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“It reaffirms that all States should establish as a serious criminal offence under each State's domestic law willfully financing terrorist organizations or individual terrorists for any purpose. However, it is not enough that States have laws that permit them to prosecute terrorists. States may need to gather evidence that is held in other jurisdictions or even request the extradition of a terrorist. That is why the resolution's focus on mutual legal assistance - obtaining evidence from another country and extradition, a form of transferring a defendant from one country to another - is so critical. One might assume that those are more or less straightforward processes. However, the United States has invested considerable effort to streamline and update both tools to help fight terrorism.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“The obvious answer is that prosecutors and judges need to cooperate with each other and cooperate closely. The challenge that we must discuss today is how to make that cooperation effective. Let me address three ways in which we can do that. First, each Member State needs to have the right laws and agreements on the books - right on both substance and procedure. The Council has played an important role in enshrining the legal framework for countering terrorist activities through resolutions 1373 (2001) and 2178 (2014). Those resolutions focused on ensuring that all Member States make terrorism a criminal offence, take action to cut off the financing of terrorism and prosecute and penalize foreign terrorist fighters. Resolution 2322 (2016), which we have just adopted this afternoon, builds on that progress.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“I would also like to thank today's briefers. Let us all think about the terrorist threat that we face today. Terrorist organizations span borders. Terrorists hide in one country before attacking in another. Terrorists may obtain funds from criminal enterprises that traffic people, illicit goods, narcotics or cultural property across different continents. When terrorists talk to each other, their emails may be transmitted from one city to another but the records of such emails sit on servers scattered around the world. So, how do we prosecute a terrorist who is captured in one State but who is a resident ofa second State - a terrorist who may be a citizen of yet a third State whose emails are scattered on servers in a fourth, fifth or even sixth State?”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“Boris Johnson, alongside the Foreign Ministers of Iraq and Belgium, launched an initiative on Da'esh accountability here in September. As a first step, we look to the United Nations to take action to gather and preserve evidence of the crimes carried out by Da'esh in Iraq. The Government of Iraq is clear that it would welcome international support to complement their efforts. Together, experts of the United Kingdom and Iraq have been working on a proposal to that end and we look forward to bringing it to the United Nations very soon. Ms. Sison (United States of America) I thank the Minister of Justice of Spain for convening this meeting. We especially welcome your participation, Sir, as a senior official who has first-hand experience in dealing with international judicial cooperation to fight terrorism.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“In the United Kingdom, each terrorism investigation brings with it on average 10.7 terabytes of data. Put another way, that is 4.4 billion pages or 35 miles of paper. In the pursuit of that evidence, we cannot allow ourselves to undermine the freedoms that the terrorists want to destroy. Restrictions on social media, abuses of online privacy and any type of censorship are simply not the answer. We also need to recognize that evidence is not only to be found in the Twitter feeds and emails of foreign terrorist fighters. It is also found in the liberated towns of Iraq at the scene ofthe terrible crimes of Da'esh. Preserving and sharing that evidence is just as important ifwe are to see justice finally being delivered. That is why the British Foreign Secretary, Mr.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“Let us use all the tools at our disposal to ensure that there is no impunity for any of them. Those tools should include even more cooperation on extraditions, even greater mutual legal assistance and more engagement with INTERPOL. To underpin such efforts, we face new challenges gathering the evidence needed for the extradition, arrest and prosecution of terrorist suspects. The Internet is now a front line in the battle against terrorism. Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels are sadly hijacked as a recruiting ground for extremists. In turn, we must also use those networks to find the evidence needed to stop their hateful activities. That requires closer cooperation with tech companies and greater, faster information-sharing between countries. We should not underestimate the complexity of such a task.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“Hussain was arrested eight days later in Rome and extradited to the United Kingdom less than two months later. He is now serving a 40-year minimum sentence. Sadly, since 2005, there has been a steady increase in the need for similar cooperation. With the rise of the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, the complexity of such cases has grown. Let us take the case of a French national who traveled to Syria join Al-Nusra in January 2014. By May 2014, he had fled to the United Kingdom. He was arrested on 9 May 2014 and extradited to France just over a month later. His case follows an increasingly common pattern - a national of one country commiting a crime in another country before fleeing to a third country. Yet, there are countless returning fighters who have yet to face justice in the way that that French national has.