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lines on the record: 721
first: 1997-01-10
most recent: 2005-10-13
sittings or episodes: 86
sources: un-security-council

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“In support of developing better targeted sanctions, expert seminars have taken place at Interlaken on financial sanctions, and at Bonn on smart sanctions, in particular arms embargoes and travel sanctions; these worked on specific recommendations. The Secretariat and the Security Council should draw upon this unique available expertise. In his millennium report to the General Assembly the Secretary-General also alludes to these efforts. The European Union considers that Member States should take careful note of the conclusions of these ongoing studies on smarter sanctions and invites the new informal working group on sanctions to take that work forward in its discussions. The European Union further invites the Security Council to bear these studies in mind when designing sanctions regimes.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“In his millennium report (A/54/2000), the Secretary-General notes that sanctions, as an integral element of the collective security provisions of the Charter, offer the Security Council an important instrument with which to enforce its decisions. He also observes that economic sanctions have proved to be a blunt and even counter-productive instrument. The European Union recognizes the concerns of the Secretary-General and stresses that every effort should be made to ensure that measures adopted by the Security Council are carefully designed to have the maximum impact on the political elites of targeted countries and/or on their military capabilities, while minimizing the impact on the general population, in particular its most vulnerable members, and other unintended side-effects.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The European Union also welcomes the Security Council's establishment of an informal working group with the mandate to consider issues related to United Nations sanctions, which it considers can make a highly significant contribution on the subject. The work of the group will complement the note by the President of the Security Council of 29 January 1999 on the work of the sanctions Committees (S/ 1999/92), which contained important proposals. That was a landmark in the Security Council's thinking on sanctions, initiated in 1997 under the Portuguese presidency of the Council. In recent years, the Council has made increasing use of sanctions under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter to combat threats to international peace and security.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta align themselves with this statement. We were very happy to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada here today presiding over this extremely important open debate. The European Union welcomes your initiative, Mr. President, to hold this open debate on sanctions. The European Union attaches great importance to developments towards a more targeted and effective sanctions regime with clear humanitarian exceptions and effective monitoring systems. Your commitment and perseverance in taking work in this area forward should be commended.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“In the same sphere, the consolidation of the authority of special representatives over all United Nations entities is most welcome and should be further strengthened by the appointment of resident coordinators as deputies to heads of mission. This is an important report and will serve amply to continue to develop the vital capacity of the United Nations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. At stake is the long-term resolution of conflicts; these activities are a small price to pay for peace.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“In this regard, the activities of United Nations peacekeeping operations in institution-building, elections, human rights and the judicial system, including the police, are vital. In view of the lead responsibility of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for multidimensional peacekeeping operations, coordination within the Secretariat and with relevant agencies within the United Nations system, as well as with regional organizations, intergovernmental bodies, bilateral programmes and non- governmental organizations, is essential to the success of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, and should continue to be strengthened.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union agrees with the Secretary-General that demobilization and reintegration programmes need to be placed on a firmer financial footing and that provision also needs to be made for special measures for child soldiers. The European Union invites the Secretary-General to explore with, inter alia, Member States and the World Bank, a range of possible options, and to make further detailed recommendations on this subject, as necessary. United Nations peacekeeping operations can also play a crucial role, as the Secretary-General has described, in the creation of the physical, political and social infrastructures necessary for successful reintegration programmes.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Attentive consideration should also be given to the question of offering incentives for disarmament, to the destruction of weapons and to the monitoring and control of regional arms traffic, taking into account the economic dimensions of arms flows. In this context, the European Union especially welcomes the work and the initiatives of the group of interested States. That group supports concrete projects of practical disarmament, including in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, and serves as a forum for the exchange of information about relevant lessons learned in this field. The initiative has the support of the Secretary-General. With regard to the demobilization process, the report rightly emphasizes the importance of giving peacekeeping operations a strong political role and ample resources, including a deterrent capacity.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union supports the specific recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report with a view to strengthening the role of United Nations peacekeeping in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. To assist the United Nations in providing the necessary expertise for such difficult tasks, the European Union supports the maintenance of databases of expertise on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, and the inclusion of these areas in national training programmes for peacekeepers. This would help overcome the difficulties sometimes experienced by the United Nations in locating experienced disarmament experts and trainers for United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The guidelines contain specific recommendations for the collection, control, disposal and destruction of arms, especially small arms and light weapons, and for the conversion of military facilities. They address the criteria required for a successful and well organized programme for the demobilization of combatants as well as measures needed for their effective integration into civil society. These guidelines can assist the international community, as well as regions, subregions and countries directly affected, in this area, and should be drawn upon in the design of mandates for future United Nations peacekeeping or preventive operations. In this context, we also acknowledge the importance of the recommendations of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union is also undertaking specific actions, through financial and technical assistance to programmes and projects related to small arms problems, notably in Albania, Cambodia and Mozambique, and we are considering specific action in other areas as well. The European Union is also providing assistance to the small arms moratorium put in place by the Economic Community of West African States, which seeks to prevent the illicit manufacture and trade of small arms and to ensure that these weapons are collected and put out of use. A valuable tool in this area is the set of guidelines adopted by consensus by the United Nations Disarmament Commission in April 1999 on conventional arms control/limitation and disarmament with particular emphasis on consolidation of peace.