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“As we have made clear, the United States will support the application of targeted individual sanctions against those who engage in activities that threaten Libya's peace, security and stability, and those involved in certain serious abuses or violations of human rights. But ultimately, to halt these abuses, it will be critical for the Government of national accord to restore confidence in the rule of law and reverse the collapse of Libya's domestic judicial system, which must be able to investigate and pass judgments without fear of reprisal, and which must do so in a way that respects the rights of defendants. That is critical for re-engaging Libyans in the political process and restoring trust in democratic institutions.”
2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7698 (2016) · source
“An investigation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recently reported disturbing instances of attacks against and harassment of judicial actors and court facilities, as well as human rights defenders and journalists. It also describes sexual violence against women in detention committed by one armed faction. The fear of abduction or other abuses has left many women in Da'esh-controlled areas effectively trapped in their homes. The United States continues to condemn the abuses that Da'esh-affiliated groups have committed in Sirte and other areas under Da'esh control, including killings of civilians and members of the security forces.”
2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7698 (2016) · source
“We also echo the unified message of the Joint Communique on Libya issued in Vienna on 16 May on behalf of 21 of Libya's partners, three regional organizations and the United Nations expressing support for the Government of National Accord and for its efforts to restore State authority and the rule of law. Uniting behind the Government of National Accord represents the only path towards the kind of national cohesion that will be needed to defeat Da'esh and other Violent extremists. The need for progress in these areas has never been more urgent, and the human cost of its absence has been high. We continue to see deeply worrying reports of abuses against civilians. In addition, the environment for those who seek to document or seek justice for those actions remains hostile as well.”
2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7698 (2016) · source
“I thank the Prosecutor for briefing the Council on the efforts of the International Criminal Court to promote justice for atrocity crimes in Libya. The abuses that the Prosecutor has described today, and which have been reported separately to the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, emerge from a broader political and security crisis in Libya. In that context, the United States welcomes the positive political developments that have taken place since the Prosecutor last briefed the Security Council on the situation in Libya last year (S/PV.7549), including the arrival of the Presidency Council, led by Prime Minister Al-Sarraj in Tripoli, and the decision of the Presidency Council to have the ministers of the Government of national accord begin work in a caretaker status.”
2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7698 (2016) · source
“The resolutions condemned the use of chlorine gas as a weapon and established the Joint Investigative Mechanism. We want to keep the Mechanism focused on the use of chemical weapons by any actors in Syria. As we look at the challenges posed by terrorism in Iraq, including the use of any such weapons by any actors, we want to look towards a constructive way of focusing on a consensus-based approach.”
2016-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7689 (2016) · source
“Vice-President Biden strongly reaffirmed his own commitment during his recent visit to Iraq last week. We are encouraged by the recent military progress in Anbar with the liberation of Hit and the breaking of the siege of Haditha. But I want to note that it is important that we work together as a Council on a consensus-based appraoch. We welcome cooperation among Council members so that we can look for a constructive way to orient our work. For example, we worked together on the chemical weapons portfolio in Syria, adopting a number of very important resolutions - resolutions 2118 (2013), 2209 (2015) and 2235 (2015). We regard that success as the result of our joint productive work at the Council. I think those resolutions have removed significant amount of chemicals weapons.”
2016-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7689 (2016) · source
“I thank Special Representative Organizationf the Secretary- General Kubis him for his briefing and want to commend him and his team for all of their efforts and operating under such difficult circumstances. I also thank the Ambassador of Iraq for his briefing this morning. I wanted to comment on just one aspect of the intervention made by the Russian delegation. Ofcourse, we all recognize that the terrorism of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) remains a determined and pernicious enemy in Iraq. Nearly every day, we hear of ISIL bombings in civilian areas, resulting in high numbers of casualties. The United States is a committed partner of the Iraqi Government, of the Iraqi people and, indeed, of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq.”
