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“The note also encourages the holding of timely consultations between the incoming Chairs and the teams, expert groups and related groups responsible for overseeing sanctions. Fourthly, the note encourages improving the interaction and coordination among the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council and between the subsidiary bodies and the Council as a whole. That includes, among other things, that all Chairs will be encouraged, in particular those presiding over subsidiary bodies covering similar themes and geographic areas, to meet regularly to discuss common problems, improve best practices and enhance mutual cooperation, and to request the Secretariat to provide support to those meetings.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“To that end, members of the Council will start the informal process of consultations referred to in the note (8/2012/937) by the President of the Security Council of 17 December 2012 as early as possible after each election of members of the Council. Thirdly, improvement will also be made to preparing the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies. To that end, the note recognizes the support the Secretariat provides to the incoming Chairs and asks it to consider adopting other measures to provide incoming Chairs and their staff with additional substantive information, including on methodology, on the work of the relevant subsidiary body. Outgoing chairs would be encouraged to provide information to incoming Chairs, in writing and orally, on the work carried out during their chairmanship.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“The Secretariat will be encouraged to maintain the translation of all United Nations sanctions lists into all of the official languages of the United Nations, and to continue to ensure that the information on the websites of the subsidiary organs of the Council is accurate and updated in all of the official languages ofthe United Nations, including the reports of sanctions monitoring teams, groups and panels. The second measure is to improve the process of the selection of Chairs by, inter alia, undertaking an informal process with the participation of all Council members with regard to appointing the Chairs of the subsidiary organs in a balanced, transparent, efficient and inclusive way. The measure also includes encouraging the early appointment of Chairs of subsidiary bodies.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“Moreover, it includes requesting the Secretariat to announce all meetings and provisional agendas of the subsidiary organs of the Council to the public in the Journal ofthe United Nations and on the websites of the subsidiary organs, and encouraging all Chairs to seek the views of affected or concerned Member States and to foster early and periodic engagement and dialogue between them and the relevant sanctions monitoring teams, groups and panels of experts throughout the course of their mandate. It includes, furthermore, encouraging all Chairs to continue to travel periodically to regions applicable to their work to seek the views of, and engage with, affected or concerned States and explain and promote the objectives of the subsidiary organ's mandate.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“The first is to improve the transparency of the subsidiary organs of the Security Council, including by encouraging all Chairs to provide non-members of the Council with interactive briefings, as appropriate, and to consider any other possibilities for non-members to provide input to their work. It also includes encouraging all Chairs to continue to brief the Council in open meetings, including on relevant reports, as appropriate; and encouraging them, as appropriate, to provide an agreed brief summary of the relevant meetings of the subsidiary organs of the Council to non-members of the Council, including through press releases.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“It allowed us, for the first time, to hear those countries that are currently or have been subject to United Nations sanctions regimes, and to the Chairs and former Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council, in particular the sanctions committees, as well as those countries that participated in the 2015 high- level review of United Nations sanctions. The outcome of that debate was the adoption of a note (S/2016/l70) by the President of the Security Council on the work of the subsidiary organs of the Security Council, which was distributed on 22 February. In that note, Council members committed to the implementation of a number of measures.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“Over the month, we promoted our work in a constructive and transparent fashion, holding more than 21 meetings of different formats. That number includes three debates, two of which were open to all Members of the United Nations. Twenty consultations were held, and six resolutions, seven press statements and one note by the President were adopted. In addition, within the framework of consultations, we considered 14 updates under the item "Other business". With regard to the debates held this month, we would like to begin with the debate held on 11 February (see S/PV.7620) on the working methods of the subsidiary organs of the Security Council, in particular those of the sanctions committees. That was a very valuable meeting on the dynamics of the Security Council.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to begin its intervention by publicly thanking all Council members and their delegations for their support during our presidency for the month of February. We would also like to publicly thank all members of the staff of the secretariat of the Security Council, in particular Mr. Movses Abelian, as well as the interpreters, technicians and other support staff for their full cooperation during our presidency. The month of February has been one of intense work. We are ready to hand over the presidency on 29 February at midnight, as is the custom, to our brother, the representative of Angola.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7633 (2016) · source
“In favour: Angola, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President (spoke in Spanish): The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2267 (2016). I shall now give the floor to the member of the Council who wishes to make a statement following the adoption of the resolution.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7632 (2016) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2016/183, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Angola, Egypt, France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2016/141, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.”
