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first: 2017-05-24
most recent: 2018-12-14
sittings or episodes: 49
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“At the same time, we are concerned by reports of incidents of renewed fighting and recurring reports of human rights violations and abuses, in particular, reports of sexual and gender-based violence. In order to address remaining challenges and to build a sustainable peace in Darfur we must address the root causes of instability, as well as ensure accountability and the rule of law.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7963 (2017) · source
“It is concerning that President Al-Bashir and others indicted by the Court are able to continue to travel internationally, including to States Parties to the Rome Statute. That sends a public message that the decisions of the Court can be ignored without any consequence which, in turn, undermines the authority of the Council. In the light of that and, as proposed by several Council members at the briefing last December, Sweden shares the view that the Council should approach cases of non-cooperation in a structured manner and, as a minimum, discuss which tools are available to it, if any, for an appropriate response. Turning to the current situation in Darfur, we welcome the overall reduction in fighting and the progress made in the peace process.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7963 (2017) · source
“Sweden is encouraged by signs of a more positive relationship between some African States and the Court and welcomes the initiatives by the Office of the Prosecutor to continue its outreach regarding the function and jurisdiction of the Court. Apart from referrals from the Security Council, as we know, the Court only has jurisdiction where States have accepted it. All suspects in the ICC investigations regarding Darfur remain at large. We call on the Government of the Sudan to cooperate fully with the ICC in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005) and to fulfil its obligations to arrest the individuals subject to arrest warrants. Like many other States Parties to the Rome Statute, Sweden continues to raise the issue of non-cooperation with the Court with relevant Governments. The Court relies on States to fulfil its mandate.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7963 (2017) · source
“The Security Council has an obligation to follow through on its decisions, in this case its unanimous decision to refer the situation in Darfur to the Court. Sweden fully supports the efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor, whose call for the full backing of the Council and Member States must be heeded. That includes through the provision of adequate resources. It is well known that there have been tensions between the Court and some African States, including States parties, in recent years, and that the unanimous referrals by the Security Council of two situations to the Court may have added to those tensions.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7963 (2017) · source
“I would like to join others in welcoming Prosecutor Bensouda back to the Security Council and in thanking her for her briefing and report. The conflict in Darfur led to reports of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It was for that reason that, in 2005, the Council referred the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Impunity and the lack of accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of international human rights law shall never be accepted. Now, 12 years after the Council's referral, further steps still need to be taken by the Government of the Sudan to assure justice for all those who suffered the most horrendous crimes during the conflict in Darfur.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7963 (2017) · source
“Each of these roles requires different approaches and strategies as part of our fight against terrorism. The attacks we have witnessed over the last three weeks will not be the last. However, with a common will and collective action future attacks need not be inevitable. The message from those who have stood up with courage and dignity in the face of terrorist attacks is this: the resilience of the human spirit means that those who seek to sow terror will never truly succeed.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“We agree that information-sharing on risks, as stated in paragraphs 38 and 39 of the report, is an essential tool in the fight against terrorist financing. The more the authorities and the private sector know about the means through which terrorists attempt to finance their activities, the better our opportunities to put an end to it. Our ultimate goal in this regard must be to detect and stop attacks before they take place. We encourage the Secretary-General to apply an integrated gender perspective in future reports, as mandated in resolution 2242 (2015). Among Swedish foreign terrorist fighters, several have been women. We want to reiterate the multiple roles played by women in relation to terrorism, including those of perpetrator, supporter, facilitator, victim and preventer.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“All measures against terrorism must be taken in compliance with international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law. We must all make every effort possible to cut off the supply of financing to terrorist organizations. Domestically, we have revised the offence of terrorist financing in line with the updated international standards mentioned in the report. Even though we had successfully prosecuted and convicted individuals for terrorist financing before these revisions, we believe that the updated legislation will provide our law enforcement authorities with new possibilities for prosecuting terrorist financing, in line with relevant Security Council resolutions and other international obligations.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“Sweden now makes an assessment of each returnee, seeking to identify individuals who are deemed to pose a risk or suspected of crimes. If they are found to pose such a risk, they are monitored, investigated and tried. As part of our strong focus on prevention, we are putting in place mechanisms aimed at safeguarding vulnerable individuals, targeting in particular those at risk of radicalization. In addition, rehabilitation and support for defectors requires a broad spectrum of interventions at all levels - municipal, regional and national. We stress the importance of strengthening the fight against impunity for terrorist acts, including by holding the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of terrorist attacks responsible.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“Responding to the threat of terrorism requires solidarity not only within countries, but also between countries. In March, Sweden hosted the first Nordic Regional Meeting of Security Services, which included the participation of the Monitoring Team. As noted in the trip report, the terrorist threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in the Nordic countries is rising, in particular with regard to foreign terrorist fighters returning from conflict zones. In order to counter and prevent the threat, we have introduced legislation specifically targeting foreign terrorist fighters and returnees. We have increased national inter-agency cooperation and taken steps to ensure that local actors are involved in the effort to prevent terrorism and violent extremism.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“However, in the response to these most recent attacks, we have seen the opposite of fear and division. In fact, rather than fear, there were acts of courage and incredible bravery on the part of ordinary individuals. Rather than division, all sections of society across many countries came together in solidarity for vigils and marches that sent a message of unity and peace. Since our last briefing in February (see S/PV.7877), our capital, Stockholm, was the target of an attack that is being investigated as a terrorist attack. The perpetrator is suspected of being a sympathizer or member of Da'esh. In response, thousands of Swedes gathered in Stockholm's central square to mourn the dead, but also in a show of defiance - showing, as our Prime Minister said, "that there is a strength in Sweden that nobody can take away from us".”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“I should like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his comprehensive briefing. We also welcome the timely and relevant report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/467), which underscores a number of the significant features of the threat we face. The attacks over the past weeks in Manchester, Kabul, Baghdad, London and Tehran are a stark reminder, if one were needed, of the continued and shared threat that we all face from terrorist groups. The aim of these acts is clear - to create fear and mistrust within communities and between countries. The attackers targeted women and children in Baghdad who were breaking their Ramadan fast with a treat of ice cream. In Manchester, they targeted young children seeing their favourite singer perform.”
