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Ragaglini

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first: 2009-11-11
most recent: 2013-06-24
sittings or episodes: 30
sources: un-security-council

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“In this context, we cannot ignore the issue of strengthening the status of the Peacebuilding Commission in the framework of the United Nations institutional architecture. On the second point, recent history illustrates the growing role of regional organizations in the international context. Sharing the burden of peacekeeping with them maximizes the global effectiveness of the United Nations, rationalizes the resources available, and often increases the possibilities of a successful transition. One example should suffice; with the status of Kosovo clarified, the United Nations is gradually passing the baton to the European Union. Similar cooperation has proved useful with the African Union, an organization that should be encouraged and supported to share the burden of peacekeeping.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270Resumption1 (2010) · source
“In the same statement, the Council recognizes that a peacekeeping mission should be a complement, not an alternative, to a political strategy. Bearing in mind the very wide deployment of United Nations troops around the world, we believe that the moment has come to shape concretely the coherence required by the Security Council in that statement. The five-year review of the Peacebuilding Commission offers us the chance to move from words to deeds. It is an opportunity to establish new working methods, more cooperation and greater synergy between the Security Council and its national and institutional partners, which are called on to share the burden of a responsible transition.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Only integrated participation, a strategic vision and shared responsibility from the outset among the various actors of a peacekeeping operation will permit timely preparation for the changing of the guard between military Blue Helmets and peacebuilders deployed to help a country stabilize. Such joint efforts will unfailingly promote clearer mandates and fill present transition gaps. Members know that this is not a totally new idea. In its presidential statement adopted in August, the Security Council underlined the following conclusion: "The Security Council... re-emphasises the need for coherence between, and integration of, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and development to achieve an effective response to post-conflict situations from the outset" (S/PRST/2009/24, p. 3).”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270Resumption1 (2010) · source
“First is the strategic level, here in New York, with the participation from the start of the Peacebuilding Commission and the troop-contributing countries in drafting mission mandates and planning; second is the involvement, whenever possible, of the regional organizations most affected by the crisis; third are national contributions, which should be focused, among other priorities, on building the security conditions indispensable to any transition. On the first point, Italy considers it essential that the main protagonists, present and future, be brought in at the very first stages of forging a peace mission. These are the countries that contribute military and police forces, and the Peacebuilding Commission, a body conceived specifically to coordinate efforts to consolidate institutions in States emerging from conflict.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270Resumption1 (2010) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for promoting a useful debate on peacekeeping that focuses on the actual effectiveness of peacekeeping operations, based on the capacity to assist a country in its transition from conflict to peace. I also thank you for inviting Italy, the most important European troop- contributor to United Nations peacekeeping missions, to add its reflections to this debate. I also wish to fully align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of the European Union. A debate on transition and exit strategies requires a focus on at least three different levels.”
2010-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6270Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It should also create political momentum for next year's Conference of States Parties and its high-level segment. We call upon all Member States to be represented at the highest level possible at those events, so as to confirm our common political will and shared responsibility in tackling drug trafficking and related forms of organized crime. Italy welcomes the presidential statement that was adopted by the Security Council today and will continue to be an active partner in international and regional efforts to tackle the convergent threats to international security of organized crime and drug trafficking.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“2010 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Palermo Convention and its additional protocols. Today, more than ever, we need a firm commitment from the entire United Nations membership to that and other instruments. The General Assembly's omnibus resolution on the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, proposed by Italy and approved in November by the Third Committee with the co-sponsorship of 117 Member States, clearly affirms those goals. That resolution requests the Secretary-General to convene a special high-level meeting of the General Assembly on transnational organized crime in the second quarter of 2010. The purpose of the meeting would be to foster universal adherence to the Palermo Convention and strengthen international cooperation.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Italy contributed $500,000 to CARICC and â‚¬400,000 to UNODC regional programme on Afghanistan and neighbouring countries to enhance operational capacities in border management and to counter drug trafficking, and has contributed â‚¬l.5 million to the Afghan Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund. Criminal entrepreneurs are exploiting regional vulnerabilities, taking advantage of their unique combination of risk and rewards under current conditions. Our response must change that arithmetic. Enabling information-sharing and police and judicial cooperation among all countries affected by this traffic would give a fundamental added value to our operational capacities. In that regard, the United Nations conventions against crime and corruption are our strongest weapons.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The outreach session of the G8 Ministerial Meeting, held in Trieste on 26-27 June, highlighted the need for joint initiatives in border management, the harmonization of judiciary systems, the strengthening of intelligence networks, the exchange of information, the eradication of illicit drug crops and alternative development. Italy supports the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) and welcomes its cooperation with the Joint Planning Cell for the countries of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan and the Gulf Centre for Criminal Intelligence.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Starting 09-63874 next January, UNODC will work in collaboration with two teams of Italian Guardia di Finanza experts to develop, execute and implement a capacity-building project for the law enforcement agencies of Guinea Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone and Senegal to fight against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime. In response to the requests of national beneficiaries and the findings of country-based preliminary assessment missions, the Italian specialized trainers will develop and run tailored-made training programmes for each of those four countries. Italy remains committed to supporting Afghanistan's efforts to reduce the illegal cultivation and production of narcotic substances.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“UNODC encourages international cooperation through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West Africa Coast Initiative, which draw on the combined forces of the Department of Political Affairs, Department of Peacekeeping Operations and INTERPOL. Just last week, a donor conference in Vienna aimed at assisting ECOWAS attracted major support. Italy has contributed â‚¬l.3 million to those initiatives and provided a coast guard unit and one aircraft for border control in Senegal in the framework of the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, or FRONTEX, programme.