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“Today we have shown our shared commitment to that cooperation through the welcome unanimous adoption of resolution 2322 (2016). I would like to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, and to your excellent delegation for your initiative in bringing this important issue before the Council because when terrorists act without any regard for international borders - without any regard for the laws of one country of the next - we must work together to ensure thatjustice crosses borders in response. My country saw this sadly when terror came to the streets of London in July 2005. One of the attempted bombers, Mr. Osman Hussain, fled the United Kingdom on 21 July 2005 after his bomb failed to detonate on the London Underground. Thanks to our cooperation with Italy, Mr.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“I thank the briefers for their interesting updates. I must begin by offering my sincerest condolences to Mr. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, the Permanent Representative ongypt, following the horrific bombing in Cairo on 11 December. This attack is yet another reminder of the unrelenting cruelty and barbarity of the terrorist threat that we face. Today, we grieve with Egypt. However, in truth, terrorism threatens us all. Too many of us around this table have experienced the savagery of these groups in recent years. They are a clear threat to international peace and security, and they are threat that we must tackle together. It is a fight that requires our fullest cooperation - cooperation between our police and security forces, between our diplomats and, as we are discussing this afternoon, between our judicial institutions.”
2016-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7831 (2016) · source
“The United Kingdom believes in such a dialogue. It is why we continue to have diplomatic relations. It is why we build people to people links through the sponsorship of education and humanitarian projects. Moreover, it is why our Embassy in Pyongyang will continue to deliver strong messages on human rights directly to the regime. We will not let up in our efforts to convey the international community's concern. We urge the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to take action. The Council must follow suit.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“The previous Foreign Minister said in March that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea would no longer participate in international discussions on the issue. That is a shameful rejection of the international norms and principles that underpin the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also a rejection of the views of the majority of United Nations Members. Over 100 countries spoke loudly and clearly when the Third Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.3/7l/L.23, calling on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to respect the rights of its people. Today, let us all urge the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to re-engage with the international community and start a process of dialogue - one that leads to credible, concrete steps to improve the human rights of its own people.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“We should call this what it really is. Whether inside or outside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, it is modern slavery. The Government of the United Kingdom is committed to ridding the world of such a scourge. It is a personal priority of British Prime Minister, Ms. Theresa May, and the United Kingdom is galvanzing international efforts to bring an end to modern slavery globally. We cannot underestimate the scale of the challenge in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. To date, the regime has refused to engage in any meaningful dialogue with the international community on human rights. The Special Rapporteur and international observers are still denied full and unhindered access to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“Beyond North Korea's borders, there lies another travesty, another tragedy. That is the tragedy of tens of thousands of North Koreans forced to work abroad to raise money for the regime in circumvention of United Nations sanctions. It is estimated that that practice raises as much $2 billion in foreign currency each year. That money is made by putting North Korean in unscrupulous mines, factories and construction sites, often at great risk and often without any protection. For those workers, being abroad offers no escape from the cruelty that I described earlier. They live their lives under constant surveillance by their gang masters, to whom they lose most of their meager pay. They work up to 20 hours per day without sufficient food. They are forcibly separated from their loved ones, unsure of when or whether they will see them again.