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Martinez Rios

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1999-09-16
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1999-09-16
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  1. “This is perhaps not the moment to refer to each one of these measures, but we reiterate that these proposals should be thoroughly studied. We agree entirely with the premise underlying many of these measures: that in the twenty-first century the United Nations should increasingly become a source of preventive measures. Prevention of conflict calls for urgent and decisive measures in the initial phases. Responsibility for implementing many of these measures is the exclusive purview of this Council. Other measures, such as those that involve aid for development and humanitarian assistance, require coordinated action with other bodies, both within and outside the United Nations system. Cooperation and consultation among all bodies and agencies is essential, but visible and dynamic leadership on the part of the Council is indispensable.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  2. “We support in particular the initiative contained in the Secretary-General's report of raising - by means of an additional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the minimum age for recruitment and for participation in conflicts to 18 years. With regard to physical protection of civilian populations, the Secretary-General's report proposes a wide- ranging set of measures that affect various Security Council areas of action, including sanctions regimes; confidence- building measures; rapid-deployment of peacekeeping operations; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants; embargoes on and destruction of weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons; humanitarian access; and special measures for women and children.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  3. “The mention of this Convention leads us to note several important legal shortcomings to which the report of the Secretary-General calls attention. On various occasions our delegation has noted that the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel does not apply to all the people and organizations present in conflict zones, and therefore it is necessary to expand the applicability of this instrument. We note with satisfaction that the Secretary-General echoes this concern, calling on the General Assembly to urgently undertake the drafting of a protocol to the 1994 Convention. Children are the most vulnerable group in civilian populations. This was recognized by the Security Council in the adoption of a resolution on this problem less than a month ago.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  4. “Thirdly, we must encourage all States to ratify and participate in the principal instruments that protect international law. In this regard we are pleased to announce that on 14 September our country ratified the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel landmines. In addition we must emphasize the importance of the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel. In these days when we are learning that the United Nations flag affords less and less protection, this Convention becomes increasingly important. Its rapid ratification must be urged so that we can ensure universal participation. We must particularly urge participation by those countries in which multinational forces are stationed.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  5. “In Angola, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and now East Timor the Council has emphasized the essential link between peace and justice in highlighting the need to properly investigate the crimes that have been committed and to prosecute those responsible for them. To deal with impunity, States must have sufficient domestic law to ensure the investigation of violations and the prosecution of those responsible for them. When national systems cannot function properly, however, appropriate international machinery should be set up. The Council has created two special criminal tribunals that are now fully operative and with which States have been required to fully comply. We must also ensure the speedy implementation of the International Criminal Court.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  6. “First, States must recognize that under the Geneva Conventions they have the primary responsibility for respecting and ensuring respect for international humanitarian law under all circumstances. We must join with the International Committee of the Red Cross in its tireless efforts to promote the dissemination and understanding of the norms applicable to conflict situations. Secondly, it is essential to create adequate national and international mechanisms to deal with impunity. Justice is an indispensable component of a stable peace, as the Security Council has repeatedly recognized in addressing recent conflicts.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  7. “International humanitarian law has gradually taken into account the need to emphasize the protection of civilians. Many of the norms to impose limits on the carrying out of hostilities and to protect innocent persons have been couched in universally recognized principles and norms. It is clear that despite certain limitations we generally have an adequate body of norms. This is why we should focus our efforts on reducing the abysmal gap that exists between the very high level of development in legal norms and the very low degree of respect for those norms. Bridging this gap between the existence of law and the respect for it calls for action on three levels.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  8. “The violence affecting vulnerable groups in particular and the attacks on humanitarian and peacekeeping staff reveal the magnitude of violence that combatants are prepared to use in conflict zones. The conclusion that the protective emblems of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent and of the United Nations flag appear to provide less protection than ever is particularly alarming. The assault upon and the looting of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) complex at Dili is the most recent unfortunate example of this worrisome trend. The diagnosis is discouraging and the challenge to be confronted by the international community in general and the Security Council in particular is enormous. In the area of legal protection the international community has laid down several important instruments to protect civilians.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source

  9. “Mrs. Martinez Rios (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his words and for his excellent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We very much appreciate this report and its recommendations to improve the legal and physical protection of civilian populations. Those recommendations rightly deserve to be the subject of a thorough discussion in the Council. The time has come to channel our worry into action. To that end, the report of the Secretary-General provides an excellent point of departure. The report paints a stark image of the realities that civilian populations must face in situations of armed conflict.”

    1999-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4046 (1999) · source