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  1. “In that regard, we have noted that, in the annex to the report, we find the example of the situation in the Caucasus after the events of August 2008. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for the positive assessment of Russia's actions to provide humanitarian assistance in the region. We express our concern that the Georgian legislation on the so-called occupied territories is, in fact, hindering international humanitarian work in South Ossetia. Early-warning and war- and conflict-prevention systems provide the basis for protecting civilian populations. In that regard, the international community must seek scrupulous observance by all parties of international law and the relevant decisions of the Security Council.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151 (2009) · source

  2. “We believe that it is unacceptable to consider terrorist organizations, especially the Taliban and Al-Qaida, as some sort of armed opposition groups with which one could allegedly conduct a dialogue on humanitarian matters. For additional clarification, we need a recommendation vesting investigation committees with the mandate to study specific situations. In our View, the status and competence of such committees would need to be specified. We vigorously condemn attacks on humanitarian personnel. We support the need to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access to the affected population. At the same time, we emphasize that humanitarian work must be conducted on the basis of the principles of impartiality, neutrality and humanity.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151 (2009) · source

  3. “We emphasize the responsibility of all parties, including foreign forces, to ensure the security of civilians and the strict observance of the norms of international humanitarian law. Like the Secretary- General, we express our concern about the death of civilians owing to the actions of private military and security companies. Their share of the responsibility must be borne by the people who recruit them. We believe that the contact of humanitarian organizations with non-State armed groups can be established only with the consent of the Government of the relevant States. Moreover, the practice of such contacts must be approached with great caution so as not to legitimize existing outlawed units.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151 (2009) · source

  4. “We fully agree with the conclusions of the Secretary-General on the increased danger for the civilian population of the violation of the requirements of selective and proportionate use of force and on the need to condemn such breaches without exception. A sad example in that regard, was the death of some 150 civilians, most of whom were women and children, in Afghanistan as a result of air strikes by foreign forces on a populated area in May this year. Clearly, the United Nations Mission of Assistance in Afghanistan did not learn its lesson from the sad statistics on the death of more than 800 Afghan civilians in 2008. We support a careful investigation of such incidents and punishment of the perpetrators. We call on the interested parties to inform the Security Council of their efforts.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151 (2009) · source

  5. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the Secretary-General for the report (S/2009/277) and to Mr. Holmes for the updated information on the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Council has now been considering the topic for 10 years. In that time, we have managed to make considerable progress in the humanitarian sphere, but, unfortunately, as was noted in the report, the civilian population still suffers the majority of the casualties in conflicts, and that fact remains a burning issue for the international community. We are convinced that, to correct the situation, we need in particular to refrain from selective approaches to violations of international humanitarian law and to adhere to a strict observance of the lawful norms of protection.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151 (2009) · source

  6. “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 5.10 p.m. 09-34980”

    2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source

  7. “The representative of the Syrian Arab Republic has asked for the floor to make an additional statement. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source

  8. “I would like to thank all representatives for their kind words addressed to my delegation in connection with Russia's presidency of the Security Council for this month. The representative of the United States of America has asked for the floor to make an additional statement.”

    2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source

  9. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Liechtenstein in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the consideration of the item, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Wenaweser (Liechtenstein) took the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (spoke in Russian): I now give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.”

