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  1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, I intend to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 12.35 p.m.”

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  2. “I am alluding here to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which I visited in Goma last month and is operating in a very difficult situation. In conclusion, the protection of civilians is an urgent matter, and it is imperative that we ensure respect for international humanitarian law. We must work together to ensure the protection of civilians — not only on paper, but in practice. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I call on the President of Mozambique.”

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  3. “Secondly, full, prompt, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to all persons in need must always be ensured In that regard, I thank all humanitarian organizations working to save lives. Thirdly, all parties to a conflict who use the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare must be held directly responsible. Starving civilians is a war crime — nothing more, nothing less. Fourthly, under the women and peace and security agenda, women must participate fully, meaningfully and safely at all levels of decision-making and in all processes aimed at protecting civilians. Fifthly, United Nations peace operations play a key role in protecting civilians, and it is essential that we strive to maintain that level of protection even when those operations are in a transitional phase.”

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  4. “To that end, I would like to propose five lines of action. First, of course, all parties to conflicts must stop carrying out unlawful attacks and misusing resources that are essential to the survival of civilians. Human rights are enforceable and must be inviolable, even in conflict situations. In that regard, one measure proposed by the Secretary-General is to reduce the humanitarian consequences of the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas. Last year, Switzerland signed the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, and I call on other States to do the same.”

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  5. “In that connection, Switzerland commends all those who enabled the recent extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. We welcome the good offices of the Secretary-General and stand ready to offer our full support, including in our capacity as a host State. The Security Council has recognized the link between conflict and food insecurity, and it has condemned unlawful attacks that deprive civilians of supplies that are essential to their survival. In that connection, I mention resolutions 2417 (2018) and 2573 (2021). To uphold our obligations under international humanitarian law, in addition to those resolutions, we have robust strong legal, political and operational instruments to protect civilians from conflict-related food insecurity. We must now all do a better job of implementing them in the current situations that we all know.”

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  6. “They exacerbate food insecurity, as the Secretary- General aptly detailed in his report. More and more people — some 260 million — are facing extreme hunger. That is 30 times the population of New York City. Two thirds live in conflict zones, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Sudan or in areas rife with violence, such as Haiti, with confirmed and direct consequences — crops destroyed, lands made barren, grain stores razed and markets closed down. But there are also indirect consequences. For example, the water supply can be threatened, the lack of electricity or energy jeopardizes food stores, and the displacement of people results in the abandonment of crops. We are currently witnessing how Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine is driving up prices dramatically around the world.”

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  7. “They showed the world that the most powerful weapon for achieving peace is always dialogue. Like the Special Representative, I also visited eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. I went to Goma and Bukavu, where I met with civilians who had witnessed the murder of a member of their family and whose property had been looted. I met with women who, in a situation of great vulnerability, had been raped. Despite their difficult ordeals, all the people I met were defiant and optimistic about the future. But we cannot solely rely on the resilience of people. International humanitarian law imposes clear and unambiguous obligations on all parties to conflicts and on us all, the States parties to the Geneva Conventions. Conflicts are the main drivers of hunger.”

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  8. “Mounkaïla’s account is a reminder of the key role played by civil society and of the need to include civil society stakeholders in our deliberations and actions. Behind the statistics are the lives of families and individual human beings. In preparation for today’s debate, I visited several regions directly affected by problems and instability. For example, I visited Mueda and Pemba, in northern Mozambique, with President Nyusi in order to understand the situation and see the population live in a context that poses various risks. I note that Mozambique has just announced the disarmament and demobilization of the last zone and rebel military base, in the centre of the country. I take this opportunity to thank President Nyusi and the head of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, Ossufo Momade, for their peacebuilding efforts in Mozambique.”

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  9. “In conflict zones, it is difficult for them to access food, health care, clean water and other essential services. Civilians’ lack of access to essential goods and services during armed conflict costs more lives in the short and medium term than the direct impact of hostilities. And it is the most vulnerable groups, such as children, people with disabilities and the elderly, who bear the brunt of that. In that context, respect for international humanitarian law is a priority for all of us around this table. As the depositary State of the Geneva Conventions and headquarters of the ICRC, we feel all the more bound by this humanitarian imperative. The work that the ICRC does to protect civilians is of immeasurable value. We are therefore concerned about the recent accusations concerning the ICRC’s impartiality. Ms.”

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  10. “I thank Ms. Mounkaïla for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as President of the Swiss Confederation. First of all, I thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Ms. Aïchatou Mounkaïla for their remarks. As we have just heard, armed conflicts are all different from one another, but they all have one thing in common, one common denominator — the suffering of civilians. That is now the case, for example, in Ukraine. So far this year, as the Secretary-General underscored in his report (S/2023/345), half of the civilians killed in conflict zones throughout the world were in Ukraine. Their deaths are unacceptable. The lives of civilians are in constant danger.”

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  11. “I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2023/307, which contains the text of a letter dated 1 May 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration, and to document S/2023/345, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. It is my pleasure to give the floor to His Excellency Secretary-General António Guterres.”

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  12. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Ms. Aïchatou Mounkaïla, President of the Network of Women-led Organizations of the Lake Chad Basin. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite I also invite His Excellency Mr. Maciej Popowski, Director-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations of the European Commission, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

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  13. “In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uruguay, Viet Nam and Yemen to participate in this meeting.”

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  14. “I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, the Presidents, Ministers and other high-level representatives to the Security Council and thank them for their presence today, which underscores the importance of the subject under discussion.”

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