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Zmeevski

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1998-06-29
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  1. “We highly value the role of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ambassador Otunnu, and believe that the ideas he set out today deserve full consideration and inclusion in the activities of the United Nations.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  2. “We strongly condemn the unlawful use of children in armed conflict, and we believe that those guilty of this must be prosecuted. We advocate the formulation of new, effective instruments in this sphere, notably an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the involvement of children in armed conflicts. Both at the national and at the international levels, we must devise a broad spectrum of preventive measures, including training relevant personnel and disseminating knowledge on how to deal with children who are victims of armed conflict and on their rights, needs and interests, as well as on existing legal norms in this sphere. I hope that today's debate will lend the necessary momentum to this endeavour.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  3. “The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly in 1989 and to which 191 Governments have acceded, addresses the problem of children in international armed conflicts. Moreover, there are other international legal norms pertaining to children and urging the adoption of all possible measures to ensure the protection of children affected by armed conflicts, and to care for them by assisting with the physical and psychological rehabilitation and social reintegration of children who have become victims of armed conflict. Russia was among the first to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and is working tirelessly to implement the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  4. “Before imposing and implementing sanctions regimes, there must be an evaluation of their harmful impact on children, and humanitarian exceptions must be permitted for children who are victims of conflicts, with a view to minimizing their impact. All these measures can be carried out within existing mandates and procedures, without any special decisions. There can be no comprehensive solution to the problem of children in armed conflict without drawing on the whole range of measures available to the United Nations. Relying on the collective will of its Members, the United Nations must erect reliable barriers to the increasing involvement of the young generation in armed conflict.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  5. “We should also ensure that agreements between parties to a conflict, including those involving the assistance of the United Nations - whether a simple ceasefire or a comprehensive settlement - contain specific provisions on alleviating the plight of children, on their withdrawal from the most dangerous zones and on ensuring access for humanitarian assistance; in the case of child soldiers there should also be provisions on accelerating the process of demobilization and reintegration into normal life, on access to education and on acquiring a civilian job. These tasks should be assigned to and be given particular attention by the relevant special representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations peacekeeping command. A separate, and important, issue is sanctions.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  6. “Over the years of political chaos and armed struggle in Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries, a whole generation of young people has grown up who know nothing of school, books or children's toys, but who have an excellent knowledge of sophisticated weaponry. In its consideration of specific conflict situations, the Security Council must devote more attention to the problems of children, and must do so in a result-oriented manner. In our view, reports of the Secretary-General on any armed conflict should include a section on the status of children, as should briefings by his representatives to the Council.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source

  7. “Mr. Zmeevski (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): In using its prerogative under the Charter of the United Nations to deal with numerous conflicts in various parts of the world, the Security Council cannot fail to react to one of the ugliest aspects of those conflicts: the growing involvement of children in the armed confrontations of competing States and factions. Children, more than any other segment of the population, suffer from every aspect of war, and in particular from the indiscriminate use of mines. Leaders of military factions are using children ever more frequently in armed conflicts as cannon fodder.”

    1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source