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Kira Christianne D. Azucena

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2020-05-15
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  1. “The Philippines believes that an effective protection-of-civilians mandate must be anchored in human rights and international humanitarian law, particularly with regard to vulnerable groups, and should adhere to the principles of accountability, conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  2. “The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process of the Philippines acknowledges civil society’s role as a partner in bringing peace to Mindanao. I mention, as examples, Ceasefire Watch, Spaces for Peace, Mothers for Peace, Tiyakap Kalilintad, or Care for Peace, and the International Monitoring Team (IMT). The IMT is a civilian-based ceasefire monitoring and response mechanism and is a model for other countries in conflict. Grassroots leaders from ASEAN members and some from Eastern European countries have travelled to Mindanao to learn more about how it works on the ground. In 2009, the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front agreed to expand the mandate of the IMT to include civilian protection.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  3. “Last year, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed into law the Special Protection of Children in Armed Conflict Act, which declares children as zones of peace and criminalizes grave violations against children and attacks on schools, child development or day-care centres, playgrounds and recreation parks. Finally, the Philippines calls on the Secretary-General and Member States to promote unarmed strategies or unarmed civilian protection as a key complement to the protection of civilians toolkit. We are pleased to note that the 2020 report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations recommends “leveraging unarmed practices and capabilities of local communities to support the creation of a protective environment” (A/74/19, para. 132).”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  4. “The company complements peacekeeping operations by helping IDPs, conducting peace education and providing psychosocial debriefing among the traumatized, particularly women, children and young people. Thirdly, the Philippines supports the Vancouver Principles, especially the prevention of child recruitment in conflict areas. We commend the Security Council for establishing a framework to address the protection of children in armed conflict and the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  5. “Drawing on its experience as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines supports the hosting of centres of excellence per region to deliver training packages to troop- and police-contributing countries consistent with United Nations standards. Secondly, the Philippines encourages the deployment of more women in United Nations peacekeeping operations, including in leadership positions. The Philippines has an all-female civilian-relations company from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, which assists with the rehabilitation and recovery of internally displaced persons (IDPs) of the Marawi crisis.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  6. “The Philippines earnestly subscribes to this view, and therefore strongly supports Security Council and General Assembly resolutions that underscore the principal concern of conflict prevention and the protection of civilians in areas of conflict. The Philippines submits the following views on the elements that make up the mandate of protecting civilians in armed conflict. First, comprehensive predeployment training forms the bedrock of effective peacekeeping operations. It should draw on existing policy, guidance and training resources to explain what the protection of civilians means in a given operational context, or mission theatre, defining the responsibilities, opportunities and constraints faced by peacekeepers deployed in that context.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  7. “First, missions tend to implement the protection of civilians in a process-oriented way or based on activities; secondly, there is a disconnect between the protection of civilians and political strategy; and, thirdly, how to apply a whole-of-mission strategy — political, military/police and civilian — in order to pursue a protection of civilians mandate. As it should be, the mandate on the protection of civilians in peacekeeping, with an emphasis on the protection of children and combating sexual exploitation and abuse, is the standard by which the performance of United Nations peacekeeping is measured, giving it legitimacy and credibility.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  8. “In 2015, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support, which we now know as the Department of Peace Operations and the Department of Operational Support, respectively, defined the protection of civilians around three tiers of protection: protection through dialogue and engagement, the provision of physical protection and establishment of a protective environment. In theory and practice, the protection of civilians has become a priority in nine United Nations peacekeeping missions where 95 per cent of peacekeepers are deployed. Nonetheless, the implementation of the protection-of-civilians mandate is beset by three key challenges.”

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  9. “We commend Estonia, under its presidency of the Security Council, for today’s open high-level video-teleconference in the face of the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the coronavirus disease pandemic. The protection of civilians continues to be front and centre in the dialogue on peacekeeping operations. It is more than 20 years since an explicit mandate on the protection of civilians was established for the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a culture of protection to permeate the United Nations system and the mindsets of those in the field.”

