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2009-04-29
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2009-10-05
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  1. “We could also ensure that the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council launch a dialogue on the best way to address the negative impacts of conflict on women and consider how to involve women in full participation in peacebuilding efforts and post-conflict reconstruction. My country strives for the systematic incorporation of the gender dimension in its cooperation projects in order to better to respond to the Millennium Development Goals, and fully backs the peace initiatives taken by local women's groups and the exhaustive work of non-governmental organizations to ensure the equal participation of 09-54249 women in post-conflict situations. We welcome the participation in this debate of the representative of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.”

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  2. “The Security Council could assist States in their efforts to implement resolution 1325 (2000) by establishing, as recommended by the Secretary-General, a clear and exhaustive standing follow-up mechanism that would enable us to assess progress achieved. Luxembourg also stresses the important role that the Peacebuilding Commission could play in encouraging all parties, including States on its agenda, to provide for the participation of women in their peacebuilding strategies and to ensure that women's civil society organizations be effectively consulted and represented in country-specific configurations.”

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  3. “Generally speaking, Luxembourg fully endorses the Secretary-General's recommendations in his report (S/2009/465) on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). My country especially welcomes the recommendation that the Security Council energetically pursue a strategy aimed at increasing the participation of women in all peace processes, especially within the framework of peace negotiations and mediation. Member States will have to demonstrate the political will to fully implement resolution 1325 (2000). It is especially incumbent on them to utilize all existing provisions of international law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, as well as not to tolerate impunity and to refer to national and international tribunals individuals suspected of having committed crimes against women.”

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  4. “Women and girls are often the primary victims of conflict and have specific needs in post-conflict situations, especially when they have been displaced, are refugees, or have been mistreated or maimed by anti-personnel landmines, as so rightly noted by Ms. Alberdi this morning. Those specific needs must be taken into account in assessing countries' requirements as they emerge permanently from conflict. In post-conflict situations, women must become important engines for peace and security in 09-54249 their communities. It is indeed critical that women be more involved in peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts at all levels. The involvement of women in decision-making processes from the start should subsequently provide for their better participation in development efforts.”

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  5. “Unfortunately, we are compelled to note that progress in the implementation of the recommendations therein remains insufficient. 2010 will be an especially important year, for it will afford us an opportunity - at the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Beijing Conference and of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), as well as at the ministerial session of the Economic and Social Council on the empowerment of women - to take stock of the work accomplished and above all to identify and effectively remedy shortcomings. We further hope that 2010 will see the establishment of the composite gender entity under the Secretariat. We are convinced that the timely creation of the entity will considerably strengthen the cohesiveness of measures undertaken for women in the United Nations system.”

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  6. “Mr. Olinger (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg fully supports the statement made at this morning's meeting by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union and congratulates the Vietnamese presidency of the Council on having organized today's important debate. We also welcome today's adoption of resolution 1889 (2009), as well as resolutions 1882 (2009) and 1888 (2009) on women and children in armed conflict. Today's open debate marks yet another anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, the first resolution adopted by the Council that specifically addresses the impact of war on women and recognizes their role in conflict management and resolution and their contribution to the search for lasting peace.”

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  7. “Luxembourg welcomes the demobilization of former child soldiers, including girls, from the ranks of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), and appeals strongly to the FNL and the Government to pursue the demobilization of other children in compliance with international norms. It is important now to facilitate their return and sustained socio-economic reintegration through education and vocational training programmes. This situation demonstrates that the Peacebuilding Commission can play a critical role in the mobilization of resources for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes and in supporting awareness campaigns concerning child soldiers.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  8. “While violations of the rights of children are not known in their full scope, it is clear from the Secretary-General's report that the various parties to the conflict, in particular the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, have conscripted children, and that a large number of children have been kidnapped. While the Government of Sri Lanka has assumed some responsibility for children leaving armed groups by promoting their reintegration, indiscriminate aerial bombardment and long-range artillery fire are causing grave suffering among the civilian population, particularly children. I join my voice to all those calling for an immediate ceasefire. In conclusion, I wish to say a word on Burundi, on behalf of which my country is involved in the Peacebuilding Commission.”

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  9. “Luxembourg calls upon the Security Council, in line with the recommendation of the Secretary- General, to ensure that all peacekeeping operations have sufficient resources to implement a child protection policy, in particular through the deployment of child protection advisers. The advisers should also draw attention to situations where peacekeeping might be carried out in a way that acts to the detriment of children. All conflict situations in which atrocities are committed against children require our urgent attention. I wish to note a few specific cases. At present there is fighting in Sri Lanka, and civilians, including many children, are once again the main casualties.”

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  10. “Two years later, it is essential to continue to follow up on those commitments. Reading the report of the Secretary-General confirms the fact that, in spite of strong international mobilization, children continue to be the first casualties of armed conflicts. I am speaking of child soldiers, who are on the front lines of more than 30 conflicts throughout the world, as well of the millions of children suffering from the atrocities of war, including maiming and sexual violence. In that context, my delegation fully supports the recommendation of the Secretary-General to broaden the monitoring and reporting mechanisms under resolution 1612 (2005) on grave sexual violence against children.”

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  11. “My Government believes it is important to bring to justice all of the perpetrators of war crimes and massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law, especially when those crimes have been committed against children. Impunity cannot be tolerated, and my delegation fully agrees with the recommendation of the Secretary-General in his report, that the Council must not hesitate to refer violations committed against children in armed conflict to the International Criminal Court. The 2007 Paris Conference was also a turning point that recognized that violations of the rights of children are violations of international law and that a State must not only protect children on its territory, but must also do its utmost to put constant pressure on armed groups to obtain the release of conscripted children.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  12. “Today, there is a range of legal and political instruments that seek to prevent the most serious suffering of children in armed conflict. Our common action to protect children in armed conflict also requires ratification, and especially implementation of relevant international instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict. In that context, we must recall the importance of ratifying the Rome Statute, which contains an important provision defining the act of conscripting or drafting children younger than 15 years of age into the armed forces as a war crime.”

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  13. “Mr. Olinger (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): First of all, I wish to thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate on children and armed conflict and to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her tireless commitment and her presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/158). I welcome its quality and relevance. My delegation supports the statement made by the representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union. I wish to emphasize a few points and principles that are important to my country, which supports bilaterally a number of organizations that are working towards mitigating the plight of children in armed conflict, in particular UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source