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first: 2014-10-24
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“In this regard, the Security Council recalls the many mechanisms that exist to facilitate consultations among the Security Council, troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat, particularly the Working Group, formal and informal consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries, as well as the role of the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and the Military Staff Committee. The Security Council recognizes that, despite the existence of these mechanisms, current consultations among these three stakeholders do not meet their expectations and have yet to reach their full potential. "The Security Council recognizes that the experience and expertise of troop- and police- contributing countries in theatres of operation can greatly assist the planning of operations.”
2015-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7599 (2015) · source
“"The Security Council takes note of the Views expressed at the ninth meeting ofits Working Group on the theme 'Towards a strategic dialogue between the Security Council, troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat', held on 11 December 2015 under Chad's chairmanship. "The Security Council recognizes that sustained consultations with the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries are essential for a shared understanding of appropriate responses and their implications for the mandate and conduct of an operation.”
2015-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7599 (2015) · source
“"The Security Council takes note of the recommendations of the Secretary-General's report entitled 'The future of United Nations peace operations: implementation of the recommendations of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations' (S/2015/682) and of the recommendations of the report of the High- level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/446), with respect to consultations between the Security Council, troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat. The Security Council notes in particular the View of the High-Level Independent Panel and the Secretary-General that the lack of effective dialogue through consultations between these three stakeholders has generated frustration on all sides and has undermined mandate implementation.”
2015-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7599 (2015) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. After consultations among Council members, I have been authorized to make the following statement on their behalf: "The Security Council recalls the issue of consultations between the Security Council, troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat - triangular consultations - and the report of its Working Group on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations on the enhancement of cooperation with troop-contributing countries, police-contributing countries and other stakeholders of 17 December 2009 (S/2009/659), its resolutions 1353 (2001) and 2086 (2013), the notes by its President of 26 July 2010 (S/2010/507) and 28 October 2013 (S/2013/630), and the statement by its President of 25 November 2015 (S/PRST/2015/22).”
2015-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7599 (2015) · source
“I thank Mrs. ngu for her briefing. I also thank the Ambassador of Nigeria and her delegation for their important leadership of those committees. On behalf of the Security Council, I take this opportunity to express appreciation to all of the outgoing Chairs for the manner in which they have discharged their important responsibilites on behalf of the Security Council. The meeting rose at11.10 ant.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I thank Mr. Barros Melet for his briefing. I also thank the Ambassador of Chile and his delegation for their leadership of those two important committees and of the Working Group. I now give the floor to Ambassador ngu.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I thank Ms. Murmokaite for her briefing. I also thank the Ambassador of Lithuania and the Lithuanian delegation for their vigorous leadership of these committees. I now give the floor to Ambassador Barros Melet.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I thank Mrs. Kawar for her briefing. I also thank the Ambassador of Jordan and the Jordanian delegation for their excellent leadership of these important Committees. I now give the floor to Ambassador Murmokaite.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I thank Mr. Cherif for his briefing. I also thank the Chadian delegation and Ambassador Cherif for their leadership of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations. I now give the floor to Ambassador Kawar.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“Dina Kawar, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003), concerning Liberia, and Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo; His Excellency Mr. Cristian Barros Melet, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004), concerning C6te d'Ivoire, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), concerning South Sudan, and Chair of the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals; and Her Excellency Mrs. Joy ngu, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012), concerning Guinea-Bissau. I now give the floor to Ambassador Cherif.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by the outgoing Chairs of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council according to the year of adoption of the related Council resolutions: His Excellency Mr. Mahamat Zene Cherif, Chair of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations; Her Excellency Ms. Raimonda Murmokaite, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013), concerning the Central African Republic, and Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014); Her Excellency Mrs.”
