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  1. “They will be felt positively by those whose well-being we wish to secure. This in itself should encourage us to intensify our work in this direction. Finally, let me greet the Austrian students from the University of Vienna who are studying international organizations and who are sitting in the Gallery. They have followed this meeting very diligently.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  2. “In conclusion, let me express my conviction that there is great potential for further and closer cooperation between our organizations in dealing with the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The examples which I have mentioned may be just a beginning. There is scope to intensify our efforts and to expand cooperation to other areas of common interest, such as the fight against the proliferation of small arms, the monitoring, protection and promotion of human rights in conflict zones and the training of field mission personnel, as well as peacekeeping and peace-building operations. I strongly believe that such common endeavours to protect the vulnerable, building on our positive experiences of cooperation in the past few years, will soon lead to concrete results.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  3. “Within the United Nations, important work has been done on this topic by the Representative of the Secretary-General for Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Francis Deng. He has been a catalyst of greater attention to the problem of internal displacement, working both within the United Nations system and in collaboration with regional organizations, such as the Organization of African Unity. Austria also took the initiative to raise the issue of displacement within the OSCE. A Human Dimension Seminar on this topic, with the participation of Mr. Francis Deng, will be held later this year. Among its objectives will be the promotion of the wider use of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and their integration into the work of the OSCE.”

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  4. “Olara Otunnu, as well as representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund and other international organizations and non-governmental organizations, will contribute to that meeting. Another key issue which is high on our agenda as OSCE Chairman-in-Office, is the problem of internal displacement. Persons displaced within their own countries by internal conflict and grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law pose a great challenge to which both our organizations are called to respond. The protection of and provision of assistance to millions of internally displaced people must become a priority concern to us. The same holds true for the ultimate aim of their return to and reintegration in their places of origin.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  5. “They decided to regularly address the rights of children in the work of the OSCE, including by holding a special meeting in the year 2000, dedicated to children in armed conflict, and to pay particular attention to the physical and psychological well-being of children involved in war or affected by armed conflict. In this connection, a Human Dimension Seminar on children and armed conflict will be held from 23 to 26 May 2000 in Warsaw, with the aim of raising awareness within the OSCE, including OSCE field presences, about the effects of armed conflict on children and the aim of examining the possibilities for intervention by the OSCE to address them. I therefore take pleasure in informing the Council that Mr.”

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  6. “Austria greatly appreciated the initiative of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, in proposing a 10-point agenda by which the OSCE could undertake to make the protection of children affected by armed conflict a central policy concern. At the OSCE Istanbul Summit of November 1999, the heads of State or Government of the participating States of the OSCE endorsed this approach. They committed themselves to actively promoting children's rights and interest, especially in conflict and post-conflict situations.”

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  7. “Keeping these words in mind, Austria, which holds the Chairmanship-in-Office of the OSCE, strongly believes that in situations of armed conflict, the OSCE must focus its attention on the victims and the vulnerable - their interests, rights and protection. In this connection, and as part of an integrated approach to security policy, the Austrian Chairmanship-in-Office has put special emphasis on taking concrete steps to better protect civilians in armed conflict. One important aspect is the protection of children affected by armed conflict, an issue that has been dear to us for a long time. In September last year, therefore, we suggested that the question of children in armed conflict be considered regularly in the OSCE framework.”

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  8. “As stated in the Charter for European Security, adopted in Istanbul in November 1999, the OSCE will seek ways of reinforcing the application of international humanitarian law in order to enhance the protection of civilians in times of conflict. I believe that working together with the Security Council in this respect would only seem natural and mutually beneficial. At this point, I should also like to highlight that at the Istanbul Summit, the OSCE laid the foundations for a strong focus on the concerns and situation of the individual human being. Ultimately, it is the OSCE's aim, as expressed in the Summit Declaration, "to improve human security and thereby to make a difference in the life of the individual".”

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  9. “The Council also underlined the importance of consultation and cooperation between the United Nations and other relevant international organizations and actors, including regional organizations, in this respect. Furthermore, it expressed its willingness to work in cooperation with regional organizations to examine how these bodies might better enhance the protection of civilians in armed conflict. As the Council is aware, cooperation between the United Nations and the OSCE takes place on a multitude of levels. Apart from our day-to-day cooperation in the field and the humanitarian and political tasks we face together in some regions of the OSCE area, there are important issues of common concern regarding the way we approach the challenges of the new century. The topic of this debate concerns one of them.”

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  10. “But as we enter a new century, we are still far from a worldwide "climate of compliance". The law continues to be broken, violated and, unfortunately, ignored. I would like, therefore, to welcome the landmark report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In this report, he has presented a set of courageous yet very practical proposals, including measures that the Council can adopt within its sphere of responsibility with a view to developing effective responses to this ongoing challenge. In adopting resolution 1265 (1999) of 17 September 1999, the Council welcomed the Secretary-General's report and supported many of its recommendations.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  11. “Sadly - and I am stating the obvious for the Council - the 1990s proved no exception to this pattern, but rather culminated in armed conflicts marked by massive, deliberate brutality against civilians, with particularly negative effects on women, children and other vulnerable groups. This is true for every region of the world, and I would like to welcome the particular emphasis the Council has placed recently on Africa. In my capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), I will concentrate today on the OSCE region and on the steps taken by the OSCE to better protect civilians in times of conflict. An impressive number of instruments of international humanitarian and human rights law have been adopted since the Second World War.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  12. “Let me begin, Mr. President, by extending my appreciation to you and to your country for having taken the initiative in February last year to bring before the Security Council the very important issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. It is a particular pleasure to see you presiding over this meeting today. I wish therefore to congratulate you, and, through you, the Security Council, on the encouraging results which - in a little more than a year's time - have been achieved so far in addressing this matter. The steady increase in civilian casualties in conflict situations strikes us as one of the past century's most horrific features.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source