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first: 2005-10-31
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“As President Obama announced last month, the United States will withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The remaining 23,000 surge troops he announced in December 2009 will leave Afghanistan by the end of summer 2012. President Obama made this decision from a position of strength. We have made significant progress towards our goals. The United States military surge, together with additional troops committed by our allies and partners, has helped stabilize more of the country and shifted the momentum away from the insurgency. Afghan security forces have improved in quality and grown by more than 100,000 troops. In some areas, these improvements have already allowed for the transition of responsibility for security to the Afghan National Security Forces.”
2011-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6574 (2011) · source
“As always, we stand with the United Nations in the face of such a brutal assault, and again we urge fellow Member States to provide the United Nations with the resources it needs to reinforce its facilities and protect its staff. Let me briefly highlight three top priorities for my Government in Afghanistan. First, as President Obama recently said, July marks the beginning of a responsible transition that will see Afghan forces gradually taking the lead in securing their own country. By 2014, this process of transition will be complete and the Afghan people will be responsible for their own security. As Afghan security forces move into the lead, the United States will continue to reduce its military footprint, and our mission will change from combat to support.”
2011-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6574 (2011) · source
“Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council and by thanking the Ambassador of Gabon for his very able leadership last month. I thank both Special Representative De Mistura and Ambassador Tanin. I want to thank Special Representative De Mistura for his briefing this morning and for his continued exceptional service in Afghanistan. I ask him to convey to the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) the deep and abiding gratitude of the United States for the critical work they do in the face of considerable hardship. That hardship was again made tragically clear on 1 April, when a mob attacked the UNAMA compound in Mazar-e-Sharif, resulting in the deaths of seven United Nations staff members. We reiterate to their families and loved ones our deepest condolences.”
2011-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6574 (2011) · source
“Our objective remains clear: to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. We remain committed to working closely towards that goal with our partners in the 1737 Committee, the Panel of Experts, the Council and the international community.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“My Government remains committed to a diplomatic solution, but diplomacy can succeed only if Iran complies with its international nuclear obligations and engages seriously with the international community to address the world's concerns about Iran's nuclear programme. As we and our P5+1 partners stated last week, we have tried several times to engage Iran in a constructive dialogue towards a comprehensive, negotiated long-term solution to the global crisis of confidence about Iran's nuclear programme. But Iran was not prepared to enter into a genuine dialogue without preconditions, so our attempts have reached no substantive result. 11-3854] We reaffirmed our unity of purpose to use direct diplomacy in the context of our dual-track strategy to resolve our shared concerns about Iran's nuclear programme.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“We encourage the Committee to take immediate steps to implement these recommendations. Our goal should be to implement them before the 1737 Committee reports back to the Council in September. The Panel's final report must be quickly disseminated to all States Members of the United Nations, as is standard practice for United Nations expert panels. The report, which the Council has not yet released publicly, highlights information and best practices that can help States carry out their obligations. It needs to be shared. Making these reports publicly available shows important transparency. It also underscores the fact that we are serious about implementing the sanctions we have imposed on Iran. That brings me to my final point.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“The 1737 Committee, the Panel of Experts and States Members of the United Nations each play an important role here. The United States strongly supports the Panel of Experts. We welcome the Council's decision last week to renew the Panel's mandate for another 12 months. The United States remains impressed by the Panel's high quality, professional work. We are particularly pleased that the Panel has been able to uncover so much information about Iran's attempts to evade United Nations sanctions. The Panel's recent final report contains troubling findings, including significant evidence about several reported violations of United Nations sanctions related to Iran. In its report, the Panel made 30 recommendations to more tightly enforce United Nations sanctions.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“So does Iran's recent announcement that it intends to triple production of near 20 per cent enriched uranium and move that production to its enrichment facility near Qom, a facility built in secret and with an unclear purpose, despite years of IAEA requests. The Council established many years ago that Iran must demonstrate the "exclusively peaceful purpose" of its nuclear programme. The IAEA Director General's latest report underscores why Iran must be held accountable and why the international community must continue to demand that Iran comply fully with its international obligations and fully implement the relevant Security Council resolutions. Secondly, in the light of Iran's continued non-compliance, the international community must further strengthen the implementation and enforcement of United Nations sanctions.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“First, let me turn to the latest report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which clearly demonstrates Iran's continued non-compliance, lack of cooperation with the IAEA and refusal to resolve the outstanding issues related to its nuclear programme. Most notably, the Director General's report confirms once again that Iran is continuing its enrichment- and heavy-water-related activities, in violation of the demands of the Council and the IAEA Board of Governors. The report also highlights Iran's continued refusal to respond substantively to information indicating that its nuclear programme may have military dimensions. These developments only deepen our concerns about Iran's intentions.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“I wish to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing today. We are grateful for his able leadership, which has done so much to ensure that the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) remains active and focused on the implementation of its important mandate. One year ago, the Council adopted resolution 1929 (2010) in response to Iran's continued non-compliance with its international nuclear obligations. Iran's continued failure to comply with those obligations reminds us how important sanctions are and how important it is that the international community implement and enforce them. I will focus on three points today.”
