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Prince Zeid Ra'Ad Zeid Al-Hussein

lines on the record: 187
first: 2014-01-06
most recent: 2014-07-14
sittings or episodes: 30
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“And we must consider again the proposal that all United Nations personnel destined for field service submit a sample of their DNA to the United Nations before they deploy, both to serve as a deterrent to the commission of crimes and for the sake of possible subsequent investigations, including establishing paternity. Finally, we, the Member States, need to report to the United Nations clearly and at the earliest possible time what judicial steps were undertaken by our authorities with respect to alleged crimes. If we are serious about confronting the odious phenomenon of conflict-related sexual violence generally, and we are not to be hypocrites, we must think about these issues more seriously.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“We must make the United Nations a co-examiner of the facts, even when the allegations involve United Nations military personnel. We must be more transparent with regard to the severity and nature of the crimes being committed by United Nations peacekeepers. We believe that the OIOS takes too long in establishing the facts, which then must be prepared by the criminal jurisdiction concerned in order for them to become admissible in courts of law. Perhaps, as it was originally suggested, another slim but effective investigative capacity needs to be considered. We must do better on matters relating to paternity. In situ courts martial for military offenders must be the rule, and not the exception, for sexual offenses.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“I do not wish to be misunderstood: if we had done everything we should have done over the past nine years to ensure the total elimination of this abominable practice by our own peacekeepers, and they still occurred, then we could accept that there was little more we can do. But we, as Member States, have not done everything, and so we cannot make that claim. The United Nations is required to set an example before our publics as an Organization that will without question pay special attention to the most vulnerable and defenceless of protected persons in war, with first a guaranteed protection provided by ourselves, from ourselves, and then from others. What must we therefore do? We must adopt the convention on criminal accountability as soon as possible.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Do we have any credibility when we also insist that the United Nations has no business in relation to the conduct ofinvestigations for alleged crimes committed by our own United Nations uniformed peacekeepers, knowing that in the past we, the Member States, were not reliable enough in guaranteeing that justice be done in respect of the victims? Are we credible when in the last reporting period of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) we still had 42 cases of sexual exploitation and abuse involving United Nations peacekeepers being investigated by that Office? By now, some nine years after we identified both the challenge and the plan needed to eliminate this odious phenomenon, there should be practically no cases at all.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“We are saying that it is okay by us when a United Nations civilian staff member commits rape in a United Nations peacekeeping mission, where the host country has no functioning judiciary and when the country of nationality cannot exercise its criminal jurisdiction extraterritorially over the accused because it has no law allowing it to do so. Is that our view? Rapes perpetrated by United Nations civilian staffmembers in that context can go unpunished? That is precisely what it is we are saying, year after year. Please do not think those crimes have not happened, because they have.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Can we not be accused by others of hypocrisy when in this Chamber we rightly condemn all expressions of conflict-related sexual violence committed against women, girls and boys, and speak of them as criminal and intolerable - as we have done for 14 years now - while down the hall, only a few metres from here in the Sixth Committee, we do next to nothing, year in year out, on the draft convention on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission - a draft that has been on the agenda of the Sixth Committee since 2007. Let us be clear about what it is we are saying by our inaction.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Secondly, the International Criminal Court needs to be supported by the Council to the hilt, and no serious discussion on combating the worst forms of sexual violence can be obtained from a Council unwilling to do that. Finally, I ask once again the painful question of whether we as a collective membership, bound together in this Organization by its Charter, actually have the credibility to offer strong opinions on this subject matter? Do we have the credibility when all of us have refused to undertake the complete range of actions necessary to ensure that sexual exploitation and abuse by our own peacekeepers - United Nations peacekeepers - is reduced to zero?”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Turning to the Secretary-General's recommendations, I join others in stating that it is pointless discussing accountability for sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys unless we do two things. The first is our need to properly understand the extent to which functioning courts are second only in importance to the provision of security and on an equal footing with humanitarian considerations when it comes to the United Nations involvement in conflict or post-conflict environments. Without a properly resourced single vehicle for the delivery of legal and judicial support, the United Nations will continue to fall short in delivering what it should to distressed communities.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“And in that context, when it comes to the presence of Syrian refugees in Jordan and their vulnerabilities, as alluded to in the report, even though we note that the principal refugee camp for Syrians falls under the supervision of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Jordanian Government accepts full responsibility for whatever may happen on its territory and is committed to ensuring the security ofall refugees, especially women and children. Naturally, we condemn any attempt by any individual or individuals to exploit them. We also need help - much more help - and perhaps we will soon reach a stage at which other countries with real capacities may consider sharing the burden and accepting greater numbers of Syrian refugees than is presently the case.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“We are grateful to the Secretary-General and his Special Representative Zeinab Bangura and Ms. Rhoda Misaka for their important comments and insights this morning, and for the outstanding work undertaken by Special Representative Bangura and her dedicated staff. The Secretary-General's report (S/20l4/181) makes for grim reading, and very clearly there is much we, the Member States concerned, need to do.”
