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“We look forward to receiving and giving due consideration to the Secretary-General's comprehensive assessment of the scope and effectiveness of the United Nations system's response, including recommendations for strengthening, mainstreaming, integrating and sustaining activities in relation to children affected by armed conflict. Addressing the issue of children victimized in armed conflict must increasingly take place collectively at national, regional and international levels. Momentum generated must not be lost. The Security Council will shortly begin deliberations on a new draft resolution. It is our hope that a new draft resolution - among other things - will result in a continuation of the list of all parties to armed conflict that recruit or use soldiers in violation of international obligations in all situations.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“At its most recent meeting in October 2003, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution on the rights of children and child soldiers in particular. The European Union continues actively to support and work closely with the Office of the Special Representative, UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other actors, including non-governmental organizations, aimed at relieving, to the greatest extent possible, the suffering of children in situations of armed conflict and ensuring that those responsible for horrific crimes are held accountable.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The European Union has already indicated that it will attach priority to children and armed conflict under the European Union's human rights agenda in the next six months. Secondly, I would like to mention the European Union Council conclusions on cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations on crisis management, specifically on the protection of civilians in European Union-led crisis management operations, which call for mainstreaming a strong child protection perspective in European Union-led crisis management operations. The European Union also applauds the efforts of the Secretary-General and the Council to integrate child protection advisers into United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building operations. The European Parliament has also played a prominent role in the protection of children affected by conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“These objectives will be pursued through a number of specific initiatives, including, importantly, the monitoring of and reporting on conflict area situations and the continuation and development of technical cooperation programmes for the disarmament, rehabilitation and reinsertion into civilian life of children. These newly adopted Guidelines were also discussed in Rome on 10 and 11 December 2003 in the presence of governmental and non-governmental organization representatives from 27 European countries on the occasion of the European Union Forum on Human Rights, organized by the Italian Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission. The Forum elaborated a number of proposals aimed at preventing the trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors and their involvement in armed conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“First, the General Affairs Council of the European Union approved, on 8 December 2003, the European Union Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict. These Guidelines, the culmination of many months of deliberation, were drafted in collaboration with the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, and with UNICEF and a group of relevant non-governmental organization experts. The implementation of these Guidelines and their immediate, effective and sustained mainstreaming throughout all relevant European Union policies and actions is a priority of the European Union. The European Union will address the short-, medium- and long-term impact of armed conflict on children in an effective and comprehensive manner, making use of the variety of tools at its disposal and building on past and ongoing activities.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Reliable estimates suggest that some 300,000 child soldiers are currently engaged in war operations. Millions of children have become orphans or have been left homeless as a result of war. The cruel irony that, in armed conflict, it is the innocent who are often the first casualties remains intact. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols set out clear legal standards pertaining to the protection of children. The European Union urges those States that have not yet done so to accede to the Convention as a matter of priority and to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Allow me to reflect briefly on some recent initiatives undertaken within the European Union.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“In this context, we urge States to accelerate the process of ratification or accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which includes, as a war crime, conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 or using them to participate actively in hostilities in both international and non-international armed conflicts. As such, we fully subscribe to the views and recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's report with respect to the role of the International Criminal Court in this arena and endorse the statement that concrete steps should be taken to ensure the early prosecution of persons responsible for war crimes against children. In the last decade, more than 2 million children have been killed in armed conflict and more than 6 million have suffered physical mutilation.