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lines on the record: 1,257
first: 2009-06-26
most recent: 2014-12-30
sittings or episodes: 160
sources: un-security-council

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“We have the tools, the mechanisms and the legal framework. But, demonstrably, we have to do much more to ensure that they are put to better use. Again, as Ms. Zerrougi condluded, the child victims around the world count on us.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“That demonstrates the role that sanctions can play in denying perpetrators the means to continue violating child rights during conflict and sends a strong message that they will be held to account. We encourage Ms. Zerrougi to continue to brief the relevant Sanctions Committees to strengthen the effectiveness of those measures. In conclusion, as we know only too well, the intensity of the conflicts that the world faces is currently dangerously increasing, as is the level of violence deliberately targeting civilians. As Ms. Zerrougi has just reminded us, "in a large majority of conflicts throughout the world, children are targeted and used deliberately. Conflict confronts them in their homes, at school, in hospitals and when they seek to run away." Protection for those children is an intrinsic element of the Council's work.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“We strongly support the active efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to end impunity through the investigation and prosecution of violations against children, which include the recent confirmation of charges against Congolese ex-militia leader Bosco Ntaganda for enlisting and conscripting children. The ICC's prominent focus on crimes committed against children will be important in deterring violations in future conflicts and situations of armed violence. We also support efforts to address perpetrators of violations against children through targeted Security Council sanctions. Resolution 2134 (2014) establishes targetted sanctions and designates those in the Central African Republic responsible for recruiting or using children in armed conflic and those who attack schools and hospitals.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Attacks on schools and their military use are depriving children of their basic right to schooling and endangering the lives and safety of students and teachers. Military forces and non-State armed groups have turned schools into barracks, detention facilities, torture centres and firing positions - not play grounds but battle grounds, as has ben noted. Schools are also being used as shelters. An estimated half of the schools in the Kurdistan region of Iraq are being used to house displaced populations. We must ensure, urgently, that schools remain safe places for students and their teachers, before generations of children lose access to an education. Finally, there is much more that we can do to end impunity for those responsible for violations against children during armed conflict.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“I shall briefly highlight three key concerns. First, the Children, Not Soldiers campaign will be instrumental. But we must also maintain our efforts to end recruitment and other grave violations by non- State actors, who make up the vast majority of listed parties. For example, we have seen good progress in the Philippines over recent months in the implementation of the action plan between the United Nations and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front - the only action plan currently in place with a non-State actor. My own country will continue to support UNICEF's efforts to help the Front implement the plan. Secondly, we need to do more to protect schools, teachers and students during conflict.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“You have asked us to be brief, Madam President, so I will not repeated the details of the situation that has been outlined to us this morning. We all know that the situation of children in conflict throughout the world is dire and that children continue to suffer each of the six grave violations. There has been some progress, as people have noted, including the delisting of Chadian forces, the Somali Government's recommitment to making its army child-free, Yemen's action plan issued in May, Afghanistan's endorsement, finally, of a road map to implement its action plan, the recent commitment of the Free Syrian Army to end child recruitment and, in Australia's own region, Myanmar's continuing release of many child soldiers. Despite that progress, important though it is, much more must still be done, as has been indicated.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“I thank Special Representative Leila Zerrougui, UNICEF and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for their indispensable efforts. I also thank Forest Whitaker, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation. We are all in debt to his commitment and empathy. We welcome, as always, the presence of Foreign Minister Asselborn. Luxembourg's leadership of the Working Group on what is - but should never be - a politically challenging issue has been exemplary. I also thank Sandra Uwiringiyimana. We are so fortunate that that young soldier let her go. The Council needs to hear such direct testimony, and we hope that others with Sandra's courage will continue to help keep the Council focused on why what we try to do here can mean so much to so many and why the cost of her own failures, whenever they occur, can be so high.