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Passy

lines on the record: 94
first: 2002-09-05
most recent: 2004-07-20
sittings or episodes: 7
sources: un-security-council

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“In conclusion, I cannot fail to mention the usefulness of the established practice of high-level meetings between the Secretary-General and the heads of regional organizations. Such meetings are an essential mechanism in terms of synchronizing agendas and rationalizing the use of resources. I would argue that the operational relationship encouraged by the United Nations could successfully include interaction with and among regional organizations. I should like once again to wish all the best to the Romanian chairmanship of the Security Council, and I should like to say how much we benefited from the Romanian chairmanship of the OSCE a few years ago. The OSCE really gained a lot from our Romanian neighbours, and I would like to thank them very much.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“We will continue to organize information- sharing and coordination meetings of country-specific, regional and thematic issues. We might consider how regional arrangements could issue early warnings to the United Nations if efforts peacefully to settle local disputes start to break down. The proven track record of the OSCE in organizing and overseeing democratic elections and training efficient and democratically accountable police forces could be put to good use in Afghanistan, an OSCE partner for cooperation. I hope that the OSCE will be in a position to respond positively, if it is so decided by the 55 OSCE member Governments, to the request of Mr. Abdul Abdullah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, to observe the upcoming elections.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“They are taking similar approaches to the resolution of the South Ossetian and Abkhazian conflicts. The OSCE actively supports the United Nations-led peace process in Abkhazia. In that regard, it might be useful to explore options for OSCE participation in the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Georgia. The Helsinki process, based on the principles of cooperative and comprehensive security, was instrumental in bridging differences in a period of confrontation. It worked in Europe, and I am confident that its lessons and practices can be applied elsewhere. More can be done on joint crisis management. In order better to analyse and cope with threats, the OSCE has proposed the creation of an ad hoc mechanism to consult with other international organizations and institutions.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The OSCE has a long record of working in close cooperation with the United Nations. The OSCE field mission in Kosovo is an integral part of the structure of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. The OSCE-trained Kosovo Police Service has close interaction with the United Nations and its agencies. The established modus operandi between the United Nations, NATO, the European Union, the OSCE and other regional organizations can serve as a model for interaction between the United Nations and the relevant organizations in other regions. It is my view that cooperation between the United Nations and the OSCE in the South Caucasus could and should be further enhanced. Both the United Nations and the OSCE have broad field experience.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“In our bitter experience, we have seen in recent years how taking hostages has become the weapon of preference of terrorists. Using such human drama, they blackmail Governments, pressure societies, manipulate public opinion and devastate innocent families. Such deplorable gambling with human life demands a coherent and unified response. I am convinced that the international community can go further than the condemnation and criminalization of hostage-taking. A discussion by the international community on a code of conduct, setting the standards that Governments should follow when they become victims of terrorist threats and attacks, is overdue. Concerted actions, with an active role for the United Nations, will send a clear warning and decisively discourage terrorists from using human lives as weapons of horror and devastation.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The OSCE is working closely with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fight against terrorism. The OSCE participating States are focused on elaborating measures to counter the threat of shoulder- fired anti-aircraft missiles to civilian aircraft; on travel documents, security, container security, the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, the destruction of excess stockpiles, and the prevention of access for terrorists to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials; and to establish a counter-terrorism network. As we become an actual border of the European Union, precisely as Romania will be, we very well recognize the significance of the enhancement of border management and security.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“The OSCE area is still a theatre of local tensions and conflicts, some unresolved for over 10 years. To respond to the new realities, the organization is in the process of transformation and adaptation. The OSCE can give substantive support to the United Nations, take the lead role in conflict prevention and post-conflict rehabilitation in its region, assist in crisis management and stabilization processes, and promote the implementation of United Nations principles, conventions and other instruments. Furthermore, agreements reached at the regional level may sometimes contain additional and complementary commitments to those undertaken at the global level. Countering the threat of terrorism is our top priority.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“With its 55 States members, extensive commitments on the spot, field activities, unique institutions and specialized units, the OSCE is a pan- European organization that is geared towards building peace and security on three continents. As a member of the Security Council in 2003 and 2002, Bulgaria consistently supported the enhancement of cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organizations, upon which we have built as Chairman of the OSCE. For the past decade, we have witnessed geopolitical changes at an unprecedented pace. That is especially true for the OSCE area. The European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have enlarged and welcomed new members. Both organizations are developing ever closer relations with Russia. The zone of stability has expanded considerably, but challenges remain.