2014-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7160 (2014) · source
“Ukraine's future depends on a successful political transition that is based on human rights, sovereignty and the rule of law and that represents all parts of society, without regard to language, ethnicity or religion. We stress that there must be no interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine, or threat of force and that the people of Ukraine will be allowed to determine their own future. The international community must assist Ukraine at this stage of its political transition to overcome the obstacles to security and stability and preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“It is necessary to limit extremist national and political diatribes. We call upon influential Powers to use their sway to end to the problem, which underpins current events in Ukraine, especially in the eastern regions. We also underscore the need for continued dialogue between the Government of Ukraine and the country's diverse communities, factions, linguistic groups and political parties in order to agree an appropriate political course of action that addresses the interests of all parties and charts a path for Ukraine's future with regard to the rule of law, its institutions and human rights. The dialogue must begin forthwith. States and influential parties must also create a climate conducive to the successful holding of presidential elections in May.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Given the current situation, all efforts must be made to ensure as peaceful a settlement to the rebellion as possible. International norms and human rights must be respected in imposing the rule of law in those regions. We underscore our call to bring pressure to bear on the rebels to end their protests and engage in dialogue with the Government in Kyiv on all matters related to Ukraine's future. By the same token, we welcome the convening of the quadripartite meeting in Geneva tomorrow, which we hope will lead to the proposal of suitable solutions to end the crisis and persuade the stakeholders to de-escalate the situation and work to restore stability and security in Ukraine. The current situation in Ukraine requires urgent measures to be adopted and steps taken to build confidence among all parties.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“The report reveals the direct relationship between the widespread and significant human rights violations, including the right to freedom of expression, the previous Government's corruption, and the protests and insecurity that have swept Ukraine since November 2013. Attacks on the protesters, particularly in Maidan Square, and the use of excessive force against them have led to rapid political changes in Ukraine, the establishment of a transitional Government and the appointment of an acting President. The tense situation in eastern Ukraine as a result of the ongoing rebel movement must be addressed responsibly and reasonably by all parties. As we have said previously, the Ukrainian Government has the right and is duty- bound to end the rebellion and preserve the country's territorial integrity and unity.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Simonovie, for his briefing to the Council on the human rights situation in Ukraine, as well as for his efforts and those of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. The delegation of Jordan would also like to underscore its support for the mission's work and the importance for all parties to cooperate with it in carrying out the recommendations contained in the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Ukraine, particularly in light of the delicate and sensitive situation experienced by the country.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7157 (2014) · source
“And we need to inspire ourselves and all United Nations personnel serving in the field to be like them, ifwe are ever to end the wickedness we refer to as genocide permanently. Only then, can we utter to the souls of those who were murdered in Rwanda 20 years ago, "Yes, we, the members of the Security Council, have learned; we have changed."”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“The draft resolution will propose that the Secretary- General establish a team to design the Diagne medal and to create an external committee comprising a diverse and select group of former peacekeepers to review all proposals and to confirm all submissions to guard against unwarranted recognition. The General Assembly should also consider creating a special fund to help families of those meriting the award. The medal would have to be presented by the Secretary-General to the recipient or next of kin in a formal ceremony witnessed by the full membership of the Security Council. Now is the right time for the Security Council to recognize those who labour on its behalf and whose humanity and courage in theatres of war far exceeds our own by a very considerable amount.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“Captain Mbaye Diagne of Senegal was killed after he had saved hundreds of, perhaps even a thousand, Rwandans from death. That he did so unarmed and practically on his own at a time when the Tutsis and moderate Hutus of Rwanda were disowned shamefully by almost the entire international community makes Diagne's feat all the more humane and distinguished. And I urge the members to see or listen to a moving BBC TV and radio documentary called "A Good Man in Rwanda". There were others too, like General Romeo Dellaire and his Deputy, General Henry Anyidoho, as well as United Nations military observers, humanitarian aid workers and journalists who, working together with many courageous Rwandans, behaved honourably in the impossible circumstances of 20 years ago.