    2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source

  10. “Once again, the Russian Federation thanks the High Commissioner for his briefing and the French presidency of the Council for convening this meeting. We hope that there will be continued constructive cooperation between the Security Council and UNHCR.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  11. “At the same time, UNHCR should also have a plan prepared for cases in which, for various reasons, it is impossible to implement the scenario of voluntary returns; here, the integration of displaced persons in host States or third countries would be required. In many States with situations on the agenda of the Security Council, ensuring the security of refugee camps is an urgent problem. That is particularly the case in conflict zones in Africa: Darfur, Chad, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In that regard, we call on UNHCR to continue to give priority attention to the demilitarization of camps for displaced persons and to separating combatants from persons who are entitled, under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, to claim refugee status.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  12. “We believe that the core responsibility for providing assistance to internally displaced persons lies specifically with the Government of the country where such displacement is occurring. A critical function of UNHCR in the context of post-conflict settlement is, in our view, to provide assistance in facilitating the sustainable voluntary return of refugees, which is the preferable means of addressing the issue of forced displacement. Failure to address that issue could well result in the emergence of new conflict situations, which in turn could threaten international peace and security.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  13. “We are gravely alarmed by the problems of displaced persons with regard to the situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur. Our hopes for an improvement in the situation there are related above all to the establishment of a process for political negotiations and the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. We share the view expressed by Mr. Guterres with respect to the UNHCR mandate and believe that it is necessary to continue to draw a clear distinction between UNHCR's activities in providing assistance to refugees and assistance to internally displaced persons. Whereas the former fall under the mandated functions of UNHCR, for the latter, UNHCR interventions are warranted only when a number of core conditions are met, the primary condition being that the relevant country has made a request in advance.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  14. “Their problems need to be addressed immediately. Beyond the specifically humanitarian aspect, these challenges put a heavy burden on the host countries, especially Syria. The developments of recent weeks once again demonstrate the need to seek long-term solutions in the area of the Middle East settlement, in particular as it relates to the problems of Palestinian refugees. We urge UNHCR to be prepared to cooperate more closely with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, including in coping with possible new flows of refugees. We welcome the readiness of UNHCR to seek ways to address the situation of Afghan refugees. This problem also puts a heavy burden on host countries, above all Pakistan and Iran.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  15. “At the same time, we note once again that any projects in the area of protecting the rights of refugees and addressing problems of forced displacement in general in post- conflict countries should complement overall efforts in the area of peacebuilding and subsequently reaching settlements and also contribute to these processes. Furthermore, we would like to underscore the importance of coordinating UNHCR activities with the Governments of relevant States. Conflicts continue to be the primary reason that there are many refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. The grim prize of first place continues to be held by Iraq, with more than 2.5 million refugees and about 2 million internally displaced persons, most of whom have been deprived of their ability to meet their own basic vital needs.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  16. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I thank Mr. Guterres for his interesting briefing on the topic of refugees and their impact on situations in the area of peace and security. Russia welcomes the constructive involvement of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in addressing existing humanitarian problems in relevant situations, including those on the agenda of the Security Council. We share the view that the issues of ensuring security and complying with the core norms and standards of international law in the area of refugees are interdependent and complementary.”

    2009-01-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6062 (2009) · source

  17. “It would seem that, without the assistance of the Security Council, the Tribunals will find it difficult to complete their work within realistic time frames. In any event, it would seem time for the Security Council to shoulder the full responsibility it assumed in connection with the establishment and the functioning of the two Tribunals.”

    2008-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6041 (2008) · source

  18. “This involves providing access to documents, seeking accused persons and protecting witnesses. In that connection, we feel that the relevant sections of the ICTY report might have been worded in a more positive tone. In conclusion, I will just comment on the matter of the establishment of an international mechanism to carry out residual functions of the ICTY and ICTR. We hope that the Council will soon be able to reach agreement on a document setting forth the key parameters for such a mechanism, namely, that it be small, financially efficient and temporary. In that connection, my delegation thinks that it is important that the Security Council be more actively involved in the implementation of the completion strategy.”

    2008-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6041 (2008) · source

  19. “The Tribunal could be invited to work more actively with the Rwandan authorities to improve their national legislation, so that transfer of accused persons to the Rwandan judiciary could become a reality. Moreover, the possibility of transferring cases to third countries that might be ready and able to hold trials of accused persons should not be excluded. It is the understanding of my delegation that the ICTY has suspended, for the time being, the transfer of accused persons to national jurisdictions. One important element of the work of the Tribunals is that there be a high level of cooperation with States of the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. We have noted the references in the ICTY report to Serbia on that matter, which show clearly how seriously Serbia takes the matter of its cooperation with the Tribunal.”

