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Gonzalez Serafini

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2015-06-18
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2018-12-06
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  1. “That is achieved through processes of prevention, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, the peaceful settlement of disputes, reconciliation, transitional justice, the promotion of the rule of law and the strengthening of institutions, the promotion and protection of human rights and sustainable development.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  2. “The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti, as well as the United Nations Mission in Colombia and the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, are examples of how the strategic partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations - such as the OAS, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and other specialized regional agencies - and the United Nations system can generate invaluable comparative advantages in efforts to achieve sustainable peace.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  3. “We also committed ourselves to strengthening regional and subregional arrangements through international cooperation and support measures with the aim of improving the strategic partnership between those organizations and the United Nations in the areas of capacity-building and financing. Finally, in context ofmy region - the Americas - I musttohighlighttherolethattheOrganizationofAmerican States (OAS) and other subregional organizations can play.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  4. “In that regard, the Council should focus its efforts in a coordinated manner and in cooperation with other United Nations organs and regional and subregional organizations, as well as with other entities focused on conflict prevention, sustainable development, human rights and rule of law. The effectiveness of both the role played by the Secretary-General through his good offices and his Special Envoys and Representatives, as well as that of United Nations regional offices, to promote processes of political dialogue for the resolution of conflicts has also been demonstrated. Through the Declaration of Shared Commitments issued within the framework of the Secretary-General's Action for Peacekeeping initiative, sponsoring States reaffirm the primacy of politics in the resolution of conflicts.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  5. “The development of multilateralism and cooperation among States at the regional level and regional and subregional structures and United Nations agencies have proven to be highly effective in the prevention and peaceful resolution ofconflicts through the promotion ofpolitical dialogue and mediation. In addition to these, greater in-depth knowledge of the specific characteristics and unique features of each incidence of conflict or dispute has also helped generate a greater sense of ownership within each peace process. Such cooperation must be consolidated through the Security Council, in line with the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  6. “Prevention efforts, the promotion of sustainable development, the protection of human rights, the promotion of the rule of law, access to justice and accountability, peacekeeping operations, special political missions, peacebuilding efforts and other initiatives of the Organization constitute political tools that must be shaped and implemented as part of a comprehensive and multidimensional strategy in support of viable political processes and the peaceful settlement of disputes. That is why we are convinced of the value of regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security, while acknowledging the primary responsibility of the Security Council and the United Nations in that regard, as well as in terms of building and consolidating sustainable peace.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  7. “We believe that the United Nations is the only international organization of which the primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and security through a number of tools that must come together to form a comprehensive strategy that includes conflict prevention, conflict resolution through peaceful means, peacekeeping and building sustainable peace. Such a strategy should incorporate a sustainable development and human rights perspective and address the root causes of conflict.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  8. “Mr. Gonzalez Serafini (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, I would like to thank the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire for convening this debate and welcome the presence this morning of Mr. Marcel Amon-Tanoh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of C6te d'Ivoire. We also thank the Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States for their briefings. Argentina reaffirms its firm commitment and support for the system for maintaining international peace and security within the framework of the United Nations, based on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, which includes international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