2011-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6563 (2011) · source
“With the failure of their Government to live up to its responsibilities, the Sudanese people have turned to the international community for protection. We have an obligation to provide it.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“It is essential that violence against civilians and humanitarian abuses stop, and stop now. The United States calls on both parties to end the conflict and to resolve the underlying issues in Southern Kordofan and in Blue Nile, as they are now beginning to do in Abyei. Finally, we want to underscore the imperative for timely and candid assessments by the Council about the evolving situation, for which we crucially depend on the Secretariat. That is essential in order for us to be able to determine and to take the necessary actions to ensure that the United Nations can carry out its mission. Contingents unwilling to carry out their mandate to protect civilians should not be part of that crucial mission. Contingents under attack also need our back-up and support.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“The Government of the Sudan can prevent the crisis from escalating further by immediately stopping its military efforts to disarm the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Southern Kordofan and by focusing on diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict. The Sudanese Government should also cease trying to dissolve the joint integrated units in Southern Kordofan, which were established under the CPA. Security arrangements for Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states should be agreed upon through direct high- level negotiations, and not dictated through the use of force. We call for the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North to agree immediately on a cessation of hostilities and to immediately end restrictions on humanitarian access and United Nations movements.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“We demand that the perpetrators immediately halt these actions and be held accountable for their crimes. We call on the United Nations to fully investigate these incidents, and request a report from the Secretary-General to the Council by the end of June that details any human rights abuses that were committed during recent hostilities in Abyei and Southern Kordofan. We are deeply concerned by reports that members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army have threatened the safety of persons of Arab origin in Southern Kordofan, including United Nations staff. We insist that the Sudan People's Liberation Army's leadership condemn such actions and refrain from any reprisals.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“We have also received reports that forces aligned with the Government of the Sudan search for Southern forces and sympathizers, some of whom they have arrested and allegedly executed. We have received further allegations - not yet corroborated, but so alarming that I must mention them - that the Sudanese Armed Forces are arming elements of the local population and placing mines in areas of Kadugli. The United States condemns all acts of violence, especially those that target individuals based on their ethnicity or political affiliation. Security services and military forces have reportedly detained and summarily executed local authorities, political rivals, medical personnel and others. These acts could constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“According to the United Nations, more than 360,000 people have been displaced in the Sudan over the past six months. More than half were displaced in the past month. As many as 75,000 people have fled the fighting in Southern Kordofan. International non-governmental organizations operating there are evacuating their staff and a humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions is unfolding. Up to 10,000 people have sought refuge at the UNMIS compound in Kadugli. The United States calls on both parties to facilitate access for UNMIS and humanitarian aid workers. We are also concerned that the Sudanese People's Liberation Army has deployed north of the lJanuary 1956 border into Southern Kordofan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“The Sudanese Armed Forces have shelled and bombed the areas around Kadugli, ongoing and intense aerial bombardments threaten the lives of civilians and United Nations personnel and a bomb fell just 100 metres from the compound of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) in Kauda. The Sudanese Armed Forces have threatened to shoot down UNMIS air patrols and they have taken control of the airport in Kadugli and refuse landing rights to UNMIS flights - which has continued for so long the United Nations staff located in the compound and United Nations team sites are running dangerously low on food and supplies. The lack of access for UNMIS is alarming and indefensible. UNMIS and humanitarian aid workers must be granted full access, most especially when so many are in need of food, water and humanitarian aid.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“We are less than three weeks away from the independence of South Sudan, and the situation in the Sudan poses an urgent threat to the safety and security of the Sudanese people, as well as a threat to international peace and security, that continues to merit the Council's sustained attention and resolve. On 5 June violence broke out in multiple areas of Southern Kordofan, including its capital Kadugli. The reports my Government has been receiving of the ongoing fighting are horrifying, both because of the scope of human rights abuses and because of the ethnic dimensions to the conflict.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“We want to underscore the urgency of Ethiopian troops deploying immediately to Abyei, as the agreed interim security force, under United Nations auspices, and on the timeline agreed to by the parties. We also thank Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for his extraordinary efforts and commitment to resolve the crisis in Abyei and for his agreement to provide Ethiopian troops. I also want to extend our gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Menkerios for his continued and intensive efforts throughout this process. The United States will soon circulate a draft resolution for the Council's consideration to authorize the creation of this proposed interim security force for Abyei. Unfortunately, the situation in Abyei is by no means the only crisis facing the people of the Sudan.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“We welcome the news that the parties have just signed an agreement on temporary administrative and security arrangements for Abyei and on the withdrawal of Sudanese Armed Forces. We are encouraged by this news. We greatly appreciate the intensive efforts of former President Thabo Mbeki and the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel over the past two weeks to assist the parties in their negotiations. Now comes the crucial task of full and timely implementation. The Security Council will closely monitor adherence with its statements and the progress towards rapidly ensuring that the terms of the Addis Ababa agreement are swiftly fulfilled.”
