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2015-03-25
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2015-04-15
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  1. “Only consistent commitment on the part of the international community will protect women and girls from sexual violence in armed conflict, which is rooted in the objectives and founding ideology of extremist groups, whose actions undermine the foundations of our civilization and represent a return to the most obscurantist and barbarous stages of history. We cannot allow it.”

    2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source

  2. “In this regard, it is regrettable that the figures indicate that, in 2014, approximately 97 per cent of military personnel were men, as were 90 per cent of police officers. We must implement measures to correct that and undertake greater coordination in establishing an effective protection strategy, first and foremost with host countries, which have the primary responsibility to provide protection. That would enable a greater allocation of resources to this issue by the Organization so that States can in turn offer greater protection. Finally, it is of utmost importance that there be strict enforcement of codes of conduct for United Nations peacekeeping contingents and that there be zero tolerance in cases of sexual violence that might occur in peacekeeping missions.”

    2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source

  3. “They also conduct patrols to prevent the rape of women and girls in remote situations and places, such as when they go to fetch water. My delegation wishes to reiterate what has been stated in previous debates regarding the positive feedback loop that exists between participation and protection, a concept that emerged and was highlighted in resolution 1325 (2000). Through this instrument, the Council reiterated the important role that women play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding. Consistent with all this, my delegation shares the view that if we are to improve the protection environment for women and girls, we must increase the number of women in the police and military.”

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  4. “How long will we have to watch them on television, to the point that we start to become accustomed to seeing all those women and girls being killed, raped and sold into sexual slavery? How long will we see it as just another news item, not worth stopping for? How long until the Organization and the Council provide an effective response to it? For my country, sexual violence in armed conflict is of the highest priority. Uruguay participates in amission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with approximately 1,000 troops engaged in protection of civilian tasks, and employing joint protection teams to monitor and address human rights Violations in remote areas. These peacekeepers collaborate with civil society organizations, providing them with support in various aspects, including water, food supplies and medical attention.”

    2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source

  5. “I would like to cite an aspect of what is happening, for example, in Colombia, which is is starting to see success in its fight against this scourge, having adopted policies at the national, departmental and local levels. As noted in the report of the Secretary-General, they have seen positive results, which we hope will continue and further increase in the future. It is important that countries be obliged to give account to the international community for what occurs within their borders. We cannot remain passive before such crimes. In his report, the Secretary-General expresses deep concern for what is happening in well- known situations such as, to cite a few, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among others. We ask ourselves how long we will continue to witness such crimes.”

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  6. “As long as these crimes have no effective punishment and while there is no compulsory jurisdiction that perpetrators are subject to, they will continue and even continue to increase, to our great consternation and that of the international community. The situation described in the most recent report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/203) is very serious. The report states that sexual violence against girls and adolescents in armed conflicts continued to increase in 2014. It also notes an increase in this Violence by non-State armed groups. Despite the existence of a normative framework and global tools to combat such Violence, as long as there is no effective implementation of those tools at the various levels of countries' domestic law and as long as the perpetrators of such crimes are not brought to justice, there will be no solution.”

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  7. “This year marks 15 years since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), which reaffirmed the important role that women play in preventing and resolving conflicts and in peacebuilding. As has been mentioned today, that resolution will be reviewed in October, and we are confident that the work of the Council will be effective in making progress towards achieving the goals of that resolution and subsequent resolutions on the subject. States must be held accountable to fulfil their obligation to protect populations under their sovereign power from massive crimes, as that type of crime, namely mass rapes, forced pregnancies, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, are unfortunately being used as a tactic of war in various conflicts, in contravention of all legal and moral principles.”

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  8. “This executive organ of the United Nations should therefore address as effectively as possible an issue that is ofgreat concern to us, given that it affects the fundamental values on which the international community is based. This debate reaffirms the commitment undertaken by the Council to defending the rights of women and children on the basis of the conviction that violence poses a threat to the maintenance of international peace and security towards which this Organization works. Sexual violence against women and children is a terror tactic and in 1992 was designated as a crime against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. This was reiterated in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force in 2002.”

