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Leroy

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2009-08-07
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2009-08-07
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  1. “This week's adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), whereby sexual violence will be considered as a trigger for the Council's follow-up mechanism on children and armed conflict, is a step in that direction, and Belgium welcomes it.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  2. “The role of this mediator would be to ensure that women are systematically involved in peace negotiation processes and that a gender-based approach, including the issue of sexual violence, is taken into account in all United Nations peacekeeping and reconstruction activities. In order to fight the scourge of sexual violence in the most effective way possible, our Organization also needs to guarantee the quality of the information at its disposal. Belgium supports the Secretary-General's proposal to improve the collection and coordination of data by involving all actors not only in the field, but also in Geneva and New York. Belgium also supports the creation of a follow-up mechanism within the Security Council so as to make the most of this information.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  3. “Punishing the perpetrators of sexual crimes is one thing, but assisting victims is another. Fighting impunity should be accompanied by programmes to address the individual and societal consequences of these crimes over the short, medium and long terms. The work done by the Peacebuilding Commission in its country-specific configuration for the Central African Republic is a good example of the integration of gender and sexual violence issues into a reconstruction programme. Such efforts should become widespread. In that respect, Belgium appreciates the Secretary-General's idea of appointing a senior person responsible for the United Nations response to the issue of sexual violence. However, we believe that more should be done, and we call for the appointment of a female mediator for women, peace and security.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  4. “Belgium warmly welcomes the appointment of a special adviser for gender issues by the International Criminal Court. International prosecution, however, is not enough. On the contrary, we must increase initiatives to strengthen the rule of law, judicial institutions and penal systems in countries that have the greatest need of such in order to enable them to dispense justice at the local level. These countries must be in a position to dispense impartial justice and to prosecute all perpetrators, even when they are agents of the State. Last week, we learned of the conviction by the North Kivu military court of three officers of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for crimes against humanity, including the rape of several young girls. Such examples should be encouraged and become the rule.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  5. “Belgium will do its utmost to ensure that the international community musters the resolve necessary for the strategy to bear fruit. The Secretary-General's report offers many interesting options for the future, and Belgium would like to address several of these in particular. We cannot emphasize strongly enough the importance of combating impunity for sexual crimes. Impunity is not only fertile ground upon which violence develops and recurs, but it also undermines the foundation of any reconstruction and redevelopment effort. As the jurisprudence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have shown, international criminal courts have an important role to play in combating sexual crimes.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  6. “To that end, we must, as a matter of priority, put in place a comprehensive plan of action that aims not only at ending this intolerable violence when it takes place, but also and above all at strengthening once and for all the capacity of States to prevent such violence in the future. Only the strengthening of national capacities can enable States to shoulder their own responsibility to prevent such crimes. In this respect, the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should serve as a warning and an example. While today we can talk about a genuine human disaster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in particular in the region of the Kivus, the recent adoption by the United Nations of a comprehensive strategy to combat sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo represents a glimmer of hope for the future.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source

  7. “Mr. Leroy (Belgium) (spoke in French): Belgium fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union and thanks the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/362) on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1820 (2008). A year ago, the Security Council took an important step in fighting sexual violence by adopting resolution 1820 (2008). Belgium believes that, today, it is urgent to take our efforts to the next level. The situation on the ground seems to be far from improving, and the international community's interventions are still too few and far between. Our goal should be to act proactively rather than to react after the fact, when it is already too late for the tens of thousands of women and children victims of these crimes.”

    2009-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6180Resumption1 (2009) · source