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Ultimately, the success of the sanctions and preventive counter-terrorism measures specified in today's resolution will depend on their implementation by Member States. To that end, the Council itself must energize its own existing systems to assist Member States in doing that, and it must continue to keep a very close eye on the effectiveness of its own measures to counter the evolving threat from terrorism. The report required within 90 days under resolution 2170 (2014) on the threat from ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra, and above all, the requested recommendations for additional action to address that threat, will be important. It will be essential that the Council address those recommendations quickly.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“It underlines that anyone who provides material support to those entities for either the recruitment or travel of foreign fighters, or by providing financing through donations or the illicit trade in the oil the groups now control, can be subject to the Al-Qaida sanctions regime. Today's listing of six key individuals in ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra is an important step, but the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, needs Member States to identify ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra's agents and enablers, wherever they are, and to bring information to the Committee in support of their inclusion on the Al-Qaida sanctions list.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“They will inhibit terrorist training and enable greater engagement with those at risk of radicalization or who may resort to extreme violence. Australia already has a sophisticated counter- terrorist architecture in place nationally, but it is clear that the threat from extremism and terrorism is real and growing, and that all countries should ensure that their own counter-terrorism measures match this evolving threat. Today's resolution is also a timely reminder of the role of the Council's Al-Qaida sanctions regime in disrupting the activities of groups such as ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“Today's resolution is a clarion call to Member States to continually review their national counter- terrorism measures in order to keep pace with the evolving threat so starkly and lethally embodied in those two entities. All Member States must take action to prevent the movement of terrorists and terror groups, including foreign fighters, across borders, to prevent the financing and supply of weapons to terrorists, and to counter the emergence of violent extremism. On 5 August, the Australian Government announced its intention to adopt specific new measures to target the evolving terrorist threat. They will strengthen our border controls to prevent terrorists from leaving Australia and make it easier to prosecute foreign fighters.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“The impact of its violent extremism on civilian populations and stability in Iraq, Syria and the region is immense. It is a threat to the global community itself, and we must all rally to counter the scourge. We welcome the targeted United States air strikes against ISIL that have relieved the siege of Mount Sinj ar. Australiajoined the United States and United Kingdom in air-dropping humanitarian supplies to civilians, and we will continue to work with other partners in responding to this humanitarian crisis. We are relieved to see the political situation in Iraq stabilizing, and welcome the nomination of Haider Al-Abadi as Prime Minister-designate as an important step towards the formation of a new, inclusive Iraqi Government. Iraq's leaders must now work together, including in meeting the threat posed by ISIL.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“I thank the United Kingdom for its strong leadership in putting resolution 2170 (2014) forward for adoption today. The resolution is a decisive step by the Council. It is an unambiguous condemnation of the brutal and savage acts of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Nusra Front and an expression of determination to harness the full force of Security Council tools on counter-terrorism to target those groups. ISIL is a major and lethal threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, including through its indiscriminate targeting of civilians, its mass executions and extra-judicial killings, sexual violence and widespread, potentially genocidal persecution based on religion or belief. It is imposing its own abhorrent rule and butchering those who do not submit.”
2014-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7242 (2014) · source
“In conclusion, the human-rights situation, the downing of MH-17 and the humanitarian plight of many are all the result of the systematic, manufactured destabilization of eastern Ukraine. The consequences have been grave for Ukraine and its people, and now also for the people of many other countries who have lost their citizens. This destabilization must stop.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“Our concerns have been aggravated by Russia's attempts to construct a case for intervention in eastern Ukraine, a case that is fraudulent and cynically self-serving. The humanitarian problems in eastern Ukraine are a result of the instability and conflict deliberately manufactured by armed groups and supported by Russia. That has inevitably produced a worsening humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine, but effectively one limited to areas occupied by the separatists and certainly not on the scale of what we understand by a humanitarian crisis. Russia can most usefully contribute to alleviating the situation by ending its support for separatist groups and influencing them to end the conflict.