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  1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I intend, with the concurrence of Members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at I p.m.”

    2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760 (2012) · source

  2. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.”

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  3. “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. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate their text in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to the representative of Israel.”

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  4. “The Security Council acknowledges the importance of coherent, system-wide United Nations action in order to offer coordinated responses to transnational threats, including through the use of best practices and exchange of positive experiences from relevant initiatives elsewhere, such as the Paris Pact initiative. "The Security Council invites the Secretary- General to submit in six months a report providing a comprehensive survey and assessment of the United Nations relevant work to help Member States counter illicit cross-border trafficking and movement, as defined in the second paragraph above." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2012/ 16.”

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  5. “"The Security Council encourages Member States, as well as international organizations and relevant regional and subregional organizations, within existing mandates, as appropriate, to enhance efforts to assist Member States to build the capacity to secure their borders against illicit cross-border trafficking and movement, upon request and by mutual agreement, in accordance with international law. The Security Council commends the substantial efforts already under way in this field. "The Security Council observes that several United Nations entities, including subsidiary organs of the Security Council, already offer such assistance.”

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  6. “"The Security Council calls on Member States to fully comply with relevant obligations under applicable international law, including human rights and international refugee and humanitarian law, relating to securing their borders against illicit cross-border trafficking and movement, including obligations stemming from relevant resolutions of the Security Council adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The Security Council calls on all Member States to fully respect and implement all of their relevant international obligations in this regard. "The Security Council encourages Member States and relevant organizations to enhance cooperation and strategies, as appropriate, to combat such illicit cross-border trafficking and movement.”

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  7. “The Council further notes that such illicit cross-border trafficking and movement, which in some cases exploits similar vulnerabilities experienced by Member States in securing their borders, can be addressed by improving Member States' abilities to secure their borders. The Security Council further acknowledges the importance of adopting a comprehensive and balanced approach, as necessary, to tackle the conditions conducive to facilitating illicit cross-border trafficking and movement, including demand and supply factors, and underlines the importance of international cooperation in this regard.”

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  8. “The Security Council reaffirms that Member States shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, and shall also give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the United Nations Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any State against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action. "The Security Council acknowledges that distinct strategies are required to address threats posed by illicit cross-border trafficking and movement. Nevertheless, the Council observes that illicit cross-border trafficking and movement are often facilitated by organized criminal groups and networks.”

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  9. “The Security Council notes that, in a globalized society, organized criminal groups and networks, better equipped with new information and communication technologies, are becoming more diversified and connected in their illicit operations, which in some cases may aggravate threats to international security. "The Security Council reaffirms that securing their borders is the sovereign prerogative of Member States and, in this context, reaffirms its commitment to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, including the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity. The Security Council calls on all Member States to improve border management to effectively constrain the spread of transnational threats.”

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  10. “The Security Council recalls the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons as well as the international tracing instrument and the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. "The Security Council reaffirms the benefits of transborder communication, international exchange and international migration. The Security Council notes, however, that the various challenges and threats to international peace and security posed by illicit cross-border trafficking and movement have increased as the world has become more interconnected.”

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  11. “The Council recognizes that such illicit cross-border trafficking and movement often involves cross-cutting issues, many of which are considered by the General Assembly and other United Nations organs and bodies. "The Council notes relevant international conventions such as the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000 and the Protocols thereto, the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003 and the relevant international conventions and protocols related to terrorism.”

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  12. “The Council has addressed, when appropriate, related to these challenges and threats, illicit cross-border trafficking in arms, drug trafficking, trafficking by non-State actors in nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, their means of delivery and related materials, trafficking in conflict minerals and the movement of terrorists and their funds in violation of United Nations sanctions regimes imposed by the Security Council in accordance with Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and other decisions taken under Chapter VII, in particular resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) as well as its other relevant decisions (hereinafter - illicit cross- border trafficking and movement). The Council is concerned that such illicit cross-border trafficking and movement contributes to these challenges and threats.”

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  13. “After consultations among Council members, I have been authorized to make the following statement on their behalf: "The Security Council reaffirms its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. "The Security Council acknowledges the evolving challenges and threats to international peace and security, including armed conflicts, terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and small arms and light weapons, transnational organized crime, piracy, drugs and human trafficking.”