2015-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7586 (2015) · source
“I thank Ambassador Murmokaite for her briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at10.30 a.m.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“I thank Under-Secretary-General Ladsous for his briefing. I now give the floor to Ambassador Murmokaite, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013).”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“Raimonda Murmokaite, Permanent Representative of Lithuania, in her capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic. I now give the floor to Mr. Ladsous.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, 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/2015/918, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic. I also wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/943, which contains a letter dated 10 December 2015 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr. Herve' Ladsous and by Her Excellency Ms.”
2015-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7578 (2015) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. Once again, let me thank the Judges and the Prosecutors for their briefings. The meeting rose at 1.30pm.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“After all, the ultimate justice for victims is to ensure that they are never victimized, that crimes that we have pledged to never allow again do not indeed occur again and again. It is our job to find the tools, the unity and, ultimately, the will to act. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to the representative of Croatia.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“In conclusion, there is perhaps no more fitting day than today, 9 December, the date newly designated by the General Assembly as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of This Crime to once again focus on the past, the unfinished work of advancing accountability for the mass atrocities and genocides committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. But so too must we focus on the future. Even as we recommit ourselves to advancing justice for crimes that have already been committed, so too should we use this moment to reaffirm our commitment to respond to indicators of realized or potential future atrocities on a massive scale, whether in Burundi or Syria or South Sudan or beyond.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“In doing so, they have made our world safer. The importance of that work is rendered all the more important when, as we have seen in the Chamber, some continue to resist facts or rewrite history. Twenty years after the genocide in Srebrenica, the Council was painfully unable to adopt one simple draft resolution (see S/PV.7481) recognizing one simple fact i a fact that has been established by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and a fact that has been established by the International Court of Justice - that genocide took place in Srebrenica. While that draft resolution may have been vetoed, the truth and the judicial findings of the ICTY and International Court of Justice cannot be. It is a testament to the enduring power and the importance of their work.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“We welcome the important efforts by the trial chambers to expedite judgements and ensure that they are delivered in a timely manner. We also again express our deep appreciation and admiration for Judge Meron, who recently completed his term as the President of the ICTY, for his judicious leadership in guiding the ICTY and the Mechanism during the past few years. His leadership has included helping to ensure a seamless, in ourjudgement, transfer of initial functions of both the ICTY and the ICTR to the Mechanism. Part ofjustice, of course, is recognizing what has happened and what has not, recognizing who bears responsibility for it and who does not. The work of the ICTR and the ICTY has contributed enormously to our ability to grapple with uncomfortable and shocking truths about what human beings have done to other human beings.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The United States is unwavering in its commitment to ensuring that the eight remaining fugitives from the ICTR are apprehended, as Ntaganzwa was earlier today, and brought to justice. To that end, we continue to offer a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or transfer of those fugitives. I would also like to commend the ICTY for a productive year. The Tribunal has completed almost all of its cases, with only four cases remaining at the trial level and three cases on appeal. An important appellate decision, as we have discussed, in the Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanisie and Franko Simatovic' case is expected to be issued before the end of this month, and progress has continued on all of the remaining cases.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“As the Tribunal prepares to close at the end of this month, the United States wishes to recognize the monumental legacy of the Tribunal and its many staff, including judges, prosecutors, support staff, investigators and defence attorneys, who took care over the past decades to be compassionate with victims and witnesses, to uphold with integrity the principles of international law and to ensure that the Tribunal advanced justice for victims. The Tribunal's hard work has also ensured that a smooth and efficient transition to the Mechanism and to national courts, where proceedings against ICTR indictees who remain at large will take place when - I use that word intentionally - when they are captured.