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“I will not rehearse that legal framework, since in my view Ambassador Alotaibi gave a very good account of it, but what I do want to say is that it is right that the Council is made aware by the regional organization concerned of that organization's concerns and of the worry that this could begin to have effects throughout the region. I do not think we should ever reach a stage where the Council cannot hear from a regional organization about its concerns about what is happening in territory for which it is responsible. But more than that, I think we also need to remember that the Nicaraguan Government has expelled a United Nations agency - the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“This is the first time I am taking the floor under your presidency, Madam President, so I would like to congratulate you and your team on your assumption of the stewardship ofthe Council for September. I would also like to thank Mr. Koncke of the Organization of American States (OAS) for his informative briefing and Mr. Maradiaga for his harrowing testimony. I think the Ambassador of Kuwait very clearly set out the legal framework under the Charter of the United Nations for why we are having this debate today, and we are grateful to the United States delegation for putting it on the Council's agenda.”
2018-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8340 (2018) · source
“As we end the British presidency, I know I speak on behalf of the Security Council in wishing the delegation of the United States good luck for the month of September. The meeting rose at 3.10 pm.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“It has not been the busiest of months because it has been August. But I think we have been able to get consensus on several important issues that we deal with. Sadly, consensus on some of the most intractable foreign policy problems, notably Syria, continues to elude the Council. I am sure that is something we will want to return to. What success there has been is ascribed to all of us. Without the hard work, support and positive contributions of every delegation and representatives of the Secretariat, things could not have been achieved. Of course, I include the conference servicing officers, our good friends the interpreters, the verbatim reporters and our good friends the security staff.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“We look forward to receiving the outcomes requested on decreasing the Maritime Task Force and transitioning responsibilities to the LAF. We look forward to seeing tangible outcomes. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. Before adjourning the meeting, as this is the last scheduled meeting of the Council for the month of August, Iwould like to express the sincere appreciation of the delegation of the United Kingdom to the members of the Council, in particular my Permanent Representative colleagues and the staffoftheir Missions, as well as to the Council's secretariat for all the support they have given us - and I include the Secretary-General, the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and others.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. Like others, we were pleased to vote in favour of this text. We commend the work of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in helping to maintain calm and stability along the Blue Line. It is vital for the peace, stability and security of both Lebanon and Israel. We call on all parties to respect UNIFIL's mandate and the Blue Line. The Security Council has today reaffirmed its commitment to Lebanon's sovereignty, territorial integrity and stability, condemned all violations of the Blue Line and re-stated that it is the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), along with Lebanon's other State security agencies, that are the only legitimate defenders of Lebanon.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“In favour: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, C6te d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2433 (2018). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Israel and Lebanon to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2018/796, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by France. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2018/750, which contains the text of a letter dated 30 July 2018 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2018-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8338 (2018) · source
“I again remind everyone of the existence of presidential note S/2017/507. We return to the issue of Syria every month. That is plenty of time for people to make their points. There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite colleagues to come to the Consultations Room for informal consultations on two subjects. The meeting rose at 11.15 am.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“I would appeal to Russia to use all its persuasive powers to convince the Syrian authorities not to attack their own population and never again to use prohibited chemical weapons. I would draw the Council's attention to the fact that we have had a letter from the Syrian authorities about warning of an impending attack. I would recall for the Council that, on 10 March, the Syrian authorities wrote to the Security Council to warn of a chemical attack in eastern Ghouta, and one month later, on 10 April, such an attack took place and is attributed to the Syrian authorities. I repeat again our abhorrence of chemical weapons. And I repeat gain that the British Government will always uphold its commitment to prohibit the use of such weapons and work with our international partners to ensure that that prohibition is upheld.