United Nations S/ PV.7527 Security Council Provisional Seventieth year 7527th meeting Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Lavrov ..................................... (Russian Federation) Members: Angola. Mr. Chikoti Chad ......................................... Mr. Mahamat Chile ......................................... Mr. Muñoz China ......................................... Mr. Wang Yi France ........................................ Mr. Fabius Jordan ........................................ Mr. Judeh Lithuania ...................................... Mr. Linkevičius Malaysia ...................................... Mr. Aman New Zealand ................................... Mr. McCully Nigeria ....................................... Mrs. Ogwu Spain ......................................... Mr. García Margallo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Mr. Hammond United States of America ......................... Mr. Kerry Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ................. Ms. Rodríguez Gómez Agenda Maintenance of international peace and security Settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region Letter dated 1 September 2015 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2015/678) 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). 15-29556 (E) *1529556* S/PV.7527 Maintenance of international peace and security 30/09/2015 The meeting was called to order at 10.10 a.m. I propose that the Council invite His Grace Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Adoption of the agenda Relations with States of the Holy See, to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules The agenda was adopted. of procedure and previous practice in this regard. Maintenance of international peace and security It is so decided. Settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and The Security Council will now begin its North Africa and countering the terrorist consideration of the item on its agenda. threat in the region I wish to draw the attention of Council members Letter dated 1 September 2015 from the to document S/2015/678, which contains a letter dated Permanent Representative of the Russian 1 September 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed the Secretary-General (S/2015/678) to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. The President (spoke in Russian): I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, Ministers I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His and other distinguished representatives participating Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon. in today’s Security Council meeting. Their presence The Secretary-General: I thank the Russian today underscores the importance of the subject under Federation for organizing this very important meeting, discussion. and I take this opportunity to express my deep thanks In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s to the many Foreign Ministers who are participating provisional rules of procedure, I invite the in this meeting. The number of participating Foreign representatives of Algeria, Australia, Austria, Ministers is impressive. I hope that this kind of Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, solidarity will always be with us as we address the Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, many subjects with which we are seized. Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, the The Middle East and North Africa are in the midst of Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, some of the deadliest conflicts and worst humanitarian Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, emergencies of our times. Terrorist groups, such as the Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaida the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, affiliates, are elevating the horror and complicating the Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, search for solutions. While each is very different, the Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, Sweden, crises and conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, all expose similar horrors. The situation in Syria has Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay to proven to be the most intractable. It has generated one participate in this meeting. peril after another: the use of chemical weapons, the rise In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s of ISIL and other extremist groups, the worst refugee provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to crisis since the Second World War and the displacement participate in this meeting: Her Excellency Ms. Federica of 8 million people inside the country. Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union We need to take urgent measures to protect civilians for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; His Excellency from widespread violations of international human Mr. Nabil Elaraby, Secretary-General of the League of rights and humanitarian law. We have an obligation Arab States; His Excellency Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, to the Syrian people to help ensure accountability for Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic serious crimes. I appeal to the Council to strongly Cooperation; and His Excellency Mr. Abdulaziz support my Special Envoy’s efforts to promote a Al-Ammar, Permanent Observer of the Cooperation comprehensive and credible political transition based Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to the United on the Geneva communiqué (S/2012/523, annex). Iraq, Nations. 2/83 15-29556 30/09/2015 Maintenance of international peace and security S/PV.7527 Libya, Syria and Yemen are our common concerns and The President (spoke in Russian): I thank the the resolution of their crises is our shared responsibility. Secretary-General for his briefing. Next year, Member States will mark the tenth I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Global Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Counter-Terrorism Strategy. With the Strategy now A year ago, the Russian Federation raised the long-established as the accepted framework for action, question of undertaking, under the auspices of we must push for more concrete implementation. Those the Security Council, a comprehensive analysis of efforts must be balanced and anchored in international problems related to the suddent outbreak of terrorism human rights law. We must also have a keen sense and extremism in the Middle East and North Africa. of the need to avoid unintended consequences. The Since then, the situation there has deteriorated further. United Nations is working with many partners to The growing potential of the crisis has reached the expand capacity-building assistance to Member States, point where it is possible to speak of the destruction including to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters of the political map of the region as it stood back then. and to address the related ills of illicit drug-trafficking and cybercrime. Today, we can clearly claim that attempts to address the situation in isolation, without linking it to the overall It is not enough to counter terrorism; we must also regional and historical context of individual conflicts, prevent violent extremism, while taking care not to take are futile. We addressed the situations in Iraq, Libya, steps that only breed the resentment and alienation on Yemen, Lebanon and Syria in that way in their time, which violent extremism feeds. During the course of seeking each time to convince one another that if only this session of the General Assembly, I will present we resolved that specific problem everything would be to the Member States a comprehensive plan of action fine. In most cases, solutions were often sought in a outlining ways we can work together in this endeavour. change of that particular regime or others at any price, The plan of action will recommend ways that Member with no regard for the consequences and without a States can address the drivers of violent extremism at comprehensive strategy or even a short-term vision of the global, regional, national and local levels. It will the following two or three steps. also set out how the United Nations system can support Member States through a holistic all-of-United Nations The euphoria that engulfed many following the approach encompassing peace and security, sustainable Arab Spring changed to horror with the spread of chaos, development, human rights and humanitarian action. the escalation of violence, the shadow of religious warfare looming over the region and, of course, the The current reviews of peace operations and unprecedented terrorist threat. The heinous activities peacebuilding are also underscoring the importance of the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaida in