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Ugarelli

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first: 2019-04-02
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“I would also like to highlight the policy documents that have been formulated, particularly the Addendum adopted to the Madrid Guiding Principles on foreign terrorist fighters (S/2018/ll77, annex), which is a useful tool for States dealing with the challenges of the return and relocation of fighters and their families. I will conclude the section on the CTC by expressing our best wishes for success to the incoming chairmanship of Tunisia under the leadership of Ambassador Moncef Baati, as well as our sincere thanks to all the members of the Committee for their commitment and cooperation, to the Executive Directorate and especially its Executive Director, Assistant Secretary- General Michele Coninsx, for their valuable guidance and continuous support, and to the Secretariat for its essential assistance.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“The Committee also continued to promote the mainstreaming of human rights and the gender approach in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, while reminding Member States that any fight against terrorism must adhere to obligations arising from international law, particularly international human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law. We would like to highlight the valuable participation and contributions made during those meetings by representatives of the public sector and civil society, particularly the world of academia, and to express our thanks for them.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“We would therefore highlight the importance of that cooperation not being limited to United Nations entities, but rather extended to relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, in areas such as technical assistance facilitation, the exchange of experiences and the coordination of collective efforts. Thirdly, I wish to underscore the opportunities offered by the CTC as the preferred forum for discussion on this matter. In that regard, we are delighted to have convened, with the support of the Executive Directorate, 22 briefings and events on specific areas of interest to Member States in the fight against terrorism. The issues we addressed included maritime and civil aviation security, including the use of drones; emerging trends and new threats; and methods of countering terrorist narratives, inter alia.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“In that connection, we note the importance of members ofthe Security Council being the first to consent to such visits and to participate actively in the successful development thereof. Secondly, we consider it essential to foster synergies among the various stakeholders concerned in the fight against the scourge of terrorism. That is why, upon assuming the chairmanship of the Committee, we made it a priority to establish a close and fluid relationship with the recently created United Nations Office of Counter- Terrorism, as well as with the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, which helps to strengthen the United Nations counter-terrorism chain.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“Peru assumed the chairmanship of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC) convinced, based on our own experiences, of the need to unrelentingly combat this scourge in all its manifestations and arenas. I would like to take this opportunity to share three specific points in relation to our work in a position of such high responsibility. First of all, we wish to underscore the relevance of assessment Visits to Member States, which enable the Committee to verify, on the ground, weaknesses and challenges that might require renewed technical assistance; to take stock of new trends and terrorist methods; and to identify good practices so that those can be rendered more systematic. Therefore, over the past two years, the CTC conducted 31 visits to various countries, with the participation of the five permanent members ofthe Council and Peru.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“In that regard, I would like to acknowledge the significant role played by each of the member States of the Council in ensuring that the Residual Mechanism continues strengthening its work, including its judicial agenda, meeting requests for assistance, the preservation of historical archives and the monitoring of cases referred to national courts. We wish the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, and his team every success in their efforts to continue developing this firm and constructive approach to upholding international criminal justice and the fight against impunity. Moreover, I thank the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs and the Security Council Affairs Division for their tireless support over the past two years.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“The Informal Working Group held a series of informal meetings over the past two years, primarily to discuss the biannual reports of the Residual Mechanism, as well as to consider and ultimately adopt both presidential statement S/PRST/2018/6, which established the time frame for the review of the Residual Mechanism's progress, and resolution 2422 (2018), which, in addition to appointing the Prosecutor and renewing the mandate of the Mechanism, approved that review, taking into account the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. The resolution also calls for the cooperation of all States, as it befalls States to execute the sentences and orders handed down, as well as respond to requests for assistance and prosecution.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“We exercise those functions being convinced of the need for the Security Council to remain united in support of the Residual Mechanism, as well as in the preservation of its work and its legacy. Not only has the Mechanism strengthened the fight against impunity and served to deter the perpetrators of such crimes, but it has also promoted reconciliation while making a fundamental impact on the jurisprudential development of international criminal law.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to express my gratitude for this opportunity to share some remarks on the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council that Peru had the honour of steering over the past two years. I would like to begin with the Peruvian chairmanship of the Council's Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, which supports and monitors the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which is currently led by Judge Carmel Agius. The work of the Informal Working Group clearly constitutes an integral component of multilateralism and international law, thereby contributing to effectively addressing the most demanding contemporary global challenges, in particular the fight against impunity for atrocity crimes.”
