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“If they do so, the United Nations and the international community will work with them and provide the support they need. We look forward to discussing these issues further in Istanbul.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“We also need to increase our efforts on longer- term capacity-building in the security and justice sectors as a whole to provide security and access to justice for people across Somalia. Enhanced security will be key to underpinning efforts at stabilization and the development of better governance, particularly in newly recovered areas. We are entering a critical period in Somalia. The Garoowe signatories need to decide. Do they want to play their part in bringing peace to Somalia after 21 years of war, improving the lives of thousands of Somali people and setting Somalia on the path to 8 recovery? Or do they want to let this opportunity slide and condemn their country to further years of conflict and turmoil? I urge them to make the right choice.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“We call on others to continue to contribute to the Trust Fund, and on additional donors to provide funding for long-term requirements, such as the troop stipends currently funded by the European Union. But we also need to enhance our efforts to develop Somali security capacity. AMISOM. needs effective Somali national security forces alongside whom they can fight and to whom they can eventually hand over. We welcome the AU efforts to identify the immediate needs of the national security forces. We believe that the existing provisions of the arms embargo allow sufficient flexibility to meet those needs and that there are important security benefits in maintaining the embargo.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“Secondly, while our focus is currently on the end of the transition, it is no less important that we continue to build security and stability across Somalia. Resolution 2036 (2012) paved the way for an enhanced and expanded presence of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). We welcome the efforts of the African Union (AU) and the countries of the region to put in place arrangements to implement that mandate. It is vital that those efforts continue and in particular that the rehatting of Kenyan troops take place as soon as possible. Although resolution 2036 (2012) provided enhanced support for AMISOM, there is still a requirement for additional funding to provide key force enablers and equipment. In the past year, the United Kingdom has contributed Â£16 million without caveats to the United Nations Trust Fund for AMISOM.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“Much of the discontent appears to be fuelled by suspicion and a lack of information. It is therefore vital that the process be made as transparent as possible. The United Nations and the Garoowe signatories need to make public the list of elders, the process by which they will select the national Constituent Assembly's members, and the process for dealing with contentious issues within the constitution. When ministers meet at the end of the month in Istanbul, they will assess progress on delivering the 7 end of the transition. It is for the Somali leaders, supported by United Nations Political Office for Somalia to demonstrate delivery of progress against the timelines set out in the road map and the Garoowe principles by that point.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“I welcome the letter from the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, addressing potential spoilers. I reaffirrn the United Kingdom's commitment to taking action against those who seek to spoil the process, including any attempt to fix the selection of members of the Constituent Assembly. There are increasing reports within Somalia that the public is not content with the process. I want to be clear that disagreement with the process itself is not spoiling action. Dissent is not a bad thing; it shows engagement with the process. Public debate is a key element of democracy, but it is vital that space be provided within the process for those dissenting voices to be heard and taken into account without derailing the process in its entirety.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“It is imperative that we increase the momentum, to ensure that the national Constituent Assembly is convened as soon as possible, in a way that is open and representative. The ultimate responsibility for delivering the end of the transition lies with the Somali leaders, but we, the international community, must continue to provide the necessary support. The United Kingdom is providing Â£1 million to the United Nations to support the process, as well as technical support staff. We call on others to provide support in line with the needs identified by the United Nations. We must also support the process politically, providing incentives to progress and being prepared to take action against any who seek to block or undermine the process.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“I am very grateful to you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to discuss Somalia at such an important time, to the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2012/283) and to his Special Representative Augustine Mahiga for the briefing he has just given us. We greatly appreciate the Special Representative's work and the efforts of his team and all the United Nations agencies 12-33979 active in Somalia. I would also like to thank the President of Somalia for being with us here today and for his contribution to this debate. I would like to address two key issues - the political process, and security in Somalia. First, our number-one priority now must be the political process. There are only three months to go until the end of the transition.”
