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Wright

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2016-12-15
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2023-12-11
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  1. ““Write my name on my leg, Mama, Use the black permanent marker with the ink that doesn’t bleed if it gets wet. Write my name on my leg, Mama and on the legs of my sisters and brothers. This way we will belong together, This way we will be known as your children. Write my name on my leg, Mama, When the bomb hits our house When the walls crush our skulls and bones Our legs will tell our story, how there was nowhere for us to run.” On behalf of the people of the world who want to live in peace and safety, I say stop the killing, bring in ceasefires now in all of these military operations and hold negotiations instead of killing people.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  2. “It is a horrific thing that the United States is participating in by protecting acts that the Israeli Government knows are killing innocent civilians. It is fine to go after Hamas, but more than 18,000 people have been killed at this point, and it is continuing every day. I would certainly urge the United Nations to look very closely at that and to continue to work to get a ceasefire, which my country vetoed here in the Security Council on Friday (see S/PV.9499). It shames all of us Americans, and I definitely hope that we will continue to work on it. I want to see the General Assembly vote on it. I will just end with a short poem. It was written for kids in Gaza, but it could be written for kids in Ukraine or anyone else. It is called “Write my name on my leg, Mama”.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  3. “The United States is allegedly behind that, and I do not think it is “allegedly”. I think there is plenty of documentation. A former Chancellor of Germany has said that his efforts aimed at achieving peace between Ukraine and Russia were torpedoed by the United States, and ex-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel said the same thing. We must be working for peace, not trying to undo it. As I come to the end of my statement — and I ask members to bear with me — with regard to the whole issue of civilian casualties, including 10,000 missing in Ukraine, the situation is horrible, and it is horrible everywhere. But right now, more than 18,000 people have been killed in the space of 70 days in Gaza.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  4. “I just want to say that fuelling conflicts with these enormous amounts of weapons profiting politicians and corporations, inside and outside the countries in conflict, must end. I do not know if Council members have watched the new The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, available on the Internet now, in which United States weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon and General Atomics are put on trial by a citizens’ tribunal for knowingly producing and selling products that attack and kill non-combatants as well as combatants. Its next session is on 30 December, and we hope that members will watch it. With regard to the whole issue of weapons and peace and trying to get the weapons of the world to stop killing innocent civilians, I would also like to say that when we do have peace talks, they must not be torpedoed.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  5. “Blinken said that, “If you look at the investments that we’ve made in Ukraine’s defence to deal with this aggression, 90 per cent of the security assistance we’ve provided has actually been spent here in the United States with our manufacturers, with our production, and that’s produced more American jobs, more growth in our own economy. So this has also been a win-win that we need to continue.” I would say to my Secretary of State that the win-win is not for civilians in conflict areas. The win-win is for the military-industrial complex, really of all our countries, and for the politicians and retired Government officials who are offered senior positions in such companies immediately after they retire. It is certainly not a win-win for the innocent civilians who are killed in the conflicts.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  6. “Currently, the United States is providing weapons in two conflicts— the Ukraine-Russia and the Israel-Gaza conflicts — which I know much more about because I am an American citizen and watch that stuff, including how much military equipment is being provided by my country. Just four days ago, on 7 December, at a press conference with Foreign Secretary David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State Blinken said that, over the past two years, the United States has provided more $70 billion to support Ukraine and that European allies have provided more than $110 billion in weapons.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  7. “Well, we know that in this institution in particular the process for getting to the resolution of a conflict is long and that many people are killed until an agreement is reached on a ceasefire, as a first step. I would like to refer to a little history of how long such agreements may take us to reach to get to the point where no more people are killed. During the three-year Korean war, from 1950 to 1953, the discussions for a ceasefire began in 1951 and finally concluded in 1953, after 575 meetings. But, during that time, more than 4 million Koreans, 500,000 Chinese, 35,000 Americans and tens of thousands who were in the United Nations military command were killed.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  8. “As a retired colonel and a former diplomat, I speak on my own behalf, as well as a concerned citizen who, as a taxpayer, pays for the weapons that my country uses and sells to fuel wars that kill innocent civilians. I very much thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs for noting, given the casualties, the urgent need to protect civilians in conflict areas. There is no doubt that the weapons supplied into conflict areas have — to say it generously — a detrimental effect on the prospect of settling the conflicts concerned. In fact, the continued supply of weapons will prolong any conflict. I therefore believe that the important question for the Security Council is: How does it get conflicts to end?”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  9. “I was a part of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) in 1993 and 1994. For almost six months, I was the Head of the justice division of UNOSOM, where we tried to recreate the Somali police and judicial and prison systems. I resigned from the federal Government 20 years ago in opposition to the war on Iraq. Since then, I have been working with groups around the world to say that war is not the answer, that we must use diplomacy and that we must stop killing people and work to control weapons. I recount my history to underscore my unfortunate familiarity with conflict areas in many regions of the world and our challenge involving the reliance of many countries, including my own country, the United States, on military action instead of diplomacy to resolve disagreements and conflicts.