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  1. “We will not forget the victims or the survivors nor will we cease to pursue the justice they so deserve. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of the Sudan.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  2. “The need for peace and justice in Darfur is important not just for the region but well beyond. The Government of the Sudan must not be allowed to conclude that it can continue to apply tactics similar to those that prompted the Council to act on Darfur to the two areas of Southern Kordofan and the Blue Nile. We must recall that when the Government of the Sudan conducts offensives, it has often been civilians who bear the heavy cost. In conclusion, to be clear, those who commit heinous acts of violence and brutality in Darfur must be held to account. Those who have flouted the law and the Council must know that justice is patient. We will not be lulled or distracted. The United States will continue to work with the Security Council and the international community to seek accountability for the crimes committed in Darfur.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  3. “While the Government of the Sudan tries to impede UNAMID's work through obstruction and delay, it also tries to impede the Court's work by ignoring its obligations under resolution 1593 (2005) - all in the name of avoiding the international scrutiny that is so needed, such as, for instance, with regard to the reports of sexual violence in Thabit, where credible investigative work into alleged mass rapes remains incomplete, stymied by the Sudan's systematic denial of access to UNAMID personnel. The stakes are simply too high for the status quo to be acceptable. The Sudan's compliance with the Security Council resolutions and the work of the Court are not just Sudanese issues. We must not forget that it was the Council that referred the situation in Darfur to the Court more than 10 years ago.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  4. “Such difficulties are compounded by a lack of full cooperation on the part of the Government of the Sudan on issues such as the timely processing of visas for UNAMID personnel, the clearance of shipments, including food and specialized military equipment belonging to troop-contributing countries destined for the mission, and freedom of movement of UNAMID personnel in fulfilment of UNAMID's mandate. We must demand that the Government of the Sudan comply with its obligations under the status of forces greement with the United Nations and the African Union. We have a along way to go when food for peacekeepers is used as a tool for leverage. Those are not distinct phenomena.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  5. “The slow pattern is deadly and steady and, at the very least, the Council should be united in demanding accountability for violence against peacekeepers, who have put themselves in harm's way in service to others. Today, in Darfur, among other tasks, the nearly 21,000 person-strong UNAMID mission has been working tirelessly to restore security conditions for the safe provision of humanitarian assistance, facilitate full humanitarian access throughout Darfur, protect civilians and promote respect for human rights. The environment in which UNAMID operates is a difficult and a dangerous one.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  6. “Let us remember that one of the cases before the Court involves attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. That very case was the subject of the most recent decision regarding the Sudan's non-compliance transmitted to the Security Council. Since 2007, when the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was established, 218 mission personnel have given their lives in fulfilment of its mandate. Too many months bring news of one or more such deaths or other casualties. Just over the past eight months, UNAMID has seen one person killed in May, one killed and four injured in September, and one killed and one injured in October.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  7. “The United States will continue to urge Governments, whether or not they are States parties to the Rome Statute, not to invite, facilitate or support travel by those who face arrest warrants for alleged crimes committed in Darfur. The fact that such individuals, including President Al-Bashir, remain at large is an affront to the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in Darfur who have suffered immeasurable losses and pain. The United States strongly believes that the Court's arrest warrants in the Darfur situation should be carried out. We welcome the Prosecutor's affirmation that her Office has not abandoned the victims of alleged Rome Statute crimes committed in Darfur. It is not just the people of Darfur who deserve justice, but also the men and women who have committed themselves to protecting the civilians.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  8. “We cannot become inured to impunity and atrocity and we cannot look away simply because what has transpired, and is transpiring, is not news. Justice demands more, and so too do the people of Darfur. In the face ofthe Sudan's continued non-cooperation, which has systematically frustrated the Court's important work, we continue to call on all States to demand that the Sudan fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court. It should not be that President Al-Bashir repeatedly travels across international borders when the Court has issued two warrants for his arrest and the victims of his alleged crimes continue to wait for justice. We should not be complacent.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  9. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States of America, and I would like to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing. The fact that the situation in Darfur today is stark is not news to anyone in the Chamber; we have been talking about it for over a decade. In 2005, the Council referred the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court in the face of brutal attacks on civilians, widespread rape and the destruction of entire villages. Ten years later, the people of Darfur continue to suffer. As the Prosecutor said, it should be and is a source of concern that the situation remains dire. But the intractability of the problem is not a reason to accept the situation as it is.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  10. “I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing and all her important work. I now give the floor to the members of the Council.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source

  11. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Sudan to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Prosecutor Bensouda.”

    2015-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7582 (2015) · source