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  1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list. I therefore intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.05 p.m.”

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  2. “I congratulate the representative of Lebanon on her excellent Spanish and thank her for making the effort to deliver her statement in my language.”

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  3. “In accordance with the understanding reached among Council members, I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber.”

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  4. “Close international cooperation on all these issues is crucial to providing comprehensive and sustainable solutions that meet the needs of children in situations of Violence and armed conflict. This task requires the commitment of us all, as well as our coordinated efforts with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UNICEF, United Nations agencies and programmes, and civil society organizations. Protecting the most vulnerable is not only an ethical imperative; today, protecting our children, who should never take any part in any armed conflict, is also protecting our nations, whose strengths, deepest values and hopes are embodied in those children. I thank the Council for its support in favour of a better world for the children of our planet. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council.”

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  5. “We would like to focus on five aspects: first, strengthening the monitoring and reporting mechanism to guarantee the provision of objective and verifiable information that will permit timely action by the United Nations system and follow-up to the 10-40745 recommendations of the Working Group; secondly, promoting the implementation of action plans aimed at ending the recruitment and use of children and crimes perpetrated against them; thirdly, improving the impact of our decisions on the comprehensive protection of children, including open meetings for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to present her reports; fourthly, ensuring that our recommendations promote full respect for international humanitarian law and human rights by all parties to a conflict; and finally, supporting the establishment of comprehensive programmes to rehabilitate and reintegrate children in the ranks of armed groups into their families and communities, as well as preventing new violations and abuses against them.”

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  6. “As a State party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, Mexico has resolutely joined the campaign for ratification of the Protocols. We call upon States that have not already done so to ratify those and other instruments designed to ensure the greatest protection for those who today are affected by the scourge of war, exploitation and violence. Mexico will continue to guide the work of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict inclusively and with determination and transparency until the end of its mandate as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.”

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  7. “Serious violations of fundamental principles and norms of international humanitarian law are war crimes, and Members States have the primary obligation to investigate and prosecute those responsible for such violations. We support the recommendation contained in the report of the Secretary-General that the Council consider stronger measures against those who persist in violating the rights of children in armed conflict. Transparency and accountability in the protection of children in armed conflict have become crucial priorities. In cases where States have neither the capacity nor the willingness to prosecute those presumed responsible for these crimes, the International Criminal Court has the power to recognize those crimes that are stipulated in the Rome Statute.”

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  8. “That is why, very personally but also on behalf of Mexico and the Security Council, I should like to commend the courage and testimony of Manju 10-40745 Gurung, this former child soldier who has urged us to act decisively for children in situations of armed conflict. Mexico also appeals to the Security Council to continue, within the framework of its competences, to address the repercussions of armed conflicts on children, and to promote concrete action to comply with the recommendations of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. My country vigorously defends the principle of the higher interests of children, and believes that we must step up our efforts as a community to provide broad and effective protection to children. Crimes committed against children cannot be stopped if their perpetrators remain unpunished.”

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  9. “While these are important steps, there is still much to do if we truly want to spare children from being the principal victims of the spiral of violence generated by armed conflicts around the world. In the past two decades alone, more than 2 million children in areas of armed conflict have died, another six million have been disabled, more than a quarter of a million young people have been exploited as child soldiers in different regions of the world, and thousands more have been victims of sexual exploitation, rape and prostitution. These figures are heartbreaking, but they say very little about the personal and direct suffering of the children involved.”

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  10. “Mexico is convinced that we have made substantive progress in the Security Council's treatment of the promotion and protection of children affected by armed conflict. The adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), which strengthens and broadens the United Nations mechanisms for protecting minors in cases of armed conflict, is an example of this progress. In thanking Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy for presenting the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/2010/181), I note that this year the annexes to the report include the names not only of those who recruit or use children in armed conflict, but also of those who commit criminal acts against them.”

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  11. “I would like to thank Ms. Gurung for having been kind enough to share her experience with us. I would also like to note the courage of this young girl, who has described very clearly today the tragedy of the situation of children in armed conflict. I believe that this should be a source for inspiration to all us to continue to strengthen the work of the United Nations in this area. With the Council's permission, I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. I am grateful for this opportunity to reaffirm the commitment of my country to the full respect of human rights and international humanitarian law. Mexico today reaffirms its commitment to ensuring the full protection of civilians in armed conflicts, in particular women and children.”

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  12. “I thank Ms. Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, for her important briefing. I should also like to highlight the value of the work on peacekeeping being done jointly by UNICEF and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, non-governmental organizations and civil society. I also wish to emphasize the need for all of us to continue to encourage that teamwork in order to strengthen our ability to act. I now give the floor to Ms. Manju Gurung, who, as Special Representative of the Secretary-General Coomaraswamy has already pointed out, was a child soldier in Nepal.”

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  13. “I thank Mr. Khare for the very important information he has given us today. I now give the floor to Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund.”

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  14. “I thank Ms.Coomaraswamy for her statement and for the information she has given us, and I appreciate the work 10-40745 she is doing. We encourage her to continue moving forward with the same dedication and enthusiasm. I now give the floor to Mr. Atul Khare.”

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  15. “At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Mr. Atul Khare, Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson and Ms. Manju Gurung. I shall now give the floor to Ms. Coomaraswamy.”

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  16. “I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2010/181, containing the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, and document S/2010/314, containing a letter dated 15 June 2010 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. Let me say that it is a great honour for me, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, to be here 10-40745 today to preside over this special meeting of the Security Council on this topic of particular importance to us all. I take this opportunity to thank all members of the Security Council for the support they have extended to Mexico throughout its participation in the work of the Council and particularly in the course of its presidency this month.”

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  17. “Pedro Serrano, in which he requests to be invited, in his capacity as acting head of the delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Pedro Serrano. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Serrano to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”

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  18. “There being no objection, it is so decided. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend invitations under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Mr. Atul Khare, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund; and Ms. Manju Gurung. It is so decided. I should like also to inform the Council that I have received a letter from His Excellency Mr.”

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  19. “The President (spoke in Spanish): I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 11 June 2010 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, has been issued as document S/2010/3 I6 and which reads as follows: "I have the honour to request that, in accordance with its previous practice, the Security Council invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in and be inscribed on the list of speakers for he meeting of the Security Council that will be held on Wednesday, 16 June 2010, in connection with 5" the item 'Children and armed conflict . I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to participate in the meeting in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard.”

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  20. “In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the consideration of the item, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the aforementioned countries took the seats reservedfor them at the side of the Council Chamber.”

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  21. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam and Yemen, in which they request to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.”

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