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“In truth, my words cannot convey the horror so let me use those of Hyuk Kim, who was held in the Jungeori Labour Camp. He said, "At Jungiori, there was no sense ofbeing human You do the labour you were ordered to do. No thinking. No free will. Just fear." His testimony speaks of unimaginable hunger and cruelty. He would supplement his meager diet with rats eaten raw because, as he stated: "If you tried to cook the rats, the guards would smell the meat or fire, catch you and beat you mercilessly." Such cruelty has been experienced by so many North Koreans. That cruelty has served only one purpose: to generate income for the regime. The regime has chosen to spend that income on its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, which violate so many resolutions of this Council. That is only one part of the story.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“When a State violates the sovereignty of its neighbours and abducts their citizens, regional stability is jeopardized. When a regime shuts off its people from the world, denying them their most basic rights, the Charter of the United Nations is ignored. So it is entirely right that we are holding this session today. Human rights violations are like the canary in the coal mine, warning us of threats to international peace and security. I want to focus my statement on a very specific human rights concern in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: the use of forced labour. The word "concern" does not do the issue justice. Forced labour in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a travesty and a tragedy that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of North Koreans.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“At the outset, let me welcome Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, and Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, back to the Council and thank them for their briefings. In case this is my final opportunity in this Chamber, allow me to commend and congratulate Mr. Eliasson personally for everything that he has done through his distinguished career on human rights and other aspects of the Charter of the United Nations. We have heard some members argue today that we should not be focusing on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - that this is not a matter for the Council. I have to respectfully disagree. When a regime chooses to spend its resources on reckless nuclear policies and not on its people, peace and security are threatened.”
2016-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7830 (2016) · source
“We have an opportunity to stop a conflict before it begins, so we owe it to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to the credibility of the Security Council on conflict prevention to make sure that President Kabila listens.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo needs to have contingency planning in place to respond effectively if needed. The biggest peacekeeping mission in the world, with a clear mandate to protect civilians robustly, cannot stand by if civilians are threatened. As I said at the start, the world is watching. But it is watching us in the Council just as much as it is watching President Kabila. We have seen countless times how difficult it is to bring peace and stability to a country or region after conflict has begun. We are discussing here a situation where the violence has not yet erupted.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“The Government must respect human rights and fundamental freedoms essential to political debate and credible elections, freedom of speech and assembly, access to the media and accountability for human rights abuses. Not respecting these fundamental norms increases tensions and heightens the risk of violence. In October, the European Union threatened to impose sanctions on members of the Democratic Republic of the Congo security forces responsible for the suppression of these fundamental freedoms and the abuse of human rights. The Council needs to be prepared to respond in a similar fashion if the situation deteriorates. In parallel, we also need to be preparing to help, should the worst occur.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“It is now time for Kabila and his Government to undertake confidence-building measures so that can mediation efforts have a chance of success. This means dropping the spurious charges against opposition members, releasing political prisoners and lifting the media ban. It also means that all sides must reject violence and commit to peaceful dialogue. In these efforts, we fully support the Conference episcopale nationale du Congo and the mediated discussions between the Government and opposition groups. We urge all parties to continue to engage in dialogue to reach a peaceful compromise before 19 December. But that is only half of the message that we need to send today. If President Kabila ignores the Council, we must be clear that there will be consequences. It cannot be business as usual if nothing has changed in two weeks' time.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“We all know what comes next if he makes the wrong decision. We saw it in the bloodied streets of Kinshasa in September. We cannot allow such barbarity to be repeated in a fortnight's time. We know what needs to happen. The Constitution is clear. President Kabila's term ends on 19 December. The two-term limit cannot be changed, and certainly not just to suit one man's political agenda. The Government must reach a consensual political agreement that is in line with the Constitution before that date. President Kabila heard this message loudly and clearly when the Security Council visited last month. It is a message that the United Kingdom's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, James Wharton, repeated only two weeks ago.