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“He is alleged to have participated in the planning, preparation and carrying out of the massacre of more than 20,000 Tutsis at Cyahinda parish, many of whom had gathered to take refuge from massacres in the surrounding countryside, as well as the massacres of thousands of Tutsis at Gasasa Hill and killings carried out elsewhere. He is also charged with directly ordering women to be brutally and repeatedly raped. Today, for the first time in two decades, he is behind bars - and so he should be. The ICTR has concluded all trials on its docket in 2012 and is expected to issue its last appellate judgement in a few days.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“While those men are at large, they should know that they are still at the forefront of our minds and the Security Council's focus, and there they will remain until each and every one of them stands to answer for their actions. We will not forget them, and we must never forget their victims. It is that commitment that led just today to the arrest of Ladislas Ntaganzwa by Congolese national authorities, who have indicated that they will take the proper steps to transfer him to Rwandan custody. Ntaganzwa, first indicted by the ICTR in 1996, is charged with five counts ofgenocide and crimes against humanity.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“It is important to name those men: defendants such as Fulgence Kayishema, accused of orchestrating the massacre of thousands; Charles Sikubwabo, accused of instigating massacres at a church; Aloys Ndimbati, a former mayor accused of being directly involved in the massacres; Augustin Bizimana, the former Defence Minister of the interim Rwandan Government who is alleged to have controlled the nation's armed forces in planning and preparing for the genocide campaign and preparing lists of people to be killed; Charles Ryandikayo, who reportedly participated in the massacre of thousands of men, women and children who had congregated in a church, and directed militias and gendarmes to attack the church with guns, grenades and other weapons; Pheneas Munyarugarama, a former lieutenant colonel in the Rwandan Army who allegedly helped to direct and take part in the systematic killing of Tutsi refugees who were fleeing the fighting; Felicien Kabuga, the alleged main financier and backer of the political and militia groups that committed the genocide and who is accused of transporting the death squads in his company's trucks; and Protais Mpiranya, commander of the Rwandan Presidential Guard, who allegedly directed his soldiers to kill the sitting Rwandan Prime Minister and 10 United Nations peacekeepers guarding her home.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“They have served as a demonstration that, indeed, when the Security Council is united and when we are committed, we can ensure that those who perpetrate the worst atrocities can be forced to account for their crimes. Justice, after all, is not an afterthought to our work advancing international peace and security; it is the essence of it. Today, the extraordinary work of colleagues around this table and in capitals near and far has ensured that those accused by the ICTY - all 161 out of 161 - were brought to justice. But just as we recognize the success in apprehending the ICTY's fugitives, we must redouble our efforts to ensure that the remaining fugitives of the ICTR - and now the Mechanism - face the same fate.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States of America. I would like to welcome Judge Agius, the new President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and thank Presidents Joensen and Meron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their critical contributions to advancing justice for victims of mass atrocities. The ICTY, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals have played a central role in both advancing justice and developing our understanding of international criminal law and international humanitarian law.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“I also wish to draw the attention of members to documents S/2015/874 and S/2015/884, containing respectively a letter dated 16 November 2015 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and a letter dated 17 November 2015 from the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda addressed to the President of the Security Council. I further wish to draw the attention of Council members to documents S/2015/883 and S/2015/896, containing respectively a letter dated 17 November 2015 and a letter dated 20 November 2015 from the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals addressed to the President of the Security Council. I now give the floor to Judge Agius.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“Hassan Bubacar J allow, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to documents S/2015/577 and S/2015/585, containing respectively the report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia 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: Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; and Mr.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“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. In favour: Angola, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2250 (2015). The meeting rose at10.10 a.m.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7573 (2015) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document 8/2015/935, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Angola, Chad, Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I shall first give the floor to the member of the Council who wishes to make a statement before the voting.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7573 (2015) · source