2012-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6770 (2012) · source
“The United Kingdom encourages all States, where appropriate, to engage with the international nuclear security initiatives and conventions and, for those that have yet to ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency's amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, to do so. Finally, we hope that the composition of the 1540 expert group can be quickly resolved to ensure that the Committee will continue to benefit from its valuable support.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“In that context, we also welcome the initial meetings following the creation of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, generously funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Centre can provide much needed support to the CTITF's activities. As we work together in combating terrorism, we do not forget the particular challenges posed to our collective security by proliferation. We encourage States to provide updates as they make progress in implementing resolution 1540 (2004). States should recognize that action undertaken, for example, to improve the security of information relevant to weapons of mass destruction is relevant to the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Making such linkages will enable more effective reporting to the Committee.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“CTED's work with Member States to help build capacity to combat terrorism remains essential. Greater coherence between the various parts of the United Nations counter- terrorism apparatus will further reinforce our efforts. That will require CTED and Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) and all relevant United Nations agencies and offices to work together in a cooperative and mutually supportive way. That is why the United Kingdom supports the Secretary- General's announcement that he will seek to appoint a counter-terrorism coordinator. We look forward to working with all Member States, through the Security Council and the General Assembly, to make that a reality.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“The United Nations remains the cornerstone of the international community's counter-terrorism efforts. We know that terrorism can be defeated only when Member States meet their obligations under the relevant United Nations resolutions and cooperate fully to contest the terrorists' narrative and to prevent their activities. In that context, we condemn today's bomb attacks in Damascus, which have claimed over 40 lives and injured more than 300 people, most of them civilians. As the British Foreign Secretary said today, "[y]et again it is the people of Syria who are suffering as a result of the repression and violence, which must come to an end". We commend the valuable work of the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) under the leadership of Mr. Mike Smith.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Such agreements reinforce our collective endeavour to ensure that the sanctions remain effective, responsive and fair. We encourage all Member States to enter into their own agreements with the Ombudsperson. We must not be complacent about the global terrorist threat posed by Al-Qaida. We encourage the Sanctions Committee to continue its work to ensure that sanctions are implemented robustly. We welcome the effective work of the Monitoring Team to that end. The Al-Qaida sanctions remain highly relevant. They play a vital role in disrupting groups and individuals, making it more difficult for them to operate. The United Kingdom will continue to work actively to ensure that the list of those designated best represents the threat we face today.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Let me thank the Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), 1373 (2001), and 1540 (2004), Ambassadors Wittig, Puri and Sangqu, for their comprehensive briefings today and for their effective leadership of those Committees. Let me start with the Al-Qaida sanctions regime. I would like to focus on two issues here: on the role of the Ombudsperson and on the importance of robustly implementing the sanctions. The United Kingdom strongly supports the Office of the Ombudsperson. Ensuring that the Ombudsperson has access to all possible sources of information, including classified information, is crucial to the process. The United Kingdom is among those States that have concluded an arrangement with the Ombudsperson through which to share confidential information relevant to de-listing requests.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“The United Kingdom hopes that, with the adoption of resolution 2046 (2012), the Sudan and South Sudan will choose the peace, stability and prosperity that their people so desperately need and deserve. The African Union High-level Implementation Panel, supported by the Security Council, has made clear that it stands ready to help them make that choice and to make it binding for generations to come. The United Kingdom expresses its deep gratitude to the Panel for its work and looks forward to a better future for all the people of the Sudan and South Sudan.”
2012-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6764 (2012) · source
“With the full weight of its authority under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, it has created binding obligations on both the Sudan and South Sudan to cease fire and follow the path laid down by the African Union towards the restoration of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace between their two countries. The adoption of resolution 2046 (2012) also means that both the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have binding obligations to resolve the conflict in the Sudan's Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states, which has cost its people so highly in suffering and displacement. As resolution 2046 (2012) makes very clear, the Sudan, South Sudan and the SPLM-N must meet in full their obligations set out in the resolution or face the consequences of non-compliance.”
2012-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6764 (2012) · source
“First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency. You can be sure of our full support during this month. I also offer many thanks and congratulations to Ambassador Rice and the United States delegation on their successful presidency in April. In recent weeks, the Council has expressed its deep and growing alarm at the escalating conflict between the Sudan and South Sudan, including troop movements, seizure of territory, support to proxy forces and aerial bombardments - a situation that the Council has rightly characterized as a threat to international peace and security. With the adoption of resolution 2046 (2012), the Council has demonstrated its determination that the conflict must end. It has given its full support to the African Union road map of 24 April.”
