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1. “"The Security Council requests the Secretary-General to submit a report by May 2011 on the implementation of its resolutions and presidential statements on children and armed conflict, including the present statement." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2010/ 10. There are no further speakers on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 8 p.m.”

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2. “Furthermore, the Council invites the Working Group to fully implement its toolkit (S/2006/724), inter alia, by carrying out a country-specific visit within one year to examine a situation referred to in the annexes of the Secretary-General's report in order to better fulfil its mandate and enhance its capacity to protect children affected by armed conflict. "Recalling previous presidential statements on children and armed conflict, as well as paragraph 18 of resolution 1882 (2009), the security Council reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide administrative and substantive support for its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and further requests the Secretary-General to take action on this subject within one month of this date.”

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3. “"The Security Council also welcomes the efforts undertaken by the United Nations Children's Fund in carrying out its mandate on child protection by supporting the overall development and implementation of the monitoring and reporting mechanism and ensuring an appropriate response to the question of children in armed conflict, and encourages it to continue to follow up, through the monitoring and reporting mechanisms of the country task forces, on relevant conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict. "The Security Council welcomes the sustained activity of its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and stresses the importance of continuing to adopt timely conclusions and recommendations in line with resolutions 1612 (2005) and 1882 (2009).”

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4. “"The Security Council welcomes the overall work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and highlights the importance of her field visits in enhancing dialogue with concerned Governments and parties to the conflict, including by negotiating action plans, securing commitments, advocating for appropriate response mechanisms and ensuring appropriate attention and follow-up to the conclusions and recommendations of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.”

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5. “"Given the regional dimensions of some armed conflicts referred to in the Secretary- General's report, the Security Council reiterates its request that United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding and political missions, as well as United Nations country teams, within their respective mandates and in close cooperation with the Governments of the concerned countries, develop appropriate strategies and coordination mechanisms for cooperation and the exchange of information on cross-border child protection issues.”

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6. “"The Security Council calls on concerned Member States to take decisive and immediate action against persistent perpetrators of violations and abuses committed against children in situations of armed conflict and further calls on them to bring to justice those responsible for such violations that are prohibited under applicable international law, including with regard to the recruitment and use of children, killing and maiming, and rape and other sexual violence, through national justice systems and, where applicable, international justice mechanisms and mixed criminal courts and tribunals, with a view to ending impunity for those committing crimes against children.”

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7. “"The Security Council expresses its intention, when establishing or renewing the mandate of relevant sanctions committees, to consider provisions pertaining to parties that are in violation of applicable international law relating to the rights and protection of children in armed conflict. "The Security Council expresses its readiness to consider specific recommendations from its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on violations and abuses committed against children by parties listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General's reports, whenever they occur, with a View to considering action on them, without prejudging or implying a decision by the Security Council as to whether or not to include a particular situation in its agenda.”

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8. “To this end, the Council invites: (a) its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict to exchange pertinent information with relevant sanctions committees, in particular through the communication of the Working Group's relevant recommendations; (b) its relevant sanctions committees to consider inviting more regularly the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to brief them on specific information contained in the Secretary- General's reports; (c) and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to share specific information contained in the Secretary-General's reports with the expert groups of relevant sanctions committees.”

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9. “"The Security Council expresses deep concern that certain parties persist in committing violations and abuses against children, and expresses its readiness to adopt targeted and graduated measures against persistent perpetrators, taking into account the relevant provisions of its resolutions 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005) and 1882 (2009).”

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10. “"The Security Council reiterates its call on parties to armed conflict listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict that have not already done so to prepare and implement, without further delay, action plans to halt recruitment and use of children, patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children, in violation of applicable international law, in situations of armed conflict. "The Security Council also reiterates its call on all parties listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict to address all other violations and abuses committed against children and to undertake specific commitments and measures in this regard.”

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11. “It further underscores the importance of training on child rights and child protection for all personnel involved in United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding and political missions, and in this regard welcomes the ongoing efforts by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in developing the policy implementation plan, including training programmes and materials. "The Security Council welcomes the 50 progress made in preventing and responding to violations and abuses committed against children especially with regard to the signing of action plans by some parties, as mentioned in the ninth report of the Secretary-General.”

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12. “"The Security Council reaffirms its decision in operative paragraph 11 of its resolution 1882 (2009) to continue to include specific provisions for the protection of children in the mandates of all relevant United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding and political missions, encourages the deployment of child protection advisers to such missions and calls upon the Secretary- General to ensure that such advisers are recruited and deployed in line with the Council's relevant country-specific resolutions and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations policy directive on mainstreaming the protection, rights and well-being of children affected by armed conflict.”

