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2008-07-09
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2019-09-25
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  1. “In conclusion, Pakistan firmly believes that the goals and ideals espoused by the SCO are completely in line with the principles and purposes of the United Nations. Our membership ofboth those organizations is an acknowledgment of the common principles, ideals, aspirations and goals for which the United Nations and the SCO stand. We will continue to follow those guiding principles.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  2. “Secondly, the movement of foreign terrorist fighters from Iraq and Syria to other parts of the world is a major challenge. The United Nations and the three organizations must come up with innovative means for countering that threat, including through mechanisms for the sharing of information on the movement of such persons. Thirdly, as highlighted above, Da'esh in particular relies on the use of modern communication technologies for spreading its ideology. The United Nations and the three regional organizations must develop strategies for countering such activities. Fourthly, the memorandum of understanding between RATS SCO and CTED must be operationalized at the earliest opportunity. Activities should be planned for assisting SCO members in accordance with the scope of the memorandum.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  3. “RATS SCO has also signed memorandums of understanding for cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). It will be important to use such cooperation mechanisms to develop strategies and address the capacity needs of Member States in the fight against terrorism and organized crime. In that regard, Pakistan would like to propose the following. First, several States members of the SCO, the CIS and the CSTO have extensive experience in fighting terrorism. The secretariats of the three organizations should develop synergies, whereby those countries can contribute to the capacity-building needs of others. Pakistan stands ready to contribute to such activities.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  4. “In our region too, Da'esh has emerged as a major security threat, which can be a major destabilizing factor for all regional countries. The group continues to be strengthened by returning foreign terrorist fighters. Countering such threats requires greater international cooperation, including among regional organizations and the United Nations. In that regard, we welcome the recent signing of the memorandum of understanding between the SCO Regional Anti-terrorism Structure (RATS SCO) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). The memorandum provides an important platform to enhance the strategic cooperation between those two bodies in the fight against terrorism.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  5. “such as the first of the four pillars, namely, addressing the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism. That is more pertinent to South Asia, which continues to be challenged by common enemies: poverty, illiteracy, disease and underdevelopment. Political differences and unresolved disputes further compound this predicament. Enduring peace and prosperity in South Asia will remain elusive until the main dynamic in South Asia is shifted from confrontation to cooperation. It is important to seize the opportunities for the peaceful resolution of outstanding disputes and collective endeavours for regional prosperity. Terrorism and organized crime continue to pose serious threats to our countries. Despite the successes achieved against Da'esh in Iraq and Syria, the group continues to manifest and evolve its outreach and tactics.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  6. “We support and welcome the SCO's burgeoning cooperation with various United Nations specialized agencies, organizations, funds and programmes with a view to achieving common goals. The SCO also affords us an important channel to underline our interest in regional peace, stability and development for regional cooperation against terrorism and extremism. Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including against people under illegal occupation. Pakistan has proactively and successfully taken action to eradicate the scourge of terrorism and will continue its efforts in the same spirit, in coordination with regional and international partners. However, we also believe that there is a need to focus on certain elements and factors indicated in the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  7. “At the outset, I would like to extend my gratitude to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for organizing this ministerial debate. Cooperation between regional organizations and the United Nations is critical to combating the emerging security threats, particularly terrorism. Let me congratulate States members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the United Nations, on the adoption of General Assembly resolution 73/334 on cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, on 30 August. Pakistan was one of the sponsors of the resolution. The resolution builds on the strong foundations laid down by the five previous such resolutions since 2009 in strengthening dialogue, cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the SCO.”

