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  1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. I 11-58543 intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 pm. The meeting was suspended at 1.20 pm 35”

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  2. “Before giving the floor to the next speaker, I would ask that all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate their texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to the representative of Egypt.”

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  3. “The President (spoke in Portuguese; interpretation provided by the delegation): I thank Mr. Spoerri for his briefing. I now give the floor to the members of the Security Council.”

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  4. “The President (spoke in Portuguese; interpretation provided by the delegation): I thank Ms. Bragg for her briefing. I now give the floor to Mr. Spoerri,”

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  5. “The President (spoke in Portuguese; English interpretation provided by the delegation): I now give the floor to Ms. Catherine Bragg, Assistant-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs.”

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  6. “The President (spoke in Portuguese; interpretation provided by the delegation): I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I now give the floor to Ms. Pillay.”

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  7. “We will continue to do this in all the international forums in which we participate - whether at the United Nations, the European Union or the Community of Portuguese- speaking Countries - not only due to an evident moral imperative but also because we believe that, in this way, we will be helping in a very concrete and objective manner to build a better, more just and peaceful world. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I give the floor to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.”

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  8. “It has acquired knowledge and skills with previous experiences and has more, and increasingly multifaceted, missions on the ground. Today it is better prepared to act appropriately and effectively, with real time information on threats to civilians. We Member States have the political responsibility to ensure that the Security Council acts consistently and with determination in order to guarantee respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of all civilians who are directly targeted or who become accidental victims in conflicts. Before I conclude my remarks, I would like to reiterate my country's firm commitment to continue to work to promote more effective protection for civilians from the devastating effects of armed conflicts.”

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  9. “As the Secretary-General emphasized in his last report on this issue, "In many conflicts, it is to a large degree the absence of accountability and, worse still, the lack in many instances of any expectation thereof, that allows violations to thrive." (5/2009/277, para. 61) Some days ago, Portugal, together with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, organized a seminar on international criminal accountability, the investigation of human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, as well as on the question of reparations for victims. The aim was to identify challenges and possible further steps that the Council could take on these important areas. We believe that today more than ever the Security Council has the capacity to protect civilians. It has more and better regulatory instruments.”

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  10. “Whether in Darfur or in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the safety of thousands of civilians, many of whom are women and children, largely depends upon peacekeeping missions with a mandate to protect them. We also deem it necessary to closely involve the main troop- and police-contributing countries in the definition of those mandates. Another fundamental aspect for the protection of civilians is, without doubt, the need to strengthen accountability for human rights violations. Fighting impunity, whether through national institutions or international ones such as the International Criminal Court, is fundamental to the prevention of future violations.”

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  11. “In that context, the European Union has acquired vast experience both in supporting the work of the United Nations and all the relevant parties involved, and with regard to the missions and operations conducted under the European Security and Defence Policy. We therefore believe that it would be useful to improve and deepen cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations with regard to the protection of civilians, as well as between the United Nations and other regional organizations such as the African Union. We share the general consensus on the importance of drawing up realistic mandates for the protection of civilians and ensuring those mandates are adapted to the real situation on the ground and compatible with the capacity and human resources available to the respective peacekeeping missions.”

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  12. “A remarkable number of peacekeeping missions have been set up with strong protection of civilians mandates, and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations has been doing very important work in that respect. Local strategies have been created and cooperation with regional structures has been improved. These developments have had a significant impact on improving the protection of civilian populations. We agree with the Secretary-General regarding the need for further coordination among all of the parties involved in the protection of civilians, whether on the ground or in raising international awareness of the need to develop efficient mechanisms for the prevention, monitoring and protection of civilians in armed conflicts.”

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  13. “It is our obligation to learn from the lessons of the past. Inaction is never a solution and can never be the response of the United Nations to civilian populations that are the targets of indiscriminate attacks by parties to a conflict; in failing to act, we abet those who violate international humanitarian law and human rights. When civilians are targeted and national authorities or the conflicting parties fail in their obligation to protect them, the United Nations, and especially the Security Council, have the duty to speak up and the obligation to act. The attention that this Council has dedicated to the protection of civilians is part of a long tradition. The Council has been improving its legal framework to ensure that its actions in this area are more effective and more responsible.”

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  14. “Every year, many millions of men, women and children are killed, kidnapped, injured or forced to leave their homes as a result of armed conflicts in different parts of the world. Portugal vehemently 11-58543 condemns all attacks targeting civilians, whether in Libya, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Afghanistan or Iraq, where arms and explosive devices continue indiscriminately to cause suffering, or even in Syria, where intense violence has already caused the deaths of more than 3,000 people. Civilians have always represented and remain the majority of the victims of armed conflicts. Victims are not only those who are party to the conflict and who are killed, mutilated or injured because they form part of a regular army or a group of combatants; it is civilians who, on a large scale, continue to suffer the direct effects of war.”

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  15. “I am therefore speaking in one of the most rapidly expanding languages in the world, the third-most spoken European language worldwide, and the sixth most spoken in general. It is a language that has long deserved to be attributed the status of official language of the Organization. Indeed, there are two Portuguese- speaking countries represented in the current formation of the Council, which is an expressive sign of those nations' unwavering commitment to the promotion of the values of peace, security and respect for the inalienable rights of all human beings, as embodied in the United Nations Charter and reflected in the founding charter of the Community of Portuguese- speaking Countries.”

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  16. “I am grateful to the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the Director for International Law and Cooperation of the International Committee of the Red Cross for joining us in the Chamber. Their presence demonstrates the interest and relevance of this debate. I have made a point of speaking in Portuguese. In this way, my words will be immediately understood by more than 250 million citizens of the eight countries, and one autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, where Portuguese is the official language, as well as by the many other millions who have studied or who are studying Portuguese, and who identify with it and see in it an important cultural or economic asset.”

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  17. “I wish to inform members that I have received a letter dated 8 November 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Portugal, in which he requests that a representative of the International Humanitarian Fact- Finding Commission be invited to participate in the 2 consideration of the item, in accordance with rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the President of the Republic of Portugal. It is especially gratifying for me to be here today to preside over this open debate of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. This is a topic on the Council's agenda to which Portugal attributes the utmost importance.”

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  18. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms.Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms. Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Philip Spoerri, Director for International Law and Cooperation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to participate in this meeting. Under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting.”

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  19. “The President (spoke in Portuguese; English interpretation provided by the delegation): I wish to welcome the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon. His presence here today is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter to be addressed. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting.”

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