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first: 1993-08-27
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“Yet, for the good of all Afghan people, particularly Afghan women, who have an essential role to play in the future of Afghanistan, that effort must be sustained. We recognize that leadership changes have complicated dynamics within the Taliban and have made it much harder for the Government to pursue the peace process on which they have courageously embarked, despite the attempts made from within the country and from outside its borders to derail the process of national reconciliation that is essential to the achievement of a peaceful and secure future. New Zealand fully supports the Government of Afghanistan's pursuit of reconciliation, and we encourage it to stay the course.”
2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source
“When we remember that larger context, we can only pay tribute to the resilience of the Afghan people and their determination to hold together their country, notwithstanding their internal differences. We commend, too, Afghanistan's leaders for continuing to work through the challenges of the power-sharing arrangements that they took on for the wider good of their people. And we salute the bravery and dedication of the Afghan National Security Forces, who have taken on the challenge of securing the safety of the nation and its people. That said, we recognize that in the current security environment, the pace of progress is increasingly difficult to sustain, as Executive Director Haysom has made clear to us.”
2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source
“We thank Special Representative Haysom and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings. We thank and extend our heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Tanin for the work he has done for Afghanistan and for the wider membership during his time in New York. We wish him well in his new assignment. New Zealand continues to support Afghanistan- its Government and its people - and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Afghanistan has had to confront and to deal with very considerable challenges over the last 15 years. We commend all of those who have helped steer the country down the path from the essentially lawless State that gave sanctuary to those that brought down the Twin Towers to the much more stable State we see today.”
2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source
“In our view, the communication between the Councils in New York and in Addis Ababa needs to be informal, regular and substantive if it is to be effective. Most of all, it must become part of the regular business of both organizations. That will indicate that we have the partnerships that the Secretary-General has rightly identified must be our objective.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“The recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations concerning predictable financing for AU-led peace support operations under Security Council mandates are a useful starting point for discussion, as the Secretary-General told the Council this morning. For our part, New Zealand supported the inaugural meeting between the 10 elected members of the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Counci in Addis Ababa at the start of this year, and with Spain, we have been meeting at the start of each month with the Chair of the AU Peace and Security Council to discuss the joint agendas of each Council. We have also sought the views of key regional actors ahead of and following key Security Council decisions.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“The Council should continue to provide institutional support to regional organizations through dedicated United Nations resources, such as the United Nations Office for West Africa and the United Nations Office to the African Union. They are useful for building strong collaborative relationships with the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union, and have had effective results on the ground. The Council should also look to identify effective and practical ways to improve interaction between the members of the Council and the AU Peace and Security Council. The Council must also face up to the challenge of how to fund regional and subregional peacekeeping operations, including by improving the efficiency of the existing mechanisms.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“Indeed, it is in the United Nations own interest to assist, because as the experiences in Mali and the Central African Republic have clearly shown, the only alternative is the United Nations itself taking on more and more highly dangerous and expensive operations and paying the full cost. Those whose positions are driven by fiscal considerations should think about how much they would have saved if those operations had been funded under some kind of innovative formula that would have resulted in only part of the cost being funded from the United Nations budget. We suggest that the Security Council continues to have a very important role to play.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“Furthermore, we cannot simply wish away the uncomfortable financial realities. Capacity is still a major issue for the AU and for its Peace and Security Council. The shift towards a greater role for regional actors over the past decade has put real pressure on regional and subregional organizations to build a complex apparatus over a short period of time. There needs to be a sustained long-term focus on building effective regional conflict management frameworks so that regional organizations are fully equipped to take on tasks on behalf of the international community. In our View, the United Nations has a clear role to play in providing assistance.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“At the end of the day, both the United Nations and the African Union (AU) have responsibilities to fulfil. They cannot avoid those by arguing that they were waiting for the other to act. If cooperation is going to work in the long term, it requires a more systematized arrangement, based on the View that the two organizations recognize the threats in the region and wish to work with each other to address them. There is a clear capacity gap, not only in terms of the organizations themselves, but also in terms of the national capacity that Security Council members themselves deploy to promote effective cooperation. As a result, we are still some distance from the kind of coordinated approach to the assessment of key regional threats and the development of appropriate and coordinated responses that we all seek.