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Kakanur

lines on the record: 43
first: 2019-05-23
most recent: 2021-07-28
sittings or episodes: 7
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“India has also helped build schools, hospitals and technology parks and is supporting quick-impact community projects in Palestine. We have also contributed to the reconstruction of Gaza. I conclude by reaffirming India’s firm commitment to achieving a just, peaceful and lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. That goal can be achieved only through two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. There is no other road to achieving that goal except through direct negotiations. We stand ready to support all efforts by our regional and international partners to restart negotiations and the peace process, which can ensure a future of hope for all Palestinians and Israelis.”
2021-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8826 (2021) · source
“We remain deeply concerned about the continued clashes and heightened tensions surrounding the Al-Aqsa Mosque. We reiterate the need to respect the historic status quo in East Jerusalem and its neighbourhood. All parties must refrain from provocative and inflammatory rhetoric in the interest of peace and stability. Last week’s clashes in Jerusalem are a reminder that violent confrontations remain a real possibility. We urge the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to go beyond the restoration of calm and start a serious dialogue to address the issues that undercut the viability of the two- State solution. India has always attached great importance to ensuring a better livelihood for the Palestinian people and has provided timely assistance to improve the economic and humanitarian situation in Palestine.”
2021-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8826 (2021) · source
“We encourage all Palestinian parties to work with the Palestinian Authority to ensure the well-being of the people of Gaza. India and other international donors continue to provide development assistance to the Palestinian Authority for strengthening its governance institutions and creating opportunities for the socioeconomic growth of Palestinians. However, negative trends on the ground in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are taking us further away from the two-State solution and threaten to derail the cumulative gains made by those efforts. In that context, we reiterate our concern about the possible legal eviction of some Palestinian residents in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem. The houses were built as part of arrangements facilitated by the United Nations.”
2021-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8826 (2021) · source
“Israel’s easing of restrictions on the entry of essential supplies into Gaza and on the movement of patients needing critical medical care in Gaza are steps in the right direction and need to be furthered. India welcomes all measures to de-escalate the situation and encourages further steps from both parties to ensure the smooth delivery of humanitarian aid and other critical commodities to Gaza. Such confidence-building measures, followed by substantial actions, would help in stabilizing the ceasefire. India strongly supports Gaza’s early recovery and reconstruction. The World Bank Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment report has estimated a requirement of $485 million for immediate and short-term recovery. It is important that the international donor community support the reconstruction of Gaza through the Palestinian Authority.”
2021-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8826 (2021) · source
“I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Lynn Hastings for her briefing today. I also thank Executive Director Yudith Oppenheimer for her participation. I welcome the participation of the observer of the Observer State of Palestine and the representative of Israel at today’s meeting. The 21 May ceasefire was brought about by the concerted efforts and assurances of the international community, which continues its intense diplomatic efforts in negotiating a long-term ceasefire. We call on all parties to show restraint and to desist from all unilateral actions that could exacerbate tensions. The regular and predictable entry of goods through verified channels into Gaza remains vital for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.”