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Mr. Passy: The pleasure is all ours. At the outset, let me say how pleased I am to see Prime Minister Nastase and Foreign Minister Geoana presiding over the deliberations of the Security Council and express to them the deep appreciation of the Romanian presidency for convening this important meeting. I also thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his remarks. Allow me to pay tribute to the delegation of Mexico, which, in 2003, organized the Security Council meeting on the role of the Council and the regional organizations with respect to the new challenges to international peace and security. I am glad to be representing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) before the Security Council for a second time in less than three months.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“If the Council would permit me now, I would not like to miss this extraordinary opportunity to touch upon one very painful question, which I would like to address in my national capacity. We have six Bulgarian doctors who were caught up in Libya, in jail, almost six years ago. Only yesterday five of them were sentenced to death. Bulgaria was a co-sponsor of the Security Council resolution lifting the sanctions on Libya, and we believe that this was the right thing to do. Now I believe we will all have to help Libya to resolve this painful question, because, since those death penalties, this issue has become even more difficult for Libya than for Bulgaria. I just wanted to inform the Council that all of us will have to help in order for that humanitarian case to be resolved.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“My general conclusion is that we have to encourage them to talk to each other more. We should tell both sides that time is not everybody's ally. My impression is that there is a misunderstanding that time is everybody's ally. On the contrary, it is everybody's enemy. The more we postpone the solution to the conflict, the more painful the solution will be. I would especially like to mention here, to the Security Council, that after our visit to Azerbaijan and our talk with President Aliyev, he was kind enough to release 129 prisoners. He told me that he wanted to prove that he wanted his country to democratize. On the very next day he offered very real proof that he meant what he said. Those are my brief comments and responses to your questions.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Here there are only five countries that can veto a resolution. In my case, it is much more difficult. There are 55 countries that can exercise the veto. When I visited President Karzai of Afghanistan, and I told him those are the regulations - any single country can veto my proposal - he told me, "Oh, that is like the Loya Jirga." I responded, "Mr. President, OSCE is my Loya Jirga." If we have the encouragement, support and leadership of the Security Council, we will have a much more effective organization, because, if you can agree between yourselves here, I can promise that your agreement here will be passed in the OSCE. Finally, our Chairman mentioned Nagorny Karabakh. I visited Nagorny Karabakh and had the chance to speak to all parties to the conflict on the Azari side and the Armenian side.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“I would like to address to the members of the Security Council to focus as countries, to encourage the sides in the conflict to act appropriately. Also, I have very recent information concerning Kosovo. There is a report on the role of the media by my newly appointed representative, Mr. Haraszti. We needed such a person to do the job, and obviously he is starting to do his job. Regarding the remarks of Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere of France, I already spoke of the cooperation between the United Nations and the OSCE. I would just mention that we need more encouragement from the Security Council. Just ask us to do the job and we are ready to do the job. The OSCE is, in one respect, a much more difficult organization that the Security Council. I had experience in the Security Council during the past two years.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We talked to the Kosovo leaders, who have - or are supposed to have - some influence on their respective media. The Secretary General of NATO and I told them clearly that no one should benefit and no one will be allowed to benefit from the violence in the region. In response to Ambassador Motoc, my dear friend, colleague and neighbour from Romania - we still remember Romania's great chairmanship of the OSCE in 2001 - as far as Moldova is concerned, we are sparing no effort in encouraging the sides to work together. We are inviting the three-sided and five-sided formats, but we cannot do more than what the two sides that are directly involved are ready to do. We shall spare no effort in encouraging them.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The distance between the border of Bulgaria and the border of Kosovo is only 60 kilometers, so any turbulence in Kosovo immediately reflects at home. We hear it. That is why we reacted immediately and, after the violence in Kosovo, the Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and I agreed on a joint visit. We visited the region and we very strongly condemned all acts of violence. OSCE is working in Kosovo under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and Harri Holkeri is the person who is giving the ultimate guidance. That is why I would not restrict our attention only to media, as you have asked. That is very important, but we should not restrict ourselves only to media. We should address all forms of violence and the inspirations for violence.