2016-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7632 (2016) · source
“In that way, they help citizens to have real access to the material and spiritual goods that are indispensable: adequate housing, dignified employment, food, true justice, effective security and a healthy and peaceful environment." It seems to my delegation that those words of Pope Francis speak to the very essence of the peacebuilding architecture, which we are discussing here today. The President (spoke in Spanish): I now give the floor to the representative of Switzerland.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The actions of the Holy See and of Catholic institutions worldwide are fully consistent with the pleas of the Council and other United Nations forums to limit the use of arms and implement strategies of dialogue and negotiation, to bridge the way to peaceful coexistence in diversity and to use the world's industrial might and technological prowess to bring about the peacebuilding aspirations of all. In his recent visit to Mexico, Pope Francis addressed the civil authorities and the diplomatic corps and discussed the building blocks of peace. He stated, "[l]eaders of social, cultural and political life have the particular duty to offer all citizens the opportunity to be worthy contributors to their own future, within their families and in all areas where human social interaction takes place.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Churches, as well as many faith-based organizations and development non-governmental organizations, have always been at the vanguard of pacification and the reconstruction of regions and countries struck by wars and conflicts. Moreover, the nearly 100,000 elementary schools and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities throughout the world that are run by Catholic organizations are an essential contribution to the building and maintenance of peace. The Catholic health-care network encompasses more than 25,000 hospitals; dispensaries; clinics; homes for the elderly, the chronically ill or disabled; orphanages; and child- care centres. A11 are a part of maintaining local, stable and secure environments, which are essential for the comprehensive approach to peacebuilding recommended in the 2015 review.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“In his speech to the General Assembly, Pope Francis noted that integral human development "presupposes and requires the right to education - also for girls, who are excluded in certain places - which is ensured first and foremost by respecting and reinforcing the primary right of the family to educate its children, as well as the right of churches and social groups to support and assist families in the education of their boys and girls. Education conceived in this way is the basis for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda" (A/70/PV3, p. 4). The Holy See, as a subject ofinternational law, has always been a promoter of peace between countries, actively participating in the work of the United Nations, while the local churches have always been a factor of reconciliation at the national level.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The Addis Ababa Action Agenda recognizes the importance to achieving sustainable development of delivering quality education to all girls and boys, including migrant and refugee children and those in conflict and post-conflict situations, and providing safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. The same Agenda stresses that capacity development will be integral to achieving the post-2015 development agenda. It calls for enhanced international support and the establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building, especially in countries in conflict and post-conflict situations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Goal 16 of that Agenda is devoted to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies, and all its targets are relevant for situations of post-conflict. However, in his address to the seventieth session of the General Assembly, Pope Francis noted: "Solemn commitments...are not enough, even though they are a necessary step towards solutions...Our world demands of all Government leaders a will that is effective, practical and constant, with concrete steps and immediate measures", not forgetting that "above and beyond our plans and programmes, we are dealing with real men and women...who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights" (A/70/PV.3, p. 4).”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The ability of the PBC to engage with the host Government as well as civil society and the most important stakeholders on the ground in the conduct and implementation of coordinated actions remains crucial and difficult. In addition, there are several factors that are largely dependent on the substantive and coordinated engagement of the Security Council and other United Nations bodies in each situation. Furthermore, the ultimate success of peacebuilding relies on the attention given to the PBC by the whole international community. Appropriately, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/ 1) address the special needs for financial, trade and development assistance of countries in post-conflict situations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Consequently, following the 2005 World Summit Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60/1), the General Assembly and the Security Council created the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) as a subsidiary body of both United Nations organs. Afterwards, the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) was put in place, and a Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) was also created. The PBC and the PBSO should be praised for the work accomplished in many countries, while the PBF deserves generous and constant financial support from the Member States. However, the conclusions of the Secretary-General's Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (S/2015/490) show the complexity and difficulty of peacebuilding efforts.