2017-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7962 (2017) · source
“We appreciate the conscious effort to ensure gender balance within the Residual Mechanism, as well as the appointment of specific focal points on, for example, inclusion, gender and issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender persons. Finally, it is of concern that eight individuals indicted by the ICTR for serious crimes remain at- large. We encourage all States to cooperate fully with the Residual Mechanism for the speedy arrest of those individuals. We also encourage all States to assist the Residual Mechanism in carrying out its mandate, including by ensuring that its personnel are not hindered in performing their duties.”
2017-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7960 (2017) · source
“Making a decisive and irreversible break with the past can happen only when there is truth and accountability. We look forward to a smooth and effective transition from the ICTY to the Residual Mechanism. In that regard, we are encouraged by reports that ICTY and the Residual Mechanism are considering lessons learned from the transition of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) a few years ago. We welcome the work already under way by the Residual Mechanism. It is commendable that the Residual Mechanism issued over 150 decisions and orders during the reporting period. It has made good use of its flexible organization. The system of distance judges has proven cost-effective and efficient.”
2017-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7960 (2017) · source
“We would like to takethis opportunity to thank the staff of ICTY for their invaluable contributions to international justice. We would also like to recognize the efforts of President Agius to lead his team until the completion of all of the Tribunal's work. It is important that there be no outstanding cases at the time of the ICTY's closing. We urge Serbia to cooperate fully with the Court, as it has done on other occasions. We call on itto carry out the three arrest and surrender orders pending since January 2015. Denying the reality of what happened in the past will only undermine prospects for peace in the future. We therefore share the Prosecutor'ss deep concern about widespread denial of crimes and facts established by ICTY in relation to its cases, which could have real consequences for reconciliation in the Western Balkans.”
2017-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7960 (2017) · source
“By acknowledging and recognizing the trauma that remains after conflicts have ended, and by providing a framework to hold those responsible to account, their work has helped rebuild the foundations for affected societies so that they can move forward. Ensuring justice in the aftermath of conflict is essential for healing the wounds of war and to sustaining peace. Holding perpetrators to account in international or national courts is key to national reconciliation. We welcome the fact that the two remaining cases before the ICTY, those of Ratko Mladie and the appeals case Prlic' et al, will be concluded in November. As we move towards the conclusion of the ICTY's mission, we welcome President Agius' plans for a structured and timely transition to the Residual Mechanism.”
2017-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7960 (2017) · source
“I would like to express my appreciation for the comprehensive briefings and reports on the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals by President Carmel Agius, President Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. Let me also welcome the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Croatia. The role that international criminal tribunals have played in the fight against impunity for the most horrendous crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, cannot be overestimated.”