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Moreover, speaking of future resolutions on Iraq, I would draw the Council's attention to the possibility of inviting other regional organizations to support the building of democracy there. In particular, I mean such organizations as the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the League of Arab States or the Gulf States. We should not limit the activities of the international community only to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), OSCE, the European Union and so on. We need the organizations that involve Arab and Islamic countries also to be taken on board and involved in this very important process. In response to Ambassador Konuzin of the Russian Federation, as he certainly knows, what happens in Kosovo is of immediate concern not only to me, as Chairman-in-Office, but also to me in my national capacity.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“As to OSCE and the United Nations in Afghanistan and Iraq, this is, I would say, one the best opportunities for visionary thinking and cooperation between OSCE and the United Nations. OSCE can help a lot and bring its expertise to bear in both of those countries. We have expertise in monitoring elections; we have expertise in police training; we have expertise in building democratic institutions. All of these elements are desperately needed both in Afghanistan and Iraq and we are ready to respond to a request by the United Nations to serve, if it so wishes. That is why I would suggest that, in a future resolution on Iraq, the Security Council consider the possibility of specially mentioning a future role for OSCE, along with other international organizations. That is, of course, up to the Council to decide.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“That is the first thing that we shall have to do. The countries there have to address three specific groups of problems. The first represents the problems related to democratization. The second represents problems related to fighting terrorism. The third represents the problems related to internal tensions that they have to resolve or suppress. The leaderships of those countries do not always have the capacity to address those three groups of problems simultaneously. That is why we have to encourage them to share their experience and best practices with each other so that they can learn from each other. I think that will be one of the big challenges facing OSCE and the international community in the future. OSCE cannot do this alone, but it can stimulate.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Our main focus in past years - financially speaking, looking through the budget of OSCE - was the Balkans and not so much the Caucasus or Central Asia. I believe that the time has come when we can think of reallocating attention. Now that the situation in the Balkans has relatively calmed down, we can reallocate attention to Central Asia and the Caucasus. This is more or less the answer to Ambassador Pleuger's question on conflict prevention and what OSCE can do in that direction. With respect to early warning, what is very important in the area of Central Asia and the Caucasus is, first, to stimulate the countries into talking to each other. I have to confess that the dialogue between the countries in those two regions is broken. We need to encourage them to sit together and talk together.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Mr. Passy: I will try to respond. Thank you, Sir, for this really unique opportunity to respond to the Security Council members. First, in response to Ambassador Cunningham's question on our conception of anti-trafficking and border controls, we can learn a lot from what is being done in the Balkans. We have great experience in this area and we can apply it in the future. The most important thing for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to learn from our past experience; we really have great experience that we can apply in new areas. Of course, everything depends, as all know, on funding, but the proper allocation of financial resources might help in that direction.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The OSCE will continue to cooperate with major international players - the EU, NATO and the United Nations - with the aim of improving their ability to respond quickly and effectively in addressing major contemporary challenges. There is more room for sharing the OSCE's experience with other parts of the world, particularly in areas adjacent to our region. OSCE institutions and commitments may be inspirational to others who, like us, are searching for ways to prevent conflict, improve bilateral and regional relations and live in secure, pluralistic and lawful societies. That has been the OSCE's aim for the past 30 years. And while the world has changed since the cold war and the Helsinki Final Act, we still face threats and challenges to security between and within States.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“In that respect, I believe that Central Asia's security and Afghanistan's future are closely inter- linked. In April, after visiting all five Central Asian republics, I flew to Kabul for meetings with President Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah. The OSCE has plenty of experience to share on issues relevant to the future of a stable Afghanistan. I believe that the OSCE and the United Nations can work more closely with the States in the region to promote regional security, stability and cooperation. The OSCE is active in a wide range of areas, and we have good working relations with the United Nations. I believe that we can do even more.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“It is up to the parties themselves to find the necessary courage and to realize that they share an interest in long-term peace and stability. However, the OSCE is committed to providing further suggestions and to facilitating a substantial dialogue aimed at bringing about mutually beneficial results. The longer the conflict persists, the more complex it becomes; here, time is no one's friend. As Western and Central Europe have demonstrated, most recently by EU enlargement, regional cooperation can be a catalyst for confidence- building, good-neighbourly relations and prosperity. That is a message that I spread to my colleagues in South-Eastern Europe, and it is a point that I have raised in visits to the Caucasus and to Central Asia.