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for this urgent meeting. I am very grateful for the sobering analysis just shared by our briefers. As we have heard so clearly, the clock is ticking for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the world is watching. Just two weeks remain until President Kabila's second term comes to an end - two weeks to prevent even more violence, even more deaths and even more conflict in a country that has already suffered too much. So here in this open meeting we have an opportunity to send an unequivocal message to President Kabila that he must make the right choice, respect the Constitution, respect the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, respect his two-term limit, commit not to stand, and hold elections as soon as possible. In truth, there is no other option.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7826 (2016) · source
“The world and the Syrian people will not forget Russia's role in carrying out, and supporting the regime in carrying out, such heinous crimes in Syria. Look again at the faces of those left starving, bleeding and dying in Aleppo. They are not terrorists. Look again and change course. We had a chance today to help those people, to stop the bombing and let aid in. We have once again failed, but we must keep trying until we succeed.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“But that misses the point. Many Council members have pledged generous amounts - the United Kingdom has allocated $900 million. But we all know that that money counts for so little when humanitarian aid cannot even get in. And we all know who is obstructing the United Nations and its humanitarian partners. We all know who is using starve-or-surrender tactics, and who is bombing civilians into submission. Even if Russia will not use its influence to stop the bombing or permit humanitarian aid to be delivered, it is not too late for Russia and the regime to prevent even worse atrocities. Russia can still ensure the protection of civilians leaving eastern Aleppo. Russia can still enable the United Nations to protect those fleeing and allow the United Nations to have a role in planning evacuations.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“And yet, through its veto today, Russia has once again blocked meaningful, credible action - action that could have fulfilled our collective responsibility. How does that veto serve international peace and security? How is it in keeping with the principles that we are all here to uphold? Russia claims it is fighting terrorism and that its veto today is in pursuit of ridding Syria of extremists. That is pure fantasy. Blocking a seven-day ceasefire - a ceasefire that would have let aid in, that would have fed starving children - is not fighting terrorism. Continuing the indiscriminate bombing of civilians and attacking medical facilities is not fighting terrorism. Supporting a regime that uses chemical weapons and carries out war crimes is not fighting terrorism. Russia will claim that its intent is decent ~ humanitarian, even.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“Despite repeated pronouncements against politicization and in favour of dialogue, China has chosen to side with Russia ~ a party to the conflict. Put simply, they have chosen to veto not because of a lack of consultation, but because of their long-standing, misplaced faith in a despot who has killed nearly half a million of his own people, who has sanctioned the murder of civilians as they flee the bombed-out ruins of Aleppo - a despot who would rather reduce Syria to rubble than to negotiate an overdue peace. I could go on, but instead let me ask Russia another question. What did it seek to achieve today? For the past 71 years, the Council has been responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Each and every one of us in the Chamber has committed to upholding that responsibility.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“And yet for most of that time Russia simply refused to engage, more content to support Al-Assad's onslaught against Aleppo than to negotiate with fellow members of the Security Council. Let me pay tribute to the work of Egypt, New Zealand and Spain in seeking consensus on such a sensitive issue. They left no stone unturned, reaching out in particular to the Russian delegation. They put their first draft into blue a week ago.They amended it to take into account Russian views, and they put their final version into blue on Friday. And that is the version in blue that we have in front of us, dated 2 December. I therefore urge all delegations to avoid hiding behind hypocritical, bogus procedural arguments. China's veto is particularly surprising.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“Just five days ago I sat in this Chamber (see S/PV.7822) and asked what it would take to stop the horror in Aleppo. Today Russia and its small number of followers have shown that they have no interest - none whatsoever - in answering that question. Instead, for the sixth time in five years, they have chosen to block meaningful action and hold the Security Council to ransom. In doing so, and much more tragically, they have also held to ransom the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children currently enduring hell in Aleppo. They will claim that we made them veto, that there was not enough time for proper consultations, that we forced them to a vote for political reasons. Those are hackneyed excuses. The draft resolution (S/2016/1026) was first circulated over a month ago.”
