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1. “I would like to begin by thanking President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their insightful report and their detailed briefings. Albania commends their efforts and dedication to the pursuit of justice, in full compliance with their mandate. We express our condolences for the passing of Judge Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya, of Uganda, and pay tribute to the work and legacy that she leaves behind. Allow me to state at the outset that Albania strongly supports the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) as an international judicial body in pursuit of accountability for the most serious crimes under international criminal law. By seeking accountability, the Mechanism lays the foundations for reconciliation, peace and stability.”

   2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

2. “In particular, we emphasize our support for strengthening the meaningful participation of women in decision-making processes on the implementation of that resolution. To that end, we welcome the 1540 Committee’s programme of work for 2023. It is realistic and achievable, and we thank Ecuador for preparing it. The Committee can count on our full support.”

   2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9293 (2023) · source

3. “On the contrary, it has become much more complex due to the rapid evolution of science and technology, which constitutes a new challenge for non-proliferation. It is up to all of us to see the application of resolution 1540 (2004) assessed and promoted. Our determination to comply with it will certainly help to reduce the threat of WMDs, while inaction will lead us into uncertainty. With regard to transparency and public awareness of the role and obligations of resolution 1540 (2004), we believe that greater cooperation and better awareness among Member States involving academia, civil society and industry can only strengthen the implementation and effectiveness of the resolution.”

   2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9293 (2023) · source

4. “As we heard from the Chair today, 185 of the 193 States Members of the United Nations have submitted national reports on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Albania encourages the non-reporting States to submit their first reports, and in that regard, we also advocate for a stronger role for the Committee in supporting States in meeting their obligations. The Committee can play an essential role in facilitating requests for assistance from Member States in fulfilling their obligations under the resolution. Setting up an effective process that reviews and matches requests with offers of assistance would be a welcome step. The threat of the possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by non-State actors, including terrorists, has not diminished.”

   2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9293 (2023) · source

5. “Allow me to congratulate and thank Ambassador Pérez Loose of Ecuador for his leadership in advancing the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and for his briefing today. The year 2022 was a dynamic one for the Committee. We undertook a full review of and report on (see S/2022/899) resolution 1540 (2004) and also succeeded in unanimously adopting resolution 2663 (2022), on the extension of the Committee’s mandate until 2032. The comprehensive review, which focused on the status of the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) by Member States, clearly concluded that real progress has been made. It is very encouraging that the overall implementation of the resolution has increased by around 6 per cent since 2016.”

   2023-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9293 (2023) · source

6. “I am sorry that the representative of Brazil appears to have not very well understood what I said. I can repeat it, but I have also said it in my e-statement, where we make it very clear that we see a total lack of progress on implementing the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons, and the support for this lack of progress often takes the form of the call for fewer meetings on the topic in the Security Council. It has nothing to do with what my colleague from Brazil has just said.”

   2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

7. “We await with equal interest the report of the ninth round of inspections of the Barzah and Jamrayah facilities conducted by the Technical Secretariat in September. It is regrettable that some States in the Council try to minimize the consequences of the use of chemical weapons, or even worse, claim that they were never used, with the aim of whitewashing those responsible in order to serve their own narrow political interests. By doing so, they are only normalizing the use of chemical weapons and severely undermining international law and the credibility of international institutions, including the Council. Despite all of those attempts, Albania will never tire of condemning in the strongest terms any use of chemical weapons by State or non-State actors. We will never tire of calling for accountability and justice for the victims.”

   2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

8. “Those are facts that have been confirmed by the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team, which has attributed at least four separate chemical weapons attacks to the Al-Assad regime. Impunity for those committing such crimes is not an option. We owe it to the victims and their families to ensure justice, accountability and reparation. We owe it to the Syrian people, but we also owe it to all of humankind. In that context, we commend the Fact-Finding Mission and the Investigation and Identification Team for their ongoing activities in identifying all the perpetrators and the chain of command for the use of chemicals as weapons against civilians in Syria. We look forward to the publication of attribution reports regarding the chemical weapons attacks against the citizens of Douma in April 2018 and Marea in September 2015.”

   2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

9. “Again and again, the OPCW monthly report has clearly stated that, given the gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies identified that remain unresolved, the Technical Secretariat considers that the statement submitted by Syria cannot be considered accurate and complete in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). This is a mockery of the international community and international law, which we have built global institutions to safeguard. Albania reiterates its full support for the objective, impartial and professional work of the teams of the OPCW Technical Secretariat. The Al-Assad regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its own people, in flagrant violation of international obligations and international humanitarian law.”

   2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

10. “Only a handful of Al-Assad allies do so, and they constantly try to turn this lack of progress into an argument for less monitoring, fewer meetings and fewer possibilities for accountability for the Al-Assad regime. If Syria and its allies are asking for fewer meetings on Syria’s chemical weapons programme, they could start by answering the list of 20 questions put forward by the report of the Declaration Assessment Team, which remain unanswered by Syria. We deeply regret Syria’s deliberate lack of cooperation. That refusal is unacceptable.”

