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lines on the record: 104
first: 2010-11-22
most recent: 2019-11-04
sittings or episodes: 16
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“At its core, the challenge that the Council faces to embrace justice as a key ingredient for creating lasting peace. We see that reflected as a core message in the 2030 Agenda, but it is largely lacking in the work of the Council itself. The situation in Libya is a sad showcase about how the absence of the rule of law provides a breeding ground for one of the most complex security challenges of our time. The horrific reports of slavery and gender- based violence, including against men and boys, are not only a symptom of conflict but also a driver of further violence. Slave markets provide financing for terrorist and other criminal activities, thereby further increasing instability in Libya and the broader region.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“Beginning in July next year, the ICC will also be able to exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, which goes to the very core ofthe Council's mandate and the purpose of the Organization. However, in the past year the Council has shown half-hearted engagement with the Court and failed to follow up on the two referral decisions it made. It is therefore crucial that other accountability options be considered, such as the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, which was the General Assembly's response to a vetoed ICC referral in the Council.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“Contemporary security challenges tend to be complex. They require tailor-made solutions that are attuned to a particular context. At the same time, they also share important characteristics, including, in most cases, an erosion of the rule of law. One aspect of sustaining peace, which has been neglected rather systematically by the Council, is the importance of accountability for lasting peace. Transitional justice is an indispensable part of consolidating peace and preventing conflicts. It contributes to deterrence, strengthens the rule of law and allows traumatized communities to come back together and move forward. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a tool at the disposal of the Council in that respect.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“The Sustainable Development Goals concretely address the interdependence between security and development and offer a powerful prevention tool. Along the same lines, implementation gaps in development commitments and disregard for human rights obligations are important early warning signs that provide relevant information for preventive action, from which the Security Council should benefit to the largest extent possible. With respect to conflict multipliers, such as climate change, food insecurity, water shortages and organized crime, thematic debates and their outcomes, these can help inform the Council's decision-making, which has generally paid insufficient attention to those phenomena. However, that requires systematic integration of the findings of those discussions into the Council's consideration of specific crisis situations.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this timely debate. As the number of conflicts increase and their humanitarian consequences reach unprecedented dimensions, the world expects the United Nations to find better ways to prevent conflict and sustain peace. Today's discussion is driven by a growing awareness that the complex challenges of today's conflicts need to be addressed in a consistent manner across the entire conflict cycle. A comprehensive approach to peace and security includes the rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms and sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is itself such a comprehensive approach, most prominently Sustainable Development Goal 16.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“Moreover, men and boys often represent the majority of detainees during armed conflict and are highly vulnerable to sexual Violence. In post-conflict situations, they need our full and sustained support to be reintegrated into society. We also call on States to prosecute those who have been associated with child recruitment and Violence against children, so that we can put an end to the impunity gap that persists in many conflict and post-conflict societies.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“A decade ago, the international community adopted the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups and the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups so as to end the recruitment of child soldiers. And yet, that type of recruitment continues to this day and constitutes a devastating reality for far too many children. A particularly concerning trend is the exploitation of children by violent extremists and non-State armed groups, such as Da'esh and Boko Haram. It is well documented that, among other purposes for such actions, armed forces or groups, including groups involved in Violent extremism, recruit both girls and boys for sexual purposes.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Another disturbing development is the increasing use of schools for military purposes, in violation of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. Liechtenstein strongly condemns all attacks against schools and hospitals, as well as their use for military purposes. We urge all parties to conflict to respect the principle of distinction and other basic rules of international humanitarian law. Where the principles of international humanitarian law are violated, perpetrator accountability must be ensured. We endorse the Safe Schools Declaration and call upon other Member States, especially Security Council members, to follow suit. The right of children to an education must also be preserved during armed conflict in order to lay the foundations for sustainable peace and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“The monitoring mechanism that was established by resolution 1612 (2005) to document grave violations is critical for the protection of children's rights during armed conflict. Attacks on schools and hospitals are one of the six grave violations identified under the mechanism. Such attacks have become a disturbing trend, as documented in the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/821). In the past six months alone, over 500 schools were attacked. Those are just the verified incidents, and point to a probably much higher actual total number of incidents worldwide. Furthermore, the Special Representative's latest report (A/72/276) documents attacks on schools in nearly all of the countries reported on, with an alarming trend of air strikes being used as a method for attacks.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. The children and armed conflict agenda is sadly particularly relevant today. The ongoing erosion of the respect for international humanitarian law has a particular impact on children, as evidenced in the increasing number of attacks on children living in conflict zones and other grave Violations of their rights. We reiterate our strong support for the Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict. Protecting the independence and integrity of her mandate, including her reporting on violations, is crucial to its effectiveness and credibility.