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“The International Criminal Court was not a gracious concession or the outcome ofa rational and deep exercise in reflection by peoples and Governments. Instead, it was prompted by fear in the face of atrocities and mass crimes committed by murderous States. Terror led us to work to bring the International Criminal Court into existence. Let us speak the truth without being ashamed as human beings. The International Criminal Court was not driven by reason; it was created by terror. Therefore I say to Ms.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“The first has to do with extending the jurisdiction of the Court to cover nationals of States that are not party to the Rome Statute, and the second pertains to the assertion that the United Nations will not cover the costs of referrals. The position of my delegation is well known and I will not repeat it here. In conclusion, as I have said, this is the last time that Argentina has an opportunity to to address the matter of the International Criminal Court as a member of the Council; we may have another chance in 2030. Memory is a collective thing, while the fight against impunity is universal. I wish therefore to underscore that the Court is an institution born of a common understanding that serious crimes must not go unpunished and that justice and punishment for the guilty contribute to preventing such crimes.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“We believe that it is essential for there to be follow-up to the information that has been investigated and to the conclusions, both with regard to UNAMID and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. It would also be desirable for the Security Council to have access to the full report. Why should we not? We urge Member States to follow up on these matters, including at the Committee on Peacekeeping Operations. As with each time that the Council takes up the International Criminal Court, I would like to recall that there are two aspects with regard to referrals to the Court, including when it comes to the issue of Darfur, with which Argentina does not agree.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“The Secretary-General should also inform the Member States, who are the ones that approve the mandates. Such measures are necessary because contacts with United Nations officials, in particular high-level officials and officials on the ground, including in peacekeeping operations, could have an impact on the Court as well as undermine the credibility of the United Nations. With regard to the manner in which the information from UNAMID in the Prosecutor's nineteenth report concerning crimes committed against civilians, especially women peacekeeping staff, could have been treated, Argentina appreciates the note from Sectary- General. The conclusions summarized in his note dated 29 October are worrisome.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“It cannot ignore its referrals to the Court. I shall now turn to two matters having to do with the Secretariat. The first has to do with the Secretary- General's guidelines on non-essential contacts by staff of the Organization with persons subject to arrest by order of the International Criminal Court. Not as a State party to the Rome Statute but as a member of the Organization, Argentina, with all due respect, urges the Secretary-General to ensure strict application of the guidelines. That should include a rigorous assessment of just how such contacts are essential for compliance with United Nations mandates. Any contact found to be essential by such an assessment must be made known to the Court prior to that contact taking place. We cannot continue with this culture of suspicion: there must be reporting.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“In presidential statement S/PRST/2013/2, we the Council committed to undertake effective monitoring of referrals to the Court. We made a commitment to do so. To date, however, despite the efforts by many members of the Council, it has not been possible to reach an agreement on a mechanism to carry out such monitoring. I think it took Rene' Descartes less time to compose his Discourse on the Method than it will take us to agree on the monitoring mechanism. At the open debate on 23 October convened by my delegation (see S/PV.7285), it was once again clear that support from States Members of the United Nations for effective follow-up on referrals was overwhelming. We therefore urge once again that the Council dedicate themselves to come up with a monitoring mechanism. This organ cannot ignore its own decisions.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“It is unfortunate that other States have set aside their obligations of cooperating with the Court, including some non-parties to the Rome Statute, for combating impunity is not limited to the parties to the Rome Statute. Argentina therefore again urges all States and regional and subregional organizations to cooperate with the Court. The matter of cooperation is directly linked to the follow-up that the Council undertakes with regard to its referrals to the International Criminal Court. I am being repetitive, as is the Prosecutor of the Court. It is normal that the Prosecutor recall in her report the communications from the Court to the Council, of which there have been eight to date. It is alarming that none of these has received a response or led to action by the Council.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“But that goes not just for the Government of the Sudan. As this is our last time to address the matter of the International Criminal Court, we would like to take this opportunity to recall that States parties to the Rome Statute are compelled to cooperate with the Court. However, the Council's resolution also urges all Members of the United Nations and regional organizations to cooperate with the Court. A key aspect of cooperation is the execution of arrest warrants. Currently, the arrest warrants that have been issued by the Court since 2007 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity continue without having been executed.