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1. “Yet, whether in Darfur, South Sudan or Mali, the perpetrators are rarely, if ever, held accountable. What more should the Security Council or the Department of Peacekeeping Operations or the broader international community do to secure accountability? That is of course particularly challenging with regard to non- State actors and terrorist groups. Often, though, even Government forces involved in attacks against peacekeepers get away with their crimes. That is something that the Council and the entire international community have an interest in stopping. I thank briefers for their candid presentations thus far and for their responses to the questions raised.”

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2. “I would be grateful if the briefers could speak to what they think these new circumstances demand, not simply in terms of anti-improvised explosive device support of the kind we have a responsibility to provide commanders, but the fundamentals. Thirdly and finally, I have spoken about the importance of protecting civilians. I cannot put it any better than General Dos Santos Cruz or Rwandan Ambassador Gasana have. Before concluding, however, I would like to go back to where I started, and where my British colleague ended as well, which is with regard to the lives and the safety ofpeacekeepers themselves. Not only are civilians often targeted, with United Nations peacekeepers nearby, but peacekeepers themselves are increasingly targeted for attack.”

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3. “Terrorist groups have gained strength and have made targets of the men and women serving under the Force Commanders - and, in a way, under us. We therefore need to look anew at the fundamentals. Of course, commanders should bear in mind that their missions are more, not less, important in the light of the changed circumstances. We therefore do not have the option as the international community of walking away from these vital missions they are dealing with, in which there are critical threats to international peace and security. But we have to make sure that our means are tailored to the circumstances at hand.”

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4. “In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after many years of a similar approach being taken, over the past couple of years we have seen the Council and troop-contributing countries adapt to circumstances where the Mission was not performing its mandate adequately, to try to make the Mission more effective in the light of the success that armed groups had had in terrorizing civilians. We need to look at missions afresh. Sometimes we get on auto-pilot here as the Security Council and as the international community. But the Force Commanders have presented to us, and we ourselves are witness to, the fact that some of the fundamental assumptions at the heart of their missions need to be revisited, challenged and refreshed.”

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5. “Yet they are pooling troops, observers and police from different countries with different military cultures, with different training, with equipment of different quality and different ways of approaching their mandates. That presents enormous challeges. Again, over time, we need close the gaps in those differences in interpretation and capabilities. My first question is, what can be done by the Security Council, by troop-contributing countries or by the Secretariat and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to increase cohesion towards the one mission-one mandate concept, as well as towards greater shared capabilities and more even capabilities and will across missions? With regard to my second question, in the Golan and in Mali the ground has shifted under commanders' feet - I think my Rwandan colleague put it well.”

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6. “The abrupt change in the Chapter VI mission has required flexibility on the part of Lieutenant General Singha and the observers on the ground, as well as extensive work on behalf of the whole international community with troop contributors or observer contributors to maintain contributions and to make sure that the mission remains whole. That has been extremely challenging. For Generals Dos Santos Cruz, Kazura and Singha and all the Force Commanders in the Council today, the United States is fully committed to their missions' success, to the protection of civilians that they serve and to the capacity and safety of the troops that they command. In conclusion, would like to ask three questions. First, the circumstances they find themselves in are circumstances that even the most advanced, well- resourced militaries would find challenging.”

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7. “But he has waited more than a year to even get the troops promised to him, again without the equipment and trained troops tailored for the environment he now finds himself in. Lieutenant General Singha, for nearly four decades, in what was a relatively quiet observer mission in the Golan Heights, monitoring a disengagement of forces between two countries, suddenly found himself caught in the middle ofa brutal civil war, and his peacekeepers have come under direct attack by non-State armed groups. We were, like others, deeply relieved that the 45 abducted Fijian peacekeepers were released and that the surrounded Filipino peacekeepers were able to reach safety unharmed. But we know that the situation remains extremely volatile, and the threat to United Nations Disengagement Observer Force peacekeepers remains high.”