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13. “"The Security Council calls upon the Secretary-General to redouble his efforts to ensure the strengthening of the monitoring and reporting mechanism's capacities with a view to the implementation of resolution 1882 (2009) to allow for prompt advocacy and effective response to all violations and abuses committed against children, inter alia, by ensuring that all relevant United Nations agencies actively help to collect accurate, objective, reliable and verifiable information on acts of rape and other sexual violence committed against children; and also by ensuring synergies and avoiding overlap among relevant United Nations entities at the headquarters and country levels, as requested by resolutions 1882 (2009) and 1888 (2009).”

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14. “"The Security Council expresses deep concern about the growing number of attacks or threats of attacks in contravention of applicable international law against schools and educational facilities, and teachers and pupils, in particular the specific targeting of girls, and in this regard calls upon all parties to armed conflict to cease immediately these violations of international humanitarian law. "The Security Council welcomes the steps taken by the Secretary-General in the implementation of resolution 1882 (2009) by including in the annexes of his report those parties to armed conflict that engage, in contravention of applicable international law, in patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence, in situations of armed conflict.”

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15. “"The Security Council reiterates its equally strong condemnation of all violations of applicable international law involving the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict, as well as their re-recruitment, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abductions, attacks against schools or hospitals and denial of humanitarian access by parties to armed conflict. The Council condemns all other violations of international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, committed against children in situations of armed conflict. The Council demands that all relevant parties immediately put an end to such practices and take special measures to protect children.”

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16. “After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council takes note with appreciation of the ninth report of the Secretary- General on children and armed conflict (S/2010/ 181) and the recommendations contained therein, as well as the positive developments referred to in the report, and notes the continuing challenges in the implementation of its resolution 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009) and other relevant resolutions reflected therein.”

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17. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Pedro Serrano, acting head of the delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.”

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18. “I wish to remind all speakers, as did my Secretary of Foreign Affairs this morning, to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. I now give the floor to the representative of Switzerland.”

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19. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Armenia, Bangladesh and the Philippines, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion 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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20. “"The Security Council requests the Secretary-General to submit his next report by May 2010 on the implementation of its resolutions on children and armed conflict." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2009/9. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 7.50 pm.”

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21. “"The Security Council recognizes the important role of education in armed conflict areas, including as a means to achieve the goal of halting and preventing recruitment and re- recruitment of children in violation of applicable international law, and calls upon all parties concerned to continue to ensure that all children associated with armed forces and groups systematically have access to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes where they can benefit, inter alia, from education. "The Security Council also urges parties to armed conflict to refrain from actions that impede children's access to education, in particular attacks or threats of attack on school children or teachers as such, the use of schools for military operations, and attacks on schools that are prohibited by applicable international law.”

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22. “"Given the regional dimension of some conflicts, the Security Council encourages Member States, United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding and political missions and United Nations country teams to establish appropriate strategies and coordination mechanisms for information exchange and cooperation on cross- border child protection concerns such as recruitment, release and reintegration of children.”

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23. “"The Security Council encourages the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in mainstreaming child protection into all peacekeeping missions, in close collaboration with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF, and encourages the deployment of child protection advisers to peacekeeping operations, as well as into relevant peacebuilding and political missions. "The Security Council invites the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to promote child protection in post-conflict situations under its consideration.”

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24. “Radhika Coomaraswamy, and emphasizes the importance of her country visits in promoting collaboration between the United Nations and Governments and enhancing dialogue with parties to armed conflict. "The Security Council also commends the work carried out by UNICEF as well as other relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, within their respective mandates, the child protection advisers of United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding and political missions in cooperation with national Governments and relevant civil society actors.”

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25. “The Council encourages its Working Group to continue its review process, to enhance its ability to follow up the implementation of its recommendations and the development and implementation of action plans to halt recruitment and use of children, and to consider and react in a timely manner to information on situations of children and armed conflict, in collaboration with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and UNICEF. It also invites its Working Group to enhance its communication with relevant Security Council sanctions committees, including by forwarding pertinent information. "The Security Council commends the work carried out by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms.”

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26. “"The Security Council reiterates the importance of the full, safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and goods and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all children affected by armed conflict, and stresses the importance for all, within the framework of humanitarian assistance, of upholding and respecting the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. "The Security Council remains concerned with the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons and its effect on and their use by children in armed conflict. "The Security Council welcomes the sustained engagement of its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and requests it to adopt, with the administrative support of the Secretariat, timely conclusions and recommendations in line with resolution 1612 (2005).”

