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first: 2014-10-24
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“The same crimes that the commission of inquiry uncovered and the Security Council denounced - involving the widespread killing of civilians, torture, kidnapping, forced disappearances, rape, pillaging, forced displacement and destruction of villages - have been committed and continue to be committed by Government forces, rebel groups and Government-aligned militia. Indeed, the Rapid Support Forces that are now active in Darfur employ the same tactics as the Janj aweed and are, as the Prosecutor notes, funded, trained, equipped and administered by the Government of the Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services and commanded by the Government of the Sudan's Armed Forces during military operations.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“In the decade that has passed since it Security Council first addressed Darfur, the international community has made enormous strides to bring those responsible for atrocity crimes to justice in other parts of the world. From Charles Taylor in Liberia, to the most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime and to Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, the world has shown that it will combat impunity for atrocities perpetrated against civilians, yet the progress that has occurred elsewhere in the world has cruelly bypassed Darfur.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her sober briefing and for the thorough report on the situation in Darfur. This year marks a truly sad milestone. It has been 10 years since the Security Council first condemned reports of large-scale attacks on civilians, sexual violence and force displacement in Darfur, and urged the Government to seek a peaceful political resolution to the conflict and bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice. When the Sudanese Government failed to do that, the Council took the historic step of referring the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in March 2005. The ICC has sought to bring justice to the victims of Darfur, and we continue to believe that it is essential to pursue accountability for those most responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity there.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“We anticipate strong results from her work over the coming year and look forward to our continued cooperation towards achieving peace, stability and prosperity in the region.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“The transitional Government of Burkina Faso must pay particular care to ensure that effective preparation is conducted for the previously scheduled national elections in November 2015. No matter how much humanitarian assistance is provided, without important governance, rule-of-law and democratic reforms, no amount of international support will lead to the concrete positive gains that the peoples of the region desire, we all seek and the region requires. We welcome Special Envoy Sellassie's efforts to continue to encourage the region's leaders to undertake the kind of difficult institutional reforms needed for lasting peace. I again thank her for leading the implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“We applaud the efforts of the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Robert Piper, to integrate humanitarian and development efforts throughout the region, including through coordinated support to refugees, internally displaced persons and affected host communities. For those bilateral and multilateral programmes to be truly successful, the Governments in the region must also redouble their efforts to make institutional and governance reforms - a critical pillar of the United Nations Sahel strategy. As we saw in Burkina Faso recently, when political leaders turn their focus away from their commitment to constitutionally mandated processes, such as democratic elections, then the Government loses its legitimacy and the trust of its people. It becomes less stable, not more so.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“Across the Sahel, the United States provides assistance to build the capacity of military, law enforcement and civilian and civilian actors through the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership and other initiatives. We also remain committed to continuing our long- standing efforts to address the serious humanitarian and development challenges in the region. The United States has provided over $275 million in 2014 for humanitarian aid to the region. In a region where, as the Special Envoy has told us, some 20 million are food- insecure and some 6.5 million children are at risk of moderate or severe malnutrition, we have focused the largest proportion of that funding on the humanitarian sectors most in need: agriculture and food security, nutrition and economic recovery.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“President Obama, recognizing the danger posed to the region and beyond by this nexus of failing institutions, insecurity, humanitarian challenges and poverty, announced the Security Governance Initiative in August, through which the United States has committed $65 million for the first year to developing the security sector institutional capacity in six partner countries, five of which are either part of the United Nations Sahel initiative or its immediate neighbours. The Initiative will provide tailored support to national capacity- building and security-sector governance, including through access to justice, countering transnational threats and contributing to regional and international security and stability.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“The high-level engagement of these officials with senior Government and the particularly close relationships that they have developed with the leaders of African Union Commission, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the European Union have clearly increased coordination. Deconflicting overlapping or redundant initiatives should remain central to their efforts. If that is to be successful, it is also important that the Sahel States take strong ownership of this engagement, and cross-pollination is emphasized not just at the senior political levels, but at the working level as well. For our part, the United States is fully committed to supporting regional counter-terrorism efforts and to the wider promotion of stability across the Sahel region.