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first: 2017-02-02
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“Leading countries are unable to reach a compromise and find common ground for negotiations that will build mechanisms for countering the threat of chemical weapons. It is regrettable that such weapons of mass destruction, which had been relegated to the past, are being used again. As a country affected by the consequences of weapons of mass destruction, we remain firmly committed to the fight against the use of chemical weapons and are ready to take constructive part in the development of an investigative tool. Kazakhstan counts on and looks forward to an ongoing, comprehensive, objective and transparent investigation into the incident, in accordance with existing norms of international law.”
2018-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8237 (2018) · source
“As it happens, the same subject is also the Achilles heel of the Council, as it is becoming increasingly difficult for us to pass judgment since we are not experts on the chemical substances used in this particular incident. It is also difficult to maintain the constructive dialogue and goodwill required to reach balanced and consensus-based decisions because of increased politicization surrounding the issue. The confrontational spirit and rhetoric in the Council are being transferred to other forums and platforms, including The Hague discourse, where States parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are also becoming divided. It is now a challenge for them to hold professional and exclusively technical discussions on highly important issues.”
2018-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8237 (2018) · source
“We thank High Representative Nakamitsu for providing us with an update on the current status of the ongoing investigation into the incident that took place in Salisbury. We would also like to share the following observations. Kazakhstan closely follows the developments of the case, which is undoubtedly a blatant and unacceptable criminal use of chemical weapons. At the same time, it is clear that there are no conclusive findings on those responsible. The case definitely requires further objective and transparent investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the crime. Regrettably, the subject of the use of chemical weapons has become a regular item on the agenda of the Security Council.”
2018-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8237 (2018) · source
“Lastly, we also call upon the parties to the conflict to demonstrate sincerity and flexibility, to avoid disagreements in the course of consultations and to properly resolve complex issues, in particular the withdrawal of forces, disarmament and the formation of a Government of national consent, in order to achieve a comprehensive settlement, taking into account the national conditions in Yemen and the concerns of all parties. We fully agree with the words of the Secretary- General that a negotiated political settlement, through inclusive intra-Yemeni dialogue, is the only solution.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22 million people - three quarters of the population - in need of humanitarian aid and protection. Under such critical conditions, it is important that the United Nations initiate a plan for further action. We were pleased that, in Geneva on 3 April, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and more than 30 other countries generously pledged over $2 billion to support the humanitarian response in Yemen. Kazakhstan was also part of that effort. We endorse the Secretary-General's View that humanitarian resources are very important, but they are not enough. It is essential that they reach people in need.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“The search for a peaceful resolution to the conflict through dialogue and confidence-building measures should be intensified, and an urgent, universal ceasefire without preconditions must be reached. Victory cannot be achieved exclusively by military means. It is necessary to prevent the splitting of the country. All parties in Yemen must seek compromises and reject unilateral decisions that could harm the peace process. At the same time, the parties to the conflict are obliged to refrain from committing acts that could lead to an escalation of the regional situation and insecurity. It is not acceptable to conduct rocket attacks against civilian targets on the territory of Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan strongly condemns those attacks. All parties should exercise restraint amid mounting tensions. A military escalation is not a solution.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“However, the cessation of hostilities will provide an opportunity to revive the economy, resolve the humanitarian crisis and restore basic public services to the population, which has been severely affected over the past three years. Achieving that goal should be a priority for the Council. In general, the Security Council should work more resolutely to resolve the Yemeni conflict and focus on stabilizing the situation in the entire region, combating terrorism, implementing the humanitarian mission in order to preserve civilian lives, and bringing about an end to the war in the country. The Special Envoy plays a key role in that regard. We have repeatedly said that balanced external support for a settlement in Yemen could effectively complement the work of the Special Envoy.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“On the political track, we are alarmed by the resurgence of hostilities in Yemen, particularly in Yemen's southern Al-Hudaydah governorate, which is about 100 kilometres south of Al-Hudaydah port, and in the Sana'a governorate in northern Yemen. Air strikes and clashes have also intensified in neighbouring Al-Jawf governorate. Kazakhstan therefore calls on all parties to commit themselves to establishing a new regime for the cessation of hostilities. Such a temporary respite would create conditions for the resumption of negotiations. It is obvious that solving all outstanding issues and stabilizing the country will require many years of additional effort and the involvement of the international community.