    2018-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8414 (2018) · source

  9. “We believe that the establishment of such an international day will contribute in a significant way to raising the international community's awareness of the need to combat the crimes of sexual violence in conflict, and also to provide multisectoral and multidimensional assistance to victims and put an end to the impunity of the perpetrators of such crimes through an effective system of accountability before the relevant national and international legal systems.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  10. “Finally, we stress once again the need to adopt an unequivocal focus that sees children as victims and not as perpetrators, because their alleged involvement in armed conflict has been forced through recruitment, kidnapping and other methods, including physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence and subjection to sexual slavery. In that regard, we wish to highlight and to welcome the adoption tomorrow by the General Assembly of a resolution establishing 19 June, the date of adoption of Security Council resolution 1820 (2008), as the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  11. “To that end, we wish to highlight in particular the adoption last May of the Oslo Declaration on Safe Schools, which was promoted by Norway and Argentina, among other countries. To date 39 countries have joined it. That Declaration commits States to implement the Lucens Guidelines to Protect Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict, thereby ensuring the right to education and protection of children and young people in armed conflicts. We call on States Members of the United Nations, particularly members of the Council, to endorse the Declaration.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  12. “We welcome those Governments that have already joined that campaign to ensure that in the near future we end the inconceivable practice of having child soldiers. In closing, we also express our concern over and strongly condemn the increasing use of schools for military purposes and the increase in attacks against schools and hospitals. We believe this matter merits particular attention from the international community since it radically affects the right to education and the health of thousands of children worldwide. Therefore Argentina is committed to the process of the Lucens Guidelines to Protect Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  13. “Argentina, like the international community, is fully aware of the devastating effects on children of armed conflicts as a result of their recruitment, their abduction, indiscriminate attacks against civilian areas or direct attacks against civilians by explosive weapons, air strikes, or the use of terror tactics that cause an unbearable number of casualties among children. We recognize the outstanding work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, during the last year, particularly the United Nations Children, Not Soldiers campaign, to put an end to the recruitment and use of children by security forces of Governments in conflict situations before the end of 2016.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  14. “Today we have a system of international justice for the most serious crimes, including war crimes, no longer based on ad hoc tribunals but on a permanent court: the International Criminal Court established by the Rome Statute in 1998. In March 2012, the Court issued its first judgement, which found Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of the war crime of recruiting children under 15 years to participate in hostilities in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. With that ruling, the Court made a significant contribution to the doctrine of protecting children in armed conflicts.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  15. “We also agree on the need to involve various stakeholders in order to advocate for an end to the involvement of children in armed forces and groups, including, among others, human rights activists, teachers, representatives of civil society, family members, health workers, religious leaders and other community actors. Beyond the legal advances on the issue and the accomplishments of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, there is still much room for improvement. We must fight impunity in an unequivocal way for all those groups or individuals who commit these crimes. In that connection, this Council established two international tribunals - those for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  16. “It is also important for States in this Organization to ensure that training and preparation for the adequate protection of the rights of children in situations of armed conflict is not limited exclusively to personnel who are directly responsible for protecting children on the ground. In fact, it is Vital to incorporate in training programmes for military, police and civilian personnel comprising the missions of the United Nations a focus on human rights and full awareness of the rights of children and adolescents, as well as knowledge and understanding of strategies and processes for the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration of children in situations of armed conflict.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  17. “We firmly support the need to agree and implement measures to increase the pressure on both State and non-State actors who continue to commit violations. In that connection, we repeat that there is need for greater coordination between the system for the protection of children in armed conflicts and the different sanctions regimes so that sanctions can be imposed on the perpetrators of the most flagrant violations committed against children in conflict situations. The protection of children from a human rights perspective must continue to be our priority. For that reason, it must be taken into account in defining the mandates of peacekeeping operations and special political missions, as well as in the Council's endeavours in the area of peacebuilding, by integrating more specialists into the different missions this body authorizes.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  18. “That commitment has been repeatedly demonstrated, as we were one of the first States to ratify the 2002 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and to have actively promoted the adoption of resolutions 1261 (1999), 1612 (2005) and 2143 (2014). By the same token, we joined in co-sponsoring resolution 2225 (2015), which the Council adopted this morning. Moreover, we highlight the progress achieved in the area of prevention and protection of the rights of children through the coordinated activities of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in collaboration with UNICEF and other United Nations organs.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  19. “That resolution was particularly significant because it authorized the creation of an oversight and reporting mechanism to monitor, document and systematically report grave violations of children's human rights. It also created the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict with the aim ofrecognizing, guaranteeing and protecting the rights of children in situations of armed conflict. In that framework, it bears repeating that Argentina decisively supports the work of the Council to prevent, avoid and halt grave violations of the rights of children in the context of armed conflicts.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source

  20. “Mr. Gonzalez Serafini (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): 1 would like to thank Malaysia for its initiative in organizing this debate and for the concept note (S/2015/402, annex) it distributed to guide today's discussion. Iwould also like to acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and to recognize the work of his country in its leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We also thank the Secretary-General for his statement and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, as well as the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and Ms. Eunice Apio, for their briefings. A few days from now it will be 10 years since the adoption of resolution 1612 (2005), which Argentina firmly supported as a member of the Council at that time.”

    2015-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7466 (2015) · source