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“And I am happy to rebut any allegation that the British Government or British forces engage with terrorists on the ground in Syria. The only plausible explanation we have a for why these stories are being floated at the time, other than to increase the amount of fake news in the system, is as a smoke screen for a possible impending attack by the Syrian regime once again against its own people in Idlib. I repeat the statement that I, the French and the Americans made earlier about responding appropriately: we have no information about chlorine being delivered and, therefore, if the Russian Ministry does have that, the most probable explanation is that it as a pre-emptive attempt to set the agenda and the narrative for an appalling attack to come.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“There will not be a Marshall Plan for Syria; there will not be a Brussels plan for Syria. If there is any plan, it will need to be in Moscow and a Putin plan. I would now like to turn to some of the other statements made by the Russian Ambassador. The Russian Ministry of Defense today gave a briefing in which it said - and this has been echoed by members of his own Mission - that the United Kingdom and the White Helmets were involved in preparing chemical-weapons attacks against the Syrian people. I did not use the word "comical" in my press briefing. What I said was that, even by the egregious standards of Russian propaganda, this is an extraordinary allegation. It is wholly untrue. And it has been denied by the commander of the British forces in Kuwait, who is supporting the coalition. I am happy to repeat that denial now.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“I think the ongoing military operations, the lack of humanitarian access, the bombing of schools, the arbitrary arrests and the bombing of hospitals show exactly why the situation is not right for refugees to go home en masse. Mr. Ging stated that Idlib represented a scale that we have not yet seen. We are used to superlatives when it comes to Syria, and we are used to them being surpassed. He also mentioned Kofi Annan, and, like others, I think the best tribute we can offer Mr. Annan is to continue our efforts to accelerate the political process and bring peace to Syria. I do want to make a point reconstruction. As our Syrian colleague set out, and as echoed by every European Union member State and by the United States, there will be no reconstruction assistance until there is a credible and ongoing political process.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“I have three questions relating to the humanitarian situation. They centre around the fact that United Nations convoys have not had access to 6,000 internally displaced persons in Damascus and eastern Ghouta for two months, that 1 million people remain in hard-to- reach areas, where only 11 per cent of inter-agency convoys are able to conduct needs assessments and deliver aid, and that the United Nations continues not to be given the necessary security assurances so that humanitarian convoys can go through the Al-Ramtha border crossing from Jordan, which is in violation, as we have heard, of resolution 2393 (2017). I hope the Syrian representative will be able to give us an explanation in his remarks. The Russian representative referred to refugees going home.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“I think it is clear from everything we have heard today that the situation, especially in Idlib, is dire. All of the purported achievements on the list read out by the Russian representative are chimera. They will not help the people of Idlib. There are 3 million civilians at risk in Idlib, and yet the Syrian regime is escalating its military action against them. I would be grateful to know which forces have been relocated to Idlib, and I would like to say that we will hold the commanders responsible for attacks on civilians. I would also like to echo the words of the representatives of the United States and France. The United Kingdom, too, will respond appropriately if the Al-Assad regime repeats its illegal use of chemical weapons, which has already had such devastating humanitarian consequences for the Syrian population.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“Protocol requires me to thank the Russian representative for his statement. I will turn to some of his allegations in a moment. In my capacity as President, may I remind members of the Security Council and other speakers of presidential note S/2017/507 and that they should keep their remarks to a maximum of five minutes. I will now speak in my national capacity - and I will certainly do that. I would like to join other speakers in thanking John Ging and paying tribute to humanitarian workers: they work in extraordinarily difficult circumstances. I also want to reject the allegations we have just heard against the Department for Political Affairs. To the best of my knowledge, everybody in the United Nations is trying to do their best for the people of Syria and for the political process.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. John Ging, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 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/2018/777, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017) and 2401 (2018). I now give the floor to Mr. Ging.”