2016-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7825 (2016) · source
“We made a habit of allowing those statistics to be created, and we must break that habit. Egypt, New Zealand and Spain have drafted a very reasonable draft resolution calling for lO-day ceasefire to stop the bombing and let aid in. There should be a vote on that draft resolution as soon as possible. If not today, then I call on the Council to meet again before the end of this week to review the situation in Aleppo and for us to move swiftly to adopt that draft resolution to deliver a ceasefire and the full implementation of the United Nations humanitarian plan.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“The deliberate targeting of civilians in such circumstances would be a war crime and we will hold those responsible to account. Words cannot describe what is currently happening in Aleppo. We have heard talk of a circle of hell, a kill zone, a giant graveyard. Within that kill zone - that circle of hell - are 100,000 children. We have all been discussing it long enough. We have seen the headlines, the images and the videos. Think back to the last face of a Syrian civilian you saw. The gruesome fact is that too many of them are destined to become a statistic - and maybe they already are - another number in the death toll, another figure in a United Nations situation report of people starving in Aleppo, another statistic in a headline that reads "Seven children dead in school bombing".”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“Let me be absolutely clear about what needs to happen in Aleppo. First, there needs to be an immediate ceasefire in order to give civilians respite from the bombs and to allow humanitarian access. Secondly, like the armed opposition groups have done, Russia and the regime must agree to cooperate on the United Nations four- point humanitarian plan. Thirdly, those civilians who want to leave the city must be allowed to do so safely to areas of their choosing, with protection assured by impartial monitoring. We are receiving reports today of the Syrian regime bombing Syrian families who are fleeing Aleppo on foot with their belongings. I call on Russia and the regime to commit to the Council today that no civilians will be attacked as they leave Aleppo.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“First they said it was because of terrorism. Then we reminded them that 100,000 children could not be terrorists. Then they said that it was because of the opposition. The opposition has now agreed to the United Nations plan for eastern Aleppo. What is today's excuse? What is the excuse for employing the medieval tactic of siege? What is the excuse for the continued bombardment - dropping bombs at a disturbing rate over the homes of children and families? What is the excuse for the continued endorsement of war crimes? The ancient city of Aleppo as we know it is on the verge of being wiped from the face of the Earth. Today we speak of reaching those who remain, tomorrow there may not be an Aleppo to reach. If that comes to pass, the excuses of the Syrian regime and of Russia will have played a substantial role.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“And "executing" is an all-too-appropriate word because without a change in policy and a change of heart, that is exactly what it is - the slow, painful, bitter execution of 1 million Syrians cut off from aid convoys and the world. The United Nations has an aid plan. It is not an opposition plan. It is not designed to aid one side over the other. Its sole purpose is to save lives and alleviate suffering. As Stephen said, the aid convoys are ready to roll, but they must have permission from the regime - permission that has been systematically denied. This is the United Nations - the impartial body the world looks to in the bleakest of situations. Russia is a leading member of the United Nations and crucial to the eventual solution of the Syria conflict. Why, then, can Russia and the Syrian regime not sign up to the United Nations aid plan?”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“To stop the deaths, stop the bombing. But those numbers are simply the deaths that we can count today. As difficult as it is to imagine, there is even more horror looming under the surface - horror that could be on an even larger scale; an agonizingly slow and painful death. That is what the United Nations is talking about when it briefs us on the status of besieged areas in Syria. Sieges are now a routine item of discussion when the Council discusses Syria. We cannot begin to think that sieges are now common, that they are somehow a simple matter of fact. They maybe a regular part of the conflict in Syria but they are anything but regular. What they are a deliberate act of starvation and withholding of medical care. The Syrian regime and Russia have been executing a plan that has now laid 1 million people under siege.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“And yet on Syria, sitting here in the Chamber today, after over five years of fighting and the deaths of close to half of a million people, after the displacement of 11 million people from their homes, with 1 million more under siege, the Security Council has completely failed to act. Stephen O'Brien asks why; the answer is simple. Time and again, Russia has vetoed to prevent the Security Council from finding the unity necessary for ending the war. Therefore again I ask, what will it take? I have met members of Syrian civil society. I have met impartial aid groups, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres. I have met doctors who have treated the wounded in makeshift hospitals in Aleppo, and they tell me what is expected: the bombs are directly responsible for the greatest number of deaths.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“What will it take? Syria is in the midst of a horrific conflict and the worst is probably yet to come. The United Kingdom and France have called this emergency session because eastern Aleppo and other besieged areas are today facing new depths of crisis, as the three briefers have so clearly described. History may show that it is, perhaps, the most horrific conflict of our lifetimes. We have faced horror before. We and those who have sat in these very chairs before us have collectively adopted 2,321 resolutions - 2,321 decrees from the world's highest authority on international peace and security. We have sent peacekeepers to war zones. We have stemmed conflict. We have defied great odds, bridged divides and have answered the call of humankind for seven consecutive decades.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7822 (2016) · source