    2008-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6041 (2008) · source

  20. “The report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (S/2008/726) sometimes gives some kind of justification or explanation of the situation, but in the case of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) report (S/2008/729), by no means all of the aspects of that matter are commented on. One key element for carrying out the completion strategy is the transfer of cases by the ICTY and the ICTR to national judicial organs. We welcome the efforts being made in that area by the ICTR. Although the Tribunal has taken a number of decisions declining to transfer arrested persons, citing the inadequacy of legislation in Rwanda, we feel that the possibilities there are far from being exhausted.”

    2008-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6041 (2008) · source

  21. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): 1 would like to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports on the completion strategies of the two Tribunals submitted to the Security Council under resolution 1534 (2004) (S/2008/726 and S/2008/729). This meeting is being held just before the beginning of a new year - 2009 - when, under resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), the Tribunals are supposed to complete consideration of cases at the first instance. Unfortunately, that expectation is simply not realistic. The time frames for completion forecast by the Tribunals are constantly shifting.”

    2008-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6041 (2008) · source

  22. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to thank Mr. Bellemare for his briefing. I would like to receive, for the first time, information on a number of elements of the big picture of the investigation of the killing of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, and the fate of the 08-29745 former Director General of General Security in Lebanon, General Jamil Al Sayed, and the three other former heads of the Lebanese Special Services suspected of being part of the assassination of Prime Minister Hariri. Do we correctly understand that these four people have been in prison for almost three years now, with no indictment and that they have been detained on the recommendation of the first head of the Commission? And that this recommendation in considered to still be in force?”

    2008-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5863 (2008) · source

  23. “However, the chances of this kind of assistance remain illusory, since, according to the report, indictee Haradinaj enjoys the support of senior representatives of UNMIK. I would request the Prosecutor explain in greater detail the information provided in her report in this matter? Once again, we call upon Security Council members to pay very close attention to our proposal that was put forward some time ago about working out the Council's reaction to this scandalous situation.”

    2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source

  24. “I would like to dwell in particular on the question of cooperation with the Tribunal in the area of witness protection. I would like the Council members to look at paragraph 35 of annex II of the report of the President of the ICTY (S/2007/663). The Prosecutor quite specifically refers to the presence of difficulties facing the Tribunal in getting evidence from witnesses in the Ramush Haradinaj et al case. Many witnesses are refusing to provide evidence out of fear for themselves and for their family members. Once again, I would stress, the Prosecutor is reporting to the Security Council that her Office would like to draw on assistance to be provided by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in the question of witness protection.”

    2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source

  25. “However, one cannot fail to be worried by the assessments contained by the President and by the Prosecutor regarding projected dates for the completion of trial hearings and appellate proceedings. I would like once again to note the position of principle of the Russian Federation, which is that both Tribunals must be guided by the deadlines established by the Security Council and do everything within their power to make sure that the work is completed by the end of 2010. The fact that certain indictees are not in the custody of the ICTR and the ICTY cannot be considered as justification for an unlimited extension of the activities of these bodies. In the context of the ICTY, we think it is important to take bolder action to refer the cases of indictees to the consideration of the courts of the States of the region.”

    2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source

  26. “The arrest of four indictees during this period and the speeding up of criminal proceedings regarding those persons in the custody of the Tribunal attest to some clear progress in carrying out the tasks of the ICTR. We welcome the efforts of the ICTR to clear their caseload and to refer cases, when possible without any detriment to the principles of justice to national jurisdictions. In this context, efforts to develop the justice system of Rwanda, including capacity-building, to judge cases referred by the Tribunal to it become increasingly urgent. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) report also shows that the Tribunal is making efforts to implement its Completion Strategy.”