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“A key part of the problem, as we see it, is a failure of approach on both sides. There is just not enough political energy going into cooperation to produce the necessary collective partnership between the two Councils. Such structured cooperation between the Security Council and regional entities on developing coordinated approaches should begin at the outset when crises are emerging. The Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council need to do a better job of working in unison to complement each other and of utilizing each other's comparative advantages, starting with conflict prevention. We also believe that both organs should be less concerned about sequencing and should focus more on working together and simultaneously. Again, the High-level Panel has useful recommendations in that regard.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“In addition to the issues of finance and capacity, which have already been highlighted today, there are other significant challenges to effective cooperation with regional and subregional engagement on peace and security issues. The result is that there are still too many situations where regional action is not proving sufficient to prevent or resolve crises. Cooperation with the Security Council, particularly in the case of key organizations, such as the African Union, is still largely reactive and ad hoc. Interventions such as the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) were highly challenging, not only in terms of resourcing, but also in vision and shared understanding. That hugely complicated the process of transition to a post-AFISMA operation.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“They frequently have the comparative advantage that the Secretary-General has referred to, because of their immediate needs and interests in local stability, their understanding of the local context and, where necessary, logistical ease of deployment. As the Secretary-General has noted this morning, the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations has strongly endorsed the role of regional organizations and made encouraging recommendations for better synergy with the United Nations, and especially the Security Council. We have seen many successful examples of regional organizations responding to emerging crises to prevent the emergence of conflict. However, we need to be honest.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“New Zealand also thanks Nigeria for convening this meeting, and the Secretary-General for his briefing and for staying with us this morning. We are strong advocates of the role of regional organizations and of the need for cooperation between the United Nations, especially the Security Council, and regional organizations. African leadership on this issue is important, but we must also acknowledge at the outset that these are not challenges solely limited to Africa and that the issues discussed today affect other regional organizations around the globe. The experience in our own region has been that regional organizations can be highly effective.”
2015-08-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7505 (2015) · source
“In our region, preparedness undertaken in the context of the Ebola outbreak to respond infectious diseases will have long-lasting effects for the Pacific's ability to combat other emerging health threats. Lastly, I would again like to commend Nigeria for taking the initiative to arrange today's briefing. It has done us a great service both in marking a situation that posed a very real threat to regional and potentially global security and in providing an opportunity for reflection on how we, the international community, dealt with that challenge and can do better in the future.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“Our own experience demonstrated the value of having country responses led by a single donor as part of the wider WHO-coordinated response. At the same time, the roles of the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union were vitally important in coordinating among States within the subregion most affected by the outbreak. Fourthly, the international community, particularly the United Nations system, must maintain support to affected areas in order to avoid any further resurgence. The progress in developing vaccines is very encouraging, but we must also acknowledge that the next health crisis could come from an as-yet unidentified threat.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“We should remind ourselves that such fear, although understandable, should not drive States to impose unhelpful, and ultimately counterproductive, restrictions on movement during pandemics, other than those in line with the International Health Regulations. While a crisis can be intense for a number of countries, or even a subregion, in a continent as large and diverse as Africa, calibrated approaches to restrictions are often called for. We applaud those countries that took steps to reopen borders and reinstate air links as safely and quickly as possible. Thirdly, we recognize that the logistical burden of mounting a large international response in a short period can be heavy and a severe strain on local systems. Close coordination amoang responding countries is vital.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“The speed in this instance with which a United Nations trust fund was mobilized, and its lower administration costs, should be a benchmark for establishing funds where urgent action is required in future. The report of the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the WHO response is a positive step towards ensuring that we learn as many lessons as possible from the Ebola outbreak, so that future health responses are quicker, more effective and better coordinated. Secondly, the rapid and far-ranging nature of the outbreak caused widespread fear across the globe.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“That is rightly cause for considerable satisfaction. However, the Council should not miss the opportunity to learn from the UNMEER experience, both its successes and mistakes. Others have spoken extensively on the crisis and the global response, and we endorse their views and assessments. There are four additional points I would like to emphasize. First, preparations should be made to ensure rapid, focused reactions to future health threats. International responses drawing on all relevant frameworks, such as the International Health Regulations, must be coordinated across regions, particularly where cross- border transmission is occurring.