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Zagaynov

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first: 2013-05-10
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“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Today's discussion has once again demonstrated that our Ukrainian colleagues, as ever, see terrorists, threats of terrorism and transnational organized crime in places where other members of the international community do not. We believe that Ukraine's abuse of the topic of today's discussion undermines the chances for creating a united Ukrainian society. We once again call on the Ukrainian delegation to consider that, and instead of using the Council for propagandistic slogans and statements, to focus all their efforts on contributing constructively to our discussion of the very topical issue under discussion here today, that of combating terrorism and its links to cross-border organized crime.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“We look forward to the Secretary-General report on the efforts of various United Nations entities in response to the threats of fuelling terrorism from the proceeds of criminal activity on the basis ofinformation provided by UNODC, CTED, the Monitoring Team and other specialized United Nations entities+. Today's resolution particularly emphasizes the role of public-private partnership. Indeed, at the national level, it is important to create conditions for establishing full cooperation between State and business entities in combating transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism. We hope that the adoption of today's resolution will be followed up results-oriented measures by States and United Nations specialized agencies the implementation of which will lead to cutting the links between terrorism and transnational crime.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“We support the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the African Union and other regional structures, through cooperation in the anti-criminal sphere. We welcome the Security Council's adoption today of resolution 2195 (2014), aimed at drawing the international community's attention to the need to comprehensively combat financing for terrorism through various types of criminal activity and the illegal drug trade. The resolution contains measures to strengthen and further improve the work of United Nations agencies dealing in counter-terrorism and anti-crime.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“Threats of terrorism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking can be effectively dealt with only through the actions of the whole international community under the leadership of the United Nations. It is also important to further strengthen the treaty and legal basis for international cooperation in countering those threats. With regard to the African region, of particular importance is technical cooperation aimed at capacity- building for law enforcement forces and improving border security. We welcome the active efforts of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in coordinating assistance to African and other States. The support for designing real and effective measures to prevent threats related to the financing of terrorism through the proceeds of crime is particularly important.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“The risk of financing terrorism from those sources is demonstrated in the recent report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Security Council's Sanctions Committee concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban movement (see S/2014/815), and also in the report on the typologies research project ofthe Financial Action Task Force aimed at identifying and blocking the illicit funds flowing from the illegal production of and trade in Afghan narcotics. We must also not forget such important income sources for terrorists as the illegal trade in Syrian and Iraqi oil. With regard to the African continent, on which today's discussion has focused, suppressing the illegal exploitation by terrorists of other natural resources, including gold and other precious metals and stones, remains of particular urgency.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“Thus cutting off the channels of financing for terrorist acts in the Afghan-Pakistan border region would seriously reduce the capacities of the groups operating in that region, including Tehrik-i-Taliban, which was responsible for the bloody raid in Peshawar. The Security Council has frequently drawn the attention of the international community to the nexus between international terrorism, transnational organized crime and the illegal drugs trade.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the delegation of Chad for its timely initiative to hold today's meeting on such an important and urgent issue. We should like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Feltman, and the Permanent Observer of the African Union, Mr. Antonio, for their substantive briefings. I would like to begin by expressing the sincere condolences to the delegation of countries that have recently suffered from terrorist acts. The horror and senseless nature of terrorist acts becomes especially obvious when children are its victims. This Security Council meeting is taking place against the backdrop of those tragic events, highlighting the urgency of the links between terrorism and transnational crime.”