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“As of 1 March, the World Food Programme had provided over 6 million people with emergency food assistance and nearly 2 million people with safe drinking water by rehabilitating urban water systems and rural water programmes and water was delivered to nearly 375,000 of the most vulnerable internally displaced persons. My delegation welcomes the coalition's decision to keep open all of Yemen's main ports, including Al-Hudaydah and Saleef, in order to allow access to humanitarian and commercial cargo without restrictions, similar to the previous situation when Yemen was importing 90 per cent of its food staples. Maintaining the flow of those imports is absolutely essential for humanitarian assistance.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“Over 2 million people, 90 per cent of whom fled their homes more than a year ago, still remain displaced across the country owing to the conflict. It is necessary to increase humanitarian emergency aid and provide unhindered access to all areas of Yemen. We emphasize that all obligations under international humanitarian law must be respected and all parties must take responsibility to mitigate the humanitarian situation by cooperating fully with the United Nations and relevant humanitarian organizations. The large-scale vaccination campaign to control the spread of diphtheria in Yemen, undertaken by WHO, UNICEF and health authorities, is noteworthy. That campaign targeted nearly 2.7 million children between the ages of6 weeks and 15 years old in 11 governorates.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“I join others in congratulating Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on his first briefing in the Chamber. I thank him for his initial report and convey our readiness to extend our full support to him and his mission. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his briefing. We commend the sterling contribution of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), especially in providing increased medical supplies and rendering life-saving services and surgical procedures. Kazakhstan reiterates its support for the selfless commitment of OCHA and other humanitarian organizations to easing the suffering of the Yemeni people in their present difficult circumstances. Since the start of this month, humanitarian partners have provided about 60,000 people with emergency assistance.”
2018-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8235 (2018) · source
“In conclusion, we are ready to work with the international community as part of every multilateral effort that promotes the central elements of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the new agenda for peace related to gender empowerment.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Training on gender equality for the armed and security forces and deploying women in United Nations peacekeeping operations are also priorities. Attheregionallevel,we are focusingonAfghanistan, with a multidimensional approach to conflict prevention and resolution, recovery and reintegration, accompanied by humanitarian and development assistance that is carried out by strengthening the security-development nexus. In cooperation with Japan and the United Nations Development Programme, Kazakhstan has launched a project for gender equality in Afghanistan, which also focuses on providing policy support and capacity development. At the international level, we are contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, which funds projects in post-conflict settings.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Peacekeeping missions must include protecting civilians, especially women and girls, as a fundamental element in their mandates, including greater recruitment of women military and police officers. Besides that, all troops and police contingents should have full training prior to and during deployment. We support the deployment of women's protection advisers to peacekeeping missions, with ensured long-term and sustainable funding for their work. Kazakhstan integrates the women and peace and security agenda in its national legislation, including formulating new strong pro-women policies that will guarantee women's engagement in decision-making at all levels in the political and economic life of the country.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“We absolutely agree with all the briefers today and with the report of the Secretary-General that the international community should ensure accountability for all cases of sexual violence in conflict and bring about a resolute end to impunity. State and non-State parties to a conflict must be pressured to comply with international law. States need to work with Security Council sanctions committees, which must include, where appropriate, sexual violence as designated criteria for sanctions against individuals and organized networks. We strongly believe that preventing sexual exploitation and abuse by the peacekeepers should be an absolute priority, with zero tolerance for such offences.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Sultana so eloquently argued, victims should receive full, competent and speedy attention, with increased access to health care, psychosocial support, legal assistance and socioeconomic reintegration, along with improved camp management. We must support the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of displaced populations and refugees. Cooperation with religious leaders, civil society and local communities is most important in order to change extremist narratives, shift the stigma of sexual violence from the victims to the perpetrators, promote education and create awareness around the empowerment of women. The entire community often needs healing, and therefore this must be given full attention in the context of truth and reconciliation commissions and transitional justice.