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“All relevant parts of the United Nations system must shoulder their respective responsibilities in a coordinated manner, both for systematic monitoring and reporting of violations and compliance, and for preventative and rehabilitating actions for these child victims of armed conflict. We reiterate again that the recruitment and use of girls and boys in armed conflict is an atrocity that must end, violating as it does international humanitarian law as well as human rights law. The EU strongly urges the States and other parties to armed conflict listed in annexes I and II of the Secretary-General's report to immediately stop the recruitment and/or use of girls and boys in situations of armed conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The European Union also wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his report on children and armed conflict of 10 November 2003 and agrees that "the annual review and debate by the Security Council on this issue should be mainly devoted to a comprehensive review of the state of compliance on the ground" (5/2003/1053, para. 83). The recommendations contained at the end of the report warrant careful consideration, in particular when it comes to non-compliance. Targeted measures should be taken by the Council where insufficient progress has been made by parties in accordance with resolutions 1379 (2001) and 1460 (2003), as proposed in the Secretary-General's report.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“I thank you, Madame, for providing us with an opportunity to debate this important issue and I also wish to express my appreciation to Under-Secretary- General and Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Carol Bellamy, for their briefings. The European Union strongly endorses the continued commitment demonstrated by the Security Council in giving high priority to the protection of children in its regular dialogue on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Regrettably, young boys and girls continue to be pulled into outright combat and exploitation by armed forces and groups. We welcome in particular the adoption of resolution 1460 (2003) on 30 January 2003.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The European Union (EU), Madame, warmly welcomes your decision to mark the high importance of today's debate by presiding over our deliberations. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process; potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro; and the European Free Trade Association country, Iceland, member of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“In addition, States members of the European Union contribute individually to numerous projects and assistance programmes with the aim of controlling the illicit trade in, and combating the use of, small arms and light weapons, particularly in African countries. We appreciate the Secretary-General's emphasis, in his report (S/2003/1217) on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in post- conflict situations, and we welcome the Council's increased focus on this issue. Given porous borders in many regions of tension around the world and the easy portability of small arms, effective disarmament programmes, including weapons collection and disposal, will often require a subregional or wider regional approach. We encourage the Council to continue to explore how best to address this regional dimension of the issue.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Examples include projects in Cambodia of approximately â‚¬4.8 million, in Latin America and the Caribbean of â‚¬1.045 million and in Albania of â‚¬1.37 million. Additionally, a contribution of â‚¬500,000 was granted to the running costs of the joint Stability Pact and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) regional clearinghouse in Belgrade on the control of small arms and light weapons. In May 2003, a financial agreement totalling â‚¬2 million over a three-year period, for a large-scale project implemented by SaferAfrica, was concluded between the United Republic of Tanzania and the European Commission.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Also in this regard, the EU welcomes the General Assembly's decision, in its resolution 58/241, to request the Secretary-General to hold broad-based consultations with all Member States, interested regional and subregional organizations, international agencies and relevant experts on further steps to enhance international cooperation on illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons. We look forward to the Secretary-General's future report on his consultations. The European Union, as a demonstration of its seriousness in implementing its commitments under the 2001 Programme of Action, has allocated assistance totalling approximately â‚¬7.7 million in the period 2001 to 2003 to affected countries, to help them deal with the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of small arms and light weapons.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Controls on brokers and on brokering is an area of particular concern and one to which the EU is paying priority attention. Illicit brokering and trafficking are recognized as being among the main factors fuelling the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons around the world. I wish, therefore, to draw the attention of the Council to the European Union's adoption, in June 2003, of a common position on arms brokering, requiring member States to introduce legislation in order effectively to control the activities of brokers.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports has been in operation since 1998, and we believe that it is a model that can be drawn on in implementing legislation in other jurisdictions. The European Union is currently looking at the elaboration of common national and international standards that would aim to ensure that legal trade is not diverted into illegal channels and to limit the excessive accumulation of small arms in areas of existing tension or armed conflict. Export controls are an essential tool in helping to curtail illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. One measure to improve control over the export and transit of small arms and light weapons would be to enhance the effectiveness of end-user certificates. The European Union continues to advocate enhanced international action in this area.