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“I should like to recall that it was less than a month ago that information was referred to the Security Council concerning massive violations in Thabit, North Darfur. The Government of the Sudan was called upon to meet its responsibility to allow UNAMID unrestricted access to investigate the events. We also want to encourage the Prosecutor to continue to investigate all such acts that can be deemed crimes under the Rome Statute. In particular, we thank the Office of the Prosecutor for its policy paper on sexual, sexist and gender-based crimes. There is another crucial aspect that the Prosecutor frequently underscores in the reports on Darfur. Of course, that has to do with cooperation. The Government of the Sudan, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), should cooperate with the Court and provide all the necessary assistance.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“The Council also called upon the Government of the Sudan to ensure accountability for serious crimes. Argentina again thanks the Prosecutor for her dedication to monitoring the crimes currently being committed, including different types of attacks on civilians, attacks on humanitarian and UNAMID workers and forced displacement of civilians - numbers that are difficult to comprehend - the proliferation of violence against women for the mere fact that they are women, and the sexual and gender-based violence taking place. The latter has become a key feature of almost all of the conflicts that we address in the Security Council. That is also the case in Darfur. Is this something new, or are we becoming emboldened to making visible the fact that our bodies - the bodies of women - have always been used as a weapon of war and object of contempt?”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“When it comes to the situation in Darfur, we often say that we are concerned. When we talk about Council referrals to the Court, we say that we are deeply concerned. Argentina laments the fact that human rights violations continue and that international humanitarian law is being violated in Darfur. At the beginning of this year, in resolution 2138 (2014), the Council stated that it was imperative that all parties refrained from committing further violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and human rights law. And yet we see just how necessary it is to lift the obstacles that continue to exist so that the work of the Group of Experts and the work of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) can move ahead effectively and consistently.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I will not speak today of hunger or poverty or the ineffectiveness of the Council's sanctions, nor of the need to review unilateral sanctions, nor of the obscene proliferation of weapons, nor of the silencing of traditional cultures 4 we have a hard time understanding how traditional cultures contradict the rule of law and human rights principles. I will also not speak about the women raped while fetching water, nor about children in refugee camps who only eat twice a week. Instead, I will speak speak only about the report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Argentina would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for presenting her twentieth report pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). Argentina, like all of us, has kept track: there have been 20 reports.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“That is why ensuring its implementation is the best and most sincere response we can provide to ensure peace and security in the Sahel.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“No one is against follow-up mechanisms. Everybody recognizes that they are necessary. To us they seem essential to be able to maintain the dynamic that has kept attention focused on the Sahel since 2013, and to continue making it visible within the complex reality of the region. The human rights of women, children, girls and boys cannot be guaranteed by minimal or scattered efforts. We should work through integrated action and strategic coordination to ensure that women, children, the youth - everyone, as Amartya Sen said - can live without fear, hunger or discrimination. We are confident that appropriate implementation of the integrated strategy will enable significant progress in solving the structural causes of conflict.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“However, in considering ways to achieve a more substantive and enriching discussion, Argentina considers it would be useful to be able to rely on concrete measures to assess implementation. We therefore invite the Council to consider how to ensure that the follow-up to the issue will be more effective. I recall that at the Council's most recent meeting (see S/PV.7203) we said it would be important, for example, to have detailed information of the disbursements of the $1.5 billion that was promised for new investments in the region by the World Bank Group. We also suggested, with regard to all the programmes and approaches to be presented in the reports, requiring objective data on the accounting of all funds assigned to each of the strategic goals and implemented programmes, as well as assessments of the impacts.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“We cannot just point a finger and say that countries of the region need to strengthen the rule of law and decide to move towards sustainable human development. I believe we must also look at each other, as the international community, and ask ourselves whether we might also contribute to sustainable human development in the Sahel by changing the disciplines and structure of the functioning of the global economic system, so that the economic and financial instruments might serve sustainable human development, rather than generate, again and again, injustice and inequality. Today's meeting has meaning only insofar as it supports the efforts of the countries of the region and keeps the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel on the Council's agenda.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“It is they who must address the deep structural roots of their problems and conflicts and strengthen agreements and strategies to implement programmes and policies through short-, medium- and long-term plans to resolve those structural problems and conflicts. However, Argentina very much believes in the importance of the support that the international community and the United Nations should provide, especially taking into account the challenges due to climate change and the economic and financial crisis that originated in the wealthiest countries of the world. Their effects are also impacting on the Sahel region. Secondly, I wish to stress that many of the problems are, in our opinion, consequences of structural causes that must be met with substantive information and not palliative measures.