“We encourage Special Envoy Sellassie to continue to pursue her good offices with the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for West and Central Africa, as they all work to enhance regional cooperation and strengthen international assistance to the region.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“In this vein, we encourage the leaders of the Sahel region to adopt a whole-of-Government approach to countering violent extremism that reflects a common understanding that terrorists will not be defeated by the force of arms alone. Thirdly and finally, we encourage further progress by the United Nations system and its partners towards the effective implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. We welcome the Secretary-General's forthcoming strategic review of the Office ofthe Special Envoy ofthe Secretary-General for the Sahel and the consideration of its recommendations on ways to improve the United Nations system's capacity to deliver assistance effectively to the Sahel region.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“We welcome the fact that the leaders in the Sahel are working to deepen cooperation among themselves, including through the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-S Sahel) and the Nouakchott Process, by coming to agreement on a shared vision of the region's transnational threats and the efforts needed to address them. The United States will continue to work with its partners in the Sahel and the Maghreb region to build their counter-terrorism capacity, so that they can address the underlying drivers of radicalization and build the long-term law enforcement architecture that will preserve the many gains they have already made.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“When a faction of the military attempted in September to seize power from Burkina Faso's transitional President, the population responded with a resounding "No!" Courageous civil society activities helped Burkina Faso to overcome its governance crisis. The people of Burkina Faso are expected to go to the polls for elections on Sunday. We look to the Niger, which is set to hold elections in early 2016 amid serious security challenges at its borders, to continue to make progress towards democratic consolidation and political inclusion. Secondly, we must work collectively to counter the underlying drivers of violent extremism in the Sahel. The United States welcomes the region's efforts to create a new countering-violent-extremism youth network for the region, which we hope will enable the sharing of best practices.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“Appropriately, that is one of the pillars of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahe. Inclusive and effective governance and improvements will serve as the foundation for stability across the region. The people of Mali and of other countries of the region have expressed a clear desire for more responsive Government institutions and for peaceful democratic changes of power through inclusive, transparent and free elections. The recent events in Burkina Faso serve to further demonstrate that legitimate, civilian-led Government is the lifeblood of any democracy and crucial to stability.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“We welcome the steps taken by the parties in Mali to uphold the ceasefire arrangements; however, we need to see more progress by the Government on institutional reforms that will better enfranchise northern Malians and improve governance for all citizens, as well as more progress by all the Malian parties to prepare for cantonment and joint security patrols to pave the way for a return of reformed security forces to the north. Progress in these areas will enable Mali to, as President Obama said recently, rid its country of terrorists and strengthen its democracy - goals to which the Security Council is deeply committed. I would like to highlight a few areas in the region where I think we can do more. First, we believe that enhanced focus on good governance by the countries of the region is essential.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“African forces, with support from the United Nations and bilateral partners, also responded to the crisis in northern Mali in 2013 by working with the French to dislodge Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and other groups that had established a safe haven there. Our work in Mali is far from finished, and the problems faced by Mali cannot be solved by military force alone. The success of the Mali peace process rests on the Malian parties committing to making hard choices for the collective security of all Malians.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“The horrific attacks last week in Bamako, which killed nearly 20 innocent civilians, including those assisting Mali in its efforts to provide basic services to its population, and yesterday's attack on a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali that was travelling near Timbuktu, as well as the ongoing threat posed by Boko Haram, especially in north-eastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon remind us just how high the stakes are for the countries of the Sahel. The creation of the Multinational Joint Task Force, with the participation of Nigeria, the Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin, is the most recent example of the deepening commitment by African countries to counter terrorism.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Ms. Sellassie, for her briefing. The United States welcomes her close engagement with regional leaders and the broader international community to assist the countries and the people of the Sahel region on their path towards achieving effective governance, security, development and prosperity.”
