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first: 2002-10-22
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“Among other things, we would like MONUC to help catalyse the international community's work on security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to give early attention to the support for the election process that MONUC and the international community must deliver. We would welcome early recommendations from MONUC and the Secretary- General on that point, concerning election support. I shall now make some points about the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As our mission report underlines, instability in that part of the country has an impact on the whole Great Lakes region. To address that problem, leaders in the region must collaborate and must use their many agreed mechanisms, not threats and inflammatory language. The threats from Rwanda, even while the Council's mission was under way, were unacceptable.”
2004-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5096 (2004) · source
“I should now like to make three points about the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and its functioning. The first relates to our concern that the issue of sexual exploitation should be gripped hard immediately. Urgent investigation and rapid action by the United Nations and troop-contributing countries is essential. The second point is that it is also essential that MONUC should use its enhanced resources effectively. We think that that means focusing on security-sector reform, on disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement (DDRRR) and on elections. The third point is that this is going to be extremely demanding for MONUC in 2005.”
2004-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5096 (2004) · source
“That makes essential rigorous pursuit of the road map by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That in turn requires the espace pre'sidentiel to work together and with Parliament. It also requires their collaboration with the international community, especially the International Committee in Support of the Transition (CIAT). My Government considers it extremely important that all three joint commissions of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and CIAT - that is, the commissions on security- sector reform, elections and legislation - should get under way. We welcomed President Kabila's assurance to the mission, when we met him, that all three would be up and running before the end of the year.”
2004-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5096 (2004) · source
“I would like to begin by joining others in thanking Ambassador De La Sabliere for his superb leadership of the Council's mission. The delegation of the Netherlands has already delivered a statement on behalf of the European Union, and I associate my delegation with that statement. I want to begin where my German colleague left off. Our efforts are about peace for ordinary people. We met impressive representatives of civil society in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. I should like to make a few remarks about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, underlining some of the recommendations from the mission's report (S/2004/934). Civil society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo clearly wants elections, and peace through elections, in 2005.”
2004-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5096 (2004) · source
“Fourthly and finally, like the Secretary-General, we welcome both the work of United Nations agencies and the role of bilateral and multilateral assistance in Timor-Leste. All of that plays an important role in facilitating the transition from a peacekeeping operation to a traditional, sustainable-development assistance-framework. For its part, the United Kingdom is working with Australia and with the Timorese Government and people to provide training and assistance to the Timorese police. Under that programme, the first in a series of "train-the-trainers" courses began on 11 October.”
2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source
“We encourage both countries to work together to resolve that issue as swiftly as possible. Secondly, we very much recognize the difficulties faced by the Government of Timor-Leste in addressing the veterans issue - on which Mr. Hasegawa has briefed us - and the violence between martial-arts groups. We urge the Government to continue its efforts to address those issues in a manner that is consistent with humanitarian law. Thirdly, we welcome the launching by the Timorese Government of a reporting process on its implementation of seven core human rights treaties to which Timor-Leste has acceded. We see that as an important signal of the Government's determination to ensure the full implementation of those treaties.”
2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source
“We acknowledge the important role of UNMISET in helping the Timorese people and Government to address those challenges in the remaining months ahead. In that respect, we note the Secretary-General's recommendation that UNMISET should maintain its current tasks, composition and size until May 2005. If there is to be no further drawdown of UNMISET before its final departure, then it is all the more important that the Mission should prepare and begin the implementation of an effective exit strategy without further delay. I wanted to make only four brief points, rather than a comprehensive statement. First, we welcome the continued strengthening of Timor-Leste's relations with Indonesia, but we note with disappointment that an agreement has still not been reached on delineation of the land border.”
2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source
“The representative of the Netherlands will shortly be making a statement on behalf of the European Union in this discussion. The United Kingdom fully subscribes to that statement. Like the two previous speakers, I should like warmly to welcome to this meeting Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), and to thank him for his briefing, and to thank him and the civilian police and military components of UNMISET under him for the work that they have been carrying out. The Secretary-General's report (S/2004/888) makes clear that Timor-Leste continues to make progress towards self-sufficiency. But, as the Secretary-General also points out, major challenges remain.”
