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Salam

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first: 2007-07-19
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“Despite the international community's increased awareness that the maintenance of peace and security requires measures to ensure women's needs and participation in peace negotiations, the level of such participation remains low. This leads to the marginalization of half of society from the process of designing a peacebuilding framework in post-conflict States. That is the half that pays the true price of war, in pain and silence. We must guarantee the participation of women at all stages of the peace process to ensure that peace agreements and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes include elements focusing specifically on women and girls. In parallel, we must improve the social and economic status of women, either through the provisions of peace agreements or through practical measures on the ground.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“I stress the importance of States providing assistance programmes for victims of sexual violence. We commend the Secretary-General for his efforts to develop a set of indicators, as outlined in his recent report (S/2010/173), pursuant to resolution 1889 (2009). We look forward to agreement on a set of indicators on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), with emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The indicators must take account of the specific characteristics of each community and the nature and root causes of each conflict. In that way, we can monitor the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), guide reform efforts and implement programmes to protect women and enhance their role in the maintenance of peace and security.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“Countries in conflict situations and those emerging from conflict should be supported in their efforts to strengthen their legal and security institutions to enable them to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes and provide justice for victims. Here, I note that resolution 1888 (2009) calls for the establishment of a team of experts to, with the consent of the host Governments concerned, assist national authorities to strengthen the rule of law. We welcome the constructive role that such a team can play in building the capacity of countries in conflict situations and of those emerging from conflict, enabling them to bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes of sexual violence. We look forward to the proposals to be submitted by the Secretary-General in a forthcoming report with respect to monitoring acts of sexual violence.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“Hence, combating sexual violence must be part of efforts to involve women in all stages of peacemaking and peacebuilding. Today, the changing nature of conflict and the increased number of civil wars make women and girls more frequent targets. Here, I recall what Ms. Wallstrom said about sexual violence being a feature of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; that is true of most modern-day conflicts. 10-33085 When women are victims of sexual violence, they suffer physical and psychological trauma, as well as social isolation. Sexual violence leads to the collapse of families and communities, and it erodes women's ability to contribute to peace and security. In most cases, the perpetrators of these crimes enjoy impunity, thus encouraging the commission of more such crimes.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“There is no doubt that resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on women, including resolutions 1888 (2009) and 1889 (2009), provide a robust framework for protecting women in conflict situations and for ensuring that women's voices are heard during the peaceful settlement of disputes and in peacebuilding. But words are being translated into action at a slow pace. We agree with Ms. Wallstrom that there remains a wide gap between the legal framework, which has reached an advanced stage, and the practical impact of those laws on women in conflict situations. We support her efforts to close that gap. In that regard, we should view resolutions 1888 (2009) and 1889 (2009) in a comprehensive, integrated manner. Women cannot be empowered when they are under the threat of physical or psychological violence.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“Ms. Ziade (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): I wish at the outset to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. We take this opportunity to welcome Ms. Margot Wallstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and to thank her for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for having indicated the priority areas for action. We look forward to continued cooperation with her. We also welcome Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, and commend her for her briefing. Moreover, we commend the General Assembly for its efforts towards the establishment of the Secretariat's composite entity on gender issues.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission is the main United Nations platform for international engagement in post-conflict countries; we look forward to this year's review, which will provide an opportunity to improve the Commission's effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate and enhancing its relationship with the Council. Lebanon supports the adoption of the draft presidential statement on peacebuilding.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“Finally, when large-scale violence ends, the challenges facing the leadership and people of a country are enormous, and peace is often very fragile. International support in such complex and rapidly evolving situations is of fundamental importance and requires Member States and international organizations to align their assistance and engagement in support of an early and prioritized peacebuilding framework in a flexible and predictable manner. Civil wars, by definition, are fought primarily within the boundaries of a single State, but they are rarely isolated from political and economic dynamics in the surrounding region. Violence in one country is often part of a larger, regional constellation of conflict. Hence, the importance of cooperation with regional organizations, given the transnational nature of many peacebuilding challenges.