    2019-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8626 (2019) · source

  8. “That strategy must combine military containment with political reconciliation, administrative control and rapid socio-economic development. The military option should be used as the last, not the first, resort. Military tactics should not create more alienation, more opposition and more enemies. We are convinced that dialogue and reconciliation together, with the calibrated use of force, are the best means to promote peace. To win this war it is vital to win the hearts and minds of the people. We must build peace in Afghanistan through a bottom-up approach, Village by village, district by district, offering incentives and disincentives in order to win the cooperation and support of the local population. Most important, our strategy for success must accelerate reconstruction and development.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  9. “Pakistan and Afghanistan must press forward on all possible avenues to exploit the significant potential for mutual economic cooperation, for example by: jointly establishing reconstruction opportunity zones along the border, in which Pakistan entrepreneurs would be prepared to invest; implementing Pakistan's plans to import electricity from Central Asia; and implementing the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- India gas pipeline project. Afghanistan and Pakistan can succeed in achieving their objective of peace, stability and prosperity through mutual cooperation. They can succeed only if they enjoy the unconditional support of the international community. This debate is a good opportunity to commence an honest and objective evaluation of the challenges we face in Afghanistan and to devise a cooperative strategy for success.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  10. “Most of Afghanistan's trade transits through Pakistan. Pakistan has committed $300 million for Afghanistan's reconstruction. We have pledged an additional $20 million for the resettlement of Afghan refugees. Responding to the food crisis, and despite shortages in Pakistan, we have authorized the export of 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan at subsidized rates. Pakistan supports the Afghan National Development Strategy, endorsed in Paris, as the engine for economic growth and equitable development. We will host the next meeting of the Afghan Regional Economic Cooperation forum in Islamabad from 28 to 30 August this year.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  11. “I would suggest that we take some initial steps, such as the following: declaring mutual respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in accordance with the Kabul Declaration; not allowing our respective territories to be used against each other; avoiding provocative statements; intensifying the frequency of mutual visits at all levels; reviving and reinvigorating the jirga process, in which respect Pakistan will soon convene the smaller jirga meeting we have agreed on; and supporting the Ankara process as well as the Afghanistan-Iran-Pakistan tripartite cooperation process. The economic relationship and cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan is already intimate and intense. Our trade amounts to around $1 billion; its potential is far more. We want to realize its full potential.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  12. “The bonds that bind the peoples of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the mutuality of our strategic interests and the democratic mandates of our Governments dictate that political relations between our countries should be much better than they have been in recent months. Foreign Minister Spanta and I have made a beginning by exchanging visits during the last two months. President Karzai, whom I had the honour to meet in Kabul, was one of the last people to see our martyred leader, Benazir Bhutto, hours before her tragic assassination. Yet, clearly, we need to do more to overcome suspicion and distrust. We will do our best to reassure our Afghan brothers and sisters that our Government is inspired by nothing but goodwill towards them. They too should make every effort to address our concerns.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  13. “This is a joint responsibility. Pakistan will continue active cooperation within the Tripartite Commission. We are prepared to consider suggestions to enhance the effectiveness of such cooperation. At the same time, we feel that our partners too could contribute to enhancing operational cooperation by undertaking the following measures: expansion of military deployments and check posts on the Afghan side of the border to match Pakistan's 100,000 military personnel and 1,200 check-posts; real-time intelligence sharing; caution in the use of artillery and aerial attacks, to avoid accidents or territorial violations; supply of counter-insurgency equipment requested by Pakistan; more effective checking of the 40,000 daily legal crossings, including through use of biometric identity cards; and relocation of Afghan refugee camps close to the border from Pakistan to controlled sites in Afghanistan.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  14. “While we seek peace through dialogue and development, challenges to the authority of the Government, acts of terrorism and cross-border attacks in Afghanistan, will not be tolerated. Where such challenges and violations occur, the Government will take forceful action to eliminate them. We are currently doing so in the Khyber Agency against certain violent and criminal extremist militias. The Chief of Army Staff has been given the authority to decide on the application of such military action when required. Pakistan will not allow its territory to be used against other countries. However, no foreign troops will be allowed to operate inside Pakistan. We can ensure greater success in containing, terrorism and insurgency on both sides of the border through more effective cooperation and matching military measures.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  15. “Pacification will therefore require painstaking efforts, region by region, to win the trust and support of local people and their leaders. We are negotiating with tribal leaders and others with influence in those regions - not with the terrorists or with those who do not eschew violence. Reconciliation and reconstruction are the only sustainable solution to insurgent violence and instability. We plan massive investment for the reconstruction of the area and its incorporation into the domestic political mainstream of the country. We welcome the commitment by the United States to the creation of reconstruction and opportunity zones in the region and its pledge to provide $750 million over three years to support those zones.