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“We welcome the important work that has been done so far to integrate national strategies within the region, but our primary focus should not be so much on process as on outcomes - that is, what are the concrete efforts to combat violence and terrorism that work best in the Sahel region, and what can we, as the international community, do to support them? A comprehensive and coordinated strategy is important, no doubt, but the measure of our success must be real solutions that impact real people's lives - solutions that address security, humanitarian, human rights and governance problems. The United Nations - including through the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, as well as the Special Representatives for West and Central Africa - is an integral part of those efforts.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“At the initiative of the region, the Group of Five Sahel is working to enhance security and development cooperation through such funding initiatives as the Priority Investment Programme, which aims at pairing donor institutions with Sahel Governments, infrastructure projects and the establishment of a Group of Five Sahel secretariat. Furthermore, the 7 October Lake Chad Basin Commission summit in Niamey underscored the commitment of the regional Governments to improving coordination to address the threat of Boko Haram to the subregion. But there will be much to do over the next year.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“We commend the Sahel States for their efforts to address these intertwined challenges, including their commitment to disrupting extremist networks, such as their sustained efforts in Mali that began with Operation Serval and the African-led International Support Mission in Mali and continue today with their contributions to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. The international community must work towards reinforcing the region's capacity and commitment to addressing all of these threats, both to their individual countries and across the region, in a manner that continues to protect and respect human rights and the rule of law. We have already seen the benefits of the region enhancing its own coordination and cooperation to address transnational security challenges.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“But there are other challenges as well: enduringly weak institutions and flagging governance reforms, as we witnessed recently in Burkina Faso; cyclical environmental shocks that have contributed to a situation in which 20 million people experience food insecurity; refugees and internally displaced persons who need basic assistance in Mali; vast and sometimes ungoverned spaces; fragile economies and poverty. These factors all contribute to unnecessary suffering and create the conditions under which terrorists and transnational organized criminal organizations thrive. These challenges are neither unique to distinct States nor new, and the threats they pose unfortunately do not end at national borders.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“I thank Special Envoy Sellassie for her briefing today and for her important work. We appreciate her close work with the countries and people of the Sahel region and with international partners towards achieving sustainable security and prosperity for the people of the Sahel. The States of the Sahel region face many complex threats to peace and security. Among the most visible and pressing of these is threat from violent extremism posed by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram and other terrorist groups.”
2014-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7335 (2014) · source
“They have made immeasurable contributions to ensuring accountability, advancing peace and reconciliation, truth and justice. They stand as powerful lessons to those perpetrating mass atrocities today. The world cannot, and we will not, forget.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“As the Ambassador of Rwanda noted, in Kagali in July, the United States Department of State announced an international fugitives initiative with the Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism, the Prosecutor General of Rwanda and INTERPOL to disseminate information to the public and renewed calls for international cooperation in tracking and arresting the nine remaining fugitives. The United States continues to offer up to $5 million in rewards for information leading to their arrest, whether they will be prosecuted in the Mechanism or in Rwandan courts. The demand for justice and accountability by victims and survivors of mass atrocities around the world has never been stronger or louder or more important. These two institutions have brought to justice some of the worse mass murderers and criminals in the history of the world.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“We are pleased to hear that the branches of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in Arusha and The Hague continue to take over most prosecution and judicial responsibilities. However, the United States is deeply concerned that nine ICTR fugitives remain at large, including three leaders alleged to have had key roles in the Rwandan genocide: Augustin Bizimana, Felicien Kabuga and Protais Mpiranya. These men have evaded justice, but they have not escaped our continued attention and our steadfast determination to see each of them face justice for the horrific crimes of which they have been accused. We will not and we cannot forget them, and we will never forget their victims. They and six other fugitives indicted by the Tribunal must be brought to justice.