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“Since the greatest resources for a durable peace are always rooted in the local people and their culture, this peace should be built from the bottom up by enhancing sustainable citizen-based peacebuilding initiatives and by opening up public political spaces in order to allow institutions of civil society to flourish. To this end, peacebuilding efforts should promote initiatives that incorporate citizen-based activities, including community peace projects and other grassroots initiatives, in order to empower civil society and to deepen its capacity for non-violent social change. Financial resources are, of course, essential prerequisites without which effective leadership, common strategies and more predictable support capacity remain only theoretical paradigms.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“The answer is to maximize local ownership by involving populations as quickly and extensively as possible in their own governance. National actors are the engines and the drivers of the peacebuilding process. They are able to identify the most pressing needs of their society and the most effective means of addressing them. Hence, national authorities must take primary responsibility for re- establishing the key institutions of security, governance and economic recovery, with the support of the United Nations and international partners.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“Countries in conflict often experience a serious deterioration in or even the complete destruction of their systems of governance, service delivery and economic production. Successful peacebuilding requires helping societies to reverse these trends. Peacebuilding also requires coherent responses to the needs of vulnerable people through programmes and services to reintegrate repatriated refugees and ex-combatants into civil society, to resettle internally displaced persons and to assist war-affected populations in general. Women, in particular, are key to peacebuilding. Their full participation in the peacebuilding process, both as victims of conflict and as important drivers of recovery and development, is essential. But how do we ensure that peacebuilding efforts are perceived as legitimate in the eyes of those they are trying to help?”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“It requires long-term strategies involving large segments of society and could include extensive education, sensitivity campaigns and consensus-building within society. These more intangible aspects of peacebuilding are frequently overlooked in favour of more technical rebuilding and assistance. Nonetheless, they are essential to long-term change. The people must be at the heart of any search for solutions to conflict and efforts to consolidate peace. A poor governance framework will undermine the sustainability of peace. Thus, it is essential that the peacebuilding process advance and support the establishment of democratic, transparent and accountable governance and the reconstruction of well- functioning State institutions. The delivery of early peace dividends includes the provision of basic services.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“Effective security sector reform requires effective disarmament; the creation of security forces that are well trained, disciplined and politically neutral; and a security sector that is under the civilian oversight of a democratic Government. A basic level of political will and commitment on the part of national actors is a precondition for peacebuilding. Political issues that remain unaddressed or only partially addressed by peace agreements may call, after such an agreement is signed, for sustained mediation efforts as part of a coherent approach to peacebuilding. Successful peacebuilding efforts require the promotion of a participatory process of healing and reconciliation through inclusive dialogue. Initiating change in the political culture of a society is one of the most difficult aspects of any post- conflict transition.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“It is important, however, to identify the activities which best contribute to achieving these objectives according to the country-specific situation and its actual needs. Since these objectives are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, it is of fundamental importance that the peacebuilding framework be clearly articulated and ensure coherence among the objectives, whether at the level of planning or of implementation. Ensuring security and preventing new eruptions of violence are the foremost goals of any peacebuilding process. Without the reasonable assurance of physical security for the bulk of the population, there is little hope of achieving progress on institution-building, inter-community reconciliation, reconstruction or development. Therefore, security sector reform is essential and should be nationally owned from the outset.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“Indeed, a particular institutional solution or sequence of events is not necessarily appropriate in one country simply because it has been used with relative success in another conflict-affected country. Countries have unique histories and traditions of social organization, which create different challenges and opportunities for conflict resolution. Therefore, it is not possible to develop a generic blueprint for peacebuilding engagement. Such engagement should be context- sensitive and address the underlying causes of the conflict. The main objectives of peacebuilding are establishing security, building confidence in a political process, expanding core national capacity and achieving socio-economic development, as we all know.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“A commonly agreed upon element of peacebuilding is the need for a coordinated and integrated strategy that defines critical peacebuilding priorities. Such strategies should be forged at the country level through dialogue with national actors. The alignment of action and the resources behind it is critical to successful peacebuilding. Due to the increased complexity of post-conflict reconstruction processes, it is fundamental that this strategy be flexible and subject to timely review according to evolving peacebuilding priorities and developments on the ground. Perhaps the most common criticism of peacebuilding to date has been that international agencies are not sufficiently sensitive to the unique characteristics of each host country.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“At the outset, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this open debate, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan for having honoured us with his presence. I should also like to join my colleagues in welcoming the Ministers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste, and the Managing Director of the World Bank. I should also to thank the Secretary-General for his insightful remarks. After 15 years and a dozen major operations, peacebuilding remains a vast, complex and only partially successful experiment. Important lessons have been learned along the way, yet there is still much that we need to learn about building the conditions for a durable peace in war-torn States.”