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I now give the floor to the observer of the Observer State of the Holy See. Brother Carroll (Holy See): My delegation wishes to thank the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for having convened this open debate on "Post- conflict peacebuilding: review of the peacebuilding architecture". Eleven years ago, drawing on the experience of the first 50 years of the United Nations, the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change identified a key institutional gap: there was no place in the United Nations system explicitly designed to avoid State collapse and the slide to war or to assist countries in their transition from war to peace.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I would also like to appeal to speakers to deliver their statements at a reasonable speed, so that the interpreters can perform theirjob as precisely as possible. I wish to inform all concerned that we will be continuing this open debate right through the lunch hour, as we have a very large number of speakers. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Igor Luksic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I would like once again to acknowledge the vision of the late former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, whom we pay tribute to. We sincerely hope that today's open debate will lead us to think further about how the international community and the United Nations can address peacebuilding and contribute to the consultation and negotiation processes to take place in other United Nations organs. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I would like to remind all speakers to limit their statements to a maximum of four minutes, so that the Council can carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to distribute their texts in writing and deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“In particular, we have been very concerned that countries emerging from conflict should have the necessary capacities to manage their own economies and natural resources - a necessity for all our countries. As Latin Americans, we find two cases to be emblematic cases, namely, those of Haiti and Colombia. The case of Haiti serves to illustrate the need to maintain both respect for a country's sovereignty and ongoing support to help it overcome terrible economic conditions left after so many years of conflict. And the case of Colombia gives us hope that the international community will help the Colombian people to navigate peace and create the necessary social and economic conditions so that such a heartbreaking conflict never again reoccurs.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“On the other hand, the recovery of countries emerging from conflicts must not include coercive measures on the part of international institutions that place onerous and unfair conditions on those countries, particularly if those measures violate the country's sovereignty. There is a need for more resources to the socioeconomic development of countries emerging from conflict that include differentiated and beneficial conditions. Preferential and differentiated conditions should be established in the international financial system in order to provide direct support to countries that have brought war to an end and do not want to go back to the path of conflict.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“We cannot expect to build peace if at the same time we ignore the need of the people to meet their most basic socioeconomic needs, secure the means to earn a living and provide the basis for inclusive development with social justice. Therefore, giving people the means to join the economy and integrate into society and creating the foundation for inclusive, sustainable and equitable growth should be part of any peacebuilding process. However, little or no attention at all is directed towards meeting those needs. There is not even clarity in studies or in institutional practice on how to re-energize the economies and institutions of countries emerging from conflict. For Venezuela, that is one of the central issues of peacebuilding, which should be given the requisite attention.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The crisis of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa - who risk their lives and those of their children - is a harrowing indicator of the need to strengthen the peacebuilding architecture. The majority of those migrants come from African countries that have emerged from conflict but are unable to build peace, re-establish the minimal conditions necessary for a decent life for people or to rebuild their societies or their economies. Peacebuilding will be possible only to the extent that the root causes ofconflict are addressed; otherwise, we will face increasing and recurring conflicts rooted primarily in the weakness of State institutions in post- coanict countries. We should place greater emphasis on reactivating sustainable socioeconomic development in countries in post-conflict situations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“After the military intervention in Libya, as had occurred earlier in Iraq, the country entered into a prolonged, ongoing state of political instability - without institutions, without infrastructure, without public services, without security, without means of survival and without a stable economy - but with the most sophisticated weapons on the market, the presence of non-State armed groups, the division of the country and the ensuing political and economic instability. The need for peacebuilding in those brotherly Arab countries is one of the main challenges and responsibilities of the United Nations, and in particular of the Security Council.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“It seems the Security Council has a predilection for implementing Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, instead of Chapters devoted to the prevention of conflict, which further exacerbates the situation in post-conflict countries. Few cases illustrate that pattern as clearly as does the case of Libya. Following the adoption of resolution 1973 (2011) and the establishment a no-fly zone, an international military coalition authorized by the Security Council spent billions of dollars to overthrow the Libyan Government.