2019-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8688 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, I affirm Peru's full support for the renewal of the mandate of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which assists the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), and underscore the important work it is doing. We also thank Special Representative Yamamoto and his team for their commendable efforts and wish them every success in continuing their work with resolve in seeking peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8687 (2019) · source
“Achieving sustainable peace will require a broad consensus based on a shared vision for the future. It is therefore necessary that all segments of the Afghan population be adequately represented, including through the meaningful participation of women and young people in political processes. We welcome the initiatives of UNAMA under way, aimed at making progress in that key area. We also believe that it is vital for the international community to step up its contributions to stabilizing and stimulating the local economy, and to set up infrastructure and programmes to create jobs and offer hope and opportunity to the youngest members of the population.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8687 (2019) · source
“We also believe that such an undertaking must necessarily be supported by the firm response of the Council through the various means at its disposal. The persistence of violence is unacceptable and requires this organ to assume greater responsibility. To that end, we believe that it is critical to allay the uncertainty and unease spawned by the delay in reporting the results of the presidential election held at the end of September. We look forward to a timely solution to the technical difficulties so that we can at least receive preliminary results, in line with the proposal made by the Afghan electoral institutions in mid-November. We believe that it is imperative that this be followed up by moderate, responsible and cautious action by the relevant stakeholders that encourages the restoration of a stable environment.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8687 (2019) · source
“We deplore the observed increase in the number of fatalities and injuries among the civilian population from July to September, the highest number since UNAMA began keeping records. The fragile situation compels us to emphasize the urgent need to establish a minimal framework of understanding that could help reverse the negative trends on the ground and lead to the establishment of direct negotiations between the Taliban and Government representatives within the framework of the intra-Afghan dialogue. To that end, we stress the importance for those countries with the most influence on the parties to exert the political pressure necessary to set aside confrontational rhetoric and mutual recriminations and address all differences through diplomatic channels.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8687 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful for the convening of this meeting and for the comprehensive presentations by the briefers, who, from their specific perspectives, described for us a situation that calls urgently for the support of the international community and Security Council action. Peru notes with deep concern the worsening levels ofviolence and suffering in various areas ofAfghanistan that have led to recent fatalities among civilians, many of whom are women and children. We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on a vehicle from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which killed a member of its personnel and wounded five others. We hope that this cowardly act will be subject to exhaustive investigations leading to the identification and appropriate punishment of those responsible.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8687 (2019) · source
“That will necessarily require the establishment of societies that are more open and inclusive of all strata of the population, particularly women and young people.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“A third element, which defines the entire context, lies in the need to complement the counter-terrorism response by addressing the root causes of the conflict from a multidimensional perspective that offers a better quality of life to vulnerable populations and strengthens capacities to promote human rights and the rule of law, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To that end, the international community must contribute effectively to promoting development from its own regional perspectives, particularly in that subregion, where various transition processes are being developed. Along those lines, we believe that there is no better preventive activity for those conflicts than sustainable peacebuilding.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“The situation is exacerbated by terrorist groups that destroy systems capable of providing peaceful solutions to tensions between pastoral and farming groups in a context of degraded farmland and erratic rainfall, or that, by favouring some groups over others or exacerbating inter-ethnic or inter-religious tensions, increase conflict in order to exploit it as a source of human resources for their indiscriminate attacks. It will be necessary for regional organizations, such as the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, to provide spaces for dialogue on those conflicts, while promoting appropriate legislation, the adaptation of new crops and the creation of impact projects that would generate income and employment, especially for young people in rural communities.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“That situation is compounded by the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and natural resources. Such activity corrupts institutions and erodes social fabric. To that end, it is necessary to strengthen neighbourhood cooperation by strengthening intelligence work and border control to deal with those crimes. Secondly, it is also essential to combat the negative influences between terrorism and intercommunal violence, the root causes of which are climate change, demographic pressure and the absence of an effective State presence, among others.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“That can done by strengthening the capacities of States and promoting more effective coordination at the national and international levels; action at those levels must be consistent with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, in order to provide legitimacy to the State's response. We welcome the meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States on that issue, held in Ouagadougou in September. We believe it necessary, in particular, to identify and dismantle the chain of logistical support, including especially in the drug trafficking that has turned West Africa into a subregion of both production and transit to European markets and where terrorist groups exchange money or weapons for their protection at various stages of that criminal process.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“In that regard, we would like to address three central aspects of that problem from the perspective of seeking effective actions to address it, and we firmly condemn the recent attacks that have taken place in the region, particularly that which occurred in the Niger, to whose people and Government we extend our sincerest condolences. First, it is necessary to attack the link between terrorism and organized crime. Resolution 2482 (2019), adopted by the Council in July, specifically seeks to promote actions aimed at deepening understanding of the links between the two phenomena in order to identify, prevent and dismantle them.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We appreciate the convening of this timely meeting and the valuable briefings of the guest speakers. Peru notes with concern the serious threats looming over the West African subregion, which contrast with its vast resources, the resilience of its population and its geostrategic potential to drive its sustainable development. In particular, we refer to the expansion of terrorism and violent extremism and their close connection with organized crime, as well as their roles as an aggravating factor of intercommunal violence.”