2014-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7351 (2014) · source
“Moreover, in assessing the level of compliance by any country with its commitments in that sphere, it must be recalled that the level of compliance can vary in each specific case. As to calls for so-called follow-up action by the Council in terms of the referral of cases to the Court, our position has been stated repeatedly and is well known.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“The ability of the Court to carry out impartial investigations into alleged crimes by all parties to the conflict is of key significance to strengthening its authority. Undoubtedly, the job of the Court, as an independent body of international criminal justice, is to carry out judicial functions. However the Court's actions in implementing its mandate in the Darfur investigation should not be carried out independent of general efforts to normalize the situation in the long-suffering province. We take note of the Prosecutor's comments regarding States and the Court in the matter of Darfur. The current situation shows once again how important the support of States is to ensuring the successful functioning ofthe Court.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“The report welcomes the swift response of the Secretary-General to the statements of a former UNAMID press officer to the effect that the Mission leadership allegedly deliberately covered up crimes against civilians and peacekeepers in Darfur. We have every confidence in the conclusions of the Secretariat on the baselessness of such claims. What also stands out are attempts to ignite a scandal that, for some reason, are specifically focused on UNAMID. As noted by the Secretary-General, problems with accountability exist in other missions too. We need only recall the cover-ups and embellished information issuing from the former leadership of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The endless violence in Darfur is naturally a cause of concern. We therefore urge the Court to undertake an objective and impartial assessment of events.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“Not a single victim or witness was found by either the Sudanese authorities or UNAMID. The illogical nature of the scurrilous claims bandied about by the anti-Khartoum broadcasting of Radio Dabanga is borne out by the fact that many servicemen deployed near Thabit have local wives. Incidentally, there have been demonstrations by residents there who were angered by rumours casting aspersions on the dignity of the local women. It is to be noted that Radio Dabanga, which spread the rumours on the mass sexual violence in Thabit, refuses to cooperate or contact the United Nations officials there. We believe that this is all a part of the information war and an attempt to step up pressure on the Sudan.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“Sadly, due to obstruction by the insurgents, the November negotiations between the Government and the rebels in Addis Ababa ended in failure. In that context, it is high time to think about introducing targeted Security Council sanctions against the heads of the hard-line Darfur rebel groups. The report touches on the theme of alleged mass rape in Thabit, North Darfur. We recall that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) conducted an inspection in Thabit, collecting testimony from 70 people among the alleged victims and witnesses. The Sudanese authorities also carried out their own investigation, as requested by the Council, based on the primary role of Khartoum in shedding light on all ofthe circumstances of the alleged events there.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“Improvements in the situation will therefore greatly depend on the timely implementation of the decisions of the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur, held in 2013 in Doha, to allocate billions of dollars of assistance to Darfur's development needs, and on the canceling of the foreign debt and the lifting of the United States economic sanctions against the Sudan that were imposed via circumvention of the Security Council. The resolution of humanitarian issues lies in normalizing the military and political situation in the region. We favour the timely involvement of the Darfur rebels in the peace process on the basis of the Security Council's approval of the Doha document.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We take note of the twentieth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation of the investigation in Darfur. We are grateful to Ms. Bensouda for her comments on the document. The military, political and humanitarian situation in Darfur remains complex. Intercommunal conflict is the main source of the violence and the significant increase in the number of internally displaced persons. We welcome the active efforts of the Sudanese authorities to appease the warring tribes. The escalation of the intertribal clashes has been driven by a struggle for resources caused, in large part, by the economic hardships suffered by the people of Darfur and of the Sudan as a whole.”
2014-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7337 (2014) · source
“This is all the more important given the fact that, judging by the report of the Mechanism, its activities are gradually moving towards an active phase, and their first decision is due to be delivered soon. In recent years, national mechanisms of the fight against impunity have been developed. An example of successful cooperation between States in that sphere was the implementation a few days ago of a joint operation undertaken by Serbian and Bosnian law enforcement bodies to detain suspects in the killing of civilians in the Bosnian village of Strpce in 1993. Such efforts give us reason to believe that the goals of combating impunity can effectively be achieved at the national level.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“In these circumstances, the question arises: If the Tribunal demonstrates such disrespect for the Security Council, what kind of response can it expect to its own decisions and legacy? As regards the ICTR, we expect the time frame for the delivery of a verdict on the remaining case on its dockets to be delayed no longer, although it is already well known that the hearing for the case scheduled for earlier this month never took place. We are compelled to note with regret that the current situation provides an unfavourable backdrop for considering the question of extending the mandates of the judges and prosecutors of the Tribunals. We trust that the appropriate solutions will be found that will encourage the Tribunals to speed up their work and at long last transfer the remaining cases to the Residual Mechanism.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“Some have stopped altogether. The trials in a number of cases in the ICTY have dragged on so long that indictees are reporting health problems with the passage of time; on that count, trial schedules have had to be changed or suspended indefinitely, and indictees even temporarily released, as happened in the case of Seselj. The duration ofthat case long ago exceeded a decade, and in no way meets any standard of criminal justice. The reasons for the many delays are often purely administrative, such as unequal distribution of the workflow on judges, unnecessarily protracted proceedings or inaccurate evaluation of the legal complexity of cases. The ICTY is again failing to meet the deadlines established by the Security Council for the completion of its work.