2011-06-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6559 (2011) · source
“Today let us all honour the commitments the Council made 11 years ago, not just in our adoption today of resolution 1983 (2011) but by redoubling our efforts to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is a challenge that can only be met by us all together.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“In conjunction with other efforts, it has transformed the lives of millions of people living with HIV in the developing world. But we cannot do it alone, and we are not doing it alone. Other donor countries must step up and do more. Affected countries must mobilize their own resources to fight this scourge and ensure treatment for their people. In this regard, let me congratulate particularly the Government of Gabon for the good news that it will increase funding for HIV/AIDS programming by 11-3654] 150 per cent. That generosity will help save lives, and ultimately strengthen international peace and security. We dare not be complacent. Our commitment to fighting HIV is not just a moral imperative; it is also a life-saving investment that bolsters security and underpins prosperity.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“The United States remains a global leader in this area, through our direct support for anti-retroviral treatments, our increased support for mother-child health, our capacity-building partnerships with other Member States and our historic multi-year pledge of $4 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. We are proud to have made the founding pledge to the Global Fund and we remain today its largest single donor. In creating the President' s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, the United States took another transformative step. PEPFAR is not just the largest component of the United States Global Health Initiative; it is the largest international response to a single disease that any country has ever undertaken.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“We may also stand at the cusp of a breakthrough, with the discovery of a cutting-edge anti-retroviral treatment that could help treat the disease in those living with HIV/AIDS just as it serves to prevent them from transmitting the virus. We can trace this progress to a surge in global health financing and initiatives, a topic we will address tomorrow in the General Assembly. The vast majority of countries also explicitly acknowledge human rights in their national AIDS strategies, and 92 per cent of countries report that they have programmes to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination. Those are impressive achievements but far too many people, especially the most vulnerable, still die unnecessarily from a preventable disease. We still lack resources globally to meet the worldwide demand for prevention, treatment, care and support.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“We also welcome the Secretary-General's commitment to ensure that United Nations mission commanders lead by example on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention among peacekeeping personnel, including by promoting mandatory induction training, peer education, voluntary and confidential counselling and testing and providing male and female condoms and post-exposure prophylaxis kits. We urge that these efforts be robust and consistent across United Nations missions and mission staff. As the Secretary-General has rightly noted, "[t]he HIV response faces a moment of truth" (A/65/797, para. 4). On the one hand, we have witnessed substantial progress. Global HIV/AIDS incidence has been declining and treatment is expanding. In sub-Saharan Africa, new anti-retroviral treatments have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“Ten years ago we feared that AIDS incidence in military forces would be higher than in the civilian population and that peacekeepers would become a vector of transmission of AIDS. One important reason that such transmission has not occurred is the widespread adoption of effective HIV policies by many national uniformed services. For example, the military in Senegal has conducted a programme of prevention, care and treatment that has been embraced throughout the ranks, from senior leaders to the junior-most troops. The United States is proud to have partnered with more than 70 militaries worldwide to develop similar programmes, which have allowed nearly 3 million troops and family members to be tested and counselled, and more than 80,000 family members to participate in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“In the past 30 years, the patterns of HIV/AIDS transmission and impact have evolved, and so has our knowledge about the disease's impact on security. We know that when conflicts end, societies are more vulnerable to HIV, a particularly cruel burden on vulnerable populations and countries struggling to rebuild after conflicts. Such States often find it especially difficult to ensure continuity of HIV prevention and AIDS treatment precisely when institutions are weak, capacities are low and displaced populations are returning to their homes. The toll may be especially pronounced at local levels where the reach of public services is most limited. So we need to be vigilant about the toll that HIV/AIDS takes on capacity at all levels of Government and redouble our efforts to provide support.