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Rama/Mr. Hoxha

lines on the record: 52
first: 2022-06-02
most recent: 2023-09-20
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3.30 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 2 p.m.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I now call on the Minister of Climate Change and Environment and Chief of the International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court of the United Arab Emirates.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I thank President Akufo-Addo for his statement. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Federation.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I thank President Lasso Mendoza for his statement. I now call on His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“That is why everyone has to do their part. Albania is a small country. Our continued support for Ukraine may not change the dynamics on the battleground, but it contributes to not rewarding aggression, not accepting annexation and not letting the obvious become dubious. I once again repeat that we may differ on how to deal with this and we may have different views on how to move towards peace, but how can we possibly have different views on who is the aggressor and who is the aggressed?”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“But it would be an insult to the intelligence of the Organization if we were to fail to unanimously recognize and say loudly who is the aggressor and who is the aggressed. It is the same sharp difference between war and peace, as Tolstoy reminds us. I ask members to go back and read him. If we fail to admit that crystal clear truth, we are not only letting down Ukraine and its people but we are failing our core responsibility, compromising the future and betraying all our children from Brazil to Spain, from the Arctic to the South Pole. The struggle of Ukraine is also the struggle of everyone who aspires to live in a world in which nations are free and equal, territorial integrity is indisputable and the right to live in peace is unquestionable. The contrary is not only short-sighted but utterly dangerous for everyone under this roof.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“Then they came for me, but there was no one left to help or defend me.” As we speak, more than 26,000 civilians have passed away. Tomorrow the number will be higher, and it will increase every day for as long as this war continues. Given the inexcusable nuclear sabre-rattling that keeps coming time and again from different layers of the Kremlin, one is right to fear that, one day — God forbid — this madness could turn into something far worse — and let us not forget, as unimaginable today as today’s war was yesterday. We have a duty to help those in need, and in that respect to help Ukraine and Ukrainians. We may of course differ on how to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom and dignity. We may have different views on how to end the war. Let us discuss them.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“An act of aggression in the heart of Europe cannot be Europe’s problem alone, as some think, as some say or as some whisper. Cynics may think that Ukraine is just a problem dropped into the lap of the democratic West to deal with. They may even mumble that what goes around comes around, implying that it is natural payback for what might have happened before, elsewhere, in other times. Is it? Really? I invite everyone to think twice. This war of aggression must be everyone’s business. Let me remind us of that by paraphrasing Martin Niemöller’s tragic account: “First, they came for Georgia — I did not speak out. Then they came for Crimea — it was not my country, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the whole of Ukraine, but I was not Ukrainian, and I did not speak out.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“Until only a few years ago, who could have imagined that an unjustified, unjust and unprovoked act of military aggression by a big country against a new democracy would not be immediately, promptly and universally condemned by all nations that gather here and share the same goals and principles? How does one understand the “yes, buts”, or the calls on both sides with arguments in order to avoid calling a spade a spade, refusing to call brutal aggression by its only and real name: a humanmade tragedy that is inflicting untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, but that is also reverberating across all regions of the world, hurting growth, raising prices and threatening with hunger and starvation hundreds of millions of people?”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“While the world today more than ever needs an acute sense of responsibility from all of us to confront the multiple challenges and threats facing our planet — conflicts; the unconstitutional seizing of power; and climate change, with devastating floods and unforgiving droughts, including unpredictable and severe wildfires — we are instead witnessing increasingly disruptive attitudes, reckless acts and growing conflictuality within and among States. In many parts of the world, examples of force have proliferated, while the force of example has become a rarity. Until not long ago, who could have imagined that, in the third decade of the twenty-first century, a disastrous war started by a permanent member of the Council would put Europe at risk by brutally undermining all of the principles that gave birth to the United Nations?”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I thank President Zelenskyy for his statement. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Prime Minister of Albania. I thank all participants for being here today. The presence of such a considerable number of dignitaries speaks to the very high importance of the issue at hand. I also thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, which resonate with and reflect the values and principles of our Organization. I am grateful to President Zelenskyy for his presence here at such a tragic moment in his country’s history. His strong words translate the pain of his compatriots and convey very clearly, together with his firm determination, the grit of his people and the unwavering hope of his nation.