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“High-level field visits by the Security Council and the United Nations, such as the African Union-United Nations joint mission to African countries led by the Deputy Secretary-General in July 2017, are important to create awareness around the women and peace and security agenda, and should become a regular practice. Sexual violence affects every aspect of a survivor's life. The Secretary-General's report underscores the fact that conflict-related sexual violence leads to the stigmatization of victims and the devastation of physical and economic security, especially ofdisplaced, minority and rural women. Therefore, as Ms.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“The State has the primary responsibility for enacting legislation to respond to sexual violence and for strengthening the law enforcement and criminal justice system, in addition to increasing the representation of women in the military and police services. National legislative responses around the world should be harmonized and made compatible with United Nations standards. We commend the Team of Experts for its continuing technical assistance to Member States and call on the international community to ensure the needed funding for the Team.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“All efforts by United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict require improved coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, INTERPOL, and regional and subregional organizations and initiatives, such as the African Women Leaders Network, in the areas of prevention, information-sharing and documentation, assistance to Victims, training of security forces, legal assistance and exchange of good practices in combating sexual violence. It is also crucial to bring women to the negotiating table at the highest levels and to emphasize the responsibility of host Governments and regional organizations to provide momentum.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Despite the robust normative framework and the progress achieved, conflict-related sexual violence remains at an alarmingly high level. More troubling yet, sexual violence is aggravated by human trafficking and is used as a tactic of war and source of income by armed groups, terrorist organizations and transnational organized crime networks. This scourge therefore requires concerted and well-coordinated cross-national interventions with a One United Nations approach.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Kazakhstan thanks the Peruvian presidency for highlighting the need to prevent conflict-related sexual violence by ensuring empowerment, gender equality and access to justice. We commend Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, for so succinctly presenting the key aspects of the Secretary-General's report (S/2018/250), as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, on the important work of her Office. We also thank Ms. Razia Sultana for her passionate and informative, although horrifying, analysis of the situation concerning sexual violence against Rohingya women and women of other ethnic groups in Myanmar. Kazakhstan supports the findings and recommendations of the Secretary-General's annual report.”
2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source
“Kazakhstan abstained in the voting today on draft resolution S/2018/355 because we believe that all disputes among States should be resolved through peaceful dialogue and constructive negotiations on the basis of equal responsibility for peace and security. As I mentioned in my statement earlier today, we call for all parties to refrain from actions that could aggravate tensions and cause the situation to spiral out of control.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“Military means will not work; only political solutions will succeed. My President warned that there will be no winners in any modern war, as everyone will be on the losing side. He proposed to work towards the total elimination of war and a world without conflict. Finally, we again call upon all relevant parties to persist in diplomatic efforts, seek political solutions, engage in dialogue and support the United Nations as the main mediation channel. Kazakhstan is ready to work with all colleagues to preserve peace and security on the basis of mutual understanding, goodwill and determination to make the world a safer place.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“All parties at the international, regional and Syrian levels should support an immediate ceasefire and seriously and objectively move forward without any preconditions within the framework of the International Syria Support Group, under the auspices of the United Nations Office in Geneva. We believe that the Syrian people are capable of determining their own future. However, achieving their aspirations for democracy, reconstruction and stability is impossible without genuine international support to contain the negative impact of spoilers and to help Syrians combat terrorism and build their State on a firm and stable foundation. Kazakhstan has always stood for dialogue and the resolution of international conflicts. All parties must ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“We must also respect the sovereignty of States Members of the United Nations and the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter. We urgently need apolitical solution. Onlyapolitical, diplomatic approach, dialogue and confidence-building measures in the spirit of the Charter and Security Council documents on preventive diplomacy and sustaining peace can bring about proper results. We therefore call upon the international community to show political will to overcome differences and resume negotiations, in the belief that only a United Nations- led political transition in accordance with resolution 2254 (2015) can end the Syrian conflict, which, in turn, can advance only if the Council is united. There is great need to continue to support the aims of the Astana talks and further the Geneva negotiations in order to see positive results.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“We would like to remind the members of the Council that Kazakhstan's principled position is not only to condemn in the strongest terms the use of weapons of mass destruction by anyone, in particular against the civilian population, but also to resolve conflicts exclusively by peaceful means. President Nazarbayev stressed in his manifesto that the main tools for resolving disputes among States should be peaceful dialogue and constructive negotiations on the basis of equal responsibility for peace and security, mutual respect and non-inference in the domestic affairs of other States. Preventing the escalation of conflict and ending wars are the most challenging tasks; there are no other reasonable options. World leaders must treat such tasks as the highest priority on the global agenda.