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2017-05-25
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2017-05-25
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  1. “All States may count on our support for reinforcing the protection of the wounded and sick, as well as medical personnel, facilities and equipment. We will also continue our global support for promoting compliance with international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. And we call on all States to join us in that effort.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  2. “Having recognized that a disproportionate number of internally displaced persons and those in conflict zones are women, we will apply a gender perspective to ensure that both women's and men's needs are taken into consideration to enable a targeted humanitarian response. States bear the primary responsibility for providing protection for their citizens. However, the protection of civilians is also a main task of United Nations peacekeeping and is often decisive for its success and legitimacy. Today, 10 of 16 peacekeeping missions have mandates encompassing the protection of civilians. To conclude, the European Union and its member States remain committed to the full implementation of resolution 2286 (2016).”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  3. “The EU and its member States are also committed to continuing their efforts to promote the dissemination of and training in international humanitarian law and human rights, both inside and outside the European Union, as well as supporting relevant States and non-State actors in implementing or reinforcing context-specific measures to enhance physical safety of medical personnel and infrastructure. The EU will also continue to place protection of civilians at the core of its humanitarian response and to support the international humanitarian system in ensuring the centrality of protection in humanitarian action.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  4. “However, compliance with international humanitarian law and human rights law needs to be further strengthened and enhanced. The EU and its member States remain committed to the Swiss/ ICRC initiative on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law and calls on all Member States to participate constructively in that process. The EU's long-standing involvement in ending impunity and strengthening accountability includes the EU's support to the International Criminal Court. The new EU global strategy explicitly commits the EU to promoting international criminal law and the universality of the Rome Statute.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  5. “The EU strongly condemns such violations and is committed to consistently speaking out for global respect and compliance with international humanitarian law and ensuring safe, rapid, full and unimpeded humanitarian access to those who are most in need of assistance. The EU is a major advocate for international humanitarian law, humanitarian principles and human rights, and continues to implement the EU guidelines on international humanitarian law. The EU fosters global respect for and compliance with international humanitarian law through a variety of means, including political dialogue, demarches or public statements about specific conflicts, restrictive measures, sanctions and cooperation with the United Nations and relevant regional organizations.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  6. “The blatant disregard and refusal in many cases of the parties to armed conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law continue to be one of the most critical challenges for the protection of medical care in conflicts, as well as globally for the protection of civilians. That problem is further exacerbated by the escalation of urban warfare in recent years, and the use of weapons with wide-area impacts is destroying critical infrastructure and killing civilians, including medical and humanitarian personnel, in virtually all conflicts.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  7. “At the World Humanitarian Summit last year, the EU made the commitment to promoting and enhancing efforts to respect and protect medical personnel, transports and facilities, as well as humanitarian relief personnel and assets against attacks, threats or other violent acts. The EU also acknowledges the Secretary-General's recommendations made in 2016, pursuant to resolution 2286 (2016), and concurs with the recent report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/414) in that respect, including on the need to share best practices and lessons learned and ensure rapid, complete, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  8. “In some instances, those are carried out in full knowledge of the exclusively medical or humanitarian nature of the facilities being attacked and in most cases without any action being taken to investigate and counter those attacks. We continue to be equally concerned by the lack of safe and unimpeded passage of medical personnel, assets and supplies in numerous instances, whose compounded consequences on the health of civilians, including children, are devastating. We must strengthen our resolve to implement the commitments we have made and to stop medical facilities and personnel from being targeted, in clear breach of international humanitarian law. It is a war crime to intentionally attack hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected. The EU is committed to ensuring the full implementation of resolution 2286 (2016).”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  9. “We welcome the focus of today's debate on the topic and the opportunity to take stock of the implementation of resolution 2286 (2016) one year after its adoption. The European Union has been from the outset and continues to be a strong supporter of that landmark resolution. We welcome the strong message it sends that any violation of international humanitarian law committed against medical personnel and facilities in conflict situations is completely unacceptable. We are, however, concerned by the troubling developments on the ground. Attacks on medical facilities and personnel in conflicts, such as in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and South Sudan, continue.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  10. “I would like to thank the Council for organizing today's timely debate. (spoke in English) I have the honour to speak on behalf ofthe European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Bosnia and Herzegovina; as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, align themselves with this statement. I would like to thank Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Christine Beerli, and the Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy of Human Rights Watch, Bruno Stagno Ugarte, for their contributions to this debate. The protection of civilians and health care in armed conflict continues to be of profound concern.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source