2010-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6299 (2010) · source
“We also reaffirm that all measures and actions taken by Israel to alter the legal and demographic status of the territories it has occupied since 1967, including the Syrian Golan, are null and void and have no legal effect whatsoever, as per numerous resolutions adopted by this Council. As for the situation in Lebanon, we reaffirm our commitment to resolution 1701 (2006) in its entirety and renew our pledge to work closely with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“We believe that any future negotiations, under whatever format, must concentrate on final status issues - specifically on borders, including in Jerusalem - in short, specified timeframes, and not just focus on confidence-building measures. We further believe that a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Middle East conflict should be based on resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), the Madrid terms of reference, the principle of land for peace, and the Arab Peace Initiative. In this regard, we welcome the affirmation by the Secretary-General and that of the Quartet on 19 March that peace talks should lead in two years to the establishment of an independent Palestinian State - that is, by March 2012.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“We believe that the Security Council should closely monitor developments pertaining to the report of the Fact-Finding Mission into the deadly war on Gaza that Israel launched at the end of 2008 (A/HRC/ 12/48), which is also known as the Goldstone report. In particular, we hope it will do so, because we trust that no Council member would ever tolerate impunity. In that regard, we welcome the 25 March decision by the Human Rights Council that called for independent and credible investigations into the serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law reported by the Fact-Finding Mission and for the establishment of a committee of independent experts to monitor the independence, effectiveness and genuineness of the investigations and their conformity with international standards.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“In late February, the Foreign Minister of Ireland - the first such European Union official to visit Gaza in more than a year - described the blockade as a "medieval siege" and concluded that "the tragedy of Gaza is that it is fast in danger of becoming a tolerated humanitarian crisis, a situation that most right-thinking people recognize as utterly unacceptable in this day". The Israeli blockade is illegal and immoral. Its disastrous effects on civilians in Gaza are reprehensible. The blockade must end now, as must the indiscriminate Israeli aerial bombing of Gaza, which continues to cause death and destruction.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“In our continuing efforts to put names to the faces of some of those not- to-be-forgotten Palestinians in order to recall their suffering and perhaps help to put an end to their captivity, I would today like to mention the name of Nafez Haraz, a 54-year-old Palestinian from Gaza who has been in captivity for 24 years and who has been prevented from seeing some of his children for the past five years. In that regard, I would like to recall that thousands of those prisoners carried out a hunger strike on 7 April to protest the bad treatment they receive from the occupying authorities. Similar hunger strikes are planned for the seventeenth and twenty-seventh of this month. In Gaza, we are into the second 1,000 days of the Israeli blockade.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“In affidavits to B'Tselem, six boys aged between 12 and 14 described arrest raids involving around a dozen heavily armed military police, who surrounded their homes, handcuffed them and led them to cells, where they were slapped, kicked and told by interrogators to confess if they wanted to go home. One of the boys, 12-year-old Ahmad, said in an affidavit, "I was made to kneel and face the wall, and every time I moved, a man slapped me across the neck". Let us also not forget the plight of the more than 10,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centres, most of whom are civilians.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Under that new order, tens of thousands of Palestinians deemed "infiltrators" will automatically become criminal offenders liable to expulsion. Palestinians most likely to be targeted under the new rules are those whose identification cards bear home addresses in the Gaza Strip. But the term "infiltrator" could also apply to Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. What is most ironic is that the infiltrator category could also apply to previously displaced or refugee Palestinians who have been able to return to their own towns and villages in the West Bank. Allow me also to draw the Council's attention to the suffering of children as a result of Israeli practices. The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem told the Associated Press on 9 March that Israeli police were improperly arresting Palestinian boys during night-time raids in Jerusalem.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“The Israeli newspaper Haaretz was told by Israeli planning officials on 11 March that some 50,000 new settlement housing units in Jerusalem neighbourhoods outside the Green Line were at various stages of development and approval. The officials added that Jerusalem's construction plans for the coming decades were expected to focus on East Jerusalem, and that plans for some 20,000 apartments were already at advanced stages of implementation. Israeli designs target not only occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank, but also Palestinians themselves. In a bid to open the door to what could be a new wave of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homelands, a new Israeli military order came into force this week.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“However, the Israeli Government cracked down on peaceful Palestinian civilian demonstrations in the West Bank and allowed criminal behaviour by its settlers, which resulted in the deaths of four Palestinians. Moreover, on 21 March, the Israeli Prime Minister declared that "settlement activity in Jerusalem will not stop" and than it was "like building in Tel Aviv". Even as the American President was receiving Mr. Netanyahu in Washington, DC. on 23 March to discuss ways to move the peace process forward, Israeli authorities confirmed another illegal East Jerusalem project for 20 residential units in the Shepherd Hotel compound in a neighbourhood populated mostly by Palestinians.