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“It is important to conduct a thorough, objective and impartial investigation into all aspects of the alleged chemical attack in Douma so as to enable the international community to render a fair verdict against the perpetrators, in full compliance with international law. The Government and other parties must thoroughly execute their obligations to comply with the relevant recommendations made by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations by accepting designated personnel, while providing for and ensuring the security of the activities undertaken by such personnel.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“The United Nations has a vital role to play in convening those negotiations and helping the parties resolve their disputes. My delegation is also extremely concerned about recent developments and the lack of unity among Security Council members with regard to the chemical attack in Syria. From its early days of independence, through a series of practical steps, Kazakhstan has consistently promoted peace initiatives in the international arena to achieve disarmament, non-proliferation and the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons, and strongly condemns their development, testing and use. I repeat: Kazakhstan strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“Our planet is now on the edge ofa new cold war that could have devastating consequences for all humankind." (S/2016/317, annex, p.2) That is an exact quote from the manifesto of my President, entitled "The World. The Twenty-First Century", of 31 March 2016. Just yesterday Secretary- General Antonio Guterres confirmed, to our regret, that the Cold War is back with a vengeance (see S/PV.8231). Kazakhstan appeals to the parties to adhere to both the Charter of the United Nations and international law. We think that the time has come for serious talks encouraging the United States and the Russian Federation, given their standing as the co-Chairs of the International Syria Support Group and their respective influence on the parties, to move actively in the direction of finding middle ground and a political settlement to the conflict in Syria.”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“We are telling others to strictly follow international law and order, but sadly, yesterday we witnessed a different example. Whatever action taken under whatever good pretext cannot and will not justify the military use of force. Violence carried out against violence will never bring about peace and stability. Kazakhstan's position has always been, and continues to be, that military action is the last resort, to be used only in cases approved by the Security Council. There was no approval by the Council of the military strikes that took place yesterday. "Humanity hoped that the twenty-first century would herald a new era of global cooperation. This, however, may turn out to be a mirage. Our world is once again in danger and the risks cannot be underestimated... The threat is a deadly war on a global scale...”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“Kazakhstan expresses its serious concern about the sharp escalation of the situation in Syria. We call on all parties to prevent further military escalation and take effective steps aimed at restoring confidence and establishing peace and ensuring security in the long-suffering land of Syria on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council. We called yesterday and the day before yesterday, and every time when we have observed increasing tensions, in this Chamber for responsible action in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law. Who else, if not Council members, should show the world an example of compliance with the principles and provisions of the Charter?”
2018-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8233 (2018) · source
“Once again, this is an alarming moment, and we need to work together to restore unity and effectiveness in the Security Council by rebuilding trust and consensus in order to preserve global peace and security. We need cooperation within the Council to establish a workable attribution mechanism, which we passionately advocated today in this Chamber. Let us make it happen and transform our words into real deeds. The delegation of Kazakhstan is ready for that and calls on its colleagues to go the extra mile in that direction.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“The crisis in Syria can be resolved only through an inclusive and Syrian-led political process, based on the Geneva communique of 30 June 2012 (S/2012/522, annex), subsequent Security Council resolutions and the relevant statements of the International Syria Support Group. Lastly, we fully endorse the views articulated by the Secretary-General on 11 April about the risks of the current impasse that we are witnessing today (see SG/SM/18984). We must at all costs avoid the situation spiralling out of control. Our ultimate goal should be to put an end to the horrific suffering of the Syrian people and to help them to move forward on a path of peace and progress.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“At this stage, any military action or threat of it without the prior approval of the Security Council is undesirable. It could have a long-lasting negative impact that would be very difficult to overcome and could result in unprecedented and unanticipated complications. Kazakhstan remains committed to the Charter of the United Nations and to all Security Council resolutions aimed at resolving the political and humanitarian aspects of the Syrian conflict. We believe it is crucial to exercise restraint and refrain from any rhetoric that might exacerbate the already fragile and volatile situation. Such a pause for reflection on the consequences is essential to preserving international peace and security. In the light of the prevailing circumstances, it is more critical than ever that all Council members implement resolution 2401 (2018).”