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“It also requires that Russia stop its provocation and destabilization of eastern Ukraine and use its considerable influence over the separatists to de-escalate the situation. But Russia has not done so. It has not taken action to control its borders. Weapons and fighters continue to flow from Russia into eastern Ukraine, fuelling the conflict. The build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, the Russian military exercises in the area and the rapid deployment of new and sophisticated military capabilities only add to the destabilization of eastern Ukraine. Serious concerns about Russian military preparedness - what actually looks like combat readiness - are widespread among countries in the region and around the world.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“No country can accept illegally armed insurgents taking control of parts of its territory. In these circumstances of continued destabilization and use of force by separatists, the Ukrainian authorities have the right to protect their own citizens and reassert control over their sovereign territory. They must of course do so in a manner proportionate to the circumstances, and all parties must comply with international humanitarian law. It is self-evident that the human rights and humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine will improve only with an end to the conflict. That requires that separatist groups lay down their arms and cease using violence against the Ukrainian State.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“These illegal armed groups have seized Ukrainian territory through violent means and - I quote from paragraph 26 of the report - "inflicted on the populations a reign of intimidation and terror to maintain their position of control". These groups have no legitimacy; their actions have had terrible consequences. In separatist-controlled areas, as the report says, the rule oflaw has disappeared and been replaced by the rule of violence. This is now the fourth time that the Council has received a United Nations report documenting these human-rights abuses. The pattern has continued, and in some places under separatist control it has worsened significantly. Those responsible for the violations have acted with impunity. This cannot continue, and they will be held accountable for their crimes.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“In most of Ukraine under Government control, the Government has taken steps towards making constitutional and political reforms, including protecting minority rights, and there has been some movement towards establishing accountability. Judicial reform has also begun, although that needs much more work. Those steps are still incomplete, but they are going in the right direction. Conversely, the report paints a dire picture of the human-rights situation in separatist-held parts of Ukraine - abductions, torture, extra-judicial killings by armed groups, increasing numbers of civilians killed, deliberate targeting by armed groups of critical public utilities such as water, electricity, sewerage, and growing numbers of internally displaced people.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“The investigation into the cause of the crash will of course continue, led by the Dutch safety board with input from the International Civil Aviation Organization and other international partners. As with the parallel investigation into possible criminal responsibility for the downing of MH-l7, this is again an international effort coordinated by the Dutch. The results of those investigations will be crucial elements in ensuring accountability, as demanded by resolution 2166 (2014), and it is imperative that all States cooperate fully with those efforts. We are very concerned about what the fourth report on Ukraine by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Assistant Secretary-General Simonovie today have said. The report tells two stories.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“In the days immediately following the adoption of resolution 2166 (2014), an international mission for the protection of the investigation was established, led by the Netherlands, with Australian and Malaysian participation. Despite intimidation by separatists and their frequently imposed restrictions on access to the crash site, the unarmed mission accessed it on a number of occasions, locating and recovering human remains and personal effects and recovering evidence. We worked swiftly and thoroughly in the areas of highest priority, and the mission has now completed the substantive part of its work at the site at this stage. On Wednesday the Netherlands announced the mission's withdrawal from the site. When search and security conditions improve we will return there to ensure that we have recovered all identifiable remains.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Simonovie for his briefing. Today's meeting of the Security Council follows a national day of mourning in Australia yesterday, when all Australians remembered those who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 was shot down over separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine. That deplorable crime, unanimously condemned by the Council, is a reminder of the terrible consequences of the violence in eastern Ukraine and of the deliberate actions of armed separatist groups. It is a reminder to all those who stoke the flames of division that fuelling violence has widespread, devastating and often unpredictable consequences.”