2004-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5076 (2004) · source
“I had not intended to speak about this matter today, but Lord Ashdown has spoken with feeling about it. It sounds as though the United Nations needs to get more of a grip on this issue. Lord Ashdown spoke of the eventual phasing out of the Office of the High Representative. We agree that he is right to highlight the fact that the use of the Bonn powers has evolved and should continue to evolve. In conclusion, I would like to underline our feeling that important changes in the role of the High Representative and his Office should reflect progress on the ground, rather than any preconceived idea of what should come next. The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board will, I know, be considering those issues in due course.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“The rate of progress to date reflects, among other things, the excellent relationship between the EUFOR Commander, Major General Leakey, and the current SFOR Commander and future senior NATO military representative, General Schook, and we are certain that that close cooperation will continue to the benefit of the effectiveness of both organizations on the ground. The fact that NATO has made clear its continued commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina is very important. The presence of NATO troops has been key to all that has been achieved since 1995, and NATO will continue to play a vital, although different, role after EUFOR takes over the main peace stabilization role. We should all welcome that. I would like next to say a brief word on police decertification.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“I would like to say to the Foreign Minister that it is important that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia, be in no doubt about the importance that the Security Council attaches to this issue. Turning to my next point, the developing relationship between NATO and the European Union- led force (EUFOR), we believe that we are on track for a smooth transition from the Stabilization Force (SFOR) to an EU military mission, which will be led for the first year by my country, the United Kingdom. The remaining NATO presence will also continue to play an important role.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“More immediately, it represents a fundamental barrier to membership of the Partnership for Peace and to the opening of negotiations on a stabilization and association agreement. The statistic that Lord Ashdown gave us, that not one single fugitive indictee has been arrested in the course of nine years in the Republika Srpska, is a very sobering one. Until the ICTY issue is resolved, the path to the European Union and to NATO - where we firmly believe Bosnia and Herzegovina's future lies - will remain blocked. The Security Council has made clear on a number of occasions the obligation on all Member States, in particular those in the region, to do all they can to bring fugitive ICTY indictees - in particular Karadzic, Mladic and Gotovina - to trial in The Hague.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“The first concerns the issue of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The extent of the progress made in the past two years - progress to which I referred earlier - is reflected in the fact that two key milestones of Euro- Atlantic integration - membership of NATO's Partnership for Peace and negotiations on a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union - are within Bosnia's grasp. But as Lord Ashdown has made eloquently clear, Bosnia and Herzegovina's failure and, much more specifically, the Republika Srpska's failure, to grasp the nettle of ICTY cooperation represents a fundamental barrier to the realization of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Euro-Atlantic aspirations.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“I would like to thank both Lord Ashdown and the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina for their very helpful, focused briefings to the Council this morning. What they had to say to us is a sharp reminder of just how very extensive, detailed, delicate and painstaking the work is to build a post-conflict State. I want particularly to thank Lord Ashdown's team, and Lord Ashdown personally, for his role in the significant achievements of the past two years. Much of the progress that we have seen and that we have had catalogued for us this morning would not have been possible without the drive, determination and dedication of Lord Ashdown and his team. Given the comprehensive nature of the two briefings and the European Union's statement to be made later, I would like to limit my remarks to just four brief points.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“I, too, would like to begin with some brief remarks about the passing of President Yasser Arafat. We know that the Palestinian people are today feeling a tremendous loss. Yasser Arafat was a significant figure in the Middle East who played an important role. He led the Palestinians to acceptance of a two-State solution. Negotiations are the way to achieve that. We are determined to continue our efforts to reach that goal, and we hope and expect that all concerned in the region and in the international community will remain similarly determined. Turning to our discussion on Bosnia and Herzegovina, I should like first to associate myself with the statement to be made later by the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union.”