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“In all, more than 60 million people have been infected, and 16 million children have been orphaned. Two decades of often heroic international efforts to extend the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS have significantly alleviated the health effects of the disease, but most people living with HIV still lack access to treatment. For every person who starts treatment, two more become infected. Even beyond this unfathomable human toll, there are very real security consequences of HIV/AIDS. Consider first the toll on human security. It strains communities, fractures families, reduces economic productivity, drives people into poverty and pressures health sectors that are often already struggling to cope. But HIV/AIDS also has specific and complex links to more traditional security threats.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“With this move, the Council squarely joined the world's fight against HIV/AIDS and put the epidemic on the global security agenda. In the twenty-first century, in our interconnected world, threats to peace and security stem not only from traditional armed conflicts. They also derive from more diffuse dangers that know no borders, including the unchecked spread of lethal disease. We are now entering the fourth decade of our collective struggle against this global pandemic. But the Security Council's pledge to lessen the security implications of HIV/AIDS must not lose any of its urgency. This scourge has spared no region or nation on Earth, including my own. AIDS-related illnesses have claimed more than 25 million lives, far more than the death toll of any conflict during these past 30 years.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“We are grateful for your personal leadership, Mr. President, in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his laudable leadership and Executive Director Sidibe of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and his team for coordinating the massive global response. I want to acknowledge that we have with us, as part of the United States delegation, President Obama's Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby, who is directing the United States global response to the epidemic. Just over a decade ago, thanks to the visionary leadership of Vice-President Al Gore and of my predecessor, the late Richard Holbrooke, the Security Council took a monumental step. For the first time, it addressed the threat that HIV/AIDS poses to international peace and security.”
2011-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6547 (2011) · source
“The crisis in Abyei only reaffirms the urgency of meeting that deadline. We urged the leaders with whom we met to act quickly to reach the political compromises necessary to facilitating two peaceful and successful States 11-36348 emerging next month, when we will welcome the Republic of South Sudan to the international community.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“Nearly 341,000 southerners living in the North returned to Southern Sudan and the three areas between 30 October 2010 and 3 May 2011. We made a point again of including civil society groups in as much of our programme as possible. In particular, we had a working lunch in Juba with a wide range of representatives of non-governmental organizations. Their work to provide services is inspiring. The Council also conducted an important initial discussion regarding the successor mission to UNMIS, which we are continuing in New York. Last week's consultations were another important step in this ongoing assessment. Throughout our time in the Sudan, we emphasized the Council's commitment to the full implementation of the CPA and the need for the parties to resolve outstanding issues before the South gains its independence on 9 July.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“The tour of Malau underscored the magnitude of the Challenges facing the South, particularly with respect to internal security. While the livestock protection unit is a worthy initiative, the economic, social and political effects of cattle-rustling and associated child abductions remain daunting. We later visited Jebel Kujur, a way station in Juba operated by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where vulnerable returnees are provided with food, water and medical services while the International Organization for Migration arranges for their onward transport. We spoke with recent returnees as they waited to load their possessions onto buses to continue their journey to other parts of the South.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“We reiterated our View that the fates and well-being of the peoples of the North and South are intertwined, and urged both parties to resume and intensify their dialogue to resolve the status of Abyei and all remaining issues. We reiterated our grave concern regarding events in Abyei, including the Council's condemnation of the attack undertaken by the Sudan People's Liberation Army on the United Nations convoy on 19 May. President Kiir agreed that stability in the South depends on a stable neighbour in the North. He provided a broad overview of the remaining CPA and post-referendum issues and, with respect to Abyei, expressed regret to the United Nations for the attack on its convoy. The Council travelled by helicopter to Malau, a small Village in Jonglei state, to View a demonstration by a newly formed livestock protection unit.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“We were fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with students and representatives of civil society organizations. They described their excitement about independence, as well as the vast challenges still to be overcome. Several asked for the international community's help in demarcating the North-South border and in creating a buffer zone between northern and southern forces. We heard repeatedly of the economic hardship caused by the North's recent closure of several border crossings. Above all, we heard the expression of a strong yearning for greater educational opportunities and better health care. From Wau, we went to Juba, where the Council had a productive meeting with President Salva Kiir, Vice-President Riek Mashar and the Government of South Sudan's ministers.