2014-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7239 (2014) · source
“The Council has repeatedly urged that, and the information we have received today only reaffirms for us the importance of bringing to an end the impact of the violence and destabilizing activities in the east of Ukraine.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“Although today we had the cooperation of the Ukrainian authorities, armed separatists restricted access to several areas of the crash site, hampering the investigation and the recovery of remains and personal effects. Urgent, unrestricted access to every area of the site, in accordance with the unambiguous, plain provisions of resolution 2166 (2014), remains imperative. The unarmed personnel on the ground need the Council's own demands to be met in order to undertake their work. The sooner they can achieve full, free access, the sooner they will be able to complete their work. To conclude, a lasting solution to the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine self-evidently requires an end to the conflict.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“Last Friday, on 1 August, the Netherlands informed the Council of the establishment of the international mission to protect the investigation, led by the Netherlands, with the participation of Australia and Malaysia. Unarmed Dutch, Australian and Malaysian personnel have been assisting with the investigation and the removal of the remaining bodies and belongings, as well as securing the wreckage and physical evidence. This is an unarmed operation of limited scope and duration. Personnel have been working closely and meticulously through the OSCE, which is negotiating site access and local ceasefires on their behalf. But that has not always enabled the access required to complete the essential tasks. The area around the site remains contested.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“The Council, through resolution 2166 (2014), rightly demanded a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the MH-17 incident. It also demanded immediate and unrestricted access to the site to allow for the investigation and recovery of the bodies, prohibited any actions that could compromise the integrity of the site, most notably by local armed groups, and insisted that those responsible be held accountable. Two weeks later, we still need the full and urgent implementation of that resolution. Although some access to the crash site has been secured, we still do not have the unimpeded and complete access to the whole of the site that is essential.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“Obviously, to restore essential services and protect civilians caught up in the conflict, it is necessary that all violence cease and that all parties commit to and embark on genuine dialogue. We commend the efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to promote dialogue, including through the trilateral contact group, We welcome the start of the Minsk talks, but they must deliver. In order for them to do so, it is essential that all support for armed groups operating in eastern Ukraine stop. As we know only too well, it is just slightly less than three weeks ago that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine, with the terrible loss of 298 lives. Their deaths were a direct consequence of this needless violence in eastern Ukraine.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“Civilian infrastructure must be protected and respected. All parties to the conflict must comply with international humanitarian law. We commend the United Nations and other humanitarian actors for their efforts to respond to the needs of displaced people and host communities. We welcome the determination of the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that the needs of the Ukrainian people who have been displaced or affected by violence are met. We endorse calls for a systematic registration system to facilite that. Continued cooperation between the United Nations and the Ukrainian authorities is essential in planning and implementing the humanitarian response. In that regard, we look forward to the preliminary response plan developed by the humanitarian community, which we understand is to be released this week.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“I thank Mr. John Ging for his briefing this afternoon. I would also like to thank the United Nations agencies that are already working on the ground in Ukraine for their efforts. The continuing conflict in eastern Ukraine has inevitably produced a humanitarian situation that is worsening. There has been further displacement of civilians and disruption of the provision of essential services. Advice from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that the conflict has resulted in displacing 117,000 persons and that a further 163,000 have fled Ukraine is troubling. Reports of armed groups deliberately targeting civilian facilities such as electricity and water plants, roads and bridges are alarming. Such attacks on facilities that are necessary in order to sustain the well-being - indeed, the lives - of civilians must cease.”
2014-08-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7234 (2014) · source
“In such a world, the protection of civilians becomes a even more central and compelling part of the work of the Council and the Council's success in protecting people has become the measure to which we are held. Failure is always close by. Only through a relentless focus on the implementation of the Council's decisions will we be able to meet that measure. I congratulate you, Sir, and your entire team on a successful and helpful presidency and wish the incoming United Kingdom presidency good luck for another possible difficult month.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“Finally, the Council must be ready to innovate so as to ensure implementation. It must also cooperate with regional organizations and other relevant institutions, including the ICC, to achieve the Council's objectives. The world is now experiencing more simultaneous crises with regard to peace and security with a broader impact across the globe than for decades. Major humanitarian crises inevitably occur as a result and themselves become the source of further instability. The demand for peacekeeping is increasing. Civilians face a greater threat in larger numbers than at any time since the Second World War. Some 51 million people are displaced.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“Australia hopes that the high-level review of United Nations sanctions, which we are co-chairing, can help deliver that. The Council also needs to support the implementation of mandates that it gives to other actors, such as the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Council took the right decision in referring the situations in Darfur and in Libya to the ICC but, like all decisions of the Council, those referrals need follow- up action by the Council in order to be effective. The Council must shoulder its responsibility to support the Court's efforts to fulfil the mandates that we, as the Council, gave it. A good start would be to respond to the Court's eight letters about the failure of some States to cooperate with the ICC in relation to the Darfur referral.