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“The sooner we all strengthen it and adhere to it, the sooner it will fulfil its stated mission to end impunity for all such crimes. And finally, on courage, my delegation will submit a draft resolution for adoption in due course by the Council, with the aim of instituting a distinctive United Nations medal for extreme bravery. The Secretary- General would award it to those military and civilian United Nations personnel who demonstrate outrageous courage in the face of the most incredible and continuous danger when saving or rescuing people from almost certain death, in the service of humankind and the United Nations. And it must be called the Mbaye Diagne medal for exceptional courage in honour of the greatest hero the United Nations has ever had.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“We, the individual members of the Council, need the courage to contribute more to United Nations peacekeeping, not just to order it and shape it, or even to finance it, but to share in the danger and to participate in it with vigour. The Secretariat needs the courage to give us the unedited truth; we need the courage to recognize it; and they, the peacekeepers, need the courage to protect civilians in extreme circumstances, with or without a mandate. In such circumstances, what would mandates matter anyway? In addition, we need the courage to understand that our methods of work in the Council generate a sense of routine that is deadening and dangerous. And we need the courage to confront the basic fact that, whatever its remaining weaknesses, there is no alternative to the International Criminal Court.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“Fear, based on lies and fed by extreme ideologies, grinds the morality in many individuals down to nothing, leaving only the primitive shell of a being. Fear is the fuel of genocide. It also creates hesitation in those who could intervene to stop it. The events in Somalia in 1993 shaped the international response to Rwanda in 1994, as Ambassador Keating has analysed thoughtfully in his writings. It did not help that Rwanda was then on the Council, which made the Secretariat hesitate in sharing more broadly General Dallaire's cable of 11 January. Hesitation produces the excuses and the very rationality for cowardice. If fear is our enemy then courage must be our friend, and not one that is rarely seen, but one that will be with us when needed most.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“That is what our understanding of genocide tells us. Part of what makes it possible for ordinary people to become something else entirely is fear. It is as if fear switches off the higher cerebral functions one by one and, as it balloons in the mind, it finally extinguishes empathy. Whatever capacity for thought is left in that shrunken mind falls into a self-reinforcing closed loop, where the killing, even of children, has been rationalized as just. After the atrocities, those beings become human again. Yet their guilt has been edited so heavily by their returning reason that it becomes distorted: Was it not, after all, an understandable case of preventive self-defence, they rationalize. If we had not tried to kill all of them, they eventually would have killed us all. It is simple.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“The alarming fact is that most of the killers in Rwanda were not raving sadists or psychopaths. Most of the killers were ordinary people. If our historical understanding of genocides and mass killings tells us anything, it is that ordinary people in very specific circumstances will behave with a cruelty never thought imaginable to them, let alone their victims. Even after they commit such horrific crimes, few are able to express remorse without some offer of a quid pro quo, for they can almost not believe it themselves. Of all the representatives sitting here in the Chamber, more than we would ever dare imagine could potentially commit mass atrocities in extreme and unusual conditions. Whether we would be one of them, we would never know unless, to our great misfortune, we found ourselves enveloped by that toxin we call mass atrocity.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“While those who were killed 20 years ago met a sudden and brutal death because they were Tutsis or moderate Hutus who opposed the genocide, it is not because of who they were, Tutsi or moderate Hutu, that we mourn them. We honour and remember them today because they were people, humans, like us. Our very categorization of humans according to race, nationality, religion, ethnicity and circumstances of birth still overwhelmingly defines how we see each other. The inevitable stacking is then there, whereby many of us dangerously View ourselves, and are viewed, as more important than others. That has been humanity's principal curse. Our tendency towards classification, based on only one point of reference, is the foundation for ethnic extremism and ethnic nationalism. Those, in turn, abuse and corrupt victimhood.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“Once we strip away the obvious differences between the Rwanda of 1994 and the Central African Republic of 2014, even with the welcome early African and French deployments to that country and the adoption of resolution 2149 (2014), other aspects of the way in which the United Nations confronts such crises have, regrettably, remained the same. The long deployment time lag is still there, as are the concerns over securing troop contributors in sufficient numbers. Financial constraints also apply and, ultimately, are we not too late again? We all care - yes, maybe - but it is equally clear that we still do not care enough to act immediately and overwhelmingly in those cases where an intervention is needed. We do not care enough because the labels by which we identify ourselves and others still hide from view the obvious crucial point.