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“I thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing. I shall now call on the members of the Security Council who wish to take the floor.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Luis Moreno- Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. I welcome Mr. Moreno-Ocampo and give him the floor.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of December, I should like to take the opportunity to pay sincere tribute, on behalf of all members of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Marty Natalegawa, Permanent Representative of Indonesia, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of November 2007. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep and sincere appreciation to Ambassador Natalegawa for the great diplomatic skill and leadership with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2007-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5789 (2007) · source
“Of course, we - the members sitting around this table, who are also members of the Peacebuilding Commission - will certainly encourage the Commission to strongly involve itself in doing everything possible to facilitate the peace process. Again, my question is: do you have something more in mind that we can do? Because, as I said, we want Burundi to be a success story.”
2007-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5786 (2007) · source
“In that statement, we will make clear today, to public opinion and to the international community, that we support the work of the Facilitator. We will urge the PALIPEHUTU-FNL to return to the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism without delay or preconditions, and we will call on both parties, as we have heard previous speakers do, to refrain from any action that might lead to a resumption of hostilities. Here I want to ask you, Mr. Minister, whether, beyond this, you have something in mind that you expect, specifically, from this body? What else can we as the Security Council be doing, for the moment, to support you and the Regional Peace Initiative, to strengthen your hand and ease the way forward in the peace process, in order to prevent a relapse into hostilities? Do you have something specific in mind that we can do?”
2007-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5786 (2007) · source
“We are grateful for your role and, of course, the role of the Regional Peace Initiative, in teamwork with the African Union and with the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). There is a lot at stake, and that is why we are so grateful. I would like to touch upon one issue. You, Mr. Nqakula, have stressed several times the need for the support of the international community. First of all, you will get that support after this meeting, because you certainly need to have your hand strengthened in your dealings and facilitation efforts. There is no doubt about that. Here I will not use my words, but those of the draft presidential press statement - and I am very grateful to the French delegation for preparing it.”
2007-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5786 (2007) · source
“A very warm welcome goes to Minister Nqakula for his very substantive briefing and for the truly outstanding contribution that, as Facilitator, he is making to the process. I also welcome among us the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi and the Permanent Representative of Burundi. Allow me to begin by saying that all of us have long felt that Burundi must be a success story for the United Nations. We are committed to Burundi becoming a success story. Therefore, the Peacebuilding Commission chose Burundi, together with Sierra Leone, as the first country cases to address comprehensively. We cannot afford the luxury of losing the challenge of making Burundi a success story. I think, Mr. N qakula, that your work as Facilitator truly does honour to South Africa and to you personally.”
2007-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5786 (2007) · source
“As has been said, we cannot afford to lose more time. I am ready and willing to adapt the programme of work of the Council in order to have clarity on this point and on this issue, where our credibility is at stake.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“Maybe it is not our job in the Security Council, as Ambassador Mohamad said, to address the technical details of all the arrangements. But it certainly is appropriate for the Security Council to have clarity about what is going on as we listen to a Permanent Representative who says the opposite of what the Under-Secretary-General has said. I think we need clarity here, and we need to see how to iron out the details. As we are really pressed for time, as the incoming presidency of the Security Council - and if my colleagues in the Council agree - I feel that it is urgent for the participants to start next week to work on the basis of a tripartite mechanism. It would then be very appropriate during the first week or first half of next month to have a special meeting to see how the differences have been ironed out.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“I was very pleased to hear Ambassador Mohamad emphasize the full commitment of the Government of the Sudan to the political process. That is of fundamental importance, in my opinion. He also mentioned unlimited support to the United Nations, the United Nations Special Envoy and, of course, the African Union Special Envoy. I feel that this is very positive. It is striking that, looking at other issues, what Under-Secretary-General Guehenno has told us and what Ambassador Mohamad has told us are really diametrically irreconcilable: one says the opposite of what the other says. We have only one month. If the time limit is to be respected, all of the differences must be ironed out in the next 10 days. Otherwise, implementation will be impossible, even with a gradual approach in the field.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“If six months ago we had heard what Under-Secretary-General Guehenno just said, we would have been worried; but to listen to what we have just heard only one month from the transfer of authority, when UNAMID must be deployed, is quite alarming and puts us into emergency mode. To hear about alternative options - fallbacks - one month out from the transfer is really very alarming. I hope, as has been stated by others, that this fallback position, is not needed. The situation of the people of the Sudan - the suffering of those on the ground - is not the only thing that is at stake; as Ambassador Ripert said, it is also the credibility of the United Nations and the Security Council. That is what is at stake, and we are perceived by the media around the world to lack the capacity to address the situation. That is the issue.