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8. “He therefore has a unique challenge, on the one hand, in maintaining the morale of his troops as they come under growing attack and, at the same time, trying to perform his mission, supporting the political process and trying to help the Malians reclaim control and to consolidate control of their territory. As the Major General said - he put it very eloquently - he is in a terrorist-fighting situation without an anti-terror mandate. He also noted the lack of equipment and training needed for the environment in which they are now operating. He has often in the past expressed, including when the Council visited Mali and we had the chance to engage with him, a desire to do more and to be more aggressive in dealing and more proactive, more along the lines of what we have heard from Lieutenant General dos Santos Cruz.”

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9. “Major General Kazura's Mission - the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali - shows, as much as any mission, the complex and multifaceted risks that peacekeepers in the field face today. With his troops being attacked, using improvised explosive devices, rockets, mines, ambushes and suicide bombers, 31 peacekeepers have been killed and at least 91 injured since the Mission deployed on 1 July 2013. The Major General is, I believe it is official, leading the most dangerous mission in the world for United Nations peacekeepers.”

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10. “Civilians are counting on peacekeepers. The OIOS report highlights that troop contingents sometimes refuse to follow orders from their commanders, and the report recommends that those incidents of indiscipline be reported to Department of Peacekeeping Operations. But there is a structural issue that we should acknowledge in the Council today. Every military person knows that command and control is essential for the performance of one's mission effectively. Yet often in peacekeeping missions there are two chains of command, one back to the capital and one within the mission to the Force Commanders. That creates tensions that often go unacknowledged, and certainly under-addressed. It is something that we need to think about as we consider peacekeeping reform, because unity of command is so essential.”

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11. “That is also why the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must proactively pursue action against the FDLR and other armed groups that continue to wreak havoc on civilians, without waiting for those groups to strike first. There remain large gaps between principle and practice, between mandates and implementation. The protection of civilians is, as the Force Commanders have stated, at the heart of a number of United Nations peacekeeping mandates. Yet, as the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) report (A/68/787) in March 2014 found, missions routinely fail to use force to protect civilians under attack. We are deeply concerned by that finding and believe that when civilians are facing imminent risk, peacekeepers have a responsibility to intervene.”

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12. “He is the embodiment of the kind of leadership that Special Representative Kobler described in the Council in August (see S/PV.7237) when he called for a shift in mindset, from of protection by presence to one of protection by action. That is something that my Rwandan colleague has also spoken to in the Council today. We wholeheartedly support his assertion that peacekeeping missions must be more responsive, not only when attacks to happen but also more proactive in efforts to protect civilians even before those attacks take place. That is why incidents like the one in Haut Uele in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this year, during which civilians were attacked just a few kilometres down the road from peacekeepers, cannot be repeated.”

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13. “Today's meeting aims to draw upon the knowledge and experience of the Force Commanders in the Chamber today to identify and learn both from best practices and from common problems. We have heard in their presentations about some of those shared challenges. Lieutenant General Dos Santos Cruz's commitment to protecting civilians is a model for twenty-first century peacekeeping missions. He has led his troops by example, personally participating in patrols and operations and even travelling to the headquarters of the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (F DLR) armed group to pressure its leaders to lay down their arms.”

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14. “Our hearts go out to the victims' families and to the loved ones of all the people who have been killed serving in peacekeeping missions. We condemn those ruthless acts in the strongest terms. It is essential that, however long it takes, we bring the perpetrators of those kinds of attacks to justice. Right now, in many missions, a sense of impunity reigns. As those attacks in Mali attest, peacekeepers in twenty-first century missions face unprecedented risks. That is because we are asking them and the Force Commanders to take on more responsibilities in more places and in more complex conflicts than at any time in history. In those circumstances we have seen great professionalism and effectiveness, and we see systemic failures to fulfil core responsibilities.”

