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Al-Musawi

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2009-04-29
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2009-04-29
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  1. “We want to emphasize that it is our intention to continue to cooperate with United Nations agencies to ensure the protection of human rights and the rights of children, which is a priority for my Government.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  2. “We have tried to ensure the protection of children from threats related to armed conflict, working in close cooperation with UNICEF and establishing specialized centres in residential neighbourhoods to monitor ongoing violations. The first centre for children traumatized by war was established with the help of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs and civil society. We have also rehabilitated and rebuilt schools destroyed by conflict and war. We ratified the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2008. In conclusion, we would like to warmly thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  3. “A number of programmes have been established in collaboration and coordination with UNICEF, such as one to protect children in situations of hardship, such as displaced children. We have established programmes to help children suffering from psychological traumas, with follow-up and inspection units for these children. We have promulgated a law prohibiting the use of child labour under the age of 15 or until such time as they have completed their primary education. We have also worked to include the culture of the rights of the child in school curricula, taking measures to prohibit all forms of violence against children.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  4. “We would hope that, in the future, in cooperation with the Mission, the Office of the Special Representative will be able to submit more specific and updated information to reflect the reality of the situation. Additionally, in terms of strengthening and protecting the rights, safety and security of children, various measures have been taken. We have developed a law to protect Iraqi children under the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two Optional Protocols. We are finalizing a draft piece of legislation on the establishment of a children's parliament in Iraq. We have conducted a study to ensure the rights of orphans. We have taken measures along the border to stop the trafficking of children. We are endeavouring to reduce the phenomenon of the use of children in armed conflict.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  5. “However, the report does not mention the positive effect of the cooperation between the Government and the Mission, and does not fully or accurately portray the situation on the ground. The reference in the report to the presence of cases of child recruitment by militias should have been submitted to the Iraqi Government so that we could, together with the Mission, express ourselves on these points, before the inclusion of various pieces of information in the report of the Secretary-General. To this extent, the report lacks credibility, and is based on exaggerations and a lack of specificity. It is incompatible with the most recent reports submitted by the Mission on the situation in Iraq.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  6. “This is the truth of the matter, as pointed out by the Secretary-General in paragraph 50 of his report (S/2009/102): "That the majority of these threats were not realized could be interpreted as a further sign that militia and insurgent leaders are losing influence, or that their capability and resources are being depleted." Clearly, this organization is a foreign body, a cancer eating away at Iraqi society, and we expect that it will soon be eradicated. The Iraqi Government has made painstaking efforts in a number of areas to ensure that all citizens, including children, will be able to enjoy their human rights, as noted in paragraph 41 of the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (S/2009/ 102).”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  7. “In paragraph 43 of his most recent report on the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (S/2009/102), covering the period December 2008 to February 2009, the Secretary-General states: "In recent months, Iraq witnessed gradual stabilization and further improvements in security conditions, with a lower number of violent, high- visibility, mass-casualty attacks by militias, insurgents and criminal gangs." Secondly, the ability of terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaida, to carry out attacks has declined, and a number of terrorist leaders have been killed or have left Iraq. Moreover, Al-Qaida has lost some of its field commanders. Other leaders have left or have been arrested, which confirms that the organization has lost its capacity to control the situation on the ground and to recruit.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  8. “Indeed, the last few months of 2008 and the first few months of 2009 witnessed a number of positive developments, including clear improvements in the security situation and their overall positive impact on citizens and on the performance of the Government, whose ability to meet the people's security and safety needs has obviously improved.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  9. “Mr. Al-Musawi (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): I should like at the outset to express my country's appreciation for the section on Iraq contained in the report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on children and armed conflict (S/2009/158). We very much appreciate the significant role played in that regard by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. My delegation would like to make the following comments about the report's section on Iraq. First, the report covers the year 2008, and we all know that the situation in Iraq has generally improved since then.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source