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  1. “While international development has been discussed for decades, hundreds of millions of people continue to languish in poverty. We need to enhance our cooperation to achieve a common defence against terrorism and violent extremism and reverse the growing inequality between rich and poor nations.”

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  2. “First, the interlinkage between terrorism and other forms of organized crime, such as trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants, needs to be emphasized at policy and operational levels. Such crimes reinforce one other and must be addressed comprehensively. Today, cyberspace has become a battlefield for the hearts and minds of young people all over the world and a fertile ground for hatemongering. Online falsehoods have become an apparatus to sow discord and extremism and have led, in some States, to communal crises. Concrete measures with a determined focus on counter- narratives are needed in order to safeguard society. Secondly, it is important to create a narrative of hope and defy the prevailing narratives of despair and gloom that perpetuate extremist and terrorist ideologies.”

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  3. “At the operational level, all relevant enforcement bodies are collectively working with the highest vigilance to fight and suppress any threat of terrorism. Public awareness-raising programmes, including at schools, are regularly conducted by the relevant authorities. As a victim of terrorism since the early days of its independence, Eritrea condemns and actively combats terrorism in all its forms. Without conscious and vigilant public participation at all levels, terrorism and violent extremism would have sabotaged the survival and development of the nation. The active involvement of religious and societal leaders in the development and implementation of national policies is crucial. Finally, I would like to reiterate the following two points.”

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  4. “In January, during a trilateral meeting in the Eritrean capital of Asmara, the Presidents of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia agreed on a comprehensive plan to combat and neutralize the common threats they face, including terrorism, arms and human trafficking and drug smuggling. As part of its overall commitment to promote peace and security and combat terrorism, Eritrea continues to take measures to improve its legislative and law enforcement capacities to prevent and prosecute acts of terrorism in all its manifestations. We have issued a proclamation on anti-money-laundering and combating the financing of terrorism and have established a financial intelligence unit to monitor and criminalize terrorism financing. Eritrea is also an observer member of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money- Laundering Group.”

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  5. “Creating robust regional and global coordination mechanisms and establishing and consolidating suitable coalitions that encompass all stakeholder countries are critical steps. Broadly speaking, they are flexible elements of defence cooperation that can be created to combat specific threats, meaning that they will be limited in geographic and temporal terms. However, above and beyond those specific coalitions, the scope of continuous exchange of information, coordination and experiences must be enlarged in terms of participant countries and frequency of interactions. In the new congenial climate of regional cooperation, Eritrea is already pursuing those objectives with added vigour and urgency. Eritrea has held both bilateral and trilateral summits with its neighbours in the Horn of Africa.”

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  6. “As members will all agree, the scourge of terrorism and extremism has global dimensions and tentacles, is transnational in intent and scope, and continues to grow and proliferate, in spite of all concerted efforts to uproot and eradicate the scourge. For Africa, the post-Cold war era has been more predatory than the previous era and it has faced unprecedented attacks from fundamentalist groups of all flavours. Regional and international responses to the growing threats have been inadequate and incoherent. In any event, it is important to ponder and assess profoundly, at this juncture, the tools and methods that have been employed to date to combat that abomination. More importantly, we must diagnose and fully address the underlying causes that may have contributed to its incubation.”

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  7. “As a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, and in the past two decades, despite the arduous challenges that our region has faced with extreme ideologies, Eritrea has remained a peaceful and harmonious nation, as it has done for centuries. The laws of the country contain explicit provisions that preserve a healthy and centuries-old social fabric of mutual tolerance and coexistence among the various faiths. Social peace has been a proven asset in combating violent extremism and that is a result of its secular policies. Eritrea’s culture of ethnic and religious tolerance and respect is an asset. Adherence to the principles of social justice in its development policies and an educational system that aims to inculcate the culture of civic service and the promotion of human dignity continue to play a vital role in curbing the scourge.”

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  8. “Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of March. I thank China for organizing an open debate on the theme “Peace and security in Africa: countering terrorism and extremism in Africa”. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed and Assistant Secretary-General Abdoulaye Mar Dieye for their briefings earlier. I would like to convey Eritrea’s outrage and condemnation of the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and reiterate its solidarity with the people and the Government of the Sudan. Eritrea’s robust stance and decades-old struggle against terrorism and extremism are matters of record.”

