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2019-05-23
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2020-02-13
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  1. “For small island developing States, the changes in climate will continue to have a destabilizing impact on communities. The loss of land, even entire islands, and livelihoods, as well as large-scale movements of communities, can be catalysts for conflict. As community relocation proceeds, new conflicts will inevitably arise. Most will be rooted in cultural settings around the management of and access to community- owned resources. Transitional justice measures offer unique possibilities for rebuilding communities.”

    2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source

  2. “Such transitions always take time — the process is a delicate one and needs to be supported. It is essential that victims see that justice is done. Transitional justice brings a sense of closure to the victims, as well as to entire communities. They lay a foundation for development and achieving the SDGs. Transitional justice mechanisms should be part of broader security sector reforms. Divisions within communities take time to heal. Communities need to regain their confidence in the law and its institutions. Reconciliation measures must have a special focus, namely, women and children. In all conflicts, women and children are disproportionally disadvantaged and suffer the most. The skills and knowledge required to tackle the issue are complex, and therefore United Nations capabilities are needed to provide support in that regard.”

    2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source

  3. “As an international community, transitional justice contributes to the promotion of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 16, which aims at achieving peaceful, just and inclusive societies. Transitional justice processes have been used successfully in our region. The process was supported by the international community and regional peacekeeping missions. Our own examples of transitional justice show that there is a need for political support to Governments to establish inclusive transitional justice processes. The United Nations system has an important role to play, including from both the peacekeeping and peacebuilding sides. Transitional justice mechanisms should be properly integrated with and complement State institutions.”

    2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source

  4. “That poses a huge challenge as to how communities can be reconciled. When reconciliation cannot take place, the chance of peace and development succeeding is far lower. Communities have to be brought together, and victims and their hurts and grievances need to be heard. Transitional justice must have a heart in order to both acknowledge and establish measures to reduce what victims went through, as well as addressing their demands for justice. Transitional justice must seek to build trust and rebuild relations so that former victims and perpetrators can live side by side again, as a community.”

    2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source

  5. “Fiji would like to thank the Belgian presidency for this opportunity to contribute to discussions on the important topic of transitional justice. The Security Council has placed huge emphasis on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Widespread and serious human rights violations create conditions where special justice interventions are needed if peace is to be secured and sustained. Transitional justice redresses gross violations. Transitional justice focuses on the needs of victims and their communities. When complemented by criminal justice mechanisms, they strengthen the rule of law, which is critical in any sustainable peace process. Violent conflicts are always associated with widespread human rights abuses and atrocities. Communities are traumatized and torn apart while losing property and sources of economic well-being.”

    2020-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8723Resumption1 (2020) · source

  6. “Crucially, peacekeeping is about the soft skills that men and women bring to United Nations missions. These soft skills are about the ability to understand cultures and values; the ability to see how women and children become extraordinarily disadvantaged in conflict; and the ability to interpret signs of individual and group stress early on. When the United Nations does peacekeeping well, we save lives. When we do peacekeeping poorly, civilian lives are lost. Better performance and standards by peacekeepers mean better protection of civilians. Fiji would like to thank and pay tribute to all those peacekeepers and others involved in all areas of protecting civilians in armed conflicts around the world.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  7. “If no drastic action is taken, civilians will continue to be victims of conflict at a disproportionate level. Fiji welcomes the United Nations Action for Peacekeeping initiative, which aims to strengthen the role of peacekeepers in protecting civilians in armed conflicts. Peacekeepers are being asked to do more and more. To address this huge challenge, high performance and standards, inter alia, are expected from peacekeepers. United Nations peacekeepers protect United Nations and international staff involved in development and humanitarian work. They keep armed groups away from communities. They operate in communities, giving them comfort and protection. They protect humanitarian missions and allow medicine, food and warmth to reach communities and families, especially women and girls.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  8. “The Council and the international community should compel Member States, groups and individuals to be accountable for their actions. We must send a message that violations of these international conventions will not be condoned. We urge the Council to use all tools at its disposal to protect civilians in armed conflicts. In the past, the United Nations and the Council have established mechanisms to address violations in the form of tribunals, sanctions, embargoes, commissions ofinquiry and investigations. The Council should not be selective in its actions. All major violations of international conventions relating to the protection of civilians in armed conflicts should be addressed equally by the Council. The Council's response should equally fit the act.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  9. “The past 70 years have shown that, when the Council agrees, the chances of conflicts occurring are reduced and thousands of lives are saved. But when the Council fails to agree, conflicts are prolonged and civilians ultimately become the victims. Respect for international conventions, awareness and accountability should be the foundation for protecting civilians in armed conflicts. Member States and others should be constantly made aware of their obligations under international conventions. Member States should always respect their obligations under international conventions relating to the protection of civilians during armed conflict. Ultimately, Member States are responsible for protecting their civilian populations, irrespective of affiliation, ethnicity and creed.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  10. “Fiji supports the Secretary-General's efforts to reform and strengthen the Security Council and the peacebuilding architecture through peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The United Nations and its Security Council remain the most uniquely placed multilateral entities for resolving conflicts and building and sustaining peace in this integrated world. We need to remind ourselves of the enormous responsibility that the Charter of the United Nations places on the Council to maintain international peace and security. The Council has the platform to minimize the effect of conflicts, end impunity and ensure accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law and related conventions.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  11. “This year, as mentioned by previous speakers, it will be 20 years since the adoption of Security Council resolution 1265 (1999), which placed the protection of civilians in armed conflict on the Council's agenda. However, statistics show that civilians continue to be hugely and disproportionately as victims of conflicts. That was also reflected in the Secretary-General's report (S/2019/373). As we meet today in this Chamber, thousands and thousands of civilians around the world are suffering as a result of conflicts. They have suffered directly from deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, loss of livelihoods, being forced to flee their homes and sexual abuse, and they have been denied access to humanitarian aid and proper medical care. In some cases, these acts have done by those who are also responsible for their protection.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  12. “First, let me thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Security Council on the important topic of protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations states that: "We the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of ware to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person ..." Therefore people, and the protection of people all over the world, irrespective of creed, ethnicity or affiliation, are at the heart of the United Nations and of the Council. A ceremony was held in the General Assembly Hall last month to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which is a stark and painful reminder of the failure to protect civilians in armed conflict.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source