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“I think that all members of the Security Council share the objective of strengthening the Secretary-General's hand and thus strengthening his representative's hand. I believe it is very important that he be aware - as, I am sure, the people of the Sudan are aware - that all of us support him in what he is saying and doing, in the messages that he is sending and in the requests for action that he is making. I believe that that is what is important. I was really struck by what Under-Secretary- General Guehenno said. Usually he is very cool and understated, but this time he was very, very clear, and the message was very worrying.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“Allow me to join others in thanking Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and Under- Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno for their very lucid, focused and clear briefings and, more generally, for the truly outstanding job that they are doing. It is a great pleasure to see Mr. Eliasson here and to observe how, in addressing the situation in the Sudan and Darfur, he is infused with both passion and compassion, which is the right chemistry in life, politics and international affairs. Because of the restraints on our time, I shall not repeat what other speakers before me have said, particularly the Ambassadors of France and the United Kingdom. But I should just like to say that Italy fully shares and strongly supports their assessments and their indications as to the way forward.”
2007-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5784 (2007) · source
“Secondly, on access, there is a need for more systematic and timely reports, as necessary, by the Emergency Relief Coordinator to the Council on serious constraints on access. As I said before, we also need an effective system of proactive monitoring and prevention. The attention of the Council must be drawn to situations of constraint on access as soon as they arise. We will then have to react and find ways to be effective in operational terms, and not just in words. In that regard, as other speakers have done, we reaffirm the principle that those who are deemed responsible for denial of access by humanitarian personnel to civilian populations could be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). With regard to sexual violence, we recall the ICC's role in punishing those responsible for atrocious crimes such as rape.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“We very much appreciate what Ambassador Holmes has said about an enhanced monitoring and reporting mechanism. If I may, I would just like to add that I feel, think and hope that what he means is what we understand as proactive monitoring - not just a listing of what has happened. In operational terms, let us concentrate on developing a framework to move the process forward. We need appropriate tools with regard to different points. First, on peacekeeping, United Nations operations must be clearly mandated to ensure the protection of civilians and subsequently to report on it. We take this opportunity to welcome the joint study being conducted by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations referred to in the report of the Secretary-General.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“As has been said, it is a very powerful reminder to all of us that we must never lose sight of the fact that what matters most at the end of the day is whether and how we are able to deliver and to have an impact on the ground in providing relief for those who suffer. We must never lose sight of the wider picture. In that connection, and mindful of what Under- Secretary-General Holmes has told us with regard to his views as to its potential as a regular forum for timely consultations, we also strongly favour the proposal by the Secretary-General to establish a working group. I would like to add a bit more to what Ambassador Holmes has said. I think the working group should also be a tool for an enhanced ground- centred operational approach. The working group will make a difference if it adds value to the ground-centred approach.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“As stated by the Secretary-General, the report provides a framework for action, with a series of five very precise and focused recommendations. Under-Secretary- General Holmes has also been very clear about which actions we should embark upon in the following weeks and months. Let us deliver on those proposed actions. Once again, what is at stake is our credibility. The report paints a troubling picture of conflict situations throughout the world - negative developments in the conduct of hostilities, constraints on or denials of access for humanitarian personnel to vulnerable people caught in conflict and the use of sexual violence as a calculated method of warfare.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“I think that, as previous speakers have said, if we read the report of the Secretary-General closely, some doubts emerge as to whether there has been progress. Indeed, as I in fact believe, there may have been some steps backward. I think that in the future we will have to take what I would call a less Security Council-centred approach for identifying benchmarks and a more ground-centred approach for assessing whether or not benchmarks have been met. There is no doubt that the protection agenda has gained momentum. We now have to build on the progress made, and we need to do so through - I repeat - an operational approach. Let us address the remaining strong concerns through effective and sustainable proposals. The report of the Secretary General is a road map for action for all of us.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“The presence of the Secretary-General among us, his very lucid and passionate statement and the quality of the report are a clear demonstration of the primary importance of the protection of civilians in armed conflict in the agenda and of the personal commitment of the Secretary-General on behalf of all of us. The Security Council has no doubt made substantial progress on this issue. I will not repeat what previous speakers have said about the progress made; it is enough to read paragraph 10 of the report of the Secretary-General. But, shifting our attention from the Security Council to the field, I wonder whether we could say that there has been substantial progress in the situation on the ground.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate and for again drawing our attention to a central issue that, as the Permanent Representative of South Africa has said, is an absolute priority. Italy fully associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union. I will just add a few remarks. We warmly welcome the report of the Secretary- General (S/2007/643) and the briefing by Under- Secretary-General Holmes. We welcome them because they are extremely focused and action-oriented.”