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“That is directly related to the budgetary allocation of resources and represents one of the causes of the relapses into conflict in many countries. The United Nations tends to be reactive when addressing conflicts, favouring the use of short-term security and humanitarian measures to the detriment of long-term actions that could address the root causes of conflict. That is clearly reflected in the distribution of resources: while the budget for humanitarian assistance has reached $24.5 billion and the budget for peacekeeping operations is $8 billion, the budget of the Peacebuilding Fund is a mere $100 million per year, to distributed among 22 countries. On the topic ofpeacebuilding, the Security Council has a great deal to do with regard to the manner in which it deals with conflicts.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Although capacity- and institution-building in countries in post-conflict situations indeed require technical expertise, peacebuilding is first and foremost an inherently political process. As some case studies have revealed, once peacekeeping operations or special political missions withdraw from the field, we see a substantive political divestment on the part of the United Nations system. That approach cannot continue. In order to be effective and durable, peacebuilding processes require sustained funding and political attention for prolonged periods. That reality ought to be a priority for the States Members of the Organization, which should take the necessary steps to address it. The United Nations currently devotes little political attention and few resources to peacebuilding.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“We are talking about structural changes that could take up to a generation to bear fruit. That requires the Organization to update and adapt its projections and its models to achieve lasting peace in countries in post-conflict situations. We must leave behind templates that call for mechanical and unnecessarily rigid and overly accelerated peacebuilding processes. Mediation processes, peace agreements, the drafting of constitutions and the holding of elections need to be much more representative and inclusive of local aspects, as well as more cognizant of the political context of the countries in question. In addition, peacebuilding processes must be accompanied by the ongoing political presence and attention of the United Nations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The visionary 1992 report of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali "An Agenda for Peace" (S/24111) laid the foundation for the United Nations system to establish what came to be known as the peacebuilding architecture, made up ofthe Peacebuilding Commission, the Peacebuilding Fund and the Peacebuilding Support Office. Last year, on occasion of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of that architecture, the report (see S/2015/490) of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture examined the activities of that architecture over recent years. The conclusions of the report prompt us to reflect deeply on how the United Nations addresses peacebuilding. Peacebuilding processes are non-linear and are much more lengthy and costly than anticipated in 2005, when the peacebuilding architecture was established.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“We would like to thank everyone for their participation in today's open debate on peacebuilding, which is being held concurrently with a major intergovernmental negotiation process in the General Assembly, facilitated by Ambassadors Gillian Bird and Gaspar Martins, the Permanent Representatives of Australia and Angola. Peacebuilding involves a range of long-term political, institutional and development activities that seek to address the root causes of conflicts, prevent them from recurring and achieve sustainable and lasting peace.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. We would like to express our appreciation for their excellent briefings to Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; Ambassador Olof Skoog, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; and Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture. We also thank Ambassador De Aguiar Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil, for his invaluable support during his time as Chair of the Commission.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to the United Nations to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and previous practice in that regard. It is so decided. 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/2016/104, which contains the text of a letter dated 1 February 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Mr. Kamau.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden and former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; and His Excellency Mr. Gert Rosenthal, Chair of the Advisory Group of Experts on the review of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to participate in this meeting: Mrs. Louise Sharene Bailey, Adviser at the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations; His Excellency Mr. Gonzalo Koncke, Permanent Observer of the Organization of American States to the United Nations; and Mr. Carl Hallergard, Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; His Excellency Mr.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“I now invite the members of the Council to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at11.20 am.”
2016-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7628 (2016) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2016/70, which contains a letter dated 22 January 2016 addressed to the President of the Security Council from the Panel of Experts on South Sudan established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2206 (2015). I also wish to draw attention of Council members to document S/2016/l38, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan. At this meeting the Security Council will hear briefings from Mr. Mogae, Mr. Soumare and Mr. Simonovie, as well as Mr. Fode' Seek, Permanent Representative of Senegal, who will speak in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015). I now give the floor to Mr. Mogae.”