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“That means that it should look at what commissions of inquiry and the human rights special mechanisms can provide to the Council. In order to pursue implementation, the Council needs to be ready to fully utilize the tools that are available to it. The Council's willingness to establish new sanctions regimes in Yemen and the Central African Republic and to consider doing so in South Sudan, which is overdue, has been welcome. However, sanctions will work as a policy tool only if they are properly implemented. That requires closer engagement with the affected States, including assistance to meet the conditions and to implement the obligations of Council sanctions, and better coordination with the other Council responses to the specific situation and across sanctions regimes generally.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“It must not be hostage to routine reporting cycles. Rather, it should increase its attention on threats to international peace and security as they emerge and as situations demand. The Council has recently increased the pace of its consideration of Libya and used any other business to consider a number of immediate developments, including with regard to Yemen and Iraq. That is how the Council should work consistently. The Council also needs access to a broad range of information, not only from the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and the Department of Political Affairs but also from other actors, including the Special Envoys of the Secretary-General. As the Rights up Front initiative has affirmed, understanding the human rights dimensions of a situation is a crucial element of the Council's work.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“The Council received reports systematically each month from the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2139 (2014), which laid out starkly how dramatically the humanitarian situation continued to deteriorate. It was unchallengeable from those reports that the parties were not implementing the obligations under the resolution and that a stronger Council response was therefore needed. We accomplished that through the groundbreaking resolution 2165 (2014). As the Council, we have the responsibility to ensure that that resolution and its parent resolution 2139 (2014), which remains fully in force, are implemented in full and to take further measures if non-compliance continues. In order to pursue implementation, the Council of course needs the correct information at the right time.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“Resolution 2165 (2014) authorizes cross-border access by United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners to enable them to reach an estimated 2.9 million people in need. As we were informed by Under-Secretary-General Amos earlier today, the first humanitarian convoy has crossed the Turkish border under the new arrangements. The adoption of resolutions such as those is a primordial part of the Council's work. However, it needs to constantly remind itself that securing agreement on a text is of little use if it does not also relentlessly pursue the implementation of its decisions. The adoption in February of resolution 2139 (2014) on humanitarian issues in Syria was a direct response to the Syrian regime's failure to abide by the provisions of the Council's earlier presidential statement of 2 October of last year (S/PRST/2013/15).”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“Unfortunately, the Australian and Dutch personnel have not yet been able to access the site because of the local conditions. However, urgent access remains imperative, while the conditions at the site deteriorate. All that makes it clear that the full and immediate implementation of resolution 2166 (2014) is a serious obligation. Certainly, my own country is determined to bring home our 38 dead, to identify those responsible and to pursue justice. While the Council's progress in delivering resolution 2165 (2014) on humanitarian relief to the people of Syria was measured in weeks rather than in days, as in the case of Flight MH-l7 and the relevant resolution, that humanitarian resolution again demonstrates, as our Chilean colleague has just noted, that the Council can break new ground in resolving even seemingly intractable issues.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“At the request of Ukraine, the Netherlands has taken the lead in the investigation with the assistance of the International Civil Aviation Organization and other international partners. Dutch and Australian unarmed personnel have been deployed in numbers to provide protection to the investigators at the crash site, to assist with the removal of the remaining bodies and belongings and to secure the wreckage and physical evidence. In that, we, the Australian deployment, as well as the Dutch deployment, and the Australian Special Envoy Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who was just mentioned by Ambassador Churkin, have meticulously worked through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as the sole contact on our behalf with the local armed separatists.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“That was followed quickly, on 21 July, by the decisive resolution 2166 (2014) to ensure a full, thorough and independent international investigation, to demand immediate and unrestricted access to the site to allow for the recovery of the bodies and the work of the investigation to proceed, to prohibit any actions that would compromise the integrity of the crash site, most notably by local armed groups, and to insist that those responsible be held accountable. That was what the international community expected of the Council. That is what the Council agreed. However, in itself, as we know, it is not enough. We now need the full and urgent implementation of resolution 2166 (2014).”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“This month has been a hard one. On 17 July, we learned of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 over Ukrainian territory controlled by separatists, killing all 298 passengers and crew. Eighty of the victims were children. The victims were citizens of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines and the United Kingdom. A number were dual nationals of other countries. That devastating incident reminds us that in an increasingly globalized world, the individual stake of each Member State in international peace and security is greater than ever before. It reminds us that we all have an interest in a Security Council that can respond effectively. On 18 July, the following day, the Council unanimously condemned the downing of Flight MH-17 (see S/PV.7219).”