2012-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6764 (2012) · source
“Dissatisfaction is normally a concomitant of ambition, so it is right that the Council will, in the presidential statement that we will adopt shortly, set out the need for an ambitious report which surveys the United Nations system and thereby provides the Council with assessments on the basis of which we can consider further steps to improve United Nations assistance to Member States in this area.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“These range from standing bodies such as the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to the country- specific panels or groups of experts that assist sanctions committees in their work. Madam President, looking at the concept note (S/2012/195) that you circulated for this debate, it is clear that there is a host of other United Nations entities and agencies that are active in this field. Better coordination of all United Nations bodies involved in the fight against illicit flows, working in partnership with the European Union and other partner organizations, can only bring benefits. A lot of good work is going on, but there is also room for review and constructive assessment.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“It is clear that the work of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security often includes the need to take measures to address illicit flows across borders. These can involve the array of restrictive measures put in place in specific country regimes, for example, arms embargoes and targeted asset freezes. But they also include more wide-ranging thematic measures aimed at addressing global threats from terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. The Council also needs to look at evolving threats and challenges such as the narcotics trade, people trafficking and transnational organized crime, as it has done in relevant situations in the past. In ensuring the implementation of any sanctions measures it has imposed, the Council has created mechanisms to facilitate and assist.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“It is about making sure that the right people are in the right place at the right time, with the right information. Living on a proud collection of islands at the north-western edge of Europe, we have long recognized that our borders cannot effectively be secured in isolation. As well as a strong visa regime, robust information technology systems and a professional border force, the United Kingdom's border controls rely heavily on collaborative working partnerships to target illicit flows - partnerships which we have developed with other countries, the European Union, the United Nations and other organizations. The United Kingdom is looking to build on those partnerships, using an intelligence-led, multidisciplinary approach to identify and target key threats and to increase our sharing of best practices.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“The international community needs to work collectively to identify and tackle those threats in a coordinated way. At the same time, it needs to ensure that through effective border management and the facilitation of legitimate flows of people and trade, the global economy is given space and encouragement to grow and develop. I believe that it is possible to balance both of those goals. Control over borders is one of the attributes of sovereignty, and it is obviously a matter for individual States to decide how best to defend their own. But there are many parallels between different systems, and we can learn from one another. Maintaining a secure border involves detection, interruption, disruption and prevention as far upstream in the process as possible.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having initiated this discussion on strengthening the capacity of the United Nations to assist Member States in securing their borders against illicit cross-border trafficking and movement. I should also like to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing, which set out what the United Nations system is doing to address these issues and the challenges which it faces. In this age of globalization, it is increasingly important to ensure that borders are managed effectively. The threats all of us face from the illicit movement of goods and people are real and are felt on both a national and a global scale. The benefits of an interconnected world and developments in technology are many, but they are also available to those who seek to cause harm.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source
“Working with the wider United Nations community and Member States, we can ensure that agreed rules and norms are enforced and commitments met so that nuclear proliferation is prevented, and the risk of nuclear terror with it, so that a world without nuclear weapons is made a reality and so that the atom is used to power development and stability, not conflict.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“We are committed to supporting the expansion of civil nuclear use while ensuring that neither safety nor security is compromised, nor nuclear proliferation tolerated. The United Kingdom looks to see the forthcoming session of the Preparatory Committee build on the success of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT, at which a cross-pillar Action Plan was agreed by consensus for the first time. We must maintain that positive momentum right through this review cycle to the 2015 Review Conference. The Council has a unique responsibility to ensure that the atom is used for peace, and not as a threat to peace and security.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“The United Kingdom is committed to achieving a fissile material cut-off treaty and to the immediate start of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Unilaterally, we have had a moratorium on the production of fissile material for weapons since 1995. The international community expects progress. Let us be clear. Progress in the Conference on Disarmament in delivering meaningful negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty will determine the Conference's continuing viability. The United Kingdom continues to work to universalize the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to strengthen the non-proliferation architecture. We want to see a universal, strengthened, safeguards system, with the IAEA comprehensive safeguards agreement and the additional protocol as the universal standard and norm for verification.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“We are also deeply concerned about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's failed satellite launch on 13 April, which is a clear violation of resolution 1874 (2009). We urge the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to suspend all missile and nuclear-related activity and to commit to re-engaging with the international community, including by returning to the Six-Party Talks. In that area, as in any other, all Member States should comply fully with their obligations under Security Council resolutions. A fissile material cut-off treaty is a critical component of achieving the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons. That treaty would put a stop to the future production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes and a limit on the amount of such material available globally.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“We are determined to work with the international community to control proliferation, to make progress on multilateral disarmament, to build trust and confidence between nuclear and non-nuclear- weapon States and to take tangible steps towards a safer and more stable world where countries with nuclear weapons ultimately are able to relinquish them. The United Kingdom wants to work with the international community to tackle effectively those nuclear programmes of concern. On Iran, the United Kingdom is committed to a peaceful negotiated solution to the nuclear issue. We welcome the most recent round of E3+3 talks, on 14 April, as a first step towards that objective. We now need agreement on urgent practical steps to build confidence that Iran does not intend to build a nuclear weapon.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“To that end, we encourage countries to engage with international nuclear security initiatives and adhere to relevant conventions and for those that have not yet done so, to ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and the United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. We also encourage all States to work with and through the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the context of civilian nuclear use. For our part, the United Kingdom Government is committed to the long-term objective of a world without nuclear weapons and has pledged to press for multilateral disarmament in line with our commitment under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing earlier this morning. We all agree that nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to global peace and security. The recent Nuclear Security Summit in the Republic of Korea reinforced political will and mobilized the technical expertise necessary to fulfil the commitments made in Washington, DC, two years earlier. In Seoul, we saw 53 countries make more than 100 new commitments to improving global nuclear security. To maintain that momentum, we need a serious discussion around standards and common rules for nuclear security.”