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“Unfortunately, Seselj's conduct following provisional release by the court on humanitarian grounds on 6 November has unearthed some of the painful divisions of the past. The United States condemns his hostile public rhetoric since his release - rhetoric that promotes a backwards- looking agenda and poses a challenge to regional reconciliation. We urge all Governments and leaders in the region to continue working towards reconciliation, to avoid inflammatory statements and, importantly, to ensure continued cooperation with the Court. We strongly urge all parties to work to ensure that the integrity of the judicial process is both respected and protected. Turning to the ICTR, we commend the Tribunal for completing all trials at the trial level and recognize with appreciation its continuing efforts to finish appeals in a timely manner.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“We continue to support the ICTY's important work in moving forward thoroughly and expeditiously to render verdicts in cases that serve the broader needs ofjustice while protecting the rights of the accused. We note in particular that a judgement in the trial of Radovan Karadzic' is expected next year. He stands accused as an architect of the Srebrenica massacre, the single worst crime committed on European soil since the Second World War. Individuals now have the opportunity, after many years, to testify to the horrors of what they and their loved ones experienced. They stand not just as victims, but as empowered survivors. They bear witness, and in so doing they advance both justice and peace. We await thejudgement in the trial ofVojislav Seselj, who stands accused of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“They represent our steadfast commitment to ensuring that those who perpetrate the world's worst crimes are held accountable; for we on the Council learned long ago that lasting peace is advanced, not undermined, by justice. The United States commends the efforts of the Presidents and Prosecutors to efficiently transfer the remaining functions to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. We recognize that the challenges in completing the closure of the Tribunals and the utmost need to preserve the fairness of the judicial process in completing the trials and appeals. The ICTY is continuing to focus on completing all trials and appeals, and we are pleased that final judgements in certain appeals cases are expected early next year.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The United States has strongly supported those courts, which have served as models of fairness, impartiality and independence in the trials of more than 200 defendants accused of the worst crimes known to humankind: genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. As Justice Robert Jackson said in his opening address to the Nuremburg Tribunal, such grave crimes cannot be ignored, because the world cannot bear them being repeated. These Tribunals have established the truth about atrocities committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and by doing so have sent a message to those who might unleash similar violence and laid the foundations for lasting peace and security. We have supported these courts because they stand for justice.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“I thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their reports (see S/2014/546, S/2014/556, S/2014/826, S/2014/827 and S/2014/829) and for their steadfast commitment to advancing global justice. As the world faces the continued horrors of mass atrocities in Syria, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and elsewhere, their critically important work reaffirms the importance of our collective efforts to bring to justice those responsible for committing atrocity crimes. Approximately 20 years ago, the Security Council established these two historic institutions, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“We call upon the countries in the region to work together to ensure that effective preventative and response mechanisms are in place to counter extremist individuals and violent extremist ideas. In connection with those efforts, the United States commends the work of Kosovo and Serbian law enforcement agencies in response to the threat of foreign terrorist fighters. Those are important lines of effort in the coalition to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, of which we thank both Kosovo and Serbia for being members.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“Nonetheless, inflammatory language directed against EULEX and the lack of full cooperation in certain law enforcement matters are unacceptable. We continue to support the important European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. Finally, the United States notes and welcomes Kosovo's growing involvement in regional cooperation forums and commends the 10 October decision of the multinational advisory group of the Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Centre for Security Cooperation in South-East Europe to invite Kosovo's full participation in the organization. Increased dialogue among the countries of the region is vital to addressing shared concerns such as the threat of foreign terrorist fighters.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“Their work has also been instrumental in ensuring an environment conducive to advancing the implementation of the dialogue agreements between Kosovo and Serbia. KFOR's support for security and its presence as a third responder in Mitrovica following the Serbia-Albania soccer match helped prevent tensions from escalating into violence. EULEX personnel remain essential in mentoring and training Kosovo's judicial and police personnel. Their work continues to facilitate the identification and repatriation of remains from previous conflicts, as we witnessed in September and October. Colleagues have raised recent allegations against certain EULEX officials. Those allegations should be the subject of a full and transparent investigation.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“Threats against returnees and their property, the deplorable acts of vandalism at the Visoki Decani monastery on 11 and 12 October and the incendiary rhetoric that surrounded the suspension of the soccer match in Belgrade between Serbia and Albania are all grounds for concern. Those incidents demonstrate the need to intensify outreach, redouble efforts to promote dialogue and understanding and to further strengthen security where it is needed. The Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) continue to exercise indispensable roles in cooperation with Kosovo authorities in ensuring security and strengthening the rule of law throughout the country.