UN: Security Council fails to adopt draft resolution on climate change following Russian veto

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The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on climate change and security during a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City on Monday.
Irish Ambassador for the organisation Geraldine Byrne Nason sharply criticised the outcome, saying the Council had missed an opportunity to “recognise for the first time the reality of the world we are living in.”
Vassily Nebenzia, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations justified the veto, stating: “The international community is deeply divided on climate. This was clear in Glasgow when there was a need for consensus, but that caused our western colleagues to behave democratically and to consider the opinions of other countries. Now we are seeing an anti-democratic attempt to ignore the opinions of those 80 members of the UN that did not support the text and to impose on them a position of a climate activist. This is a step back in trying to fight climate change.”
The text, which was favoured by 12 of the 15 members of the Council, called on the UN Secretary-General to “integrate climate-related security risks as a central element in the overall conflict prevention strategies of the United Nations.”
The draft resolution which was written by Ireland and Niger, was supported by 113 other member states. Russia and India voted against the resolution with China abstaining from the vote.

SOT, Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations: “Today could have represented a point of inflexion. Today should have represented a point of inflexion. Today was an opportunity for the Council to recognise for the first time the reality of the world we are living in. That climate change is compounding insecurity and creating instability. That it is a real and present threat to the maintenance of international peace and security. We could have met our responsibility to accept this reality in our work.”

SOT, T.S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations: “This draft resolution is a step backward from our collective resolve to combat climate change. It seems to hand over that responsibility to a body which neither works through consensus, nor is reflective of the interests of the developing countries. India had no option but to vote against.”

SOT, Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (Russian): “The international community is deeply divided on climate. This was clear in Glasgow when there was a need for consensus, but that caused our western colleagues to behave democratically and to consider the opinions of other countries. Now we are seeing an anti-democratic attempt to ignore the opinions of those 80 members of the UN that did not support the text and to impose on them a position of a climate activist. This is a step back in trying to fight climate change.”

SOT, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations: “Given the enormity of the challenge, this resolution was the very least we could do. Today, the veto of this resolution has let the world down, and there is no justification for taking this action.”

SOT, Zhang Jun, Permanent of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations (Mandarin): “What the Security Council needs to do is not a political show. If some countries are really paying attention to climate change, then they should support the Security Council in using its unique authority to establish a monitoring mechanism and help the developed countries fulfil their obligations and ensure that their commitments are honoured.”

SOT, Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations and President of the Security Council (French): “Research and evidence on the ground show clearly that climate change is increasing insecurity and instability. The Council will never live up to its mandate for international peace and security if it does not adapt. It must reflect the moment we are now living in, the threats to international peace and security which we now face.”

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