“It can either continue its destabilizing and dangerous behaviour or follow clear steps to begin to rebuild a future for its people. Today, we are united in support for a meaningful change of course.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“As with all Security Council actions, the resolution is not intended to have adverse humanitarian consequences for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's civilian population, or to affect negatively the work of international organizations or non-governmental organizations carrying out assistance and relief activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The United Kingdom has diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and will continue to work towards dialogue and a peaceful resolution of this crisis. Diplomacy must continue and be part of the solution. We note that the resolution's provisions, including the provisions on cargo, are consistent with the obligations set out in the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic relations. Finally, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has a clear choice to make.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“Every dollar spent on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme is a dollar that could have been spent on improving the lives of its own citizens, roughly half of whom live in extreme poverty. The resolution also breaks new ground by calling for an awareness abroad of Democratic People's Republic of Korea labourers being exploited. Sadly, this is a textbook example of modern slavery - something that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea employs both inside and beyond its borders. When implemented fully, these further measures will create robust new constraints on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's activity.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“That is roughly $700 million that from now on cannot be put forward towards the next nuclear test or the next missile launch. This is a powerful message that will be heard loud and clear in Pyongyang. There are direct financial consequences to continued nuclear provocations. Secondly, the resolution clarifies and further enhances controls agreed in resolution 2270 (2016), including on technology imports, shipping, banking and the abuse by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of its privileges abroad. Every avenue of illicit activity must be shut down. Thirdly, the text makes an explicit political statement condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's proliferation choices at the expense of the welfare of its people.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“If implemented fully by all Member States in the long term, resolution 2270 (2016) can and will greatly reduce the ability of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to evade sanctions and raise funds. But in the face of Council action, Pyongyang chose to continue on its course of confrontation. As a result, we have taken direct action to build on those landmark sanctions of resolution 2270 (2016). Three concrete steps in the new resolution illustrate our resolve. First, the mechanism agreed to cap coal exports will directly target a sector used by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to raise foreign currency. Put simply, we have just denied nearly one-quarter of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's foreign income.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“We must continue with renewed vigour to limit the activities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea entities involved in the nuclear programme, deter the involvement of any external actors tempted to facilitate such activity, and constrain the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's ability to raise illicit funds. We are acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations for the second time this year with regard to North Korea. That is far from standard practice, but this unique threat deserves nothing less. Resolution 2270 (2016), adopted in March, marked a substantive increase in pressure on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Since then, ships have been impounded, cargo has been intercepted and bank accounts have been closed.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“The United Kingdom strongly supports the unanimous adoption of resolution 2321 (2016). We welcome the leading role played by the United States and China, as well as the statement made this morning by the Secretary-General. In 2016, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has conducted an unprecedented number of provocations, including two nuclear tests. Today, we have shown that the international community will simply not stand for it. We have sent a clear signal to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that the Security Council steadfastly opposes the reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons. Today, we redouble our efforts to bring the Democratic People's Republic of Korea back into the fold of law-abiding States. Until we see genuine commitments and actual steps to change course, United Nations sanctions will remain.”