2015-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7566 (2015) · source
“We have a vested interest in ensuring that, in those places where we have deployed peacekeeping missions, we are equally engaged in advancing the political process. The challenges before us are serious, but so too are the opportunities. We need United Nations peacekeeping to succeed, and together, by pursuing the reforms that we have discussed today, we can do much to advance the ability of the United Nations and the community of nations to advance peace and security.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“Fourthly, the United States recognizes the importance of developing new and deeper relationships among the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations. With nearly 63 per cent of United Nations peace operations and 87 per cent of all uniformed peacekeepers serving in Africa, we view our partnerships with regional organizations - in particular with the African Union - as critical to ensuring that we are structuring missions with the requisite support and oversight to be effective. Fifthly and finally, we welcome the emphasis of the Panel on the need to redouble efforts to achieve political solutions. We agree with the Secretary- General that political settlements that promote peaceful and inclusive societies and help advance human rights are key to preventing conflict and interrupting cycles of violence.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“The Security Council must do more, and the United States remains committed to working with the Secretary- General to ensure that we are fully able to implement the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse. We welcome the call on the Security Council to include issues of misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse on its agenda so that the Council can review follow-up action on all reported allegations. Leadership is, of course, essential. The success or failure of our peacekeeping missions hinges on the experience and qualifications of their senior leaders and the support they receive from United Nations Headquarters. We support the Secretary- General's efforts to improve and enhance the selection of senior leadership for peacekeeping missions globally.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“It is incumbent on us to deliver. We must take steps to ensure clarity and accountability when there is a question of conduct and discipline, refusal to follow command and control or failure to implement mandated tasks, especially when they call for the robust use of force to protect civilians. Every week, we are learning of more cases of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeeping personnel. That demands a swift and urgent response from the international community and the United Nations leadership. When peacekeepers victimize the very individuals and communities they are deployed to protect, it is nothing short of horrific and undermines the credibility and legitimacy of the United Nations.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“Thirdly, we need to recognize that when the Security Council establishes a new peacekeeping mission, the Security Council's work has only just begun. We have a responsibility to monitor the performance of our missions, including our personnel and uniformed presence. When underperformance results from a lack of training and equipment, we have a responsibility to work with the Secretariat and troop- and police- contributing countries to build those capabilities. When peacekeepers opt not to carry out mandates because of caveats from capitals, the people whom they are there to serve suffer. Civilians relying on United Nations peacekeeping for protection do not appreciate the distinction among commitments negotiated between New York and a troop-contributor's capital. They see a blue helmet, and they appropriately expect help.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“When the Department of Peacekeeping Operations tells us that advanced technologies are needed to keep troops safe and able to perform their mandates, the Council should support the use of advanced technologies, not allow parties to play politics with them. We are pleased that the leaders' summit on peacekeeping, which drew together more than 50 countries, including some of the largest contributors of troops and police, helped to generate new capabilities for peacekeeping operations such as MINUSMA, where 42 peacekeepers have been killed and 168 injured. But to better enable them to operate both effectively and safely, we encourage Member States that have pledged support to follow through on those commitments rapidly.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“In addition to more robust reporting and strengthened analysis, we welcome the Secretary- General's call on the Security Council to re-energize its efforts to prioritize and sequence peacekeeping mandates so that capabilities are matched with the situation at hand, and ultimately lead to operations that are effective and efficient from mission start-up to mission exit. Secondly, when peacekeeping operations are deployed in environments with asymmetric threats that pose a risk to United Nations personnel or civilians, we must redouble our efforts to maintain sustained cooperation and dialogue with troop- and police-contributing countries. We owe it to the women and men who wear blue helmets to ensure that they arrive in theatre fully trained and fully equipped to confront the threats.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“Our analysis and planning must not only take into account, but also be guided by, protecting human rights and countering threats to civilians, including responding to the most extreme forms of atrocity. Analysis and planning must be followed by action. Where peacekeepers fail to act, the Security Council must be engaged early and often. Only in that way can the Security Council ensure that civilians who are relying on United Nations peacekeeping for protection are in fact protected.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source
“In connection with the summit, President Obama issued a policy to all agencies of my Government, the first policy of its kind in over 20 years, in which he directed us to do more in three areas: building partner capacity to support United Nations peace operations, including contributing United States diplomatic support; providing enabling capabilities and personnel to peace operations; and supporting the Council's efforts to achieve peacekeeping reforms. I would like to make just a few brief points about the third area, namely, peacekeeping reform. First, the United States welcomes efforts to improve the analysis and planning of peacekeeping operations, including through the Strategic Force Generation and Capabilities Planning Cell.”
2015-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7564 (2015) · source