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“It was you who talked about NATO, about Albania being in NATO and about NATO countries coming here today, which has nothing to do with my role as President of the Security Council. May we now, with your permission, continue the meeting normally? The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2023/653, which contains the text of a letter dated 6 September 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Secretary-General António Guterres.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I just responded to you after you addressed me as the Albanian Prime Minister and after you continued to say incorrect things about what the procedure is here. If you do not want me to answer as the Albanian Prime Minister, do not provoke me as such. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I must say that, coming from you, this lecture about violating the rules in this building is quite an impressive show. As you repeated many times that the violation here is about President Zelenskyy speaking before Council members, there is a solution for that, if you agree: stop the war and President Zelenskyy will not take the floor. What makes his presence here important — and why it is important for all of us to hear him first and then discuss — is because of you, not us. I take note. We will continue with our meeting. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“As for the second question, I have some difficulty in understanding what the problem is, because the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has an important role and is here because its contribution to this meeting is considered of the essence. Yes, the OSCE representative here is an Albanian from North Macedonia. If the representative of the Russian Federation could be more explicit about what the problem is, I would be happy to help him. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“Previously, in February of this year (see S/PV.9269), the Russian delegation raised the same issue and was assured by the then Council President that ample precedents existed of non-Council Member States taking the floor before Council members. Several cases were cited at the time — and others could be mentioned. I would add that, at each of the previous five Security Council meetings at which President Zelenskyy was invited to participate, he spoke before Council members. I want to assure our Russian colleagues and everyone here that this is not a “special operation” by the Albanian presidency, but a continuation of a long and well-established practice of the Council. Today’s speaking order is therefore in full conformity with the Council’s guidelines and practices.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I wish to recall that paragraph 33 of presidential note S/2017/507, agreed by consensus, states: “when non-members are invited to speak to the Security Council, those who have a direct interest in the outcome of the matter under consideration may speak prior to Council members, if appropriate.” Given the subject of today’s open debate, we believe that inviting President Zelenskyy to speak before Council members is amply in line with paragraph 33. Moreover, giving the floor to President Zelenskyy would provide an opportunity for Council members and the other Member States participating today in such impressive numbers to respond to his remarks.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I take note of the remarks made by the Russian delegation. In response, I would like to confirm that notice of the planned speaking order was given to all Council members in advance. In my view, it would have been preferable had this procedural matter been resolved at a technical level prior to the start of this open debate so that we would have been able to proceed immediately to the substance of our deliberations today.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“Bujar Osmani, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; and His Excellency Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paterno di Montecupò, Sovereign Order of Malta. I also propose that the Council invite His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See, to participate in the meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. There being no objection, it is so decided. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Türkiye, Ukraine and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite the following to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. Charles Michel, President of the European Council; His Excellency Mr.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, Presidents, Ministers and other high-level representatives present in the Security Council Chamber. Their presence today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421 (2023) · source
“It has been a long day, but there are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, with the concurrence of members of the Council, I intend to suspend the meeting until tomorrow at 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 6.35 p.m.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I now give the floor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Pendarovski for his statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Nausėda for his statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, President of the Republic of North Macedonia.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Giammattei Falla for his statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Rinkēvičs for his statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alejandro Giammattei Falla, President of the Republic of Guatemala.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Musar for her statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Republic of Latvia.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Novák for her statement. I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Slovenia.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Rebelo de Sousa for his statement. I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Katalin Novák, President of Hungary.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Pavel for his statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank President Karis for his statement. I thank I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I would like to warmly welcome all the Presidents, Ministers and other high-level representatives who are here in the Security Council Chamber. Their presence today underscores the importance of the subject under discussion. I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after four minutes. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alan Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia.”
