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Raimondi

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  1. “We therefore support the work of the intergovernmental process to strengthen respect for international humanitarian law, facilitated by Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The existing regulatory framework for the protection of civilians must be translated into concrete results in the field. The Council must strengthen its efforts to find the best way to make that happen.”

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  2. “Impartial mechanisms are essential for the investigation of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. In that regard, I would like to acknowledge the work of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission provided for in Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, as well as the central role played by the International Criminal Court. We recall that, in accordance with the Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Court has jurisdiction over many of the attacks on civilian populations mentioned in the report. Argentina believes it is essential to continue the debate on the setting up of new mechanisms to strengthen compliance with international humanitarian law and to generate a constructive, transparent and inclusive dialogue among States and other stakeholders.”

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  3. “Argentina reiterates its call for resolution 2286 (2016) to be implemented as soon as possible, and urges States that have not yet done so to adhere to the Safe Schools Declaration, in support of which my country had the honour of organizing the Second International Conference on Safe Schools in March of last year. The Security Council must remain committed to protecting civilians in armed conflict, as it has done in special cases for children, women and journalists, and to ensuring respect for international law and ending impunity for grave violations committed against civilians. In that context, we underscore the role the system plays in the area of children and armed conflict. The system must receive the necessary support to carry out that task. Argentina reaffirms the preventive role of accountability mechanisms.”

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  4. “Under international humanitarian law and Council resolutions, attacks of any kind on civilians - especially women and children - or other protected persons, schools, cultural heritage sites or places of worship, as well as the recruitment of children and the obstruction of humanitarian access, constitute violations of international law. We regret that two years after the adoption of resolution 2286 (2016), we have to keep reiterating that medical and hospital personnel must not be targeted and condemn the many cases where that has occurred.”

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  5. “With regard to humanitarian assistance, all parties to a conflict must make every effort to ensure effective and timely access to humanitarian aid, including supplies and materials. Such assistance enjoys special protection under international humanitarian law, and it is therefore worrying that in many situations humanitarian access is hampered or even denied. It is also worrying that, as the Secretary-General's report indicates, certain measures in the context of the fight against terrorism continue to affect humanitarian activities. In that regard, we reiterate the call made by General Assembly resolution 70/291 for States to ensure, in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law, that counter-terrorism legislation and measures do not present obstacles to humanitarian activities.”

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  6. “It is also essential to continue to include and enhance civilian protection within the mandates of United Nations field missions, and to ensure that they are clearly formulated and that the operations have the resources they need to function effectively and quickly. We also note the importance of ensuring that peacekeeping operations themselves comply with international humanitarian law. The Council's authorization of robust mandates and their implementation by peacekeeping operations must not compromise the fulfilment of their core mandate to protect civilians, or distract them from their mission based on the fundamental principles governing peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping operations must have clear mandates and the resources to implement them effectively and in a timely manner.”

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  7. “The failure to distinguish between combatants and civilians results in civilian deaths, injuries and displacement, as well as serious obstructions to and even attacks on humanitarian assistance. The Security Council must therefore remain committed to the protection of civilians in armed conflict by promoting full respect for international law, particularly humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, as well as the fight against impunity. In that context, we must recall the obligations arising from the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols of 1977, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, human rights law and refugee law, as well as customary international law.”

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  8. “Mr. Raimondi (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank Poland and especially its Foreign Minister, Jacek Czaputowicz, for organizing this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Secretary-General of the Iraqi Al-Amal Association for their briefings. Finally, I thank all previous speakers for their statements. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2018/462). We appreciate his recommendations and the three protection priorities he lays out. We must once again deplore the fact that, according to the report, civilians continue to be the primary victims in conflicts.”

    2018-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8264 (2018) · source