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  14. “We therefore welcome the Security Council's request to the Secretary-General to provide a diagnostic assessment of these efforts. The Security Council needs a birds-eye view of them across the United Nations system. The United States hopes that the Security-General's report will also offer any proposals, as appropriate, for improvements. By helping Member States to secure their borders, the Council can respond to and, we hope, help prevent these evolving threats to international peace and security. With this goal in mind, we look forward to revisiting this issue in six months and to taking effective action. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council.”

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  15. “Put simply, they are all working on different aspects of the same problem - how to help States that want it and need it to better secure and control the flow of illicit goods across their borders. Surely there is scope to streamline and strengthen the United Nations capacity to help States secure their borders, while realizing efficiencies in the process. The Security Council can make an important contribution to this effort, but it is vital that the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and others be fully engaged as well. This complex, cross-cutting challenge cannot be tackled effectively by any single body alone. Many United Nations actors play a role in these capacity-building efforts, and it is logical that they work better together as one United Nations system to assist Member States.”

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  16. “We are also committed to helping fund efforts by the United Nations Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force Working Group on Border Management to enhance international, regional and national policy and practice relating to border management in the context of countering terrorism. These bodies are all doing important work, but because they are so narrowly focused on specific threats, they may be unaware of overlapping efforts or miss opportunities to pool knowledge and expertise. After all, these different bodies are often evaluating the same State institutions and legislative frameworks, providing similar technical advice and appealing to the same pool of donors for assistance.”

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  17. “Many elements of the United Nations system, as well as national, regional and other multilateral organizations, are already doing excellent work to assist States in protecting their borders and in implementing their relevant international obligations. In response to requests from Member States, organizations as diverse as INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Customs Organization, United Nations peacekeeping missions and the International Atomic Energy Agency provide such assistance. Also engaged in this work are a number of bodies created by the Security Council, such as the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate and our sanctions committees and their expert panels. The United States fully supports all these efforts.”

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  18. “States also have international obligations, including those derived from Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and including United Nations sanctions, that require them to intercept or control contraband. There are already significant bilateral, multilateral and regional efforts under way to help States defend their borders, and these efforts should be supported and encouraged. Today, however, we focus on the United Nations operational capacity. We believe that the United Nations system could improve its help to States to secure their borders and to put in place related intelligence and law enforcement cooperation, customs standards and administrative and legal frameworks. That is why we have convened this debate today.”

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  19. “These are just a few examples. The Security Council has been involved in the question of illicit trafficking and movement for a long time, but we have tended to look at each trafficked item in isolation from the common feature they share - the vulnerabilities at poorly secured borders that are too easily exploited by nefarious networks. States already understand very well how important it is to control their borders and often ask for international assistance in doing so. States recognize their self-interest in protecting their territory and people from these interrelated phenomena that threaten their sovereignty, corrode governing institutions and undermine internal security.”

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  20. “Such illicit transfers across borders increasingly undermine the sovereignty and internal stability of Member States and can threaten international peace and security. The dangers posed by these transfers are not limited to fragile or particularly vulnerable States. They affect us all. The Security Council has often addressed these transfers individually, in specific regional contexts. For example, we have examined how illicit arms transfers have exacerbated instability in the Sahel and fuelled long-standing conflict in Somalia and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have seen how arms smuggling from Iran, in violation of United Nations sanctions, exacerbates conflict in the Middle East and supports terrorist groups worldwide. We have also discussed how drug trafficking has directly contributed to internal disorder in Guinea-Bissau.”

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  21. “I will now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States of America. I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his important statement and for his participation in today's open event. I wish to thank Council colleagues as well for their thoughtful contributions to today's event and the preparations for it. In our interconnected world, our system of collective security is only as strong as the weakest links in the chain. One of those weak links today is the poorly secured borders that are exploited for the illicit transfer of arms and drugs; of materiel for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons; of terrorists and their funds; of conflict minerals; and even of human beings, a modern-day form of slavery.”

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  22. “I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2012/195, which contains a letter dated 5 April 2012 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and I give him the floor.”

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  23. “Under rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. T ete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

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