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1998-06-29
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2000-04-19
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  1. “It is our hope that the Security Council, once it adopts the important draft resolution on this item today, will very carefully monitor the protection of civilians and react appropriately to all cases where the lives and security of peaceful people are threatened.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  2. “In conclusion, I would like to stress the importance of efforts to achieve consensus in the United Nations, on the basis of which one can integrate, in a balanced way, the work being done by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the specialized agencies and other international participants to develop the best possible conceptual framework for ensuring more scrupulous respect for the norms of international law, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, to move beyond the provision of humanitarian assistance into the area of organization-building and socio-economic development.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  3. “The States belonging to our group believe that the best way of protecting civilians in armed conflicts is to effectively prevent conflict. The root cause of humanitarian crises must be removed by using inter-ethnic reconciliation, confidence-building measures and economic development and by supporting national stability. We also believe that regardless of where and when conflict erupts, it is necessary to urge the parties involved to put an end to the conflicts as quickly as possible by peaceful means. They should also strictly comply with the norms of international law, and insofar as they can, they should provide protection and assistance to civilians. They should not allow any kind of violent attacks on civilians, and they should not allow any interference with the delivery of humanitarian assistance.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  4. “Halting the flow of weapons, including small arms and light weapons, into areas of chronic instability can be one of the main elements of a strategy to combat acts of violence against civilians and humanitarian personnel. In this context, we cannot fail to be deeply disturbed over violations of arms embargoes imposed by the Council. We strongly advocate strengthening the effectiveness of such embargoes. At the same time, it is quite clear that unless we solve the question of how to prevent and limit the uncontrolled proliferation of weapons, it will be difficult to settle conflicts and ensure security for civilians. Here we can only agree with the recommendations of the Secretary-General that arms- exporting countries should at least exercise restraint, especially when exporting weapons to areas of conflict or tension.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  5. “Our group of countries regards them as one of the root causes of bloodshed and continuing military conflicts that directly threaten the lives of the civilian population, regardless of their racial, ethnic or religious identity. The countries of our group believe that today one particularly crucial issue is coordinating efforts by the world community as it seeks legal mechanisms and instruments for combatting terrorism. Our countries strongly support the initiative of Uzbekistan - made public at the Istanbul summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1999 - on the establishment of an international centre to combat terrorism. Another issue of particular concern involves the illicit supplying of weapons to areas of conflict. We must step up our efforts to put an end to this.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  6. “Attention must also be given to the problem of the return of refugees and other displaced persons to their former homes when the territory is not controlled by the legitimate Government. We are speaking about physical and legal protection for those persons. Armed conflict which has not been completely resolved can flare up again with renewed force, giving rise to a new wave of violence against civilians and bringing all prior peacemaking efforts to nothing. We would also note the special link of modern armed conflict with aggressive separatism and religious extremism. These negative phenomena today are one of the main challenges of the twenty-first century.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  7. “Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, drew our attention to the fact that the most vulnerable group of the population is displaced persons. In this connection, the States in our group regard as extremely important the work being done by Mr. Francis Deng, Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons. We would also like to note how much we appreciate the work done by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, headed by Mrs. Sadako Ogata. We also appreciate the work done by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  8. “Obviously, unless there is an appropriate response to such violence against civilians, those negative tendencies will continue to develop and may even become irreversible, with the result that more and more people will be dragged into the conflict, the area of the conflict will grow increasingly larger and peace and stability will be threatened, which in turn will provide fertile ground for the emergence or strengthening of ethnic hatred. Of particular concern is the situation of internally displaced persons. Today, there are over 20 million people in this category, which needs sufficient attention on the part of the international community. During earlier meetings of the Council on this issue, Mr.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  9. “We are greatly concerned by the fact that genocide, ethnic cleansing and other gross violations of human rights have not only become linked to modern armed conflicts, but, in manner of speaking, have developed into just another way of waging war. With regard to this burning issue, some of the countries in our group can speak not merely on the basis of hearsay, but from experience of the tragic consequences of such actions. The States in our group would like to emphasize that the civilian population must never be targeted in armed conflict, regardless of their political, ideological, racial, ethnic or religious nature or for any other reasons.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  10. “The first aspect relates to ensuring the physical protection of the civilian population, the consideration of which is among the responsibilities of the Security Council. The second aspect is more general. A unique mechanism exists, consisting of various elements ranging from the body of international humanitarian law to the activities of various humanitarian organizations that try to protect the rights of civilians in armed conflicts and to provide them with assistance. During earlier meetings of the Council focusing on this issue, almost all the speakers agreed that in armed conflict today there is an increasing tendency for civilians to be deliberately and arbitrarily targeted for attack, subjected to violence and killed.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  11. “The States in our group are grateful to the Secretary- General for his report on this issue, contained in document S/1999/957, which includes specific recommendations as to how the Security Council, acting within its mandate, could enhance the level of physical and legal protection for civilians in armed conflict. Our debate today can be seen as an integral part of the ongoing process within the Security Council to work out comprehensive approaches to the settlement of conflict situations that will not only enable us to put an end to violence and reduce to a minimum the suffering of the civilian population, but help in the search for stable and lasting solutions to the conflicts themselves. As we see it, there are at least two aspects to this issue, so we must take an approach that is appropriate for each one.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  12. “Mr. Kouliev (Azerbaijan) (spoke in Russian): I have the honour to speak on behalf of Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and the Republic of Moldova on the question of civilians in armed conflict. At the outset, I should like to thank the members of the Security Council for the unflagging attention that they have been giving to the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. This is not merely an acute problem of life today, but a priority for the international community, especially the Security Council. I should also like to thank the delegation of Canada for taking the initiative of holding a debate on this item in the Security Council. Your delegation's efforts, Sir, are designed to give real content to the concept of human security and to make it concrete through practical actions.”

    2000-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4130Resumption1 (2000) · source

  13. “Given the nature and scale of the problem, we believe that it would be appropriate to include the question of the protection of civilians in armed conflict on the agenda of the Millennium Assembly.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  14. “We should at least concur here with the Secretary-General when he states in his report on Africa that exporting countries have a responsibility to exercise restraint, particularly with respect to the export of weapons into zones of conflicts or tension. Last, but not least, it is alarming that the gap between the norms of humanitarian law and their application has never been wider. The task of ensuring their application by all actors without exception is therefore a matter of top priority. There is no doubt that the Security Council has the potential constructively to contribute to strengthening international humanitarian law and ensuring its application. We believe that the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council must also address this complex question.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  15. “It is worth recalling, as underlined by the Secretary-General in his report on Africa, that halting the flow of arms to areas of chronic instability is an essential element of any strategy to reduce the level of brutality against civilian and humanitarian workers. We share the view of Ambassador Sergey Lavrov of Russia that we need to highlight the task of curbing arms flows into conflict areas, because this has a direct impact on better enabling humanitarian agencies to assist refugees and to perform their other tasks. In this context, violations of arms embargoes imposed by the Council give rise to great concern. If the Council's sanctions are being ignored, then what reaction could be expected to the Council's appeals not to transfer arms into conflict areas?”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  16. “The statements made by Ms. Bellamy and Mr. Otunnu at the previous meeting of the Council contained new and constructive ideas and practical proposals. We are convinced that these could make an important contribution to addressing the matter under consideration. Azerbaijan, as a member of the Executive Board of UNICEF, attaches great importance to the problems of children and armed conflict as well as to alleviating the effects of armed conflicts on children. It is actively involved in elaborating various rehabilitation programmes under the auspices of UNICEF. In this respect, we are particularly concerned by illicit transfers of arms into conflict zones, and we must naturally redouble our efforts to curb this process.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  17. “Otunnu, in his statement and further remarks, particularly drew attention to the fact that the most vulnerable group of an affected population is displaced persons and that there is no agreed framework for providing protection for these people. There are arrangements for providing relief, but there is no framework for providing actual protection to these populations. Our delegation believes that it would be entirely appropriate for Mr. Francis Deng, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Internally Displaced Persons, to participate and to speak in the debate. In discussing the issue of civilians in armed conflict, we must devote particular attention to the question of children as victims of conflict, either as immediate instruments of war or as the recipients of physical, emotional or psychological traumas and injuries.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  18. “The main method, if it can be put that way, of conducting so-called combat operations during contemporary armed conflicts is ethnic cleansing, whereby a part of the territory of a sovereign State is cleansed of its local population, who, in turn, become displaced persons and virtual refugees on their own soil. The scale of ethnic cleansing can vary. In Azerbaijan, it involves approximately 20 per cent of the occupied territories and about 1 million refugees and displaced persons. I would like to point out that ethnic cleansing allows invaders to ignore the Geneva Conventions, thereby actually resorting to Stalin's ominous "joke": "No man - no problem". Today, throughout the world, this category of the population includes more than 20 million people who urgently need adequate attention from the international community. Mr.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  19. “To prevent the reoccurrence of a Khojaly-type tragedy anywhere at any time, the Security Council must, in a timely and adequate manner, use its full authority, as enshrined in the Charter, and to use means ranging from political and diplomatic to military. We fully support Ambassador Turk of Slovenia, who said, "The basic aim of United Nations humanitarian action should be human security, with the key to security being physical rather than only legal protection." (S/PV.3977, p. 11) Providing human security is one of the main responsibilities of the Security Council. In this connection, conflict prevention assumes ever greater importance. This is the best way to protect the civilian population. Unfortunately, the Council has had to deal more frequently with open conflicts.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  20. “It is a sad coincidence that the Security Council is taking up the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict at this time, when seven years ago, on the night of 25 February and in the early hours of 26 February 1992, the Armenian armed forces, with the assistance of the 366th motor-rifle regiment of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, invaded the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. Having razed the town to the ground, they killed hundreds of innocent people, not even sparing women, children or the elderly. Thousands were imprisoned and subjected to brutal violence and humiliation. In our country 26 February was proclaimed the day of the Khojaly genocide and a day of national mourning in Azerbaijan.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  21. “The second level is a complex one that involves a specific mechanism consisting of various interrelated elements, ranging from the body of international humanitarian norms and provisions to the agencies authorized to ensure the rights of the civilian population in situations of armed conflict and to provide humanitarian assistance for them, and so on. During the previous meeting of the Council on this subject, almost all speakers concurred that in contemporary conflicts civilian populations are being deliberately and indiscriminately targeted and subjected to violence and physical destruction. The Azerbaijani people have experienced all this, having been exposed as they were to external aggression.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  22. “On the same day, the Council adopted a presidential statement that we believe will have far-reaching significance. The Azerbaijani delegation welcomes and fully supports the Council's request to the Secretary-General to submit a report containing concrete recommendations to the Council by September 1999 on ways in which the Council, acting within its sphere of responsibility, could improve the physical and legal level of protection provided for civilians in situations of armed conflict. The issue under discussion today has, in our view, at least two levels. Therefore, it must be adequately addressed. The first level concerns the problem of the protection of civilians in terms of their physical protection and their physical survival, which needs to be dealt with immediately by the Security Council, within its mandate.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  23. “Mr. Kouliev (Azerbaijan) (interpretation from Russian): First of all, we would like to express our appreciation, Mr. President, for your important initiative to convene an open debate on a very acute and pressing matter: the protection of civilians in armed conflict. This topic undoubtedly represents the fundamental challenge facing the international community and in particular the Security Council. On 12 February, we had an opportunity to listen to the thoughtful and illuminating briefings by Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Mr. Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and Mr. Cornelius Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Council members also expressed their views and ideas on the matter.”

    1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source

  24. “At the same time, we consider that those States that continue to Violate international humanitarian and human rights laws must suffer sanctions at the hands of the international community. The international community should strongly say "no" to those countries that are holding up the process of reconciliation because of their political ambitions. The Security Council could play a major role in this, inter alia, by determining measures that could make up a mechanism for resolving existing conflicts and averting potential ones. Any party to an armed conflict must assume responsibility for the consequences of the conflict.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  25. “The meeting considered questions relating to refugees and displaced persons and comprehensively addressed the matter of national structures to mitigate the plight of this sector of the population. It also underscored that the lack of a solution to the Armenian- Azerbaijani conflict and the continuing occupation of 20 per cent of Azerbaijan' 5 territory by Armenian armed forces are the basic reasons for these people's suffering. The same meeting also considered ways and means of effectively using all available resources, as well as the humanitarian assistance rendered by international organizations, to support refugees and displaced persons. We understand how difficult it is for conflicting parties to reconcile and try to meet each other halfway.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  26. “By obtaining assistance, refugees and displaced persons see the involvement of the international community in their plight and thus continue to have hope for a just settlement of the armed conflict. In this connection, allow me to express our gratitude to the donors and the organizations within the United Nations system - particularly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme, as well as other international organizations and States that provide humanitarian assistance to Azerbaijan. An inter-Republic meeting devoted to the problems of refugees and displaced persons was held few days ago in Baku under the chairmanship of the President of Azerbaijan, Mr. Heydar Aliyev.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  27. “A peaceful settlement of armed conflicts and returning home will foster the psychological and social rehabilitation of children and ensure that they gradually forget feelings of hostility. This is why our country has always sought a peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the return of all refugees and displaced persons to their permanent homes. We consider that under conditions of an unresolved conflict, humanitarian assistance for refugees and displaced persons is an essential element for the survival of the affected population. We are not talking here solely of a certain amount of assistance, products or pharmaceuticals without which human life is impossible.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  28. “As a result of the armed aggression by Armenia and the continuing occupation of 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan, there are today a million refugees and displaced persons in our country. Over 400,000 of them are children, who experience the harshest consequences of expulsion, loss of family, hunger and severe winters. They continue to live in tented encampments and railway cars, awaiting only the resolution of their fate and, above all, wondering when they will be able to return safely home. We support Mr. Otunnu's view that it is essential to ensure the return of refugees and displaced persons to their permanent homes. Placing children under alien conditions and removing them from their families will affect their consciousness throughout their lives.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  29. “In the General Assembly and in other forums, our delegation has repeatedly underscored the importance of further study of the effects of armed conflicts upon children. We fully support the study conducted under the leadership of Ms. Graca Machel. We value highly the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu. We believe that his work deserves the fullest support. Unfortunately, our country had to experience first hand all the dire ills and disruptions of armed conflict. Mr. Otunnu said that most armed conflicts throughout the world today take the form of civil wars. However, there also continue to be acts of direct armed aggression.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  30. “Mr. Kouliev (Azerbaijan)(interpretation from Russian): Allow me to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council, which is devoted to such an important and urgent problem. Armed conflicts occurring today in various countries and regions of the world continue to bring untold suffering to millions of people. They bring destruction, conflagration, hunger and disease. They turn millions of people into refugees and displaced persons, and the first to suffer are children. Defenceless as they are, they become the targets of the cruellest abuses: hostage-taking, rape, humiliation and forced labour. This is a danger for civilization because today's children are the generation of tomorrow. How will they grow up? What are we inculcating in them?”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source