• Security Council ‘Unequivocally’ Condemns ISIL Terrorist Attacks, Unanimously Adopting Text that Determines Extremist Group Poses ‘Unprecedented’ Threat | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
    http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12132.doc.htm

    #nosra et similaires clairement nommés aux cotés de #ISIS

    The full text of resolution 2249 (2015) reads as follows:

    “The Security Council,

    “Reaffirming its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1368 (2001), 1373 (2001), 1618 (2005), 1624 (2005), 2083 (2012), 2129 (2013), 2133 (2014), 2161 (2014), 2170 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014), 2199 (2015) and 2214 (2015), and its relevant presidential statements,

    [...]

    Recalling that the Al-#Nusrah Front (ANF) and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with #Al-Qaida also constitute a threat to international peace and security ,

    [...]

    “5. Calls upon Member States that have the capacity to do so to take all necessary measures, in compliance with international law, in particular with the United Nations Charter, as well as international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, on the territory under the control of ISIL also known as Da’esh, in Syria and Iraq, to redouble and coordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist acts committed specifically by ISIL also known as Da’esh as well as ANF, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and other terrorist groups , as designated by the United Nations Security Council, and as may further be agreed by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) and endorsed by the UN Security Council, pursuant to the statement of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) of 14 November, and to eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria;

    [...]

  • Samantha Power : Bodies of 500 civilians found in Debaltseve
    http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/samantha-power-bodies-of-500-civilians-found-in-debaltseve-382800.html

    The bodies of 500 civilians have been found in the cellars of residential buildings in Debaltseve, US Permanent Representative to the UN Samantha Power has said.

    (intégralité de la (très) brève)

    Aucun détail sur les circonstances de la découverte (quand, par qui…)

    • Le compte-rendu est sous embargo.

      Le communiqué à la presse donne une idée des échanges, mais sans faire référence aux cadavres de civils.
      http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc11809.doc.htm

      La première déclaration de Samantha Power est ainsi résumée :

      SAMANTHA POWER (United States) said that although there had been a reduction in violence after 18 February, Russian-backed separatists started violating the package of measures with deadly attacks since day one. There had been widespread obstruction by the separatists to OSCE monitors, and Russia had pretended that it had no heavy weaponry in Ukraine in hopes of deflecting international attention. Russian convoys that were supposed to go out of Ukraine were going in. If they were indeed humanitarian convoys, why were inspections not permitted, she questioned. The separatists had established a track record of using the lull to regroup and resupply, but the international community was carefully watching what happened this time. Crimea constituted not only the violation of sovereignty by a permanent member of the Security Council, but also provided a preview of the rule facing eastern Ukraine under the separatists. To avoid an Orwellian world where peace was professed but not practiced, implementation of the Minsk agreements was urgent.

      Des échanges à propos du sort de Nadia Savtchenko donne l’occasion à Vitaly Tchourkine de placer :

      Making a further statement, Mr. CHURKIN (Russian Federation) (…) said that Ms. Savchenko was accused of involvement in the killing of two journalists and her detention was not illegal, as it resulted after a full and transparent legal process. It was ironic that the United States, with its record in Guantanamo Bay, pointed fingers at the Russian Federation.

    • CR en ligne
      http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/PV.7400&referer=http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide/scact2015_table_en.htm&Lang=F

      Les conséquences dévastatrices de ce conflit ont été clairement mises en lumière dans le dernier rapport du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme. Plus de 1,7 million de personnes ont été déplacées et il y a plus de 5 800 morts – un bilan des victimes qui ne tient pas compte des centaines de corps découverts après la fin du siège meurtrier de Debaltseve mené par les séparatistes appuyés par la Russie. Un rapport rédigé par le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires à la fin du mois dernier fait état de 500 corps retrouvés dans des maisons et des caves à la fin du siège – 500 corps. Des maisons et des caves où des gens s’étaient réfugiés pour se mettre à l’abri des tirs incessants de mortiers et de roquettes de fabrication russe qui se sont abattus sur les habitants de la ville, pris au piège. Plusieurs semaines après le début du siège, à la fin du mois de janvier, le chef autoproclamé des séparatistes appuyé par la Russie a annoncé que quiconque tenterait de sortir se retrouverait sous le feu croisé de leur artillerie. À partir de ce jour, a-t-il dit, la route ferait l’objet de tirs incessants. Les habitants de la ville n’avaient donc d’autre choix que de risquer leur vie en restant ou de la risquer en partant. Des civils ont été tués dans les deux cas, et, je le répète, 500 corps ont été retrouvés dans des maisons et des caves où des gens s’étaient réfugiés.

      Le rapport de l’UN OCHA
      Ukraine : Situation report No.29 as of 27 February 2015 - Ukraine | ReliefWeb
      http://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ukraine-situation-report-no29-27-february-2015

      Situation Overview
      The 15 February ceasefire in eastern Ukraine remains fragile. Humanitarian partners report that many people in Debaltseve have heavily suffered from the recent intensification of fighting: many are traumatized and have had little or no access to assistance or basic services for weeks. OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reports that almost all the buildings in the city centre were destroyed or heavily damaged. De facto authorities report that the remaining 7,000 inhabitants, including 1,000 children, and 2,000 returnees, have extremely limited access to running water, basic services or heating. 500, mostly civilian, corpses had been found in houses and cellars in Debaltseve and authorities have requested body bags from international organizations operating in the area. The pre-conflict population of the city stood at more than 25,000 people.