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Stopping the flow of small arms at source through efforts aimed at preventing their diversion from legitimate purposes implies the implementation and enforcement of national laws and regulations controlling the manufacture, production, import, export, possession and trade in small arms and through cooperative efforts at subregional, regional and global levels. In this regard, the EU sponsored in the First Committee the draft resolution entitled "Promotion at the regional level in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe of the United Nations programme of action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects", adopted as resolution 58/55, which reaffirms the importance of ongoing efforts at the regional and subregional levels.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The European Union regards the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms as a global transparency and confidence-building measure and welcomes the recent decision taken on expanding its scope. The widest participation by Member States in the Register would greatly enhance its value, and the EU therefore reiterates its call on all States to submit timely returns of their imports and exports to the Register, including information on military holdings and procurement through national production. The European Union supports the Secretary- General's recommendation that the Council pursue more vigorously and expeditiously the use of arms embargoes to countries or regions threatened by, engaged in or emerging from armed conflict and to seek additional ways to promote their effective implementation through enhanced monitoring mechanisms.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The European Union (EU) warmly welcomes the concrete progress that has been made on this particular point with the agreement by the General Assembly at this session to establish an open-ended working group to negotiate an international instrument on marking and tracing. The working group will hold its organizational session in early February, and we hope that it can hold its first substantive session before the summer. The European Union strongly believes that a multilateral and legally binding instrument on marking and tracing would greatly strengthen abilities to tackle issues of illicit weapons flows and illegal traders and to curtail the acquisition of such weapons by those engaged in terrorist activities.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Therefore, the European Union welcomes the Secretary-General's report (S/2003/1217), in response to the statement of the President of the Security Council of 31 October 2002 (S/PRST/2002/30) on the state of implementation, one year on, of the recommendations originally proposed to the Council by the Secretary-General. Overall, the assessment of the report is positive. It notes where advances have been made, without, on the other hand, shying away from pointing to areas where progress has been less marked or where a more proactive approach is needed. In 2002, the Secretary-General had recommended that the Council might wish to call upon Member States to support the development of an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The ease with which they can be concealed and moved, their relatively low cost and violations of Council arms embargoes make it extremely difficult to retrieve and remove these weapons from the equation. It makes sense, therefore, to do everything possible to stop their supply at source or to prevent their diversion from legitimate purposes. The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons is recognized as a primary factor in sustaining conflicts, exacerbating violence, contributing to displacement and fuelling crime and terrorism. Arms control activities, including, in particular, measures to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, remain an essential dimension, therefore, for conflict prevention and resolution, as well as for the success of peace-building efforts.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The problem of the excessive and destabilizing accumulations of small arms is a global one, requiring a coordinated response at national, subregional, regional and international levels. The response also needs to be comprehensive if we are to address effectively this complex and multifaceted issue involving, inter alia, factors such as international and internal security, trade, civil-military relations, the role of weapons in societies, human rights and humanitarian concerns and the impact on development. The Small Arms Survey 2003 puts it succinctly when it says that "the challenge is and will be to develop an adequate conceptual, political and practical framework within which all relevant dimensions of the problem can be tackled". Many of the world's conflicts are fuelled by the easy supply and availability of small arms.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Estimates for stockpiles worldwide of small arms vary considerably, but recent figures suggest as many as 600 million of these weapons are in circulation. Such statistics demonstrate the scale of the problem. The death toll from misuse of small arms and light weapons remains dramatic by any standard - perhaps as many as 500,000 people each year. The nature of modern conflicts is such that it is most often civilians who suffer most, with the overwhelming majority of victims being women and children. But the impact on societies of the destruction caused by the misuse of small arms and light weapons is much wider: on victims' immediate families, on livelihoods and, more generally, on the very fabric of societies.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The European Union welcomes today's debate and the opportunity to address the subject of small arms two and-a-half years since the 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and a year since the Council's last debate on this issue. The European Union worked very actively to achieve a successful outcome from the 2001 Conference and remains consistent, through the political and practical actions of the Union and its member States, in its commitment to the full implementation of the Programme of Action. The problem of small arms and light weapons worldwide has, unfortunately, not diminished in any significant way over the past two years.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro; and the European Free Trade Association countries members of the European Economic Area, Iceland and Liechtenstein, align themselves with this statement. I appreciate that you, Sir, have asked that delegations speak for no more than five minutes. However, as I am speaking on behalf of 35 countries, I hope for your indulgence if I exceed ever so slightly your time limit.