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Quarrey/Sir John Sawers

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2008-05-27
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2008-05-27
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  1. “The Council encourages the Secretary-General to continue to include such updates on the protection of civilians in his regular reporting on United Nations missions." This statement will be issued as a document of Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2008/18. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.05 pm.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source

  2. “"The Security Council recognizes the increasingly valuable role that regional organizations and other intergovernmental institutions play in the protection of civilians, and the encourages the Secretary-General and the heads of regional and other intergovernmental organizations to continue their efforts to strengthen their partnership in this regard. "The Security Council takes note of the Secretary-General's report of 28 October 2007 (S/2007/643) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and requests the Secretary- General to submit his next report on this subject by May 2009. The Security Council invites the Secretary-General to provide an update in that report on the implementation of protection mandates in United Nations missions as mandated by the Security Council.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source

  3. “"The Security Council re-emphasizes the responsibility of States to comply with their relevant obligations to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law. "The Security Council underlines the importance of safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel to provide assistance to civilians in armed conflict in accordance with international law and stresses the importance, within the framework of humanitarian assistance, of upholding and respecting the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source

  4. “The Council expresses its deepest concern that civilians continue to account for the majority of victims of acts of violence committed by parties to armed conflicts, including as a result of deliberate targeting, indiscriminate and excessive use of force and of sexual and gender based violence. The Security Council condemns all violations of international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, committed against civilians in situations of armed conflict. The Council demands that all relevant parties immediately put an end to such practices. The Council reaffirms in this regard that parties to armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of affected civilians, in particular giving attention to the specific needs of women and children.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source

  5. “Thank you very much, Mr. Holmes, for your briefing. It has been extremely helpful that you have been here for as much of today as you could have been. Thank you as well for the time you have taken to respond to many of the comments that have been made during the course of the debate. Following consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council. "The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the full and effective implementation of its resolutions on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and recalls previous statements on the issue made by its President. "The Security Council remains committed to addressing the impact of armed conflict on civilians.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source

  6. “I wish to remind all speakers, as Ambassador Sawers indicated at this morning's session, to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the text in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I now give the floor to the representative of Nigeria.”

    2008-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5898Resumption1 (2008) · source