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“That is in addition to the ongoing settlement activity in the West Bank under the pretext of so-called natural growth, despite the Government's claims that it would stop settlement activities there for 10 months. On 3 March, Arab States reiterated their support for American peace efforts. United States Middle East Envoy Senator George Mitchell has announced an agreement on proximity talks. Yet, on 9 March, during a visit to bid for peace by American Vice President Joe Biden, Israeli authorities adopted a plan to add 1,600 settlement units in East Jerusalem. Words of condemnation came from all the over the world, including from the Secretary-General, the American Administration, the Quartet and many others.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“I welcome the presence of Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe and thank him for his briefing. At the outset, allow me to convey to the Chinese people, through the Permanent Mission of China, the sympathy of the Lebanese people in connection with this morning's tragic earthquake. There has never been greater international consensus on the parameters of Arab-Israeli peace. Yet, Israel is more than ever intentionally taking unilateral illegal actions aimed at predetermining the outcome of negotiations, changing the reality on the ground and rendering the two-State solution almost impossible. The Israeli Government persistently disrupts the peace efforts of the American Administration, including by expanding settlements, in particular in East Jerusalem.”
2010-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6298 (2010) · source
“Therefore, we call for strengthening international cooperation to establish controls and ensure effective oversight and monitoring of the production of these weapons and their legitimate possession, storage, export and import. Lebanon also calls for continued work to achieve common ground and an international consensus on a binding international instrument in this regard. Lebanon believes that this does not infringe the inherent right of States to individual or collective self- defence in the event of aggression against a Member of the United Nations, as stipulated in Article 51 of the Charter, or the right of peoples to resist occupation and to achieve self-determination.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“In this respect, Lebanon commends the efforts of the United Nations to contain the spread of small and light weapons and believes that they should be accompanied by efforts to address the root causes of crises and conflicts and to build effective institutions, as well as to eradicate hunger, poverty and illiteracy, which are principal causes of wars and conflicts in Africa. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons should also be accompanied by encouragement of armed groups to abandon their weapons, to reintegrate their members, especially children, into society and to provide incentives and means to do so. In this regard, we commend the work of the many non-governmental organizations to achieve those goals. Lebanon long suffered from the spread of these weapons and the ensuing destruction, especially in the years between 1975 and 1990.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“The problem of small arms cannot be handled merely through efforts to monitor them because it is an integral part of a wider context where conflicts intersect with issues of security, violence, organized crime, human rights and development. We are a few months away from the Fourth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in June.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“They cause suffering and destruction in many regions, especially in Central Africa, which has witnessed so many wars that they have been described as a "world war" because of the huge number of casualties they have caused directly or indirectly. That region and its society continue to suffer the consequences, be it to economic development or at the humanitarian level, which hinder progress and delay the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, as well as the Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn ofAfrica.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Small arms are the most commonly used weapons in civil conflict, in acts of terrorism and in ordinary and organized crimes, so much so that they have been described as weapons of mass destruction because of the huge number of casualties they cause, especially among women and children. Unlike for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, however, there is so far no international non-proliferation regime for small and light weapons. Statistics indicate that more than 100 States Members of the United Nations possess about 1,000 arms factories that produce about 8 million pieces of weapons annually. The number of small arms in circulation is estimated to be about 700 million, which translates to one weapon for each 10 individuals in the world. These weapons are a universal threat to humanity.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Mr. Salam (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to join my colleagues in welcoming Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro and to thank Mr. Antonio Maria Costa and Mr. Louis Sylvain-Goma for their valuable presentations. I would also like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the delegation of Gabon for organizing this important debate on the impact of illicit arms tracking on peace and security, a subject well within the competence of this Council, which is mandated to maintain international peace and security. It is natural that we focus on the region of Central Africa, one of the areas most affected by the scourge of small arms.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“We urge the international forces to continue their efforts to protect civilians during their military operations. We underscore the importance of counter-narcotic activities, well aware that such illicit trafficking is linked to financing terrorist activities.”