2016-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7821 (2016) · source
“We should not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead. The global investment deficit for water governance and infrastructure alone is $198 billion a year. Together, however, we can make a difference if we invest in the information, institutions and infrastructure required to deliver water security. And when combined with the right political interventions, including by the Security Council, together we can reduce the impact of water problems at the local, national and regional levels.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Most importantly, perhaps, we expect the programme to help as many as 3 million of the poorest people in the region, so that they can cope better with the effects of climate variability and climate change, particularly floods and drought. We will notbe doing this alone. Through this project, we hope to raise nearly $500 million from the private sector, including companies with a high dependency on water, as well as from national Governments and development banks, so that together we can plan and construct water infrastructure for communities within SADC member States. Ultimately, tackling water insecurity at a global level will need joint efforts and investments that require regional cooperation. Today's Security Council meeting is an important step towards that collective, cooperative effort.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“We will be doing so in partnership with Germany's Ministry of Economic Cooperation and the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility, a private-sector organization that designs and finances water infrastructure. In an increasingly water-scarce region, the programme will help the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) build water infrastructure such as storage reservoirs and irrigation and water-supply systems. It will enable countries to share data on water levels with their neighbours and to issue timely flood and drought warnings, and it will build the capacity of institutions such as river basin organizations to help them manage water resources in shared basins. In doing so, it will help countries in the region use those resources to grow their economies and reduce poverty.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“It increases local tensions, causing conflicts over access to water within States and regions. And as demand increases, it is possible that such conflicts will broaden to include Member States themselves, or even lead to the targeting of water infrastructure. I therefore fully endorse the comments the briefers made about respecting international humanitarian law and about the importance of protecting water infrastructure. I also like the idea that we heard earlier about water- related ceasefires in conflicts. So what more can be done? The United Kingdom is already active in helping to tackle this set of problems. Over the next four years, we will be contributing $43 million to improving the management of shared waters in southern Africa.”
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“That is $500 billion lost to inadequate water and sanitation, urban flood damage and agricultural wastage through droughts and floods. For the people affected by the issue today, it is about much more than money. It is about life and death. Take the villagers of Kiangwe, in Lamu county in Kenya. Water scarcity there means that inhabitants spend sleepless nights walking to dried-up wells in the hope of securing just a few bottles of water. It means that they are choosing to risk their lives by walking through territory full of Al-Shabaab fighters. It means leaving their children at home, alone, hungry and thirsty. And from that village in Kenya, we can extrapolate to see the risk that this issue poses to international peace and security. A scarcity of water affects food and energy production, damaging economic growth.”
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“I commend the cooperation that Senegal has fostered with Mali, Mauritania and Guinea on flood defences and hydropower, in a welcome example of managing transboundary water challenges through cooperation rather than conflict. Sadly, however, we are in need of more examples of best practices. The statistics speak for themselves. In less than 10 years' time, unless we take action, up to 2.5 billion people, a third of today's global population, could be vulnerable to water insecurity. Unless we take action, by 2030 - the year we are supposed to achieve the global goals, including SDG 6, on water and sanitation - the global demand for fresh water will outstrip the supply by 40 per cent. That is a problem not just for tomorrow but for today. Every year, water insecurity costs the global economy $500 billion.”
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“At the outset, I would like to welcome the analyses shared by the Secretary-General and all our briefers this morning. I also join others in paying tribute to you, Mr. President, for your leadership in bringing this vital issue to the Council. An important part of our responsibilities as the Security Council in delivering Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is having a broad enough definition of the threats to international peace and security - not so as to encroach on the responsibilities of other parts of the United Nations system, but tojoin up with them. And on that, Senegal is providing leadership and putting it into practice through the Senegal River Basin Development Organization.”
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