2007-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5781 (2007) · source
“With regard to training in particular, Italy contributes, through structures of the Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units, to strengthening the capacities of the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in the police component of peace operations. What I mean to say is, that if we enhance the role of regional and subregional organizations, we have to focus at the same time on building the capacity of those regional and subregional organizations. Otherwise, this is just a rhetorical exercise.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission therefore represents a model for interaction between the United Nations system and regional and subregional organizations, whose potential has to be exploited to the maximum for the promotion of integrated peacebuilding strategies. There are enormous potentialities in that regard that we must not miss. Finally, we attribute particular relevance to capacity-building in regional and subregional organizations, especially in the area of homogenous standards, respect for shared principles and lessons learned from the most recent peacekeeping experiences. In that context, ways to assist regional organizations should be explored that do not necessarily provide for the use of troops, such as greater assistance in the areas of logistics, intervention planning and training.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“The operations that the EU conducted in the Balkans under a Security Council mandate and its experience with the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been useful testing grounds. It is time to focus on the implementation of these strategic decisions. The mission in the Central African Republic and in Chad is a new example of the way the EU assumed the responsibility towards the United Nations and enhances a strong and focused cooperation with the African Union. We are working along these lines to strengthen coordination mechanisms between EU member States on the Security Council to undertake more effective action by the EU. The Peacebuilding Commission is a body that brings together, in country-specific meetings, all the significant actors in a specific country, including the regional and subregional organizations.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“Activities range from peacekeeping to monitoring the implementation of peace processes, military consultants and assistants, police work, monitoring the borders, the rule of law and the defence of human rights. An effective response thus assumes action in which all the international subjects, starting with the regional and subregional organizations, are as united and coordinated as possible and able to offer added value. Italy, which promoted the European security strategy during its 2003 EU presidency, looks with favour on the strengthening of cooperation between the EU and the United Nations based on the joint declaration of June 2007, which follows on and updates the one adopted under the Italian presidency in 07-58364 September 2003.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“Here, I would like to highlight the point I have already made, that regional organizations should be involved from the beginning of the process - not just arrive when things have already been prejudged, in a sense. While the United Nations continues to bear the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the multiform and interconnected nature of threats and challenges requires that the international community take a global, collective and multilateral approach. The new missions, which often combine more and more civilian and military dimensions, involve complex tasks. The Chad operation is just one example of how these multidimensional operations now constitute the new pattern for new needs.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“We look with favour to the definition of more-incisive modalities to deepen their cooperation with the United Nations, and thus we welcome your initiative, Mr. President. We also welcome the initiatives that the Secretary-General referred to earlier. Regional organizations should be involved in every stage of peacekeeping, from preventive diplomacy to troop deployment and peacebuilding activities in a broad sense, from disarmament, demobilization and reintegration to security sector reform and consolidation of rule of law. This is because they are the main stakeholders in their respective geographic areas. Regional organizations, as Ambassador Khalilzad has already said, actually know local realities better and have direct interests in the solution of crises that risk having negative repercussions on the region.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“First of all, I wish to thank you, Mr. Minister, for organizing this debate on such a vital issue. It is an honour to have you among us today in the Security Council. Thank you for the very well- focused concept paper, which by itself highlights the centrality of this issue. We welcome you. We are always very pleased to have the Secretary-General among us. We like to think that he is one of us. Italy fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union (EU). I shall limit myself to some supplementary remarks. 07-58364 Italy attaches the greatest importance to the role in the maintenance of international peace and security assumed by regional and subregional organizations.”