2010-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6287 (2010) · source
“Women's rights must be promoted, and the Afghan army and police must be strengthened in order to ensure that they can fully assume their security functions. We underscore the complementary nature of security and development, and in that regard parallel efforts must be undertaken to address the underlying causes of that conflict. We should foster an internal political process and reconciliation with anti- Government elements, as long as they renounce violence and respect the Constitution and all institutions established since 2002. We are concerned about the increasing security tensions and terrorist attacks against Afghan civilians and Afghan and international forces. It is regrettable that 2009 was the worst year since 2001 as concerns the loss of civilian lives.”
2010-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6287 (2010) · source
“At that conference, the Afghan Government is to present tangible plans and programmes. We support the certification of the provincial council elections and the parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to be held on 18 September of this year. We hope they will be transparent, free and credible. Before then, electoral reform is necessary, in particular with regard to the establishment of a credible independent election commission and the lessons that need to be learned from the earlier presidential elections. We must also identify the assistance that the United Nations Mission can provide in that regard. Afghan military, civilian and judicial institution- building must be completed, and we must fight impunity and corruption.”
2010-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6287 (2010) · source
“It is essential that the Afghan Government play a leading role in the security, political and economic fields, and that the United Nations Mission play an assisting and supporting role so as to enable the people of Afghanistan to increasingly ensure their future. We call for stronger coordination between UNAMA and the other international actors present in Afghanistan. At this time it is important to promote international and regional support in order to help Afghanistan achieve stability and prosperity. In that context, we welcome the high-level conference on Afghanistan, organized by Turkey in Istanbul on 26 January 2010, and the outcome of the London Conference of 28 January 2010, in which 78 States and institutions participated. We hope that the Kabul conference scheduled for later this year will also be a success.”
2010-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6287 (2010) · source
“Mr. Salam (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to convey my gratitude to the Secretariat for the report that Under-Secretary-General Le Roy has just presented on the work undertaken by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (S/2010/ 127), and to thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement. Allow me, Mr. President, to make the following comments. We welcome the appointment of Mr. Staffan de Mistura as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and we support the renewal of UNAMA's mandate for another year, with it adapting its functions to the new challenges. We affirm the importance of the United Nations playing a leading role in coordinating international assistance for Afghanistan, aimed at strengthening its sovereignty and independence.”
