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Osmani

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2023-02-24
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2023-10-23
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  1. “In this regard, earlier this year I visited the Republic of Moldova, as the situation with the Transnistria settlement process needs further OSCE attention. As Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, I have offered my readiness to support ideas that can have a positive impact on the process. A brief assessment from my recent visits to the South Caucasus, another area of protracted conflict, is that the overall situation needs support for the initiatives that facilitate dialogue towards lasting peace and leading to the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. As Chair, we aim for the peaceful, comprehensive and sustainable settlement of the disagreements that afflict and concern Azerbaijanis and Armenians.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  2. “Immense damage has already been done, and every additional day of aggression prolongs the human suffering. I witnessed people’s hardship first-hand in Borodyanka, near Kyiv, on my first trip abroad in my capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. I visited a nearby camp housing the war-affected and displaced population, most of them innocent civilians, elderly people or children. I have heard their distressing stories and experiences. They do not deserve this destiny and need to be freed from the fear of war. Moreover, they deserve justice. Accountability today is a moral imperative, as it is the most effective means to avoid this happening again in any other place. In our programme for the 2023 OSCE chairpersonship, the protracted conflicts and the work of the OSCE field operations are another area of high priority.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  3. “It has never been more important to put the well-being of the people at the forefront. We cannot ignore the cries for justice, freedom and dignity. We cannot turn a blind eye to human suffering or deny basic human rights. Collective action is needed now. The OSCE has been confronting a number of challenges over recent years that have come to a head in the current full-scale Russian aggression. This aggression erodes the foundations of the organization by violating the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act. The Russian Federation blatantly violated fundamental principles of international law agreed upon by all. As I started my address with a call for immediate action for peace, I take this opportunity to urge Russia once again to end this war and withdraw its troops from the sovereign territory of Ukraine.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  4. “North Macedonia assumed the chairpersonship of the OSCE as of 1 January this year, in the most difficult and challenging times. As Council members know, our motto is “It’s about people”. Allow me to say a couple of words about why we have chosen this approach. Politics is not about winning or losing. It is about the people we represent: their lives, their hopes and their dreams. As leaders, we have a solemn responsibility to serve them, to protect them and to ensure that their voices are heard. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, and the people are paying the price. It is time for us to step up and take decisive action. We cannot afford to wait any longer while the suffering of the people continues. It has never been less about ideology, geopolitics or personal gain.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  5. “Both the United Nations and the OSCE should stand together and resolutely work on ways to promote and safeguard peace, because no organization can do it alone. Only through collaboration and mutual support can we create a world that is safe, secure and prosperous for all. As OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, I call upon the synergy between the United Nations and the OSCE for achieving peace for our generation and those to come. As security challenges continue to evolve, the nature of OSCE cooperation with the United Nations must evolve as well. We must become more pragmatic and action oriented. In the 30 years that have elapsed, the United Nations and the OSCE have built a significant relationship and coordinated very closely in operational terms. We need to tighten those relations even more now.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  6. “This Organization, the United Nations, was created to save future generations from the scourge of war. The OSCE is aimed at reinforcing stability and cooperation by enhancing trust and meaningful dialogue from Vancouver to Vladivostok. The question that appears relevant is: where do we stand now? Have we lived up to the principles and values to which we have committed? Stability has been shattered, confidence is lost, and cooperation hardly exists. Dialogue, if there is still any, is becoming more and more poisoned. Thirty years ago, former United Nations Secretary- General Boutros-Ghali offered his vision for the absence of war, but above all, the existence of durable peace. I was pleased to learn that the New Agenda for Peace of Secretary-General Guterres was discussed here yesterday (see S/PV.9315).”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  7. “Mr. Osmani: At the outset, I would like to congratulate Switzerland on its first presidency of the Security Council, at a time when we face dramatic situations across the world. I take this opportunity to wish you, Mr. President, success during your presidency. Additionally, I would like to extend my gratitude for the invitation to brief the members of the Security Council about the political vision, priorities and undertakings of the 2023 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) chairpersonship of North Macedonia. My address as a OSCE Chairperson-in-Office will be a call for action, a call for an immediate quest for peace. A terrible war rages in our back yard, in Europe and in the OSCE area. The possible consequences of that war are grave enough to endanger peace and stability globally.”

    2023-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9316 (2023) · source

  8. “In conclusion, in the coming period, it will be particularly important to curtail any political process that can undermine accountability for the gross violations committed. We must do our utmost to ensure access to justice for the victims of human rights violations in this senseless aggression by the Russian Federation. Our motto for North Macedonia’s OSCE chairpersonship is that it is about the people. We owe it to them to restore peace immediately. We call on the Russian Federation to stop the war. We reiterate our demand for the immediate cessation of the military aggression against Ukraine, as well as the full and immediate withdrawal of Russia’s forces and military equipment from Ukraine’s territory. We have to restore peace, and accountability must prevail.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  9. “We fully support the investigation launched by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court aimed at looking into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Ukraine. Previously, we also welcomed the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures ordering Russia to immediately suspend military operations. Making full use and ensuring the sustainable funding of the existing human rights mechanisms is also crucial in support of the accountability processes. North Macedonia believes that we should make better use of the work done and information gathered by the special procedures of the Human Rights Council in order to investigate violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes in the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  10. “The magnitude of sexual abuse and violence committed against women and girls is also of grave concern. The perpetrators of those crimes and violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law must be held accountable and brought to justice. In my capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE for 2023, on many occasions I already underscored, and here today I would like to once again put emphasis on, the OSCE Moscow Mechanism as an important source invoked with the aim of establishing the facts and circumstances of possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity in order to present them to the relevant accountability mechanisms, as well as international courts. The second report, issued recently, affirms what I just said.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  11. “Both in my national capacity and, later on, in my capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2023, I had the opportunity to visit Ukraine and places that had been affected by the war and attacks carried out by the military forces of the Russian Federation. I saw first hand the human suffering, destruction and other consequences of this senseless war of aggression. Mass indiscriminate strikes on civilian sites persist. People continue to die and suffer. Russia has continued to conduct strikes in urban areas, leaving civilians and cities without access to basic human needs. The findings and investigations so far in the various cities attacked in Ukraine lead to the conclusion that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  12. “I am grateful to the Maltese presidency for the opportunity to address the Security Council today as we mark one year since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine. The unprovoked and brutal war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law, all principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and, above all, the values of humankind. At the outset, let me reaffirm our support for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source