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2008-02-12
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  1. “We agree with the Special Representative that the efforts made in the initial planning and implementation of peacekeeping operations should take into account the need to protect and rehabilitate children, and that such action should 12 be community-based so as to facilitate the sustainable and successful reintegration of children. Child protection is a commitment on the part of us all. We hope in that regard that all States, together with the United Nations system and organized civil society, including children themselves, can undertake joint action that will allow us to achieve a world of peace for all in which we can truly protect the rights and well-being of children.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  2. “We believe that the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in peacekeeping missions, as well as the inclusion by UNICEF of child protection advisers in such missions - in which Uruguay has been deeply involved - should be stepped up and receive sufficient human, financial and technical support. My delegation feels that greater attention should be paid to the rehabilitation of children linked to armed groups or that have been the victims of other serious violations of their rights, particularly in cases of sexual abuse or exploitation.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  3. “We believe that only through joint and coordinated endeavours, the strengthening of the rules of international law and the utilization of available judicial mechanisms - the International Criminal Court in particular - will it be possible to develop and implement plans of action allowing us to put an end to the serious violations that children continue to endure in armed conflict. We welcome the joint work done by civil society with the United Nations system as a whole, including the peacekeeping missions, in building lasting child protection mechanisms.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  4. “Some two years after the adoption of resolution 1612 (2005), establishing the monitoring and reporting mechanism, it is now time to assess not only its implementation, but also its format. We are thus concerned that, despite the reports received identifying six types of serious violations against children, the mechanism is applicable only to the recruitment and illegal use of child soldiers. We feel that that approach should be broadened, since no violation is more serious than another and all should be considered on an equal footing. We appreciate the inclusive and broad-based nature of the mechanism, which works with the involvement of all parties to a conflict - Governments, non-governmental armed forces, the United Nations system and civil society, including non- governmental organizations.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  5. “The subject is on the General Assembly's agenda, and every year my country plays a very active role in that regard with a view to strengthening and increasing the involvement and responsibility of a body of universal composition in a subject that falls within its purview and is of concern to us all. Uruguay nonetheless recognizes the role that has been played by the Security Council, where progress has moved from talk to implementation through the adoption of numerous resolutions, the most recent of which created the monitoring and reporting mechanism with a view to ensuring that sound information is available and concrete action taken to end the illegal recruitment and exploitation of children in conflict zones.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  6. “We are concerned by the ongoing illegal recruitment of children in conflict zones, many of whom are kidnapped from refugee camps; by the various forms of sexual violence suffered by children, with devastating and permanent repercussions for the victims; by the cases of children who are detained in contravention of international norms; by systematic and deliberate attacks on educational institutions; and by the impunity still enjoyed by the perpetrators of crimes against children. Uruguay welcomes the fact that the issue of children affected by armed conflict is receiving increasing attention on the international agenda, as reflected in the many international instruments to which my country is a party. Much remains to be done, however.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  7. “The figures cited in recent reports on the impact of armed conflict are particularly worrisome, and no region in the world is immune. We are stunned by the number of children killed in war zones; injured or suffer permanently disabling injuries; recruited as soldiers, in blatant violation of international human rights instruments and humanitarian law; and the thousands of children, girls in particular, who are subject to sexual exploitation.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source

  8. “Mrs. Pi (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): The delegation of Uruguay welcomes this open debate on children in armed conflict and welcomes all the efforts of the international community in this regard. My delegation particularly appreciates the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, a mandate that Uruguay fully supports. We take this opportunity again to thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy for her work and her commitment to broad-based and effective protection of children in a situation of particular vulnerability. Her substantive reports, undertaken in the context of broad consultation, not only allow us to appreciate the achievements, but also clearly show how much work remains to be done.”

    2008-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5834Resumption1 (2008) · source