2016-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7628 (2016) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of South Sudan to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to participate in this meeting: Mr. Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission; Mr. Moustapha Soumare, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan; and Mr. Ivan Simonovie, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. On behalf of the Council, I would like to welcome Mr. Mogae, Mr. Soumare and Mr. Simonovie, who are joining today's meeting via video-teleconference from Addis Ababa, Juba and Goma, respectively. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2016-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7628 (2016) · source
“I thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 3.15 pm.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7627 (2016) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome Mr. Mladenov, who is joining today's meeting Via video-teleconference from Jerusalem. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Mr. Mladenov.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7627 (2016) · source
“I will also be able to hear at first hand the President's views on the issue, which I will then convey to the Sanctions Committee and to the Council. Lastly, the security situation in the Horn of Africa has been greatly complicated both by the conflict in Yemen and the huge flows of small arms and light weapons into the area. We believe that the Sanctions Committee should undertake a political assessment of its scope and work. As the representative of Egypt mentioned, it is one of the oldest of the Council's Sanctions Committees. We should try to re-evaluate the situation and see how we can adapt in order to maintain and preserve peace and security in the Horn of Africa. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. The meeting rose at 11.25 a.m.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“The Monitoring Group of the Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee stated that it had received "unconfirmed reports" of the presence of Eritrean soldiers in Yemen. That is an aspect that we wanted to bring up at this open meeting, because there are elements introduced by the Monitoring Group that have tended to complicate the work of the Sanctions Committee and to perpetuate the sanctions regimes on these countries. I would also like to report that, as Chair of the Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee, I have received an invitation from the President of Eritrea to visit his country. We will organize a visit in the next few months - certainly after February - with the aim of gaining a greater understanding and arriving at specific goals for facilitating the work being done between the Monitoring Group and Eritrea.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“While the historic dispute and conflict that exists between the two countries should be resolved, in our opinion it is outside the purview of the Sanctions Committee, and an appropriate forum should be found to deal with the situation. We will have to carve out a separate space if we are to make progress with the issue of sanctions in compliance with the mandate of the Sanctions Committee on Eritrea. However, that should not be affected by the dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, which should be treated in another forum. Furthermore, with regard to the question of the representative of Senegal, the presence of Eritrean troops in Yemen has not been confirmed. This is an issue related to the transparency of the reports.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“If we assume that the two reasons, which I mentioned previously, that gave rise to the imposition of secondary sanctions on Eritrea are no longer applicable, we believe it is time to re-examine the validity and scope of the sanctions regime on Eritrea. We recently held a debate on the working methods of the sanctions committees (see S/PV.7620) and the role of the monitoring groups. In the case of the Somalia and Eritrea Committee, we have a robust Monitoring Group, and some of its members have been reappointed. However, my country believes that the Monitoring Group has overreached its mandate by offering unsupported information on some issues. The first of those is the dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“In that regard, we should cooperate to put an end to the illegal trade in charcoal so that it is no longer a source of financing for terrorism and instead serve as a way of expanding and strengthening Somalia's capacity to effectively exploit its natural resources for the benefit of its people, who so desperately need it. With regard to Eritrea, we emphasize that all the reports of the Monitoring Group, including its most recent report (see S/2015/801), show that no link exists between Eritrea and Al-Shabaab. Similarly, the territorial differences between Eritrea and Djibouti are under mediation through the Government of Qatar, and there are Qatari peacekeepers stationed at the border between the two countries.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“We call on the international community to provide all the necessary support to the State of Somalia so that it can exercise control, ensure the rule of law, extend its administration and provide services in areas liberated from Al-Shabaab, failing which those areas could fall back into the hands of terrorist groups. Although the sanctions - and the Sanctions Committee - must achieve their goal, they must be reviewed so that they can contribute to the Federal Government of Somalia effectively controlling areas being liberated from terrorists. We are concerned that Somalia, which possesses enormous natural resources in the areas of oil, gas, fisheries and charcoal, can neither exercise nor profit from the rational exploitation of those resources, as is its right.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“Although there have been major achievements in combating this terrorist group, its asymmetric attacks against troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia, the country's national forces and Somali civilians continue to be a destabilizing element. We are also concerned about the potential of the conflict in Yemen to impact Somalia, especially when it comes to the growth ofAl-Qaida and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. If an alliance between the two were to coalesce, it could pose a serious threat to peace and security in Somalia.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my national capacity as the representative of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. With regard to the political situation in Somalia and the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) in support of the country's stability, it seems clear to us that the priority is to strengthen all of the national capacities of the Federal Government of Somalia. In that regard, we hope that the process of strengthening institutions will allow the Government effectively to control its territory and all of its economic and social activities. However, my country expresses its deep concern about the continued presence of A1-Shabaab.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source
“The Committee has expressed its interest in assessing the changes in the security situation in the Horn of Africa with a View to increasing the effectiveness of the current sanctions regime in Somalia and Eritrea. Finally, I would like to thank Council members for entrusting me again with the chairmanship of this important Committee. I will continue doing everything in my power to guide the work of the Committee in a balanced and fair manner. I am confident that, through its work, the Committee will make a significant contribution to the Council's efforts to achieve lasting peace and stability in Somalia, Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. I resume my functions as President of the Council. I now give the floor to the other members of the Security Council.”
2016-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7626 (2016) · source