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Volkan Bozkir

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  1. “We need to reinforce United Nations reforms, which support an integrated approach to the challenges that we face. Sustaining peace requires us to address peace and security challenges in all their dimensions. This is the moment of reckoning to fulfil our commitments to our generation, future generations and our planet. I look forward to our continued cooperation for the remainder of the seventy-fifth session as we work to create a better world for all.”

    2021-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/456 (2021) · source

  2. “Once approved by the World Trade Organization, that much-needed development will support increased vaccine production, which will enable us to save lives. The task ahead is clear: we have the ammunition to defeat this universal adversary. Yet, at this moment, only 0.3 per cent of all vaccines have been given to low-income countries. I repeat: 0.3 per cent. We can do better. We must do better. The COVID-19 pandemic is not a zero-sum game. Good intentions are no match for vaccines in arms. It is clear that conventional approaches will not bring about peace or shape an equal, resilient and sustainable world. Just as peace and development are mutually reinforcing, respect for human rights is a foundation for peace and security as well.”

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  3. “Furthermore, all COVID-19 recovery plans and humanitarian responses must be centred around human rights and the protection of civilians, for actions taken without accountability and full regard for human rights will never reach the most vulnerable in society. That includes the equal and fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for all. Let me be clear: in that context, the protection of civilians equals a vaccine for all. Without vaccinating the people whom we serve, we are, in a literal sense, failing to protect civilians from the most widespread, deadly threat facing the world today. Many issues that cross our desks do not have easy solutions, or even plausible ones. However, we can end COVID-19 if we work together. I commend the recent steps taken to waive intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccinations.”

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  4. “To that end, I call on the Security Council to ensure that the vital cross-border assistance continues uninterrupted. It is my most fervent hope that the Council will renew that critical mandate in July and work together to strengthen efforts to bring about peace in Syria. I urge all States Members of the United Nations, including the members of the Security Council, to strengthen the implementation of the Charter and formulate rules and processes that expedite justice when it comes to human rights abusers and those who violate international humanitarian law. Such actions should be the baseline for the rules-based international order. The lack of accountability for serious crimes signifies our collective failure to enable all mechanisms and tools of the multilateral system to prevent violations from occurring and reoccurring.”

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  5. “Indeed, I recently visited the Hatay region on the Turkish-Syrian border, where I met with Syrian refugees. At the United Nations trans-shipment hub in Reyhanli representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed me the aid delivery process and its monitoring mechanism. I have to say, standing on the truck, surrounded by United Nations personnel who put their lives at risk to save the lives of others, and again, as I looked out over Atme tent city, I asked myself, “How long must the Syrian people endure such hardship?” If, in this seventy-fifth year of the United Nations, the international community fails to step up to end that suffering, who will? There is no backstop. We are responsible for the fate of the most vulnerable.”

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  6. “The military coup was a strike on the democratic processes in the country, and the increasing loss of life since then is alarming. In the same spirit of responsibility for the people whom we serve, I join the call by the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for an immediate end to the violence in Myanmar. I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian implications of the military’s actions in Myanmar, particularly as they affect the most vulnerable communities, including the Rohingya Muslims, ethnic minorities, women and young people. Later this month, I will travel to Cox’s Bazar, which hosts more than 800,000 refugees, who fled Myanmar in search of safety. I firmly believe that we need to meet and speak with the people for whom peace has thus far been elusive.”

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  7. “The Palestinian people have been living under occupation for more than 50 years. The essential needs of the Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory are met by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the longest-standing United Nations agency and a lifeline for more than 5 million Palestine refugees. Hence, providing sufficient and sustainable financing to the Agency is essential. The largest humanitarian crisis has unfolded before our eyes for a full decade now in Syria, with ordeals that are hard to describe. Nearly 16.2 million people are food insecure in Yemen, where famine remains a serious threat. Libyans have been suffering for almost a decade. The situation in Myanmar is a matter of deep concern.”

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  8. “On many occasions, the Council has been divided and unable to rise to the challenge. For most of those cases, the reason for failure is the differences among its members, in particular its permanent members. The reform of the Security Council is a core interest of States Members of the United Nations. It is a core interest of the United Nations itself, as well as going to the heart of its legitimacy. We need a more representative, accountable, transparent Council. I am conveying that as the President of the most democratic organ of our system. As members of the General Assembly, Council members are of course aware of a number of issues before them that are also on the agenda of the General Assembly. A just and lasting settlement to the Israel-Palestine conflict on the basis of the vision of two States is still pending.”

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  9. “That scale of suffering is difficult to fully comprehend, but it is unimaginable to think of the extent of hardship and death that would unfold in a world without the United Nations. We can never afford to forget the impact that our actions have on the people of the world. Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council is entrusted with a special responsibility in relation to international peace and security. However, the threats to international peace and security affect more than the 15 members of the Security Council. Right or wrong, for millions of people around the world, the Security Council is the face and embodiment of the United Nations. Its success or failure to achieve its mandate is seen as the success or failure of the United Nations.”

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  10. “Foreign investment is gradually decreasing. The livelihoods of billions of people are under threat. Global extreme poverty numbers are expected to rise for the first time in 20 years. Approximately 115 million people are on the verge of falling into extreme poverty. It is calculated that 235 million people will need humanitarian aid this year. Meeting the humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable 160 million people requires $35 billion. Approximately 690 million people are at risk of malnutrition. In 22 countries, violence and conflict are the root causes of the hunger, affecting 77 million. Millions of people are on the move. Millions are displaced due to conflict, persecution, hunger or climate change. Millions had to flee their home countries, ending up as refugees.”

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  11. “Great enterprises are dynamic and should evolve in sync with the realities in which they operate. The multilateral system, centred around the United Nations, is no exception, and it is incumbent on us to refine and update the system, which is indispensable. We have many examples of success. From the United Nations Charter, over the past 75 years a web of treaties and norms have developed to promote cooperation in relation to global challenges in areas as diverse as civil aviation, hazardous waste, health security and human rights. However, unacceptable levels of human suffering remain. Moreover, due to the multidimensional effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, our world is currently facing the deepest global economic recession since the Great Depression and the largest loss of incomes since 1870.”

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  12. “Importantly, the multilateral system benefits all of us, from small States to the largest ones. Multilateralism plays a crucial role in fostering dialogue and trust and in managing security challenges, such as terrorism and weapons proliferation. It provides a framework for States to resolve disputes peacefully and without coercion. In September, world leaders affirmed in the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations (General Assembly resolution 75/1) that multilateralism is not an option, but a necessity. Therefore, we must be clear during these discussions that there is no alternative to our current system. As imperfect as the multilateral system may be, we must acknowledge that we are at the helm. Member States are the United Nations, and the failures are our own.”

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  13. “I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate on an issue that is of great importance to the General Assembly. It is a privilege to brief the Security Council on behalf of the 193 States Members of the United Nations. I also thank your delegation here in New York, in particular Ambassador Zhang Jun, for his participation in the recent high-level interactive dialogue with the principals of the main organs of the United Nations to commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. Let me begin by stating unequivocally that strong and effective multilateralism, based on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and justice, is the foundation for security, stability, peace and prosperity.”

    2021-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/456 (2021) · source