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union adopted a joint action approach to small arms in December 1998, with a view to building consensus in the appropriate regional and international forums on the necessary principles and measures as the basis for regional and incremental approaches to the problem and, Where appropriate, global international instruments on small arms. The European Union continues actively to pursue this approach and particularly looks forward to the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, to be convened in the summer of 2001.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union looks forward to seeing the results of the work of the Lessons Learned Unit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the elaboration of a set of principles and guidelines for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. In the context of wide-ranging European Union support for peace processes and peace-building activities, financial and in-kind contributions and support for capacity-building have been provided by States members of the European Union to, inter alia, demobilization and reintegration programmes in the Central African Republic and in Sierra Leone. With regard to disarmament, the European Union attaches great importance to the particular problems caused by the alarming increase and spread of small arms and light weapons.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“It is therefore necessary to take a long-term perspective on how the process is to be carried out, identify clearly the role of the peacekeeping operation in that process, provide it with the necessary resources and ensure the continuation of the process beyond the end of the peacekeeping mandate. Essential to those goals is the effective coordination of efforts in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, both at Headquarters and in the field, as well as with other United Nations agencies and international organizations crucial to these activities. An obvious model of such an approach - which would, of course, need to be adapted to each circumstance - is the activities of the United Nations in Mozambique, as the Secretary-General's clear references to that success story indicate.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“They also have a role to play in monitoring and verifying the demobilization of troops and in providing security for quartered personnel. In the reintegration process, peacekeepers can assist in the transportation of former combatants to their homes and in the distribution of "reinsertion" packages to allow former soldiers to begin a civilian life. But the Secretary-General is also right to point out that, while peacekeeping operations play a crucial role, the ultimate success of a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process may require sustained efforts long after the withdrawal of a multidisciplinary peacekeeping operation.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The Secretary-General has usefully identified the ways in which United Nations peacekeeping can assist in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes. Drawing on its impartial character and universal legitimacy, United Nations peacekeeping can play a crucial role in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes by building confidence and trust, by conveying a sense of security, by sustaining momentum and by channelling expertise. The report shows clearly how peacekeepers participate actively in the process of disarmament of combatants - from the monitoring of ceasefires and the separation of forces to the supervision of disarmament sites, and from taking custody of surrendered weapons to the destruction of arms and addressing the problem of arms flows into a conflict area.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union fully endorses the Secretary- General's recommendations with regard to child soldiers in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, particularly with respect to strengthening the performance of United Nations peacekeeping in addressing the special needs of children, and it welcomes the declared policy of including within all operations, where relevant, personnel with appropriate training in international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, including child-related and gender-related provisions. The European Union also shares the Secretary-General's recommendation that a holistic and long-term view be taken of the demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers, comprising social and economic aspects of the problem.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“As requested, the Secretary-General paid particular attention in his report to the problems of child soldiers. When dealing with this issue, we must have the best interests of these children uppermost in our minds. By identifying the existence of child soldiers at the outset in the peace agreement and by addressing their concerns in the implementation of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, as the Secretary-General suggests, we will be moving towards that goal, particularly in the long term. Nothing is gained from denying their existence and perpetuating their unfortunate condition, which can only augur badly for a long-lasting peace.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Like other essential activities that complement the efforts of peacekeeping operations, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes must be effectively integrated into multidisciplinary peacekeeping operations when they have been mandated. The European Union also believes that the most effective way to ensure this is for such programmes to be determined in the peace agreement that provides for the end of a conflict. As the Secretary-General has pointed out, this would ensure the clarity and timely implementation of the programmes and build confidence among the parties. The role of the Security Council in this regard is to reflect the importance attributed to these programmes by calling for the necessary expertise and resources to be made available.