2016-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7689 (2016) · source
“Through this year's comprehensive review, we need to ensure that resolution 1540 (2004) and the Committee can evolve and retain their critical importance and relevance in addressing the risks that the world faces today. We look forward to working with the other members of the Security Council, as well as the broader international community, to achieving that goal.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“We think of it as the "3 S's": start, strengthen and stop. First, what new thing should we start doing? Secondly, what important thing should we continue to do or strengthen? Thirdly, what should we stop doing because it does not work or is irrelevant? As part of our support for the work of the 1540 Committee, in March the United States submitted an updated report on recent nuclear-security-related measures we have taken to implement our obligations under the resolution. The report can be found on the 1540 Committee's website. Such reporting also supports the overall objectives of the Nuclear Security Summit, including elements of the recently adopted United Nations action plan, to which we remain committed. We are also preparing to submit a similar updated report on biological security measures.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“The data also indicate low levels ofimplementation in several policy areas, such as obligations related to securing biological and chemical items. The second comprehensive review provides an opportunity to improve implementation of the resolution. We hope all States and relevant organizations, civil society and industry will make meaningful contributions to the review, including in the United Nations open meeting on 20 to 22 June, and that we will all seriously consider ways to improve our overall implementation efforts. I would welcome the sending by all Security Council members and all United Nations Member States of a message back to their capital - if they have not already done so - requesting the start of reflection on three main actions with regard to how we all approach resolution 1540 (2004).”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“We also strongly support the resolution and the work of the 1540 Committee. In light of the allegations of use of chemical weapons by ISIL, we consider that resolution to be timely and vital. We should all redouble our efforts to implement it. Initial information from the Committee's Group of Experts indicates that States have taken measures for only 48 per cent of items on which the Committee gathers data, representing a meagre 7 per cent increase in implementation of security measures since 2010. The data clearly shows that three United Nations regional groups - Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean - have much lower levels of overall implementation. That is especially troubling considering the numbers of violent non-State actors in Africa and the Middle East.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“We commend the development by the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) of its capacity- building implementation plan for countering the flow of foreign terrorist fighters. We call on the Council and all Member States to increase their support for the efforts of these three counter-terrorism bodies in order to better counter Da'csh and foreign terrorist fighters, including by mobilizing resources to CTITF, as it helps to build needed capacity for those States most affected and in need of assistance. Turning to the important work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) to counter weapons of mass destruction terrorism, I would like to note that we see resolution 1540 (2004) as a foundational instrument in our efforts to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“We appreciate Ambassador Aboulatta's active stewardship of that important committee, as well as the efforts of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to address the full array of terrorist threats and State capability requirements, in particular against foreign terrorist fighters. That is why the joint work between the Monitoring Team and CTED in countering foreign terrorist fighters is exemplary. That is the kind of solid and actionable analysis to better counter foreign terrorist fighter flows to Da'esh in Syria and Iraq that the Council needs to see more of. In fact, these analyses need to drive the United Nations' capacity-building efforts.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“Thanks to their work, the Council has been kept updated on the changing terrorist threat picture, the challenges in implementing resolution 2253 (2015), and new areas on which the Committee and the Council should focus to better counter the financing activities of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). While implementing sanctions remains key, there is alsoacriticalrole forthe Committee establishedpursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism. The Counter-Terrorism Committee's work is helping the Council to identify Member States' weaknesses in implementing the core international counter-terrorism obligations, and is driving international attention and resources towards key vulnerabilities and gaps that need to be addressed in order to stop terrorists.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“As we stressed in resolution 2253 (2015), the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999),1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities is vital to countering the threats posed by these groups, in particular their financing and recruiting activities. We appreciate Ambassador Van Bohemen's active stewardship of that Committee and thank the 1267 Committee's Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for its great work in developing helpful threat analyses.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“That requires just the sort of all-of-United-Nations and whole-of-society approach offered in the Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism. We applaud the Secretary-General's leadership on that issue and hope that all Member States can endorse his plan during this summer's United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review. In addition to longer-term prevention efforts, we must continue to do more to fully implement Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014) and 2253 (2015), which are central to the world's counter- terrorism efforts and drive the work of two of the Council's three counter-terrorism committees.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“As we look at terrorist trends, we are now seeing a growing number of returning foreign terrorist fighters from Iraq and Syria posing serious threats to their countries of origin. From Brussels to Istanbul to Paris, returnees are sparking new threats, inspiring new violence and recruiting new sympathizers. The threat of Da'esh-inspired, homegrown violent extremists is also growing, as we saw in San Bernadino and elsewhere. What is clear from all that we have been seeing over the past years is that no country is immune to the terrorist threat today. That is why we must not only counter and respond to terrorist attacks, but we must also take appropriate steps to prevent radicalization to violence while ensuring that it is done in compliance with obligations under international law, including international human rights law.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“The international community continues to make significant progress in degrading terrorist groups worldwide, with significant recent gains against Da'esh in Syria and Iraq, as well as Boko Haram and other Al-Qaida groups around the world. But much more needs to be done. We know that those threats persist, and have even begun to spread to other locations around the world. We continue to see Da'esh, Boko Haram and Al-Qaida affiliates radicalizing and recruiting our citizens to carry out their deeds even as they recruit new affiliate groups and establish branches around the world. Da'esh, in particular, seeks to stage more mass casualty attacks in public spaces around the world, in conflict zones and in our very own communities.”