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“In our view, not only in the Sahel but in various parts of the world, ensuring security as the axis of the rule of law and development has not led to progress. We have seen the failures. Poverty cannot be eradicated on the basis of solutions from countries that have focused only on security. That approach only punishes the poor; it does not eliminate poverty. In that respect, as it is my delegation's last meeting with Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, I would like to reiterate two items of importance to my country. First, I recall that the primary responsibility for peace and security and development in the countries of the Sahel is that ofthe countries ofthe region themselves.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“It is also true that they will continue to spread if we continue with business as usual. It is not written in stone that the Sahel, more than any other region in the world, is condemned to be packed with weapons, perpetrators of violence and extremist and terrorist groups. The actions of the countries of the region and of the international community will determine whether the situation worsens or is transformed in the certain need for development. In that sense the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel is essential in reminding us that a response focused on security alone is insufficient. There must be a parallel concentration on development and a dignified life, particularly in a region - as noted many times - with one of the lowest human development indexes in the world.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“With respect to the individual issues examined on 18 November, I wish to briefly say that Argentina agrees with the conclusions of the platform regarding its concerns and condemns the many attacks on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. We therefore call on the parties to make progress in the talks in Algeria, whose work with the members of the mediation team we deeply value. We also agree with the assessment of the grave situation in Libya and the support expressed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for that country. That situation reminds us of the need to respond to the structural causes of conflicts. Absent that, the various illegal networks and the threat posed by various extremist and terrorist groups operating in the region will continue to spread.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“We support the integrated approach by which various areas - humanitarian efforts, promoting and protecting human rights, eradicating cross-border crime, fighting against and eradicating terrorism, eradication of poverty - are all addressed together. I believe that is the most concrete step we can and should take. With that in mind, Argentina endorses the congratulations addressed to the countries of the Sahel region that have clearly taken this necessity on board, as shown by the third meeting of the ministerial coordination platform for the Sahel, held last month in Bamako. We welcome the specific steps taken at the meeting to strengthen coordination, adopting the terms of reference for the platform and the thematic groups that have been established. We also welcome greater coordination among the platform and the Group of Five Sahel.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“That coherence and coordination - which the Special Envoy has defined as one of her goals - are indispensable, urgent and essential if we are to continue to maintain full attention on the Sahel region. Without such an integrated approach and coordinated action among the multiple players at various levels, it seems to us that we could risk getting lost in the individual characteristics of the various conflicts that ensnare the countries in the region. For example, the legitimate fight against terrorism is essential. The primary cause will be illuminated in the project. Humanitarian issues might be another priority area. That is why we believe that it is essential to understand that working on isolated aspects is ineffective.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): 1 would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to welcome and thank Ms. Sellassie, the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Sahel, for her briefing, which we have studied and carefully. In our view, Mr. Prodi's outline of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel, which covers security, governance, development, human rights and humanitarian issues, represented a significant step towards achieving an essential integrated approach to the Sahel. When I talk about an integrated approach, I also mean a sincere approach to the issue of the Sahel, because it is that kind of approach that makes it possible to aspire to greater effectiveness and coherence in the context of a multitude of national, regional and international programmes.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“Above all, we must listen to the African Union when former President Mbeki, who is leading the African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur, calls upon us time and time again to deepen our diplomatic efforts, and not merely our punishments.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Dialogue was not used to resolve problems among the tribal leaders; the survival of the fittest became the norm, and whoever had the most weapons was the strongest. This context of regional insecurity requires us all to be fully responsible for resolving the situation in Darfur once and for all. I reiterate, all international stakeholders must work hand in hand. Your country is attempting to do just that, Mr. President. We have to craft measures that create incentives for the people of the Sudan to seek peace. We need to make it clear to the younger generation that weapons are not the way; studies and work are the way. We also have to consider lightening the Sudan's debt burden and lifting unilateral sanctions. The Security Council should perhaps undertake other types of activities, and speak and work with the General Assembly.