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The West African States' ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals depends, to a large extent, on strategic and effective coordination between international cooperation and national policies. The involvement of the United Nations Office for West Africa as a bridge between the Organization and regional efforts, along with the personal commitment of Ambassador Djinnit, represent an important step in that direction. I commend UNODC for its commitment and achievements in every aspect of our common action. Some years ago, UNODC gave us an early warning about West Africa's risk of becoming a platform for drug trafficking and organized crime. Its reports on drug trafficking there represented the most detailed, in-depth analysis available at the international level.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Last May, an international conference was held in Rome that was co-chaired by the Italian Interior and Foreign Affairs Ministers and attended by specialized international agencies, regional organizations and prominent experts. At the conference, participants defined the conceptual framework for the political declaration adopted in July by the G-8 leaders at L'Aquila. The harmful leverage of drug trafficking and organized crime is multiplied in vulnerable regions, where they destabilize States from within and can create asymmetrical shocks at the international level. Your emphasis on the African situation, Mr. President, is thus particularly appropriate. West Africa is a test case for the international community.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Today transnational crime, particularly the drug trade, is relevant to the definition of a "world risk society". For the international community to tackle it, a new approach is needed, one that has two main characteristics: the ability to deal effectively with non-State actors, and improvements in international cooperation and information-sharing. Security today is a multidisciplinary challenge. It requires global analysis, global commitment and a global response. While stopping drug traffickers is a decisive element, it should not be the driver of our policies. Development is a crucial step towards achieving security. 09-63874 The 2009 Italian presidency of the Group of Eight (G-8) attached special significance to those new destabilizing factors and transnational threats.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's open debate on drug trafficking as a threat to international security. Following last July's debates on peace consolidation in West Africa (see S/PV.6157 and S/PV.6l60), your initiative confirms the Security Council's attention to the growing threat posed by drug trafficking and organized crime to international peace and security. I also wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for their comprehensive and accurate reports. Italy would like to endorse the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden in its capacity in the presidency of the European Union. Never before has individual, national and international security been so clearly interconnected.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That principle implies that sovereignty brings special responsibilities. Governments must protect their own populations, and the best way for them to do so is to promote human rights, the rule of law and democratic governance. Only when a Government manifestly fails to do so should the international community intervene. The responsibility to protect should not be perceived in a confrontational manner; it should be seen, instead, as an instrument available to the international community to overcome crises, provided that the conditions referred to in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document (General Assembly resolution 60/ 1) are met. In that context, we welcome the debate that took place in the General Assembly in July on the report of the Secretary-General (A/63/677).”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source
“It is the States, by adapting their laws and jurisdictions, that should be the first to respond to serious breaches of law, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in their territories. At the same time, it is up to States - in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross and other competent institutions on this issue - to raise awareness of the basic principles and the importance of international humanitarian law, especially in armed forces. Allow me to conclude, on a more general note, by recalling the reaffirmation in resolution 1674 (2006) of the principle of the responsibility to protect, which is a cardinal achievement of the United Nations. I also welcome the reference to that principle made in resolution 1894 (2009), adopted by the Council today.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source
“Guidelines and training should be accompanied by resources that enable peacekeepers to protect civilians effectively and securely. I would also like to recall Italy's commitment to combating impunity for international crimes. In situations where any civilian population is the target of attacks, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court provides the legal basis for holding accountable those responsible for the attacks if a State is unwilling or unable to do so. In this regard, we must reiterate our commitment to ending impunity. International criminal jurisdiction should thus be increasingly viewed as a complementary instrument in the repression of international crimes.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source
“Turning now to peacekeeping, the protection of civilians by United Nations Blue Helmets requires, in our opinion, three elements. First, it needs guidelines, by which I mean the instructions and principles that should inform peacekeeper actions on the ground when civilian lives are at risk. In this respect, we encourage the Secretariat's efforts to craft a policy over the next few months that is shared by Member States. Secondly, training should be standardized and based on the aforementioned guidelines. It should address the ability to manage crisis situations that pose a threat to the lives of civilians, particularly women and children. Italy is cooperating with the Secretariat in this area through its Centres of Excellence. In this spirit, it has helped to finance some Police Division projects. Thirdly, equipment is essential.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source
“The Security Council has shown great leadership in this regard in the last year and a half, starting with the adoption of landmark resolution 1820 (2008), which stated once and for all that sexual violence, when used as a tactic of war, is a matter of peace and security and therefore the business of the Security Council. Resolution 1888 (2009), adopted in September, is another important step forward, as it provides the Council with effective new tools designed to end impunity and to hold accountable the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. It is now up to the Council to use these tools and to implement these resolutions in full and without delay. In this respect, the Secretary-General's early appointment of a special representative for women, peace and security will provide much-needed leadership, coordination and advocacy in this field.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source
“Mr. President, I wish to thank you for taking the initiative of convening today's high-level debate on this important anniversary and for your delegation's important work in negotiating resolution 1894 (2009) adopted earlier today. Italy was glad to join the list of sponsors. I also wish to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for providing us with a complete picture of the progress achieved and of ongoing concerns in the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. Italy fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. I will now touch on some points of particular interest to my country. Ending sexual violence in situations of armed conflict is a key element of the protection of civilians agenda.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source