2021-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8826 (2021) · source
“India will continue to extend all possible assistance to the Sudan and its people as they move ahead to consolidate the gains made over the past three years.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“Going forward, it will be important for the Government to ensure the protection of the logistics base and the repatriation of the remaining staff to facilitate a seamless liquidation phase, which commenced on 1 July. We are confident that all pending tasks of significance, including the handing over of the El Fasher camp to the authorities in Darfur, will be completed. To conclude, as UNAMID is now in a full-fledged liquidation phase, let us reaffirm our commitment and support to the efforts of the Sudanese authorities. For our part, India’s support to the Sudan and its people has remained steadfast. Over the years, India has implemented several projects and assisted Sudanese officials and students in capacity-building. We have also extended humanitarian assistance.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“We would also like to commend the various initiatives undertaken by the Government of the Sudan to handle the drawdown, as well as the transition to United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, in a smooth and seamless manner. The Government of the Sudan established unity of command and purpose by appointing a unified joint task force and the State handover committee as UNAMID’s key interlocutors during the drawdown. It was through that engagement that the mission was able to listen to the specific needs of each community and identify ways to meet those needs through the provision of assets, such as water and sewage trucks, water treatment equipment, generators and vehicles, among others.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“We also note with appreciation that 6,000 military, police and civilian personnel, out of 7,000 who remained with the mission in January, have been repatriated to their respective countries. UNAMID has also provided various communities of the Darfur region with vehicles, including water and sewage trucks and generators. The mission has donated its clinic, as well as medical facilities, for use by the local communities. These are all initiatives that mark a transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding that is Sudan-led and Sudan-owned. In that regard, we commend the efforts of Under-Secretary-General Khare and his team for their deft handling of the various challenges during the drawdown period.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“I express our gratitude to each one of the peacekeepers who served in UNAMID and pay tribute to their exemplary efforts. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that the drawdown exercise has been completed within the tight timeline and benchmarks set by the Security Council. Since February, when the Council was last briefed on the issue, UNAMID has handed over 14 team sites to the Government of the Sudan, which has committed to using them for civilian purposes, in line with the framework agreement signed on 4 March. We are happy to know that those facilities will now be utilized for capacity- and nation-building activities related to health care, education and other social services, including vocational training and community centres, as identified by the people of the Sudan themselves.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Atul Khare for his comprehensive briefing on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) drawdown. I also welcome the representative of the Sudan to our meeting. The drawdown of UNAMID has formally ended a very successful peacekeeping operation. It has been a successful example of African Union-United Nations cooperation. UNAMID has several commendable achievements to its credit, including supporting the implementation of the peace process, the protection of civilians and community stabilization. During UNAMID’s 13-year mandate, more than 100,000 military and police peacekeepers were contributed by dozens of countries around the world, including India. At its peak deployment in 2011, it had nearly 23,000 troops and police personnel.”
2021-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8825 (2021) · source
“The continued support of bilateral and international partners to Mali, including the United Nations, the AU and ECOWAS, is much-needed in these challenging times. India remains committed to supporting Mali to overcome the present political and security crisis.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“The tendency of burdening peacekeepers with responsibilities that ought to fall primarily to the host State or other relevant international organizations must come to an end. It is a matter of concern that MINUSMA peacekeepers continue to face threats from improvised explosive devices. The Mission should enhance resources to counter that threat. We hope that this will be adequately addressed during the discussion on the MINUSMA mandate renewal later this month. Mali is currently facing serious political and security challenges. This delicate phase requires the renewed commitment of all stakeholders in Mali to the peace agreement and its implementation, as well as ownership of the transition road map.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“Against the backdrop of the attack on the MINUSMA camp in Aguelhok on 2 April, we reiterate our call to MINUSMA to further enhance measures to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers. This recent incident again underscores the urgent need to upgrade the security infrastructure of camps of United Nations peacekeepers. We also call on the Government of Mali to bring to justice perpetrators of attacks against United Nations peacekeepers. We take positive note of the recent conviction for the killing of a MINUSMA peacekeeper in 2015. The primary responsibility to fight terrorists and extremist armed groups lies with the Malian Defence and Security Forces. MINUSMA peacekeepers are there to support the implementation of the peace agreement and its provisions.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“We welcome the Mission’s confidence-building measures, particularly the local peace accords in central Mali that have helped reduce intercommunal violence and promote reconciliation. We commend the efforts of MINUSMA peacekeepers, who are functioning under complex and challenging circumstances. We also take note of the progress in the implementation of the mobile task force concept to strengthen the unity of effort and command across the area of operations and of the support extended to the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel). We reiterate the need for more robust support from the Security Council and the international community to the G-5 Sahel Joint Force.