2016-05-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7686 (2016) · source
“However, we must all do more to improve the protection of medical personnel and hospitals in armed conflict. With respect to Syria specifically, we call again on Russia and other allies of the Syrian regime to use all their influence to stop the regime's deliberate targeting of medical professionals and facilities. With the deeply concerning increase in violence in Aleppo, we support the United Kingdom recommendation for an open meeting on the situation there. We look forward to the Secretary-General's recommendations on preventive measures. We hope that this can be an ocassion, on the lead-up to the World Humanitarian Summit, for us to recommit collectively to the core principles of international humanitarian law, including those that protect medical personnel and hospitals.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Let me conclude by saying that we commend the tireless efforts of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross to promote practical ways that parties to armed conflicts can better protect medical personnel and facilities through the establishment ofdeconfliction systems. Establishing humanitarian deconfliction systems allows humanitarian organizations to submit geolocation data to parties to the conflict. Parties to any conflict share the responsibility for ensuring that such data is effectively incorporated into no-strike lists. For the United States, one result of the Kunduz investigation was to set out a number of operational improvements that have been made as a result of that accident, including the preloading of key information regarding targets onto aircraft systems.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Throughout the Yemen conflict, we have urged all sides to take all feasible steps to avoid doing harm to civilians and to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including with regard to the protection of medical personnel and facilities. We continually remind the parties in Yemen of their obligations under international humanitarian law not to direct attacks against protected hospitals or places where the sick and wounded are present. Impartial humanitarian organizations must be allowed to continue their critical work of saving lives, free from threats from armed groups.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Syrian Government forces were responsible for 12 of the attacks and 24 of the deaths. Allies of the Al-Assad regime, including Russia, have an urgent responsibility to press the regime to fulfil its commitments under resolution 2254 (2015) to stop attacking civilians, medical facilities and first responders and to abide fully by the cessation of hostilities. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, too, has directed multiple bombings of medical centres, including the triple bombing of a clinic in Tel Tamer, in Al-Hasakah governorate, that killed more than 50 civilians on 10 December 2015. We are also deeply concerned by the devastating toll of the crisis in Yemen.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“It is clear that the regime has been targeting medical facilities and personnel. We are also concerned by the report of today's attack on the Al-Dabit hospital, on which we are still gathering information, and we are saddened by the deaths resulting from that attack. I regret to say that all of these attacks on medical workers and facilities took place in April alone. Today in Syria, according to several organizations, over 725 physicians in the country have been killed and over 350 attacks on medical facilities have taken place, the vast majority of them at the hands of the regime. In fact, from January through March, including during an agreed cessation of hostilities, Physicians for Human Rights documented 13 attacks on medical facilities and the deaths of 25 medical personnel.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Just last week, we all heard the report of the horrific attack by the Syrian regime on Al-Quds hospital in Aleppo, a hospital supported by both MSF and the ICRC. Reports suggest that at least 27 people died in the attack, including one of the last paediatricians in Aleppo City, as the Secretary-General and others have noted, along with a dentist and a nurse. The Al-Quds attack came the day after a Syrian civil defence station in the town of Al-Atareb, Aleppo province, was struck five times, tragically killing five members of the civil defence, a humanitarian and first-responder group most commonly known as the White Helmets. Both of these attacks came a week after targeted attacks on a cardiologist in Hama, Dr. Hassan Al-Araj, and another physician in Zabadani, Dr. Mohammed Al-Khous.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Unfortunately, many instances occurred only last month. Nowhere has the increasing trend of attacks on medical personnel, facilities and transportation been more apparent than in Syria, where such attacks are overwhelmingly carried out by the regime. The Commission of Inquiry recently reported that targeting hospitals and medical personnel as well as the denial of access to medical care remain ingrained features of the Syrian conflict. Last week, Under- Secretary-General Stephen O'Brien told the Council that the presence of a hospital or health facility is now perceived by neighbours to be a threat to their safety. For instance, of the 33 hospitals open in Aleppo City in 2010, fewer than 10 are reportedly still functioning.