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“While we acknowledge existing efforts in that regard, we continue to see both the need and potential for the United Nations to take a qualitative step forward.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“That call applies in particular to the full implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, both in its protection and participation pillars, as well as to a vigorous mainstreaming of human rights and gender equality throughout the peacekeeping architecture. Liechtenstein is encouraged by the Secretary-General's commitment to that cause and expects the Security Council to implement its own standards in that area more consistently. We also call on the Security Council to ensure stricter accountability in cases of sexual exploitation and abuse by members of United Nations peacekeeping missions, whether civilian or military. The United Nations cannot tolerate, or be perceived as tolerating, any form of such misconduct or criminal behaviour among its ranks without proportionate consequences.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The establishment of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 is a manifestation of that responsibility. Liechtenstein congratulates the newly appointed Head of the Mechanism, Ms. Marchi-Uhel, and calls on States to support the Mechanism's work both politically and financially. The 2015 report (see S/2015/446) by the High- Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations called for renewed resolve on the part of United Nations peace operations personnel to engage with, serve and protect the people whom they have been mandated to assist.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The potential for early and preventive action by the United Nations is particularly acute in situations in which peacekeeping operations are already on the ground. Accordingly, there is an expectation within the international community that the Security Council will consistently equip peacekeeping mandates with the necessary means and flexibility to act decisively in such situations. At the same time, there is also a growing sense of responsibility in the General Assembly should the Security Council fail to prevent or end mass atrocities in a timely manner.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Joining and cooperating with the ICC is therefore a practical example of implementing SDG 16. It is therefore particularly important that the Security Council, acting through its peacekeeping mandates, supports the work of the Court by ensuring full cooperation and coherence of action, including by sharing information and assisting States in protecting witnesses and executing arrest warrants. The Council has a responsibility to take action to end and prevent mass atrocity crimes. The code of conduct of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group, which to date has the support of 113 States, is a strong expression of the willingness of the United Nations membership to hold the Council accountable with regard to that responsibility.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“In the framework of the review of the peacebuilding architecture, both the Council and the General Assembly committed to a comprehensive approach to transitional justice as an important prerequisite for consolidating peace and preventing conflicts and relapse into violence. A thorough translation of that commitment into peacekeeping mandates should therefore be a matter of priority for the Council. Deterrence is a key preventive tool and among the main achievements of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the central criminal justice institution. The ICC remains a court of last resort, while the primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute atrocity crimes remains with States. Fighting impunity is essential to strengthening the rule of law and its institutions, as set out in SDG 16.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein supports General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016), as they provide a basis for a more comprehensive approach to sustaining peace, spanning the entire conflict cycle and encompassing all three pillars ofthe United Nations, including human rights and development. Peacekeeping operations can make an important contribution to the achievement ofthe goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular SDG 16. Acting through its peacekeeping operations, the United Nations should place stronger emphasis on enabling and strengthening the rule of law and its institutions at the national and regional levels.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein welcomes this opportunity to discuss the role of peacekeeping in the context of the broader United Nations efforts to sustain peace. We support the initiatives of the Secretary-General to strengthen the focus of the United Nations on prevention and its ability to sustain peace. Peacekeeping operations under the authority of the Security Council can make a vital contribution to those efforts. Today's debate should therefore feed into the broader agenda of making the United Nations fit for purpose in order to achieve our jointly agreed goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Women and children usually bear the brunt of those crimes. We look forward to receiving the results of that probe and hope it will provide us with a better understanding of how and when human trafficking may amount to atrocity crimes and ways we can use the relevant tools available to us. The upcoming report by the Secretary-General is an opportunity to broaden the approach to both the issue itself and its associated terminology. It is a cross-cutting issue relevant to all of the pillars of the United Nations and an integral part of the commitments made by Member States, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We hope that the Council will remain seized of this important issue, and we look forward to presenting the results from our efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking at the next open debate on the matter.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“While the Council has underscored that acts or offences associated with human trafficking in conflict may constitute war crimes, it has failed to acknowledge that they may also amount to crimes against humanity. The full potential of international criminal justice needs to be exhausted if we are to be serious about eradicating slavery. In her briefing before the Security Council in November 2016 (see S/PV.7806), International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda indicated that her Office would probe the trafficking of migrants out of Libya for evidence of war crimes and/or crimes against humanity. Hundreds of thousands of migrants are being smuggled from Libya into Europe. The International Organization for Migration estimates that up to 76 per cent of them have fallen victim to practices amounting to human trafficking.