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15. “Vice-President Biden joined President Kagame, Prime Minister Abe, Prime Minister Sharif, Prime Minister Hasina and the Secretary-General to co-host on 26 September an unprecedented summit on peacekeeping, for the simple reason of trying to secure commitments from Member States so that Force Commanders can have better trained, better equipped and more capable forces under their command. That will take time, but we need to strengthen the pool from which the Commanders draw and on which they rely. Today's meeting is well-timed. As others have noted, on Tuesday a Senegalese peacekeeper was killed by a rocket attack on a joint French-United Nations military base in Kidal, Mali. In the past week, nine Nigerian peacekeepers were killed in a brutal ambush on their convoy in the Gao region of Mali.”

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16. “They are not celebrated in the way they might be if they were acting in their own national defence, but I want them to know that certainly on behalf of the United States, and I assume everyone in the Chamber, they have our great gratitude for their service. The Council values their unique perspectives on the missions that they command, and we have sought to ensure not only this right of passage where we hear from them but also their inclusion in regular Council consultations.”

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17. “I wish to thank the Force Commanders for briefing the Security Council today and for their service in three of the world's most demanding United Nations peacekeeping missions. We would also like to recognize the efforts of the Force Commanders who are not speaking today, many of whom are in the Chamber, and the 130,000 troops, police and civilian staff under their collective command. The Force Commanders and those individuals are putting their lives on the line to protect people from countries that are not their own and to ensure our collective security in an increasingly interconnected world. They do not get parades when they return home to their home countries.”

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18. “We could not have done it alone or without the As we end our presidency, I know I speak on behalf hard work, support and positive contributions of every of the Council in wishing the delegation of Argentina delegation and the representatives ofthc Secretariat, as good luck in the month of" October. well as all ofthe relevant conference-service officers. _ The meetmg ruse at 10.15 am.”

    2014-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7273 (2014) · source

19. “I thank Ms. Amos for her briefing. Before inviting Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on this subject, I should like, as this is the last scheduled meeting of the Council for the month of September 2014, to express the sincere appreciation of the delegation of the United States to all the members of the Council, especially my colleagues the Permanent Representatives and their respective staff, and to the secretariat of the Council for all of the support that they have given to us. It has been a busy month, and one in which we rallied to consensus on several important issues within our purview.”

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20. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 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/2014/696, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014). I now give the floor to Ms. Amos.”

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21. “"The Security Council requests that the Secretary-General provide an update within 30 days on steps necessary to maintain UNDOF's ability to carry out its mandate, including options for monitoring the ceasefire and the separation of forces even under circumstances when security conditions constrain UNDOF from fully operating in the Area of Separation and the Area ofLimitation on the Bravo side, and to keep the Security Council updated on ways it can support the continuation of this vital mission." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/20l4/l9. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.30p.m.”

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22. “"The Security Council urges Member States with influence to convey strongly to non-State armed actors in this area the need to halt immediately all activities that endanger United Nations peacekeepers on the ground and impede them in the implementation of their duties as mandated by the Security Council. The Security Council recalls the obligation of all Member States to ensure that any person who participates in the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts or in supporting terrorist acts is brought to justice and notes the importance of this obligation with respect to terrorist acts directed against United Nations peacekeepers.”

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23. “The Security Council calls upon all parties to allow UNDOF to operate freely and to ensure full security of its personnel and full implementation of the 1974 agreement. "The Security Council commends UNDOF and UNTSO-Observer Group Golan peacekeepers for their bravery in facing the threats and challenges in their area of operation, and extends its appreciation to the troop-contributing countries. The Security Council notes the importance of maintaining UNDOF's force strength and self-defence resources to the level necessary to carry out its important mandate, and to retain its quick reaction and counter-IED capabilities, which have proved indispensable in the face of a changing security environment.”

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24. “"The Security Council condemns recent hostile acts against United Nations peacekeepers in UNDOF's area of operation by Security Council- designated terrorist groups and non-State armed actors and stresses that there can never be any justification for these attacks on and detention of United Nations peacekeepers. The Security Council is deeply concerned that firing in close proximity to United Nations positions and camps also significantly increases risk to United Nations personnel. To this end, the Security Council demands that all groups other than UNDOF must abandon all UNDOF positions and the Quneitra crossing point, and return the peacekeepers' vehicles, weapons and other equipment. The Security Council reiterates that UNDOF's mandate, impartiality, operations, safety and security must be respected.”