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“This tragedy was the direct result of human error, compounded by systems and procedural failures, and United States forces will learn from this incident, study what went wrong and take the necessary steps to prevent any such tragic incidents in future. As some in this Chamber may recall, one of the worst recorded cases of assault on the wounded and the sick occurred in November 1991, in the Croatian town of Vukovar. The same day the ICRC secured agreement on the neutral status of the hospital, 300 patients and their relatives were forced onto buses. The bodies of 200 of them were later found in a mass grave, and 51 are still missing today. Despite the outcry that this event generated more than 20 years ago, we have seen similar instances of targeted violence against patients and medical workers in countless conflicts since then.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“United States forces are prohibited from targeting protected medical facilities, and United States forces are committed to complying with the international humanitarian law principles that protect hospitals and medical staff caring for patients, including wounded combatants in conflict zones. As the Council is aware, the Pentagon, following a six-month investigation of the incident in Kunduz, has disciplined 16 service members for mistakes that led to the tragedy, including the suspension of an officer from command. The disciplinary action taken highlights the seriousness with which we take this incident.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“We also support efforts to increase awareness of the international laws that provide legal protection for medical personnel as well as medical facilities and transportation in conflict situations. I would like to focus my comments today on practical ways of protecting medical care in conflict and on the human consequences of the attacks in Syria, where we see the most egregious examples of attacks on medical facilities and personnel. But first let me take a moment to state up front that United States deeply regrets the tragic and mistaken attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last October. I would like to echo the words of President Obama and once again express our profound condolences in connection with the Afghan medical professionals and other civilians killed or injured in the tragic attack.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“I wish to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Maurer and Ms. Liu for their briefings. Let me first of all express my deep appreciation and respect for the critical, life-saving work that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) do around the world. We also thank the penholders of unanimously adopted resolution 2286 (2016) for focusing the Council's attention on the importance of protecting medical personnel and access to medical care in armed conflict. At the outset, it is important to be clear: all those who are engaged exclusively in medical work must be respected and protected as civilians, regardless of their affiliation. The United States strongly supports efforts to safeguard access to medical care in situations of armed conflict.”
2016-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7685 (2016) · source
“Rather than talk about some hidden agenda of the United States, it is our view that the Russian Federation delegation, and all delegations represented on the Security Council, should work together to re-establish the ceasefire, arrive at a peaceful de-escalation of the crisis and work out a peaceful resolution on the ground. We have just received a draft press statement with the Russian Federation's suggestion that the Security Council should consider that draft statement on the situation in Ukraine. The United States is ready to engage in a discussion with Council members on a draft that reflects our consensus View of the situation in its entirety. Let us recall the situation. I underscore again that the current crisis in Ukraine is the result of Russia's aggression and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2016-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7683 (2016) · source
“As we move towards the 30 June 2017 for UNOCI's closure, we encourage the Government of C6te d'Ivoire to complete and enforce its security sector reform plan, which is critical to the sustainability of the nation's progress, and to redouble its efforts to achieve deeper national reconciliation and ensure fair and equitable justice. We also encourage the Government to continue its work on improving natural resource governance, particularly in the diamond and gold sectors, to ensure that potential local conflicts over land use and mining do not become flash points. We also encourage the Government to continue to fulfil requirements under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. The United States will continue to work closely with Cote d'Ivoire as it consolidates its progress towards peace and stability.”
2016-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7681 (2016) · source
“In Cote d'Ivoire sanctions worked because of the effective collaboration of international partners and mechanisms, including the sanctions committee and the Group of Experts, UNOCI and, significantly, the Ivorian Government. Today's decision to terminate the sanctions on C6te d'Ivoire is testament to what can be achieved when sanctions are targeted, deployed with purpose and grounded within a clear strategy for promoting international peace and security. We also welcome the steps taken today towards the transition and closure of UNOCI. The transition must be done in a responsible manner that allows for proper planning and coordination with the United Nations country team.”
