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2004-06-22
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  1. “But I guess, above all, I will leave this debate reassured that Council members and Member States generally will be firm in setting and enforcing the rule of law, thereby creating a secure environment and ensuring the protection of civilians that is required to enable their own energies and skill to really flourish in the building of peace.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993Resumption1 (2004) · source

  2. “That leads me to my second point, which has been raised by some speakers. Indeed, we - civil society organizations - have to work hard at our own accountability, particularly our accountability to our beneficiaries. It is certainly a process that we are getting into with seriousness and dedication, and I am privileged to have initiated, at the beginning of the year with about dozen like-minded organizations, what we call a humanitarian accountability partnership, whereby at our humble level we look seriously and honestly at our own accountability to our beneficiaries. I think it is a very healthy process that is absolutely fundamental if we are to really be genuinely part of the kind of role that has been discussed here today.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993Resumption1 (2004) · source

  3. “Mr. Caillaux: I will certainly not try to summarize the very rich discussion we had throughout the day. I will just limit myself to three central points that I have gotten from this discussion. The first one really is the focus on the local level and the importance of what you yourself, Madam President, have defined as the healing power, the healing potential of civil society. I think this is what it is all about in the peace-building process we have been discussing. You have expressed that very, very well. Certainly for an organization like the one I represent, this is the core of our mandate. Our mandate is fundamentally to facilitate the process of emergence of this local civil society and then to gently recede into the background and support them in whatever way we can.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993Resumption1 (2004) · source

  4. “That would strengthen Security Council decisions by providing first-hand exposure to the political and cultural context and the real life struggle of civilians rebuilding their lives. And sixthly, request the Secretary-General to submit an action plan to the Security Council, drafted with civil society participation, containing detailed guidelines for conducting comprehensive analysis of the origins, the dynamics and the actors related to each conflict.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  5. “A third recommendation could be to establish a civil society forum for each peace process that would formalize existing ad hoc consultative practices with civil society sectors during peace processes. This standing forum would provide expertise useful to United Nations personnel and others supporting negotiations, planning and implementation. Fourthly, institute the Arria formula in the field, in accordance with the Cardoso Panel's findings, to enable Security Council missions to consult more systematically with civil society experts in the field. A fifth recommendation could be to institute a community observer programme for expert-level officers of Security Council member States, placing them with an operational non-governmental organization for one week in a country that they follow.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  6. “First, the Security Council should demonstrate its leadership in the form of a strong presidential statement, expressing its commitment to engage civil society representatives, including women and children, in all phases of peace processes. That statement could make the following recommendations: first, incorporate references to the protection and the participation of civil society into Council resolutions and reports of the Secretary-General on specific countries. Secondly, create "Arria-Plus" formulas for civil society consultations, in accordance with the Cardoso Panel's findings. They would offer greater discussion and more regularity in scheduling.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  7. “To prevent that from undermining national peace agreements, peacekeeping mandates must reach beyond their traditional focus, on the national level, to the heart of local communities. As the Secretary-General has highlighted in his recent report on the protection of civilians (S/2004/431), local communities are under fire, literally, more than ever before, and the humanitarian workers seeking to help them have been attacked in greater numbers in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, the Middle East and Darfur. Rising to these challenges, what specific steps can the Council take to empower civil society groups that are committed to genuine peace-building?”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  8. “The experience of civil society organizations in countries ranging from Cambodia to Bosnia and on to Afghanistan has shown that providing education - however informal - in emergencies stabilizes the community and protects children from the risk of being exploited or recruited into armed forces. In Afghanistan, under the Taliban and since, international non-governmental organizations, UNICEF, local organizations and village leaders promoted these goals by quietly educating thousands of girls and boys in village and home-based schools. The Security Council and Member States face a new call to action based on a central lesson of peacekeeping and conflict-resolution efforts of the past decade. Tragically, many peace efforts falter from the outbreak of local conflicts.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  9. “Even in countries with long-running ethnic conflicts, communities with varying levels of stability can engage in positive peace-building activities. In Sri Lanka, for example, hundreds of households headed by women gathered for the first time to assert to local authorities their rights and needs. Concurrently, village committees in one region launched, in a one-day event, the largest distribution of birth certificates that they had ever achieved, reinforcing principles such as freedom of movement and the right of access to education and basic services.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  10. “Our approach is to design programmes that integrate basic activities with opportunities to engage people from opposing groups and build experience in preventing conflict through contact and communication. In C6te d'Ivoire, following the waves of killing and retribution, we convened a meeting of the factions, including rival Christian and Muslim groups, giving them the responsibility to plan and manage the reconstruction. By engaging in that economic development process, those groups had many opportunities for face-to-face conversations that helped to cool the tensions from last year's violence. In Sierra Leone - where peace is well under way- we adapted an agricultural programme to ensure food security for isolated communities, which integrated conflict resolution, human rights education and training in management skills.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  11. “Even amid the ruins of failed States, these local organizations have a profound stake in achieving the secure and rights-based society necessary to rebuild and govern their country. With the rise of internal armed conflicts and complex emergencies, we increasingly work with societies buffeted between armed conflicts and natural calamities, resulting in geographical patchworks of technical peace but actual insecurity. The Council should be heartened by the remarkable progress in peace-building that civil society organizations have made in countries such as Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Burundi and Afghanistan, where we work with myriad partners, including Governments, international non-governmental organizations, local civil society groups and, of course, United Nations agencies.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  12. “For these post-conflict civilians, there will first be a need for basic security, landmine clearance and the predictable capacity to grow enough food, collect enough clean water, have access to basic health services and care for and educate their children. At the very same time, there will be a need to restore trust with their neighbours and participate in the creation of economic opportunities to absorb all the returning unemployed. And finally, there must be a systematic analysis of the conflict, mapping the constellation of causes, protagonists and victims in its terrible course. When we speak about civil society, we include all groups of civilians not affiliated with the State, with the Government or with any armed faction. These include councils of elders, women's groups, farmers' associations and religious communities.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  13. “I congratulate the Council on that body of law, and I urge members to ensure compliance on the ground. Two days ago, I returned from a mission to Sudan, where I had visited villages exhausted by decades of war but newly invigorated by the peace talks that are resuming today in Kenya under the formidable mediation of General Lazaro Sumbeiywo. One truth struck me as I visited community after community: for peace-building to be successful, we must all pause and imagine the daily struggles and aspirations of ordinary citizens seeking a life free from conflict and violence. Most of these individuals cannot read or afford a transistor radio, yet there is so much they need to learn about the peace process.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source

  14. “I should like to thank the Government of the Philippines for having invited CARE International to address the Security Council today and for having organized this debate on the role of civil society in post-conflict peace-building following the numerous and sad conflicts that characterize the present day. Such an initiative attests to the strength of our Governments' commitment - and that of the communitarian organizations based in the Philippines, whose activities are well known - to this topic. (spoke in English) I would also like to pay tribute to the trailblazers in civil society and peace-building - the women's groups and child rights advocates - to whom we may credit a number of the Council's historic resolutions mandating their protection and participation in peacekeeping efforts.”

    2004-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4993 (2004) · source