United Nations S/ PV.7499 Security Council Provisional Seventieth year 7499th meeting Thursday, 30 July 2015, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Mc Cully/Mr. Van Bohemen/Mr. Taula ............ (New Zealand) Members: Angola. Mr. Augusto Chad ......................................... Mr. Mangaral Chile ......................................... Mr. Riveros Marín China ......................................... Mr. Liu Jieyi France ........................................ Mr. Delattre Jordan ........................................ Mrs. Kawar Lithuania ...................................... Ms. Murmokaitė Malaysia ...................................... Mr. Ibrahim Nigeria ....................................... Mrs. Ogwu Russian Federation .............................. Mr. Kononuchenko Spain ......................................... Mr. Gracia Aldaz United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Mr. Rycroft United States of America ......................... Mr. Pressman Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ................. Ms. Rodríguez de Febres-Cordero Agenda Maintenance of international peace and security Peace and security challenges facing small island developing States Letter dated 15 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2015/543) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-0506 ([email protected]). Corrected records will be reissued electronically on the Official Document System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org). 15-23782 (E) *1523782* S/PV.7499 Maintenance of international peace and security 30/07/2015 The meeting was called to order at 10.05 a.m. Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, was escorted to a seat at the Council Adoption of the agenda table. The agenda was adopted. The President: On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Maintenance of international peace and security Her Excellency Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller. Peace and security challenges facing small On behalf of the Council, I also welcome His island developing States Excellency Mr. Jean-Paul Adam, Minister of Finance of the Seychelles. Letter dated 15 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s to the United Nations addressed to the provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Secretary-General (S/2015/543) Mr. Toke Talagi, the Premier of Niue, and His Excellency Mr. Mark Brown, Minister of Finance of the The President: I wish to warmly welcome the Cook Islands, to participate in this meeting. Heads of State and Government, the Secretary-General, Ministers and other distinguished representatives In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s present in the Chamber. Their participation is an provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency affirmation of the importance of the subject matter Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of under discussion. the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedures, I invite the I propose that the Council invite the Permanent representatives of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, the United Nations to participate in this meeting, in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, the Dominican accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and Republic, Estonia, Egypt, Fiji, Georgia, Germany, the previous practice in this regard. Haiti, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, There being no objection, it is so decided. Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Luxembourg, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, the Federated States of The Security Council will now begin its Micronesia, Morocco, Nauru, the Netherlands, Palau, consideration of the item on its agenda. Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, the Republic I wish to draw the attention of Council members of Korea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, to document S/2015/543, which contains a letter dated Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, 15 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, New Zealand to the United Nations addressed to the Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine and Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the Uruguay to participate in this meeting. item under consideration. I request the Protocol Officer to escort His I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon. Minister of Samoa, to his seat at the Council table. The Secretary-General: I thank New Zealand Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and His Excellency Mr. Murray McCully, Minister for of Samoa, was escorted to a seat at the Council Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, for taking this very table. important and timely initiative to highlight the peace The President: I request the Protocol Officer to and security challenges facing small island developing escort Her Excellency Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller, States. I welcome the high level of participation in Prime Minister of Jamaica, to her seat at the Council this debate, and thank Their Excellencies the Prime table. Minister of Jamaica, the Prime Minister of Samoa and the Minister of Finance of the Seychelles for their participation. I also take this opportunity to express my 2/87 15-23782 30/07/2015 Maintenance of international peace and security S/PV.7499 deepest thanks to the many ministers who have taken Over the years, SIDS leaders have consistently time to participate in this debate, and thank President called for global climate action. And they have been Anote Tong of Kiribati for his participation. leading by example. Many SIDS have been accelerating their own transition to renewable energy to secure a I hope that today’s debate of the Security Council sustainable energy future. We must support SIDS in will have a very big impact on and make a great their actions to combat climate change and adapt to contribution to the Conference of the Parties to the its impacts. To that end, we need a politically credible United Nations Framework Convention on Climate trajectory for mobilizing the pledged $100 billion per Change (COP 21), to be held in Paris in December. year by 2020. The Green Climate Fund will need to be Last year’s Third International Conference on up and running before COP 21 in Paris in December, Small Island Developing States, held in Samoa, with projects and funding ready to go, especially for increased global attention not only to their the most vulnerable. And, finally, we will need to contributions to sustainable development, but also to ensure that a meaningful, universal climate agreement their unique vulnerabilities. The issues facing small is adopted. island developing States (SIDS) are global challenges. Climate change is not the only peace and security They are our collective responsibility. Our first priority challenge facing the peoples and Governments of must be to support SIDS in achieving the Millennium SIDS. SIDS are also focusing as never before on the Development Goals. In spite of considerable efforts, menace of transnational organized crime. The threats progress has been uneven. include drug trafficking, human trafficking, piracy Secondly, we need a post-2015 development agenda and wildlife crime. Caribbean SIDS are vulnerable and sustainable development goals that address the to drug-trafficking and gang-related violence, which needs of SIDS. At the recent International Conference affect security and development. And with exclusive on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa, economic zones often larger than their land areas, it was encouraging to see the concerns of SIDS SIDS also face the challenge of managing fisheries reflected, including in such critical areas as debt, trade, and preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated technology and official development assistance. Earlier fishing, which undermines economies and contribute this month, I participated in a summit meeting of the to insecurity. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held in Barbados. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, The leaders of CARICOM, whose countries are also through its Maritime Crime Programme, is focusing on SIDS, all expressed these concerns and described these heroin trafficking, human trafficking, wildlife crime vulnerabilities. I hope that our debate will really make and fisheries crime. The programme works with States a great contribution to addressing the challenges and to introduce legislation, in line with international vulnerabilities of SIDS. conventions, that will help to improve investigations Thirdly, we need to achieve a meaningful and and strengthen criminal justice responses against universal global climate agreement in Paris in December. maritime crime. On piracy, Mauritius and Seychelles SIDS are on the front lines of climate change. Cyclone have been at the forefront of international cooperation Pam