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27. “"The Security Council reiterates the primary responsibility of States in providing effective protection and relief to all children affected by armed conflicts, and calls upon them to comply with their obligations under applicable international law, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, and encourages States to strengthen national measures for the prevention of violations against children in armed conflict, including recruitment and use of children and their use in hostilities in violation of applicable international law, inter alia, by enacting legislation that explicitly prohibits such recruitment and use as well as other violations, and urges States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to this Convention and its Optional Protocols.”

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28. “"The Security Council strongly emphasizes the need for concerned Member States to take decisive and immediate action against persistent perpetrators of violations against children, and to 46 bring to justice those responsible for the recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law and other violations against children through national justice systems and, where applicable, international justice mechanisms and mixed criminal courts and tribunals, with a view to ending impunity for those committing crimes against children.”

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29. “"The Security Council expresses its concern with situations where insufficient or no progress has been made by parties listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General's reports in halting recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law, including through the preparation and implementation of concrete time-bound action plans, and reiterates its determination to ensure respect for its resolutions on children and armed conflict, making use of all the tools provided in its resolution 1612 (2005), including action as appropriate in accordance with paragraph 9 of its resolution 1612 (2005).”

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30. “"The Security Council reiterates its call on parties to armed conflict listed in the annexes of the Secretary General's report (S/2009/158) that have not already done so to prepare and implement, without further delay, concrete time- bound action plans to halt recruitment and use of children in violation of applicable international law, and to address all other violations and abuses committed against children and undertake specific commitments and measures in this regard, in close cooperation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the United Nations country-level task forces on monitoring and reporting.”

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31. “"The Security Council recognizes the importance of including in the annexes to the Secretary-General's reports on children and armed conflict those parties to armed conflict that commit acts of killing and maiming of children that are prohibited under applicable international law or acts of rape and other sexual violence against children that are prohibited under applicable international law, in situations of armed conflict, and expresses its intention to continue its consideration of this issue, in order to take action within three months of this date.”

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32. “"The Security Council expresses deep concern that civilians, in particular children, continue to account for a considerable number of casualties resulting from killing and maiming in armed conflicts, including as a result of deliberate targeting, indiscriminate and excessive use of force, indiscriminate use of landmines and cluster munitions and use of children as human shields. "The Security Council further expresses deep concern with the high incidence and appalling levels of brutality, of rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, girls and boys, committed in the context of and associated with armed conflict, including the use or commission of rape and other forms of sexual violence in some situations as a tactic of war.”

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33. “"The Security Council reiterates its equally strong condemnation of the continuing recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in violation of applicable international law, killing and maiming of children, rape and other sexual violence, abductions, denial of humanitarian access to children and attacks against schools and hospitals by parties to armed conflict. The Council condemns all other violations of international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, committed against children in situations of armed conflict. The Council demands that all relevant parties immediately put an end to such practices and take special measures to protect children.”

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34. “"The Security Council acknowledges that the implementation of its resolution 1612 (2005) in situations listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General's report (S/2009/158) has generated progress and invites the Secretary- General, where applicable, to strengthen the efforts to bring the monitoring and reporting mechanism to its full capacity in order to allow for prompt advocacy and effective response to all violations and abuses committed against children. In this regard, the Council reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide additional administrative support to its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.”

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35. “"The Security Council stresses, in this regard, the importance of adopting a broad strategy of conflict prevention, which addresses the root causes of armed conflict in a comprehensive manner in order to enhance the protection of children on a long-term basis, including by promoting sustainable development, poverty eradication, national reconciliation, good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for and protection of human rights.”

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36. “After consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council takes note with appreciation of the eighth report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/ 158) on children and armed conflict and of the positive developments referred to in the report, and notes the continuing challenges in the implementation of its resolution 1612 (2005) reflected therein. "The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to address the widespread impact of armed conflict on children, and its determination to ensure respect for, and the implementation of, its resolution 1612 (2005) and all its previous resolutions on children and armed conflict, as well as respect for other applicable international law related to the protection of children affected by armed conflict.”

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37. “I thank the Minister for her important statement, which I am certain all members of the Council have noted. I now give the floor to the representative of Chile.”

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38. “The President (spoke in Spanish): I would like to request that this afternoon's speakers kindly limit their statements to a maximum of five minutes, taking into account that we still have an extensive list of speakers who would like to take the floor this afternoon. On behalf of the members of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to Her Excellency Ms. Marie- Ange Lukinana Mufwankol, Minister of Gender, Family and Children Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and give her the floor.”

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39. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Armenia, Benin and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion 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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