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  1. “We agreed that it was a timely measure to address the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery to non-State actors. We have consistently identified the need to make the 1540 follow-up mechanism more inclusive, transparent and balanced in terms of responsibilities of States and the international cooperation available to them to achieve its objectives. We believe that the recently adopted resolution 1977 (2011), which extended the mandate of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), should have been negotiated after an open debate by the Council.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  2. “The litigation relating to individuals and entities on the Consolidated List in Canada, the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and the United States has highlighted legal challenges faced by the sanctions regime in various parts of the world. The preventive nature of the sanctions makes the listings very simple and enforcement-friendly. However, the legal community is more inclined to verifiable evidence that could be acceptable in a court of law. The questions of due process and effective remedy are at the heart of court deliberations. We will have to consider exclusive sharing of the verifiable evidence with the courts and fixing a time limit for the effectiveness of a listing. Pakistan was a member of the Security Council when resolution 1540 (2004) was adopted.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  3. “Different ideas to enhance the efficacy of the 1267 sanctions regime need to be studied in detail. We are of the view that the institution of the Ombudsperson must be strengthened and her views on listing and de-listing issues given due weight. In case of disagreement between observations of the 11-3390] Ombudsperson and a decision of the Committee, the rationale for the Committee's decision should be made public in the interest of greater transparency. We are not surprised that decisions of domestic and international courts and tribunals on the 1267 sanctions regime have garnered worldwide attention.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  4. “We have noted the work programme of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for 2011 annexed to document S/2011/223, and we appreciate the Committee's efforts to enhance transparency by holding informal briefings for Member States. The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee and its Monitoring Team have a difficult task to perform. We appreciate the efforts of the 1267 Sanctions Committee to bring clarity to its working methods, and we note that the Committee has made an effort to improve its guidelines. There are many interesting ideas in the eleventh report of the Monitoring Team (see S/2011/245) to improve the Committee's performance and enhance transparency in its work. Some of those ideas are hard to implement, and others can be incorporated easily in the current regime.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  5. “We are implementing the comprehensive international standards embodied in the 40 recommendations and 9 special recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force. We are active members of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) organized a workshop for Pakistani parliamentarians in Islamabad in November 2009 and a study visit of Pakistan's parliamentarians to Turkey in February this year. Today, the Executive Director of CTED, Mr. Mike Smith, is in Islamabad to organize a workshop for strengthening anti-money- laundering laws and countering financing for terrorism.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  6. “Pakistan has lost 30,000 men, women and children and more than 5,000 armed forces personnel. The international community needs to promote economic and social development as part of a holistic 11-3390] approach to curb and eliminate extremism and terrorism. The promotion of socio-economic development in places afflicted by extremism should be a high priority. Pakistan has made considerable progress in countering the financing of terrorism. Pakistan has become a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and has enacted a landmark anti-money-laundering bill. A Financial Monitoring Unit has been established in the State Bank of Pakistan to monitor suspicious financial transactions. Hundreds of bank accounts, to the tune of 750.8 million rupees, have been frozen.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  7. “No religious tradition or doctrine should be depicted as encouraging or inspiring acts of terrorism. Roughly 72 hours ago, two terrorist suicide bombers attacked a paramilitary training centre in northwest Pakistan, killing more than 80 soldiers of the Frontier Corps and injuring more than 70 other persons. The incident has once again highlighted the enormous sacrifices that Pakistan continues to make in order to rid the world of terrorism. Pakistan needs the solid and unwavering support of the international community in its fight against terrorism. Pakistan has deployed 160,000 troops on its border with Afghanistan and has set up 822 border posts to interdict members of Al-Qaida and Taliban. As a result of terrorist acts and our efforts to root out terrorism.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  8. “Mr. President, we congratulate you and the delegation of France for the excellent work of the Security Council under your leadership this month. We also felicitate the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and his team for their successful presidency of the Council during the month of April. We support the efforts of the Council's three subsidiary Committees in promoting greater transparency and dialogue with Member States with regard to their respective areas of activities. Pakistan strongly condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes. Terrorism and extremism should not be associated with any religion, race, ethnicity, faith, value system, culture or society.”

