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Zenati

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2020-02-06

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2021-12-13

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1. “We therefore urge the Mechanism to continue to plan and streamline its work in order to conduct its business within reasonable timelines and to coordinate the work of its branches and subsidiary bodies in an efficient, professional and flexible manner in advance of the Council’s upcoming review of the Mechanism next year, which would enable international justice to continue its steady progress towards achieving its noble goals.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

2. “We stress that the Mechanism must continue to rely on States’ full and expeditious cooperation and assistance so that the remaining six fugitives do not escape justice. In that regard, we welcome the Prosecutor’s visits to the States concerned, as well as his purposeful interaction with their authorities to advance the operational coordination and cooperation requests and ensure the arrest and surrender of the accused. We think that the work of the Prosecutor would be more effective if undertaken in tandem with regional and subregional judicial cooperation and coordination. Requests for cooperation should be extended in the context of political dialogue and bilateral relations between the States concerned. In conclusion, we understand that international justice is costly and protracted.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

3. “We take note of the challenges and complexities related to the trial proceedings of Félicien Kabuga. We reaffirm that once the standards of the rule of law are met, the holding of Kabuga’s trial in Arusha would be an important step towards achieving justice for the victims and affected communities. We also commend the Niger’s initiative to accept the transfer of eight persons from Arusha pursuant to resolution 2529 (2020) with a view to finding lasting solutions to benefit the Mechanism and the individuals concerned. We also commend the work of the prosecution to enhance its capacity and create more structured working methods, in line with its continued international commitment to track fugitives, wherever they are, or to determine their fate, as well as to search for those missing and to empower and promote national jurisdiction.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

4. “My country expresses its satisfaction with the efforts of the President of the Mechanism to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of the Administration and the judicial workload, in accordance with relevant recommendations and mandates and in keeping with the Security Council’s vision of the Mechanism as a small, temporary and efficient structure whose functions and size will diminish over time. We also support the proposal to streamline the report submitted to the Council in order to facilitate its supervisory functions with respect to the work of the Mechanism. We welcome the progress made in the Mechanism’s work as reflected in its issuance of three judgments within established timelines during the reporting period, despite the many ongoing challenges and restrictions of the coronavirus disease pandemic.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

5. “Tunisia stresses that establishing the truth and keeping remembrance alive, as well as providing stronger guarantees for the non-recurrence of violations in the future, constitute pillars of sustainable peace and comprehensive reconciliation among countries and affected communities. It is also necessary to enhance early-warning efforts and promote accountability and the rule of law if we are to take decisive and pre-emptive action against those revisionist ideologies.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

6. “The revitalization of international criminal justice through the Security Council’s establishment of the two ad hoc Tribunals and the Mechanism has ended a grim era of atrocities and managed to extend peace in areas of conflict in former Yugoslavia and Africa. It is necessary to protect those gains by ensuring accountability and justice for the victims through the Mechanism, with the support of by the Security Council and the international community at large. That is especially important amid the growing current concern about escalating tensions and extremism, the spread of revisionist ideologies, the glorification of war criminals and genocide denial.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

7. “Mr. Zenati (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank Judge Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings and for the most recent report (see S/2021/694) submitted in accordance with resolution 1966 (2010). I would also like to take this opportunity to commend Viet Nam for its excellent chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals over the past two years. At the outset, Tunisia emphasizes once again its support for the Mechanism’s mandate for combating impunity for the most serious crimes and deterring their perpetrators.”

   2021-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8927 (2021) · source

8. “Those elections must meet the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people to a life of freedom and dignity and uphold Syria’s unity, independence and territorial integrity, while also contributing to the promotion of security and stability in the region.”

   2020-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8715 (2020) · source

9. “In that regard, we support the efforts of the Special Envoy for Syria and those of all other actors working to move forward the political process in Geneva. My country’s delegation stresses anew that there can be no military solution to the crisis in Syria. The only way to end the humanitarian suffering of the Syrian people is to make progress towards a political settlement, in line with resolution 2254 (2015). The settlement must be Syrian-led and Syrian-owned, under the auspices of the United Nations, through an agreement among Syrian political and civilian parties on a new constitution that ensures free and fair elections under United Nations supervision.”

   2020-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8715 (2020) · source

10. “We call upon the guarantor parties to work together in order to create an environment conducive to restoring calm in the de-escalation zone and to preventing renewed clashes, so as to ensure the restoration of security and stability throughout Syria. We believe that understandings reached on the issue of achieving calm in Idlib, although importance, are merely temporary solutions if they do not result in a joint practical solution that excludes the terrorist groups in Idlib and ensures the end of their presence in the region. The political process cannot move forward without creating the proper conditions for calm and stability throughout Syria and for promoting confidence among the parties. We recall once again that resolution 2254 (2015) noted the close relation between a ceasefire and the political process in Syria.”

    2020-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8715 (2020) · source

11. “There are also reports indicating a risk of the spread of diseases, while humanitarian and medical assistance and services cannot meet the increasing needs. Tunisia reiterates its condemnation of the attacks against civilians, regardless of their origin, in particular attacks by Security Council-designated terrorist groups. We call upon all parties to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law and international law in order to ensure the protection of civilians at all times as well as to provide safe, sustained and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need of it. The priority in Idlib now is to broker a ceasefire, compel all parties to exercise restraint and create an environment conducive to achieving calm pursuant to the understandings that are still valid.”

    2020-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8715 (2020) · source

12. “Mr. Zenati (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings. Since the two Security Council meetings on Syria held last week (see S/PV.8707 and S/PV.8708), violence and terrorist acts in Idlib have continued unabated despite the calls from many Security Council members for an end to the military escalation and a return to calm. We are gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation due to escalation in north-west Syria, as civilian casualties continue to mount in Idlib and its vicinity and more than half a million people are being displaced.”

    2020-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8715 (2020) · source