    2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source

  27. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Mr. President, allow me to thank the senior officials of both Tribunals for their briefings and for the reports submitted to the Security Council about the status of implementation of the Completion Strategy. We are also grateful for the interesting proposals contained in the revised document on the future legacy of the Tribunals being considered by the Security Council Working Group. We will search for the best possible options regarding the proposed mechanisms for the residual competence of the Tribunals. We note that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has been working productively over the last six months.”

    2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source

  28. “Experience in similar plans has shown that it would not lead to real improvements in the field. What is needed is to enhance the effectiveness of existing machinery and not establish new bureaucratic structures, particularly at a time when the issue of the new gender architecture of the United Nations has not yet been resolved. In this context, we are bewildered by the public statements made on the eve of this Security Council meeting by the Secretariat prejudging the Council's conclusions with respect to creating a monitoring mechanism. Generally speaking, we support the extension of the plan for 2008-2009, in order to further develop constructive coordination between the United Nations and interested States.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  29. “The System-wide Action Plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) for 2005- 2007 has facilitated the implementation of the United Nations strategy on women and peace and security. Its implementation has contributed to enhancing national potential, that being a key condition for protecting the rights of women and encouraging their equal participation in peacebuilding. We agree with the conclusions of the Secretary-General contained in his report (S/2007/567) on the need to overcome the shortcomings in the implementation of this plan. At the same time, we cannot agree with the recommendations on creating specialized machinery within the Security Council to monitor the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on a national level. We believe that that would simply exacerbate the problem of duplication and lack of coherence.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  30. “We also should not, we believe, reduce the scope of this important resolution to the problem of sexual violence while ignoring other forms of violence against women, not even referring to other issues such as equal participation by women in peace processes, incorporating gender aspects in United Nations programmes and strategies, and so on. We believe that, as in the work on children and armed conflict, we should pay equal attention to all serious cases of violence against women and children, including murder and mutilation. Such crimes - including those resulting from acts of terrorism, indiscriminate or excessive use of force or unlawful actions by armed forces, including private defence contractors - require consistent attention from the international community.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  31. “That has to do, also, with the fact that we see in this problem and other topics an attempt to promote the concept of responsibility to protect within the Security Council, an issue which under the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document is something that first requires discussion within the General Assembly. In terms of its goals under the Charter, the focus of the Council should be primarily on the most acute and major armed conflicts, and obviously not just in Africa. We believe that the United Nations as a whole should give priority to responding to massive and systematic violence against women. That goal will be promoted by strengthening the gender component in reports of the Secretary-General to the Security Council dealing with specific situations, and that could be a new specific step in the Council's work furthering this objective.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  32. “An artificial connection between gender questions and the whole gamut of questions under the exclusive purview of the Security Council would lead to imbalance in terms of system-wide coherence and would impede the effective implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). On the other hand, the Council cannot focus on sexual violence only when it occurs during armed conflict. We must make efforts to find a balanced approach to this problem within the Security Council, bearing in mind its tasks and competence under the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  33. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Resolution 1325 (2000) remains significant as a guideline in determining the role of women in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, in post-conflict reconstruction and in assessing the situation regarding the protection of women's rights in conflicts. It is important that the work of the Security Council for its implementation should focus on tasks relating to the Council's mandate, and not duplicate the activities of other United Nations bodies, including the General Assembly, the Peacebuilding Commission, the Human Rights Council and the Commission on the Status of Women.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  34. “Instead of carrying out the professional duties of a jurist employed by the international community to support an impartial prosecution in the Tribunal, the current Prosecutor's priority has become assuming the functions of some kind of quasi-political player having the audacity to write a prescription in the area of international relations. This has been significantly assisted by the fact that, in our eyes, the Tribunal has increasingly assumed features of a non-transparent, biased and costly organ of international justice. The situation regarding the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia requires urgent correction. We must pin our hopes on the new Prosecutor of the Tribunal, who will assume the post in three and a half months' time.”

