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STATEMENT FIRST BY SECRETARY, ANETPINORIVERO, REPRESEN-TANVE OF CUAA, THEPLENARY AT MEETING THEGENERAL OF ASSEMBLY SESSION $iD REGAROINGTHE REPORT OF -THE SECRETARY.GENERAL A/63/67 ,.IMPLEMENTING RESPONSIBILITY THg TOPROTECT". NEWYORK.23 JULY. 2009.

Firsl and foremosl, would like to make somegeneralconsiderations I aboutthe issuebeingdiscussed loday,and lhen stale some preliminary commenls the on ReDort the Secretarv-General a/63/677 of

prolided n The nolionot responsibilily protecl to doesnolexistasa legalobliqation any insttument the Inlernarional or in rheCharier of Law ofthe United Nations.

Although recognize responsibililyeachSlaleto promole p.otect we lhe of and all lhe humanrightsof its people, are concerned we aboutlhe proliferalion of amblgoous similar and lermslhat, underan indiscrimnale humanitanan image pracl a violalion thepinciple entailin ce oi ofsovereignly Slales, in 9ene6l oi and of lhe Charlerot lhe UniledNalions and lhe Inte.national The so cal Law 'lemporary nteryention" wellasthe ancient as 'humanilanan inleDosilio. from the beginning XXcenlory of should membered be

tor Cubareatfnms respecl Soveregnty Staiesis one oi the ssenllals lhe ot in internaiiona relations can be disregadednot evenlor "noble pu.poses and Nations the small Wilhor,t lherecould no Uniled il. be and countrbs rheSolth of would abandoned themercy be at ollhe large slrong and ones.

Claiming pinciple the ofSoveeignly hlndered acllons has the oftheUnited Nation is lo distorl toth Theinetriciencythe lo come theaidof sufiering lo humanity lhe of Organlzationsometimes is @used inleralia,lhe Tack polilical selectivil by, of will, anddouble slandards, development resources @nslinls, dyslunction lhe and in wo.kinq some bodiesaslhe ol ils SecutyCouncll Despile siny yea6 ot existence Charter lhe United its lhe ol Naiions has lhe unanimous suppoft the inlernational of community its provisions, and including ils pinciples pueoses, nolrequifed bechanged reinlepreted to and do or

The standards the lnlemationalLaw lhe Charler the United of and of Nations codify @operalionin solving inlemaliona the legal frameworkfor the lnternational

problems an economic, ot social, cultoral, human or taranchaEcter. wel as the as obligations Slates promote potecihlnan riqhts oi to and Thesolorions address to lhoseprobems povded in chapter oilhe chader are tx In particular, Ariicle establishes rhedischarge theselunctions 80 that ot sha be vestedn lhe GeneElAsembly and,under authority thecenerat the of Assembtv In theEcononcald SocralCoulcrl In this regard, believe GnealAssembty the proper we the is forumto deepv genocide, analyze warcimes, ethnic clearsing cimesagainsr and humanity. which arecnmes we repudiale. lhat
Cerlainly, decisions the GeneialAssembty not binding But beingthe the of are GeneralAssembly democratic lEnsparenlbodyof universa a and composition, ils decsionscan belterlegilimale achieve consensls and a lhan rhoseoathe Securily

TheSeculy Council acks power takedecisions inte.nalional lhe to probtems on of aneconomic social, cullural homanitarian or chaacter. In lhe Inlenalional peaceand security Law, inrernational are tinkedto lhe prohibltion thetheator useot forcThus, on accord lo thesprit oI lhe Charter ng lhe concept collecrive of secuilycoutd ontvbe aclivaled caseof an inteBtate in conflicl to prolecl Staleagansla foreign or a aggression, whichposea threat to There is no legal standad juslifying lhe lelal character a humanitarian of iniedenlion bylhe Securily Councilunder Chapter Vltofihe Chaner. case In lhe.e is a legalstandard lhis kind.w beljeve curent uniust of lhe rntehalional order. riddled double-slandards, nol ensurc wilh would c.edibiltv iosiie lor atton an or equalbdsi: we woud be facrnq vroatio.ol rr n;in;lhrevenent or the a conlempo.ary Inlernational whichis the ilegal chacterof war and the Law, prohibition theuseol force on A deepretorm the Councils ol cu.ient membership working and methods woutd be equted in order ensure nonabusive non-selective to a and impLementation ot slch Suflie it io mention lolal inaclion lhe Counci n lhe faceof the aitacks the of cadedool by lsraeJ against Lebanon 2006 andaganslGaza rheendof 2008, in at whenclearaclsot genocde war dmes we@lakingplace Or, on the other and hand,the attempiby a pemanentmember the Council appeat the ol for lo prolecl responsibllily to againsl l\ryanmar lhefa@of Narguis in in hurricane 2008 The counlries rnore or less aftected in lhese ca*s are aNvaysdevetopinq We reaflim lhe Inlemational Humanilarian does not provide rightto Law the purposes an erception lhe pranciple non-use tor as inlervene homanilaian to ol of cannotbe related the work of lh Securiv force.Humanitarian assislarce lo