2007-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5776 (2007) · source
“But, at the end of the day, what counts is that there has been a setback, seen from the point of view of the people who suffer on the ground. It is from that point that we will have to start to act.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“We need to know how we can have an impact on the ground, because the benchmark of our credibility, the benchmark of our success comes, as Ms. Torry has told us, from the NGO point of view, that is to say, from the ground. In the last six years has the suffering diminished? Has the number of victims diminished? I am not so sure, listening to what has been said - and I thank the French delegation for what we heard just now. The number of victims in Kivu alone in just the past few months is 27,000, if I remember well. Clearly, I think, we have had a setback. So, I think the prism through which we have to look at what we must do is the awareness that there has been a setback, notwithstanding everything that we have done, or everybody's efforts, or the evidence of progress.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“It is, of course, useful, but I wonder - looking at it and at what we do from the point of view of those who are the victims on the ground, of those who suffer - if, after six or seven years, what we produce, namely, presidential statements, meetings, plans of action and so on - could be perceived as a message of frustration, as a message of despair, rather than as a message of hope, because what we manage to do is to do only presidential statements. What I think and hear - and I think Belgian Special Envoy Chevalier hinted at this - is that we know very well what have to do. In a certain way, we do not need more information. Of course, I fully agree that having more information is very useful. But if we really wanted to, we could act today on the information that we have. We do not need more information.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“Thanks to the commitment of the Secretary- General and the Secretariat, including, inter alia, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and UNIFEM, much progress has undoubtedly been made, as has been pointed out. But, as has also been said, much remains to be done. I think, however, that we have to go deeper into this point - the relation between progress achieved and what remains to do. I am not so sure that I would agree with what Ms. Sandler said, namely, that the presidential statement that is to follow is a message of hope.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“I will not elaborate on that here; it has been very eloquently addressed by many preceding speakers. Another point - which, as we have heard from those around this table, is very sensitive - is that, as Mr. Guehenno said, it is time to review the segmented approach. We could also put it the way that the Secretary-General and Ms. Mayanja did: we must decide whether or not to create new bodies or new mechanisms. I do not want to belabour this point. But I fully agree that it is now time to review the segmented approach. What we need is, to quote Mr. Guehenno once again, a mutually reinforcing, more coordinated and integrated approach.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“Italy is a true believer in and a strong supporter of UNIFEM, which is a shining example in the galaxy of funds within the United Nations system. If UNIFEM. were not there, we would have to create it. Finally, I thank Ms. Torry, Coordinator of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, for her briefing, which was very passionate. I will also come back to that in a presentation that is cool, but all the more compelling because of its coolness. In view of the constraints on our time, I shall touch on just a few points, dispensing with my talking points. One of the points made by Mr. Guehenno was the way in which we enhance and have clearly in mind the relationship between protection and empowerment. That is a double track, and we must make progress on both tracks.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“The presence of Minister Osei-Adjei among us is an honour; it shows the significance that the Ghanaian presidency attaches to an issue of crucial importance, for reasons that we all know. I should like, first of all, to thank the Secretary- General for his very focused statement. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Guehenno for his briefing. It would be very useful if we could have copies of his talking points, because he discussed several points that I have to build upon. I thank Special Adviser Mayanja for the passion that she expressed in her briefing, which I shall also revisit. I thank Ms. Sandler, Ad Interim Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), for her briefing.”