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union endorses in general terms the goals established in the report and urges that appropriate follow-up be given to the recommendations contained therein by the Security Council and relevant United Nations departments and agencies, as well as by other organizations and by Member States. As the Secretary-General points out, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration activities can represent the window of opportunity to advance a peace process, a window that may close if the international community does not swiftly and vigorously act by providing the United Nations with the necessary political support and adequate resources to pursue on the ground the mandate that has been given by the Security Council. It is interesting that all these points were reaffirmed in the Fifth Committee this morning, at its resumed session.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“In this regard, the European Union also recalls the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, approved on 10 March 2000 and to be issued, which notes this report of the Secretary-General and addresses certain issues related to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes and United Nations peacekeeping. The report of the Secretary-General represents a comprehensive review of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, the role they play in establishing conditions for a long-lasting peace and in post-conflict peace-building, and the role United Nations peacekeeping operations can play in the conduct of these activities.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The European Union expresses its gratitude to the Secretary-General for his statement this morning and for the excellent report he has prepared on the role of United Nations peacekeeping in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, in response to the request made by the Security Council in its presidential statement of 8 July 1999, following the open debate held the same day on the matter. It is gratifying to note that the treatment of this important issue is being given appropriate continuity by the Security Council and the Secretary-General, particularly in the context of United Nations peacekeeping.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and the associated countries, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, as well as the European Free Trade Association countries members of the European Economic Area, Iceland and Liechtenstein, align themselves with this statement. The European Union commends the Security Council, under your guidance, Mr. President, for holding a formal meeting on this important subject of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in the context of peacekeeping.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“In this regard, the European Union fully supports the efforts by the Special Coordinator of the Pact, the European Commission and the World Bank, aimed at achieving a substantive outcome of the regional funding conference to take place on 29 and 30 March and at putting together a credible package of quick-start projects. The European Union also continues to attach great importance to the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and to bringing to trial those indicted by the Tribunal. The European Union recalls the duty of all States to cooperate with the Tribunal in delivering indicted persons into its custody.”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“Firm and positive steps must very soon be taken towards the full implementation of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement and the effective functioning of the relevant institutions if the European Union is to continue to remain engaged in the reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina at current levels. The European Union looks forward to the Bosnian parties registering such essential progress by the next meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, in May, and, in this regard, expects the smooth conduct of free and fair municipal elections in April. The long-term stabilization of Bosnia and Herzegovina is being sought in the context of the Stability Pact signed at Cologne in June last year, with a View to achieving lasting peace, prosperity and stability for the region as a whole.”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“But the pace of progress in this regard will depend on the readiness of the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the stabilization and association process. The European Union is, therefore, concerned that the Bosnian leadership has yet to implement the letter and the spirit of the New York Declaration of 15 November 1999. The European Union reiterates its call for the early and comprehensive implementation of the Declaration in all its parts and urges the Bosnian parties urgently to overcome their difficulties. We regret in this regard the delay in the establishment of the State Border Service.”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“The European Union also continues to work actively within the Peace Implementation Council towards the full implementation of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement and supports fully the efforts of the High Representative in that regard. We must, however, reaffirm the view of the European Union that Bosnians themselves must move this process much further and much faster. In fact, the long- term future of Bosnia and Herzegovina depends on this. The European Union Council of Ministers recently welcomed the initiative of the European Commission on a road map for Bosnia and Herzegovina to help pave the way towards a feasibility study on the opening of negotiations for a stabilization and association agreement.”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“In total, the European Union has provided more than 2.5 billion euros to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. The European Union also provides support to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in its work with police academies and in assistance to judicial reform. Of course, European Union member States continue to provide significant numbers of police monitors for UNMIBH and troops for the Stabilization Force (SFOR), as well as seconding personnel to the Office of the High Representative, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM).”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“As the single largest contributor to the international assistance effort in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Union and its member States remain committed to continuing their support for economic and democratic consolidation, reintegration of refugees and reconciliation in that country. This year, 100 million euros have been allocated to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the following priority areas: support for the return process, institution- building, cooperation with the European Investment Bank, customs and fiscal assistance, economic regeneration, media support, education and technical assistance. Over the last few years, this has added up to more than 1 billion euros for reconstruction and technical assistance and a similar amount for humanitarian aid.”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“It is a pleasure, Sir, to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council; I wish you continued success. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta, as well as the European Free Trade Association countries members of the European Economic Area, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, align themselves with this statement. Allow me to thank Mr. Annabi for his briefing and his update to the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH).”