2004-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5075 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council notes that, as of 30 September 2004, 78 States had not submitted their respective reports to the CTC on time as set out in resolution 1373 (2001). It calls on them urgently to do so, in order to maintain the universality of response which resolution 1373 (2001) requires. "The Security Council invites the CTC to continue reporting on its activities at regular intervals and expresses its intention to review the structure and activities of the CTC in January 2005." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2004/37. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.15pm.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council invites the CTC to continue preparing and begin sending to Member States assessments of their assistance needs for eventual sharing with interested donor States and organizations, and to accelerate the preparations for the first visits to Member States, with their consent, in order to enhance the monitoring of the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) and facilitate the provision of technical and other assistance for such implementation. "The Security Council, recalling paragraph 7 of resolution 1566 (2004), invites the CTC to start, in consultation with relevant international, regional and subregional organizations and United Nations bodies, to develop a set of best practices to assist States in implementing the provisions of resolution 1373 (2001) related to the financing of terrorism.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council notes the importance of continuing the CTC's efforts to enhance the capabilities of Member States to combat terrorism; to identify and address the problems faced by States in implementing resolution 1373 (2001); to facilitate the provision of technical assistance adjusted to the countries' needs; to encourage the largest possible number of States to become parties to the international conventions and protocols related to counter-terrorism, and to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with international, regional and subregional organizations acting in the areas outlined by resolution 1373 (2001).”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“These measures will embrace further work to increase the Committee's capacity, including through enhanced cooperation with the Al Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“"The Security Council recalls the statement by its President on 19 July 2004 (S/PRST/2004/26), resolution 1535 (2004), which indicated the Council's intention to review the structure and activities of the CTC, and resolution 1566 (2004) emphasizing additional measures aimed at strengthening international cooperation in combating terrorism. "The Security Council invites the CTC to pursue its agenda as set out in the work programme for the CTC's thirteenth 90-day period (S/2004/820) focusing on practical measures to implement resolution 1535 (2004) on the revitalization of the Committee, including implementation of the organizational plan for the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, and resolution 1566 (2004).”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Thank you, Ambassador Denisov. After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council, "The Security Council welcomes the briefing by the Chairman of the CTC on the work of the Committee. "The Security Council reaffirms that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, whenever and by whomsoever committed.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Thank you for that thought- provoking final intervention. That exhausts the list of speakers that I have under rule 37. I shall now give the floor to the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, Mr. Andrey Denisov, to offer any final comments that he may wish to make.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“We have 17 speakers on our list, including Colombia, who has joined the list of speakers. I now give the floor to the representative of Peru.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source
“I still have some 16 speakers remaining on my list. Looking at the time, and with the concurrence of increasingly hungry members of the Council, I therefore intend to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1:10 p.m.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“The quite separate, new Security Council working group to be set up in accordance with resolution 1566 (2004) will no doubt also want to remain in close contact with the existing Committees and to draw on their expertise. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I would like to explain that as another measure to optimize the use of our time, in order to allow as many delegations to take the floor as possible this morning, I will not individually invite speakers to take seats at the table and invite them to resume their seats on the side. Rather, when a speaker is taking the floor, the Conference Officer will seat the next speaker on the list at the table, as they have already done. I now give the floor to the representative of Japan.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“On 8 October, the Council adopted resolution 1566 (2004). That important resolution, among other points, makes clear the Council's wish that the CTED should start work as soon as possible. It also asks the CTC to prepare a set of best practices for States in a particular area of concern - terrorist financing - and we look forward to participating in that work. Finally, I would like to say that we also support the call in resolution 1566 (2004) for enhanced cooperation between the three Security Council Committees that are tackling terrorism: the CTC, the Committee on Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions created pursuant to Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) and the Committee created pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“I call on them also to let the Committee know of any problems they are facing in meeting those deadlines and any problems they are facing in putting in place counter- terrorism measures domestically. The Committee, we know, is as keen as ever to help all States tackle terrorism. If that includes difficulties in reporting, I hope that the CTC can assist. Its assistance will soon include visits by the Committee to States to offer assistance and to assess whether that assistance would be beneficial to support implementation on the ground that meets the standards that the United Nations has called for. We look forward to the early start of such visits and hope that they will both help States to overcome their difficulties in implementing counter-terrorism measures and contribute to ever-more-effective barriers to terrorist activity.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“The CTC continues to work on two priority areas: first, promoting ratification of the international conventions and, secondly, encouraging and assisting States with the domestic implementation of measures to combat terrorism. The measure of the success of the Committee is not how many reports are written, or even whether they are written. The measure of success is, of course, effective steps taken on the ground that make it more difficult for terrorists to operate. But the problem is that, without reports from States, the Committee will not know whether we all are taking the necessary steps or not. So, recognizing the difficulties some States have in producing reports, my delegation nevertheless calls on all States that have missed a deadline for replying to the Committee to reply quickly.