2016-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7681 (2016) · source
“Over time, the Council added targeted financial sanctions and travel bans, including against those individuals who threatened the peace and national reconciliation process in cote d'Ivoire, as well as an embargo on Cote d'Ivoire's diamond trade, one of the principal sources of funding for those fuelling the violence. Those measures were carefully designed to deter those who were undermining cote d'Ivoire's peace and stability, prevent their access to financial resources and weapons and promote cote d'Ivoire's return to the path of peace, stability and greater prosperity for its people. Indeed, after the electoral crisis in late 2010, we saw the important effect of international diplomatic pressure and the arms embargo in preventing greater violence and arriving at a peaceful resolution by April 2011.”
2016-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7681 (2016) · source
“Today, as a reflection of the significant progress towards restoring peace and security in Cote d'Ivoire, the Security Council has taken the important decision to terminate the United Nations sanctions regime and to lay out a timeline for the full withdrawal of the United Nations Operation in C6te d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Resolutions 2283 (2016) and 2284 (2016) are notable examples of how multilateral tools that are thoughtfully conceived and managed can serve our shared peace and security interests. In 2004, cote d'Ivoire was plagued by political turmoil and violence, which threatened its own stability as well as that of the region. The Council responded by establishing an arms embargo designed to prevent an influx of weapons from worsening the conflict.”
2016-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7681 (2016) · source
“We look forward to supporting the plenary meeting of the Group of Seven Plus Friends of the Gulf of Guinea, to held in Lisbon in June, as well as Togo's hosting of the 2016 African Union Maritime Security Summit in October. The United States sees those engagements as an opportunity to produce concrete timelines and actions to help form a robust national, regional and global response to maritime security threats across Africa.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“To enhance maritime security and governance, the United States is assisting in strengthening the judicial sectors of Gulf of Guinea nations and regional capacity to address impunity for piracy and related maritime crime, such as our support for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Technical assistance helps those countries put in place the criminal laws necessary to effectively prosecute armed robbery at sea and piracy cases. In closing, I would like to underscore the importance of a comprehensive regional approach to addressing maritime insecurity. A comprehensive approach will help reduce the loss of national revenue, support socioeconomic development and expand environmental protection in the region.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“In responding to acts of maritime crime, the United States trains, equips and conducts exercises and operations with African maritime forces through our Africa Partnership Station. One month ago, the Station held a multinational maritime exercise in which the Gulf of Guinea, European and South American nations worked together, shared information and refined their tactics, techniques and procedures to monitor and enforce their territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in the Gulf of Guinea. Through our African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership, we are also improving partner capacity to conduct maritime security operations off the coasts of Senegal, Cape Verde, Ghana and Cameroon.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“On prevention, we are supporting the efforts of ECOWAS and ECCAS to strengthen regional maritime strategies, including the completion of their memorandum of understanding and Code of Conduct for Central and West Africa. We are also encouraging nations to fully implement the Yaounde Code of Conduct and the African Union 2050 Integrated Maritime Strategy. We encourage States of the region to further enhance security by establishing Maritime Pilot Zone E, covering the coasts of Nigeria, the Niger, Benin and Togo - an area where the majority of attacks occur. Establishing Zone E would provide the means for an integrated approach to coordinating joint patrols, naval drills, training programmes and intelligence-sharing among the naval forces of countries in the Zone.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“We commend the United Nations Regional Offices for West Africa and Central Africa for providing capacity-building and technical assistance to Governments in the region, as well as subregional organizations, including the Gulf of Guinea Commission, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). We urge the Member States of the regional and subregional organizations to make the Interregional Coordination Centre for Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea fully operational. In this context, the United States is doing its part to support the efforts of our African partners in the Gulf of Guinea. Our approach is based on three guiding principles: the prevention of attacks, the response to acts of maritime crime, and enhancing maritime security and governance.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“International cooperation and integration among regional countries, international organizations, industry and other entities that have a stake in maritime security are also critical to ensuring the full range of lawful and timely actions to combat piracy and other maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea. In this regard, we welcome the Yaounde Summit documents, which articulated a comprehensive view of maritime safety and security, including combating illegal fishing, trafficking of arms, people and drugs, and maritime pollution.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“We have also acknowledged in our resolutions and in the presidential statement adopted this morning (S/PRST/2016/4) that the solution to these root causes lies in greater African stewardship of maritime safety and security at the continental, regional and Member State level. Strong political will from African Governments and leaders is needed to pursue and prosecute crimes at all levels within criminal enterprises. Maritime crime flourishes under ineffective or complicit governance structures, but is diminished when rule of law is effective. Absent African ownership and action from national and local Governments to tackle maritime security challenges, there is little reason to believe that attacks in the Gulf of Guinea will decline.