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Thomas-Greenfield

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“It is why we led a road map for global food security — a call to action — and we are proud of the more than 30 Member States that signed on. It is why, late last month, the United States announced more than $200 million in additional assistance to respond to humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa. Of course, tied directly to the humanitarian situation is Somalia’s economic well-being, which will depend on its ability to meet the conditions required for reaching the completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. We call on the President and the new Government to engage international financial institutions as soon as possible to ensure that that process remains on track. The United States strongly supports the Somali people.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“The new Somali Government must address the dire humanitarian situation, including the plight of the more than 6 million people who may go hungry or thirsty because of the devastating drought. Of course, given the worsening crisis, that is a challenge no country can address alone, and it is not caused by Somalia alone. As Secretary Blinken noted in the Security Council last week (see S/PV.9036), if Russia’s brutal war of choice continues to prevent wheat and other foods from reaching Somalia, it may very well push the country over the brink of famine. That is why we have to rally the world to bolster the global food supply, strengthen food resiliency and provide humanitarian aid to those in dire need. To meet that challenge, last week we hosted a series of days of action on global food security.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“The horrific attack on 3 May against the Burundian National Defence Force base in Ceel Baraf is all the proof we need. We strongly condemn the attack, and we offer our condolences to the victims’ loved ones. Somalia’s security and that of the region rely on us using every tool in our arsenal to fight terrorism. That means providing support to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia and Somalia’s security forces. It means using the Somalia sanctions regime to designate Al-Shabaab operatives, who continue to threaten Somalia’s peace and security. It also means alleviating the horrific humanitarian conditions that inspire extremism. That leads me to my third and final point.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“And we congratulate President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for winning the presidential election, as well as all the members of Parliament on their elections. We are particularly pleased to congratulate Deputy Speaker Saadia Samatar on her election. The United States looks forward to working closely with the country’s newly elected leaders to help extend governance, security and economic opportunity for the people of Somalia. We look forward to the timely nomination and parliamentary approval of a prime minister and cabinet. After more than four years of political infighting, reconciliation among the national Government and federal member states is vital for the country to regain positive momentum and tackle the serious challenges it faces. Secondly, Al-Shabaab continues to pose a menacing threat.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Swan for his presentation and for being with us today. We commend him and his team’s work. And we fully support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, so that the Mission can continue to serve its vital role in Somalia. I also want to thank Ambassador Madeira for his briefing, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia at our meeting today. Today I would like to focus on three aspects of the situation in Somalia: the recent elections, the terrorist threat from Al-Shabaab and the dire humanitarian and economic crises. First, the United States welcomes the completion of Somalia’s electoral process.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Madeira for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements. I would like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Somalia to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia; and Mr. Francisco Caetano José Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/392, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia. I now give the floor to Mr.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9040 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a further statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. Let me start by thanking all of my colleagues today for engaging in a very constructive dialogue about the role that digital technologies play in advancing international peace and security. Unfortunately, Russia chose to be unconstructive by launching into baseless attacks to intentionally spread the exact kind of disinformation we are here today, in part, to talk about preventing and addressing. I will not go down the rabbit hole of Russia’s conspiracy theories. Instead, we will work together in future with other members of the Council to continue these important conversations in the weeks and months ahead. I would again like to thank the briefers for their contributions today. I would also like to thank all of my colleagues.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“We also need to embrace the opportunities to unlock technologies’ latent potential for advancing peace and security. Last month, a group of 60 global partners therefore launched the Declaration for the Future of the Internet to revitalize a democratic vision for the global Internet. We invite all relevant authorities and States Members of the United Nations that are committed to upholding the Declaration’s principle to join us. To effectively maintain peace and security in the twenty-first century, we need to respond to twenty-first- century threats and deploy twenty-first-century tools. Now is the time for the United Nations to responsibly harness the power of digital technology to take on our most pressing challenges and advance peace and security around the world. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“which makes clear that international law applies to States’ cyberactivities and lays out a set of voluntary norms to guide their behaviour in peacetime. We are also standing together with countries around the world to protect against, and respond to, malicious cyberactivities. Across the globe gendered forms of online harassment and abuse, including disinformation campaigns against women leaders, are disrupting women’s equal participation in decision-making on matters of peace and security. We have to work together to combat misinformation and disinformation globally. The United Nations is already playing a key role in producing transparent and easily accessible information and advocating on behalf of journalists on the front lines.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“For our part, we are calling out the use of partial and complete Internet shutdowns, censorship and other tactics to prevent the exercise of freedom of expression online. Following on from the Summit for Democracy, we are continuing to join forces with our partners in the Freedom Online Coalition to protect Internet freedom and ensure that entire digital ecosystems respect international human rights frameworks. We know that surveillance tools and other dual-use technologies can be misused to threaten human rights defenders and others. That is why we are using export controls to hold accountable companies that develop, traffic or use spyware and other technologies that enable such malicious activity. We are working through the United Nations and other forums to champion the framework of responsible State behaviour in cyberspace.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“Nyabola, the non-governmental organization Access Now estimates that in 2021 there were 182 Internet shutdowns in 34 countries. Even more troubling, we often hear claims that such actions are taken in the name of protecting peace and security. Nothing could be further from the truth. We also continue to see non-State actors, including terrorists and violent extremists, use online communications platforms to recruit, radicalize and mobilize to violence. All of us who are committed to addressing and preventing conflict worldwide must do our part to ensure that technologies serve as a force for positive change, and not as a tool misused to perpetrate human rights abuses, fuel hatred and exacerbate conflict. That is why the United States is working with civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders to advance this global effort.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“Such actions hamper the ability of civilians to access health services, delay the documentation of atrocities and human rights abuses, disrupt financial services and restrict family members from connecting virtually to loved ones. Countries sitting at this very table are also using technology to harass, arbitrarily surveil and censor and repress civil society and independent media as never before. Nowhere is that more evident than in Russia’s war of choice against Ukraine. The Russian Government continues to shut down, restrict and degrade Internet connectivity, censor content, spread disinformation online and intimidate and arrest journalists for reporting the truth about its invasion. Those practices are as wrong as they are widespread. As the Council already heard from Ms.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“In the hands of State actors and, in some cases, non-State actors, such technologies are being used to cut off access to information, suppress freedom of expression and spread disinformation, thereby escalating conflict, undermining the foundational values of the Charter of the United Nations that we are charged with upholding. In the Central African Republic and Mali, disinformation targeting United Nations peacekeeping missions has threatened peacekeepers’ safety and security and has undermined the ability of missions to protect civilians. In Ethiopia, the authorities have cut off Internet access in the Tigray region since November 2020 as conflict erupted between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces and regional forces in Tigray.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“After all, such technologies have immense potential to support the good work of the United Nations system around the world. Social media tools and messaging applications can facilitate access to life-saving information prior to and during conflict. Data from satellites can identify risk from climate change, provide critical information to peacekeepers and improve emergency communications during conflict and natural disasters. We can identify and stop famines before they start. We can find homes, housing and jobs for refugees. We can better protect our peacekeepers and those whom they are mandated to serve. But we also have to address a pressing challenge, which is the way in which digital technologies are being misused to restrict human rights and fuel conflict.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“Nyabola for her invaluable perspective on both the benefits and the challenges that human rights activists and civil society face from the potential use, as well as the misuse, of those technologies. I thank Mr. Druet for sharing the ways in which digital technology can be used to support the work of our peacekeepers, while its misuse can also undermine them. Let me be sure to maximize the former and minimize the latter. This briefing is about an enormous opportunity and a pressing challenge. The opportunity is for the Security Council to harness the power of digital technology to advance peace and security in order to responsibly use those tools to do enormous good in the very conflicts and contexts where they are doing harm.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Druet for his briefing. I would like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. I thank Under-Secretary-General Di Carlo for her briefing. Her remarks made clear that new technologies are already playing a critical role in the United Nations peacekeeping efforts, and it is essential that they be used in a constructive manner. I thank Ms.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Ms. Nanjala Nyabola, Director of Advox, the Digital Rights Project of Global Voices; and Mr. Dirk Druet, Adjunct Professor at the McGill University Center for International Peace and Security Studies and Non-resident Fellow at the International Peace Institute. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Ms. DiCarlo.”