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“Not all of it will be apparent to colleagues or others in the Chamber; he has done a great deal behind the scenes on behalf of the Committee. Since this is quite likely to be the only open meeting of the Council in which he speaks as CTC Chairman, I should like to thank him very warmly for his personal contribution and that of his delegation to keeping the CTC working efficiently in a period of change. It is also good that we have with us Ambassador Ruperez, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. We very much welcome his efforts and those of his team to prepare the work and the functioning of the CTED, and, like others, we look forward to seeing it up and running as soon as possible.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom, and, in that capacity, fully associate my delegation with the statement to be made by the Ambassador of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union and the candidate countries. As all speakers so far this morning have underlined, the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is as important today as when it started. We have been reminded of numerous and repeated examples of the scourge of terrorism in recent weeks. Terrorism knows no boundaries and respects no political point of view. Against that backdrop, the persistent efforts of the CTC and of United Nations Member States remain crucial, we are convinced. My delegation is particularly grateful to Ambassador Denisov for his work.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“I thank Mr. Ruperez for his very welcome first briefing to the Council. In accordance with the understanding reached among Council members, I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. In addition to the members of the Council, 23 countries have asked to speak. Therefore, delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I shall now give the floor to the members of the Council.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“Javier Ruperez, Executive Director of the Counter- Terrorism Executive Directorate. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Ruperez to take a seat at the Council table. The Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I wish to draw the attention of members to document S/2004/820, containing the text of a letter dated 15 October 2004 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism addressed to the President of the Security Council. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Andrey Denisov, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Andrey Denisov, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism. It is so decided. I invite Mr. Andrey Denisov to take a seat at the Council table. In accordance with the understanding also reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Bangladesh, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Samoa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda and Ukraine in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059 (2004) · source
“"The Council notes with concern that the requirements set out in resolution 1559 (2004) have not been met, as reported by the Secretary- General. The Council urges relevant parties to implement fully all provisions of this resolution, and welcomes the Secretary-General's readiness to assist the parties in this regard. "The Security Council appreciates the Secretary-General's intention to keep the Council updated. It requests that he continue to report on the implementation of the resolution to the Council every six months." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2004/ 36. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.25 am.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5058 (2004) · source
“After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 3 October 2004 (S/2004/777) on the implementation of resolution 1559 (2004) of 2 September 2004. "The Security Council takes note of the letter from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon dated 5 October (S/2004/794) and of the note verbale from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic dated 6 October 2004 (S/2004/796). "The Security Council reaffirms its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognized borders.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5058 (2004) · source
“The Security Council will continue its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1559 (2004) contained in document S/2004/777. I wish to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/2004/794, which contains the text of a letter dated 5 October 2004 from the representative of Lebanon, addressed to the Secretary-General. I also wish to draw attention to document S/2004/796, which contains the text of a note verbale dated 6 October 2004 from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic addressed to the President of the Council.”
2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5058 (2004) · source
“Once again, concerted international support for the rebuilding of national security and police institutions, together with further disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), will be vital in this respect. But the Afghan Government can also do more, including by stopping the appointment of known human rights violators to Government posts.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“There are no shortcuts to success in what is a hugely complex and long-term problem. If the challenge is to be met, we and others in the international community will need to continue to work together. The building blocks are in place, but we need to consolidate our activity on the ground; of course, increased security across Afghanistan and tackling corrupting will be key. I wanted to close with a word on human rights, which are a cause for concern. We share the Secretary- General's assessment, and we call on the Afghan Government to consider seriously the forthcoming report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights Violations and on transitional justice. We see improvements in human rights as inextricably linked to further improvements in security and governance.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“The United Kingdom sees it as vital that the promises or undertakings given by presidential election candidates to disarm or distance themselves from operational control of militia forces are upheld. We think that the period between presidential and parliamentary elections offers a particular opportunity to make rapid advances on DDR. It is important that that opportunity should be seized. The international community must continue to identify ways to offer effective support in this area. Given our role as lead nation, the United Kingdom knows, perhaps better than others around this table, just how big another long-term challenge is: that of counter-narcotics. We continue to attach the highest priority to tackling drugs in Afghanistan. As the Secretary-General's report (S/2004/634) makes clear, tackling the problem is a daunting challenge.