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“In this particular case, where there are doubts about the actual use of a poisonous substance, Kazakhstan calls on the members of the Council to be patient, at least until the expert group of the Fact-finding Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Syria is deployed to the site of the alleged attack and can report on the findings of its investigation, particularly given that yesterday we learned that the Syrian Government has granted visas for the OPCW investigators and pledged to facilitate access to the sites of the alleged chemical attack. We should first establish and understand the scientifically and professionally ascertained facts, after which the Council should decide on the appropriate line of action to take.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“Kazakhstan believes that the most effective way to prevent conflicts is to use diplomacy and mediation, not military means. We look forward to the next round oftalks to be held in Geneva and in our capital, Astana, when the parties will address the stepping up of efforts to ensure observance of their respective agreements, among other issues. In addressing the disputes over the issue of the alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma in Syria, which has provoked the most recent tension in international relations, we consider it necessary to state the following. Kazakhstan strongly condemns any use of chemical weapons, if confirmed. Impunity is not permissible. We should act resolutely to stop any further use of such inhuman weapons, but we should act on the basis of proven facts.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“The recent escalation of the rhetoric on Syria and the threat of the use of unilateral actions has left the delegation of Kazakhstan deeply concerned about the unfolding situation, which has the potential to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security. We all bear a responsibility for complying with international law and order, and none of our countries has the right to violate the Charter of the United Nations or to act or threaten to act unilaterally with respect to a sovereign nation under any pretext, unless that is decided by the Security Council. The Security Council is a collective body and is designed to take balanced decisions with regard to the issues of peace and security. We can agree or disagree, but we are mandated to work together to achieve a decision for which we have to bear a collective responsibility.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“That has been particularly important in situations where international relations have featured confrontations and tension behind which the contours of a global war are increasingly apparent. We are right now in a moment when we must exercise special caution and vigilance in making decisions about our actions, especially in the Middle East. We believe that it is time to tap into all the tools available for a comprehensive strategy of preventive diplomacy in order to avoid the very serious consequences of any military action that could have repercussions for global security and stability.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“We join others in expressing our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing and personal presence at today's meeting. In our view, since his appointment as steward of this world Organization, he has ceaselessly promoted a very important approach, which is the use of amicable and preventive diplomacy. Following an alert to the world, the Security Council underlined in its first presidential statement of 2018, on preventive diplomacy and sustaining peace (S/PRST/2018/1), adopted during Kazakhstan's presidency of the Security Council, that the ways to address conflict may include measures to rebuild trust by bringing Member States together around common goals.”
2018-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8231 (2018) · source
“This aim must be achieved through the consistent strengthening and expansion of the non-proliferation regime, primarily within the framework of resolution 1540 (2004). I wish to express the gratitude of my delegation for the Committee's excellent work and solid action plan and to note in particular the able leadership of its Chair, our colleague Sacha Llorenty Soliz. Our delegation wishes once again to assure the Committee of our full support for its work and readiness to actively engage in its undertakings.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“Its implementation will contribute not only to the goals and work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, but also to the activities of the 1540 Committee, reflecting the importance and necessity of protecting critical facilities from the threat of terrorism. We express our support for the programme of work of the 1540 Committee for a new period and hope for its effective implementation. In its work, the Committee should help ensure that Member States' national policies and practices are consistent with the goal of completely eliminating the threat of weapons of mass destruction. Finally, I would like to reaffirm Kazakhstan's firm commitment to consolidating the world community's efforts to rid the world of WMDs.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“We are in favour of resuming such regular high-level meetings to discuss topical issues related to the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Taking into account the evolving nature of the risks of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including the use by non-State actors of rapid advances in science and technology, we reiterate our initiative to establish a United Nations register on scientific developments leading to the creation and advancement of weapons of mass destruction, which would track such dangerous discoveries. As the Council is aware, Kazakhstan has developed and promotes, with the support of the United Nations community, the code of conduct for the achievement of a world free of terrorism.