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  1. “We have committed to increasing our support for United Nations peacekeeping operations and support its mediation efforts in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction. Those commitments reflect our deep desire to be a determined peacebuilder and to make a real and valuable contribution to building a more peaceful and prosperous world. Canada believes that, if followed by concrete and resolute action and inspired by responsible conviction, the French initiative, which brings us together today, can ensure that our peacekeeping missions will always protect civilians. Let us unite so that those civilians who need our protection may one day be less numerous.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  2. “Flagrant violations of international law, including attacks against medical facilities and their staff, as well as the blocking of humanitarian aid to besieged communities. Canada reiterates its full support for the measures taken by the Security Council to end such violations. Many of us seek peace in that region. Canada is doing its part in the coalition to help Syria and Iraq by responding to humanitarian appeals and supporting United Nations efforts to strengthen emergency measures to protect civilians, in particular the most vulnerable populations, and reduce food insecurity. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and our Government want to do more. Canada is back, including in peacekeeping missions.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  3. “We must support the policy initiative launched by France and Mexico on the suspension of the veto in the Security Council in cases of mass atrocities. We must endorse the code of conduct put forward by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group. We must take on the four responsibilities raised by France, that is, a fair assessment of the implementation ofmandates, a complete understanding by peacekeepers of their mandates, better cooperation between the United Nations and regional and international organizations and, ultimately, protecting civilians as an integral part of the training of peacekeepers.Those are four improvements needed so that our peacekeepers can endure as guardians of civilians. Without political will, however, those improvements will have little effect. Consider Syria in recent weeks.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  4. “To that end, we should compile lessons learned from our experience in Mali and the Central African Republic so as to ensure that the African Union receives better support in protecting civilians. (spoke in English) Our fourth responsibility is to ensure that the protection of civilians forms an integral part of the training peacekeepers receive before their deployment in the field. Each country that contributes troops and police forces has an individual and essential responsibility. More developed States must provide assistance to less-developed ones by funding peacekeeping training centres. Those are the improvements we need to make to ensure that United Nations peacekeeping missions can better protect civilians. We must adhere to the Kigali Principles.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  5. “Such a complete understanding of mandates by peacekeepers is necessary in all aspects of a missions, namely, the use of innovative strategies to protect civilians, meeting the need for all the resources required on the ground, evaluating and classifying the threats facing civilians, responding quickly when communities are threatened and taking into account the special needs of the most vulnerable groups, such as displaced persons, refugees, women and children. Our third responsibility is to promote the deepening of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and international organizations, such as the African Union, to promote awareness of the need to protect of civilians.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  6. “The adoption by the United Nations more rigorous mechanisms on performance and accountability is therefore a step in the right direction. The same goes for the commitment of the Secretary- General to report to the Security Council failures in protecting civilians. Those are measures that contribute to the aim of the United Nations, among other things, to combat the scourge of sexual exploitation and violence. Our second responsibility is to ensure that Blue Helmets fully understand their obligations to protect civilians. Too often the instructions are ambiguous. The protection-of-civilians mandates drafted by the Council should clear. Depending on the experience of peacekeepers in protecting civilians, the Council should clarify the mandates so that they are understandable and reflect the complexity of missions.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  7. “First, Canadajoins the political declaration, submitted by France and Mexico, on suspending the use of the veto in the Security Council in the event of mass atrocities. Secondly, Canada endorses the code of conduct put forward by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group with regard to measures against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. In its letter of invitation to this meeting, France submitted to us four main issues on the protection of civilians. In fact, this is about no fewer than four fundamental responsibilities with regard to which we must respond. Our first responsibility is to properly assess the implementation of protection-of-civilians mandates in peace operations. We must build on what has already been done.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  8. “Humanitarian organizations reported that the number of people in urgent need of assistance and protection increased from 52 million to 76 million in 2014 alone. That is a huge increase. There is therefore urgency in finding solutions and ensuring that the Council does more pioneering work to concretely implement the principles and existing declarations on the protection of civilians. It is for that reason that Canada announced at the General Assembly in May its adherence to the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians, which reflects the explicit determination of Africans to protect civilians. Today I wish to announce our support for two important initiatives that directly target the need for swift and decisive action by the Council in the event of massive human rights violations.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source

  9. “Mr. Dion (Canada) (spoke in French): I would like to thank France, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, as well as you personally, Sir, for affording me this opportunity to address the Council on the subject of the protection of civilians in United Nations peacekeeping operations. This initiative by France is necessary given the alarming the situation of civilians in situations of armed conflict. It has been a little more than 15 years since the Council first did pioneering work in placing the protection of civilians as a central element of its mandate. Nevertheless, the situation of civilians in armed conflicts has only deteriorated since. Here in the Council in 2015 (see S/PV.7374), the Secretary-General told of a terrible toll.”

    2016-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7711 (2016) · source