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  1. “Inclusivity is at the heart of all this. The post-2015 agenda will be central in identifying where to direct our efforts in coming years, and should serve to inspire the Council's actions as well.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  2. “Today, unfortunately, the world is facing the risk of additional temperature increases of over 2 degrees Celsius. Climate change is therefore expected to pose a major strategic security threat in the future. The year 2015 is the year of the three reviews: on peace operations, peacebuilding and the global study on women, peace and security. This year will thus bring us an opportunity to examine our overall efforts to building sustainable peace. The Nordic countries hope that all three reviews will enlighten us as to how to do this better, inclusive development being an important piece of the puzzle. The Nordic countries have been promoting stand- alone goals on peaceful and inclusive societies, gender equality and good governance in the post-2015 agenda, which are key contributors to poverty eradication and sustainable development.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  3. “In order to enhance and make development and peacebuilding initiatives more effective, greater coherence and coordination are needed. Common and nationally owned and led strategic goals should be pursued by all actors. As part of building sustainable peace, healing the wounds of society can determine whether peace and stability will be sustained in the long run. Dealing with grievances or hatred over past atrocities through reconciliation or transitional justice processes is necessary for societies to move on and break with the violent past. Development cannot be business-as-usual after a conflict, but needs to be inclusive also in the sense of dealing with issues central to sustainable peace. To prevent future conflict and insecurity, decisive action needs to be taken to face climate change. Climate change is a threat multiplier.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  4. “The use of inclusive United Nations mediation should be further developed. Mediation should be used in all stages of the conflict cycle. In this sense, the Council sets the path for the ensuing peacebuilding, for example by meeting the need for a professional, legitimate, accountable and impartial security sector and judiciary to build trust not only with people for peaceful conflict-resolution, but also with economic actors. As peace operations often do the initial work in supporting the host country, it is important that the rest of the United Nations and other development actors follow suit. Currently, several layers of actors work in development, peacebuilding and State-building at the international, national, regional and local levels.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  5. “We also urge the Council to utilize the whole variety of formats it has at its disposal; the more the Council can learn from the experiences and work of other actors, the better prepared it will be to respond efficiently to challenging situations. Let us also take a moment to reflect upon the overall United Nations involvement in the nexus of security and development. We all agree that the United Nations needs to deliver as one. In its resolution 2086 (2013), the Council recognized the important role of peacekeeping missions in assisting host countries in developing critical peacebuilding priorities and strategies and in helping to create an enabling environment for relevant national and international actors to perform peacebuilding tasks and to implement early peacebuilding tasks themselves.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  6. “Women's participation is critical to peacemaking, to peacekeeping and to peacebuilding. The Security Council has a special responsibility to ensure the presence and active involvement of women. We commend the Council for its efforts in this regard, and encourage it to continue to focus on the issue of women, peace and security in all its aspects. Having spoken about the Council, the Nordic countries would like to see the Council encourage the Secretariat, including Special Representatives and Envoys, to pay increasing attention to inclusive development, and in particular the lack of it, in their briefings and reports.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  7. “Development can be inclusive and thereby reduce poverty, break the cycle of violence, and prevent new conflicts from emerging or returning to conflict if all groups of people, including the most marginalized, contribute to creating opportunities, share the benefits of development, and participate in decision-making. Inclusive political participation in peace processes, elections, constitutional processes, or decentralization efforts are ways to non-violently resolve and prevent conflict. The Security Council has a crucial role to play in formulating mandates to support such participation, and should continue to do so effectively. In this context, let us also remind ourselves that women represent, in many cases, more than half of the population. Any effort that does not involve them is doomed to fail.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  8. “We need to understand the factors - for example, political, economic, social, and historical - that directly influence the forms and dynamics of conflict and violence. We need to understand what separates and what connects people and groups. If, for instance, your group identity or belonging determines your access to security, to justice, to land, to jobs, and to political influence - or, to put it differently, if your group identity puts you at risk of exposure to harassment or violence on the part of the national police, systematic discrimination by the authorities, land deprivation, and lack of influence - then all development efforts targeting these areas will have a bearing on the conflict. Building trust between the State and society and within groups will increase social cohesion, which is at the centre of inclusive development.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  9. “How can we prevent situations from ever having to end up on the Council's agenda? Inclusive development holds a key to the answer. As this debate attest, there can be neither peace nor development without the active participation of the many, including of course the most marginalized. For example, systematic economic and social exclusion and inequalities drive a lot of today's conflicts. At the same time, it is people in conflict-affected and fragile States that lag the most behind in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals. People in conflict-affected and fragile States are stuck in a trap of poverty and violence. Root causes and drivers of conflict and violence must therefore inform development cooperation. Conflict analysis - outlining and understanding these causes and drivers - is key.