PERMANENT MISSION OFNIGERIA TOTHELNITEDNATIo^.S
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STATEMENT
BY IFEYINWA ANCELA IT'ORGU MIMSTER PERMANENTMISSION OF MGERIA TO TIIE TNITED NATIONS

AT THE

TJNITED NATIONSGENER,{LASSEMBLY DEBATEON THE SECRTTARY-GENERAL'S REPORT ENTITLED"IMPLEMENTING TIIE RESPONSIBILITY PROTEC'I-' TO

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reporr A/63/677 entitled ' The Niserlandelegationwelcomesrh secretary-Generalt on the for conlinuing dlaloaue to hplenentinS lhe Re5ponsibilitv Protect'as a usefll basis Protct ofthe Responsibiitvto implenentation means ensurethe to waysand cambodiat killing in srebrenica' in It wa5 in re5po.seto the aenocide Rwa'da nassac'es in 2005wo'ld leadeBsolennrv etc, the in ields, ethniccleansing Kosovo, Holocaust, th:t to proted its popuationsrrort affnmedthal "e&h i;dividual5tate has the responsibilitv that ihe humanitv4Thevagred and gen@ide, war ctimes,ethniccleansing crimesagainst to their capacitv exercbethen .o.."nitV tftould a5sislStatesto enhance rt"."r,i.*f to failin protctits thatwhna statek manilestly to responsibility protect Thevalsoagreed onal communlqhas the oblsationto take po;utationr,o. ttr*e tou.ides, the internat manner throlgh the securitvCounciland n correave aalon in a timelv and decisive 3nd madeunderpararaphs133 139ol the thellN charter'Thiscommitment accordancewith 4 at bv brer reaffirmed the se'uritv Council ParaS6ph ol its WorfAo*.o." o-r."nt."s dndio' towards General'r repod B therelore a step in the riht Th Secretary pillarapproach *!out bYourlade6 n 2oos Thetepotlsthree tJ"."""." and oi protection responsibi|nisthe Stat'' internationalassistance capacitv co;ssunsofthe""""o"^ agremenr three_pronged is response, draw' from the equallv and building tinelv anddecsive Do'ument' 139of the Outcome 133 in olthe;o d leade6* encapsulaied paragraphs and statet'regronal whichMember the paragraphs be saidlo constitute authoritvwiihih can These to seek givea doctri'al' andthe uN svstema'ditspartneGcan *u""cl.*r *."g"t*i. -a l i r y a n d i i s t (u ti o n a l L i fe to th e R e sponsibllitytoPr otect{ R2Pl bo

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for oldetectinabrdhg crisk:nd takingpr*nti@ action The UN Otilce zone5 the purDose individ!'rrv with thestatesIn the communltv colbborating forw*tAtrica (UNowAlhasbeen in andcollectivelv thi5regard. Network SmallA'ns on slch civilsocietvg.oups asthewestAfrican ThECOWAS suDDorts ds to on and LEhrweaponsandthe west AlricacililSocietvcoalition the Responsibilitv Protect oi is beca!* a strongclvil 5ocity flndamentalto the consolidation the tlle of law The (wACSor)as platro.m engaee to the a Forum the establGhed west Alica civilSocietv EcOWAs to (WANEP)has MoUwith ECowAs an Pe.ceBuilding clvilssiety.Thewest AfiicaNetworkfor t.stitute {wAcs0 Thewett africaclvilsocietv svstems the.esiont eanywarning 5lrengrhen The at on i5sues the recionallevel to ol worls to buildthe capacitv crvilsociety ensase polrc'l in to as rnstitute serves theiocalpointon the Responsibililv Protecr west Africa resolution of.onllictswlthinthe west Afuican rolein the peacetul h3s a Niceria played leading ro {'e'glhen ha\ Government taler level rh. Nigenan rubre3'on AL the dof.{t 'tepr interfaith and inte.cultural and the rule of law lhrou3h nationaldialogue, democracv or is and incilement discouraSd preventdwe remain proErammes, harmofy is promotd tith thenotion iherc d. ln consomnce around operations in actively engaged pea.ekeepin that enphasis shouldbe pla'edor prevention we as of "sovereisnty Responsibility", believe ratherthan on interuention, on Generaltemphasis the needio. th intemational we thereforwelcone the secreiary buildinSin tne areasol the rule of law, good communitvto assiststatet with capacitv their sector reform,etc, to .nable nationalsovernneni! to exercBe securny sovernanc, and to responsibilliy protectand not lo wait ior statesto iail in lhis responslbilitv then to when il may be too late To thh end, we call on lhe UN and the intematio'al inleryene ol communitv to suppon the implementation the au Framworkfot Postconflict lrom t emr8lng om confLict to countries and Reconstrlction oevelopnentintended prevent BuildinE Commission workoi the Pace conplementinethe into conflictthereby rbpsing

proposaE and furtheron eme ol th tenlative Gene.altoelaborate the we caLlon Secretarv such or8anizaiions regional in recommendationshisreport Thereistheneedforassktancefor Act we al5o call enshrined its constituti! in wh asthe AU toimelementtheR2P ch k alreadv 3nd in and of forth strengtheni4 lhe preventlon EarUWahingMechanism the COwAs the on with emphasis connictprcvntion, eood Sovema'ceand the the NEPAo AU lncluding importantis the needto supponthe AfricanPeer promotionoi peace and sec!.ity.Equallv !ubm'rrhemrlve5ro (ruurv bv unoerwh(h .ounn @lunlari'v ReqewMpLhan'sm {APRM) 'es and benchhartsforsood sovernance addessins ilthey aie meedng neiShbouEtosee resional

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the back*alening or undermining 2005 of the not Todavs deb.teshould have eftect rollinS ro the that rathera'm at strengthen'ng commnnenr ensurin3 moe oBensut but should supports eialnlng or thi3 the In of efiectivermplementation the R2P, this rega.d'mvdelegation i' @nstructiwlYthedial4uewlthin fodard to participatjns and itemon the uNAgenda look5 ol concpt theR2P ope6tionalizingthe as thl! A!*nblv andthUNsystem a wholetowards