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2018-05-22
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  1. “We cannot expect future perpetrators to take the United Nations and its Security Council seriously as long as the current perpetrators act with impunity. It is a fundamental legal obligation and in our common interests to promote and ensure the effective protection of civilians.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source

  2. “Our work to make peacekeeping operations more adaptable and relevant to the current complex challenges must continue. Better planning, equipment, situational awareness and training are essential to improved performance, effective mandate delivery, the protection of civilians and security of peacekeepers. We also recall the importance of the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians, which Latvia endorsed in 2016. Lastly, I would like to emphasize the importance of accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. We are concerned about the overwhelming lack of proper investigation and prosecution of perpetrators. Latvia is of the view that, where national action is lacking, international legal mechanisms can step in to provide justice for victims.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source

  3. “However, greater efforts by the Security Council are needed to address situations of concern, act promptly in order to prevent or stop a conflict and to demand accountability. Existing challenges to the protection of civilians in diverse conflict-affected areas, including Syria, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ukraine, as underscored by the report of the Secretary- General, should be addressed with a sense of urgency. We call on the permanent members of the Security Council to refrain from using the veto in situations of atrocity crimes. The protection of civilians is an important component of United Nations peacekeeping mandates. Local communities expect United Nations peacekeepers to protect them. However, the effective implementation of protection mandates remains a challenge.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source

  4. “Innocent civilians should be spared the effects of hostilities, not robbed of their lives, health, future prospects or homes. We thank the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2018/462) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which analyses progress in three focus areas. It is clear that much more needs to be done to translate progress at the normative level into more effective country-specific measures to protect civilians. States bear the primary responsibility to protect their populations, including from atrocity crimes. Promoting the protection of civilians in all United Nations activities is essential, starting with the conflict- prevention agenda. Latvia considers the protection of civilians in armed conflict as an important part of the Security Council agenda.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source

  5. “The use of explosive weapons and, what is more deplorable, the use of chemical weapons, in populated areas, forced displacement, as well as sexual violence, starvation, sieges and the denial of much-needed humanitarian assistance as methods of warfare have become daily news and do not seem as outrageous as they really are. Latvia is deeply concerned about attacks on humanitarian and health-care facilities and personnel in armed conflict, which continued at a high rate last year. Overall, we are concerned about the growing sense of fatigue when it comes to disregard for humanitarian principles in present-day conflicts. Impunity for widespread violations on the ground must not be tolerated. It cannot be emphasized enough that all State and non-State parties to conflict must respect international law, humanitarian law and human rights law.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source

  6. “I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this annual debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Ms. Edwar, an Iraqi civil-society representative, for their briefings. Latvia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. Innocent civilians, including women and children, often constitute the vast majority of victims; often they are deliberately targeted by parties to armed conflict, illegal armed groups or terrorist organizations. The increased incidence of armed conflict in urban areas has taken a devastating toll on civilian populations and has damaged civilian infrastructure.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source