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The Tribunal has become a key organ for international criminal justice, and has made a contribution to combating impunity for the gravest crimes under international law and to achieving national reconciliation in Rwanda. Both the ICTY and the ICTR were established by the Security Council to undertake specific tasks, and of course they were never intended to keep working for such an extended period of time. In the four years since the adoption of resolution 1966 (2010), we have consistently called on the Tribunals to do their utmost to conclude their work in the time frames set out by the resolution. The Council created the necessary conditions to that end. In that regard, we are very disappointed to note from the reports that the course of proceedings not only is not accelerating, but in a number of trials there are even more delays.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): 1, too, should like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Residual Mechanism for their briefings. We have taken note of the report of the leadership of the Tribunals and of the information contained therein on the the proceedings and work carried out in the context of the conclusion of their activities. This year is not just a milestone, the year specified in resolution 1966 (2010) for the conclusion of the activities of both Tribunals. This year also marks the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the ICTR. The Russian Federation was a co-sponsor of resolution 955 (1994), establishing the ICTR in November 1994.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“With regard to Nadiya Savchenko, who was mentioned by the Ukrainian colleague, in that connection I would like to recall another topic that has often been discussed by the Council, namely, the protection of journalists. In fact, Savchenko is being accused of abetting the killing of two Russian journalists. As all are aware, in the various meetings, including those of the Security Council, it has been noted that a lack of accountability for such crimes is unacceptable.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“In its statements, the Ukrainian delegation likes to quote various passages from the reports of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. In that connection, it may be recalled that the latest report contained references to enforced disappearances, murders, vandalism, arbitrary detentions and atrocities carried out by both the Kyiv security forces and the battalions under their command - the Aydar, Azov, Dnipro-l, Kyiv-1 and Kyiv-2 battalions - and the terrible number of victims among civilians resulting from the indiscriminate artillery shelling of densely populated civilian areas and the use of heavy artillery and banned munitions. I could continue with that list.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We have been compelled to take the floor again in connection with the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. Once again, colleagues are attempting to turn things around in order to put the blame on Russia for the consequences resulting from the unwillingness or incapacity of the Kyiv authorities to resolve their problems in a civilized manner through national dialogue. It is not some kind of mythical Russian aggression that has led to the hundreds of victims among the civilian population, including women, and a large number of refugees and internally displaced persons, but rather a large-scale punitive operation that has been launched by the authorities in the eastern part of the country and is characterized by an arbitrary and excessive use of force.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“We call for a transparent and open process of preparation for the review, in close cooperation and consultation with States. We await with interest the results of the review, which the Secretary- General is to present during his yearly thematic report to the Council.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“It is encouraging that preparations for next year's celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Security Council's adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) have now started to take shape. We hope that the Council's request in resolution 2122 (2013) for a global high-level review of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) will galvanize States' efforts to fill gaps and identify priorities for further action in ensuring the equitable and full participation of women in the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts. For that process to be effective, all States must participate actively. Taking into account the position of all States, and not just of Security Council members, can ensure that further measures regarding women and peace and security are genuinely effective.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Given the continuing shelling of residential areas in south-east Ukraine, the numbers that I have cited could increase. Refugees are hosted in 66 Russian regions. Specialized emergency-service personnel work with them and provide medical and psychological aid. Free meals are organized, and one-time allowances are paid. Employment specialists help newcomers to find jobs. Spaces are made for children in kindergartens, schools and institutions of higher learning. Necessary medical assistance is provided to children and pregnant women, among others. There are 24-hour hotlines. According to representatives in Russia of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Russian Government is fulfilling 100 per cent of the refugees' needs. Volunteers and non-governmental organization are lending a hand as well.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“We are convinced that there is a strong advantage offered by the participation of women, refugees and internally displaced persons in various aspects of resolving armed conflict and post-conflict rebuilding. Their active participation is a means of preventing and overcoming violence against women and girls. A year ago, the Russian Federation was faced with the task of providing massive assistance to refugees from south-eastern Ukraine. Currently, approximately 830,000 Ukrainian citizens are hosted on Russian territory, 450,000 of whom have requested official status, which would allow their extended stay in Russia and grant them the status of refugees or temporary refugees. The overwhelming majority of them are women and children.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Regarding the idea of drafting national plans of action for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), we think such plans should be prepared on a voluntary basis, first of all by those States that are in a situation of armed conflict or in post-conflict peacebuilding. We call for an approach to that issue that takes into account the specificities of the situation in each particular country. The rise in the numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, the majority of whom are women and children, means there is a need to take effective measures to protect those individuals. we express our satisfaction that the presidential statement adopted today (S/PRST/2014/21) pays due attention to that very issue.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“The issue of violence against women comes under the authority not only of the Security Council but also of the General Assembly, the Peacebuilding Commission, the Human Rights Council and the Commission on the Status of Women. The efforts of those various bodies will obtain the best results insofar as they respond to the principle of the division of labour and the non-duplication of authority. We therefore continue to doubt the advisability of including in the report appraisals of situations of women that are not directly linked to issues of international peace and security.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Women are usually victims of violence during armed conflict. The killing and wounding of women and children, including through indiscriminate or excessive use of force against civilians, is a serious concern. Today that also happens in Europe. It is inadmissible to ignore such crimes or justify them as inevitable collateral damage. One guarantee of the effectiveness of Council action on resolution 1325 (2000) is its work in the context of specific mandates and its consideration of women's issues in the context of the maintenance of peace and security and with respect to those situations included on the Council's agenda.