    2007-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5742 (2007) · source

  35. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian Federation shares the understanding reached in the Security Council on the need to defer until the end of the present year the consideration of the question of the appointment of a new Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. There were several possible ways to resolve this generally technical issue. However, the option introduced in the Security Council seems to us to be the least successful one. The Russian delegation has frequently expressed doubts as to whether Ms. Del Ponte understands her mandate properly.”

    2007-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5742 (2007) · source

  36. “That strategy sets out a deadline for completing the work, and the ICTY should base its work on that fact in planning its future work. In our view, the fact that Mr. Mladic and Mr. Karadzic and other accused have not been brought to the ICTY cannot justify the indefinite continuation of the work of this Court.”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  37. “We would like to repeat our proposal that was made in the discussion of the ICTY annual report in the General Assembly, namely that it would be useful and informative to obtain comparative lists showing the number of those convicted by nationality and also the duration of the sentences they received, depending on their nationality, for similar crimes in terms of type and gravity. We expect that the Tribunal will strictly implement the completion strategy, according to the timetable established by the Security Council. We note here that we cannot see how we can make plans - and this was said by the President of the ICTY - for cases that have been scheduled for completion by 2009 - how can we make such plans in violation of the completion strategy that the Security Council has adopted?”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  38. “We suggest that these amendments are in line with the implementation of the deadlines for the completion strategy, as set out by the Security Council. We do not believe that the statement by the Prosecutor was appropriate concerning the alleged presence of Mr. Djordjevic on the territory of the Russian Federation and that the responsibility lies with Serbia to arrest him in our country. First of all, on many occasions we have stated that the information provided by the Tribunal on Mr. Djordjevic's whereabouts have not been confirmed. The Russian authorities are making every effort to find him. Secondly, there can be no question of extending the jurisdiction of Serbian authorities to the Russian Federation, a separate and sovereign State.”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  39. “We note that the President of the Court has said that the Tribunal is trying to limit the period of the pre-trail detention, but I repeat that Mr. Seselj has been in prison in Scheveningen since the beginning of 2003. Such a drawn-out process, in our view, is further proof of the unwieldy nature of the work of the Tribunal. Given the serious harm to Mr. Seselj's health caused by the lengthy hunger strike, this story can still not be considered as closed. The recurrence of such situations would completely discredit this Court, whose reputation has already been hurt by the deaths of Mr. Babic and Mr. Milosevic this year. Another aspect that negatively affects the image of the Tribunal is the open criticism coming from the Prosecutor's Office on the amendments to the rules of procedure and evidence for the ICTY.”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  40. “We continue to believe that the transfer of cases to national justice systems is the main component for the timely completion strategy of the ICTR. In the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the greatest concern at this stage is the case of the accused Vojislav Seselj. We are thankful to the President of the ICTY for submitting information to the Council on the measures being taken by the leadership of the Tribunal in order to de-dramatize the situation. However, we consider that the responsibility for the current situation and for Mr. Seselj's state of health lies firmly and squarely on the ICTY. The accused has been in prison in Scheveningen since the beginning of 2003.”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  41. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Mr. President, allow me to thank the leadership of both Tribunals for their briefings to the Security Council and for the reports on implementing the completion strategy, pursuant to Council resolution 1534 (2004). We commend, in general, the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We also welcome the initiative of the Government of Rwanda to abolish the death penalty. We suggest that, in the future, this will remove the concerns that have prevented the transfer of cases of low- and middle- level accused to the national courts in Rwanda. This gives greater importance to the ICTR's work in capacity-building with the judicial system in that country.”