2012-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6753 (2012) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.40 a.m.”
2012-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6743 (2012) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Guinea-Bissau to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome Mr. Mutaboba, who is joining today's meeting via video teleconference from Bissau. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in her capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, to participate in this meeting.”
2012-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6743 (2012) · source
“I thank Mr. Dauda for his statement. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.40 a.m. 12-27246”
2012-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6739 (2012) · source
“I thank Mr. Rishchynski for his briefing. I now give the floor to the representative to His Excellency Mr. Joseph B. Dauda, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone.”
2012-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6739 (2012) · source
“Guillermo Rishchynski, Chairperson of the Sierra Leone country- specific Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission and Permanent Representative of Canada, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2012/ 160, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone. I now give the floor Mr. Von der Schulenburg.”
2012-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6739 (2012) · source
“Under rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Sierra Leone to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Joseph B. Dauda, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr.”
2012-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6739 (2012) · source
“We hope that West African heads of State will be able to prioritize activities to tackle the range of maritime security threats facing their countries. The United Kingdom strongly welcomes the leadership shown by ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States to work together on maritime security off the coast of West Africa. We also warmly welcome the industry-led initiative to create a maritime trade information-sharing centre, following the example of the Maritime Security Centre (Horn of Africa) website, which has to be proved very valuable in tackling piracy off the coast of Somalia. This is a timely and important debate, and I am grateful for Togo's leadership on this issue.”
2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source
“We therefore urge States of the region to declare their exclusive economic zones. That will afford States the authority to enforce their national laws, including those related to fishing, protecting the environment, including from the dumping of waste, and armed robbery at sea. It will also enable national control over all economic resources within the exclusive economic zones, including with regard to ocean life, mining and oil exploration. In that regard, we encourage States to continue to coordinate on maritime activity, both domestically and regionally, as well as with the United Nations Office for West Africa. It is important that action be taken now to prevent the situation from further deteriorating.”
2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source
“Earlier this month, three attacks occurred in just four days, resulting in the deaths of two seafarers. The shipping industry, too, is rightly troubled by those incidents. It is unacceptable for innocent seafarers to face the risk of violent attack and death while transiting that area. In the past year, incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea have spread along the coast and further out to sea, including some evidence of the use of mother ships. That is a regional problem, not one that is limited to the territorial waters of Nigeria and Benin. It is in the interest of all States in the region to work together in the shared goal of preventing further destabilization. States of the region could of course harness considerable benefits by creating a secure maritime domain.”
2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source
“Such activities, especially when linked to the trafficking in narcotics, people and weapons, to illegal fishing, oil bunkering and the prevention of international trade, pose a threat to regional peace and security. They also hamper economic development. It is important that such threats to maritime security be addressed in order to harness the benefits that can be delivered by a secure maritime domain. The United Kingdom welcomes Togo's leadership on this issue. The year 2011 saw a significant increase in the volume and impact of armed robbery and piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, as we have heard. The United Kingdom is extremely concerned about that increase in the number and frequency of attacks, as well as by their increasingly violent nature.”
2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for arranging and presiding over this meeting. Many thanks also to Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Mr. Abdul Fatau Musah of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mrs. Florentina Adenike Ukonga of the Gulf of Guinea Commission for their briefings. As we said in the Chamber during the debate (see S/PV.6717) on peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel held on 21 February, the United Kingdom welcomes the Security Council's focus on threats to maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. Piracy and armed robbery at sea significantly impact the security of both coastal and landlocked States in the region.”
