![]() With regard to the latter, he welcomed the General Assembly’s adoption yesterday of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, which expanded the application of the Convention to the implementing partners of the United Nations agencies, those delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding or delivering emergency humanitarian assistance. Likewise, obstructed or restricted humanitarian access remained a key concern, as did attacks on humanitarian personnel. Most disturbing was the widespread sexual violence and abuse of women and girls. Among key protection concerns, he noted that civilians had continued to bear not only the devastating side-effects of armed conflict, but often had been deliberately targeted by parties to conflict, both non-State actors and Government military forces alike. Targeted attacks, forced displacement, sexual violence, forced conscription, indiscriminate killings, mutilation, hunger, disease and loss of livelihoods collectively painted an “extremely grim picture of the human costs of armed conflict”.īriefing the delegations today on the progress made in the six years since the Council adopted the first thematic text on the protection of civilians - resolution 1296 (2000) - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland noted that the Council’s more systematic and sustained engagement on civilian protection issues had had an impact, leading to a real difference on the ground.ĭespite that, he continued, the engagement by relevant bodies was too often inadequate and grave areas of concern persisted. ![]() The Secretary-General’s latest report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict noted that in the new warfare that had emerged, the impact of armed conflict on civilians went far beyond the notion of collateral damage. The effective protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict required stronger partnerships that systematically identified their various protection needs, as well as who was best placed to address them, the Security Council was told today, during an open debate on the issue. Gaps Cited in Areas of Prevention, Protection, Humanitarian Access, Impunity STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT REQUIRES ![]()
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