlocks the potential of all people, including those left farthest behind. And together, we can fulfil the promise of the youth and peace and security agenda.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“The meaningful inclusion of young people is an important aspect of the 2020 comprehensive review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. In that context, we echo the call of youth delegates for the creation of a youth, peace and security strategy in the Peacebuilding Commission. We are inspired by the passion, conviction and energy of our millions of young people making their voice heard on our streets and in our hearts. It is young activists, young human rights defenders and young peacebuilders who bring the youth, peace and security agenda to life, including through their own initiatives. Working across countries and generations, we can achieve our ambitions for today and for tomorrow.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“Together with the United Nations Population Fund, we are contributing to the stabilization of the Far North region of Cameroon by increasing the resilience of the most vulnerable young people — especially women and girls — in the face of violent extremism. One global action initiative with UNESCO aims to increase equitable access to quality education for children and youth in crisis situations by supporting the education sector in fragile and crisis-affected countries. Since last year, the EU has also been contributing to the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund and welcomes its increased focus on empowering women and youth through the allocation of 25 per cent of its total funding to this issue for the period 2020-2024. We particularly welcome the recent call for proposals under the Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative 2020.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“Presently, the EU spearheads nearly 30 crisis prevention and response initiatives on four continents in order to strengthen youth resilience and to promote youth- led peacebuilding. Many of them are run in cooperation with the United Nations. For instance, together with UNICEF, we are working with adolescents and youth in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh to enhance peaceful coexistence, empower young people as agents of change and help prevent negative and violent behaviours. Also in cooperation with UNICEF, we have strengthened the resilience and civic engagement of adolescents and youth in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“Our network of Young European Ambassadors fosters cooperation and sustainable links between young people and youth organizations from the EU and our eastern neighbours, focusing on people-to-people contacts and dialogue-driven activities. We support the One Young World Peace Ambassadors initiative, dedicated to preventing and countering violent extremism, promoting peacebuilding efforts and resolving conflict through youth-led initiatives in vulnerable communities. We also support the European Youth Forum, a platform of over 100 youth organizations in Europe. Crucial to the success of the youth and peace and security agenda is our ability to make a difference on the ground for all young people and other generations.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“The discussion confirmed that young people are part of the solution and must be given the platforms and tools to deliver, including with regard to their economic and physical safety. As summed up by a youth leader from Libya: “Younger people are asked to fight wars, but when it comes to creating peace they are excluded.” In the Sahel, our programme entitled La voix des jeunes du Sahel has offered thousands of young people a chance to exchange views with policymakers and to co-create development policies that impact them. Our Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange programme connects youth in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean in a meaningful intercultural online experience to enhance dialogue, media literacy and active citizenship.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“We have supported the creation of extended networks and initiatives with young people from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere. We have established open channels of communication to discuss global, regional and local issues in order to connect young people and leaders from the EU and from our partner countries. Our Young Mediterranean Voices initiative connects civil society, educational institutions and policymakers across the Euro-Mediterranean region to S/2020/346 promote mutual understanding and foster youth engagement and leadership in order to shape solutions to common challenges. Indeed, the EU delegation and the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations just hosted an exchange with young leaders from the Young Mediterranean Voices community in order to jointly prepare for this open debate.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“From the outset, the EU has been a frontrunner in implementing the youth, peace and security agenda. The EU was the first multilateral organization to join the Champions of Youth, Peace and Security group at the United Nations. In May 2018, the EU hosted its first-ever Conference on Youth, Peace and Security, held in partnership with the United Nations, civil society and young people. The Conference brought together 70 young change makers from 27 EU member States and 29 partner countries in an interactive dialogue with the leaders of the EU and the United Nations. Over the past years, we have been working with partner countries, multilateral institutions and young people and their organizations to jointly translate policy to practice in order to implement the youth, peace and security agenda on the ground.