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Therefore, the European Union very much looks forward to the early adoption of the new resolution. In that connection, the Security Council may be assured that the European Union and its Member States stand ready to implement all further measures introduced under the resolution.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The EU once again calls for the effective implementation of the resolution and reiterates its determination to cooperate fully with the Committee and the Monitoring Group in this respect. The Monitoring Group continues to play an indispensable role in monitoring the implementation of the sanctions regime, and the European Union wishes to express its appreciation to the Group for this latest report. The report speaks of several areas where scope for improvement remains vis-a-vis implementation of the measures contained in the relevant resolutions. The EU takes particular note of the Group's conclusion: without a tougher and more comprehensive resolution- a resolution which obligates States to take the mandated measures - the role played by the United Nations in this important battle risks becoming marginalized.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“We recommend that the Monitoring Group thoroughly check with the Member States mentioned in its reports, and in advance, relevant information and data. The European Union, however, fully shares the concerns expressed by the Monitoring Group about the low turn-out of the implementation reports called for in resolution 1455 (2003) and about the indications that the measures introduced in that resolution, as well as in earlier resolutions - in particular 1267 (1999) and 1390 (2002) - have been insufficiently implemented. Having been adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, resolution 1455 (2003) is mandatory and obligates all Member States to implement the measures set forth therein.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“We welcome that a new resolution is under active consideration, as it reflects the general need - not confined to this Committee - to keep sanctions regimes under review within specified time frameworks. As the situation on the ground evolves, for better or for worse, so too must the measures that the Council has imposed. The Council must be, and must be seen to be, responsive to these changes. The recently published second report of the Monitoring Group established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1363 (2001) is an interesting and comprehensive document. Its findings and recommendations warrant careful consideration. In the meantime, we stress the need for greater transparency in the working methods of the Group and in the elaboration and publication of its reports.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“the legal basis for the restrictions, should contain clear criteria and definitions for the listings as well as for their scope; individuals entered into the consolidated sanctions list should, to the extent possible, be informed about the listing as well as its reasons and consequences; and the right of listed individuals to be heard should be further developed. We hope that the proposals discussed at the workshop will be reflected in the new resolution now under consideration. In the four years since it was established, the 1267 Committee has proved a tenacious force in the fight against the major threat to international peace and security posed by the terrorist acts of Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Its ability to adapt and to adjust in a timely fashion to changing circumstances deserves special mention.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Our exchanges, during Ambassador Mufioz's visit to Europe, were detailed and fruitful. We considered carefully the definition and freezing of non-financial and other economic resources, the challenges arising from the implementation of the travel ban and other concerns relating to the Committee's consolidated list, including, very importantly, human rights and due process. The combat against terrorism should be conducted with respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. With regard to the latter subject, we would like to recall the workshop sponsored by Sweden and Germany under the auspices of the European Union on 24 November last year, which brought together over sixty sanctions experts. Some concrete proposals were put forward, among them the following: the relevant resolutions, i.e.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The European Union is keen to establish closer contacts with the Committee, as suggested on the occasion of the meeting Ambassador Mufioz and a delegation of the Committee itself had with the competent working group of the Council of the European Union in Brussels on 2 December 2003. The holding of periodic open briefings on the work of the Committee for all States is also a pragmatic and welcome proposal. We agree as to the importance of regularly updating and reviewing the guidelines and the working procedures of the Committee. The European Union is encouraged, therefore, to hear that the Committee will continue to strive to enhance these guidelines and procedures. Ambassador Munoz has commented upon his recent extensive outreach activities on behalf of the Committee and his successful visit to Europe, among other relevant destinations.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The European Union is grateful for the highly constructive report provided this morning by the Chairman of the 1267 sanctions Committee. The challenges facing the Committee remain formidable and many. Ambassador Munoz is therefore to be commended for his able stewardship of its activities, in particular the responsive and pro-active manner in which the complex and sensitive issues facing the Committee are addressed. Close dialogue with the wider United Nations membership remains essential. In this regard, we welcome the Committee's intention to maintain a pro- active approach in its work that will be marked by transparency and responsiveness.