2000-03-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4117 (2000) · source
“Let me conclude by saying that we have already done much of the work needed to identify the actions necessary to prevent unwarranted human suffering. What we have lacked is the political courage to take those decisions. An immense effort will be required to overcome old, ingrained habits, but that should not discourage us from taking on this fight in favour of humanity.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“A recent welcome development in this issue was the elaboration of a "Note of Guidance" intended to establish clearer reporting requirements and lines of authority, as well as ensuring that United Nations humanitarian assistance is consistent with the broader United Nations peace and development activities. The consolidated appeals process is an important strategic planning tool that facilitates the promotion of transition from relief to development. In this respect, the European Union would like to encourage the relevant Secretariat departments to reinforce linkages between the consolidated appeals process and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) process when the two are being used together, as this will further enhance the cooperation and joint planning between relief and development activities.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Some developments have taken place recently to better coordinate humanitarian assistance and make it more consistent with the broader United Nations peace and development agenda. An example of this is the continuous development of the strategic framework approach designed, in part, to ensure that humanitarian assistance supports overall peace-building activities. The strategic coordination of humanitarian actors at the field level should be further improved, including through better articulation of the responsibilities of both humanitarian resident coordinators and the special representatives of the Secretary-General.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The Secretary-General has suggested the establishment of safe corridors - or security zones - for the protection of civilians and the delivery of assistance in situations characterized by the threat of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. We would like to encourage him to further develop modalities for the implementation of this recommendation. With regard to confidence building, effective information is vital. The United Nations should therefore enhance its public information capability at the field level, namely through the inclusion of public information components at the planning stage of peacekeeping and peace-building operations. In this respect, it is also crucially important to prevent the media from being used as a tool of conflict.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We would also like to encourage the Secretary-General to continue to actively seek to ensure that the rights and the welfare of the child are afforded high priority in peace negotiations and throughout the process of consolidating peace in the aftermath of conflict. The European Union commends the inclusion of children's concerns in the peace agendas already adopted or in the process of being discussed for Burundi, the Sudan and Sierra Leone. The European Union would also like to highlight the recent conclusion of the additional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on child soldiers, which raised the age of participation in armed conflicts to 18 years.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union would like to encourage the Council to further consider modalities for the implementation of measures aimed at effectively separating combatants from civilians in camps designated for internally displaced persons or refugees. It is essential that international efforts are made to guarantee the humanitarian nature of such camps. Equally important is that refugees and internally displaced persons are placed at a reasonable distance from areas of conflicts or the borders. In this respect, the European Union would like to support a wider use of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, as well as the inclusion of its provisions in the mandates of United Nations operations.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union recognizes the value of including a humanitarian dimension into multidimensional peacekeeping operations. Human rights tasks and humanitarian assistance, as well as other relevant conflict prevention and peace-building components - if they are to be included in the mandates by the Security Council - must be fully integrated into the planning of peacekeeping operations and their functions made clear from the start. Coordination of these components with others in peacekeeping operations and the attribution of the necessary resources available to achieve the mandates given are prerequisites for success. We look forward to the comprehensive study on peacekeeping operations that the Secretary-General has just commissioned.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union encourages the Security Council to consider using its powers in a more decisive way to impose arms embargoes at the early stages of emerging crises. As to the use of anti-personnel landmines, the European Union wants once more to emphasize the importance it attaches to the full and speedy implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. We are especially alarmed by the re-mining that is taking place in various conflicts. The European Union urges all parties concerned to stop this practice. All States parties to the Geneva Conventions have an obligation to teach and disseminate humanitarian law to their military forces and, conversely, there is an obligation for these forces to respect those principles and laws.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“For that purpose, we are of the opinion that it would be indispensable to improve and use the capacity of the Secretariat to enable the Security Council to consider ways in which it might regularly monitor potential conflicts or massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law, either through the use of existing mechanisms, such as the International Fact-Finding Commission, or by other means. A number of other measures have been identified that can help alleviate the suffering of these hapless populations. Curbing the excessive and uncontrolled accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons is certainly one of them, given their potential to augment violence against civilians, increase the suffering of those affected, hinder post-conflict reconstruction efforts and reduce the prospects for sustainable development.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Much has been said about the changing nature of conflicts and the fact that the majority of casualties are innocent civilians, who are quite often utilized as instruments in the complex dynamics of conflicts. In this context, the European Union would like to encourage the Secretary-General to resort more often to the prerogative given to him by Article 99 of the Charter, in which he is invited to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter that in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union would like to encourage the Council to further develop standards and rules aimed at minimizing the humanitarian impact of sanctions. The European Union wants to underscore the need to ensure safe and unimpeded access by United Nations or other humanitarian personnel to all those in need. The European Union would like to recognize at this juncture the extremely important role played by United Nations agencies and other humanitarian organizations - with special reference to the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations - in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations in need.