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“That emphasizes the importance of building capacity to enable Afghans to provide for their own security, even if in the meantime it continues to fall to the international community to provide the necessary security assistance through ISAF and its provincial reconstruction teams, as well as through ongoing coalition activity. So we need to focus also on building the criminal justice system and boosting the delivery of justice and the rule of law. In other words, there are long-term challenges as well as the short-term one of 9 October. One of those challenges is progress on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR). Progress has been slow but, as we have heard this morning, there is solid progress to report in the context of the difficult circumstances on the ground.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“It is not a question, I think, of asking some to do more than others, but of asking everyone - the international community, including Afghanistan's neighbours - to do even more to support Afghanistan in ensuring that elections are free from intimidation and violence. And I think that Mr. Arnault will agree that it is important to use the remaining days before 9 October to ensure that voter turnout will be high on 9 October among Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan as well as inside Afghanistan. But as many speakers before me have pointed out, promising though electoral registration has been, the security situation remains fragile and very troubling. Beyond the elections, there will still be security challenges.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“It is eloquent, I think, that the Taliban and other undemocratic forces are, as we have heard this morning, specifically targeting the electoral process. They know that successful elections will be their defeat. The Istanbul NATO summit in June agreed to the expansion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); the subsequent agreement to deploy resources to assist the Afghans to provide security for the electoral process is important. But those resources have to be deployed as quickly as possible. It is equally important that the momentum behind ISAF expansion not be lost and that ISAF now push on into the west of the country. But Ambassador Akram is not wrong to focus on the situation in the south and the west of the country in particular. We are concerned at the lack of political freedoms there.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“We are all focused this morning in particular on the election process, and I think that the high level of voter registration represents, if nothing else, a huge technical achievement by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and by Afghan and international election personnel, who have displayed considerable courage and skill in achieving this result. But it is more than just a technical achievement: it is a major political development. It is a demonstration of the remarkable determination of the Afghan people to exercise their new democratic rights. It is not perfect, but it suggests that the time of the men of violence is coming to an end. There is now a prospect for channelling Afghanistan's development through peaceful political channels.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“I would like to ask you, Mr. President, please to convey the United Kingdom's condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation on the double air disaster that you suffered yesterday. My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made shortly by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union. I want to start by thanking Jean Arnault, not only for what I found a very coherent briefing but also for the enormous efforts that his team and he himself have made.”
2004-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5025 (2004) · source
“Here, we welcome the trend towards shorter trials, which is helped by the innovative measures that President Mose has introduced. All, of course, will not be plain sailing. Budget arrears are one possible threat to the ICTR's completion strategy and we will explore with Security Council colleagues, among others, how to encourage States to pay their dues. I want to note and agree with Prosecutor J allow's belief that it is important to explore the possibility of transferring cases to African countries where certain suspects are now detained. Perhaps he could comment on whether he will be advising on the conditions necessary to allow that to happen. We assume, of course, that the majority of cases to be transferred will go to Rwandan jurisdiction.”
2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999 (2004) · source
“Continuing non-compliance will frustrate any aspirations of Serbia and Montenegro to closer integration with Euro-Atlantic structures. We think that continuing hesitation is unacceptable. Claims of ignorance about the whereabouts of indictees are not sufficient. It is Serbia and Montenegro's duty to assist in their arrest and extradition to The Hague. Turning to the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), I should like to applaud the approach which puts the completion strategy at the centre of the overall management of the Tribunal. We welcome the evidence of shared responsibility throughout the Tribunal's organs for the overall work of the Tribunal, including the completion strategy, and we are encouraged that the ICTR appears likely to meet its completion strategy.”
2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999 (2004) · source
“Bosnia's failure to cooperate fully with the ICTY, as we have heard this morning, represents, we think, a fundamental obstacle to Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic relations, so we call on the Republika Srpska authorities to demonstrate a credible and sustained effort to track down and transfer all fugitive indictees, in particular Radovan Karadzic, to The Hague. We fully support Lord Ashdown in his efforts to ensure that Bosnia and Herzegovina makes the changes necessary to be able to meet its ICTY obligations. Turning to Serbia and Montenegro, we expect that Mr. Tadic's election will now enable the Government to take action to meet its international obligations, for cooperation is certainly a requirement, not an option.”
2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999 (2004) · source
“This is really key to making efficient use of trial time. The United Kingdom is determined to maintain appropriate pressure on all countries to meet their obligations to cooperate with the Tribunal, assisting in the apprehension of fugitives and providing access to documents. We welcome Croatia's step change in cooperation with the ICTY. We think it important that Croatia continue to cooperate fully and, in particular, take steps to locate and transfer to The Hague fugitive indictee Ante Gotovina.”
2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999 (2004) · source
“My delegation believes that we should give some consideration to allowing trial judges who are not re-elected to complete their cases where those cases are over six months old. I would welcome President Meron's views on that. A third question that is important for the completion strategy and its timetable is that of the transfer of cases to the region. We welcome the Prosecutor's plans to conduct a further review of cases in 2005, but I do want to underline our View that the key indictees - Mladic, Karadzic and Gotovina - have to be tried at the ICTY. I note also and take account of President Meron's more general point about the distinction between senior and less senior indictees. A fourth and really important area for timely progress on the completion strategy is the delivery of at-large indictees to The Hague.”
2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999 (2004) · source