Councilsine the non-coercive chacterof il @ntrasts with the abititv lhe of Council lakecoercive lo decisions. Thal ls why humaniiarian actolsmust futty respect the guidingpinctptes of humanirarian assislance workonlhe basis and ofofiering humanitarian assistance. as wellaslte appealand consen( theartpdeo by Srate queslions Counlless illustrate complex th characler ofthe probtem thetegat, from polilical ethical and Doinl view. instance: ot For l^lno is lo decided theE is an urgentneed tor an inletuention a given Siate, in according what to citeria,in whatframewo. andon rhebasis whatconditions? of Whodecides is evident authorities a State notproiect ll the of do lheirpeopte, and howis il decided? dete.mines peacefut Who means nol adequate a certain are in srluatbn, on whatditeia? Do smallSlales and tuve atsolh ahl andthe actual prospeLl Inreie4ng rl^e ol in afiaE ol targs Statest Woutd any;evetoped courlry alloweither principle practi,homanilarian in orin interyentjonitsNn tefiilory? in How and wheE do re draw the line bnreenan inteNention under the ResponsibiiilyProtect an inleryention potticat strategic to and for purposes, or and prevail whendo polillcalconsiderations overhumanitarian conditions? canre How believe "s@nfaiih'orthepollers the which wage warsofagg.ession against orher naliors?ls klllngtor f@d legaland ethical? saving elhnicgroupfroman ls an paiy legal ethicat? ethnlc cleansing killing olher by the and When foreign do fofces of occupalon Wthdraw? Whendoesthe violation the sovereignty a @unlry ot ot

Thelanguage agdal lhe 2005 World Sommii the responsibitrty on lo protect dtd rol turnsaidtem intoa concept a slandard taw.ttsambiguity dseto an or of gave intense debate musltakeplacestep-by-step we shoutd lhal provide iotnt Ftst, a rnswerro 'rs iegar loophores lhen revrew vrab or the concepl l1e a.o the trlv it Member States consider. so Thedebate most reler genocide, lo warcrimes, elhniccleansing c mesagainsl and humanilyAny atleftpl to enend lhe tem ro coverothercatamiries. slch as HIV/AIDS climate change nalohldsaslers. or would undermine 2005Summil lhe We considorlhe portsueasses intergovemmental the asrementwheninctuding queslion human ghls in the trsl lwo pilla.sand its annex. gnts the lhe of lt preedures HRC theOfiice theUnited special of and ot Nations Commissioner High forHuman Riqhls whichfallwilhin cmpetence Slales. the ol The proposalthat dono. countriesincludethe responsibitiry protoctin to assislanceprogrammes could creare new condilionatnies operational ro activities, whichare essenlially aimed promoling at de!elopment. We are concerned aboullhe flex,ble charactr automatic and interdependence in implemenling threepillars, wellas theiruse at any time,whichwoujd lhe as implylhe adoplion slronger measures no clea.premises it with of fof

Ihe ambiguous rcleence io gional mechanisms arngemsts and lh extraor reglonal aspect highly is @nrrowFial, withNATO As aggressions, woutdrun re the isk of destrcying inlemalional lhe legislation principtes pllposes underthe snd of theChader lhe Uniled of Nalions lhe Inlematonal and Law On the otherhand,the reporllacksan anal,sison tttis tem fromthe pecpectiveof lhe legitimate ight ot peoples sef-detemination, wettas the promotion a to as of dialogue among civilizalions, tolerance, in generat a culurof peace and of and non-violnce the rcrld. in It does nol prcp.ly annotato eilher lhe prcvden ot rh principtes or pior voluntariness, appeal consenl eachSlate assislance capacityand by on and building, including mililary ils componenl. Thes Mr.Psidenl, are, some otourconehs aDusd frcmrhepretiminarystudy of the Repon.which we will conlinuto anatyze. This is the tiFl time Member Siales debaleon lhis lem, which rcquiresa deeperanatsis in ihe tramercrk of lhe GoneBl Assembly.