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We stress the importance of restoring Georgia's territorial integrity by peaceful means as a crucial prerequisite for the country's democratization and prosperity, as well as for the stability of the southern Caucasus. We hope that the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ajara will stimulate new efforts to resolve the conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Following up on its support for democratic elections, the OSCE is committed to working with the Georgian Government to continue the process of democratic reform and to maintain the country's territorial integrity by peaceful means. After my visit to Georgia, I also visited Armenia and Azerbaijan, where - as the Council is aware - the OSCE has been working with the parties to seek a resolution of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict. As I said at the time, the OSCE cannot perform miracles.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“In South Ossetia, the OSCE works closely with the United Nations Development Programme and with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the implementation of rehabilitation and repatriation projects within the framework of an EU grant to the OSCE. Given the latest developments in Ajara, I congratulated President Saakashvili, the people of Georgia and the Government on achieving a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ajara. The Bulgarian chairmanship will continue to assist vigorously in strengthening democratic institutions in Georgia for the benefit of all citizens. I am pleased to note the constructive role played by the Russian Federation - particularly by Igor Ivanov - in settling the crisis situation.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The situation in Kosovo, the fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking, the strengthening of border control, refugee returns, education and the training of young people were high on the meeting's agenda. Particular attention was devoted to problems related to education and the media. Developments in Georgia have brought into sharper focus the relations between the United Nations and the OSCE in that country. The OSCE supports the efforts of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia to bring about a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The OSCE stands ready to help with opening the Ghali branch of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Sukhumi.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“In my meetings, I stated that the international community highly appreciated the Government's wise approach to the developments in Kosovo and its prompt reaction to the unrest in Belgrade, Nis and other places. The recent violence in Kosovo has shown once again that the international community - most notably the United Nations, NATO, the European Union (EU) and the OSCE - must act in concert so that the progress there can be maintained and can become truly sustainable. On 13 and 14 April 2004, a regular regional meeting of the heads of OSCE missions in the countries of the western Balkans was held in Sofia. The meeting was devoted to considering how to better streamline the functioning of the OSCE field presences in the countries of the western Balkans.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The Bulgarian chairmanship has no doubts - and made it clear to the parties - that the implementation of the international community's "standards before status" policy with regard to Kosovo should be strictly followed. That policy was reconfirmed during the open meeting of the Security Council held on 13 April and in the statement of the President of the Council on Kosovo issued on 30 April 2004 (S/PRST/2004/l3). The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government should honour their commitments and "ensure that acts of violence and threats are not repeated". Multi- ethnicity and reconciliation should be rebuilt throughout Kosovo in an urgent manner. On 23 March in Belgrade, I discussed with Government representatives the events in Kosovo and the situation in Serbia and Montenegro.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“In cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, among others, we are paying attention to education and its important role in building tolerance and inter- cultural understanding. The OSCE and the United Nations work well together in the field. In Kosovo, the OSCE is an integral part of the structure of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Immediately after the recent flare-up of violence, on 22 March, I and the Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, visited Pristina, thus demonstrating the determination to take the most effective measures possible in restoring order and normal life in the province. We expressed our full support for UNMIK and KFOR.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We are working with, among others, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We are also implementing an Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area. Furthermore, we intend to evaluate what more can be done to combat violent manifestations of racism, xenophobia and discrimination. Those forces are still evident across the OSCE region, and they need to be contained. Also evident is the threat of extreme nationalism and inter-ethnic conflict. Here, the High Commissioner on National Minorities continues to play a discreet and valuable role. Increasingly, his work involves projects, including some carried out in cooperation with United Nations agencies.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“With freedom comes responsibility - for example, in relation to hate speech on the Internet. Those are the types of contemporary issues that the OSCE is addressing. Tolerance, non-discrimination and integration remain key themes for the OSCE. In Berlin recently we had a high-profile conference on anti-Semitism that provided a valuable opportunity to see what concrete steps can be taken to better address that scourge in the OSCE area. I would like to thank in particular the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, for supporting the organization of that conference. Our participating States agreed to compile, share and make public reliable statistics on incidents of anti-Semitism and other hate crimes, to review their legislation and to pay more attention to education on tolerance.