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; and the countries of the Stabilization and Association process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro; and the EFTA country Iceland, member of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement. As this is my first intervention before the Security Council this year, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency, and to extend my warm congratulations to the representatives of the new members of the Council: Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Philippines and Romania.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“I know from my time as Chairman of the 864 Committee, and as a representative of a member of the Council, that there is plenty of thinking going on inside and outside the Council in New York and elsewhere. I would encourage this to continue and, where profitable, use of the experience offered by the work of the 864 Committee to allow sanctions to play a positive role in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“We believe it is an important element in favour of a permanent body which could collect evidence and intelligence and help create an institutional memory within the United Nations in this regard. Many of the issues raised in the work of the 864 Committee have simultaneously occupied the time of other sanctions committees, most notably those dealing with Sierra Leone and Liberia. On balance, the more imaginative and, frankly, more intrusive methods adopted by the Council and its committees in the period since the publication of the Fowler Report in March 2000, and the adoption one month later of resolution 1295 (2000), have paid real dividends. The advances should not lead to complacency, however. Innovative thinking and refinement of practice could possibly lead to further success.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“Many of these issues remain the subject of debate and, perhaps out of necessity, or for other reasons, can be dealt with only on a case-by-case basis. An issue that I would like to add to the sanctions agenda is what line the Council should take towards sanctions-busters when a sanctions regime has been dissolved. In such circumstances, is the Council prepared to allow past transgressions to be quietly forgotten or, in the interest of deterrence, should the Council contemplate pursuing the transgressors? If follow-up activity is required, the question of who would carry this out raises itself. It is not my intention to provoke a debate on a permanent monitoring structure. However, the issue of follow-up is a legitimate one to raise.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“Some of the same issues - for example, in the marking of weapons and the registration of weapons dealers and brokers - should be addressed more urgently in the weapons field. The 864 Committee and its investigative arm grappled with many sensitive and complicated aspects that have not been without controversy. Matters such as the compilation of lists of individuals subject to financial and travel restrictions, the use of outside contractors to assist in the work of the Committee, the role of arms brokers, the capacity and willingness of the diamond industry to police itself better and how to encourage individual Member States to take action in support of the sanctions regime have all given plenty of cause for thought.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“The African Union also played a part, establishing an Ad Hoc Committee on the Implementation of Sanctions Against UNITA, which visited a number of States, including some that had caused concern to the Monitoring Mechanism. I, myself, had a number of useful meetings with the Ad Hoc Committee. As Chairman, I followed very closely the Kimberley Process, with its focus on the diamond industry, and I engaged with the Wasenaar arrangement, given its focus on weapons. Both of these areas were central to the Angolan conflict. Although there are highly complex issues at stake, including valuable commercial interests, I am pleased to note that significant advances were made by the Kimberley Process.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“An important aspect of the sanctions Committee's work in the past two years has been the high level of cooperation it received from the Government of Angola. It is no secret that the relationship between the United Nations and Angola has not always been a happy one. However, I believe that the work of the Committee and the impact this had on eroding UNITA's capacity to wage war have increased the credibility of the United Nations and of the Security Council in Angola's eyes. The Angolan authorities played their part in this, particularly over the past two years, when they engaged in bilateral discussions with a number of States that had provided support to UNITA.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“Although the investigation did not reveal significant new information on UNITA's financial operations, another strong signal was, I believe, being sent to UNITA and to the international financial community of the Council's determination to close off as many avenues as possible. The cooperation of Committee members and other Member States extended well beyond New York. In my capacity as Chairman, I visited 11 States, where I raised, often at Government level, the priorities of the sanctions Committee. Such visits proved extremely useful for familiarization and direct contact with Governments and other interested parties, both to gather information and to convey the message of the Security Council's continuing determination in seeing the implementation of its measures.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“But, until that historic moment, it was important for our joint objectives to avoid any entanglement. And I believe that this has worked very well. The Committee's united approach opened the way in September 2001 for the adoption of a revised list of senior UNITA officials and adult members of their immediate families. Those whose names appeared on the list were subject to travel and financial restrictions. A renewed signal of the Committee's seriousness was being sent to UNITA and its supporters. Directly arising from this, seven United Nations Member States froze bank accounts of individuals included in the list. The Committee also engaged a private sector organization to investigate UNITA's international financial networks.