    2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

11. “I would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her patience and periodic briefings to the Security Council. Two weeks after the previous meeting of the Security Council on this issue (see S/PV.9164), we are faced with a situation of perfect stagnation. In meeting after meeting of the Council, we raise with concern the issue of this absurd stagnation, which speaks louder than our statements on the refusal of the Syrian regime to cooperate with the international community to verify the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, as claimed by the regime and its allies. No report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) corroborates what the Syrian regime claims.”

    2022-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9184 (2022) · source

12. “In that context, we also commend the Fact-Finding Mission for its ongoing activities on determining the use of chemical weapons in Syria, as well as the Investigation and Identification Team for its ongoing activities to identify the perpetrators of the use of chemicals as weapons in Syria. We look forward to their reports. We owe it to the victims to ensure that there is no impunity for chemical weapons attacks. Impunity for the use of chemical weapons must not and will not be tolerated. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate our firm position that the swift closure of investigations into the use of chemical weapons in Syria will enable the Security Council and the international community to support the Syrian people more effectively in their quest for a peaceful future.”

    2022-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9164 (2022) · source

13. “The latest OPCW monthly report (see S/2022/727, annex) clearly states that given the gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies identified that remain unresolved, the Secretariat considers that the statement submitted by Syria cannot be considered accurate and complete in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). We reiterate our full support for the objective, impartial and professional work of the OPCW technical team. We welcome the ninth round of inspections of the Barzah and Jamrayah facilities, conducted by the Secretariat from 11 to 18 September, and look forward to the report of its inspections.”

    2022-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9164 (2022) · source

14. “Since February 2021, all attempts by the Secretariat to organize the twenty-fifth round of consultations between the Declaration Assessment Team and the Syrian National Authority have been unsuccessful. Communication is reduced to only the exchanges of notes verbales. It is clear that Syria is unwilling to cooperate with the OPCW and its teams in the Technical Secretariat, some of whose staff are being denied entry to the country, despite paragraph 7 of resolution 2118 (2013), which obligates Syria to accept OPCW-designated personnel by providing them immediate and unhindered access, which is necessary for the performance of their duties. We deeply regret Syria’s deliberate lack of cooperation with the OPCW.”

    2022-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9164 (2022) · source

15. “I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. We are facing a situation that has hardly changed since the previous Council meeting on this issue (see S/PV.9141). There has been no progress in discussions between the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Syrian Government, no progress on the next inspection in Syria and no progress on the face-to-face meeting between the OPCW Director-General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria. To date, following numerous OPCW reports, nothing leads us to believe that Syria’s chemical weapons programme is being destroyed. Unfortunately, Syria’s chemical weapons programme continues to remain outside the control of the international community.”

    2022-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9164 (2022) · source

16. “Such an attitude only serves to delay the implementation of resolution 2118 (2013) by Syria, which also damages the reputation of the Security Council. We call on the members of the Security Council to be united in demanding the full implementation of resolution 2118 (2013). Finally, we remain convinced that the rapid closure of the investigations into the use of chemical weapons in Syria primarily serves that country and its citizens and would allow the Security Council and the international community to continue to support the Syrian people more effectively in their quest for a peaceful future.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

17. “Impunity for the use of chemical weapons must not — and will not be — tolerated. In that context, we welcome the OPCW Fact- Finding Mission, which continues its activities in the determination of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, as well as the Investigation and Identification Team, which continues its activities to identify the perpetrators of the use of chemical products as weapons in Syria. We look forward to their report. The Security Councilanditsmembersareresponsible for protecting the international non-proliferation regime, which involves our collective security. It is one of the most successful disarmament regimes in the world, and it has ensured the destruction of over 98 per cent of declared stockpiles of chemical weapons. We reject any attempts to politicize the work of the OPCW.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

18. “As a result, the OPCW still cannot confirm that the declaration is accurate and complete in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). Albania reiterates its full support for the objective, impartial and professional work of the OPCW technical team. Syria’s obtuse refusal to cooperate with the OPCW Technical Secretariat, with the support of its allies, is unacceptable. Therefore, we continue to expect that Syria demonstrate its willingness to cooperate with the OPCW on all the requests required by the OPCW reports in accordance with resolution 2118 (2013). As nine years have passed since the chemical massacre in eastern Ghouta, let me be clear that we owe it to the victims to ensure that there is no impunity for the chemical weapon attacks.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

19. “Since February 2021, all attempts by the Technical Secretariat to organize the twenty-fifth round of consultations between the Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) and the Syrian National Authority have been unsuccessful, because Syria continues to impose conditions on the deployment of the DAT and refuses the issuance of visas to the Declaration Assessment Team, in violation of its obligation and Security Council resolutions. We deeply regret the observation of the deliberate lack of cooperation by Syria with the OPCW. The 107th monthly report of the OPCW (see S/2022/658) is clear on the gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies identified in the Syrian regime’s declaration on its chemical weapons programme.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

20. “I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing on the total elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme. We find ourselves today faced with a situation that has hardly changed since the previous meeting (see S/PV.9097). There has been no progress in the discussions between the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Syrian Government, no progress either on the next inspection in Syria and no progress on the face-to-face meeting between the Director-General of the OPCW and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Syria. The situation of eternal deadlock in the implementation of resolution 2118 (2013) and the serious chemical weapons programme continues to remain out of the international community’s control.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source