2018-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8332 (2018) · source
“A number of speakers today referred to the violations of human rights across the country, the link between political uncertainty and instability and the other drivers of violence, which the ongoing Ebola crisis risks exacerbating. We share those concerns and hope that they can be addressed. I call again for the New Year's Eve agreement to be implemented fully. Delays in elections and a lack of public trust only risk further violence. That will have an effect not just on the Democratic Republic of the Congo but risks destabilizing the wider region too. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“Secondly, we note that the Commission has refused logistical assistance from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to organize the elections, and we therefore urge the Commission to clarify its logistical plan or to accept MONUSCO's assistance urgently. Thirdly, inclusivity is a vital element in building trust in elections. We note with concern the lack of confidence of several opposition parties in the electoral process following the release of the provisional list of presidential candidates. Elections need to be fully inclusive and they need to see the engagement of all the Congolese people. It is clear that the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces many challenges and those have had a devastating effect upon the population.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“This about more than the timeline; it is about creating the conditions for free and fair elections. We join others in calling on the Government to implement the New Year's Eve agreement in full, and that includes the confidence-building measures, to demonstrate its credibility and potential for government. We also look to the opposition to engage constructively. The electoral process should be transparent and proactively address the concerns of Congolese civil society. I would like to make three points in that regard. First, we call on the Independent National Electoral Commission to clarify election protocols to enable effective observation and to address concerns around the electoral register and the voting machines. Many representatives today have set out those difficulties in full and we endorse their concerns.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“We very much share the concern about women's participation, which the representatives of Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea, in particular, set out so clearly after Ms. Furaha's briefing. We have noted the continuing progress on the electoral calendar, the closure of the application process for presidential candidates and the confirmation that President Kabila Kabange will not run for a third term. As others have said, that is a critical step forward, and it will help ensure that credible and inclusive elections in December lead to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's first-ever democratic and peaceful transition of power. That is an immense prize, but it is still a vulnerable one. Ambassador Haley set out forcibly how we are still four months from elections and there is a long way to go.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui, Monseigneur Utembi and Ms. Furaha for their really helpful briefings. I think the whole Council has benefited from being able to hear from them. I also thank the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo (MONUSCO) for all the work it does to try to bring peace and stability to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ijust wanted to say that I think that, at this crucial time, it is important that the Security Council receive information from key players. We are therefore, like others, disappointed that the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was unable to join this briefing.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“I thank Ms. Furaha her for her very helpful briefing. I now give the floor to those Council members who wish to make statements.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“It is counting on the support of the Independent National Electoral Commission to accredit all of those observers, who will be well trained, and to facilitate their important work, which will undoubtedly contribute to reducing tensions following the elections. CENCO is very much counting on the involvement and commitment of the international community, in particular the Southern African Development Community and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, to help the Democratic Republic of the Congo to peacefully overcome the crisis by respecting the stipulations of the New Year's Eve agreement. The President: I thank Monseigneur Utembi for his briefing. I now give the floor to Ms. Furaha.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“Fourthly, the observation of the elections by national and international organizations that have relevant experience and express their wish to participate in the electoral process on 23 December should be facilitated. That would demonstrate that we have nothing to hide throughout the electoral process. The credibility of the elections depends to a great extent on the observation of those elections by national and international groups that are interested in doing so. CENCO intends to contribute to the observation of the coming elections and hoprd to deploy 1,026 observers over the long term and 40,000 observers over the short term.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“Secondly, consensus on the use of voting machines should be sought in order to promote the holding of tripartite talks between the Independent National Electoral Commission; the Majorite' presidentielle, which is now called the Front commun pour le Congo; and the opposition, including national and international experts. Thirdly, the New Year's Eve agreement should be fulfilled, inter alia, through the implementation of the remaining de-escalation measures aimed at preventing the misinterpretation of the law and the manipulation of justice to arbitrarily exclude certain candidates from running in the elections. Non-inclusive elections would be an obstacle to the process of achieving peace in the country.