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  1. “Impunity remains a major issue, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) has a key role to play. We recall that the very first arrest warrant the Court issued concerned the recruitment of child soldiers. The Security Council and its Working Group should look into ways to develop practical cooperation with the ICC in fighting impunity. The first step is for the Security Council to impose targeted measures on offenders, as contemplated by resolution 1612 (2005). Given the role of the United Nations in addressing the plight of children in armed conflict, we believe there is an urgent need for the Security Council to start working on a new resolution that would allow us to incorporate the lessons learned and the developments ensuing from the approval of resolution 1612 (2005).”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  2. “As a main contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations, my country is ready to actively support United Nations action to strengthen the training of United Nations mission personnel in this area, and welcomes the efforts in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to draft common guidelines. In the development of strategies for the protection of children, their participation is another priority. We must listen to their voices. To further encourage child participation and protection, my Government has organized - together with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UNICEF, and Save the Children - a high-level event in Rome in late June this year. The participants will include several former child soldiers and youth advocates from the Network of Young People Affected by War.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  3. “Placing this violation among the criteria for inclusion in the reports of the Secretary-General would be another major step forward in the Council's action against this appalling crime and a signal that the Council is listening to the voices of children who have been its victims. We also share the report's emphasis on action plans, whose significant results have been the release and reintegration of child soldiers in countries where parties to conflicts have agreed to detailed and time- bound commitments. The 83 child-protection advisers on United Nations missions perform essential duties.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  4. “Let me also congratulate Ambassador Heller for taking over this task. We have been moved by the testimony of Grace Akallo in the Council today. She is an example of resilience, and the account she made of the heroism of Sister Rachele witnesses to the fact that individual actions and strongly felt values can make a difference. Italy welcomes the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/ 158) and endorses its recommendations. In particular, we support the Secretary-General's proposal to extend the trigger for the Council's action to include sexual violence. The Security Council's adoption of resolution 1820 (2008), which we co-sponsored, acknowledges that, today, sexual violence is one of the primary threats to children in situations of armed conflict.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  5. “The protection of children's rights during armed conflicts is one of Italy's top national priorities, as we indicated when we were elected to the Human Rights Council in 2007. During our 2007-2008 term on the Security Council, this same commitment inspired us to make an active contribution, proposing the insertion of child-protection provisions into United Nations mission mandates from Cote d'Ivoire to the Sudan and Afghanistan. We are glad that this proposal has now become standard practice, whenever a mandate is established or renewed by the Security Council. I wish to pay tribute to Ambassador Ripert, the outgoing Chair of the Security Council Working Group, for the leadership and contribution that France has provided in pushing forward the United Nations agenda for children in armed conflicts.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source

  6. “Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you personally and thank the Honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Ms. Patricia Espinosa Cantallano, for her initiative and for that of the Mexican presidency of the Security Council to convene this open debate on children and armed conflicts and for chairing the Security Council's meeting today. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General, Under- Secretary-General Le Roy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy and Ms. Veneman for their important statements today. In taking the floor, I would like to subscribe to the statement delivered by the representative of the Czech Republic in his capacity as the Presidency of the European Union.”

    2009-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6114Resumption1 (2009) · source