    2011-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6536 (2011) · source

  9. “We join other delegations in calling for a prevailing ceasefire in Gaza. The framework for peace in the Middle East is set forth in detail in resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008); the Madrid terms of reference; the Arab Peace Initiative; and the Quartet Road Map. Mustering and sustaining the political will to implement the framework is imperative. We hope that the Security Council and the Middle East Quartet will engage themselves meaningfully with the parties concerned to realize the collective objective of the international community for an independent, sovereign and viable State of Palestine, living side by side and in peace with all of its neighbours. Pakistan shares and supports that objective.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  10. “The people of Palestine have already travelled more than halfway in honouring their side of the bargain. Israel must reciprocate with an open mind and in good faith. It must stop all settlement activity in the occupied Arab territories and fulfil its obligation to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people. Israel's blockade of Gaza is neither conscionable nor tenable. Israel must also facilitate the completion of reconstruction projects, including those undertaken by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Pakistan is supportive of lasting peace for all inhabitants of the Middle East, irrespective of their religion, ethnicity or nationality. As Palestinian statehood emerges from the debris of broken promises, it should not be stymied by violence.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  11. “The Palestinian Authority's policies of self-reliance, empowerment and creating economic opportunities have disabused even the occupiers of their ability to justify the illegal occupation as a necessary evil. The attainment of the goal of a Palestinian State by September is well within our grasp. Letting it founder on the rocks of cynicism, inaction or political expediency would have serious consequences for peace and stability. The failure to meet the 1999 deadline set in the Oslo Accords triggered the second intifada. The missing of the 2005 deadline for Palestinian statehood, as set in the Quartet Road Map of 2003, precipitated violence and bloodshed and culminated in the siege on Gaza and its violent aftermath. September 2011 cannot become just another date in that tragic chronology.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  12. “The only ray of hope in this pessimistic scenario is the impressive march of the Palestinian Authority on the road to statehood. Numerous independent sources have confirmed that building State institutions by August is well within the reach of the Palestinian Authority. According to recent reports prepared by the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee of the Middle East Quartet, the Palestinian Authority is above the threshold of a functioning State in several key sectors. Its fiscal performance and high rates of economic growth in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been duly acknowledged in those reports. The Quartet itself has welcomed that assessment and stated that Palestinian institutions compared favourably with those of established States.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  13. “To make matters worse, the Middle East Quartet also appears to be increasingly hamstrung in its efforts to facilitate the resumption of direct negotiations and to specify the parameters of the final settlement. That was made evident by the recent postponement of the Quartet's Berlin meeting. Amidst such despair, the Security Council, too, has abdicated its role in the settlement of the question of Palestine to individual countries or informal groupings. It is worrisome to note that the Council's only activities in regard to the Palestinian issue are its quarterly open debates, where even spirited and well-drafted statements fail to cure the somnambulance of their audience, which knows only too well that the stalemate is as immutable as the proverbial North Star.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  14. “We congratulate you, Sir, on steering the work of the Security Council this month with dedication and finesse. We align ourselves with the statements delivered by the Permanent Representatives of Egypt and Tajikistan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, respectively. During the most recent debate on the Middle East in this Chamber (see S/PV.6484), most of us lamented the breakdown of Palestine-Israel direct negotiations and its implications for peace in the region. Three months later, the pall of gloom is heavier. The prospects for a resumption of the Middle East peace process are not encouraging. The slight window of opportunity for sustainable peace, created by the recent reduction in violence, appears to be slipping through our fingers.”

    2011-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6520Resumption1 (2011) · source

  15. “In accordance with its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council has a significant and crucial role in supporting the efforts for renewed negotiations and their successful conclusion. I wish to conclude by reiterating Pakistan's full support for this objective and our strong commitment to the realization of an independent, sovereign and viable State of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  16. “Trust and confidence, together with active engagement of the international community, represent the only way forward for the peace process and progress towards a two-State solution in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. There is no option but to return to the negotiating table. Efforts to create new facts on the ground that prejudice the outcome of negotiations are neither recognized by nor acceptable to the international community. We should also learn from the half-hearted attempts, unfulfilled promises and aborted peace processes of the past. Greater political will is required to bring the parties together and help them engage in a sustained negotiation process, in good faith and without preconditions, aimed at achieving within a reasonable time frame a comprehensive agreement.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  17. “Amidst this human tragedy, the ongoing provocative and aggressive actions of Israel in East Jerusalem have compounded the plight of the Palestinian people and made a political settlement all the more difficult. There is recognition of the fact that a just settlement of the Palestinian question is central to ending the cycle of suspicion and discord that has undermined peace and security in the Middle East and has also strained the relations between neighbours in the region. The question is how to convert this growing international consensus into credible action that would bring to fruition this arduous search for peace. An immediate end to the illegal practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people is the most important prerequisite for building an environment of trust and confidence.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  18. “That failure has given birth to difficult religious, philosophical and political questions. It has called into question the notion of limitless human ingenuity. The very concept of intrinsic human good has been torn apart by the brutalities committed in this land. In the turmoil of the Middle East we mortal beings have been exposed at our worst, in all our callousness, cruelty and brutality. The consequences of our collective failure in the Middle East are disastrous for the region and beyond. Adding to pessimism about our humanity is the continuing gravity of the situation on the ground in terms of the humanitarian plight of the Palestinian people.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  19. “The Pakistan delegation would like, Sir, to congratulate you on the successful Chinese presidency of the Security Council for this month and on your having convened this important meeting. We would also like to congratulate the new non-permanent members of the Security Council: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria. We wish them success. The Middle East is the sacred birthplace of great religions of our world. It resonates with the kinder nature of the relationship of eternal God with mortal beings. It is wrapped in overarching spirituality and religious good. Its symbols are blessed decorations in millions of homes around the globe. Its divinity demands that it be a land of peace and love, in contrast to the reality of its being the abode of unending conflicts and the epitome of human political failure.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source