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2019-05-23
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2019-08-02
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  1. “For the children and armed conflict mandate to be effective in combating impunity, it is essential to provide resources that are allotted to establishing reliable mechanisms for data collection, unimpeded access and security for monitoring staff. On 20 November, we will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is therefore crucial that we act today to protect the rights of children and ensure that those rights are enjoyed.”

    2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source

  2. “We urge all Member States that have not yet done so to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration. We call on all States to take the necessary measures to implement resolution 2143 (2014) and thereby deter the parties to a conflict from using schools for military purposes. In 2018, the Secretary-General documented a very high number of cases of sexual abuse against girls and boys in the various ongoing conflicts, knowing that the recorded figures are certainly much lower than the real figures given that a large proportion of such crimes are never reported. Impunity in the face of sexual violence encourages its recurrence. Where national justice cannot perform the task, the perpetrators of and those responsible for such crimes must be tried by international criminal justice and, ultimately, by the International Criminal Court.”

    2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source

  3. “In a number of modern conflicts, the denial of access for humanitarian aid to civilian populations is used as a weapon of war. Children are the first victims. That is a serious violation of international humanitarian law. The use and targeting of schools and hospitals for military purposes expose children to many dangers, such as bombing, abduction and recruitment by armed groups. The stalemate in many conflicts means that generations of children see their access to education severely curtailed. That is tragic for the individuals and whole societies are thereby threatened with stagnation. Schools continue to be the target of deliberate attacks. School facilities are regularly looted or diverted from their primary function to be used for military purposes.”

    2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source

  4. “Thousands of children are held in detention centres for suspected foreign terrorist fighters in conditions inappropriate to their age and vulnerability. All children recovering from a traumatic environment must be considered first and foremost as victims. Their psychosocial care and rehabilitation must be a priority. In two days, we will mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), which added the killing and maiming of children to the serious crimes recognized by the normative framework on children in armed conflict. The Secretary-General points out in his report that more than 12,000 children were killed or maimed in 2018. The resolution has therefore clearly not lost any of its relevance.”

    2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source

  5. “Mr. Raum (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Allow me to congratulate Poland on organizing this public debate on the situation of children in armed conflict, as well as all speakers for their valuable work and testimonies. I would also like to thank Belgium for the work that it is doing at the head of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. Luxembourg fully endorses the statements delivered on behalf of the European Union and the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. The Secretary-General's annual report (S/2019/509) on the situation ofchildren in armed conflict begins with the sad observation that violations were significantly higher in 2018 than in the previous year. They represent the unacceptable daily plight of more than 24,000 children living in conflict situations.”

    2019-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8591 (2019) · source

  6. “The continued engagement of the Council's permanent and elected members is essential to strengthening the protection of civilians while ensuring that United Nations peace operations have the mandate and capacity to protect civilians - men, women and children - who are the most vulnerable to violence in today's conflicts, and to prevent conflicts before they claim other innocent Victims.”

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

  7. “The protection of civilians involves many of the topics on the Council's agenda. It overlaps with the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, and with the fight against sexual violence in conflict and the protection of children in armed conflict. Luxembourg is committed to all of those areas and supports in particular the mandates of Special Representatives Virginia Gamba and Pramila Patten, as well as the framework for action of the Safe Schools Declaration and the Paris Principles and Commitments.”

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

  8. “When Heads of State choose to pardon war criminals instead of bringing them to justice, they perpetuate impunity and sow the seeds of future crimes. In that context, Luxembourg fully supports the International Criminal Court and the work of its Prosecutor. Fourthly, we must ensure that the connection between the protection of civilians and post-conflict peacebuilding is recognized. If warring parties and their international supporters target civilians and civilian infrastructure, they are not just guilty of war crimes, they are also ruining the chances of restoring and building just and lasting peace after a conflict. That is unfortunately evident in Syria, where Government forces and their allies continue to deliberately target civilians, hospitals and other protected facilities, in particular in Idlib.”

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

  9. “We also support Switzerland's initiative to include in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court the use of starvation as a war crime in non-international armed conflicts. Luxembourg would like to make four proposals. First, all peace operations should have a civilian protection component when the situation on the ground requires it, and operations should be provided with the capacity they need to fulfil their mandate in that regard. Secondly, ifwe are to change things, we must know how to measure them. Civilian casualties in conflicts must be effectively and independently tracked so that the United Nations can measure the extent of the challenge and improve the protection of civilians. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is a good example. Thirdly, impunity must end, because it often leads to further violence.”

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

  10. “In 2019, as we celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the anniversary of resolution 1265 (1999) on the protection of civilians, the fact is that, despite the legislative progress made, armed conflicts, which not only afflict civilians but often deliberately target them, continue. The norms and rules of international humanitarian law are intended to protect all of humankind. It is our collective responsibility to defend and uphold those rules and standards and ensure that they are respected, and Luxembourg is actively engaged in that regard. We support the practical implementation of the code of conduct developed by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group regarding timely and decisive action by the Security Council, as well as France and Mexico's initiative on limiting the use of the veto.”

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

  11. “Mr. Raum (Luxembourg) (spoke in French): Luxembourg thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate on the important topic of the protection of civilians, which reflects Indonesia's commitment in that regard. My delegation fully associates itselfwith the statements made by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Switzerland, on behalf of the Group of Friends for the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2019/373), which contains useful recommendations. We share the irrefutable analysis of the Secretary-General and of the other briefers who have enhanced this debate.”

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