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing also generates a sizable income loss in the hundreds of millions of dollars a year for many countries and communities that depend on that sector to survive. We have spoken many times in this Chamber about the root causes of piracy: ineffective governance structures, weak rule of law, precarious legal frameworks and inadequate naval, coast-guard and maritime law enforcement. The absence of an effective maritime-governance system, in particular, hampers freedom of movement in the region, disrupts trade and economic growth, and facilitates environmental crimes.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“Earlier on 11 April, the very same day, pirates had attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping six of the crew, including the vessel's captain. Those men are also still missing. Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing at an alarming rate, with some industry experts recording at least 32 attacks off the coast of Nigeria alone in 2016, affecting many Member States, including the United States. The economic consequences for the people of the region are devastating. According to a Chatham House report, as much as 400,000 barrels of crude oil are stolen each day in the Gulf of Guinea. By some estimates, Nigeria is losing about $1.5 billion a month due to piracy, armed robbery at sea, smuggling and fuel supply fraud.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“I would like to thank China, Angola and Senegal for organizing today's important debate. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his briefing. We fully support his efforts to assist the States of the region to combat piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea. Earlier this month, on 11 April at 7.56 p.m., pirates attacked a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria. They had waited for darkness before ambushing the vessel and boarded with force. The captain and crew sounded the alarm and hid in a protected space on the ship, only to discover when they emerged the following day that two oftheir crew were missing - a second officer from the Philippines and an electrician from Egypt. Both are still missing. This is not the first pirate attack of the year, nor even the first attack that day.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“As my Secretary of State, John Kerry said, our goal is as simple as it is profound, namely, to empower half the world's population as equal partners in preventing and resolving conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence and insecurity. That is also the commitment that the Council has made, and it is a commitmen that we must all strive even harder to fulfil.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“In Sierra Leone a programme sponsored by the United States to strengthen women's local political participation became a strong vehicle for empowing women during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The women there leveraged their convening authority to host outreach sessions with health-care providers and local populations on the Ebola response. The effort ultimately yielded important recommendations for commmunity-led Ebola responses, standards that were adapted by the Government of Sierra Leone. Despite the significant progress we have made in advancing the women and peace and security agenda in Africa, again, there is still that remains to be done.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“A study on assessing women's inclusion and influence on peace processes by the Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva revealed that when women have been included in peace processes, as in Burundi, Somalia, Darfur and Kenya in recent years, their inclusion was mainly owing to normative pressure applied by women's groups and their international supporters. Our words and resolutions and debates therefore do have an effect on the ground, where it counts the most. Let me give just one small example of where the engagement of the international community has had a strong impact - actually, not such a small example, but an important example.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“It is for that reason that the United States has supported mobile courts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has led to 1,924 trials and 1,336 convictions of gender- based violence since 2009. United States assistance has also supported the training of 5,505 providers of services to survivors, strengthened 1,103 local organizations serving gender-based violence-affected populations and provided 20,125 gender-based violence survivors with a holistic package oflegal services. The third point that I would like to stress today is that the Security Council's active engagement remains absolutely vital in order to achieve real and tangible gains for women yearning to be included in peace processes, even as we recognize that we still have much work to do.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“The abduction of over 250 Chibok girls from a school in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram militants in April 2014 and that militant group's ongoing use of women and girls as suicide bombers remain tragic reminders of how extremist groups are manipulating gender to achieve their ends. As the international community responds to violence extremist threats, including across Africa, we must ensure that the needs and the perspectives of women and girls most affected by extremist violence are integrated into our larger approach to countering violent extremism. Our efforts to support survivors of gender-based violence across Africa will be incomplete unless we also commit to fighting impunity.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source
“A second area where we need to re-aim our focus is in identifying and addressing gender-based violence in a systemic way. The long-term success of peace processes depends upon greater respect for human rights and improved prospects for development. Where gender-based violence is a major feature of conflict or has escalated in the aftermath thereof, it poses a unique challenge to peacebuilding efforts. In other words, it bears repeating that gender equality is a security issue, and thus a strategic imperative for the Council's work. More often than ever before, we are confronted with the unspeakable: the egregious use by violent extremist groups, such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, of gender-based violence, not to mention kidnapping and slavery, which are strategically employed to achieve their aims.”
2016-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7658 (2016) · source