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“This morning, we make statements in remembrance of those who suffered so cruelly and in such great numbers 20 years ago in Rwanda. But, as so many before us have said, on other such sombre occasions, can statements ever meet the needs of a moment such as that, when more than 800,000 lost souls, still 20 years later, must be asking: Well? Have the 15 members ofthe Security Council, particularly the permanent members, learned anything from our slaughter after we were beaten, carved up by machetes or shot over the course of 100 days? What words would we, the current members of the Security Council, use? What words would be immune to the inevitable mockery and cynical laughter of the people of the Central African Republic, whose relatives have been killed or who have fled their homes in huge numbers.”
2014-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7155 (2014) · source
“In that regard, we reaffirm that it is in the interests of the international community as a whole to maintain the integrity of the provisions of international law and to refrain from creating excuses and justifications for military intervention against States, in contravention of the Charter. International law is the cornerstone of equality among States and is designed to protect them from armed threats to their sovereignty regardless of their size, importance or military might.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“We also appeal to them to respect the principles of human rights in dealing with the crisis. We call on the influential parties to exert every effort to convince the rebels to bring a peaceful end to the crisis, to end their armed demonstrations and acts of intimidation, and to withdraw from Ukrainian public and Government buildings. The Security Council should also send a clear message of support for Ukraine and its authorities in their efforts to end this movement of armed insurrection, to promote the rule of law and to preserve the country's unity and territorial integrity. There should be no interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine, no act of intimidation and no threat of use of force against it, which would contravene the principles and positions of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): Jordan is deeply concerned about the recent developments in eastern Ukraine and the accompanying escalation, which could increase the threats to the stability ofthat region. What is happening there is a mutiny against the State and the Constitution of Ukraine. If it continues it will lead inevitably to the dismemberment and dismantling of the Ukrainian State. Ukraine therefore has a right and a duty to its citizens to preserve its unity and territorial integrity, and, even more important, to restore every part of its territory. We call on the Ukrainian authorities to attempt to use every possible means to resolve the crisis and keep open the channels for dialogue with the rebels and all the relevant parties in order to put an end to this mutiny.”
2014-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7154 (2014) · source
“It is not just a women's right or a human right; it is a matter of basic justice, and it can only be for the betterment of the country. But it is also obvious that, in many parts of the world, very impressive economic growth was still achieved following the end of devastating conflicts, without women playing a major role in them. In other words, it is better to make the argument that even more could be achieved with the greater participation of women, rather than by saying, simply, that women are necessary for the successful economic development ofa society or community.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“I will not repeat all we said on this subject in January (see S/PV.7105), save to say events since the thematic debate on historical narratives, events which the Council has wrestled with every week, have only brought into sharper focus the undeniable importance of history, of understanding it properly, of not abusing it, but finding the truth, rejecting the lies, and notjust by the lied to, but more important, by the liars themselves and, after a reckoning, a settling of history, the finding ofa permanent reconciliation, and one that will produce the "inclusivity" necessary for later, much-needed, political processes and economic growth. Finally, a point in relation to women and peacebuilding: we all believe strongly that only good can come out of greater female participation in societies recovering from war.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“Given what has happened in South Sudan since the report was published, the contents of paragraph 15 are a telling, if not tragic, example of how the United Nations not only missed the bull's-eye but was aiming in the wrong direction to begin with. Inclusivity, at a level that makes it meaningful, can properly be brought about only when a deeper psychological accommodation is reached by ex- combatants and their communities in recognition of what has often brought them to fight in the first place. In other words, the deficit of trust spoken of in the Secretary-General's report can be reduced to zero only when there is also a proper resolution to the divergent historical narratives.