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Allow me to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the briefers for their detailed statements on this important topic. Resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted 15 years ago and has lost none of its relevance. It provides guidance on increasing the role of women in the prevention and resolution of armed conflict, in post-conflict reconstruction and even in the protection of women during conflict. We read carefully the Secretary-General's report prepared for this meeting (S/2014/693). We share the concern regarding new trends of growing numbers of acts of violence against women and violations of their rights, including those related to terrorism, violent extremism and transnational organized crime.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Dozens of children's lives were taken not because of Russian aggression, but as a result of the massive artillery and rocket fire by the Ukrainian armed forces on civilian targets, including schools and kindergartens. There have been many eyewitness accounts of that. It is unfortunate that the Ukrainian delegation does not understand the futility of trading in the suffering of its civilians, including the youngest ones. Once again, we call upon the representatives of Ukraine not to engage in fruitless politicking and instead work towards peace and overcoming the rampant and dire humanitarian crisis in the east of the country.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We have had to take the floor once again with regard to the statement made by the representative of Ukraine. Our Ukrainian colleagues' attempts to use any United Nations context to spread trumped- up accusations about the Russian Federation are not surprising. It is clear that their assertions are nothing more than attempts to blame on others what is being done by Ukrainian armed forces radicals to the citizens of eastern Ukraine under the pretext of so- called anti-terrorist operations. The facts show that the Ukrainian side is fully responsible for the suffering of children in Donetsk and Luhansk. Attempts to depict the goal of providing assistance to children and the efforts to ensure security as some sort of wrongdoing are particularly cynical.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“A balanced assessment on the basis of verified reliable data is a guarantee of the accuracy and appropriateness of recommendations made, as well as a guarantee of their practical implementation for the forging of mutually respectful dialogue with interested Governments.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“We are concerned about the increase in the number of parties in conflict that allow serious crimes against children to occur - the annex to the report lists 59. Despite the fact that some have been on the list of violators for more than five years, there still is no effective approach on how to redress the situation. We believe that clear procedures and criteria are needed for the listing and delisting of parties to conflicts from the annexes to the Secretary-General's annual report. The work of that mechanism must be as objective and as transparent as possible. The Council provided the relevant instructions in resolutions 1998 (2011) and 2068 (2012). The parameters for selecting information to be used in the preparation of the report is of great importance.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Unfortunately, although Russia's human rights defenders have stated the Russian side's readiness to rapidly welcome those sick children from Donetsk and Luhansk for treatment, children requiring special medical assistance have not received any response from Kyiv. We hold on to the hope that, in the light of the recent agreements achieved, renewed outbreaks of military activity in those long-suffering regions will be avoided. However, the children there and the children who have left population centres that have been overtaken by conflict continue to cry out for heightened attention and care. We have carefully considered the Secretary- General's report (S/2014/339) on children and armed conflict.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“A great many educational establishments and accommodations have been allocated to internally displaced persons. No less than 20 hospitals in Donbass are no longer functioning. Another 17 have been destroyed or seriously damaged. A serious lack of physicians and medical personnel is being felt. Especially alarming is the fate of children who require immediate medical assistance - injured children, insulin-dependent children, children who suffer from cancer and other serious illnesses, as well as disabled children - in the combat zone in south- eastern Ukraine. According to various sources, over 1,000 children have been orphaned.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Children there find themselves in apressing, dire humanitarian situation as a result of large-scale military actions launched by the country's authorities in that region - including aerial artillery strikes on residential houses and other civilian facilities. The call to put an end to the blood- letting has gone unheeded by Kyiv for much too long now. According to data from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), beginning in mid-April, at the very least 23 children have been killed and 38 injured in the country as a result of the destruction of 200 schools and the absence of basic security. The school year in Donetsk and Luhansk has in effect been disrupted. Extreme pressure has been predicted on the educational system of other regions.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Clearly, children require assistance, and not only in times of conflict. Their protection can be most effectively upheld by the international community if it abides strictly by the existing mechanisms for the division of labour within the United Nations system through the consistent and targeted work of each of its entities in its own field. In her briefing, Ms. Zerrougui in detail noted the suffering of children in various parts of the world that have been engulfed in conflict. We are extremely concerned about the situation of children in yet another region, namely, south-eastern Ukraine.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Equal attention must be paid to all six categories of grave violations against children in armed conflicts, namely, the recruitment and use of children, sexual violence, killing and maiming, kidnapping, attacks on schools and hospitals, and a refusal by parties to conflict to afford access by humanitarian organizations to children. It is just such a comprehensive approach that is enshrined in resolution 1612 (2005) and the successive Security Council documents on the issue. In that way, the parametres for the functioning of monitoring and accountability mechanisms have been determined, as well as the actions of the thematic Security Council Working Group. Their work must focus on situations of armed conflict on the Security Council agenda, as such situations are most urgent in their scale and nature.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“Mr. Zagaynov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the United States delegation for its initiative to convene today's meeting. We also would like to thank all the invited briefers for their assessment of the situation on the protection of children in armed conflict and their commitment to that objective. We would like especially to express our gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Zerrougui, for her untiring work for the well-being of children in situations of armed conflict. Crimes against children and their suffering in conflict situations always especially shock and shake us.”
