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2010-03-19
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2010-03-19
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  1. “In conclusion, South Africa welcomes today's open debate as a further opportunity for the Council and the broader United Nations membership to develop and refine our common understanding of such issues in order to contribute concretely to the attainment of peace and security in the heart of Africa.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  2. “Guided by our commitment to the peaceful resolution of conflicts, we support arms embargoes that contribute to lasting peace and stability, in this case also as it pertains to the Central African region. Our involvement in peacekeeping operations led us to recognize the value of effective DDR activities as a vital element that contributes to the success of entire peace processes. The mandates of peacekeeping operations, handed down through Security Council resolutions, need to be backed up with the system-wide resources of the United Nations so as to ensure that such mandates are sufficiently sustainable and effectively carried out.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  3. “The Programme of Action represents a hard- won agreement by the international community, and its full implementation in all its aspects should remain central to all our national, subregional, regional and international efforts. With reference to the issues addressed today, we wish to underline the importance of the General Assembly as the custodian of the Programme of Action to further explore ways to advance the synergies between the Programme's provisions on cooperation, capacity-building and assistance, on the one hand, and regional and subregional initiatives, on the other hand. The issue of small arms and light weapons has a particular bearing on two aspects of the Security Council's mandate, namely, arms embargoes, and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) efforts.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  4. “In that regard, we may add that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopted the Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials in the Southern African Development Community Region in August 2001 as a comprehensive legally binding agreement aimed at preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, as well as at promoting greater cooperation amongst SADC member States, inter alia by enhancing and harmonizing national controls. The United Nations Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons remains the central global instrument to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  5. “It also remains vitally important that each of the relevant United Nations organs afford the issue priority attention, based on their respective mandates and in cooperation with one another. It is equally important for the international community, particularly the United Nations family, to render effective support to the home-grown solutions of regions and subregions, such as the Central African initiative. Legally binding agreements adopted at the subregional level represent concrete building blocks in the fight against the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons at the broader regional and global levels.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  6. “South Africa therefore congratulates the delegation of Gabon for taking up this important issue during its presidency of Security Council in order to, inter alia, promote international support for the efforts of the Central African countries to address a specific dynamic of this issue, namely, the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons in their region. The issue of small arms and light weapons is complex and has a direct bearing on a number of other important policy areas, such as sustainable development, human rights, poverty and underdevelopment. It is, therefore, clear that that scourge requires attention at the national, subregional, regional and international levels in order for it to be effectively addressed.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source

  7. “The Security Council has been considering the issue of small arms and light weapons during regular open debates since 1999, informed by the recognition that the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of small arms and light weapons has a direct bearing on the Security Council's mandate. Small arms and light weapons have the potential to increase the intensity and the duration of armed conflicts, undermine the sustainability of peace agreements, impede the success of peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction, frustrate efforts aimed at the prevention of armed conflict, and hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance.”

    2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288Resumption1 (2010) · source