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We also work closely with the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme on our common Environment and Security Initiative, which is designed to assess key environmental issues relevant for security in South- Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The human dimension remains at the heart of the OSCE's activities. Recent OSCE election-monitoring operations, in Georgia and the Republic of Macedonia for example, once again demonstrate the importance of expert, objective international observers. Election monitoring and assisting OSCE States with democratization are core activities of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media is a unique watchdog who monitors media freedom in the OSCE area. Free media are vital in open societies.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“I will shortly be appointing the first special representative on combating trafficking in human beings to increase the OSCE's capacities in that important work. Last December, the Maastricht Ministerial Council adopted a new OSCE Strategy Document which provides recommendations and commitments for addressing economic and environmental threats to security and stability in the OSCE region. To implement the strategy, we are working closely with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, particularly when it comes to reviewing the implementation of commitments and the development of early warning mechanisms and indicators. In fact, an inter-secretariat task force has been created to that effect.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“At the same time, that openness is being exploited by traffickers of drugs, people and weapons. There are also issues, such as pollution, development and water management, that defy borders and that therefore require regional cooperation. The challenge is to facilitate legitimate cross-border travel and commerce, protecting human rights and promoting human contacts, while ensuring a level of security that is commensurate with the threats posed by illegal cross-border activities. Those factors are being considered in the elaboration of an OSCE border management and security strategy. Those issues will also be the topic of a conference on borders to be held with the United Nations in Vienna in September. The OSCE is paying increasing attention to fighting trafficking, particularly trafficking in human beings.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Policing is a perfect OSCE issue - bringing together security and human rights - and we can play a lead role. The rule of law needs to be enforced in a way that is proportionate and professional and that has the respect of the community. When handled badly, policing can be part of the problem. When there is effective, democratically controlled policing, societies are more stable and more integrated. We should not wait until crises deteriorate to the point where peacekeeping is required. We should do more to strengthen policing within States where necessary, with the support of the international community. Border management and security constitute another area to which the OSCE is paying greater attention. As Europe is transformed, borders are becoming more open.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The OSCE's regional work provides substantial input for the United Nations Programme of Action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Given the ever present threat from crime, policing is high on our agenda. The OSCE has quickly and effectively built up expertise in community policing, particularly in multi-ethnic societies. We have trained police in the Republic of Macedonia and in Kosovo, where recruits join the United Nations-led Kosovo Police Service. The OSCE is also implementing a police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan and is formulating programmes to assist Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in reforming police culture and operational effectiveness. In the future, more attention will also be paid to crime intelligence. We need to do more to break the link between crime and conflict.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The OSCE is working to control the spread of small arms and light weapons. Last December, we were proud to present the OSCE's Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons to Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi of Japan, representing the United Nations. Today, many more people are at risk from illegally-held small arms and light weapons than from weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are easily concealed, are portable and have often been diverted from legal possession through illegal channels. In the wrong hands, they can be used by terrorists, criminal groups and sometimes, with terrifying effect, by children caught up in civil conflict as irregular forces. Too often, such small weapons can turn disagreements into violent conflicts with devastating consequences.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We bring together the practitioners - experts in airport security, for example, or people who design and produce passports - to enable them to share experiences and best practices. This is practical work which should make it harder for terrorists to threaten civilian aircraft with portable missiles or to cross international frontiers using forged passports and identity cards. Furthermore, the OSCE is coordinating assistance on the ratification and implementation of 12 United Nations conventions and protocols on anti-terrorism. We are also trying to ensure that anti-terrorism legislation does not compromise human rights and are therefore working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to assist OSCE States in drafting national anti-terrorism legislation. That is in line with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The OSCE is looking at practical issues such as travel document security, the threat of man-portable shoulder-fired missiles to civilian aviation and improving ways of stopping the financing of terrorism. Work is being done to destroy ammunition stockpiles to eliminate the possibility of their ending up in the wrong hands. The OSCE works closely with the Council's Counter- Terrorism Committee. Indeed, in March the OSCE hosted, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the third special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee with international, regional and subregional organizations. We do not limit ourselves to worthy statements of intent.