2022-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9039 (2022) · source
“I would again like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I now give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“And right now, that means renewing and expanding cross- border assistance. It is in the interests of all of us, including Russia and Syria, to prevent a dire humanitarian situation in Syria from growing worse and more desperate. It is in everyone’s interests, in fact. That is why I repeat that last year the Council voted unanimously to renew the mandate and why we must do so again this year, in the interests of all Syrians. This past week we have been working together to address global food insecurity. Renewing and expanding cross-border assistance is one clear way for us to take on hunger. It is fully within our power. The actions we took in the Council last year saved countless lives, and we can do it again this year. I resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“It is vital to so many people, especially at a time when food and fuel prices are skyrocketing, forcing families to make difficult decisions about whether to buy food, medicine or fuel. Nearly 2 million Syrians are on the brink of being unable to meet their basic food needs, and 12 million are already suffering from acute food insecurity. Those are impossibly large numbers — more than the entire populations of New York City and Paris combined. And they are not just sobering statistics, these are real people who are going hungry and do not know where they will get their next meal. They live every single day with uncertainty about how they will eat, how they will get water, medicine or fuel and when they will know peace. We cannot become desensitized to their needs and dreams. We have to stay focused on this crisis.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“It demonstrated the best of what we can do when we work together. That is why I found it odd that the Russian Federation suggested that it was somehow misled into supporting the mandate, whose benefits are obvious to all of us. This year, we urge the Security Council not only to renew the mandate for the United Nations cross-border assistance delivery mechanism but also to increase the number of crossing points to meet the rising demand for humanitarian aid in Syria. The United Nations estimates that 14.6 million Syrians need humanitarian assistance in 2022, a nearly 10 per cent increase over the past year. We simply have to get this done, both the renewal and the expansion.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“The Secretary- General made it abundantly clear, in paragraph 77 of his most recent report (S/2022/330), that “cross-line convoys, even if deployed regularly, cannot replicate the size and scope of the United Nations cross-border operation, which remains a life-saving modality for millions of people in need in the north-west.” Attesting to that reality, the May cross-line delivery provided food for 43,500 people. By contrast, in a typical month, United Nations cross-border aid through Bab Al-Hawa delivers enough food for 1.4 million. There is simply no comparison, and Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths reiterated that fact. Last year, the Council voted unanimously to continue the mandate for the mechanism (see S/PV.8817) in an important, life-saving decision for millions of people.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“The United States is firmly committed to implementing all aspects of resolution 2585 (2021) to ensure that aid can reach Syria, including via both cross-line and cross-border assistance. And we are doing everything possible to facilitate additional aid to Syria, including through our recent issuance of a General License intended to promote investment in north-western and north-eastern Syria. We applaud the fourth cross-line delivery, made on 16 May, and hope to see such deliveries become more frequent. But we know that cross-line aid delivery cannot match the volume or the efficiency of cross-border deliveries. That is not conjecture — it is fact.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“It is why I wanted to make a point of travelling in person to Brussels to announce that the United States will provide more than $800 million in new humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people — the largest pledge we have ever made at the annual Brussels Conference. That assistance includes essential food, health, shelter, water and other critical relief that will go to helping those in dire need, but also towards early recovery, so that we can prevent people from getting to that dire stage in the first place. And that is why I will be traveling back to Bab Al-Hawa in the coming weeks for briefings and meetings on the Turkish-Syrian border so that I am up-to-date on the situation on the ground, because, as I have said many times before, no amount of aid will be enough if we cannot actually get it to those in need.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“After more than 11 long years of conflict in Syria, I worry that the world is in danger of becoming desensitized to this war — to the plight of the 14 million Syrians who rely on humanitarian assistance, and to the dreams of the Syrian people who wish for nothing more than a peaceful, just and secure future. It does not matter that we have a host of other crises on our plate. It does not matter that the Al-Assad regime continues to impede progress towards a political solution. We cannot turn our backs on the Syrian people. As the humanitarian crisis reaches disturbing new heights, we must fully commit to supporting the needs of vulnerable Syrians. That is why we are having three meetings devoted to Syria during our Security Council presidency this month.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his tireless work and informative briefing. My special thanks also go to Dr. Farida Almouslem and the entire Syrian American Medical Society. Her statement is an important reminder that millions of Syrians still lack access to even the most basic health care, let alone trauma care, for visible and invisible injuries. I thank her for her amazing work, which she describes as doing her duty. It is life-saving work and carries so many risks in Syria, and I therefore want to reiterate my gratitude to her.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. Almouslem for her briefing. I would like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in the meeting: Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and Dr. Farida Almouslem, OB/GYN, Syrian American Medical Society. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Griffiths.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9038 (2022) · source
“I thank the representative of France for his statement and his team for their efforts in preparing the report. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the adoption of the draft annual report. May I take it that the draft report is adopted by the Council? There being no objection, it is so decided. This decision will be reflected in a note by the President of the Security Council, to be issued as document S/2022/403. The meeting rose at 10.10 a.m.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9037 (2022) · source
“I now give the floor to the representative of France, whose delegation was responsible for drafting the introduction to this year’s annual report.”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9037 (2022) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will proceed to the consideration of its annual report to the General Assembly for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. The draft report has been provided to the members of the Council. The introduction to the draft report was prepared by the delegation of France, with the participation of the other members of the Council. The body of the report was prepared by the Secretariat. I would like to express my appreciation to France and the Secretariat for their respective contributions. I would also like to point out that the draft report was prepared in accordance with the notes by the President of 30 August 2017 (S/2017/507) and 27 December 2019 (S/2019/997).”
