Presidential Statement nº S/PRST/2018/1 of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2018
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/PRST /20 18/1

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

18 J anuary 2 018

Orig inal: En glish

18-008 44 (E) 1 80118

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Statement by the President of the Security Council

At the 8161 st meeting of the Secu rity Counci l, h eld on 18 J anuary 201 8, i n

conne ction with th e C ouncil ’s consider ation of the item en titled “M aintenan ce of

inter nationa l p eace and secur ity”, the Presi dent of the Secur ity Counci l m ade the

follo wing st atement on beha lf of th e Counc il:

“The Secur ity Co uncil reaff irms i ts pri mary re sponsib ility unde r the

Char ter o f the Unit ed N ations for the mainten ance of in ternatio nal p eace and

secur ity, as we ll as its commit ment to u phold th e purpos es and p rinciple s of the

Char ter, includ ing its co mmitmen t to and r espect fo r the polit ical inde pendenc e,

sove reign e quality and territori al int egrity of all States and the ne ed for States

to co mply wi th their obligat ions un der inte rnationa l law.

“The Securi ty Coun cil wit hin its mand ate to maintai n inter national peace

and secur ity, not es th e imp ortance of continu ing t o str ive to wards sustai nable

peac e an d a chievin g a wor ld free of violen t co nflicts by the Un ited Nation s

Cent enary, a s well as managin g shar ed cha llenges and opportu nities along the

way.

“The S ecurity Co uncil exp resses con cern over th e growing n umber of

confl icts in differe nt geogr aphic ar eas all over t he globe , and u nderline s urgent

need for redo ubled eff orts for t heir pre vention a nd resol ution, ad dressing where

pert inent the re gional dim ensions of confl icts with sp ecific emp hasis on re gional

dipl omacy an d arran gements.

“The Se curity Coun cil rec alls th at the part ies to any di spute, the

cont inuance of wh ich is likely to end anger the mai ntenanc e o f internat ional

peac e an d sec urity, shall, first of all, seek a solutio n by neg otiation , enq uiry,

medi ation, c onciliat ion, arb itration , ju dicial settle ment, r esort to reg ional

agen cies or arrange ments, or oth er peaceful me ans of their own cho ice, and

urges such pa rties to settle their d isputes by such means.

“The Sec urity C ouncil r ecalls its p revious rel evant re solutio ns a nd

presi dential stat ements addre ssing issues of prevent ive diplomac y, prevent ion

of ar med conf lict, pea cebuild ing and s ustainin g peace, as well a s mediat ion an d

the p eaceful settlem ent of d isputes.

“The Secu rity Council reco gnizes that devel opment, peac e and sec urity,

and human ri ghts are interli nked an d mutua lly rein forcing.

“The Securit y Counci l underl ines the importa nce of p romoting the Uni ted

Nati on’s abilit y t o d eliver on its fo unding dete rminati on to save succe eding

gene rations fro m t he sco urge of wa r and put ting e mphasis on conf lict