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25. “The Security Council notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in UNDOF's area of operation due to the ongoing Syrian conflict and the activities of several non-State armed actors, including the Al-Nusra Front, and the risk it poses to the disengagement agreement and to United Nations peacekeepers serving there. In this connection, the Security Council recognizes the necessity of efforts to flexibly adjust UNDOF's posture to minimize risk to United Nations personnel as UNDOF continues to implement its mandate, while emphasizing that the ultimate goal is for the peacekeepers to return to their positions in UNDOF's area of operation as soon as practicable.”

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26. “The Security Council stresses that, despite the latest security challenges and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force's (UNDOF) temporary relocation of the majority of its personnel across the Alpha line, both parties must remain committed to the terms of the disengagement agreement and scrupulously observe the ceasefire and the separation of forces. The Security Council also urges both parties to continue to offer support to UNDOF during this period of heightened security threats, and to offer UNDOF and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)-Observer Group Golan safe passage and resupply when requested. "The Security Council also reaffirms its unconditional support for UNDOF and the importance of maintaining UNDOF as a Vital contributor to peace and security in the Middle East.”

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27. “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/2014/665, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 29 May to 3 September 2014. After consultations among Council members, I have been authorized to make the following statement on their behalf: "The Security Council reaffirms the importance of maintaining the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic.”

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28. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.20p.m.”

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29. “I would now like to make a further statement in my national capacity. I have only one response to the representative from the Russian Federation. Russia is fighting in Ukraine. Russia has provided artillery and surface-to-air missiles to separatists in Ukraine. It has trained separatists on those surface-to-air missiles. It has moved troops into Ukraine. Russia has no standing to offer advice on this investigation, and it has no credibility before the Council in its professions, as its story has shifted for months. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor to make a further statement.”

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30. “I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to Dato Sri Anifah Aman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia.”

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31. “Russia and the groups it backs must create an environment that allows the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to fulfil its monitoring and verification mandate. There is one very important imperative we must remember, which brings us back as to why we convened today - truth. Two hundred and ninety-eight innocent people were killed on 17 July. The international community has identified an independent investigative body to uncover the truth about what happened to Flight MH-l7. Today we join the chorus of Member States in reiterating our full support for the Dutch Safety Board's investigation, and we reject Russia's efforts to disparage it or to hinder its progress. The next step is the pursuit of justice, and when those responsible for this horrific crime are eventually identified, they will be punished.”

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32. “This week, notwithstanding the aggression against the State by the separatists and by Russian forces, Ukraine's Parliament passed legislation granting certain districts in eastern Ukraine special status, which includes greater self-governance, economic control and Russian-language rights. Now it is Russia's turn. Russia must immediately withdraw all of its forces and equipment from Ukraine, including Crimea, and cease all forms of support and training for separatist groups. Russia and the separatists it backs must release all of their hostages and prisoners. Russia must finally close its borders to the flow of soldiers, separatists, tanks, artillery and other machinery of war. It must grant Ukraine control over its own border.”

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33. “We fully support a negotiated political solution to this crisis, as we have asserted since Russia's incitements created the conflict. We welcome reports that Russia is decreasing its troop levels in eastern Ukraine, even ifRussia continues to deny that its troops were there in the first place. We also welcome Russia's recent statements expressing support for the ceasefire. However, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the crisis in eastern Ukraine, just like the occupation and annexation of Crimea before it, was manufactured by Moscow. No country should support carving off pieces of sovereign Ukraine and handing them to the aggressors. The territorial integrity of Ukraine is non-negotiable. Ukraine has demonstrated remarkably good faith in meeting its commitments.”

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34. “Read Russia's denials that it was arming and training separatists in eastern Ukraine, and later its denials that it had deployed troops to eastern Ukraine. The Dutch Safety Board has been delegated the authority by Ukraine, in line with the International Civil Aviation Authority standards, to investigate this crash. If Russia has evidence that it believes can help identify who shot down Flight MH-17 it has a responsibility to share that information with the independent investigators. Too many lives have been lost, and this conflict has gone on for too long. It is time for Russia to bring its intervention to an end. That is why we fully support the ceasefire and agreements signed in Minsk, which aim to de-escalate the conflict that has taken approximately 3,000 lives.”

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35. “One can be convinced if one confronts the facts as they are established and proven, not as one may wish they were. It is time to allow facts, however inconvenient, to be uncovered, and it is time to stop all attempts to undermine the credibility of a thorough, impartial and independent investigation that the international community has no reason to doubt. Russia does not have the track record to play the credible investigator here. Russia has repeatedly misled the Council, its own people and the world about its support for illegal armed groups and its own military incursions into Ukraine. Just read the records of the previous 24 Security Council meetings on Russia's actions in Ukraine. Read Russia's denials that it was arming and training separatists in Crimea, and later its denials that it had deployed troops to Crimea.”

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36. “The representative of the Russian Federation today complained about the timeliness of the voice recordings being processed. Yet telephone conversations intercepted by the Ukrainian Government indicate that the commander of a pro-Russian separatist unit told local state emergency service employees that Moscow wanted to find the black boxes, and he enlisted the support of those local officials to help recover the boxes. That is not consistent with the desire to ensure the sanctity of the recordings, which today the Russian representative professes a desire to protect. The Russian representative says that the report does not contain "convincing information." In order to be convinced of facts one must acknowledge them. In order to be convinced of truth one must allow it to surface.”

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37. “Russia called for today's meeting under the pretence of being briefed on the status of the investigation. The representative of the Russian Federation today has appealed for what he calls "an objective and transparent investigation." But in its intervention today Russia made clear that its real intention is not to learn about the investigation, but to discredit it. Russia is seeking to play the role of forensic aviation investigator, but cannot do so in an impartial and objective manner. Russian-backed separatists denied access to the crash site for days after Flight MH-17 was downed. Russian- backed separatists then restricted access after initially letting outside officials in. That is not consistent with an objective and transparent investigation.”

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38. “Based on those preliminary findings one can rule out that Flight MH-l7 was brought down by a bomb on board. It was not. Russian claims that the flight was brought down by a Ukrainian fighter jet are also not supported by evidence in the report. Moreover, ground photography is consistent with the expected damage from a surface-to-air missile, but does not correspond with the damage that a short-range air-to-air missile from a smaller warhead would produce. Those facts are important because they contradict the fiction that has been propagated by Russia. The Dutch Safety Board's findings are consistent, however, with evidence gathered by a group of countries, including the United States, pointing to the fact that Flight MH-17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired from territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists.”

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39. “Ukraine and the whole international community turned to the Dutch Safety Board because we believed it was more than capable of meeting those standards. The Board's preliminary findings reflect its independence and its expertise. Those findings, submitted to the Security Council on 9 September, include the following. First, the aircraft was brought down by "a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from the outside." Secondly, there were no engine warnings, aircraft system warnings or distress messages detected. Thirdly, the damage to the aircraft is "not consistent with any known failure mode of the aircraft, its engines or systems." Fourthly, the only planes identified in the report that were in the vicinity of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-l7 were commercial aircraft.”

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40. “I shall now make a statement in my national capacity as the representative of the United States. Iwishto thankUnder-Secretary-GeneralFeltman forhis informative briefing. I also thank Ministers Timmermans, Bishop and Asselborn for being here and signalling the importance of this issue with their presence. First, on behalf of the United States, let us once again convey our condolences to the loved ones of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17. We do not presume to grasp the depth of their grief, but we mourn the lives of those they lost. We convene today for an update on the investigation into a crime that abruptly ended too many lives. The purpose of the investigation is to determine the truth about what brought down that plane. For any investigation to be credible, we all agree that it must be thorough, impartial and professional.”

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41. “I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”

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42. “I wish to warmly welcome the ministers present at today's meeting. Their participation is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, 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 now give the floor to Mr. Feltman.”

