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Bukeni

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2006-07-24
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2006-07-24
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  1. “The United Nations bodies and agencies must remain committed in equal and transparent partnerships with civil society to carry out monitoring and reporting in the ultimate goal of an appropriate response to declared violations. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure implementation of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council against those responsible for violations of the rights of children. Finally, the international community has made a great deal of progress in combating the terrible crimes perpetrated against children in armed conflicts throughout the world. The children of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of other countries expect of us that we put an end to attacks and to the impunity that allows violence to continue. The time has come to act. They can wait no longer.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source

  2. “First, the Security Council should mobilize the political will that is necessary, after so many years of promises, to arrest the guilty and help the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to establish national tribunals that would arrest and try those who violate children's rights, as well as follow up in support of the work of the International Criminal Court in the country. Secondly, it is up to the Member States to support the Security Council and the United Nations so that definite measures to improve the protection of children can be implemented. Donors can ensure the financing of monitoring and reporting mechanisms that not only work for disarmament and demobilization but also help in long- term reintegration, particularly of girl combatants.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source

  3. “However, that is not the end of our duty. We also need to confront declared violations and put an end to impunity for their perpetrators. Today, thanks to resolution 1612 (2005), the Security Council and the United Nations system as a whole are in a position as never before to prosecute thousands of guilty parties for their crimes against children. Meanwhile, it is my honour to present a number of recommendations to change the life of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source

  4. “The response to violations must be strengthened in towns and carried into the villages to put an end to killing, mutilation and torture of children, to recruitment of child soldiers, to attacks against schools and hospitals, to rapes and other sexual violence, and to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Stronger efforts must also be made to ensure access of children to humanitarian resources, including those of psychosocial sustenance. I find it particularly alarming that we have learned that Bunia rebels in the Ituri region continue to enlist children into their army. "What good are all your reports and tables on abuses suffered by children", I am asked by inhabitants of my village, "if the culprits go unpunished?" Monitoring and reporting of abuses against children is an essential starting point to ensure their protection.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source

  5. “We are working in Uvira, in South Kivu. My organization is an active member of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, whose goal is to protect children and to monitor and report abuses. I am chagrined to have to report that in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo grave violations of children's rights continue and are even intensifying, particularly in rural areas. The reason for this is simple - there is nothing there to protect them. The action of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has certainly been beneficial, but it remains limited in scope.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source

  6. “I wish to express my deep appreciation to the Government of France for having organized this debate and inviting to the Council a representative of civil society. In particular, I would like to thank the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations for its remarkable leadership in chairing the young Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We are pleased with the appointment of Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy to the post of Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and we thank her for the important work that she has done. We also thank UNICEF for the important work it has done on the ground and pledge our cooperation in an ongoing basis. My name is Bukeni Beck. I am director of AJEDI-Ka/Project Child Soldiers, which is a Congolese non-governmental organization for the rights of children.”

    2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494Resumption1 (2006) · source