2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source
“We believe that the best support we could give to the implementation of the peace process in Cote d'Ivoire would be to tangibly convey, through such an initiative, the idea that the United Nations is ready to place post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction at the centre of its efforts.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“We think that the voice of the Facilitator should be the first to be heard throughout this process, and we would welcome the opportunity to hear Minister Bassole's View regarding what other things the United Nations should do to support the Facilitator's efforts. I will not go further into that, because Secretary of State Bockel was very clear in making his point about what more the United Nations can do and about what it cannot do. I wish to express one final thought. We hope that the United Nations can soon host another type of meeting on Cote d'Ivoire - a meeting at which the economic, social and humanitarian aspects of the crisis will be at the centre of our attention.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“Bassole just told us - that the Ouagadougou Agreement continues to hold and to be strongly backed by the Ivorian people. That is the crux of the matter. Certainly, there is still a long road ahead; we should remain vigilant. But yesterday's arch-enemies, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro, are today's leading actors in a genuine national effort to achieve peace, and that is a real watershed. We believe that, in the months ahead, the Council, with the help of the Secretariat, should continue to think in depth about the speed, latitude and sequencing of the changes needed and about how best the Council can promote concrete steps forward in the peace process.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“With regard to Cote d'Ivoire, Italy believes that, so long as the Ouagadougou Agreement is in place and remains in place - as Minister Bassole assured us it will - and the Facilitator remains strongly engaged - and we express our heartfelt appreciation for the implementation of the Agreement - there is room for trust. The Security Council should not hesitate to reflect such trust in its statements and decisions. Here, we welcome the draft press statement prepared by the French delegation. We express our thanks for that statement and look forward to it. We are not naive. We, too, are concerned by the problems and delays highlighted by Mr. Moussa and Minister Bassole and by the Secretary-General in his report. It is, however, undeniable - and I think I am capturing the essence of what Mr.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“Let me also say that Burkina Faso's leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its service to peace in Cote d'Ivoire and the wider region epitomize the type of approach that Italy would like to see increasingly strengthened by the Council. In Cote d'Ivoire and beyond, regional ownership and political dialogue - a skilful use of the political toolbox - are key to crisis management in Africa. Like all preceding speakers, I applaud Burkina Faso's election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council as a clear acknowledgement that that is also the view of the wider United Nations membership.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“That is very important. I believe, as Minister Bassole said in concluding his statement, that it is important to keep in mind that, (spoke in French) "in spite of the slowness in the implementation of the Ouagadougou political Agreement, and in spite of the difficulties hope for true, lasting peace in this country is within reach." (spoke in English) Minister Bassole should be aware of the fact that, as has been said by others, the Security Council and the international community at large are heavily indebted to President Compaore and to him, because their facilitation has been crucial in placing the international community's involvement in the Ivorian peace process on a new footing.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“I believe it is important that he feel the unwavering support of all members of the Security Council for his country as it emerges from a period of crisis. In the light of the briefings given by Deputy Special Representative Moussa and Minister Bassole, I believe it is important that we bear in mind the emphasis placed by Mr. Moussa on vulnerability to reversals. The Secretary-General was very clear when he stated in his report that the overall peace process and the improved security situation will remain fragile and vulnerable to reversals unless it is underpinned by concrete progress, et cetera. So I think that we have to constantly keep in mind that a reversal is possible. What Minister Bassole told us in that regard was very encouraging. He said that the shortcomings and delays have not been caused by a lack of political will.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“First of all, Italy would like to join others in expressing a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Djibrill Bassole, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, for being here and for his comprehensive briefing and very encouraging remarks. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Acting Special Representative, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his outstanding work at this very delicate juncture, and to welcome the appointment of Ambassador Choi as the new Special Representative. I would also like to welcome the French Secretary of State, His Excellency Mr. Jean-Marie Bockel, and thank him for what he has told us. I would also welcome the Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire, Ambassador Djedje, to the table.”
