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  1. “We value the meetings of the Security Council Expert Group on the Protection of Civilians in order to receive briefings from the Secretariat on the latest information prior to consultations on the mandates of specific missions. The Security Council should continue to improve its work both in the formulation stage and in the implementation stage. Resolution 1894 (2009), adopted today, is an important contribution to setting the course that the Council should follow. In other words, we should closely monitor progress against the yardsticks provided for in the resolution. I would like to conclude by reaffirming Japan's strong commitment to enhancing the security of vulnerable people caught in conflict.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  2. “I hope that the outcomes of exercises such as the New Horizon study, the joint study between the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations will be fully reflected in order to strengthen partnerships with all stakeholders, including, inter alia, troop-contributing countries, police-contributing countries and major finance-contributing countries. In conclusion, if the Council is to take appropriate action, it must receive timely and accurate information on the ground. United Nations missions with protection mandates should provide the Council with more detailed information about the protection of civilians on the ground.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  3. “In addition to improved guidelines and a strategy, it is essential to ensure an appropriate level of human and financial resources, training, information about the local situation, assets and equipment, including land and air transportation, and communications for effective mandate implementation. It is therefore indispensable to consult very closely with troop- contributing countries, police-contributing countries, major finance-contributing countries and host countries in the early stages of mandate formulation. In particular, we need to strengthen predeployment training, because the skills necessary for a protection mandate differ significantly from those required for other operations. We are very pleased at the high priority now being placed on this issue by the Secretary-General, the Secretariat and the Security Council itself.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  4. “A protection mandate needs to be implemented not only by a military component, but also by a civilian component, to deal with issues such as human rights violations and civil-military coordination. Therefore, each mission with a protection mandate needs to develop a comprehensive strategy. In that regard, I wish to underline that empowering vulnerable people - children, refugees, internally displaced persons and others - also contributes to protecting civilians and preventing the recurrence of conflict. Empowerment is a core notion of human security. We believe that it provides added value to an operational plan and strategy for the protection of civilians.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  5. “From the perspective of guaranteeing credibility, we request the Secretary-General to ensure this by communicating clearly to the Government and the people of the host country the specific role that the mission is expected to perform. Some missions have begun to take innovative approaches to translating the will of the Council into an operational plan. Unfortunately, many have not. In order to overcome that situation, we request the Secretariat to formulate and develop an operational concept and guidelines on the protection of civilians that are most appropriately tailored to meeting mission- specific requirements and situations on the ground. At the same time, I wish to emphasize that protection does not mean merely protection from imminent military threat.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  6. “Many of those missions face difficulties in implementing their complicated and demanding mandates with limited human and material resources. The areas in which they are deployed are generally large, and in many cases mission personnel do not necessarily have a clear understanding of how a Security Council mandate should be translated into operational activities on the ground. If a mandate is to be successfully implemented, it must be realistic and feasible. In other words, in determining the mandate of a peacekeeping operation, the Security Council must fully take into account local security and other situations, as well as available resources and field support. That is important for the credibility of the Council and of the United Nations as a whole.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  7. “The Security Council must address serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law whenever they occur, make its position known and urge parties to take steps to ameliorate the situation. If necessary, the Council should take measures to verify the facts and establish accountability, and sometimes also impose targeted sanctions to ensure the compliance of State and non-State groups with international law. The United Nations assumes direct responsibility for protecting civilians where United Nations peacekeeping operations are deployed, and it is tasked with doing so. Of course, that is easier said than done. Out of the 15 peacekeeping operations currently deployed, eight are tasked with a protection mandate.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  8. “Once ratified, those instruments must be complied with and implemented. States have primary responsibility for protecting their citizens. However, States in armed conflict often lack the capacity and the institutions necessary for such implementation. It is essential that those States strengthen their law- enforcement institutions, promote security sector reform and establish the rule of law. The international community should support the efforts of those countries in their capacity-building. Japan will extend assistance as much as possible in that regard. We must also address equally serious violations by non-State actors, which often operate outside the effective rule of government and deliberately make use of civilians to attain their goals.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  9. “At the same time, we should acknowledge that enormous and wide- ranging challenges to the protection of civilians - such as sexual violence, child soldiers, deliberate attacks on humanitarian personnel and other violations of international humanitarian and human rights law - remain in many parts of the world. The most pressing task for us now is to determine how we can put those normative frameworks and standards into practice. First and foremost, international humanitarian and human rights laws must be acceded to by all States. Regrettably, many of the States involved in armed conflict have not yet acceded to such key instruments as the Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. We urge all States to become parties to those instruments.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source

  10. “I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate. I would also like to congratulate Austria on its leadership in promoting the cause of the protection of civilians. In addition, we are grateful to the Secretary-General; Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, for their valuable presentations. The Security Council has developed a number of normative standards and frameworks on the protection of civilians since it adopted resolution 1265 (1999). They include, inter alia, the aide-memoire for reviewing mission mandates, revised earlier this year, and resolution 1894 (2009), just adopted.”

    2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216 (2009) · source