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“In part, it came in response to the Council's call, in resolution 2177 (2014), for a comprehensive response to the epidemic. We would like to acknowledge the leadership of the United States in the adoption of that resolution and in the mobilization of the international response. We also want to acknowledge the terrible human toll wrought on the affected States of West Africa, and the enormous amount of work they and their peoples did to bring the outbreak under control. New Zealand joined the international response, giving to the trust fund and deploying medical personnel to Sierra Leone to work alongside their British and Australian counterparts. We also worked with Pacific nations to enhance their preparedness to respond to an Ebola outbreak. Thankfully, the outbreak in West Africa has now been contained and rolled back.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“We congratulate Nigeria on its initiative in arranging today's briefing. Ebola was and remains a truly global threat. It is fitting that the Security Council was, and has remained, involved in dealing with that threat and in ensuring international preparedness in dealing with any recurrence of Ebola or of any other deadly disease of similar proportions. We would like to thank all the briefers for their statements, which, among other other things, described the range and depth of the responses to last year's outbreak at the international, regional, national and community levels. The Secretary-General's establishment of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) was a new and appropriate reaction as the first-ever United Nations emergency health mission.”
2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source
“Yet, reports have continued to come out of Syria that chemical weapons continue to be used. This is monstrous, even in the context of that thoroughly horrible conflict. Accordingly, it is right and proper that the Council has now adopted a Mechanism to enable the identification of those responsible and to hold them to account. Those who use or authorize the use of such weapons must be held to account for their dreadful deeds. We welcome agreement on the text of resolution 2235 (2015) as an all-too-rare example of collective Council action on the Syrian conflict. We hope that the spirit of cooperation that underlies the resolution will embue the Council's efforts to address and resolve the wider Syrian conflict.”
2015-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7501 (2015) · source
“New Zealand was pleased to support and co-sponsor resolution 2235 (2015), which we have just adopted. Chemical weapons are an appalling weapon. The international community showed its revulsion of these weapons and its determination to stamp them out in the negotiation and adoption of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The adoption of resolution 2118 (2013) was a highly important step by the Council in responding to reports confirming the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Syrian regime's acceptance of that resolution and its decision, albeit belated, to join the Chemical Weapons Convention and to cooperate in the destruction of its chemical-weapons stocks were welcome. A major international effort led by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been under way to remove and destroy those weapons.”
2015-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7501 (2015) · source
“There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 5.05 pm.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7494 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Security Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Yemen to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 ofthe Security Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. O'Brien.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7494 (2015) · source
“I thank Mr. O'Brien for his briefing. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.40 a.m.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7493 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Security Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/561, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014). I now give the floor to Mr. O'Brien.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7493 (2015) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council has before it the text of a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today's meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to this statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2015/14. It is so decided. I shall now give the floor to the members of the Security Council who wish to make statements.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7492 (2015) · source
“In favour: Angola, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2232 (2015). I now give the floor to the representative of Somalia.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7491 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Somalia to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2015/567, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by Angola, Chad, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7491 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Iraq to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/518, which contains the seventh report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 2107 (2013). I also wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/530, which contains the fourth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 2169 (2014).”
2015-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7489 (2015) · source
“I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at11.25 a.m.”
2015-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7487 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Somalia to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Mulet.”
2015-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7487 (2015) · source
“I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 10.55 a.m”
2015-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7485 (2015) · source
“I thank Mr. Leon for his briefing and commend him and his team for the very valuable work they have been undertaking on behalf of the United Nations. I now give the floor to Ambassador Ibrahim.”
2015-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7485 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Libya to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Bernardino Leon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr. Bernardino Leon and by Ambassador Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, Permanent Representative of Malaysia, in his capacity as the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). I now give the floor to Mr. Leon.”
2015-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7485 (2015) · source
“Martin Kobler and Her Excellency Mrs. Dina Kawar, Permanent Representative of Jordan, in her capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I now give the floor to Mr. Kobler.”
