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Slatement b). ILE. Mr. Abdullah Ilussain Haroon, Pcrmancnt RepreseDtali\e olPakislan al thc Themalic Dcbate on "Responsibilitv Protect to populations fromgcnocide, crimes, war ethnic cleansing crimes and against humanill."

Agenda Ilem,14 107: and "lntegratcd coordinated and implementation ofand follo$-upto the oulcomes ofthe maiorUni(ed Nations conferences sunrmits the and in economic, socialandrelated fields;Ijollor-up 10rheoLrlcome oflhe Millennium Summit: reporl oflheSecretaryGeneral.'

Jul\ 23.2009

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Abbasadoi Abdullah Hussaitr Harcot P.mdnt R.m.s.nrativ of pakist.n AD R.spoDsibility io Protecr populatious ftom Senocide,war qimes, erh.ic .lalsing and dim.s asainsr hmaniry

Excellencres DearColleaeues, and wc thankrbe Presrdenr the ceneralAssembly convening of for thN Thematic Debare Resporsib'lity Prore( andrheSecretaly on ro cneralfoi

It is the fist time snctheadoption of2005WortdSurnlnu Ourcone do.ument that we the member srales ofrhe Unji.d Narrcns debating are rhe concept ofResponsiblfiy Protect (R2P). rhe!a$ sucb ro In debates calling toi peace conflict resoludon, buildin8 andeffective of UnnedNarjorsand rote inremational comuniry have ben srimulated unfortunate iraeedies scale of ofRwanda Srebrenrca. dd Alrhough world our Is lacedwth chalienSes masnnude, of hercituUy this debate not been has triggered an evenr by ofscale is a result a process discuss concepi and of to rhe of R2P which is a one ihar needs bc deli.atelydeatt wjth, requiies to transparency need takeallmembersrates and to on-boaid

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to lespon$btiif to lroted populalonsfrom ecnoc'de, war crimes, ethrr cleansing cnmesagainst and humanLty.

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A complehensivealproach staning ftom conflict prevention and jn utilization ofall existing mechan'sms th UN system requned prevnr is to gravesituations an e6e.trve holisticmanner The xnting and the folr in mchanisn of Genocide conlenrion, ihe Geneva ConHrions, ihe huftannarian law and the lnremational Court of Justice,the Inremadonal Coun aswell asthe existing nandates ofthe Secuflty Council, the Criminal prevent ECOSOC theHlman Rights and CoLrncil beeffectively can utilized to situations. the four Srave

on stimulates discussron the tlre General The reponof lhe Secretary a Let essendallywork LnproSres. me of concepi R2P Ou.s E ar thrsstage ihese inclrde withyou somefood fo!thoughr, share the and Consislency lanSuage exp6sio. will heiprn turtbering of whilethereporr ngh{tuUy acknowldges conceltofR2Pforexample whtch was in the Ceno.ide Rwanda,the tiaeedyof Srebren'ca Tdblnal for ihe Crim'nal desdibed genocide !b Inremauonal as by killmgs". * as former Yugoslavrarermed "mass proposal Serer.ry General strengthening on by The lonhconing in will UN\ EadyWa.nrng Capa.iry becnncal novingfoffard the factorandthe coslof false rhe We needrc evaluate accounkbiliry ofhisrorical hiusijces trusr-deficir thebaclStound in How to address foreign oc.upatioD indudmg R2P requning agre level on ofthreshold Howto

procesandin ordd ro ptevent any defined R2Pshallbe a dclcatly as or oflhe concpt a roolro presslrize inte'ide or misundds(andins misuse double srddards and state, in rheinternal atra,6ofa sovereign rhecontinuous under aplroachto diffreniconflictsin the wdld includingsitqatons selective rectifiedto foreignoc.upation in the world would haveto be svstematicauv rhe remove do!b$ about implefte ationof RlP the ofR2P in the Gcneral debale con.ept the We look foruardto turther