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43. “There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at12.50p.m.”

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44. “The proposed plan, announced at the recent summit in Wales, is for the new NATO mission to be conducted in full partnership with the Government of Afghanistan. In the coming months, we hope to work with the members of the Security Council to develop a draft resolution welcoming the Government of Afghanistan's decisions on that agreement. Not long ago, an election in Afghanistan would in itself have been unthinkable. Today, a six-year old girl can insist that her father take her along when he casts his vote. That should give us all hope for Afghanistan's future, and it should inspire the country's leaders to reach a political compromise, helping to insure that one day that girl can cast her own ballot. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of India.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7267 (2014) · source

45. “The United States is also committed to Afghanistan's ongoing growth, development and security, and will remain a close partner of its Government. That commitment to Afghanistan is rooted in the strategic partnership we entered into in 2012. We look forward to working with the new Government to align our development assistance with its priorities and uphold the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework. NATO allies and partner nations stand ready to continue to train, advise and assist the Afghan national security forces after 2014. Their mission will be based on the sound legal footing provided by the United States-Afghanistan bilateral security agreement and the NATO-Afghanistan status of forces agreement, which we hope will be concluded soon.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7267 (2014) · source

46. “All of that progress now hangs in the balance. Until now, the candidates have been willing to stay at the table and work towards a compromise that would avoid the kind of divisions that could undermine Afghanistan's progress towards greater stability. Both have openly expressed their commitment to putting Afghanistan's future first. Our message to them today is to persevere in that effort and forge a durable compromise. Secondly, we support UNAMA's ongoing efforts to assist the Afghan Government, from building good governance and strengthening economic development to promoting regional cooperation. UNAMA has been Afghanistan's partner since 2002 and will continue to play a role in the country's development.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7267 (2014) · source

47. “Fewer than a million students were enrolled in school in 2001, none of them girls; today, more than 8.3 million attend school, a third of them girls. Health care has improved dramatically. A decade ago 10 per cent of the Afghan people had access to basic health services; today, nearly two-thirds do. During this decade Afghanistan has seen the fastest gains in life expectancy and maternal and child health in the entire world. In 2001 there was virtually no independent Afghan media, only Taliban propaganda. Today Afghans can listen to 175 FM. radio stations, watch 75 TV channels and read hundreds of print publications. All of that progress has changed people's lives for the better. And the admirable patience of most Afghans with the democratic process, particularly through the recent recount, is a reflection of that progress as well.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7267 (2014) · source

48. “She insisted, he told the New York Times, that "[w]hen I told her she did not have a voter card, she told me she would use mine." He said that he never thought he would have the chance to bring his daughter to participate in a vote. The turnout of people like Mohammad is a measure of the progress Afghanistan has made in the last 13 years. That progress has come at a high price, as the suicide attack in Kabul earlier this week, which killed three people and wounded five more, brought into stark relief. So many people have given their lives in order to build a more democratic, secure and prosperous Afghanistan, and while there have been some setbacks, the progress is real. Afghans have seen improved access to education for all children, including girls.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7267 (2014) · source

49. “Many Afghan voters took real risks and overcame fears for their safety in order to cast their ballots. No matter who they voted for, their votes were an affirmation of Afghans" desire to shape their country's future. We commend the Afghan auditors and observers for the critically important part they have played in this process. We also commend the United Nations, particularly UNAMA and the United Nations Development Programme, for their constructive role in the electoral process. One of the Afghans who voted was Mohammad Ismail, a tyre shop owner in Kabul. In the June runoff, he brought his six-year-old daughter Nida with him to the polls.”

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50. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. I would like to thank Special Representative Kubis for his briefing today and for his ongoing leadership in challenging circumstances. We wish him all the best and are grateful to him for his service in a very difficult assignment. I would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for a statement that eloquently conveyed the stakes of the current impasse. My remarks today will centre on two issues, the election and the role of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the international community going forward. First, concerning the election, as the efforts to finalize its results proceed, we should not lose sight of the Afghan people's commitment to their democracy.”

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