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“While there has been a pause in progress at the political level while awaiting the Kosovo Government's formation, progress does continue to be made on the technical level, including on important agreements on integrated border management, the freedom of movement, energy and reciprocal recognition of vehicle insurance, which will allow citizens of both countries to travel easily across the borders. We welcome the cooperation between international and local authorities that helped facilitate visits by Serb pilgrims to Kosovo for religious holidays in November. The United States condemns those who seek to oppose the work of building an inclusive democracy in Kosovo by committing acts of violence or intimidation or by sowing tension, mistrust and fear among the communities.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“Sustaining momentum in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogues and the full implementation of all agreements reached to date remain integral to the welfare of the people of Kosovo, to both Kosovo and Serbia's progress on their respective paths towards European integration, and to a stable, peaceful and prosperous region. To that end, we will continue to back the intensive engagement of the European Union (EU) and the EU High Representative in advancing the dialogue.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“In that regard, the United States welcomes the recent progress by Kosovo political leaders to overcome the political impasse that has prevented the formation of a Kosovo Government following the June elections. We call on Kosovo's political party leaders to move lawfully and quickly to constitute the Assembly and form the Government fully in line with Kosovo's Constitution, laws and rulings by its Constitutional Court. As the Secretary-General observes in his report (S/2014/773), there are many pressing issues affecting the future of all people living in Kosovo, and there are opportunities to continue the historic process of normalization with Belgrade and to reconcile with the past.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zarif for his briefing. We welcome Prime Minister Thaci and Prime Minister Vucie to the Security Council and we thank them for their statements. The European Union-facilitated Kosovo-Serbia dialogues in implementation of the April 2013 Agreement of Principles Governing the Normalization of Relations continue to be critical elements for building a strong, inclusive and integrated democracy in Kosovo. We are eager to see high-level meetings resume and expeditious progress continuing towards the full implementation of the Brussels Agreement, including the full functioning of all of Kosovo's municipalities in accordance with Kosovo law.”
2014-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7327 (2014) · source
“The draft resolution on United Nations sanctions includes some practical ideas on how to do this, such as establishing a sanctions policy coordination unit within the Department of Political Affairs that would support better communication between the Council and the States implementing these measures. Over time, we hope this conversation will lead to more initiatives to bolster State capacity in this area. In conclusion, I would again like to welcome the renewed focus on this critical tool. As today's threats to peace become more complex and multifaceted, the Council must continually review and improve all means at its disposal, including sanctions. We should seek to ensure that all our tools - peacekeeping, mediation, dialogue, engagement and, yes, sanctions - are being used together to common purpose and in the pursuit of peace.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“Diverse parts of the United Nations system should consider the ways in which effective sanctions implementation can directly support their efforts to build more peaceful, stable societies. Secondly, the Security Council should devote more attention to helping States enforce United Nations sanctions. We frequently hear from States that they sometimes lack the guidance and capacity to implement those measures effectively, as is required under the Charter of the United Nations. Instead of just piling on more obligations that cannot be implemented, the Council should explore mechanisms designed to provide States with the help they need.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“In recent years, however, enforcement of those measures has not kept pace with their increasing value for the Security Council's work. Implementation gaps undermine the Council's efforts and exacerbate threats. That is why Australia's work on focusing the Council, through these briefings and a draft resolution aimed at improving implementation of United Nations sanctions, is so critical. In the spirit of that draft resolution, we propose two goals for improving sanctions enforcement. First, the Security Council should continue to encourage all parts of the United Nations system to foster and facilitate full implementation of United Nations sanctions. Field missions, Special Representatives of the Secretary-General, Force Commanders and United Nations mediators should be working hand in hand with the relevant sanctions committees.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“Meanwhile, those who question the right to impose sanctions and the grounds on which they are based are very often the ones who are violating international norms and laws, and who see little obligation to abide by the collective standards we have all embraced. In addition, by imposing sanctions on those who break international laws and standards - the proliferators, arms smugglers, human rights abusers, traffickers in conflict minerals, terrorists and their financiers - we deepen respect for key principles of our international system. Tough, effective sanctions can change behaviour without resorting to the use of force, helping to avoid the horrific consequences of war. If sanctions are to be effective, they must be implemented.