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  16. “The new holistic strategy we have evolved seeks to restore peace in our frontier regions, halt and reverse extremism and eliminate terrorism and violence through political dialogue and socio-economic measures, but retaining the option to use force whenever required. We remain committed to cooperation with Afghanistan and the coalition forces to stabilize Afghanistan. Political reconciliation and economic reconstruction and development are our priority options to win over the people, the tribes and the moderates and to isolate the terrorists and violent extremists. In the context of these pacification efforts, it is important to note that the problems and threats in each area and region of our frontier - as well as across the border - differ from region to region.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  17. “Pakistan lost Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto - a leader of great stature and vision - to terrorist attack. This terrorist onslaught continues. The recent suicidal attack in Islamabad suggests that terrorists' threat to Pakistan is far from over. Naturally, this has led to growing popular concern, and to questioning by some of the excessive reliance on the military option. However, there is also popular disenchantment in Pakistan, including in our frontier region, with the terrorists and extremists, as evident from the success of mainstream political parties in the region in our elections of 18 February. The new democratic Government in Pakistan cannot but be sensitive to the sentiments of our people.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  18. “An end to conflict in Afghanistan will help to restore normalcy on our side of the border; conversely, we recognize that our efforts to stabilize, pacify and promote development in our frontier region will also have a positive impact on the situation across the border. Pakistan has taken several measures to prevent cross-border infiltration by terrorists and insurgents. Those measures have curbed such cross-border movement, but the security environment on our side deteriorated sharply as a result of our role in the counter-terrorism campaign. In 2007, Al-Qaida and some Taliban-linked groups turned on Pakistan and its security forces. Last year, there were a larger number of suicide bombings in Pakistan than there were in Afghanistan, resulting in 2,000 civilian casualties.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  19. “We have hosted over 3 million refugees; we have been afflicted with drugs and arms; and our frontier regions, which were previously peaceful, have been inflamed by the three decades of war and instability in Afghanistan, especially after 2001, when many Al-Qaida and Taliban elements crossed the border into Pakistan. Pakistan's contribution to the fight against terrorism and extremism is well known. Much of the success against Al-Qaida and Taliban has been achieved with our support and cooperation. We have lost more soldiers than any other country in the effort. Yet, we remain determined to defeat and eliminate terrorism and its root causes.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  20. “Peace and stability in Afghanistan are in Pakistan's vital interest. The bonds of geography, history, faith and culture inextricably link the destinies of our two nations. We face a common threat of extremism and terrorism. Peace and stability are essential to enabling Pakistan and Afghanistan to serve as the hub and corridor for trade and economic cooperation between the dynamic regions of South Asia, Central Asia, China and the Gulf. Apart from the Afghan people, the people of Pakistan have suffered the most from the decades of conflict in Afghanistan.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  21. “Bilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan will continue to be conducted between the democratically elected Governments of the two countries. May I also thank Under-Secretary-General John Holmes for his briefing on the humanitarian aspects of the situation in Afghanistan. Since the Bonn Agreement, considerable progress has been made in Afghanistan. We need to consolidate those gains and effectively address the outstanding challenges, in particular the intensifying threat posed by terrorist Violence and militant insurgency. The continuing insecurity and violence in several parts of Afghanistan can be attributed to a complex interplay of several factors - the Taliban, Al-Qaida, lingering warlordism, factional rivalries and criminal activity including, but not limited to, the drug trade.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  22. “As members of the Council know, a day earlier a suicide bomber in Islamabad killed 12 policemen and civilians and wounded scores of people. Again, a day later, there was a series of terrorist bombings in Karachi. We welcome the condemnation of those terrorist attacks by the Security Council. I am therefore grateful for this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Kai Eide, for his briefing this afternoon and to assure him of our cooperation. Pakistan supports the central coordinating role of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in accordance with its mandate, which is specific and limited to Afghanistan.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source

  23. “I wish Viet Nam, a friendly developing country of Asia, great success in its presidency of the Council this month. Let me also congratulate Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the United States delegation on their successful presidency of the Council in June. The new democratic Government of Pakistan has inherited imposing political, economic and security challenges. We are addressing those challenges democratically and effectively. None among those challenges is as critical as the threat posed by terrorism and extremist violence - a threat we face in common with our neighbour, Afghanistan I have condemned the terrorist attack against the Indian embassy in Kabul. We deeply regret the loss of life and damage caused by that unacceptable suicide bombing. Any attack on civilians or diplomatic missions is highly reprehensible.”

    2008-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5930 (2008) · source