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Aboul-Gheit

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1999-08-25
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  1. “Reaching an agreement on a mandatory age for recruitment will be a major achievement benefiting succeeding generations in all the States of the world. We must also undertake to impose conditions on the transfer of weapons, particularly of small arms, to regions of conflict. We must also coordinate and mobilize humanitarian assistance and meet all children's needs - inter alia, for health care, education, social services - throughout the post-conflict period, so as to replace the culture of violence in which these children have grown up with a culture of peace and development. Children are the future of civilization and the future of all societies. Their development, their protection and their rights are a common responsibility for us all. Fulfilling this responsibility will yield fruits for future generations.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  2. “We appeal to the international community to make every effort to ensure the commitment of all parties to conflicts to protect the rights of children against exploitation, abuse, violence, rape, displacement and death. We must put an end to the impunity of those who use children as targets. The Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in Rome last year, could be an important development in the area of the protection of children in armed conflicts since the Statute describes the recruitment of children and their use in these conflicts, be they internal or international, as a war crime. Every effort must be made to adopt the optional protocol relating to the involvement of children in armed conflicts.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  3. “While human rights instruments, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and other conventions on international humanitarian law - particularly the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 - already represent important milestones along the road to the protection of children in armed conflicts, the gap between these norms and their implementation and practice is vast and growing at an unprecedented rate. Despite our conviction that the main responsibility for bridging this gap and implementing international norms to protect children during war falls first of all to government, we are also convinced that international society has an important role to play in providing the material and technical assistance necessary to protect and rehabilitate children.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  4. “Despite the large number of children killed, abducted, taken hostage or mutilated by anti-personnel landmines, the number of those who have been deprived of their physical, mental and emotional needs in societies controlled by war is much greater. Indeed, millions have lost their families and homes, not to mention their school years and youth. Many children have suffered permanent psychological damage due to the experiences they have suffered.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  5. “However, if the Council is unable to exercise its responsibilities, resort should be made to the General Assembly's "Uniting for Peace" resolution. We the peoples of the world, as stated in the Charter, are determined to protect future generations from the scourge of war. Unfortunately, we have failed catastrophically. As stressed in Mr. Otunnu's report to the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, wars are still killing millions of children worldwide. They are either the targets of or tools for these wars. They are suffering in more than 50 countries from conflicts and the aftermaths of those conflicts.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  6. “It must resolve such conflicts comprehensively by addressing their root causes in order to avoid the intensification of aggression between parties or disastrous humanitarian situations, such as the displacement or expulsion of citizens who then must seek refuge in neighbouring countries, thereby undermining the security of civilians, including children, and leading to an endless vicious circle. Thirdly, the implementation of international humanitarian law should not be in contradiction with the need to respect the implementation of the provisions of the Charter. We welcome and support the fact that the Council is ready to respond in cases where civilians are used as targets, or when humanitarian assistance is deliberately hindered, but solely within the context of Chapter VII, Article 39, of the Charter.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  7. “First, the Council must consider these questions in the context of complete respect for the delicate balance between the principal organs established by the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the essential role of the General Assembly and the other bodies both within and outside the United Nations, whether governmental or non- governmental, for which the protection of civilian populations is the first priority. Secondly, it is important for the Council to assume its role in finding solutions to conflicts threatening international peace and security.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  8. “Before going further into the issue before us, I should first like to reaffirm Egypt's firm position, which we set out before the Council in February, regarding the need to consider the protection of children in armed conflicts in a broader context, namely, that of the protection of all civilians. Pending the report of the Secretary-General on the question of the protection of civilian populations in armed conflicts, which he was requested to prepare following the meeting of the Council on that subject, we would like to stress the points we believe should be taken into account when the Council considers humanitarian questions.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  9. “Perhaps among the most dangerous factors has been the spread in the last few years of armed conflicts, which have undergone radical changes that have altered their very nature. The flouting and rejection of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, have opened up the way to all kinds of suffering being inflicted upon civilian populations, and have also worsened the problems of children in regions of armed conflict despite international efforts aimed at preventing the recruitment of children into armed forces and calling for child soldiers to be demobilized, reunited with their families, protected against organized violence, and rehabilitated and reintegrated fully into society.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  10. “The successful outcome of the World Summit for Children in 1990 set ambitious goals for children and their development. To date, 181 States have ratified the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is the best proof of the international community's commitment to protecting the rights of the child, as well as of its capacity and willingness to work seriously to promote and protect those rights and children's dignity. However, despite the major achievements made in the course of this decade, a number of factors have had a negative impact on children in many regions of the world. These include the economic crisis, the growing debt burden, illnesses and epidemics.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source

  11. “Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to express my country's profound appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to your fraternal country for presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to welcome, thank and pay tribute to Mr. Olara Otunnu for his tireless efforts and his valuable contributions to strengthening the rights of children in armed conflicts. I would also like to reaffirm my country's full commitment to support all the efforts made in this area. The physical, intellectual, spiritual and mental development of children must receive attention as a social and economic need for all of the countries of the world and for their cultures and civilizations, whatever the state of their economic and scientific development.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source