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union would like to encourage the Council to further act on the willingness expressed in the presidential statement agreed at the end of the debate last month (S/PRST/2000/4), and to be prepared to take all appropriate measures at its disposal to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian assistance missions and personnel - including the inclusion in peace agreements of provisions regarding safe and unimpeded access for humanitarian workers and supplies and the adoption of resolutions stressing that imperative. The Secretary-General proposed in his report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict that the failure to comply with those obligations should result in the imposition of targeted sanctions.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It is a well-established principle of international humanitarian law that States have the primary responsibility to protect civilian populations from violence. Secure access to humanitarian assistance by all victims of armed conflict is a prerequisite of any humanitarian operation. State and non-State parties to a conflict are obliged to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid and should cooperate fully to that end. There is also a responsibility on the part of the international community to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid in cases where that obligation is not met. Denial of access to civilians in need, in breach of international law, and the targeting of civilian populations, which are often used as tools of warfare, must be condemned in all circumstances.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The European Union is alarmed at the seriousness of the situation and deplores the persistent violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law. This situation is of course compounded by the lack of law enforcement mechanisms to which the international community can resort every time a serious violation of those norms and principles is committed. In the fight against impunity, the European Union would like to stress the importance of the early activation of the International Criminal Court, and its important future role both in deterring grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and in bringing to justice those responsible for committing those crimes. We would urge all those who have not yet signed the Rome Statute to do so, and we urge all States to proceed to ratification as soon as possible.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“As a matter of fact, this body has already adopted a number of resolutions in the aftermath of massive violations of human rights and international humanitarian law that it considered a threat to peace and security. There are several examples where the international community set aside its differences and united to exert pressure on violators of international humanitarian law and human rights law. We hope that this will become the norm in the future. Increasing numbers of civilians, including women and children, have been specifically targeted or used as direct instruments of war. Non-compliance with binding obligations under international law by warring parties has become the norm in today's conflicts.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“When necessary, a preventive deployment or another preventive United Nations presence should be swiftly considered by the Council. The Council has an important role to play in preventing violent conflict, and this perspective should be a natural feature of the Council's agenda. In the case of massive and ongoing abuses, the consideration by the Security Council of appropriate enforcement action based on clear and identifiable criteria may also be necessary. Massive and systematic breaches of international humanitarian law and human rights law can constitute a threat to peace and security and therefore demand the attention and action of the Security Council.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“That will offer the Council an opportunity to discuss the problems in a concrete manner and to make proposals on how to improve the United Nations system to deal more efficiently with threats to international peace and security. We should bear in mind, however, that humanitarian assistance cannot resolve conflicts that in essence have political origins. That is why it is so important to address the root causes of conflicts. The promotion of economic and social development and the establishment and consolidation of democracy, good governance and the rule of law, as well as full adherence to and implementation of human rights and international humanitarian law, are of great importance in conflict prevention. The Security Council, through early response, has a duty and an irreplaceable role to play in the prevention of conflicts and crises.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It is our hope that the findings and conclusions of the work done so far will lead the Council to decide on necessary action directed at deterring grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law and at fostering what the Secretary- General called in his latest report on the work of the Organization (A/54/1) a "culture of prevention". The Union welcomed the Secretary-General's report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/l999/957). The Secretary-General's pertinent recommendations need urgent consideration. The Security Council is expected to give its first response to the Secretary-General's report in April.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We are particularly honoured to see you, Mr. Foreign Minister, presiding over this session. These debates should, in our view, be considered as important steps in identifying possible actions to be undertaken by the Council aimed at preventing and, when necessary, putting an end to violence directed against civilian populations or the humanitarian personnel charged with assisting them. In its presidential statement of 12 February last year, this body expressed its willingness to respond to those situations.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and the associated countries, Cyprus and Malta, as well as the European Free Trade Association countries members of the European Economic Area, Iceland and Liechtenstein, align themselves with this statement. The European Union welcomes Bangladesh' s initiative to organize an open debate in the Security Council on this very important topic, which we View as being linked to the chain of thematic debates organized in recent months - all of which were aimed at addressing the serious problem of the humanitarian consequences of internal strife and conflict.”
2000-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4109Resumption1 (2000) · source