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Two million of them live in refugee camps. Forty-eight per cent of women are illiterate. The children represent half of the population in the camps; 700,000 children are living in a culture of conflict, if we can call it culture. What can I say? The international community needs to extirpate this logic of war entertained among the primary political stakeholders. We need to follow the worrisome humanitarian situation in Darfur very closely. We should not compete among our organizations; we should cooperate. We have to improve the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur programme because it is not working. In the past, inter-ethnic clashes between nomads and farmers were resolved through traditional justice, thanks to a consensus among the traditional chiefs, but in 2003 we saw the rise of militarization and a build-up ofweapons.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Peace in the region, particularly in light of the new conflicts in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, depends to a large degree on peace in Darfur. I should like to pay homage to the troops of the United Nations who have fallen in the line of duty. I should like to underscore that all attacks on the United Nations and its personnel are unacceptable and should be investigated. Those responsible should be brought to justice. The people of Darfur are part of the United Nations. In 1973 Darfur had 1.3 million people; now it is believed to have 7.5 million. It has grown enormously, but 52 per cent of the population of Darfur is under 16 years old, and they have never known anything but conflict. The United Nations has forecast that the population growth is expected to continue.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Ultimately, I believe that the Security Council needs to undertake, and that the people of the Sudan and its Government deserve, a full review of the way the international community is managing the situation in Darfur and addressing the peace process, and in particular of whether the sanctions, at least as currently conceived, are the ideal tool, or whether they point to the need to find a solution to this historic conflict in Darfur. It is important, we believe, for the members of the Security Council, in particular its permanent members, to reflect upon the situation in the Sudan, setting aside their differences. Darfur, given not only its geographical situation, but also its many natural resources and its people with their remarkable millennial history, deserves nothing less.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Both regimes have an impact on the resolve of countries and private donors to provide humanitarian or other types of assistance and to make investments in Sudan. During my visit to Darfur, I had the opportunity to visit one of the largest refugee camps, Zamzam, just kilometres from El Fasher, the capital of the Northern Darfur state. I met there with primary leaders of the various ethnic groups. They described the great suffering imposed by their situation, and laid out their demands for the international community. I underscore their yearning to work and to exercise their human rights to a healthy life and to education. I believe that the matter of the refugee camps - which clearly goes beyond the issue of the Sudan - requires deep reflection on the part of our entire Organization in the post-2015 period.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“A second observation is that certain difficulties remain with respect to the implementation of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council. I say that in all lucidity. Darfur is plagued by weapons, and the arms embargo imposed by the Security Council is not being implemented. A third observation is that the sanctions in place against the Sudan are having a significant impact on the well-being of the population. The sanctions imposed by the Security Council, although targeted, may have legitimized the unilateral sanctions that were already in place. This has contributed to confusion between the multilateral sanctions regime, on the one hand, and those imposed by Member States individually, on the other.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“The first observation concerns the high level of confusion that seems to prevail between the sanctions imposed by the Security Council, which consist of a targeted arms embargo on Darfur, a travel ban and the freezing ofassets for individuals and entities specifically designated in the Committee's sanctions list, and, on the other hand, the unilateral sanctions imposed by member States. Along these lines, it is important to us that the Committee undertake a pedagogical task to raise awareness and clarify the content and scope of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council, as well as their objective, which is not that ofpunishing the Sudan or its people. Rather, they are an instrument - not the only instrument and perhaps not even the most appropriate - for promoting a peaceful solution to the conflict in Darfur.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“I would recall that one of the challenges that we faced in assuming the chairmanship was that of facilitating access to the Sudan for the Group of Experts. The timely issuance of visas and entry permits for Darfur had been a recurring limitation, whereas now we can underscore that there has been an improvement in the cooperation between the Group of Experts and the Sudanese authorities. 1 should like to avail myself of this opportunity to underscore the professionalism of the experts that have made up the Panel over the past two years. I should like also to underscore the valuable cooperation provided by UNAMID under the leadership of Mr. Chambas to the Group of Exprts and the Committee. I should like to take this opportunity to express here a few ideas that are not new but that I have been formulating over the past two years.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“On 24 November, we held the first meeting since the establishment of the Committee with representatives of the Sudan and countries of the region, in order to identify shortfalls in the area of information and address the need for capacity-building in the context of the implementation of the sanctions. The most recent 90-day report of the Chair of the Committee was submitted for the first time publicly in this Chamber. We call for this to continue with respect to the submission of future reports of the Committee. All of these initiatives, as I see it, contribute to bringing about a greater culture of dialogue, allowing for the building of trust, and for this reason contribute to the effectiveness of the Committee.