    2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source

  10. “The Philippines stands ready to cooperate with and support the Security Council in finding the optimal way to ensure that our working methods promote the important principles of multilateralism and diplomacy, on which the United Nations was built.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  11. “We should make full use of technology and systems, as well as build mutual trust, if we are to ensure agility in the Council’s work. We should invest in the development of appropriate and secure technologies — both hardware and software — to further our goals. During normal times, we should always anticipate and pave the way for new platforms, work modes and arrangements to provide us with fast, efficient and secure tools during extraordinary times. The Philippines reiterates its commitment to preserving the principles of transparency, efficiency and effectiveness even as we go through this extraordinary crisis.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  12. “During the pandemic, we saw how the Council — for the first time in history — held video-teleconferences (VTCs) and voted in written procedures. However, new ways of doing things, such as the use of VTCs in lieu of in-person meetings and modified voting procedures, can pose a significant challenge to ensuring the inclusiveness and transparency of the Council’s work, because it takes away the core nature of negotiations and consultations, whereby delegations can immediately clarify their respective national positions and appreciate each other’s views. Such earnest negotiations, conducted in good faith and in a face-to-face setting, represent the central tenets of multilateralism, which promotes the building of consensus around a shared vision or goal. We should always promote and nurture that spirit.”

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  13. “That is in line with Article 24, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations, which states that the Security Council acts on behalf of the wider membership in carrying out its duties. With regard to peacekeeping in particular, mechanisms like the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, which guarantees open, active and transparent dialogue between the Missions of troop- and police-contributing countries and the Security Council, should be maintained and strengthened. The Philippines recognizes the extraordinary circumstances and unprecedented challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is indeed necessary for the Security Council to nurture its agility by maintaining a state of readiness to meet and make decisions during unique situations while ensuring effectiveness, efficiency and transparency.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  14. “Improving its working methods is an important component of comprehensive and timely Security Council reform, which should lead to the expansion of the Council and the concomitant review of certain working methods. In addition, the issue of the veto is intrinsically connected to that of the working methods. We reiterate the view S/2020/418 S/2020/418 that veto power has no place in a twenty-first-century Security Council, but in the interim, gradual steps may be taken to minimize its use. We believe that the Council’s working methods ought not be decided by the Council alone. The wider membership must be able to take part in the process — not just in a token or perfunctory manner, but in a meaningful way.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  15. “While conflict prevention remains primarily a State responsibility, the Philippines endorses the intent of resolution 2171 (2014), which stresses the important role of women and civil society in that regard. It is important to further enhance the participation of women and civil society in discussions on the prevention and resolution of conflict, the maintenance of peace and security and post-conflict peacebuilding. While bearing in mind the need to address cross-cutting issues, the Council’s working methods must promote a clear focus on its core mandate — promoting and maintaining international peace and security. That focus would facilitate improved, effective and efficient working methods.”

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  16. “Our delegation also highlights the importance of adapting the working methods of the Council’s subsidiary bodies, with an emphasis on greater transparency, consistency and clarity, and of the periodic review of such methods. Given the vital role of groups and regional organizations in dealing with matters of international peace and security, my delegation believes that they should be allowed greater participation in the Council’s decision-making processes. In that regard, we welcome the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary-General’s first-ever briefing to the Security Council in January (see S/PV.8711) to highlight the Association’s role in the maintenance of regional peace and security.”

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  17. “We are particularly pleased by the comprehensive compilation of these measures, facilitated under Japan’s 2017 chairmanship, to enhance its efficiency, transparency and interactivity. I would like to focus on three areas: greater participation and transparency, improvement in the Council’s working methods and its positive impact on the Council’s efficiency and effectiveness, and agility and consensus-building. We welcome the increase in public Council meetings, which we believe is contributing to greater transparency and accountability. The increased participation of non-members sends the important message that the Council recognizes their contribution and promotes inclusiveness, which puts unilateralism in check. We therefore support the holding of as many meetings as possible in a public format.”

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  18. “We thank the Permanent Mission of Estonia for convening this meeting on ensuring transparency, efficiency and effectiveness in the work of the Security Council. We appreciate the briefings provided by Ambassador Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions, and by Ms. Karin Landgren, Executive Director of Security Council Report. As new developments and threats emerge, the Council’s work continues to grow, demanding its attention, resources and energy. It is therefore timely to review its working methods to ensure that they adjust to both substantive and administrative developments. The Philippines welcomes the progress made by the Informal Working Group towards improving the working methods of the Security Council.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source