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“The European Commission adopted a new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020-2024, with specific actions to support the inclusion of young people — particularly young women — and their participation in all efforts to prevent conflict and to build and sustain peace. New age- and gender-responsive actions will be put in place in order to increase the meaningful participation of women and youth in all spheres of public life. We will focus on addressing challenges faced by youth with disabilities and those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. The EU is particularly concerned about the rise of reprisals and attacks against young human rights defenders. The EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism, which has benefited 30,000 human rights defenders since 2015, is open to any young defender who is at risk.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“Activating the potential of young peacebuilders ultimately depends on the accessibility of knowledge and the sharing of information.” Young people are making their voices heard. Youth-led civil society and environmental organizations, as well as young human rights defenders and peacebuilders — including indigenous youth — are playing a key role in calling out human rights violations and abuses, while demanding action to protect our people, planet and climate. It is our generational duty to deliver for them. Ensuring the full realization of human rights for young people and protecting and empowering young human rights defenders is part and parcel of the youth and peace and security agenda.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“We asked our United Nations youth delegates in the EU what they have to say to the Council on youth, peace and security. This is the message of European youth to the Council: “We call for a broader understanding of peace and security when solving security challenges, an understanding that incorporates all risks to human security. We urge Member States to boost financial support to youth-led peacebuilding initiatives, which contribute to peaceful societies. We ask that all United Nations bodies and States create an enabling environment for young people’s meaningful and effective participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, post-conflict processes and humanitarian action. Young people must play a consultative role on security issues. The women and peace and security agenda is an inspiring role model in that regard.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“We strongly support regular reporting to the Council and regular deliberations on this matter. We applaud the leadership of the Dominican Republic and of former Council presidencies on youth, peace and security. We urge future presidencies to keep the Council engaged on this issue, both as a thematic issue and mainstreamed into country-specific discussions. Young people do not need institutions to give them a voice. They have a voice. However, institutions can work harder to amplify the already strong voices of youth. Institutions can also work to ensure that their voices are taken into account S/2020/346 S/2020/346 in policies, decision-making and actions. That is central to the EU’s approach to partnering with young people. And that is how we approached this open debate as well.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“Young people are playing a key role in fighting the virus, including in delivering an effective COVID-19 response within conflict-affected communities. They are already contributing substantially to the well-being of their families and communities, shouldering additional tasks. Young people can be an important force in efforts to answer the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire. As for the EU’s contribution to fighting the pandemic, our global response to COVID-19, the Team Europe package, will amount to more than €20 billion and will prioritize regions and countries that are home to the youngest populations, including in Africa. The EU welcomes the publication of the first-ever report of the Secretary- General on youth, peace and security (S/2020/167).”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“States, multilateral organizations and societal stakeholders, including young people, must strive for ever-closer partnership. Reinforcing partnerships with young people and their organizations is central to our efforts to strengthen rules-based multilateralism. The year 2020 marks a special moment for multilateralism. The United Nations is celebrating its seventy- fifth anniversary, and it is also the fifth anniversary of the youth, peace and security agenda. And, through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the year 2020 has also brought a stark reminder of the fact that strong multilateral cooperation and strong multilateral organizations are more important than ever. As COVID-19 has the entire global community in its grip, we are reminded of the importance of solidarity, across borders and across generations.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“They are among our most important interlocutors, change agents and leaders in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as in peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Today’s global youth population, the biggest in history, carries a unique potential for, and is at the forefront of, driving problem-solving. Together, we need to speed up significantly our collective actions to accomplish transformation towards a sustainable world. Our efforts on sustainable development and on addressing climate change go hand in hand with our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies, based on gender equality and human rights. Each and every country and stakeholder must aim high.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“I speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, the country of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, align themselves with this statement. Partnering with young people is in the DNA of the European Union. Some of our most emblematic programmes are all about youth, such as Erasmus+ and, more recently, the European Solidarity Corps. These programmes have enriched the lives of more than 10 million young people from Europe and beyond over the past three decades. All young people have the greatest stake in getting our policies right, for the present and for the future.”