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“It is absolutely true that the path to eventual national ownership, once a country has graduated from a post- killing status, under strict United Nations observation, to weak-State status, has to - must, even - run through the inclusivity stage first, if it hopes to get anywhere. But there is a major piece missing in the Secretary-General's analysis, and that is that inclusivity cannot simply be obtained through political power- sharing, elections, training, employment schemes and the building of infrastructure alone. That approach has now run its course. It is flawed, and has failed more times than it has succeeded. Nothing bears that point out more tragically than then entire content of paragraph 15 in the Secretary- General's 2012 report.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“That being the case, advancing the importance of national ownership is the wrongful application of ordinary development practices to a context that is markedly different, even if the two contexts share some of the same characteristics - youth unemployment, poor education facilities, poor infrastructure, et cetera. That is where we seem to have been fooled: post-killing environments and ordinary development challenges are not one and the same thing; they are different, much in the same way the PBC and UNDP were established to address, at their core, different challenges. The quicker we understand that, the better.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“Nor does it make any sense that national ownership is highlighted repeatedly when the very emphasis on the need for inclusivity makes it clear that in most, if not all, post-conflict societies - as opposed to normal developing countries - there is no cohesive nation that can go about owning anything. Own what? Owned by whom? By the nation still at war, only there is no killing and we perceive the acrimony a little less easily? In post-conflict societies, the conflict is not actually past; it is current, present; it is there now. Only the killing is past, otherwise the conflict continues as before, only now through political manoeuvres, corruption and criminality.”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“I would like to begin by thanking the Deputy Secretary- General for his briefing and leadership on this matter, as well as to express my thanks for the excellent briefings provided by our friends Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and by Ms. Helen Clarke, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). My comments this morning will be brief and a little bit different. I therefore respectively beg the Council's understanding in advance. We agree that inclusivity is the key to successful post-conflict peacebuilding, but we do not agree it can be attained through political processes or through an economic development agenda alone, either separately or together, as is proposed in the Secretary-General's report (S/2012/746).”
2014-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7143 (2014) · source
“We must strengthen the role of the United Nations and deepen our partnership with Afghanistan. None of us can countenance the effects of a return to the past or a reversal of the accomplishments made in the country to date.”
2014-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7139 (2014) · source
“We would call upon the Special Representative to continue his meetings with the stakeholders in order to ensure the integrity, inclusiveness and fairness of the electoral process. Jordan welcomes the reform efforts undertaken by the Afghan Government, including the measures being taken in the area of human rights, particularly the fight against violence against women. We reiterate the need for the Afghan Government to pursue its efforts to strengthen human rights and the rule of law. At the end of the year, Afghanistan will come to a new crossroads. The international community's message to Afghanistan under those circumstances should be clear, namely, that the Afghan Government and people will be able to count on the assistance of the international community.”
2014-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7139 (2014) · source
“We have a duty to oppose any attempt to take hostage the great religion of Islam, distort its image or misrepresent its content. Islam calls for tolerance and dialogue, respect for human dignity and security. Afghanistan is on the threshold ofhistoric elections. We hope that they will strengthen the capacities of the stakeholders to deal with the numerous challenges that the country faces. In that regard, we welcome the ongoing preparatory work for the elections, which are on the right track and which we hope will take place next month in accordance with Afghanistan's legal and constitutional framework. We are encouraged by the intensive political activity within all political parties in the country. We are also encouraged by the peaceful political statements made by all of the candidates.”
2014-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7139 (2014) · source
“We extend our sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of Afghanistan and the States whose nationals died in those attacks. Jordan calls on States and the entire international community to continue to provide support and assistance to the Afghan Government in the fight against terrorism and in de-mining activities, not to mention the elimination of explosive remnants of war. We must meet our international commitments and provide assistance to Afghanistan. Jordan contributes to international efforts seeking to establish a favourable environment for Afghanistan's security, stability and development and to rebuilding the State on the basis of our commitment to actively participate in peacebuilding and humanitarian assistance efforts.”