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“In the report, in accordance with the requests made at our previous meeting, we see that a great deal of work has been done on outreach activities, which has increased the number of countries providing national reports and has increased the monitoring and technical assistance provided to States to strengthen their ability to confront the modern threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Thirdly, we must not lose sight of nuclear security. My President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during the opening ceremony of the International Atomic Energy Agency Low-Enriched Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan last August, noted the importance of the resumption of the Nuclear Security Summits, which were conducted by the United States from 2010 to 2016.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“First, Kazakhstan will continue its tradition of allocating voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for Global and Regional Disarmament Activities in order to assist the Committee in ensuring States' implementation of their obligations under resolution 1540 (2004). Secondly, we congratulate the Committee on the new composition of the Group of Experts. We wish the representatives of Peru and cote d'Ivoire success in their new appointments as Coordinators of Working Groups I and 111. We should always keep in mind that the risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of non-State actors, together with the rapid growth of new technologies, can evolve and increase. The Committee is being proactive and doing a lot to respond to such threats in a timely manner.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“I thank Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Soliz, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for his very informative briefing. In the face of the rapidly increasing threat of weapons of mass destruction, the implementation of resolutions 1540 (2004) and 2325 (2016) is vital. Especially considering the present threats besetting us, the work ofthe 1540 (2004) Committee is more relevant than ever. Kazakhstan, with its principled position against the threats of weapons of mass destruction, has always supported, and will continue to support the activities of the 1540 Committee.”
2018-04-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8230 (2018) · source
“We would like to receive full, objective, transparent and unbiased information about the facts that we are addressing here. We are therefore glad that the OPCW is sending a group to Douma, regardless of the results of today's voting on draft resolutions. We are hopeful that we can at least get this preliminary information about the situation in Douma. I would like to say once again that we in the Security Council should be objective and base our decisions on the simple facts that may be presented to us by the independent organizations that will determine whether there was a chemical attack or not.”
2018-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8228Resumption1 (2018) · source
“We needed to understand what was there and what had happened there. Sending a fact-finding mission was very important to us and to all the delegations that do not have a presence there to understand the objective reality of the place. Even if the only information obtained is about the kind of substance that was used, that would be very useful for us to understand who the perpetrators might be and at the very least establish the fact that a chemical attack took place. In this kind of understanding, we very much support sending OPCW experts to investigate on the ground in order to give us information on which we can base an objective opinion about the situation. We are not taking sides here, and we were very clear about that yesterday.”
2018-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8228Resumption1 (2018) · source
“I thank everybody for today's very difficult and unfortunately unproductive day. We voted for the Russian Federation's draft resolution (S/2018/322) on sending a fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as soon as possible because, as we said yesterday in raising this very simple question, we need to know what happened on the ground. Yesterday we were also very clear when we said that there were different and conflicting reports about the number of casualties and even about the very fact that the chemical attack had taken place. We requested and supported the important proposal that a fact-finding mission should go to Douma to establish the facts on the ground. We are not talking right now about who did it, but we are talking about the fact of the event itself.”
2018-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8228Resumption1 (2018) · source
“We would like to receive full, objective, transparent and unbiased information about the facts that we are addressing here. We are therefore glad that the OPCW is sending a group to Douma, regardless of the results of today's voting on draft resolutions. We are hopeful that we can at least get this preliminary information about the situation in Douma. I would like to say once again that we in the Security Council should be objective and base our decisions on the simple facts that may be presented to us by the independent organizations that will determine whether there was a chemical attack or not.”
2018-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8228 (2018) · source
“We needed to understand what was there and what had happened there. Sending a fact-finding mission was very important to us and to all the delegations that do not have a presence there to understand the objective reality of the place. Even if the only information obtained is about the kind of substance that was used, that would be very useful for us to understand who the perpetrators might be and at the very least establish the fact that a chemical attack took place. In this kind of understanding, we very much support sending OPCW experts to investigate on the ground in order to give us information on which we can base an objective opinion about the situation. We are not taking sides here, and we were very clear about that yesterday.”
2018-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8228 (2018) · source