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“We run the risk of such an outcome if we do not take into account the following concerns: first, the lack of clarification of the situation of the millions of people who have been registered without fingerprints; secondly, the lack of consensus concerning the use of voting machines; and thirdly, the failure to implement the important political de-escalation measures stipulated within the New Year's Eve agreement. In view of the aforementioned facts, CENCO reiterates the following recommendations to the Independent National Electoral Commission and to the Government. First, the provisional list of registered individuals should be published as soon as possible so that the Congolese people can be assured of the validity of individuals genuinely registered without fingerprints.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“CENCO commends the President of the Republic, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the political stakeholders and the people of the country as a whole for having contributed to the successful completion of that step, which facilitates peaceful dynamics at the highest level of the State. The Government is committed to financing the electoral process. CENCO encourages the Government to continue financing to the end of the process within a time frame that will guarantee the effective holding of the elections on 23 December. Nonetheless, our current joy will have been illusory and fleeting if the ongoing electoral process does not lead to the holding of credible, transparent, inclusive and peaceful elections, because ifthe elections are biased we will remain mired in crisis.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“That is why CENCO eagerly seized the opportunity to brief the members of the Security Council on developments in the electoral process under way in our country. CENCO has duly noted the significant steps taken in the electoral process, such as the filing of candidacies for the presidential and legislative elections. Overall, the candidate nominations took place in a peaceful climate and a patriotic spirit, with the exception of the nomination of Mr. Moi'se Katumbi. With regard to his nomination, we encourage the Government to respect the New Year's Eve agreement. The appointment of candidates for the presidential election by the Majorite presidentielle was another positive step.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“I thank Ms. Zerrougui for her briefing and offer of support from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I now give the floor to Monseigneur Utembi. Monseigneur Utembi (spoke in French): The Conference e'piscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO) sincerely thanks you, Madam President, for having invited it to brief Council members on developments in the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This demonstrates the confidence of the Security Council in the Conference e'piscopale nationale du Congo. CENCO welcomed the invitation to participate in today's meeting, which is very important to the country in its quest for a peaceful solution to the sociopolitical crisis that began in 2016.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“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/2018/762, which contains a letter dated 7 August 2018 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. I would like to remind our briefers that while we are delighted to hear from them today, we would be very grateful ifthey could keep to the given time limits. I now give the floor to Ms. Zerrougui.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Monseigneur Marcel Utembi, President of the Conference episcopale nationale du Congo; and Ms. Solange Lwashiga Furaha, spokesperson for Rien Sans Les Femmes. Ms. Zerrougui and Ms. Furaha join today's meeting via video-teleconference from Kinshasa and Monseigneur Utembi joins it via video-teleconference from Kisangani.”
2018-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8331 (2018) · source
“I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing. 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 10.15 61.111.”
2018-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8329 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Ms. DiCarlo.”
2018-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8329 (2018) · source
“I again thank our three briefers very much. It was extremely useful to hear about progress on the women and peace and security agenda in Iraq. Iraq is something of a regional leader in this, but obviously there are many challenges. We thank the International Committee of the Red Cross for all the important work it is doing with respect to missing persons. I also extend a huge thank you to the Special Representative and his team in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq for all their efforts in helping to stabilize Iraq still further. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at I] am.”
2018-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8324 (2018) · source
“I thank Ms. Maroof for her very helpful briefing. I now give the floor to those Council members who wish to make statements.”
2018-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8324 (2018) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2018/677, which contains the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 2367 (2017), as well as to document S/2018/683, which contains the nineteenth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 2107 (2013). I now give the floor to Mr. Kubis.”
