S/2019/239 SC
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| Draft symbol | S/2019/239 |
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| Sponsors (16) | |
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Russia
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United States
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United Kingdom
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China
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France
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Canada
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Morocco
Netherlands
Philippines
Portugal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.8496
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
I thank Mr. Voronkov for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Mr. Billingslea.
Mr. Billingslea: First, I thank France for its leadership on the critical issue of countering terrorist financing. As the Under-Secretary-General just mentioned, resolution 2462 (2019), which was just adopted, meaningfully advances the work of President Macron’s high-level International Conference on Combating the F…
The President
I thank Mr. Billingslea for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Buku.
Ms. Buku: It is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to be invited to address the Security Council today. Resolution 2462 (2019), adopted today, is a timely measure in the promotion of the fight against terrorism, terrorist financing and money-laundering. I am from Kenya, and Kenyans have experienced firsthand the…
The President
I thank Ms. Buku for her statement.
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France.
I would like to thank the briefers for their very informative statements.
The Charter of the United Nations, which entrusts the Council with the responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, has for many years driven it to devote regula…
Mr. Fachir
I would first like to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate and congratulate all delegations on their excellent work in producing the important resolution 2462 (2019), which the Security Council has just adopted. I also wish to warmly thank Mr. Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku for their insightful briefings.
The recent terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand…
Mr. Allen
I join others in thanking the briefers today for their very informative presentations and welcome Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku to the Security Council this morning.
As I said yesterday in this Chamber (see S/PV.8493), the United Kingdom welcomes the territorial defeat of Da’esh. However, as Da’esh transforms from a territorial entity into a covert network, it re…
Ms. Wronecka
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to warmly welcome your presence here today. I would also like to congratulate France for having taken the initiative of organizing this important debate.
(spoke in English)
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov; the President of the Financial Action Task Force, Mr. Marshall Billingslea; and anti-moneylaundering expert Ms. Mercy Buku for…
Mr. Alotaibi
We welcome you, Mr. President, as you preside over this important meeting. We also welcome the adoption today of resolution 2462 (2019) . We commend your delegation’s efforts in facilitating its adoption, which will foster international cooperation in preventing and combating the financing of terrorism. I also thank the briefers Mr Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku for their important briefi…
Mr. Schulz
First of all, I would like to thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku, for their insightful and informative briefings.
Our efforts to combat the financing of terrorism need to be part of an all-encompassing and holistic approach. We need to fight the financing of terrorism with all the instruments at our disposal. I congratulate our friends from France …
Mr. Nebenzia
We are grateful to the delegation of France, and to Mr. Le Drian personally, for organizing this
meeting on combating the financing of terrorism. The Security Council has been actively working on this matter since the beginning of the year. Following the consideration of the current threats in the framework of the presentation of the Secretary-General’s eighth report (S/2019/103) on the Islamic …
Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve
At the outset, I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku for their briefings.
Last week Belgium commemorated one of the most tragic attacks in our country’s history. On 22 March 2016, no fewer than 32 people died and 340 others were
injured, some very seriously. As we remember the victims and their families, this anniversary reminds us how unjust and …
Mr. Esono Mbengono
My delegation thanks France and Minister Le Drian for organizing this open debate on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism and for its leadership on this important issue. We also welcome the participation of Vice-Minister Fachir of Indonesia. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the briefers, Mr. Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku, for their enlightening presentations, …
Mr. Singer Weisinger
We are pleased to congratulate the French Republic for the important work it has been doing in the fight against terrorism financing and for organizing this interesting debate where, without a doubt, we have enriched ourselves with the information shared. We are also grateful for the time taken by Mr. Voronkov, Mr. Billingslea and Ms. Buku to enhance this debate with their knowledge.
The Dominic…
Mr. Adom
My delegation welcomes this debate on one of the most worrisome issues of today — the prevention and fight against the financing of terrorism. I would like to congratulate all the excellent speakers we have heard so far on the quality of their statements.
At the outset, I would like to underscore that Côte d’Ivoire associates itself with the statement to be made by Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohamm…
Mr. Meza-Cuadra
We thank France for its initiative in convening today’s open debate on an issue as important as the financing of terrorism. Today’s consensus adoption of resolution 2462 (2019), submitted by France, gives the fight against terrorism renewed political impetus by addressing its sources of financing, while endorsing the various
elements of the outcome of the high-level International Conference on C…
Mr. Cohen
We thank France for raising this issue in the Security Council and for its efforts to generate the groundbreaking counter-terrorism financing resolution we adopted this morning (resolution 2642 (2019)). We also thank our briefers today.
The Security Council has been instrumental in building a global framework for Member States to counter the financing of terrorism, beginning with the adoption of…
Mr. Ma Zhaoxu
China supports the convening of today’s open debate on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism. China welcomes Foreign Minister Le Drian to New York to preside over the meeting.
China supports the adoption of resolution 2642 (2019), on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism. We appreciate the efforts of France. I would
also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov…
The President
I now give the floor to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of South Africa.
Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula
We welcome the presence at this meeting of the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. We also commend France for its efforts in developing the comprehensive resolution 2462 (2019), on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism, which the Security Council adopted at the beginning of this open debate.
We also thank the following speakers for their informative remarks: Mr. Vladimi…
The President
I wish to remind speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes maximum in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate their texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber.
I wish also to inform all concerned that we will be carrying on this open debate ri…
Mr. Muhriddin
At the outset, I would like to congratulate France on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We welcome the convening today of an open debate on such an important topic as combating the financing of terrorism.
Terrorism and its financing, as well as illicit drug trafficking and organized crime, continue to pose major threats to international peace and security. Moreover, they …
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