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Košuth

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2022-07-19
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2022-07-19
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  1. “President, I want to assure you that Slovakia, in its capacity as Vice-President of the Executive Board of UNICEF and currently serving as its interim President, will spare no effort to help save children’s lives in conflicts across the globe, protect their rights and enable them to fulfil their potential, despite their dire circumstances.”

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  2. “At the domestic level, it is crucial to ensure the criminalization of grave violations, the adoption of effective national frameworks for reintegration and assistance to child victims, and proper cooperation with international and regional accountability mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court. However, even these robust frameworks will not bring an end to children’s suffering without full compliance and effective accountability for violations. We therefore reiterate our strong call to all the parties to any armed conflict to fully respect international humanitarian law, human rights law and international refugee law. Wherever there are violations, accountability must be ensured and the perpetrators brought to justice. In conclusion, Mr.”

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  3. “The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the Paris Principles, the Vancouver Principles and the Safe Schools Declaration are all key instruments that have been adopted at the international level. Slovakia has ratified, endorsed and implemented all of them. We call on those States that have not yet done so to take that action as a matter of priority. Moreover, in order to further strengthen the legal framework and fill the gap in international criminal law, we urge States to finally make meaningful progress towards establishing a new convention on crimes against humanity this year.”

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  4. “We therefore once again call on Russia to cease all its military activities in Ukraine and immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. Slovakia does its utmost to ensure the well-being of almost 173,000 child refugees who have crossed our borders so far and to protect their rights, in particular their right to education, and we will continue to do so. Slovakia fully endorses the recommendations outlined in the Secretary-General’s report and would like to complement them with a call for action in three particular areas: the adoption of a robust legal framework, full compliance with obligations under international law and effective accountability for violations.”

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  5. “Russia’s brutal aggression has officially led to hundreds of children being killed and injured, hundreds of schools and hospitals destroyed or damaged and two thirds of Ukraine’s children forced to flee their homes — and all of them adversely affected. And we know that the real figures are much higher. We cannot overlook those facts at today’s open debate, since we once again witnessed Russia’s attempts to divert attention from its atrocious violations of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. It is crucial to recall that it is Russia that bears full responsibility for this child crisis. Had it not been for its illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, none of this would be happening.”

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  6. “Despite a slight decrease in the number of grave violations against children as compared to 2020, the figures and trends in the latest report of the Secretary- General (S/2022/493) remain very alarming. The ongoing killing and maiming of children, as well as their recruitment and use as soldiers, the denial of humanitarian access to them and the continued dramatic increases in abductions, sexual violence and attacks on schools and hospitals, are extremely concerning. Even more sadly, the figures in the report are by far not comprehensive, given the absence of data from Ethiopia, Mozambique and Ukraine. As a neighbouring country directly affected by the situation in Ukraine, Slovakia welcomes its designation as a situation of concern with immediate effect and its inclusion in the next report of the Secretary-General.”

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  7. “Mr. Košuth (Slovakia): Slovakia aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union, in its capacity of observer, and with the statements made on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict and the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect. I would like to add a few remarks in my national capacity. We commend Brazil for convening today’s very timely open debate and thank today’s briefers, including Mr. Kumi, for their powerful presentations. We also highly appreciate the important role that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF play in child protection and the promotion of children’s rights.”

    2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source