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“It will bring together leaders from the financial sector, including financial regulators, investigators and prosecutors, and representatives of Member States and of civil society. We will discuss the nature of the financial sector's exposure to modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour, risks associated with that exposure and measures the financial sector can take to combat those crimes, as well as the role of different actors in protecting the financial sector against involvement in modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour. The outcome of the workshop will be a limited set of concrete, actionable ideas and recommendations to assist the financial sector, regulators and other stakeholders in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“One of the central conclusions was the need for a paradigm shift, meaning recognition that national criminal justice responses may need to be supported by other forms of Security Council leverage - normative, financial and technological - and the need for innovative approaches in the fight against modern slavery. Businesses using forced labour currently generate estimated annual profits of $150 billion. One obvious innovative approach is to involve financial institutions in detecting and disrupting financial flows associated with human trafficking 4 to "follow the money". To further explore that avenue, we are organizing a two-day workshop with the United Nations University at the end of the month.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“We hope to take from that event concrete actions that the international community can implement in its efforts to end and prevent slavery, particularly as it pertains to female victims. Last June, Liechtenstein organized a two-day workshop, together with the United Kingdom Mission and the United Nations University, on ways the Security Council can address and tackle human trafficking in conflict. The resulting report identified 10 ideas for action on the part of the Security Council, some of which were reflected in both the report of the Secretary- General on trafficking in persons (S/2016/949) and resolution 2331 (2016).”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“Resolution 2331 (2016) on trafficking in persons in conflict situations, adopted last December, was the first-ever Council resolution on the issue. It identified a correlation between human trafficking, sexual Violence, armed conflict, terrorism and transnational organized crime. It also highlighted the gender-specific implications of human trafficking in conflict. Over 70 per cent of trafficking victims are women and girls. This is why it is particularly important to explore the gender dimensions of modern slavery -which was the main topic of a ministerial-level side event organized jointly by the United Kingdom, Nigeria and Liechtenstein this past Monday.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“We thank the United Kingdom for this opportunity to speak on human trafficking in conflict and on modern slavery. The prohibition of slavery is one of the very rare norms of international law applicable at all times in all places to all actors. States are under legal obligation to criminalize, investigate, prosecute and punish slavery wherever it occurs. Over 90 per cent of countries have legislation in place criminalizing human trafficking. Yet estimates suggest that 46 million people have fallen victim to modern slavery and human trafficking, and convictions for those crimes amount to a mere fraction of the total number of perpetrators. The impunity gap is glaring, in spite of the strong universal legal norm.”
2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source
“The provisions of the Minsk agreements on decentralization and constitutional reform are compatible with those basic tenets of the Liechtenstein model, and are thus a case in point of the relevance of these discussions. Liechtenstein will continue to engage on that issue with all who are interested in the appropriate academic and diplomatic forums.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein has consistently advanced the right of peoples to self- determination as a means to preventing and resolving internal conflicts, when applied in conformity with international law and without undermining the principle of territorial integrity. In such a way, the right to self-determination can result in appropriate levels of self-administration for entities within existing borders and based on consultation and negotiation processes, with third-party assistance where necessary. Under the Liechtenstein model, the appropriate level of self- governance will always be the result of an agreement between the concerned parties.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“Later this year, we are looking at an important step forward in international criminal justice with the upcoming activation of the crime of aggression within the framework of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. On the basis of its own history, Europe should be at the helm of the international community in outlawing the crime of aggression, and we are grateful that European States have ratified the Kampala amendments on the crime of aggression in significant numbers. Conflicts in Europe, while prone to geopolitical exploitation, often have an important internal dimension, related to the insufficient protection of minorities or grievances of communities under highly centralized governance structures.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“More importantly, however, this is a time for Europe to look back at the lessons ofits own conflict-ridden past, the most fundamental of which remains the primacy of the rule of law, democracy and economic integration over authoritarianism, demagogy and isolationism. The United Nations, with its Charter and the body of international law that it represents, is itself a product of that hard-learned lesson. The primacy of the law is intimately linked to the importance of accountability, in particular for the most serious crimes. Europe has itself experienced the value ofjustice for reconciliation and sustainable peace.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“The recent security crises in Europe have been consistently accompanied by serious violations of international law and the fundamental principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act, including the violations of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Georgia. Those violations are warning signs that the commitment to stability and cooperation in Europe has lost its consensual basis. They also point to the need for taking incremental steps to rebuild security and confidence, above all in the military field, while convergence around a common vision for Europe's security remains out of reach.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“At a time of declining commitment to a political discourse based on facts, the OSCE also stands out for its objective reporting and resistance to politicization. Its work on the ground makes an important contribution to promoting peace and security in the spirit of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, and we hope that the Security Council will acknowledge that role by expressing strong political support for the OSCE and insisting on full implementation of the Minsk agreements when it engages tomorrow with Mr. Sebastian Kurz, the OSCE's Chairperson-in-office and Foreign Minister of Austria. I would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate Liechtenstein's full support for Austria's chairship of the OSCE in 2017.