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  9. “Mr. Dotta (Uruguay) (spoke in Arabic): Uruguay would like to thank Jordan for having organized today's debate. (spoke in Spanish) Uruguay welcomes today's meeting organized by Jordan. The debate was initially presided over by a woman, which is another source of pride for the Kingdom of Jordan and for the Security Council. Uruguay welcomes in particular the heightened attention given to the subject and the valuable statements by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and by Ms. Hamsatu Allamin ofthe NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. For my country, this is a human rights issue, and human rights have priority over any national law.”

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  10. “As long as the rights of children are disregarded and violated, and as long as children continue to be used for reprehensible purposes such as war, the scourge of which this Organization was created to eliminate, it will not be possible to maintain international peace and security or for civilization to make progress.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  11. “It is also important to continue working with the International Criminal Court and for the Security Council to refer cases to it, which would give more value to the work of that body, and extend this logic to other international tribunals that are responsible for the protecting of children under their jurisdiction. Finally, we deem critical the issue of the effective reintegration of children associated with armed groups and believe that demobilization and reintegration programmes are necessary for the truly successful, effective and sustainable reintegration of children into their societies.”

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  12. “My country deems it fundamental that we respect the rights enshrined in various international instruments, especially article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which obliges States to respect children's right to education. In the resolution on the rights of the child adopted last year in the General Assembly, it was decided that the issue of the right to education would be focused on in the operative part of the resolution to be adopted this year. Uruguay hopes that - and we will work towards this - States that have the capacity to defend this right will reaffirm it in the resolution that will be adopted during this seventieth anniversary of the Organization.”

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  13. “Although this debate has sought to focus on children that are victims of non-State armed groups, which is very important, we do not wish to overlook the fact that despite the fact that such groups are aberrant, terrible and unacceptable, most of the children recruited are recruited by their own States; this is unacceptable to the international community and to this Organization. This issue is on the General Assembly's agenda. My country plays an active role in that respect, and we hope to see a similar attitude on the part of other States. However, it is nonetheless true that thanks to the work of the Council over the past almost 20 years, we have seen thousands of children released from conditions that violate the dignity of the human being.”

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  14. “The Security Council and the United Nations as a whole face a choice between civilization and barbarism. We have always been committed to defending the rights of children in situations of armed conflict, as can be seen in the annual submission and negotiation of resolutions on the rights of children, both in the General Assembly and in Human Rights Council. Uruguay also shares the Secretary-General's concern and his commitment to eradicating violence against children and echoes his call for countries that have not yet done so to sign or ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols.”

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  15. “Uruguay also commends the work of UNICEF, in coordination with Ms. Zerrougui, which is indispensable to put an end to recruitment by States or security forces or armed groups. We are concerned at the situation that is being experienced now and has been for a period of time by the children in the Syrian Arab Republic, where 14 million children are affected. Two million live in areas without humanitarian access, 2.6 million live in areas without access to education, and 2 million live in refugees camps in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan. Of course, the interrelated crisis with Iraq also means that 8.2 million children live in areas far from their homes, in areas controlled by armed groups of various origins. With so many children in danger, the future of humanity is also in danger.”

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  16. “Uruguay commends the invaluable work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, and we reiterate our support for her mandate. We wish to highlight the work done in coordination with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations aimed at incorporating measures to address the situation of children in countries where there are peacekeeping operations. Uruguay welcomes the tenth anniversary of the creation of a mechanism to systematically monitor and report on the six grave violations of the rights of children in situations of armed conflict: the killing and maiming of children, the recruitment or use of child soldiers, sexual violence against children, attacks against schools and hospitals, denial of humanitarian access to children, and child abduction.”

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  17. “Mr. Dotta (Uruguay) (spoke in French): Uruguay would like to thank France for organizing today's debate during its presidency of the Security Council. (spoke in Spanish) We would also like to thank France for enabling the presence at this meeting of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, as well as the Executive Director of UNICEF, which testified to the importance of today's debate. We should all take note of how meaningful that is to all of us. Likewise, Uruguay wishes Malaysia success in its work in this very important Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. Although this debate has sought to place special focus on children who are victims of non-State armed groups, my delegation believes that all children affected by conflict are in the same situation and require equal protection.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source