    2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source

  42. “In the arrangement associating the monitoring and reporting mechanism with the Security Council, the key role is played by the Security Council Working Group, which is designed to prepare balanced recommendations to improve the situation of children in specific situations. We believe that the plan of action of that new body for 2007 will be geared to country subjects already before the Council, while the Group will continue to work in a spirit of cooperation emphasizing constructive measures. In conclusion, my delegation wishes to express the hope that the comprehensive system-wide efforts of the Organization, in cooperation with interested States and civil society, will remedy the dire situation of children in armed conflict.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  43. “The monitoring and reporting mechanism must be implemented in strict compliance with Security Council resolution 1612 (2005). After all, the resolution provides that it be established as a priority in situations under consideration by the Council, which would make it possible to more fully and effectively make use of the capacities of the Security Council. In that connection, it is important that the information provided by the mechanism be objective, up-to-date, accurate and reliable. The monitoring and reporting mechanism itself needs to function with the involvement of national Governments supporting and complementing their measures to ensure the protection and rehabilitation of children. That is required by resolution 1612 (2005).”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  44. “We are certain that from the standpoint of the tasks of the Security Council under the Charter, its focus should, above all go to the most acute and large- scale armed conflicts on its agenda, and not only those in Africa. That does not mean that the situation of children in other conflict areas would go without the attention of the United Nations. There is an entire range of bodies authorized to protect the rights of children and to fight against the impunity of the perpetrators of violations. In that context, we wish to turn to the activities of the monitoring and reporting mechanism and the Security Council Working Group, whose establishment has been a turning point in the practical implementation of the decisions of the Council in the area of the protection of children.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  45. “We support the notion of the need to give equal weight to all grave violations, including not only the use of child soldiers, but also the other five categories of violation. Implementing that would alter the basis on which the reports on that issue are prepared, including with respect to the compilation of lists of violating parties. That is also referred to in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. The proposal to give equal care and attention to all situations must be clarified. It needs to be determined whether that concerns the lists in the annex to the relevant report of the Secretary-General, or whether it concerns all conflict situations worldwide.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  46. “We note its focus on practical aspects and the fact that it contains a great deal of information. Nevertheless, we should note that, as in the past, it does not always reflect reliable or verified information, and the frequently anonymous sources of information are not examples of objectivity or reliability. More considered assessments would only serve our cause, since this would raise confidence not only in the information but also in the recommendations that the report contains. With respect to those recommendations, the one that stands out is the proposal to ensure that the Security Council give equal attention to all situations of concern and also to all grave violations of the rights of children affected by armed conflict.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  47. “The issue of the rights of children in conflicts and in post-conflict situations has occupied a solid place in the work not only of the Security Council, which has been dealing with this issue on the basis of the broader context of its primary responsibilities - maintaining international peace and security - but also the work of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission. A new impetus to the efforts to the international community in this area came from resolution 1612 (2005). In this regard, making this work system-wide, on the condition that there be a rational division of labour among United Nations structures in accordance with their mandates, continues to be a pressing task. We studied the report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/826) with great interest.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  48. “Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the Secretary-General and to Ms. Coomaraswamy, Ms. Veneman and the non- governmental organization (NGO) representative Mr. Oling Olang for their attention to the problems of protection of children in armed conflict and for the useful information they have provided on the state of affairs in this area. We are pleased to note the clear progress made in this area, which has already been referred to sufficiently here. At the same time, there is ample room for enhancing the effectiveness of efforts of the entities that are involved in this endeavour.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  49. “We also agree that there is a need to make greater use of the expertise of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. The work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women is not above criticism. Here, too, we must ensure an objective and depoliticized approach. We support an extension of the Action Plan. In particular, it should cover all issues related to promoting women's participation in peace processes and ensure that this issue will remain at the centre of the attention of United Nations bodies.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556 (2006) · source

  50. “However, its potential has not been fully utilized. We agree with the observation made by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2006/770) that there is a need to close the gaps in the implementation of the Plan, which are due in part to the problems throughout the United Nations system. Closing those gaps does not mean establishing new structures, since that would only worsen duplications and inconsistencies. Instead, we should enhance the effectiveness of existing mechanisms and special procedures by improving their coordination and accountability and ensuring that they use reliable sources of information, which would enable them to avoid bias. Here, we should highlight the role of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality and its Task Force on Women, Peace and Security.”

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