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“In spite of all of this, some see sanctions as unfair or illegitimate - unfair, because sanctions may have a broader impact beyond the individuals or groups they are intended to target; and illegitimate, because they question the very idea that the Security Council should be able to impose such measures. Both critiques are flawed. While it is true that in the past sanctions were at times a blunt instrument where a more precise one was needed, the Security Council has come a long way towards significantly reducing the unintended humanitarian effects of such measures, including through precision targeting, humanitarian exemptions and fair and clear sanctioning procedures.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“In conflicts where armed groups have committed unspeakable atrocities against civilians, such as the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sanctions have imposed a significant cost on such groups' leaders, limiting their mobility and targeting their assets. Sanctions have helped stop North Korea from acquiring sensitive nuclear technology and were a major factor in getting Iran to the negotiating table. Of course, that is not to say that sanctions alone are the silver bullet for complex crises. They must be part of a broader strategy for exerting pressure on bad actors. But what is certain is that without sanctions, each of these challenges to our collective security would be much more acute and harder to contain.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“Sanctions make it harder for the terrorist group Al-Shabaab to fill its coffers through the environmentally ruinous charcoal trade; sanctions help obstruct the efforts of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to use the international financial system to fund its horrendous and destabilizing terrorism and violence and recruit foreign terrorist fighters into its ranks; sanctions limit illicit arms flows to post-conflict States such as Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia. Earlier this month, sanctions supported Yemen's transitional Government by marginalizing spoilers.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“They have the capacity to target narrower groups than before and focus on non-State as well as Government actors. And sanctions targets have grown more adept at evading them. The growing complexity of sanctions regimes, and the increasing sophistication of attempts to evade them, necessitates a greater degree of coordination in enforcing sanctions. At the same time, as sanctions have become more challenging to implement, the Council relies on them more than ever before in responding to global threats. We need sanctions to be effective. Just look at some of the places and ways we use sanctions today.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“The United States thanks Secretary General Stock and Under-Secretary-General Feltman for their informative briefings. We are grateful to Australia for its efforts to focus the Security Council's attention on strengthening the implementation of United Nations sanctions. We share Australia's View that the Council should be constantly evaluating the effectiveness of United Nations sanctions and asking how they can be improved. As United Nations sanctions have become more targeted in recent years, their implementation has also become more challenging. Today, United Nations sanctions resolutions often contain multiple technically complex provisions, such as asset freezes, travel bans, arms embargoes, cargo inspections, natural-resource bans, maritime interdiction authorizations and bans on luxury goods.”
2014-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7323 (2014) · source
“We hope that the Committee will find ways to incorporate ideas from a full range of stakeholders, including Member States as well as international, regional and subregional organizations, civil society and industry. Again, allow me to congratulate Ambassador Oh J oon and the Republic of Korea for their truly impressive leadership. Their efforts helped move us forward on goals we share with respect to strengthening our non-proliferation work. We also thank the Committee as a whole and the Group of Experts for their important work. We look forward to working with the new Chair starting on 1 January.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“We fully recognize that the Committee and the Group of Experts pursue ambitious agendas and that, at times, it has not been at full force, but we ask that the Committee prioritize this aspect of its work so that it can acquire and work from a more comprehensive understanding of the status of implementation. Doing so is important because the results will help establish an important baseline for the comprehensive review in 2016, which will be carried out by the Committee and the experts. Following presidential statement S/PRST/2014/7 in May, we believe that the Committee must develop a plan in the coming months for the conduct of the review. The Committee can start to develop its plan as we discuss the next programme of work in January.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“We also appreciate that the Committee included in the compendium information from the 29 September United States submission on effective United States national practices for the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), which describes over 100 concrete examples of how we implement the resolution. Related to that, the United States considers monitoring the status of implementation to be among the most important tasks of the Committee, as it creates a solid foundation on which the rest of the work of the Committee can build. Despite the good progress, we also note that the Committee failed to meet its goal, set out in the thirteenth programme of work, to complete updates to all national implementation matrices by 31 August, after having failed to meet a similar goal for 31 May in the twelfth programme of work.