2020-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/346 (2020) · source
“The decision was taken in view of the fact that prominent businesspersons are making large profits through their ties with the Al-Assad regime and are helping to finance that regime in return, including through joint ventures and entities.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“Deliveries of humanitarian assistance are being made to address the emergency needs for shelter, medical and food support of some 1 million persons displaced in the past weeks and of all other Syrians in need in the Idlib region. Safe, sustained and immediate access to populations in need must continue to be enabled, in full compliance with international humanitarian law. The EU strongly calls for the extension of resolution 2165 (2014) for cross-border access in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance, including medical and surgical supplies, reaches people in need throughout Syria through the most direct routes. On 17 February, the EU decided to add eight natural persons and two entities to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“We have full confidence in the objectivity, impartiality and independence of the Organization’s Technical Secretariat and its Investigation and Identification Team. The EU urges the Syrian regime to return to the negotiating table and repeats that any sustainable solution to the conflict requires a genuine political transition in line with resolution 2254 (2015) and the 2012 Geneva communiqué (S/2012/522, annex), negotiated by the Syrian parties within the United Nations-led Geneva process, and remains committed to the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian State. The EU will actively promote a renewed, concerted effort on the part of the international community in order to address the Syrian crisis and pave the way for a political solution. The EU is addressing as a matter of priority the humanitarian situation.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The European Union welcomes the release of the first report of the Investigation and Identification Team to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 8 April. We fully support the report’s findings and note with great concern its conclusions. The European Union strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Air Force, as concluded by the report. Those identified responsible for the use of chemical weapons must be held accountable for these reprehensible acts. The European Union reiterates its full support to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and underlines the complementarity of its work with that of the United Nations.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The EU reiterates in the strongest possible terms its call on all parties to keep in place an immediate and a sustainable ceasefire, to guarantee the protection of civilians on the ground and from the air and to enable the unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance by the international community. While the European Union recognizes the presence of United Nations- designated terrorist groups in the region, indiscriminate attacks and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including health facilities, schools and settlements for displaced persons by the Syrian regime and its allies cannot be justified under any circumstances and must stop. We reiterate the EU position that all the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity should be held accountable.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“While acknowledging the increased migratory burden and risks that Turkey is facing on its territory and the substantial efforts it has made in hosting 3.7 million migrants and refugees, the EU reiterates its serious concern over the situation at the Greek-Turkish border and strongly rejects Turkey’s use of migratory pressure for political purposes. The EU is liaising with other international partners, including the United Nations, NATO and the United States, so that the clear international consensus in favour of a de-escalation and a lasting ceasefire is strongly reinforced.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The EU reaffirms its readiness to work towards the resumption of meaningful negotiations to resolve all permanent-status issues and to achieve a just and lasting peace. It urges both sides to demonstrate, through policies and actions, a genuine commitment to the two-State solution as the only realistic way to end the conflict. Please allow me to turn to the situation in Syria. In Idlib, the recent and continuing offensive by the Syrian regime and its backers, including Russia, is creating untold human suffering and has provoked the worst humanitarian crisis since the beginning of the Syrian conflict. The EU calls for an urgent de-escalation of the conflict in Syria in order to avert a slide into international military confrontation and prevent further suffering.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“The EU calls for all parties to take swift steps to produce a fundamental change to the political, security and economic situation in the Gaza Strip, including the end of the closure and a full opening of the crossing points, while addressing Israel’s legitimate security concerns. Rocket fire by militant groups is unacceptable and underlines again the danger of escalation. All stakeholders must commit to non- violence and peace. The EU urges all Palestinian factions to find common ground, based on non-violence and reconciliation, and to work together to address the needs of the Palestinian population. Intra-Palestinian reconciliation is an important element for reaching the two-State solution. In that regard, the EU calls on the Palestinian factions to make reconciliation and the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza a top priority.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“Recalling that settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to make a two-State solution impossible, the EU reiterates its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context, such as building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation — including of EU-funded projects — evictions; forced transfers, including of Bedouins; illegal outposts; and restrictions on movement and access. It urges Israel to end all settlement activity and to dismantle the outposts erected since March 2001, in line with prior obligations. Settlement activity in East Jerusalem seriously jeopardizes the possibility of Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both States.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“To that end, the EU will continue to closely monitor developments on the ground and their broader implications and will consider further action in order to protect the viability of the two-State solution, which is constantly being eroded by new facts on the ground. The EU recalls that a lasting solution to the conflict must be achieved on the basis of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the Madrid principles, including that of land for peace, the road map, the agreements previously reached by the parties and of the Arab Peace Initiative, with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security and mutual recognition.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source
“I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union (EU). The European Union is united in its commitment to achieving a two-State solution that meets Israeli and Palestinian security needs and Palestinian aspirations for statehood and sovereignty, ends the occupation that began in 1967 and resolves all permanent-status issues in order to end the conflict. It strongly opposes all actions that undermine the viability of the two-State solution and urges both sides to demonstrate, through policies and actions, a genuine commitment to a two-State solution in order to rebuild trust and create a path back to meaningful negotiations.”
2020-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/341 (2020) · source