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  10. “I thank you, Sir, and through you President Bachelet for the opportunity to address the Council on behalf of the Nordic countries on this very important topic. The Nordic countries also wish to thank the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ambassador Patriota of Brazil and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee for sharing their valuable insights today. Development is always political, and particularly so in contexts marked by armed conflict and violence. Neither peace nor development is only about agreed- upon words on paper; both are societal processes, upheld and pushed forward by people. As the Security Council remains seized of threats to peace and security, it is crucial to consider, as we do today, the underlying factors and causes of conflict and relapses into conflict.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  11. “The Nordic countries would like to emphasize the importance of keeping that question high on the agenda with a view to framing a code of conduct that is consistent with the common commitment of United Nations members to halt atrocities. In the meantime, we commend the increased use of briefings in the Council by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Office of the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, as well as relevant Special Rapporteurs, where populations are at risk of mass atrocities.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  12. “Finally, in the past few years we have unfortunately seen several examples of inaction on the part of the Council in the face of unspeakable human suffering and mass atrocities. That has led to warranted criticism and a necessary debate about the Council's role, and more precisely the use of the veto. We would like to commend France for taking up the proposal that the permanent members voluntarily commit to refrain from the use of the veto to block Council action aimed at preventing, or ending, atrocities. We welcome the ministerial meeting held in September on that important topic under the co-chairmanship of France and Mexico.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  13. “For the Nordic countries it is all about the effectiveness and transparency of the Council, and the possibilities available to non-members to interact with members of the Council in a substantive way. With the challenges facing the international community today, it is imperative that the Council draw upon other relevant United Nations entities in order to help resolve crises, but also as a means to prevent crises at the outset. In particular, we believe that the cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Council should be further developed. The horrendous public health catastrophe in West Africa, with its broad socioeconomic implications for the whole region, has strengthened our conviction in that regard. The upcoming 2015 review ofthe peacebuilding architecture will be a good opportunity to explore that further.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  14. “The presidential notes that have been adopted since we last met on this topic in October 2013 cover a number of important issues. In particular, we would like to highlight the note on penholders, which was adopted in April (S/2014/268). In our View, it is imperative that all members of the Council, permanent members and non-permanent members, have a real possibility of drafting and presenting products. The later note (S/2013/515) on enhancing the dialogue among Council members is also very relevant in that regard. While we welcome the new presidential notes, we continue, however, to stress the importance of implementation. There can be no real progress unless there is sufficient follow-up, and there is still much to do in that regard. The core of the discussion on working methods has not changed since last year.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  15. “An effective mechanism to follow up on referrals would therefore not only strengthen international justice, but also bolster the relevance and integrity of Council decisions. In the past year, the attention to the working methods of the Council has been further strengthened. The Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group, now in its second year, has made important contributions in that regard, and we fully support its statement, as presented by our Swiss colleague earlier today. I would also like to mention the important report of the Security Council, entitled "Security Council Working Methods: A Tale of Two Councils", not least its publication earlier this year. It provides an extensive history of the working methods of the Council. That was followed by ajoint ACT-Security Council seminar on the report.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  16. “The informal group of like-minded countries has repeatedly emphasized the importance of taking such a broader perspective. Here as well, a gradual approach would yield the best results. The Nordic countries commend the important and persistent work of the Office of the ICC Prosecutor aimed at developing the cooperation between the ICC and the Security Council on effective follow-up to referred situations. As has also been noted in the concept paper, the fulfilment of the mandate of the Court is dependent upon full cooperation by States. The ultimate aim of a referral by the Council is in jeopardy if States fail to cooperate without the Council taking appropriate action.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  17. “Let me start by addressing the two subject areas that are the focus of the excellent concept paper (S/2014/725, annex) on enhancing due process in sanctions regimes and the follow-up to Security Council referrals to the ICC. The Nordic countries welcome this opportunity to take stock of the situation concerning listing and de-listing. A gradual approach by the Council has made steady advances possible for the Al-Qaida sanctions regime, as most recently witnessed by some further improvements made in resolution 2161 (2014) and usefully discussed in the Ombudsperson's eighth report (S/2014/553). However, we urge the Council to actively consider how similar due process guarantees could be introduced into other sanctions regimes.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source

  18. “Today I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden. Let me first of all thank you, Madam President, for organizing today's debate. As Chair ofthe Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, Argentina has made important contributions to improving the working methods of the Security Council. We hope that your successor as Chair will be equally diligent. Let me also thank the two briefers from this morning, Ombudsperson Kimberly Prost, and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, for their presentations and tireless efforts.”

    2014-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7285Resumption1 (2014) · source