2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source
“At the same time, unified leadership by the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative for Iraq, over the contributions of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, as stipulated in resolution 1770 (2007), is an essential step towards making the international contribution to Iraq's reconstruction more effective.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“The goals of the review are, as we know, to ensure strong Iraqi ownership and leadership of the IRFFI process; to ensure clear alignment of the IRFFI with Iraqi priorities as contained in the country's national development strategy and the International Compact with Iraq; and to clarify and streamline the values component of IRFFI governance. We are confident that the revised terms of reference will respond to all those goals. A more effective IRFFI will be an important tool at the disposal of the international community - a tool that responds to the appeal of Ambassador Pascoe that security arrangements and financial and logistical backing are also essential for the success of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. That is what we are trying to do.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“For its part, Italy responded to last July's Joint Appeal of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF by giving more than $4.2 million for activities to benefit Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons in Iraq, Syria and Jordan. We have to proceed effectively in the implementation of the International Compact with Iraq and in the reconstruction effort. Italy, as Co-Chair of the Donor Committee of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI), is planning to convene the sixth meeting of the Donor Committee in Bari, Italy, on 28 and 29 October, in nine days' time. At the Bari meeting, we will consider the final recommendations emerging from the review of the IRFFI terms of reference, conducted during the past month.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“Another crucial element is the ongoing regional dialogue between Iraq and its neighbours, which has been touched upon by many previous speakers. We welcome last September's initiative, by the Secretary- General and the Iraqi Government, to convene a ministerial meeting. We strongly support the ongoing process that began with the extended meeting of neighbouring countries at Sharm el-Sheikh, and we look forward to the next meeting, to be held in Istanbul. We have also noted, as a positive sign, the indication of strong United Nations engagement in the process of facilitating the dialogue with the neighbours. Furthermore, we continue to be extremely concerned by the humanitarian situation. We commend the efforts of those countries that have received Iraqi refugees, as well as the efforts of the United Nations.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“But, at the same time, the United Nations now has a fundamental and substantially expanded role, as set forth in resolution 1770 (2007). The Iraqi people, as Ambassador Qazi told us in June, are faced with choices that "are not black or white; nor are they zero- sum" (S/PV.5693, p. 3). The United Nations is uniquely suited to identify gray areas that can accommodate all the legitimate concerns of the participants in the political process, and it is up to all of us to empower it to do so. I believe, that, as Ambassador Pascoe told us, "it is important that the United Nations be afforded the necessary political and humanitarian space to implement the new mandate, and the ability of the Organization to talk with all sides must be protected and respected (supra)".”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“I think our starting point should be the Secretary- General's View, which was recalled by Ambassador Pascoe: "there is an opportunity today that should not be missed". Once again, I think that that is a starting point. We are at a critical juncture, and we have to move quickly and decisively in all directions. Any improvement in the security situation is an opportunity to take, so that we can build what Iraqis really need: a national compact, a shared vision of their common future as a people and as a nation. As stated in the report, by Mr. Pascoe in his briefing and by other speakers preceding me, the responsibility for the internal political process lies with the Iraqi people and their legitimate institutions.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“Like previous speakers, I wish to express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2007/608) and to thank Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for the briefing. We fully share both the positive and negative assessments of others regarding the challenges, so I will be very brief in my remarks. I also wish to thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his briefing on behalf of the Multinational force, and I must say that we have noted and strongly welcome the positive and encouraging developments on which he has briefed us. Let us hope that in the future, those encouraging developments will deepen and expand. I believe that we all have the responsibility to give oxygen to this process.”
2007-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5763 (2007) · source
“In fact just yesterday my Ministry, in announcing that we are contributing another â‚¬2 million to the Peacebuilding Fund, told me to stress that more millions could very well come, but that we had to be clear about where they would be spent.”
2007-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5761 (2007) · source