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“With its unique comprehensive approach to security - stressing human rights and economic development as well as political-military issues - the OSCE remains the primary instrument for early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation in its region. Our 18 OSCE field missions, especially in countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia, represent an invaluable on-the- ground presence which can help us deal more effectively with new threats to security. Addressing and preventing the most salient threats to security are a high priority for the Bulgarian chairmanship as it builds on the efforts of its predecessors. I would like especially to underline the role of my predecessor Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the Chairman-in-Office in 2003. Take, for example, counter-terrorism.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“I believe that the OSCE has much to be proud of in its relatively short history. The CSCE was a catalyst for ending the cold war by keeping the focus on human rights, encouraging greater openness and transparency, stressing arms control and uniting Europe. The OSCE, as the largest security organization in Europe, helped to end civil war in Tajikistan, constrained conflict in the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Georgia and defused inter-ethnic conflict in a number of States. With the United Nations, the OSCE continues to play a major role in building civil society in post-conflict Bosnia and Kosovo.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“The presence of the Chairman-in-Office in the Security Council is yet further proof of that. As members know, since 1992, the OSCE - at the time, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) - has been a regional arrangement as described in Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter. Close and expanding cooperation with the United Nations, the European Union, NATO and other regional organizations is a priority for the Bulgarian chairmanship. With its specific expertise and with the unique activities that it implements from Vancouver to Vladivostok, the OSCE is a special partner of the United Nations. The roots of our organization go back more than 30 years, to the CSCE and the Helsinki process, which meant so much to me and my generation as we struggled to win basic human rights in what were then communist countries.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Mr. Passy: It is a pleasure to be back in the Security Council. As members will recall, Bulgaria was a non- permanent Council member in 2002 and 2003. That was a busy time for my country. But there has been no pause since then, as at the time when we rotated out of the Security Council we had already assumed the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I congratulate Pakistan on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and commend Germany for its successful leadership as President in April. In my remarks today, I will focus on the role of the OSCE and what the chairmanship of the OSCE is engaged in nowadays. The low-key, soft-security nature of OSCE work rarely gains public attention, but that does not diminish its importance.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“God bless the Bulgarian people, I would like to extend my wishes you. for a happy holiday season and a happy New Year to all The meeting rose at [240 pmÂ»”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“I invite the representative of Albania to resume the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council chamber. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. I will therefore take this opportunity, in my national capacity, to express my deep satisfaction with the work of Bulgaria over the past two years on the Security Council. The Security Council has a unique role in maintaining peace and stability in the world. In 10 or 15 years, when Bulgaria will again have the chance to preside over the Security Council, I believe the world will be a better place. And who knows? Perhaps by that time Bulgaria will be a permanent member of the Security Council, I do not know. We will keep abreast of progress in the reform of the United Nations. Now, on behalf of the Bulgarian Government and delegations and to all nations of the world.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Albania. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“I thank the representative of Serbia and Montenegro for the kind words he addressed to me. I now give the floor to the representative of Italy.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Bulgaria welcomes the beginning of the review mechanism for Kosovo within the framework of the Stabilization and Association Process of the European Union. As a technical, non-political process, it will enable Kosovo to benefit from the great opportunities for cooperation offered by the European Union. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of Serbia and Montenegro.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Bulgaria expects that the Kosovo authorities will adhere strictly to the principles of a democratic, multi- ethnic, multicultural and multi-religious society and that it will cooperate actively with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) so that the return of refugees and displaced persons can improve. We should like to express our conviction that a multi-ethnic society cannot function without participation by all ethnic groups in public and political life. I should like to take this opportunity to stress the need to protect and preserve all religious monuments in Kosovo, including the Orthodox Christian monasteries, whose cultural and spiritual value cannot be measured.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“We believe that once those standards are reached, the pace has to be maintained and implementation further developed. Bearing that necessity in mind, Bulgaria has proposed including sustainable implementation of the standards as an additional criterion in the implementation plan. We are convinced that such a criterion may serve as a guarantee for the accelerated development of political and economic life in Kosovo and as an important impetus for its emerging civil society. The Bulgarian Government welcomes the start of a direct dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina focused on practical issues of mutual interest. My country is of the opinion that that dialogue should continue without further delay. We would be prepared to host in Bulgaria one of the working groups set up within the framework of that process.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source