2014-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7259 (2014) · source
“I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no more names inscribed on my list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 11.40 am.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“In regard to the Security Council's appeals for so-called follow-up activities in referring cases to the ICC, our position has not changed. We believe that proposals should be considered on the basis of their practical suitability, taking into account the Council's purview, the ICC's mandate and the general international legal context. Neither the Rome Statute nor the agreements struck between the United Nations and the ICC stipulate automatic actions in response to such situations. Moreover, we see no added value to such measures at present. In particular, as is well known, serious concerns regarding the application of the Rome Statute to acting Heads of State have been raised by by the African Union. In our view, issues relating to the functions of the Rome Statue should not be resolved in the Council.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“The activities of the Court to fulfil its mandate to investigate the situation in Darfur cannot be disconnected from general efforts to normalize the situation in that troubled Sudanese province. A delicate balance must also be struck between the interests of reconciliation and justice. We take note of the Prosecutor's observations regarding the cooperation of States with the International Criminal Court in the framework of the Darfur dossier. The situation in that regard demonstrates once again the importance of States' support to the successful functioning of the Court. When assessing the extent of a country's compliance with its relevant obligations, we should take into account that there can be varying degrees of compliance in each specific case.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“In that context, it is high time to reflect on applying sanctions against intractable insurgents, as provided for in the Security Council's resolutions. We could begin with the leaders responsible for the killing last year of leaders of the Justice and Equality Movement faction, who had earlier joined the Doha peace process. Russia supports the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the situation in Darfur, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). In the general political context, the information confirmed in the ICC Prosecutor's report regarding unabated violence in Darfur is of serious concern to the Council. In that regard, we call on the Court to objectively assess criminal acts perpetrated by all sides in the recent clashes.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“The pressing humanitarian issues, including that of refugees and internally displaced persons, can be resolved by normalizing the military-political situation in the region. Furthermore, improving the situation will depend to a great extent on the timely implementation of the decision taken at last year's Doha conference to allocate $1 billion to the development needs of Darfur, and on the easing of the debt burden and the lifting of the economic sanctions against the Sudan levied by the United States in circumvention of the Security Council. Of key importance is the further implementation of the political settlement on the basis of the 2011 Doha Agreement and the recent Government-launched national dialogue. We are convinced that the rebels in Darfur must ultimatelyjoin this parallel process without precondition.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Russian Federation. I too should like to thank Ms. Bensouda for introducing her nineteenth report to the Security Council and for today's briefing. We are seriously concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in Darfur, given the instensification of insurgent fighting. Just in the first three months of this year, as a result of incursions of the Sudanese Liberation Army/Minni Minawi, 135,000 civilians were forcibly displaced. Also troubling is the escalation of skirmishes among different tribes as competition for resources has tightened. Against that backdrop, we note the robust efforts of the Sudanese Government to reconcile warring parties and prevent the spread of intercommunal violence.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now give the floor to Prosecutor Bensouda.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7199 (2014) · source
“In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President (spoke in Russian): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2161 (2014). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.10 am.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7198 (2014) · source
“In favour: Argentina, Australia, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America The President (spoke in Russian): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2160 (2014). I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/2014/408, submitted by Australia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and France. A vote was taken by a Show ofhands.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7198 (2014) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them documents S/2014/409 and S/2014/408, each of which contains the text of a draft resolution. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolutions before it. I shall first put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/2014/409, submitted by Australia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and France. A vote was taken by a Show ofhands.”
2014-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7198 (2014) · source