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Baroness Taylor

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2009-11-11
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2009-11-11
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  1. “This meeting today and the resolution that we have just adopted (resolution 1894 (2009)) are further steps towards developing a shared understanding on some of the more complex issues facing United Nations peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The United Kingdom looks forward to progressive discussions on these issues over the coming months and in the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations next year.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  2. “In this context, we look forward to digesting the findings and recommendations of a timely independent study on mandate implementation commissioned by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It will be important that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continue to work closely with one another in taking forward the recommendations contained in that study. In turn, we hope that the study will inform the considerations of the Committee of 34 and the Council's informal expert group on the protection of civilians.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  3. “The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has identified protection hotspots and, with the help of early warning and rapid-response mechanisms, has deployed mobile operating bases and joint protection teams. These are innovative measures that are achieving results. MONUC, for example, proves the importance of a systematic and integrated approach to protection. It also underlines the need for comprehensive United Nations guidance to be made available to all who need it. Both measures would help leaders on the ground by framing and informing the challenging decisions they regularly face.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  4. “We must ensure that we make realistic demands of peacekeeping missions, matched with sufficient resources, training and structures to successfully protect civilians. This is why the United Kingdom fully supports renewed efforts to improve the dialogue between the Secretariat, the Security Council and troop- and police-contributing countries. The Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations has a key role to play in this process. There is much good field practice on which we can build. Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are actively protecting civilians in very difficult circumstances, and combining civilian and military expertise in efforts to deliver a holistic approach.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  5. “However, where that obligation is not met or where national capacities are not adequate to provide protection, there is a clear role that United Nations peacekeeping missions can play, both in providing physical protection to civilian populations and in assisting the host Government to shoulder its own responsibilities. My Government believes that protecting civilians is an important measure of the credibility of peacekeeping operations. It goes to the very heart of what people around the world admire and respect about the United Nations in action. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the peacekeepers who take on the vital role of protecting civilians, invariably in testing circumstances and often at considerable risk to their own safety.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  6. “We would also like to see the Council show genuine readiness to engage in conflict prevention as well as resolution. As a Council, we often talk about the importance of prevention but only rarely are we able to achieve consensus on action. If we are to change that, we will need to increase our ability to receive and digest information, and, most importantly, our willingness to address threatening situations at a sufficiently early stage. As we have said before, the United Kingdom stands ready to do so. Parties to an armed conflict bear the primary obligation under international law to protect civilians.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  7. “Given the perilous situations in which many civilian populations still find themselves despite the efforts of the Security Council over a period of 10 years, it is imperative that the protection of civilians remain at the core of the Council's work. We welcome the prominence given in resolution 1894 (2009), just adopted, to the issue of humanitarian access. We also agree with the Secretary-General that we can do more to minimize violations of international humanitarian law. The Council should be ready to address flagrant and widespread violations committed against civilians, even when they take place in situations of internal armed conflict. Protecting civilians requires a holistic approach that will sometimes stray into areas that are sensitive for some Governments. We must be ready to face up to those challenges.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  8. “Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are extremely grateful to you and the Austrian delegation for all your hard work in promoting an agenda item to which we attach great importance. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his words and the Under-Secretary-General for his informative and thought-provoking briefing. We are also very pleased to see and hear from the Deputy High Commissioner. I would like to associate the United Kingdom with the statement that will be delivered by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. We share many of the concerns that have been raised in today's briefing.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source