2010-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6287 (2010) · source
“We support the recommendation that the United Nations consider mainstreaming drug trafficking and transnational crime into its wider conflict-prevention, assessment and peacebuilding activities. The collective response to organized crime also depends on consolidating and strengthening the international treaty framework. National, regional and international actions and strategies to combat drug trafficking and organized crime need to be not only comprehensive but also well coordinated. No less important is the need to work with civil society stakeholders.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“On international cooperation, the transnational nature of crime and drug trafficking means that no country can face them alone. In that regard, my delegation commends the role played by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Narcotics Control Board, Interpol, the World Health Organization and other relevant United Nations organs and agencies in assisting Member States in the fight against drug trafficking and transnational crime. We encourage them to continue and strengthen their cooperation with relevant regional and subregional organizations. We particularly praise UNODC for working on a tight budget funded mainly by voluntary donations, and express our full support for that important organization.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“In that regard, we encourage international and regional organizations to join their efforts to establish a robust capacity-building mechanism for rule of law assistance. On terrorism, Lebanon condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We stress the necessity to criminalize all terrorist practices and forms of support for them, including financing and instigation. We consider terrorism to be a global phenomenon that is not related to any race, religion, colour or country. The ability to create networks with global reach and sophisticated capacity provides terrorists with a new dynamic. There is therefore an imperative need to address root causes and to strengthen responsible States, the rule of law and fundamental human rights as part of a global strategy to fight terrorism.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“In that regard, we welcome the Political Declaration and Plan of Action adopted at the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and we commend its recognition of the need for cooperation between developed and developing countries. Due to advances in today's technologies, transnational organized crime is increasingly operating through flexible networks rather than rigid structures. That form of organization provides criminals with diversity, low visibility and longevity. We believe that combating organized crime requires comprehensive efforts in building State capacity in the area of the rule of law. Criminals are motivated, inter aIia, by financial gain. We therefore attach importance to weakening organized crime by eliminating its ability to launder money.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“On drugs, despite the statistics from the UNODC showing decreases in the global production of cocaine and heroin, efforts to fight the drug scourge should be intensified. That fight requires a comprehensive international approach based on a strong sense of shared responsibility. Special attention should be devoted to efficient modes of collaboration among countries of origin, transit and destination. States need to build capacity, share information, provide mutual legal assistance and carry out joint operations. Crop control strategies should also include alternative development and, where appropriate, preventive alternative development programmes, eradication and law-enforcement measures.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“Those activities are unavoidably associated with violence and corruption and, in many cases, are used to finance terrorist groups and acts of terrorism. Thus, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking have a long-term negative impact on peace, security and economic development and should clearly be fought in a synchronized manner on multiple fronts. Transnational crime, drug trafficking and terrorism profit from the weak capacity of States to maintain law. They fuel and prolong existing conflicts and pose threats to peacebuilding efforts in post-conflict States. In a globalized society, transnational crime groups and networks are better equipped with new information and communication technologies and are becoming more diversified; hence, the need for a constantly evolving response. Allow me to highlight the following elements.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting on transnational threats. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his commitment to this important issue, and Mr. Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for his efforts and devoted leadership, which play a central role in combating illicit drug trafficking and transnational crime. Drugs and crime were among the eight priorities that the United Nations identified in the Secretary- General's strategic framework for 2010-2011. Indeed, transnational crime and drug trafficking groups and networks have never had such influence and global reach. The nexus between their illicit activities is increasingly alarming.”
2010-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6277 (2010) · source
“Finally, we would stress that the international community must continue to help Timor-Leste to build and strengthen its institutions, particularly judicial and security institutions. We support the recommendation of the Secretary-General in the report on the extension of UNMIT's mandate for a further 12 months, as it stands, so that it may complete its mandated mission.”
2010-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6276 (2010) · source
“In this regard, we cannot help but stress the confirmation in the Secretary-General's report of the need to complete investigations and the collection of evidence aimed at prosecuting the perpetrators of serious past crimes. We view with serious concern the increasing poverty in many sectors of the population in Timor-Leste, particularly the sharp rise in youth unemployment. We believe it is a social time bomb that could lead to serious security consequences, particularly as many youth in armed gangs were responsible for the violent events of the 2006 crisis. Hence, the importance for the Government to work towards economic and social 10-2486] development in the country, especially through new opportunities for employment and a more just distribution of national wealth.”
2010-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6276 (2010) · source
“Lebanon appreciates the unanimity between UNMIT and the various political and civil society sectors in Timor-Leste, and welcomes the conclusions of the technical assessment team on the security situation, the rule of law, human rights, justice, the implementation of democracy in the country, and the economic and social situation. We also welcome the improving political and security situation in Timor- Leste, despite its continuing fragility, as reflected in the report. We support the municipal elections to be held this year in an atmosphere of political consensus, security and stability. These elections are an important indicator of Timor-Leste's progress in its transformation into a democratic country based on the rule of law. In my country's opinion, accountability and combating impunity are fundamental.”
2010-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6276 (2010) · source
“Mr. Salam (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): I would like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2010/85), which provides a very objective and precise overview of the situation in Timor-Leste. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and for her efforts as head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) to establish security and stability in that country and to help its people attain their legitimate national aspirations. We also welcome to the Security Council His Excellency Mr. Jose' Luis Guterres, Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste.”
2010-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6276 (2010) · source