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“Liechtenstein is deeply concerned about the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, which is putting the local population through yet more unacceptable hardships in these merciless winter days. The levels of violence we have recently witnessed are in stark contravention of the obligations by the signatories to the Minsk agreements. Ensuring full adherence to the agreements must therefore be a priority for the international community, starting with an immediate and verifiable ceasefire, fully monitored by the OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. With the Special Monitoring Mission and the Trilateral Contact Group, the OSCE continues to lead efforts to foster stability and mediate for a solution to the crisis.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“Armed conflict has re-emerged in Europe with the crisis in and around Ukraine, while situations of protracted conflict in Georgia, Moldova and Nagorno Karabakh have been simmering for years without approaching a solution. The inability to achieve reconciliation in parts of the Balkans constitutes yet another risk to sustainable peace in our region. At the same time, important safeguards for peace and security, such as the rule of law, human rights and democratic standards, are under strain and long-standing security arrangements are being undermined. Geopolitical uncertainty is on the rise and has already contributed to a new arms race, the hardening of national security postures and escalating nationalist and populist rhetoric.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“I would like to begin by expressing Liechtenstein's deep sympathies to the Russian delegation on the passing of Ambassador Churkin. Our thoughts are with his wife and family as well as his friends and his colleagues at the Russian Mission. Liechtenstein welcomes today's open debate on conflicts in Europe and would like to thank Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin for his presence here earlier today. After the Second World War, which originated in Europe, our region underwent successful political and economic integration and the European Union continues to be an important element of stability and an actor for peace. Unfortunately, since the 1990s we have also witnessed a proliferation of conflicts in Europe, and today we are facing an overall security situation that is deteriorating.”
2017-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7886 (2017) · source
“To increase its usability, we made the handbook available as a mobile application. The handbook makes the complex women, peace and security agenda accessible by breaking it down into specific topics. In addition, an overview of the Council's most relevant previously agreed language has been included so as to ensure that the Council integrates its own decisions on women, peace and security into its country-specific work. It could thereby serve as a practical tool for the drafters of Council resolutions. We hope that Council members will continue making good use of it.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“Liechtenstein is a proud donor to the ICC's Trust Fund for Victims, which adopts a gender perspective in all its activities and conducts programmes specifically aimed at assisting victims of sexual and gender-based violence. Having been ordered to provide reparations for the victims of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, in the light of the sexual violence those victims have suffered, the Trust Fund will now for the first time fulfil the promise of reparative justice contained in the Rome Statute. My delegation is a long-standing supporter of the consistent mainstreaming of the Council's thematic agenda into its country-specific work. In partnership with Switzerland, we have supported the publication of the 2010 Women, Peace and Security Handbook by PeaceWomen, which has just been released in a second edition.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“The fact that crimes of sexual violence play a role in nearly every case under investigation and prosecution by the Court speaks both to the startling prevalence of sexual violence in armed conflicts today and to the emphasis placed by the ICC on holding perpetrators of those crimes accountable. The voluntary surrender to the ICC by Bosco Ntanganda, whose name has been associated with sexual and gender-based crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for many years, is an important message for victims - in the end, justice will be done. Delivering justice for victims of sexual violence also includes reparative justice.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“We agree with the Secretary-General's statement that States are primarily responsible for holding individuals to account for sexual and gender-based violence. However, when national jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to fulfil their responsibilities in that regard, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in particular has a complementary role to play. Bringing to justice the perpetrators of sexual violence is an important step for Victims seeking to move on with their lives. We are therefore pleased that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, has made the fight against sexual violence a focus of her work.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“There is a clear and obvious link between the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations. There is ample evidence that small arms facilitate a vast spectrum of human rights violations, including rape and other forms of sexual violence. Liechtenstein therefore welcomes the fact that the Arms Trade Treaty includes the risk of gender-based violence and violence against women and children as one of the criteria that exporting States need to consider before authorizing an arms export. We are particularly pleased that the risk assessment provided for in the Treaty not only covers small arms and light weapons, but also ammunition, munitions, parts and components.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Canada, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, in particular with its call for increased accountability for acts of conflict-related sexual violence, which is best done by enhancing support for the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in establishing the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence mandated in resolution 1960 (2010). We also support the Secretary-General's recommendation to put in place an appropriate Security Council mechanism or procedure for systematically monitoring commitments by parties listed in the annex ofits report.”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“We welcome the second report of the Secretary-General entitled "Sexual violence in conflict" (S/2013/l49), which updates us on the widespread use of sexual violence as a method of warfare in various situations. Let me also commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, and her office, for their great dedication in operationalizing and implementing important mandates deriving from resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010).”