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“These are the priority areas that will help in addressing the security situation. The precarious security situation, particularly in central and northern Mali, remains a matter of serious concern. The absence of State authority has contributed to the worsening of the situation. The attacks carried out by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara against civilians and international forces have increased. It is indeed worrisome that terrorist activities in central Mali continue unabated. MINUSMA is playing an important role in stabilizing the security situation in Mali through its political and military support for the peace process.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“The Malian authorities need to quickly resume the implementation of the transition road map and convene legislative and presidential elections as scheduled in early 2022. The implementation of key provisions of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation on Mali remains fundamental to lasting peace in Mali. In that regard, we take note of the second meeting of the Monitoring Committee in Kayes on 29 March, and welcome the formation of a security and political coalition between the Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad and the Platform coalition of armed groups. The parties need to agree, without further delay, on the deployment and operationalization of the reconstituted army units; the launch of next phase of demobilization, disarmament and reintegration; the creation of territorial police and the reorganization of territories.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“Differences over the appointment of members in the transitional Government resulting in the arrest of its President and Prime Minister on 24 May by the military clearly reflect the tenuous relations among Malian stakeholders. The impact that those developments may have on the time-bound transition is a matter of serious concern. We welcome the timely actions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), which have helped to partly redeem the deteriorating political situation. We have also taken note of the commitments expressed by the new President with regard to the transition process, as well as the appointment of the Prime Minister.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“Allow me to begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. El- Ghassim Wane, and Ms. Fatima Maiga, independent consultant, founding member and President of the Coalition des Femmes Leaders Nord, Sud et Centre du Mali, for their briefings on the recent developments in Mali. We would also like to recognize the presence of the Permanent Representative of Mali, Mr. Issa Konfourou, at today’s meeting. The unfortunate developments in Mali last month have provided a reality check for the Security Council with regard to the implementation of the transitional road map. The repeated interventions by the Malian military in the transition process have created challenges for the way forward.”
2021-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8794 (2021) · source
“Transitional justice mechanisms can play a crucial role in societies torn apart by the violence of conflict, but they must contribute effectively to the will of the local actors to take their destiny into their own hands by devising political and institutional safeguards to prevent a repetition of mass crimes.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“If transitional justice is conceived merely as a Band-Aid that can be put on to past harms during some unspecified and limited time of transition, without any suggestion that it is attached to some deeper change in the society, it is unlikely that those measures will have any transformational capacity. Reconciliation is a long and arduous process; artificially imposed standards or timelines are unlikely to achieve success. Reconciliation within a nation must be not only homegrown but also home-nurtured. It is important to identify and clarify goals of any transitional justice mechanism before proceeding and designing processes and projects to fulfil those goals. Gender justice has to be fully integrated into all institutional mechanisms and wider structural reforms of the country concerned.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“It involves redefining relationships, promoting public deliberation, creating a healthy civil society, facilitating the healing process and making institutions both trustworthy and effectively trusted. There is also a perception that transitional justice mechanisms have been providing a form of ideological obfuscation that is intended to divert attention away from those who benefited, and still benefit, from and in the system. Specifically, we note that the historical injustices inherent to colonialism are rarely the focus of transitional justice.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Effective transitional justice is not only a question of whether there should be a domestic versus an international trial, a truth commission versus an international trial or a cultural alternative versus a traditional trial. The question is: What is beneficial to the people whose lives have been disrupted or even destroyed by the perpetrators of violence? Too often, the international community adopts a technocratic, one-size-fits-all approach that can be damaging. Transitional justice has become steeped in Western liberalism, often appearing distant and remote to those who actually need it most. Rebuilding social capital and livelihood systems is harder than restoring infrastructure and institutions.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Transitional justice approaches emerged and developed following the demise of military dictatorships, apartheid and post-Cold War theatres, when there was an increasing international consensus that transitional justice measures were needed to deal with past human rights abuses. Those approaches also coincided with the goals of some donors, banks and aid agencies, all of which prioritized the strong rule of law to enable economic development. However, the involvement of external actors in the internal or quasi-internal conflicts of States has not only become more frequent but has also entailed increased levels of coercion and State-building activities that are at odds with the traditional concepts of sovereignty.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“We thank Belgium for convening this open debate on the importance of transitional justice in achieving reconciliation and durable peace. We appreciate the insightful remarks of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; the President of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition of Colombia; and the Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa (see S/PV.8723). Since the end of the Cold War, activities by the international community involving peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have grown rapidly in number, complexity and sophistication. The creation of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund are just two examples of recent institutional innovations.”