2022-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9037 (2022) · source
“I would like to again draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I now give the floor to the representative of the Republic of Korea.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“Finally, as I have said repeatedly in this Chamber, the enhanced trilateral security partnership known as AUKUS does not violate the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and China and Russia know that. We take our NPT obligations very seriously, and I know that the United Kingdom and Australia do, too. It is worrisome that two of our fellow colleagues insist on distracting from discussions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s clear attempt to undermine the global non-proliferation regime with those false claims. Those countries’ attempts to defend the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea should not go unnoticed by the Council or the world. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“In response to the Chinese and Russian proposal for a draft resolution predicated on their assessment that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is showing goodwill through a moratorium, as understood by them, on intermediate-range ballistic-missile and ICBM and nuclear tests, the draft resolution is really not appropriate at this time. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has shown repeatedly this year that such a moratorium does not exist. In the light of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s escalating provocations and its return to the testing of long-range systems, the purported basis for its draft resolution has no validity. We need to turn quickly to strengthening the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) sanctions regime, not considering sanctions relief.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“It is not a regional issue. This is a global issue. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is testing capabilities that can threaten all Council members and every single State Member of the United Nations, including those that are protecting them. This is about our collective responsibility to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Council was formed precisely to respond to the kinds of global threats that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is posing to the world. I encourage all Member States to join us in denouncing this dangerous and unlawful behaviour and to take action to prevent the worst.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“I am very grateful to my fellow Council members that have taken this issue as seriously as we have and engaged constructively in negotiations. We are now nearing the end of negotiations on the United States- proposed draft resolution, and we cannot wait until the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducts additional provocative, illegal, dangerous acts such as a nuclear test. We need to speak up, now, with a strong and unified voice, in condemnation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s behaviour. We need to act now to restrict any further unlawful developments before it is too late. We encourage all Council members to support our proposed draft resolution and show that the Security Council will respond to threats to international peace and security and to blatant violations of its resolutions. This is not a bilateral issue.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“In resolution 2397 (2017), the Security Council committed to taking action to further restrict the export to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of petroleum if that country conducted the launch of a ballistic missile system capable of reaching intercontinental ranges. In full knowledge of that provision, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea moved forward with the launching of at least three ICBMs this year. If we want the word of the Security Council to mean anything, we cannot stay silent any longer. To that end, in order to further restrict the ability of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to advance its unlawful programme and to send a signal to all proliferators, the United States has been negotiating with our fellow Council members on a new Chapter VII draft resolution.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“We have also asked those who regularly speak with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to encourage it to engage in diplomacy. In the meantime, we have a responsibility to respond to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unlawful behaviour. The sanctions regime has been effective in slowing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s weapons-of-mass-destruction and ballistic- missile advancements. But every sanction regime requires continued upkeep and ongoing focus on implementation to be successful. It is long past time we updated this one. Unfortunately, over the last four years two members have blocked every attempt to enforce and to update the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea sanctions list, enabling the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unlawful action.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“In fact, on 25 April Kim Jong Un called for the development of his State’s nuclear forces at the highest level of rapidity. That further proves that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not responding to the Council’s silence with restraint or goodwill. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea sees that the Council used to respond with meaningful consequences but no longer does so. Therefore, it interprets the Council’s silence to mean that it will not face future consequences and it sees our silence as permission to continue on its stated trajectory. It is time to stop providing tacit permission and to start taking action. The United States remains committed to a diplomatic solution. We have said that over and over again. We hope that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will accept our repeated offers of dialogue.