2014-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7139 (2014) · source
“Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank Mr. Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing. I also thank the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their sacrifice in very dangerous circumstances. I would also like to thank the representative of Afghanistan for his comprehensive statement. Jordan is concerned about the volatile security situation in Afghanistan and the increased number of civilian victims, in particular women and children. We strongly condemn all terrorist attacks on staff of the various United Nations organizations present in Afghanistan and those that target civilians and Afghan security forces.”
2014-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7139 (2014) · source
“Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): Jordan has voted in favour ofthe draft resolution contained in document S/2014/189 out of its respect for Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence and non-interference in its internal affairs. Moreover, it calls for adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, especially Article 1, and to the use of peaceful means to settle disputes. Jordan confirms the importance of upholding the territorial integrity of Ukraine and subjecting all its territories, including Crimea, to Ukrainian sovereignty, in accordance with the principles of international law and relevant international resolutions, including the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership.”
2014-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7138 (2014) · source
“Jordan calls on all the parties concerned to create an environment conducive to resolving the crisis, refrain from escalation, and keep all options open for solutions aimed at preserving the rights and interests of all and restoring peace and security in the region.”
2014-03-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7134 (2014) · source
“We also affirm that the international community should help launch a political process in Ukraine that will include all parties and communities, including minorities, with a View to restoring peace, security and the rule oflaw in Ukraine. Such a political process must ensure the rights of all citizens of Ukraine and pave the way for presidential elections in May. Diffusing the crisis in Ukraine * particularly the region of Crimea - and ensuring respect for its Constitution and territorial integrity will prevent a further escalation of the crisis and avert threats to international peace and security.”
2014-03-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7134 (2014) · source
“We also support efforts to implement these proposals as soon as possible, given the current situation. Jordan stresses the need to respect Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and political, and not to interference in its internal affairs. We also call for compliance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and the settlement of disputes by peaceful means. Jordan stresses the territorial integrity of Ukraine, all regions of which, including Crimea, are subject to Ukrainian sovereignty, in accordance with the provisions of international law and the relevant international conventions, including the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.”
2014-03-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7134 (2014) · source
“That will require urgent action on the part of the international community through the United Nations and other international organizations, and bilateral contacts aimed at creating an atmosphere conducive to enabling the parties to overcome the causes ofthe crisis and find a mechanism for the dialogue and negotiation necessary to achieve solutions that will preserve the interests of all parties concerned. In this regard, Jordan welcomes the efforts of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the proposals of its presidency, including on the establishment of an international contact mechanism to facilitate dialogue among the parties and the despach of a fact-finding mission to Ukraine to gather information and evaluate the security situation.”
2014-03-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7134 (2014) · source
“Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and thank him for his clear briefing to the Security Council. The implications of the events in Ukraine, particularly in the region of Crimea, have reached a critical turning point, which requires concerted efforts to defuse the crisis, give precedence to the language of reason, and begin a direct dialogue between the parties concerned in order to end the crisis and prevent any further escalation.”
2014-03-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7134 (2014) · source
“We call on the United Nations and OSCE to coordinate their efforts in order to remove the causes of tension and achieve a peaceful solution that preserves Ukraine's territorial integrity and enables a return to stability and calm in the country.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“In that regard, we would refer to General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX), which considers the use of armed force by a State on the territory of another State that is outside the scope of agreement between the two countries to be an act of aggression. The same applies to the deployment of irregular armed groups in order to perform military acts in another State. We welcome the efforts already taken and to be taken within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to deal with the current crisis and the establishment by the OSCE chairmanship of a contact group and a fact- finding mission.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source
“The Security Council must assume its responsibilities regarding the situation currently prevailing in Ukraine. We support the mediation efforts of the Secretary- General and Mr. Serry, and their contacts with the various parties in this regard. We wish to receive further clarification from the parties concerned regarding the situation on the ground, and in the Crimean region in particular. This would help the Security Council to address the situation accordingly. We note the need for the Security Council to investigate the crisis in the Crimean region, to look into mediation and dispute settlement mechanisms that could be used in the light of the information provided, and to assess whether an active act of aggression is being committed on Ukrainian territory.”
2014-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7125 (2014) · source