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“We have appreciated the Committee's efforts on implementation, especially its production of a draft compendium of effective national practices on the implementation of the resolution. For countries seeking to create legislation in line with resolution 1540 (2004), the compendium will be an invaluable resource for best practices, all aimed at our shared goal of preventing non-State actors from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. But this resource is a living and evolving document, and we urge Member States and others to continue to add to its development.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“As Ambassador Oh has briefed the Council, it has significantly increased country visits and regional outreach events, boosted the collection of new and additional reports from States, and supported the development of new tools to monitor and promote the implementation of the resolution. In addition, the Republic of Korea has demonstrated its commitment to the importance of assistance efforts by its generous contribution to the United Nations Trust Fund for resolution 1540 (2004) activities, and last May held a successful open debate of the Security Council on the resolution (see S/PV.7169), at which we adopted presidential statement S/PRST/20l4/7, aimed at fostering the full implementation of the resolution by 2021.”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“I thank Ambassador Oh for his briefing. The United States is grateful for the extraordinary success of his chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). Under his leadership, the Committee has made significant strides towards the full and universal implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). The fact that 173 countries have submitted national reports since the resolution came into effect in 2004 is a strong testament to the global effort to prevent non-State actors from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. Under the chairmanship of the Republic of Korea, the Committee has accomplished most of its ambitious programme to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004).”
2014-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7319 (2014) · source
“We must work together to de-legitimize ISIL's hate and violence, and we must expose its dark, false and deadly vision. In that regard, we particularly welcome the recent efforts of the Global Engagement and Resilience Fund, whose governing board met this week and approved an accelerated funding mechanism aimed at enabling the Fund to provide small grants to community-based organizations for projects to counter ISIL's violent extremism. The challenges we face in countering terrorism could not be more important, and so it is fitting that today the Council has adopted an important framework to help guide additional efforts. Now we must do more. As we have heard from Council members today, we are united in the face of this threat to our security and values. We must turn outrage into action, we must do so together and we must do so decisively.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“We welcome and value the important work of the United Nations counter-terrorism bodies, including the work of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established pursuant to resolution 1526 (2004), aimed at more effectively countering terrorist financing, recruitment and travel, and the efforts of the Executive Directorate of the Counter- Terrorism Committee to identify legal and capacity gaps in Member States. Beyond the official counter-terrorism body of the United Nations, there should be greater integration, where appropriate, of counter-terrorism into the Organization's other related efforts. The Council has now firmly established the importance of countering violent extremism, and we reiterate the central importance of such international efforts to counter and respond to toxic, violent ideologies of terrorism.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Preventing foreignterrorist fighters from reaching Syria and Iraq, and then slipping back across any of our borders, is a critical element in strategies for degrading and ultimately defeating ISIL. The Security Council has recognized that tackling the ISIL challenge will require using other tools, including financial measures and sanctions, as we resolved in August in the adoption of resolution 2170 (2014). Today's presidential statement once again addresses the importance of choking off all financial support for ISIL that funds its violent terrorist acts and its recruitment. In coming months, the Council should consider whether additional actions and measures are needed to ensure that ISIL does not use oil, kidnapping ransoms, banks, Iraq and Syria's cultural property, donations and other means to finance its murderous campaign.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“We are pleased to be seeing stronger counter-terrorism laws and more terrorists brought to justice in the Balkans; increased security cooperation in North Africa; terrorist financing reforms in the Gulf; and closer cooperation with Western European partners. But more must be done, and as President Obama has emphasized, all of us must help our partners build their capacity to meet the evolving threat of terrorism, including countering the flow of foreign terrorist fighters and violent extremism in the most vulnerable communities. The Global Counterterrorism Forum's first-ever set of international good practices for a more effective response to the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon is a good guide.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“The wide support that resolution 2178 (2014) received, with 105 sponsors, demonstrates the international community's solidarity in meeting this threat. The United States will continue to work with all of its partners to counter the flow of foreign terrorist fighters into the region, and we stand ready to help others do the same. Over the past year, we have worked with Western Europe, the Balkans, North Africa and the Gulf States to press for greater cooperation on information-sharing, border security, law enforcement, capacity-building, counter-messaging, and countering violent extremism and terrorist financing.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source