2019-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8685 (2019) · source
“Another major challenge that must be addressed is the serious situation facing millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, which requires not only making the necessary financial resources available but especially demonstrating the political will needed to guarantee their safe and dignified return within internationally accepted parameters. In order to achieve that, we highlight the importance of avoiding an escalation of the conflict, which would undermine the prospects for a political solution. An effective ceasefire in Idlib and its surrounding areas is vital in the current circumstances. In conclusion, I want to reaffirm that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Syria and that my delegation will continue to work to put an end to the suffering of the Syrian people and build sustainable peace in the country.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8674 (2019) · source
“We stress how important it is that in addition to those efforts all the parties continue to work on measures that foster an atmosphere of understanding, including by releasing detainees, identifying missing persons and handing over mortal remains. We underscore that progress in that area is not only a gesture of great humanity that can heal open wounds and ease tensions, but also represents an ideal way of advancing Syria's process of political dialogue, accountability and reconciliation. As the Organization has pointed out, it is crucial that the Syrian Government and the opposition focus on achieving more extensive solutions that go beyond the current level of individual and reciprocal exchanges of prisoners towards the simultaneous release of unequally sized groups.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8674 (2019) · source
“We encourage the participants to ensure that the meetings ofthe Committee and the various topics discussed there continue to take place within a framework of transparency, which will enable the international community, and the Council in particular, to monitor and support the implementation of the agreements reached and foster greater trust among all the parties to the peace process. We believe that we are at a critical point, at which it is essential to act quickly on the political front and make concrete commitments in line with resolution 2254 (2015) and the Geneva communique (S/2012/522, annex). The grave humanitarian situation and the latent threat of terrorism in Syria require it.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8674 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful for the convening of this meeting and to Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his comprehensive and very valuable briefing. We acknowledge the intensive work that he has done with a View to bringing the parties closer together, and we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring the success of his mandate. We also thank Ms. Sabah Al Hallak for the information she provided this afternoon. Peru has been closely monitoring the work of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva and welcomes the constructive spirit and willingness to compromise demonstrated by all parties. We hope that will help to find the common ground necessary to move towards a process of national reconciliation.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8674 (2019) · source
“Griffiths in his efforts to prevent further escalation and promote dialogue between the parties, as well as our unwavering commitment to the protection of civilians in all situations and circumstances.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8672 (2019) · source
“Opening Sana'a airport for the delivery of medical supplies and to enable emergency humanitarian evacuations is particularly important, and we hope to see greater flexibility from the Arab coalition and other relevant actors on that sensitive issue. We also welcome the recent fuel supplies that have reached Yemen, although we encourage the promotion of comprehensive solutions to prevent future shortages. To that end, we consider it a matter of urgency to ensure that the international community continues to contribute to stabilizing and reactivating the Yemeni economy in order to consolidate the appreciation in the local currency's value in the past few weeks and to contain the inflation that has wreaked so much havoc among the poorest populations. In conclusion, I want to reaffirm Peru's full support for Mr.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8672 (2019) · source
“We must therefore assume our responsibility to protect the country's most vulnerable citizens, which includes eliminating all obstacles to assistance and all threats to humanitarian personnel in the course of their work. Specifically, we urge the Ansar Allah authorities to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance by the United Nations and other actors in the territory under their control, and to refrain from setting conditions on the location, form or beneficiaries of the aid. We also emphasize that the ports, airports and land routes in Yemen must remain open and operational in accordance with the Council's direction in its various statements.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8672 (2019) · source
“That applies specifically to the renewed willingness to participate in dialogue shown by some of the main stakeholders in the conflict, assisted by the recent hopeful understandings in southern Yemen that we are all aware of. Peru encourages the parties to maintain this dynamic of rapprochement in order to overcome the deep-seated mistrust that still governs their relationship, for which a genuine, good-faith commitment without preconditions is critical. It is essential to make progress in that regard because of the ever-present risk of widespread famine, the persistence of cholera and the collapse of public services and the economy, which have claimed more lives than military action has.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8672 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and we are also grateful to Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller for their valuable briefings. Peru is following developments in Yemen closely. It is clear that in recent months there has been progress on the ground and that the level of violence has decreased. But it is also true that the overall picture remains uncertain and that millions of people are living in conditions of extreme vulnerability. This morning Mr. Griffiths noted some positive political signs, which give us reason for cautious optimism. If acted on quickly and pragmatically, they could lead to concrete progress towards sustainable peace in Yemen.”