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“The Security Council should not stand for that, but it has stayed silent because two Council members have argued that Council restraint will somehow encourage the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to stop escalating and instead come to the negotiating table. Clearly, silence and restraint have not worked. In fact, the exact opposite has happened: while the Security Council has remained silent, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues to escalate with repeated launches and threatening rhetoric. Let us be clear: the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not undertaking its activities defensively in response to threatening behaviour. That self-initiated and unprovoked campaign of ballistic missile launches threatens its neighbours and attempts to undermine the Council.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“At least three were intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); one was an intermediate-range ballistic missile; two were so-called hypersonic weapons; and two were described as a new type of missile for tactical nuclear weapons. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is also reconstructing its nuclear testing site in preparation for a seventh nuclear test. All those ballistic missile launches, as well as a nuclear test, violate Security Council resolutions. They pose threats to regional and international security, and they seek to undermine the global non-proliferation regime.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States of America. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing, and I welcome our colleagues from the Republic of Korea and Japan to our meeting today. The United States strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s 16 April, 4 May and 7 May ballistic missile launches, which were only the latest in a series of ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in recent months — each one a blatant violation of multiple Security Council resolutions. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has conducted 17 — and I must repeat the number because I have heard different numbers in the room today — 17 ballistic missile launches this year alone.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing. I would like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of presidential note S/2017/507, which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Khiari.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9030 (2022) · source
“I would again like to draw the attention of speakers to paragraph 22 of the latest note by the President (S/2017/507), which encourages all participants in Council meetings to deliver their statements in five minutes or less, in line with the Security Council’s commitment to making more effective use of open meetings. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Šefik Džaferović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9029 (2022) · source
“Finally, we want to emphasize the importance of completing the 5+2 agenda, the requirements that must be met before the closure of the Office of the High Representative and the country’s transition from international supervision. Until the 5+2 agenda is completed, the role of the High Representative in ensuring the full implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement remains indispensable. We regret the continued attempts by some members of the Council to undermine the High Representative’s mandate and legitimacy so as to throw out his efforts to bring a permanent enduring stability and prosperity to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to all of its people. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9029 (2022) · source
“And, as we have learned time and time again, differences can only be resolved through dialogue in established institutions and not through obstruction and boycotts. Authorities at all levels must continue to fight against corruption, which is robbing citizens of economic growth and a more prosperous future, undermining its institutions and hindering the country’s chosen Euro-Atlantic path. The most powerful antidote to corruption is democracy. We therefore welcome the decision of the Central Election Commission to call for elections on 2 October. We urge immediate allocation of funds to enable the elections to be carried out. It is the basic duty of any credible democracy to enable its citizens to exercise their right to choose their elected officials.”
2022-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9029 (2022) · source
“Unfortunately, all ethnonationalist leaders, including Bosniak parties, have chosen to employ corruption, fear and division to stay in power. They have eroded trust in the country’s institutions from within. All of the country’s leaders bear responsibility for the challenges it now faces. The United States regrets the growing division and rhetoric that political parties are using to stoke tensions and distract from other issues, including widespread corruption. We appreciate the High Representative’s efforts to calm these tensions and encourage parties to resolve differences through dialogue. Elected officials must return to good governance at all levels of government. Now is the time to advance much-needed progress on necessary anti-corruption reforms, democratic reforms, economic reforms, rule of law reforms and reconciliation.”
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“Specifically, we should all be concerned by steps taken by Mr Milorad Dodik and the Republika Srpska to block State institutions from implementing the will of the people and seize competencies from the State. Republika Srpska authorities are also working to withdraw from the constitutional, legal and institutional order of the State and establish parallel frameworks. I want to be clear: these actions are undemocratic, they are escalatory, they are not in the spirit or letter of Dayton, and they jeopardize the health, prosperity and future of the entire country and its citizens. Calls to obstruct elections or create a new territorial organization by Bosnian Croat leaders are also dangerous and could undermine peace and security in the region.”
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