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“These hopes remain largely unrealized for that group in the face of poverty, insufficient transportation and security concerns. Some returnees have reportedly been attacked as they journeyed back to the South. We also met with Misseriya and Ngok Dinka representatives during our time in the Sudan. We felt that it was critical to hear first hand from both groups. In each meeting, we emphasized the Council's commitment to implementing the CPA and to finding a peaceful solution to the crisis in Abyei. After Khartoum, the Council visited Wau in Western Bahr el-Ghazal, South Sudan. We were moved by the deep commitment of the staff at the Mary Help Centre. Our tour of its health clinic, school and related facilities underscored the lack of infrastructure throughout the South.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“That number used to be around 1,000. In Khartoum, we also met with former South African President Thabo Mbeki, the Chair of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel. He helpfully outlined his efforts to facilitate negotiations on outstanding CPA issues and the key post- 3 referendum arrangements. President Mbeki emphasized that we are at the point at which these arrangements must be resolved by parties at a senior political level. The Council agreed and expressed its strong support for his ongoing work. We Visited the Mayo Camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Khartoum, where we heard the concerns of southerners about a lack of protection, health care, education and job prospects. Many have lived in the camp for decades, but all expressed a keen desire to return to the South.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“As Ambassador Churkin explained at the press conference later that day, this was an important opportunity missed by the Government to discuss Abyei and other pressing issues with the Council. Separately, we received informative briefings on UNMIS and UNAMID that added to our understanding of their work and the challenges that they face in the field day to day. Joint Special Representative Gambari and Force Commander Nyamvumba detailed the increasingly robust posture of UNAMID. We welcomed the news that the Mission has increased its patrols to an average of 160 per day, up from approximately 90 per day in late 20l0. The humanitarian briefing, however, was dispiriting. We learned that only 250 or so international staff remain in Darfur, which, as members of the Council know, is an area roughly the size of France.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“We asked the Government of the Sudan to fulfil its commitment to processing all UNAMID visas in a timely manner - an urgent issue, given that UNAMID had more than 800 visa requests pending at the time of our meeting. The Government said that it would follow through on its visa commitments; it also reaffirmed its support for the Doha process and committed to lifting the state of emergency in Darfur after the adoption of a final document from the Doha negotiations. The Council also stressed the need for the Government to protect the rights of southerners living in the North. The Government assured us that the basic rights of southerners in the North would be protected. The Sudanese cancelled a previously scheduled meeting with Vice-President Taha at the last minute.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“We reiterated the Council's commitment to supporting two Viable and successful States as of 9July. We emphasized the need for a peaceful resolution to the Abyei conflict. We deplored the 19 May attack on a convoy of the United Nations 11-36348 Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), and pointed out that the escalatory response from the Sudanese Armed Forces was unacceptable and constituted a gross violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). We expressed the Council's deep concern over the level of violence in Darfur and the Sudanese Government's continued restrictions of access for humanitarian organizations and the African Union- United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“But being on the ground in the Sudan enabled us to press this critical issue with both parties and to respond to the emerging crisis in real time. That included issuing a strong press statement while we were in Khartoum that called for the immediate withdrawal of all forces from Abyei and its environs. Our Visit to the Sudan included travel not only to Khartoum but also to Wau, Juba and Malau. We began in Khartoum, where we met with several Government officials. Foreign Minister Karti, unfortunately, was ill and did not join our meeting as planned. However, we met with the Minister of State for the Presidency, Amin Hassan Omer; Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, our colleague here at the United Nations; and a number of other Sudanese interlocutors.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“On behalf of Ambassador Churkin, with whom I co-led the trip to the Sudan, I would like to make the following report. Unfortunately, the situation in Abyei rapidly deteriorated as we travelled to the region. Thus, our mission had three overriding purposes: first, to urge a halt to the fighting and to restore calm to Abyei; secondly, to press the North and the South to quickly resolve all outstanding issues necessary to pave the way for two peaceful and successful States beginning on 9 July; and thirdly, to better understand what an independent South Sudan will need from the United Nations and the international community. The crisis in Abyei affected both our itinerary and our agenda, and we were unable to visit the Abyei area as planned.”