2019-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8672 (2019) · source
“In the current fragile situation, we believe that the Council must speak clearly by demanding that the parties act with moderation, prevent further escalation and support the resumption of meaningful dialogue in order to achieve the only viable solution - that of two States living side by side, with secure and mutually recognized borders.”
2019-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8669 (2019) · source
“To that end, we emphasize the urgent need to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip. That involves the prior restoration of control over the area by the Palestinian Authority and providing Israel with the necessary guarantees for its security. We also believe it important to align humanitarian assistance with development plans that offer hope and opportunities to young people. We must also reiterate the need to provide the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East with steady and predictable funding and to mobilize to that end the support of the international community, particularly that of countries with the greatest resources and those committed to peace and stability in the region.”
2019-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8669 (2019) · source
“We must move towards specific steps in that direction. We also regret the relentless expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the development of legislation that seeks to give them a legal status. That settlement policy is closely linked to the increase in demolitions and evictions as well as to the rise in violent incidents against Israeli settlers, who are seen as perpetrators in some cases and victims in others. We note with concern that unilateral statements on such illegal practices may further undermine the territorial integrity of the Palestinian State and the increasingly remote prospects of achieving a two-State solution. Such practices must stop in line with the relevant Council resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016), which are binding.”
2019-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8669 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We welcome the convening of this meeting. We thank Mr. Mladenov and Ms. Hary for their detailed briefings. Peru is following with deep concern the developments in the situation in Palestine. We regret the ongoing hostile dynamics and the unacceptable and unsustainable stalemate in the peace process. We are particularly alarmed by the new escalation in Gaza and its impact in terms of fatalities and injuries. Peru condemns the indiscriminate attacks by Hamas and other extremist groups against Israeli territory as well as Israel's disproportionate responses against the Palestinian people. In such circumstances, we urge the parties directly involved to cease, investigate and punish all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, all terrorist acts and all attacks against civilians.”
2019-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8669 (2019) · source
“To that end, more active participation by regional and subregional organizations and neighbouring States is necessary to bring parties together before violence breaks out.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“In that context, we would like to echo the representative of Germany in highlighting the value of transitional consensus, such as the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, as well as the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. In conclusion, I would like to highlight the importance of preventive diplomacy in addressing the root causes of conflict, especially to prevent human rights violations. Such activities avoid the need to establish reconciliation processes in future.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“In cases linked to atrocity crimes, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, the need for justice and the fight against impunity as well as various forms of recognition and compensation of victims function as conditional factors of credibility towards reconciliation. When this does not occur, the international community, including the Security Council, must assume its responsibility, setting up special political missions, ad-hoc tribunals and referring situations to the International Criminal Court with a view to ensuring that the perpetrators of serious human rights violations and of violations of international humanitarian law answer for their crimes.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“For example, the formation ofpeace, truth and reconciliation commissions clearly illustrated the importance of gaining in-depth understanding of the facts with self-reflective perspective in order to interpret what happened and paving the way to acceptance and forgiveness. Likewise, efforts around events and symbolic gestures are especially valuable, at the same time as establishing comprehensive policies to deal with the memory of what happened, including actions to locate those who disappeared in the course of the conflict, in accordance with resolution 2474 (2019). Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes for former combatants are also an important element of the reconciliation process, which also eliminate a potential threat to peace.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“We therefore share the view that there is no single, invariable model that is applicable to all cases of conflict. However, we believe that they always share certain characteristics. They are voluntary. They recognize that the process must be gradual and multifaceted, and that the restoration of trust and the inclusion of every level of society are crucial to the transformation of political, social and historical relations that must be achieved. In our View, religious, political, social, cultural and media leaders, among others, now have a central role to play, both in creating an environment conducive to the launch of reconciliation politics and in implementing them, while in particular promoting the participation of women and young people. Experience has shown us a range of actions that are useful to those ends.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We welcome your presence at today's meeting, Mr. President. We also commend the Secretary-General and our briefers for their discussion of the best ways to consolidate reconciliation efforts in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Reconciliation is a very complex and multidimensional concept whose implementation in response to the specifics of individual conflict situations has the potential to contribute to re-establishing the possibility of peaceful coexistence and cooperation and transcends the concept of a mere ceasefire. Reconciliation must be understood as a process and a part of a much more ambitious and comprehensive strategy, aimed at identifying and tackling the political, social, legal and economic root causes of conflicts in order to prevent them from recurring.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668 (2019) · source
“This will also require an end to the blatant and persistent violations of the arms embargo imposed by the Council, which only heightens the human cost and creates space for extremist groups to carry out their activities. Such a process must be people-centred and focused on achieving the common good as opposed to strategic or economic interests such as those that characterized the development of this conflict. I wish to conclude by reiterating Peru's deep concern at the inhumane conditions and abuse suffered by thousands of migrants and refugees in detention centres in Libya. We await the urgent action of the Council and of the international community to speed up the process of definitively shuttering such centres, which overtly violate international human rights law.”