2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source
“In the meantime, the transition from UNMIT to a new form of United Nations presence will represent an important milestone on the path of continued stability and growth in Timor-Leste. We are also grateful to President Ramos-Horta for his very tempting invitation.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“We sincerely hope that the United Nations and the Government of Timor-Leste will continue the cooperation that they enjoyed in the development of the Joint Transition Plan in order to present a clear proposal for the shape, concept and objectives of the post-UNMIT United Nations presence. We need a timely decision among the options contained in the Joint Transition Plan, drawing on the input of the relevant United Nations agencies and the international community. We need to ensure that tasks and resources are allocated and configured to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Objectives, priorities and benchmarks to measure progress must be clear, as must the criteria for success and withdrawal. Our goal should be transition to a regular United Nations country team presence as soon as is realistically possible.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“However, the development of the Plan should not lead to complacency, and we encourage UNMIT to pursue rigorous scenario analysis and contingency planning, including in advance of elections, in case conditions for drawdown are not met or there is a change in the security situation on the ground. UNMIT's withdrawal will be a key test for the United Nations in ensuring that its drawdown takes place safely and effectively, while safeguarding stability in Timor-Leste. While we hope and expect that peace and security will prevail in the coming years, we should also take this opportunity to reassure the Government of Timor-Leste that the withdrawal of UNMIT does not mean that the Security Council will turn its back on the country. This brings me to my third and final point on the post-UNMIT United Nations presence.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“We commend the development of the Joint Transition Plan by the Government of Timor-Leste and UNMIT, and hope that it can set a standard for future peacekeeping-peacebuilding transitions, and an example for others to follow, where the United Nations and a host State produce a comprehensive, detailed plan for safeguarding the future stability of a country, supported by the Security Council. It is important that this process succeed for its own sake, and also to illustrate that the United Nations and Member States can manage a process of transition without jeopardizing stability.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“We commend the conduct of political parties that have continued the calls for calm during the elections and for refraining from potentially inflammatory rhetoric. The resumption of primary policing responsibilities by the Timorese police force last year has been a success. Again we note that there has been no subsequent increase in violence in Timor-Leste as we approach the one-year anniversary of that handover. The national police can be proud of their achievements. Turning to my second point, 2012 is also an important year in Timor-Leste for United Nations peacekeeping - a year which, we hope, will set a standard for future peacekeeping-peacebuilding transitions. Last year's handover of full policing responsibility was a successful example of that in action. Peace and security have prevailed and Timor- Leste has remained stable.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“I would like to focus on three topics: first, developments in Timor-Leste; secondly, the standard that UNMIT's drawdown sets; and thirdly, the nature of the United Nations presence once the mission has left. First, this will be a pivotal year for the future of Timor-Leste and its people, who will be asked to elect a President and a new Parliament. As Timor-Leste works towards these important milestones, we are pleased to note the consolidation of peace and stability in the country, along with its encouraging economic growth and development. The holding of free, fair and accountable elections in March and June is important for the future of Timor-Leste and its democratic credentials.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“It is an honour to have you chairing this meeting, Sir. It is also a great honour for us to have heard the inspiring words of President Ramos-Horta - not only his uplifting account of Timor-Leste's extraordinary journey, but also his reminder of the Council's heavy and noble responsibility. We are sorry for his family bereavement but blessed by his decision nevertheless to keep his engagement with us. Many thanks also go to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing today, and to all the personnel of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for their continued contribution to the stabilization of Timor-Leste. Allow me to express our gratitude for all that they have achieved.”
2012-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6720 (2012) · source
“The United Kingdom supports efforts further to enhance relations between the Council and regional and subregional organizations in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.”
2012-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6702Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We regret that the hurried manner in which the text of the resolution was negotiated has left in place some potential ambiguities on those issues. I would like therefore to clarify the United Kingdom's position. In particular, the text refers in paragraph 6 to coordination between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council. In those instances where we consider coordination to be appropriate, it can occur only in the context of the primacy of the Security Council regarding the maintenance of international peace and security. Effective cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations calls for an emphasis on timely 10 communication and consultation and the avoidance of prescribed procedures that are inflexible in the face of varied and urgent challenges.”
2012-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6702Resumption1 (2012) · source