2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, I intend to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.20 p.m.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after four minutes. I now give the floor to the representative of Malaysia.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“I now give the floor to Her Excellency Mrs. Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Uzra Zeya, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights of the United States of America.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“Perpetrators should have no place in our world but only in their own, behind bars, just as happened with Slobodan Milošević, Charles Taylor and their like — those who put themselves not merely above the law but outside the most basic laws of humanity. We must make impunity history. Justice, that indispensable companion of truth, must prevail in the name of our shared humanity. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs of India.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“That is why it is crucial that we firmly and continually resist every attempt to deny or downplay these odious crimes. The glorification of criminals and the denial of genocide are direct calls to violence and must be condemned without hesitation. (spoke in English) We must do more to strengthen what we have achieved and build new tools to address new challenges. We owe it to our children, to the children of the world. Accountability breeds responsibility. Responsibility leads to action. Action reinforces justice. Justice contributes to peace. Without strong and effective accountability, our shared norms and values will wither away. We must not let violations become the norm.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“Crimes should not and must not remain unpunished. Albania will continue to be at the forefront of efforts to deliver justice and deter further and future crimes. (spoke in French) We have to show, not just in words but through our actions, that “more than ever” actually means “never again”. We owe it to the millions of victims of genocide in Srebrenica, Rwanda and Darfur. We owe it to all who have endured atrocities, massacres and crimes against humanity. We owe it to the countless silent faces who are usually the invisible victims of unforgivable sexual crimes, such as the 20,000 women brutally raped during the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo of 1998 and 1999. We owe it to the millions children whose lives have been broken and who have been deprived of their futures by armed strongmen.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“In failing to hold the Syrian regime accountable for its crimes against its own people, we may have encouraged atrocities elsewhere. But failure to address all violations everywhere should not be a reason to act nowhere. That brings me to the tragic and ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine. That reprehensible act has violated everything the Council stands for — the values, the norms, the law and the respect we owe one another as responsible members of the same community of nations. An unprovoked, unjustified and totally illegal war has caused undue pain to the entire Ukrainian nation. It has challenged European security, shaken the global economy and is causing undue pain to millions of people worldwide by exacerbating food insecurity. Horrible crimes are being committed and uncovered every day. That calls for accountability.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“And as we reiterate that it is important to uphold our shared values and norms, we are all aware that both are under enormous stress. We know that when we fail to stand up firmly and assume our collective responsibility, when we fail to uphold the right to truth, to justice and to effective remedy and reparation, our institutions grow weaker and public trust fades away. We are then left with frustration and impatience about our lack of progress and inability to deliver, while the perpetrators loom large. War crimes, crimes against humanity and other gross violations of human rights undermine the fabric of entire societies. We have seen how they destabilize States and jeopardize whole regions, threatening international peace and security. The case of the 11-year-old conflict in Syria is a tragic example.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“States have created a vast body of law to regulate their behaviour and have voluntarily committed to abide by it. Millions more have been sacrificed so that we could accept our collective responsibility to abide by the rules and hold ourselves to account when we are unable or unwilling to respect them. Yet our basic values, enshrined in a growing body of international law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international criminal law, continue to be systematically and grossly violated. All serious violations of international law must be treated with the same level of fairness and determination, because they are part of the same problem. As expressed in the wise words of Martin Luther King, Jr., injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“However, they become magnified if we focus only on the here and now, on everyday politics and concerns about short-term goals and narrow interests. But fundamental values still exist beneath such arguments, and they are what brings the international community together. They represent the moral structure that makes the international community a community, where the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. Such values and norms are enshrined in what we commonly call international law. They reveal their true meaning and their real power in times of difficulty, crisis, conflict and war. And as we know, they have not come easily. Tens of billions of people had to die before we could discover and accept basic principles of international law.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Prime Minister of Albania. Let me start by thanking Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield of the United States of America and her team for the excellent way in which they conducted the work of the Security Council during the month of May. I would also like to thank Judge Joan Donoghue, the President of the International Court of Justice, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Professor Dapo Akande for the important information they have provided. Differences of opinion, disagreements and divisions are not unusual in the Council or among the wider United Nations membership. They are a part of life, including international life.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/418/Rev.1, which contains the text of a letter dated 24 May 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Judge Donoghue.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Judge Joan Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice; Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Mr. Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite His Excellency Mr. Silvio Gonzato, Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Morocco, Myanmar, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting.”
2022-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9052 (2022) · source