2019-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8667 (2019) · source
“In this regard, Peru underscores the need for the parties to return to the negotiating table in pursuit of a political solution in the context of a Libyan-owned process and supported by the United Nations, with a constructive and complementary role being played by regional organizations such as the African Union and other concerned international actors. The Berlin process represents an important step in that direction, in line with the three-step proposal put forward by the Special Representative. This will require an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the establishment of confidence-building measures and processes aimed at ensuring the unification and strengthening of institutions, particularly in the case of the security forces.”
2019-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8667 (2019) · source
“In such circumstances, we deem it vital that those countries with influence on the parties act firmly to bring about the end of such regrettable incidents. This must in addition be guided by efforts to ensure accountability and to identify and duly punish the perpetrators of atrocities. Impunity, just as in other bloody conflicts on the Council's agenda, cannot be tolerated here. We thus welcome the intention of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to assess such situations in its efforts to cooperate with the Libyan authorities.”
2019-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8667 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ugarelli (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): We express our appreciation for the convening of this meeting and for the comprehensive interventions by the briefers, who have described to us an urgent situation requiring the attention of the Council. We also welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Libya. Peru notes with deep concern the escalating violence and suffering in various areas of the Libyan territory, which have resulted in new internally displaced persons, deaths among the civilian population, primarily of women and children, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools. Those indiscriminate attacks represent flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and human rights which, due to their nature, could constitute war crimes.”
2019-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8667 (2019) · source
“We would like to conclude by reiterating our tribute to the thousands of police personnel who carry out complex and important work for peace and security in various missions mandated by the Council in conflict- affected countries, particularly those who have sacrificed their lives in the cause of peace.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source
“Another central element of UNPOL's role is providing support in combating organized crime, which erodes the institutionality required to sustain peace and often has a transnational scope and in many cases fosters corruption and forms a nexus with terrorism. Given all that we have heard, we would like to ask Mr. Abdounasir, the Police Commissioner of MONUSCO, how he has been coordinating at the regional and subregional levels with a view to generating effective synergies to tackle that scourge, which also entails disrupting the dynamics of logistical support.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source
“Also, as some other delegations have pointed out, the contribution of women to these processes has moved from being merely a useful recommendation to a paradigm of efficient and necessary implementation, particularly in ensuring rapprochement with local communities and civil-society organizations, both of women and young people. We appreciate the information shared by the Police Commissioner of UNISFA, Ms. Gahonzire, on the coordination with joint security committees to address the presence of armed groups. We would like to ask her about the role played by female police in that context, particularly in promoting dialogue and rapprochement with local communities.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source
“That is central to helping create conditions that support ongoing political processes, such as for example the efforts to explain national agreements to the local population in the Central African Republic, an imperative in the current context, with a view to reducing the persistent violence across the country and at the same time promoting the involvement of local authorities. In that regard, I would like to ask Ms. Fitah-Kona what her experience was of the police personnel deployed in Bangui in their efforts to generate a close relationship with the local population in order to come up more efficient plans for prevention, early warning and police intelligence. How could those links be strengthened in order to attain those objectives?”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source
“In the case ofMINUSMA, the protection ofcivilians and the most vulnerable is an essential function that also helps to reduce intercommunal violence and restore the presence of the State throughout the country. Police Commissioner Yacouba referred to some strategies for contributing to expanding the numbers and presence of police in various areas across the country. I would like to ask him what the main difficulties are in achieving that objective. We also underscore the importance of fostering capacities for improving involvement and interaction with civil society and its respect, with a view to building greater trust among the population.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source
“In that vein, the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping of the United Nations Police (UNPOL) constitutes a central tool for generating common action guidelines that can be replicated in management, recruitment and training processes and in performance evaluation mechanisms. In that regard, we want to emphasize the fundamental role of the work of promoting, protecting and respecting international humanitarian law and international human rights law, a principle that is incorporated into each of the aspects of UNPOL's work. That is particularly evident in the strengthening of national institutions and capacities aimed at restoring and maintaining security and public order and at ensuring access to justice and accountability for crimes.”
2019-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8661 (2019) · source