2018-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8324 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Iraq to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head ofthe United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq; Mr. Philip Spoerri, Head ofthe International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation to the United Nations; and Ms. Suzan Araf Maroof, Women Empowerment Organization in Iraq. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2018-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8324 (2018) · source
“I think that we all feel that it is now time to take this to the next stage. There was unconditional support for the efforts of the Special Envoy and a real hope that the 6 September talks in Geneva can start a truly viable process. The Special Envoy can count on all members of the Council to unify around his efforts and to build momentum for what he has started I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I now give the floor to the representative of Yemen.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“There was very strong reassurance from members of the Council that it was important to uphold international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. I think that that was absolutely unequivocal from the Council. Obviously, the United Kingdom joins that stance. There was also very strong condemnation of the attacks by the Houthis on the Saudi oil tanker and the other attacks in the Red Sea and concern about the arms shipments that are coming through the Red Sea. I believe that we all look forward to the forthcoming report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen. There has been a call from the Council to the Houthis to come and work with the Special Envoy and to implement the Security Council resolutions, even as we recognize the commitment to halting attacks in the Red Sea.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“I will now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom. First of all, I thank Mr. Ging for his briefing. He has heard the words of appreciation today from Council members to him and his team for all that they do, and I would like to add the United Kingdom's voice to those. We will continue to disburse more than $200 million to the people of Yemen to support his efforts. I would also like to thank the Special Envoy for his tremendous efforts and for those of his team. I hope that the strong unity that he has heard from the Security Council today can be a real spur to efforts in taking the matter forward. I think that it has been very good that we have all been able to express concern about the reports we heard today of the attack on the hospital and on the fish market.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. John Ging, Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The Security Councilwill now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Griffiths.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Security Council, to His Excellency Mr. Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Council for the month of July. I think it was an outstanding presidency by our Swedish colleagues and I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing our deep appreciation to Ambassador Skoog and all of the Swedish team for the great diplomatic skill, imagination and flair with which they conducted the Council's business last month. I thank them very much. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in the Middle East The President: In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Yemen to participate in this meeting.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“We support the efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and other regional organizations to that end, and we urge all leaders in South Sudan to work with them to advance the peace process.”
2018-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8310 (2018) · source
“Both targets are military officials, and there is decisive evidence of responsibility on their part for human rights abuses. It would be a very sad commentary on the prospects for peace if those two measures designed to help the people of South Sudan were allowed to get in the way of and complicate the peace process. One cannot and does not advance peace by ignoring atrocities, and in my experience, if people are looking for a reason to abandon a peace process, they will find one, regardless of whether the Council takes action to protect the people of that country or not. I would like to make it very clear that we expect the peace process to continue.”
2018-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8310 (2018) · source
“I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming our new colleague from Cote d'Ivoire. We look forward to working with him and would like to thank Ambassador Alcide Djedje for his excellent cooperation in the interim. We voted in favour of resolution 2428 (2018), but listening to some of the explanations of vote around the Chamber today, an outside observer could have been forgiven for thinking that the resolution was about the peace process. It is not. It is a resolution designed to protect the people of South Sudan. It imposes a long-needed arms embargo that will limit the flow of weapons that fuel the conflict in South Sudan, as well as further targeted sanctions on two individuals whose acts have expanded and extended the conflict and caused immeasurable suffering to the people of South Sudan.”
2018-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8310 (2018) · source
“Together with the Chinese, we will develop a framework to monitor climate-related risks continuously, which we hope to launch later this year. Therefore, there is a great deal of good work being done. We can all support each other and ensure that we build on our progress, rather than duplicate it. I will conclude by saying that we have always known, in particular in the United Nations, about the interdependence between security, development, stability and other issues, such as human rights. That in itself is not a new concept; indeed, the Charter of the United Nations alludes to it. It is true to say that it is now all intensifying as the world become increasingly complex. Above all, it is exemplified by climate change, which was given a very moving voice by Ms. Ibrahim's testimony.”
2018-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8307 (2018) · source
“Ahead of the Secretary-General's 2019 climate summit, we will be collaborating with a range of actors, including Governments, aid agencies, regional bodies and the United Nations, to launch actions we hope will be genuinely transformational in order to build climate resilience. As i said, Madam President, we completely agree with you that we need an improved understanding of climate-related risks. We ourselves have been working on climate-risk assessment and were among the first countries to conduct a national climate-change risk assessment. We will support other countries in conducting their assessments. We have worked very closely with experts in China, India and the United States to look at complex systemic risks, including how climate change interacts with security.”
2018-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8307 (2018) · source
“We have pledged $7.7 billion in international climate financing to help alleviate the problem. The actions and solutions we agree on in the Security Council must take into account all the risks we face today and how they might interact, so as to address potential risks in the future. IfI may say so, I believe that the Council has been quite good about reflecting those points in recent resolutions, in particular those on Lake Chad, Somalia and the Sahel. Our task is to effectively implement those resolutions. For our part in the United Kingdom, we have committed to championing a sharper focus on building resilience to climate change.”
2018-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8307 (2018) · source