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“It is a simple truism that regional organizations need a strong United Nations, and the United Nations needs strong regional organizations.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We must also invest more in our capacity to undertake effective conflict prevention, mediation and peacebuilding. Australia emphasizes the instrumental role, indeed at times even decisive role, of policing in multidimensional peacekeeping operations. We reiterate that the role of women in peace and security must be fully mainstreamed in all mandates. Without the engagement of, and awareness of the effects of conflict on, women and girls, there simply can be no lasting solution to conflict. In conclusion, we have witnessed a sharp increase in demand for peacekeeping in recent years as complex, often simultaneous, crises across the globe have multiplied. We can expect that to increase; the trajectory looks even worse. We must harness our combined strengths to maximize our capacity to meet those challenges.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“As today's resolution 2167 (2014) reminds us, regional organizations are responsible for securing their own human, financial and logistical resources, but international partners must improve the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing for regional organizations participating in peacekeeping under a United Nations mandate. In doing so, our focus should be on improving the capability ofregional peacekeepers and on building a culture of efficiency, accountability and transparency. We must embrace cost-effective force-multiplying technologies to strengthen the impact of peacekeeping. By improving the technical standards of individual units, we can improve inter-operability and boost operational effectiveness at a relatively lower cost.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We call on all Member States to support the development of policies, guidelines, doctrines and training for the African Standby Force as part of the African Peace and Security Architecture. The President's concept note (S/2014/478, annex) for today's debate rightfully highlights the situation in Africa. It is where 8 out of every 10 United Nations peacekeepers are deployed and where so much of the Council's attention is focused. We also acknowledge the important role that the EU plays, having launched some 30 peace missions and operations to contribute to stabilization and security since 2003, including many in Africa. Australia and the EU will soon conclude an agreement providing the legal basis for Australia to participate in the EU's Common European Security and Defence Policy missions.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“The strong participation of regional partner organizations in Solomon Islands, for instance, and the transition to peace in Timor-Leste after the drawdown of a United Nations peacekeeping operation and the International Stabilization Force, show that such arrangements can be highly instrumental. Above all, we need to improve our collective capacity for rapid deployment in response to emerging crises and, critically, those that endanger civilians. No organization has yet developed an enduring solution to this persistent and increasing challenge. We welcome the AU's progress in this area and the commitment made by African leaders to operationalize the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“And we must embed robust peacekeeping operations with protecting civilians at their core. As more regional organizations become involved in peacekeeping, we must continue to strive for greater coherence and inter-operability, as you said, Sir, and greater structure. We need to enhance early engagement between the United Nations and regional organizations during the planning and transition phases of a peacekeeping mission. In our own region, Australia has seen the rewards of inclusive cooperation and well-planned transition between regional peace missions, host nations and United Nations offices.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“At a time when the world is torn by more simultaneous peace and security crises than it has for decades, when civilians in larger numbers are in greater threat from conflict than at any time since the Second World War, and as the demand for peacekeeping therefore intensifies, we must accelerate our efforts to foster predictability and trust in our partnerships. By strengthening mechanisms for forthright dialogue at both the strategic and operational levels, we can better achieve unified views on key issues of mutual interest and, importantly, translate them into tangible results on the ground. That engagement should be anchored in the knowledge that we cannot rely on ad hoc improvisation. We must develop a broader strategy for anticipating and responding to future challenges together.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“No single organization alone can conduct all the multifaceted tasks required to support and consolidate peace around the globe. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations lies at the heart of peacekeeping. Drawing on their unique strengths and distinct comparative advantages, borne of their deep knowledge of local context, cultural understanding and moral authority, regional organizations are deploying, often as first responders, into volatile environments to help protect civilians and save lives. We have seen that pointedly in places such as Somalia and in the Central African Republic.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for Rwanda's strong leadership of the Security Council this month and for your country's significant contribution to peacekeeping, a task to which Rwanda's own history brings both deep empathy and an operational determination. I also wish to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing, and Ambassador Tete Antonio and Mr. Maciej Popowski for their remarks. I also want to recognize the indispensable role of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) as partners in our collective efforts to maintain peace and security. We were of course pleased to sponsor today's resolution 2167 (2014). The need for effective cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations is self- evident.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“The Syrian parties, in particular the Syrian Government, must now move to cooperate closely with Mr. de Mistura and make genuine and urgent efforts towards bringing an end to this conflict, which has so devastated Syria, its people and the region.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source