2013-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6948 (2013) · source
“We believe that the inclusion of some of the recommendations within the renewed mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan would lead to an increased participation of women in peace processes, as well as more reliable information with regard to the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“As a member of the group of five small States, my delegation is a long-standing supporter of the consistent mainstreaming of the Council's thematic agenda into its country-specific work. To support the Council's efforts in mainstreaming its thematic agenda on women, peace and security, my delegation organized a workshop, from 28 to 30 January in Schaan, Liechtenstein, hosted by Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick, on the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda in Afghanistan. The workshop was organized in close partnership with the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, and was supported by the delegations of Afghanistan and Germany. Since the findings and recommendations are related to today's consideration, allow me to remind the Council of the outcome report of the workshop.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We call on the Council to use all means at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity for those violations by making better use of targeted measures, including sanctions and referrals to the ICC. In addition to collecting information on trends and perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence, we must simultaneously ensure that support services for victims are sufficiently funded. My delegation has therefore pledged to continue its financial support for the ICC Trust Fund for Victims, which adopts a gender-based perspective across all programmes and specifically aims to assist victims of all forms of sexual and gender-based violence. The Trust Fund provides direct assistance to victims, and thus has an immediate impact on the ground.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Hence, we welcome the work of the Department of Political Affairs to produce guidance for mediators on addressing conflict-related sexual violence in mediation processes and throughout conflict resolution efforts. In that context, it is worthwhile recalling that United Nations-endorsed peace agreements can never promise amnesties for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or gross violations of human rights. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has significantly advanced international law by including sexual violence in the definition of crimes, in particular, as a crime against humanity. The ICC therefore represents an important mechanism in the fight against conflict-related sexual violence.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“To build sustainable peace, sexual violence must be addressed throughout all stages of conflict resolution processes, starting with ceasefire agreements and the presence of adequate gender expertise at the peace table. When provisions on sexual violence are not part of ceasefire agreements, such violence can be used, in effect, to continue acts of war, thereby undermining efforts to reduce violence and leading to a cycle of vengeance. Moreover, research shows that when sexual violence is not addressed in the early stages of mediation efforts, the issue is likely to be ignored throughout later efforts to create and maintain peace.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Sexual violence is used not only as a method of warfare during armed conflict, but also as a means to surreptitiously continue conflict after the guns have fallen silent. Sexual violence can be an important indicator in determining when conflicts might turn violent or when a conflict relapses into violence. To fulfil its mandate towards conflict prevention, it is therefore imperative that the Council continue to receive information on sexual violence, including on situations of concern that are not on its agenda. Sexual violence not only attacks the dignity and the body of the victim, but also tears at the fundamental social fabric of the community.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“At the outset, let me join others in welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/20l2/33). For the first time, it informs us of the dire situation regarding the use of sexual violence as a method of warfare in country-specific situations. Let me also welcome the dedication with which the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallstrom, and her team have operationalized and implemented important obligations deriving from resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010). We are pleased to see that the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence are now included in the mandates of various United Nations missions and that the terms of reference of women protection advisers have been agreed upon.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We welcome in this regard the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, which expands the legal protection of the 1994 Convention. Significant concerns often exist in relation to the protection of civilians in situations that are not formally on the agenda of the Council. It is therefore essential for the Council to develop innovative ways to address protection concerns in such situations and to enhance its preventive and early warning capacities. The informal Expert Group on the Protection of Civilians could play a central role in that regard by receiving briefings and assessments on emerging violations of international humanitarian law by non-State and State actors. 10-64740”
2010-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6427Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The Security Council could establish commissions of inquiry or similar accountability mechanisms, and of course also make use of its competence to refer situations to the International Criminal Court. The effective delivery of humanitarian assistance is intrinsically linked to timely access to populations in need, as well as to the safety and security of those who provide assistance. The safety of humanitarian workers remains precarious. The Council has a particular obligation to provide for the security of United Nations staff and to ensure that there is no impunity for attacks on humanitarian and peacekeeping personnel, which may constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute.”
2010-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6427Resumption1 (2010) · source