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“The harmonious atmosphere of the 864 Committee and the related absence of political differences on the conflict in Angola itself were important contributing factors to the success of its work. As Chairman of the Committee, I took the view, which was supported by all members, that a firewall of sorts should exist between the sanctions regime and the political track being pursued by the Secretary-General. It was, in my View, crucial to maintain the distinction between the Committee's work and that political track. The dovetailing of these lines that has occurred in the past few weeks, when the sanctions regime and the work of the Joint Commission set up under the Lusaka Protocol overlapped, was an inevitable and welcome development in the circumstances.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“The Mechanism allowed the sanctions Committee to be furnished with additional and detailed information about the violations of the sanctions and to investigate where that information led. Its very existence sent a strong warning that the Committee had an additional arm that would systematically and constantly monitor sanctions violations and the violators. I am convinced that this acted as a strong deterrent to those who had already engaged in sanctions-busting, or who might have considered doing so. I would like to pay personal tribute to the dedication and the work of Ambassador Juan Larrain, the Chairman of the Monitoring Mechanism, and his colleagues in the Mechanism.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“That prolonged the conflict in Angola, and it did nothing to enhance the reputation of the Council or of the United Nations. It will be recalled that, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Fowler of Canada, a whole new dynamic was introduced to this file. I will not retrace the details here. In summary, though, the Council, through its innovative resolution 1295 (2000), put the international community on notice that the sanctions against UNITA should no longer be treated as a paper tiger: impunity would be met with the full force of the resolutions concerned. Resolution 1295 (2000) provided for a number of steps. None was more important in providing the sanctions regime with teeth than the establishment in July 2000 of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“The positive military and political developments in Angola since early this year provided the Council with the basis to take the welcome action that it did last week. It is difficult to measure precisely how much impact the Council's sanctions - and, by extension, the 864 Committee's efforts - had on events in Angola. I believe, though, it is right to say that the Council's efforts did indeed have some influence on what has transpired. Perhaps the most straightforward measure to use is to contrast how the international community was implementing the sanctions at the beginning of 1999 with the situation at the beginning of 2002. For a number of years previously, we had witnessed widespread, if not total, disregard for the Council's measures against UNITA.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“Mr. Ryan: The Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola was, of course, dissolved last week by the Security Council on adoption of resolution 1448 (2002). I cannot, therefore, speak as Chairman of the 864 Committee, as it no longer exists. Even if it did exist, I believe the comments I make here today could be made only in a personal or national capacity. There will, of course, be the annual report of the 864 Committee. I believe, in fact, that Council members will already have received a draft copy. The circumstances surrounding the termination of the 864 Committee are happy ones, the sort that the international community hopes for.”
2002-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4673 (2002) · source
“The Iraqi authorities must now respond by assuming their own responsibilities under the Charter. Ireland calls on the Iraqi Government to choose the path of peace, to cooperate fully with the inspectors and to comply with all its other obligations under Security Council resolutions. It must do so for the sake of its own people, that of its neighbours and in the interests of international peace and security.”
2002-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4644 (2002) · source
“There is no doubt, on the basis of this definition, that Iraq has been in material breach of its obligations. We fully expect this same definition to be applied in determining whether any further material breach has occurred, should it become necessary to do so. The Iraqi people have waited far too long for their chance to recover from a decade of war, followed by a decade of sanctions. The time has now come for Iraq to resume the path of peaceful economic and social development, which is so strongly desired and deserved by the Iraqi people. The Security Council, representing the international community, has today assumed its responsibilities in order to avert a perilous crisis. The Council has given Iraq a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations.”
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“The United Nations character of UNMOVIC, established in resolution 1284 (1999) and the multilateral character of the IAEA are a guarantee that the inspections will be carried out with the necessary objectivity and will be strictly limited to the purpose of their mandate, which is the disarmament of Iraq in respect of weapons of mass destruction. Nothing should prejudice the perception that the inspections will be conducted in an independent and impartial manner. As the concept of material breach is a key element of this resolution, let me make it clear that Ireland's understanding of this concept is in accordance with the definition contained in the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: "the violation of a provision essential to the accomplishment of the object or purpose of the treaty" (Article 60, para. 3 (b)).”
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