2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source
“Let me recall that both sides have solemnly agreed to resolve such issues through means agreed to by the parties. In conclusion, if peacebuilding is to move beyond being an exercise in social engineering, we must acknowledge that peacebuilding resources exist within conflict-affected societies themselves.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source
“We also believe that, for a truly effective and credible international justice system, we must avoid selectivity, partiality and double standards in the application of rule of law at the global level. In this context, our view is that the United Nations must play a non-prescriptive supporting and facilitating role. The United Nations must ensure the inclusiveness, ownership and participation of all stakeholders in the reconciliation process. Equally important is United Nations support for humanitarian assistance, the protection and promotion of human rights, and the facilitation of political reconciliation processes in accordance with the principles of neutrality and impartiality. We reject an unwarranted reference by the delegation of Pakistan earlier today to the situation in an integral part of India (see S/PV.8668).”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source
“Such capacities need to be rebuilt if national actors are to exercise a meaningful degree of ownership over events in the post-conflict period. While it would be a mistake to overlook domestic institutions and practices as sources of peacebuilding, it would be erroneous to uncritically romanticize them. It is therefore necessary that adequate capacity-building resources are made available for building robust institutions and State structures. Peace and justice are the primary links in any post-conflict scenario. India supports enhanced international cooperation for the development and codification of international criminal law and to strengthen the rule of law as a whole.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source
“The inherent limits on the breadth, depth and duration of any external peacebuilding mission suggests that the kind of deep-rooted sustainable change that peacebuilding seeks to bring about requires the long-term support and commitment of a critical mass of domestic actors, including civil society, youth, women and religious leaders. Well-meaning reconciliation efforts of the United Nations or the wider international humanitarian community may not be in tune with the realities on the ground. Expecting domestic actors to uncritically embrace external norms and ideas as inherently superior to domestic ones is being unrealistic. Conflict corrodes and destroys human infrastructural and institutional capacities.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source
“Madam President, I thank you for convening today's debate on the importance of reconciliation and the process of peacebuilding. We appreciate the comprehensive and insightful briefings on the subject by the Secretary-General and the other briefers. Reconciliation is a crucial step in stopping the cycle of violence and insecurity in post-conflict situations and in building sustainable peace. Given the immense complexities and unique local context of each post-conflict theatre, there can be no one-size-fits-all template for such dynamic situations. Reconciliation is a long and arduous process, and artificially imposed standards or timelines are unlikely to achieve success. My delegation is of the view that reconciliation has to be a truly homegrown process.”
2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source
“While it is a common understanding that listening to the views and concerns of troop- and police-contributing countries is crucial for improved implementation of peacekeeping mandates, it is even more important for such understanding to be translated into action. My delegation hopes that the abovementioned suggestions, as well as those offered by my colleagues, will find their way into the rulebook of the Council sooner rather than later.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“For instance, while we are informed about those committees' decisions to list individuals and entities, the decisions taken to reject listing requests submitted by Member States are neither made public nor conveyed to the larger membership. Furthermore, just as the efforts of Member States to designate terrorist leaders go unnoticed by the membership, the efforts of terrorist leaders trying to get themselves delisted are also going unnoticed. Thirdly, I would like to touch upon the issue of the Council's peacekeeping-related work, the impact of which is highly visible and relevant to many of us.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“Secondly, with regard to the issue of the subterranean world of subsidiary bodies, we have seen several such bodies over the years being created and tasked with crucial responsibilities, such as taking decisions on listing and delisting individuals and entities from the various sanctions regimes of the Council. Not only do those subsidiary bodies have varied and custom- made working methods, but they also follow obscure practices that do not have any legal basis in the Charter of the United Nations or any Council resolutions. Those committees undertake their work outside the norms of transparency and hardly any efforts are taken to make the broader United Nations membership or the international community aware of their various deliberations and decisions.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“One way in which that engagement is intended to be meaningful is through discussion of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. While there have been longstanding demands for such reports to be more substantive and analytical, those reports are more often full of the usual factual indicators - how many times the Council met, how many debates it had and so on. The way in which those reports are submitted also causes delays in how and when they are discussed by the General Assembly, thereby depriving the membership of an important opportunity to engage with the Council. Such engagement between the two organs needs to be restored and strengthened.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“The edifice of the working methods of the Council is erected on the nebulous expanse of rules of procedure that remain provisional even 70 years after adoption and a series of quasi-formal presidential notes. For a body with responsibilities as significant as those of the Security Council, the procedure is as political as its politics. As the challenges to international peace and security evolve and expand, it is our expectation that the Council will change with evolving norms to match with the emerging challenges. The Council's record, however, has been lagging behind. The working methods ofthe Council have, in several cases, regressed. Let me make three points to highlight that issue. First, I want to touch upon the issue of the Council's engagement with the General Assembly.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council. At the very outset, I would like to express my delegation's appreciation for the work done by the delegation of Kuwait on this crucial issue in its capacity as the Chair of the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. As an organ of the United Nations tasked with the maintenance of international peace and security on behalf of all Member States, the work of the Security Council - and the way it chooses to organize that work - is a matter of interest to all those who are affected by its outcomes.”