2011-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6546 (2011) · source
“We, as a Council, decided that UNMIL 2 required specific assets to fulfil its mandate, and we must honour our commitment to ensuring that it has the tools on hand to do its job. The United States has promised to support clear, credible and achievable mandates that are fully resourced and equipped. We must not jeopardize Liberia's fragile peace even as we continue to work to consolidate the progress that we have seen of late in C6te d'Ivoire. This will be the last extension of the loan of UNMIL's assets that the United States will support, barring any unforeseen circumstances.”
2011-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6535 (2011) · source
“The United States will support the draft resolution that is before us, but we would like to highlight an important point. The aviation assets on loan to the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) will be returned to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) no later than 30 June, pursuant to the draft resolution, in order to avoid destabilizing Liberia. We applaud the efforts of UNMIL's peacekeepers to continue to fulfil their duties, despite having fewer assets - a sacrifice they generously made, and which we all deemed necessary, to assist UNOCI in a time of need. Now, as Cote d'Ivoire begins to emerge from its crisis, we must not lose focus on Liberia. As Liberia enters its electoral season, with a referendum in August and a presidential election this fall, UNMIL must be fully equipped.”
2011-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6535 (2011) · source
“In this Chamber we know all too well that it is not enough for soldiers to keep the peace unless parallel efforts are made to address the underlying drivers of conflict and to build the foundation for a lasting peace that will enable troops to return home. This civilian capacity review report makes an important contribution to helping us get this right. There is much here to digest, assess and debate. We appreciate Under-Secretary-General Malcorra's appeal to prioritize, and we welcome her leadership. We also thank the Secretary-General for his ongoing commitment to this issue, and now our work - that of the membership - begins. We have an important new opportunity to make progress in our collective efforts to support countries recovering from war. Let us work together to seize it.”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source
“Secondly, we need to ask ourselves what the Secretariat can already do, now, to improve its ability to identify and deploy relevant civilian expertise, and how Member States can best support these efforts. Thirdly, the review underscores the need for closer cooperation between international financial institutions and the political and security presences, as we have just discussed - a point that was also underscored by the 201] World Development Report on conflict-affected and fragile States. What can we do now to forge more productive partnerships with the international financial institutions and donor entities?”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source
“We see this exercise as an important opportunity to draw together and to enhance some of our existing efforts to strengthen peacekeeping, peacebuilding and internal support to peace processes. We fully support the review's emphasis on gender and its ideas for recruiting and retaining more women across the United Nations and the wider international system. At this stage we would welcome further consideration of several issues. First, as has been mentioned, we will soon be formulating a mandate for a new mission in South Sudan, and we see this as an opportunity, as has been suggested, to advance some of the review's important ideas in this context. We would welcome an opportunity - as a Council and interactively with our colleagues from the Secretariat - to explore how best to do this.”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source
“As much as post-conflict countries may need support from external partners, we are also very much mindful of the reviews urging us not to overlook capacity that may already be in place, even in the most damaged areas. We need to ensure that international efforts enhance capacities that already exist rather than displace or replace them. We appreciate the main themes of the review: the call for much greater seriousness about national ownership, the openness to wider and more diverse partnerships, the importance of expertise relevant to specific contexts and the need for management practices that are responsive to fluid post-conflict environments. We welcome the practical, concrete recommendations.”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source
“These range from establishing critical State functions and services to shepherding political transition and building confidence among former adversaries to laying the groundwork for economic recovery and longer-term development. Peace is always too long in coming after bloody conflict, but even when we see it coming, we are often not well prepared to offer the most timely and relevant support. Countries seeking to rebuild cannot afford the average six months or more it can take to identify and deploy the expertise they need. When there is a requirement for specialized capabilities, whether judges or police trainers, legal and constitutional experts, public administrators or economic advisers, our instruments are often not well tailored to deliver.”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source
“I, too, wish to thank former Under-Secretary-General Guehenno and Under-Secretary-General Malcorra for their statements and the Senior Advisory Group that Mr. Guehenno chaired for their excellent efforts. I am grateful also to Ambassador Gasana for his statement and for his very able leadership of the Peacebuilding Commission. The United States welcomes this important and timely report (S/2011/85) on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict. We appreciate its level of ambition, and we look forward to studying its recommendations and working with colleagues on ways to take the agenda forward together. When new Governments emerge from the ashes of devastating conflict, they face countless challenges.”
2011-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6533 (2011) · source