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  9. “Adherence to its mandate under the United Nations Charter will enhance the Council’s credibility, efficacy, integrity and reputation, as well as the confidence of Member States in its decisions. In 2020, in addition to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. As we enter the decade of action in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals, African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative, a renewed and concerted effort by us all towards the full achievement of peace, security and development will be required. The Council can count on Eritrea’s continued support to that end.”

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  10. “Thirdly, with regard to Council’s agenda, there is a tendency towards the entrenchment of situations in which Chapter VII has been invoked. Although the Council may have explicitly concluded its consideration of an item and removed it from the list of matters of which the Council is seized, it has done so with great infrequency, and, in some instances, matters have remained on the Council’s agenda for extended periods, which leads to a lack of clarity in assessing both the purpose and the end point of Council responses to threats to peace; it also allows for the routinization of exception. Clarity and consistency are similarly essential in resolutions pertaining to mandate evolution and termination. Otherwise, overriding political considerations could lead to selective and inappropriate application of the rules.”

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  11. “The Council has broadly construed its powers under Chapter VII and expanded its jurisdiction from traditional matters of security to new spheres previously under the purview of other organs and non-United Nations entities. The Council has also, over time, assumed quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial functions, straining conceptions of propriety and institutional competence. Discordant Council practice has resulted in a blurring of the lines between the ordinary powers and functions allotted to the Council and those extraordinary powers reserved for situations constituting, at a minimum, threats to international peace and security, thus giving rise to the need for transparent rules and procedures for invoking Chapters VI and VII.”

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  12. “The first is the less-than-strict observance of the principles of the United Nations Charter. Eritrea reiterates the importance and validity of collective security by fully adhering to the United Nations Charter in order to deter war and advance peace. One of the pillars of the United Nations Charter is for nations to live by their commitments. Treaty commitments are sacrosanct. States should not be allowed to cherry-pick, and the Security Council should also be duty bound to enforce peace accords. Secondly, in terms of invoking Chapter VII, this Chapter should be applied only when the situation warrants it. However, at times, the Security Council has acted ultra vires, leading to the imposition of unjust and illegal sanctions on States.”

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  13. “The Security Council has been ineffective and inconsistent in securing peace in our world. In some instances, its actions have contributed to untenable situations, thereby prolonging the suffering of millions in the process. Many populations around the world are grappling with intractable conflicts beyond their capacities, and the Security Council remains impotent, constrained by geopolitical considerations, double standards and conflicting interests. And when it does act, the Council’s actions tend to revolve around managing crises, rather than ending them. The Security Council’s credibility, integrity and efficacy have been undermined, there are many factors contributing to this reality. For brevity’s sake, Eritrea wishes to highlight three of them.”

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  14. “At the present time, generations around the world are living in conditions of poverty and peacelessness, where human development, dignity and security remain elusive. Despite the fact that Article 2 of the United Nations Charter calls on countries to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, today, there are wars being waged in total disregard for the Charter of the United Nations and its principles, and the sovereign rights of States enshrined in the Charter are wilfully ignored. Our world has witnessed and continues to witness massive atrocities, mass destruction and slaughter. We have failed to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, and the Security Council’s efficacy is being questioned by suffering people everywhere.”

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  15. “The Charter of the United Nations was the means to do just that. The Charter gave the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and provided the procedures to handle international disputes and prevent their escalation. The Charter and organizations of the United Nations are necessary for mediating relations among States, protecting common principles and promoting common values and material well-being. The Charter has been described as the world’s central operating system — the motherboard of global governance — which has borne such ideas as the Millennium Development Goals and, today, the Sustainable Development Goals, which have been embraced globally.”

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  16. “My delegation wishes to congratulate Viet Nam for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and for convening today’s timely debate entitled “Maintenance of international peace and security: upholding the United Nations Charter”. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome His Excellency Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam, and thank the Secretary-General and Mrs. Robinson for their statements last week (see S/PV.8699). The United Nations came about primarily to monitor and maintain international peace and security after the devastation, destruction and dire humanitarian conditions caused by the Second World War. Established in 1945, the creation of the Organization was a deliberate attempt to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”

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