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  10. “Ms. Wright: I am honoured to be able speak today about my concern on the issue of weapons in conflict areas in the world, including in particular Ukraine. I myself was in the United States military for 29 years. I retired as a colonel. I taught the law of land warfare and the Geneva Conventions at the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, at Fort Bragg. I was in the United States Army during the United States wars on Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Grenada, Panama and the Central American wars in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. I was also a United States diplomat for 16 years and served in the United States Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. I helped reopen the United States Embassy in Afghanistan in December 2001.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source

  11. “The United Kingdom looks forward to working with the whole United Nations membership, international organizations, civil society and industry to make that a reality.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  12. “Finally, the resolution requests the 1540 Committee to review the efficiency and effectiveness of the special political mission that supports its work. We should take this opportunity to ensure that the support structures at the United Nations have the expertise and capabilities they need to support States in their implementation efforts. We look forward to a report on that in 2017. I would like to reiterate the United Kingdom's strong support for the full and universal implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). We owe it to the people of Marea and to so many other victims of such terrible weapons that we succeed in our efforts. The review process in 2016 and the resolution that we have just adopted take us closer to achieving that Vital goal.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  13. “For the first time, it highlights specific implementation areas in need of work, such as enforcement, prohibitions, proliferation finance and intangible technology transfers. We have also broken new ground for the Council by calling on States to adopt effective national control lists for sensitive materials, which is a vital step in an effective non-proliferation regime. Thirdly, the resolution also strengthens cooperation and information-sharing between the wide range of international organizations that are working to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. I would commend in particular the open-door offer to civil society, including academia and industry to share their insights with the United Nations experts responsible for monitoring this regime.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  14. “This is the most substantive review of 1540 undertaken by this Council since 2004. It offers a guideline that will serve us well until the next review in 2021. I would like to highlight four key areas in particular. First, the resolution calls upon States to take into account the evolving nature of proliferation risks and advances in science and technology. We need to future-proof this resolution by staying aware of the real-world developments that could create vulnerabilities in a State. That means making sure that advances such as cyber, 3-D printing and drones are not exploited for malicious purposes. Secondly, this text also offers meaningful guidance on challenges to implementation.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  15. “More States than ever have reported on the steps they have taken under resolution 1540 (2004). However, we must also recognize that there is still a long way to go to secure the full implementation of that resolution. States have taken less than half of all possible measures. The gaps are much wider in some areas than others, and we welcome the statement in the report that calls on States to take urgent action to adopt measures to account for and secure materials related to biological weapons. It is imperative that the resolution be implemented in full, but we should target our efforts where they are most needed and will have greatest impact. The resolution in front of us responds to that evidence and offers a set of well-informed, strategic and targeted new recommendations for States.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  16. “So worldwide, it is vital that we prevent non-State actors from ever acquiring such materials in the first place. That is what resolution 2325 (2016) is all about. The resolution we have adopted today completes a comprehensive review of the tools we have at our disposal to fulfil this important duty. It is more than 12 years since the Security Council acted unanimously under a Chapter VII mandate to tackle these proliferation threats. That mandate remains as strong and vital as ever, but by stepping back and examining in detail global implementation by States, we have been able to properly take stock of progress. We can certainly celebrate the significant advances that have been made. States have enacted new laws, introduced stronger export controls and improved the security of dangerous materials.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  17. “As the sun set on 21 August last year, the people of Marea thought they had survived a near miss by artillery. By the morning, they were covered in burns and blisters, bewildered and terrified. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism would later determine that they had been shelled with sulphur mustard gas. As the people of Marea learned so tragically that day, whether in Syria, Iraq or anywhere else, terrorists like Da'esh will use such weapons to horrific effect, given the opportunity. Sadly, their use is not restricted to terrorists; the Al-Assad regime has also used chemical weapons to horrific effect, in violation of so many international norms and conventions, and must be held accountable.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  18. “At the outset, I want to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I pay tribute to Spain and to your ambassador here in New York for their excellent leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the last two years. Preventing nuclear, chemical and biological materials falling into the hands of non-State actors, especially terrorists, has never been more relevant for international peace and security and for this Council. Therefore, I welcome wholeheartedly the unanimous adoption of resolution 2325 (2016) signalling the strong support within this Chamber in tackling that scourge. Sadly, the nightmare scenario of terrorists using these horrific weapons is no longer hypothetical. We need only to look to the village of Marea in northern Syria.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source