2015-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7484 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/486, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr.”
2015-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7484 (2015) · source
“In favour: Angola, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2230 (2015). I now give the floor to the representative of South Sudan.”
2015-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7483 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of South Sudan and the Sudan to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2015/53l, which contains the text ofa draft resolution submitted by France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/439, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by show ofhands.”
2015-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7483 (2015) · source
“I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion ofthe subject. The meeting rose at 1] am.”
2015-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7482 (2015) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Burundi to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Taye-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; and Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. On behalf of the Council, I welcome Mr. Al Hussein, who is joining today's meeting via video- teleconference from Geneva. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2015/510, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi.”
2015-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7482 (2015) · source
“I would urge him and any others who ask to take the floor to remember the solemn spirit of the commemorative we are celebrating today.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“But beyond that, it is clear that the Council should be more active in trying to prevent violent conflict before it begins. But let us also be honest enough to admit to each other and to ourselves that the only guarantee of preventing the horrors witnessed at Srebrenica from happening again is if we as Member States live up to the Charter commitments we took on as a condition ofjoining thd Organisation. We all - all Members of the United Nations - have to own this responsibility, irrespective of race, colour, creed or history, or state of development. This is fundamental to our common and shared humanity. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The representative of the Russian Federation has asked for the floor to make a further statement.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“It once more demonstrates how we must all find better ways of working to ensire that the Council can reach agreement and act when it should. The United Nations and the Council failed many victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, not least those in Srebrenica. Those failures came at a horrific cost to innocent people on all sides, and are still felt strongly all these years later. Today, the Council has failed those innocent victims. Looking to the future, in order to avoid another event like that at Srebrenica, or indeed another Rwanda, we must do more than just strive to design better mandates and work to improve the capabilities of peacekeeping missions that the Council authorizes, although of course that is an important place to start.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“We as a Council have a duty to remember the past in order to do everything possible to avoid history repeating itself. New Zealand deeply regrets that the efforts that we and others made over a considerable period to try to ensure that this commemorative event would be marked by a united Council did not prove possible. While acknowledging the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, since 1945 New Zealand has consistently opposed the veto. New Zealand regrets that despite achieving the support of a majority of Council members, the draft resolution was not adopted because of the exercise of a veto by one of the permanent members. At a commemorative event, it strikes us particularly inappropriate that a veto was used. While it was only one negative vote, the outcome reflects on all of us.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“Thankfully, 20 years on the situation on the ground is, of course, very different. However, after two decades reconciliation remains a live issue that requires continued nurturing. We have seen important steps taken by all sides towards reconciliation. Pledges have been made to move further down this path to peace and friendship. New Zealand encourages all involved to walk this path together. In his 1999 report on the Fall of Srebrenica, then Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked "how will the United Nations ensure that no future peacekeeping operation witnesses such calamity on its watch? (A/54/549, para. 469)" More than 15 years later, that is a question which is still looking for a comprehensive answer. It is a question to which the memories of all victims of genocide and mass atrocities deserve an answer.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of New Zealand. We have heard today from the Deputy Secretary- General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights about the events in Srebrenica, which the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice determined involved acts of genocide. New Zealand joined with others in remembering the victims of that genocide. We express our deep condolences to the victims' friends and families. The devastating effects of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still felt today, not least in the memories of those who lost loved ones in the conflict. We offer our sympathy for all victims of that conflict, many ofwhom perished in mass killings that still shock our collective conscience today.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“The principle sponsor of the draft resolution has asked that we proceed to a vote. I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. A vote was taken by Show ofhands. In favour: Chad, Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America Against: Russian Federation Abstentions: Angola, China, Nigeria, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) The President: There were 10 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 4 abstentions. The draft resolution has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“I note the request of the representative of the Russian Federation, who asked that we observe a minute of silence to honour the dead of Srebrenica. The members of the Security Council observed a minute ofsilence.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source
“I thank Mr. Al Hussein for his briefing. Members of the Council have before them document S/2015/508, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
2015-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7481 (2015) · source