2017-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7960 (2017) · source
“We have made much progress on the protection of civilians within the Council and within the work of the United Nations more broadly. The legal framework is there; the resolutions have been adopted and agreed. We must now start down the path of protection that reinforces respect for international humanitarian law, while working to prevent and end conflict. Doing so will require the full commitment and strong leadership of both the Secretary-General and the Security Council.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Building the capacity of United Nations troops and police, including in the protection of citizens, is part of a larger peacekeeping reform that must be sustained. Finally, as the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, we would also like to highlight the fact that the Security Council's children and armed conflict agenda has an important accountability mechanism for dealing with the perpetrators of attacks on schools and hospitals. That includes its monitoring and reporting mechanism, namely, the Secretary-General's annual report on children and armed conflict with its annexes, which list the perpetrators of such attacks and United Nations action plans concluded to end such violations. In order to address the widespread impunity for attacks on health care, we can fully utilize that mechanism.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“The protection of civilians cannot be seen as optional. It must be politically prioritized within those strategies, properly resourced and integrated across the work of missions. That requires the availability to the Council of relevant and accurate information with respect to the protection of civilians, which, we believe, should be included in reporting by the Secretary-General and other mechanisms, while drawing on the whole of the United Nations system. Missions have a critical role in ensuring that protection needs are identified, reported and addressed. Women's participation must be ensured at all stages of protection strategies in order to ensure that those strategies address the needs of the entire population.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Furthermore, the particular vulnerabilities and protection needs of migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons - especially Children - need to be recognized, considered and addressed Secondly, we can take concrete steps forward by building upon landmark resolution 2286 (2016) and the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General of August 2016 (S/2016/360). The legal and policy framework for protecting the sick and wounded and those endeavouring to assist them is in place. Sweden is ready to engage. My Government's ministerial delegation on international law and disarmament is in the process of developing new and concrete proposals to strengthen the protection of medical care in armed conflict Thirdly, with regard to peacekeeping, we can ensure that cross-pillar political strategies guide all peace operations.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“International humanitarian law provides a foundation for prevention, as well as for reconciliation, peacebuilding and accountability. The protection and promotion of human rights contributes to addressing the root causes of instability. We can include a gender perspective in the implementation of international humanitarian law. It would ensure that all civilians - both men and women - get the effective protection to which they are entitled, as well as impartial humanitarian assistance. Women and girls face heightened and specific risks in situations of armed conflict. It is, therefore, important that the situation and needs of women and girls in armed conflict be addressed.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Every day, however, we address those issues in our work. It is our responsibility to ensure the protection of civilians in each and every conflict, but often we fail. How can we do better? The protection of civilians' agenda is broad. Today, I will limit myself to focusing on three issues. First, we can ensure respect for international humanitarian law, as well as international human rights law. Where once civilian deaths were seen as the unavoidable accidental casualties of war, we now see civilians being actively targeted. Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are seen as just another tool in the toolbox of warfare. We fully agree with the Secretary-General that the narrative that civilian deaths in war are inevitable must be reversed. In fact, such deaths can be prevented.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“The current level ofpreventable suffering is horrifying, and, as we have stated repeatedly, utterly unacceptable. It is incontrovertible that States have the primary responsibility for the protection of civilians. At the same time, the international community, including the Council, must do more. We welcome the Secretary- General's proposed path to protection and his recommendations for a more ambitious approach for the United Nations across the board. The path to protection is strongly linked to the Secretary-General's prevention agenda. Such an approach saves lives and prevents suffering. It also has the potential to save billions of dollars in humanitarian aid, which can, in turn, be invested in building stable and prosperous societies. Once a year, we meet here to speak about the protection of civilians in an open debate.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Sadly, despite those protections, one might say that it has never been as perilous as it is today to be a civilian in the middle ofarmed conflict. It has been forty years since the adoption of the Additional Protocols of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions, which specifically strengthen the protection of civilians Yet, almost every day, the Council is faced with testimonies to the most brutal, barbarous and premeditated instances of the targeting of civilians as a tactic of war. From the atrocities in Syria and in the inaccessible villages of Borno State in northern Nigeria and the man-made famine ravaging South Sudan to the crisis in Yemen and the attacks on medical facilities in Kunduz in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General and the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross rightly speak of a global protection crisis.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for organizing today's debate. (Spoke in Spanish) I also thank you for the enthusiasm with which you presented your views. (spoke in English) I should also like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President ofthe International Committee of the Red Cross, and Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy of Human Rights Watch, for their important and inspiring contributions. Sweden fully endorses the statements that will be made later today on behalf of the European Union and on behalf of the Group of Nordic Countries by the representative of Norway. The Fourth Geneva Convention puts the protection of civilians at the heart of international humanitarian law. The Charter of the United Nations puts it at the heart of the mandate and responsibility of the Security Council.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“We take this opportunity to underline that any measure aimed at combatting terrorism must be undertaken in full respect for international law, including international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law. This is, of course, also applicable in terms of the prevention of terrorism, including in relation to countering terrorist narratives. Freedom of information, freedom of expression - online and offline - and freedom of association are essential to fostering critical thinking and societies resilient to terrorist propaganda.”
2017-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7949 (2017) · source
“We welcome the adoption this morning of resolution 2354 (2017), on countering terrorist narratives. We especially welcome the fact that the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate will be involved in compiling good practices from Member States and other actors for the benefit of the wider membership. More research is also needed to know what strategies actually yield results in countering terrorist narratives. We encourage public- private partnership in the development of strategies and approaches, as Governments are not always the best originators of such messages.”
2017-05-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7949 (2017) · source