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“First, we undertook the Committee's first visit to Khartoum and Darfur, from 20 to 24 January 2014. We had an intensive working agenda, meeting with interlocutors from the Government of the Sudan as well as the Joint Special Representative of the the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), diplomatic representatives of States members of the Security Council in Khartoum, the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations and the United Nations country team in the Sudan, and representatives of the African Union, the European Union and the donors community.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“In the final report of December 2012, the outgoing Colombian Chair of the Committee advised a deepening of direct dialogue between the Committee and the authorities of the Sudan, in order to improve the understanding of the impact that the sanctions regime could have on the peace process in Darfur and to exchange views on remaining concerns regarding the measures imposed by the Security Council. That is a recommendation that as Chair I wish to see implemented, because the deepening of dialogue and the strengthening of trust, cooperation and transparency are goals of Argentina's foreign policy. It is for that reason that we could not overlook them in taking on the chairmanship of the Group. Much of our efforts went towards bringing about two concrete initiatives that we deemed important.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“We must base our practices and procedures on normative legitimacy, practical validity, ethical legitimacy and political need. In assuming the chairmanship of the Group, Argentina had no other ambition than that of contributing to a joint task. Lastly, I would say to the non-permanent members that will be coming on board that they can bring about transformation; they have can influence. I should like here to assure the delegation of Angola, which will succeed Argentina as Chair of the informal Working Group, of our full cooperation and best wishes for success in 2015. Now, if I may, I will address the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan and our responsibility in having chaired this group over the past two years.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“We hope that the idea will continue to gain ground that holding transparent consultations with incoming members on the chairmanship of the subsidiary organs does not mean undermining the role of the permanent members; rather, it adds to the role of elected members, given that, after all, the Security Council is an organ made up of 15 members. I conclude by expressing my conviction that to achieve reform of the working methods of the Security Council within and outside the informal Working Group, the best way is that of dialogue. It is a matter of preserving that which is legitimate and effective and of creating what is missing. We must promote harmonization and minimize opacity and arbitrary aspects, recognizing that working methods are valid when they are validated by results.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“It think that it is essential that the Security Council continue to undertake efforts in two areas: first, in naming the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies as soon as possible, so that they can begin to get a handle on the work of the organ over which they will be presiding, and so that they can work with the outgoing Chairs in this process. That would facilitate the transition. Note S/2014/393, submitted by the Argentine presidency, has the goal of contributing to such continuity. I should also like to highlight an aspect related to the democratization of the work of the Council. Note S/2012/937, adopted under the Portuguese chairmanship of the Working Group, stresses the importance of consultations with respect to the appointment of the Chairs of subsidiary bodies.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“It is possible to improve the way in which the report is prepared, including the timetable for its drafting, but I am convinced that shortening it or replacing it with the content of a webpage does not seem to be the right path to take. The report of the Security Council has value as a document in the context of accountability to the plenary body of the Organization, and also historical value. The cost of document production is not a consideration that applies in this case; the content of a web page represents not documentation but dissemination and hence cannot substitute for a Charter obligation. Lastly, allow me to refer to the importance of ensuring continuity in the work ofthe subsidiary bodies. All of those bodies are presided over by non-permanent members.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“There is a draft on the Arria Formula, submitted by the Russian Federation, and one on the report of the Security Council, submitted by Lithuania. Regarding the issue of the Arria Formula, which will be addressed by the Working Group next year, I should like to recall that even though Council members participate in this, it is not a Council activity. We are talking about a concept that was born of the need for flexibility, and because of that it can evolve constantly, as needed. Regarding the report of the Council to the General Assembly, which will also be addressed in the year ahead, I should like to touch on an issue that I stressed in my capacity as Chair of the Group. The report to the General Assembly is not a mere formality; rather, it has a specific objective: accountability, as required by Article 24(3) of the Charter.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“The Council resolved the issue in its resolutions 2160 (2014) and 2161 (2014). Further, there was an agreement to request that the Secretariat implement a new practice for the issuance of edited and concorded versions of the resolutions and presidential statements adopted by the Council. Finally, very recently we considered the issue of the production ofthe verbatim records of Council meetings so as to make clear to members - not just Council members but the wider membership - how we can all cooperate with the objective of ensuring the accuracy of the verbatim records of the Council. We hope to be able to adopt a presidential note in the next few days, before we conclude our term as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. What matters remain pending for the next Chair and for incoming members?”