2019-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8539 (2019) · source
“It is also useful to consider developing a normative architecture for the protection of civilians as part of a broader endeavour within a framework that is politically attuned, but not politicized or seen as being instrumentalized. It is only then will we be able to move forward with cohesion to address issues that have exacted a heavy price in civilian lives.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“It is clear that the expectations that United Nations peacekeepers can effectively ensure the protection of civilians in the absence of clear mandates are not realistic. Conflicts where peacekeeping operations are deployed are inherently messy, complex and difficult. However, those factors should not be taken as an excuse to accept the devastating impact of conflict on civilians. A number of courses of action, mechanisms and processes are available to address the operational issues. It is up to the Council to harness them in a collaborative effort. The commitments under the Action for Peacekeeping initiative provide a foundation to tackle some of the challenges and further strengthen the protective role of peacekeepers. That requires a collective endeavour, including Member States and the Secretariat, to adapt to changing environments.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“The Secretary-General's latest report (S/2019/373) clearly identifies that mandating certain peacekeeping missions to participate in, or conduct, military operations against armed groups, or otherwise conduct joint operations with non-United Nations forces in specific contexts, has generated important challenges for the performance of other mandated activities, including the protection of civilians. That also jeopardizes the credibility and the image of the United Nations neutral presence in armed conflict situations. While eight of the current 14 United Nations peacekeeping missions include the protection of civilians as one of their mandates, that aspect is only one of the many other mandated components, which number at least 10 on average, that each of those missions is individually expected to fulfil.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“The general tendency is to assume - wrongly - that the protection of civilians is the responsibility of the parties to the conflict, or of peacekeepers and humanitarian organizations. However, the responsibility primarily rests with the national Governments. Yet very little is done in terms of strengthening national or societal capacities for protection. Outside agencies can only supplement, and not supplant, the responsibility of national Governments.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“The protection of civilians in the context of United Nations peacekeeping operations has been a complex undertaking because of the vastly different nature of armed conflicts, possible contradictions with the long-standing agreed principles of United Nations peacekeeping, limitations of the mandates, and the serious inadequacy of the resources made available for peacekeeping missions. While the issue continues to be debated in the Security Council, which has already adopted several resolutions and other documents focused on the concept, those efforts have, however, not really helped in addressing the main challenges. The difficulties involved in achieving the aims of the protection of civilians are well known.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“The protection of civilians is a vast subject. In view of the time constraints, I would like to limit my remarks to the application of this concept in the context of United Nations peacekeeping missions mandated by the Security Council. It is our experience that peacekeepers often rise to the occasion when required. Let me recall the example of Captain Salaria, who led an Indian infantry brigade group as part of United Nations Operation in the Congo in November 1961. That mission, whose objective was to restore peace and unity in the Congo and protect the lives ofthe civilian population in Elizabethville, resulted in the highest number of casualties suffered by India in any United Nations operation - 39 personnel laid down their lives. That was at a time when the protection of civilians was not part of peacekeeping mandates.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“We thank the delegation of Indonesia for organizing this open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General and the other briefers for their remarks. It is our impression that there is no dearth of intent to better the protection of civilians in armed conflict situations. However, it is obvious that the implementation of this concept does not match the expectations. We need to translate the concept into feasible actions and operational responses. The well-established norms to limit the effects of conflict include respecting international humanitarian law and other relevant human rights laws by all parties to a conflict and ensuring safe and unhindered access for medical and humanitarian agencies to assist people. Today's challenges are not the result of the absence of norms, but of the inability to abide by the established norms.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source