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“With regard to dialogue among Council members, the initiative of Pakistan is another aspect ofa reiterated call by the non-permanent members of the Council to make the work more democratic 4 and it was taken up in note S/2014/565. The Group also agreed on presidential note S/2014/739, concerning the list of speakers in the Council - an initiative of the Russian Federation seeking to clarify this issue based on Council practice. The Group also considered the issue of the translation of sanctions lists into all of the official languages of the United Nations, at the behest of the President of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, on the initiative of Argentina.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“I emphasize this because it shows the manner in which some topics that initially gave rise to resistance could become acceptable for all Council members when it was made clear that at issue was a potential matter for worthwhile action, and furthermore when there was an attempt to favour more democratic and egalitarian participation among Council members without giving rise to a revolution in the Council's methods by doing so. The co-penholdership came about in practice prior to the adoption of the note, and the more harmonious manner in which the practice was implemented facilitated its incorporation into note S/2014/268.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Note S/2013/630, presented by the chairmanship, seeks to strengthen consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Allow me to underscore one aspect on which there is a need for cooperation from the Secretariat. The Secretariat should provide the troop- and police-contributing countries with copies of the reports of the Secretary-General with enough lead time, as possible, to ensure that preparations and timely meetings are held with said countries prior to the consultations on the relevant draft resolutions. Another important note (S/2014/268) during our chairmanship had to do with penholders.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“We all know that it does not address substantive issues, but it has the important task of considering proposals and making recommendations to the Council in order, on the one hand, to improve the efficiency of this organ and, on the other, to make the work among the Security Council members more democratic and to enable the Council to respond to the need to be a more responsible and transparent body, as well as more open to dialogue and consultations with interested Member States and other bodies. During the two years of Argentina's chairmanship, the Working Group concluded the drafting of six notes by the President of the Council, with the aim of complementing note S/2010/507. Note S/2013/515, initiated by Australia, aimed at improving dialogue with Members of the United Nations that are not members of the Council and with other bodies.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank the Security Council for this opportunity afforded us to share our points of View and assessments of the work undertaken by the two subsidiary bodies that I have had the honour of presiding over during my country's mandate as a Council member. I will begin by addressing the work of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, which I have had the honour to preside over during the past two years. The Working Group was established in 1993.”
2014-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7331 (2014) · source
“It is true that the new members will find that Africa takes up a lot of our time on our agenda. Violent zones, organized poverty and conflict are all found more in Africa than anywhere else. It is true that there are very complex political situations, power struggles, new violence and old, but it is also true that Africa must stop being the object of daily unrestrained greed for profit and body-shopping.”
2014-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7325 (2014) · source
“It is like in restaurants, when the tables are full, there are always people standing in line to sit down. I see six Venezuelans waiting up there. I give them my seat. I welcome them. I welcome all the new countries that are going to be non-permanent members of the Security Council. It is indeed a challenging responsibility. I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for this final meeting as President of the Security Council and for his professionalism and his sense ofinstitutional ethics. Finally, I would like to extend to Chad my very best wishes for good luck in December, a month in which many of us, believers and non-believers alike, celebrate the desire for peace on Earth. I hope we will have a peaceful month. I would like to address a comment made by a colleague.”
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“Speaking of punitive arbitrariness, in my region and in my country, when our democracy was less democratic our penal system caused poor people, immigrants, people of African origin and young people to be thrown in prison. The jails were full of such people. We began to realize that this selective, arbitrary and punitive system did not strengthen peace or the democracy of social cohesion. Therefore, having improved these punitive systems in the very heart of our countries, I think that we have to really think sincerely and fairly about the necessary meaning of sanctions. I believe that they are necessary, but they also have to be legitimate and not just arbitrary. Mr. President, I would like to thank you and your team. I would like to welcome the new delegations.”
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“When it is raining we use umbrellas. If we use umbrellas with holes in them, we know we are going to get wet. What do I mean by that? We complain and set up sanctions and then those sanctions are not complied with, so either we change umbrellas or we face up to the storm and try not just sanctions as the only way to go, but we put on the table the various alternatives available to the Council. Argentina will certainly continue to maintain its position on our proposal for extending the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsperson to other persons and entities included in the lists of the all the sanctions committees. I am not saying that the spirit in the Council is like an umbrella without holes, but sometimes there is a feeling that sanctions are selective and random, and that there is a certain kind of punitive arbitrariness.”
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