AUSTRIA PERMANENT MISSION AUSTFIA OF TOTNEUN]TED NATIONS Statement byH.E.Ambassador Thomas Mayr|arting Permanent Reprsntativ Auslria theUnited of lo Nations General AssemblyPlenary Motlng on the Responsibiliv Protect to 23 July2009 !:Eclsd!d-dd!!!g . F( N.Yi 0016 ftL: (er4 542ld . Fa e1a e4srs4 Fird oralllwouldliketo thank Secretary-ceneralthepresentation lhe for of his report lhe implementation ResponsibilityProtect (RloP) on of the to to the General Assembly Tuesday. wouldlike to recellthe Secretarv on I General's words thisdebate frst andforemost that is about character the of theUnited Nations lhefuiuro humankind and of Lel me also thankthe Special Adviserof the Secrctary-Generat, Prof. Edu,rd forall hiswolkin thiscontext. Luck We fullyalignourselves lhe statement with delivered Sweden behatf by on of the EU. The mainaimot ihe RloPis to protect poputations genocide civilian from and othermass atrocities, basedon the clear understanding the that sovereigntyslates of implies imporlant responsibilities. wasa strong Austria advocate the inclusion the RtoPintotheWorldSummit for ot Outcome by world leadersin 2005.Basedon a brcadconsensus, sent oul an it important universal and message the needto protect on theirpoputations fromgenocide, crimes, war elhnic cleansing crimes and against humanity, aswellasfromincitement sucb to crimes. wasan unprecedented This step towadsersuring alrocilies thal oflhe pastarenotrepeated. Let me underline the primary thai responsibility the implementation for of the RtoPrestswith each and every indivldual state.The tnternationa communitys in assisting roie states tiveup to iheirresponstbititv a to is of supplementary nature. needto takeappfopatecollective The measurcs in iull accordance theuN Charter wiih arises onlyin cases manifest of faiture of a state to protectits poputation from the perpetratjon the core of Ausl a welcomes Secretary-ceneral the s rcport lt is provjdes ctear a fiamework the jmptementation Rtopas defined the Outcome for of ihe in Document an exceltent and basis furlher for discussion. report The makes clear that the three pillarc of the repod, namely the proteciion responsibilitjes siate,internationat of the assistance capacity and buitding and timely and decisive response, a based existing jnternational are on lawandin particutar tbeCharter theUnited on of Nations. Theyarcofequal imponance at thesame and iimethereis no automatism no necessary and sequencing between andtheother. one Today, wouldliketo focuson the keytaskto ensure srates the I tnat and intemational community up to theirobtigations the Rtop.When itve under it comes lurning concept to tbe ottheRtopintopractice, Austria betieves that pafticular attention mustbe givento preventing situations escatating, frcm through early warning capacity and buitding We welcome eference the Secretary-General's to the roleof the in report theruleof law,which consiitutestong-standing of Austria,s in a tocus work ihe lJniled NaUons. lquotefrorn report the 2l:.Theruleof lpaa.47, pit,at law is fundamentat preventing peryetration cines rctatinglo the to the of tesponsibility protect.The UnitedNationssystem, to jnctuding throughthe engagement donorcounties,shoutdincrease rule of law assistance of the it ofrers MemberStates.Thegoatsshouldbe to ensure to equalaccess to justiceand to inprovejudiciat,prosecutoiat,penatand taw enforcement seNicasfot all. Suchstepswouldmake it morelikety that disputes within societycouldbe rcsolved through legat,nther thanviotent,maans',, ol end The.uleof lawis of specific impodance regard the stabitisation with to of post-conflici societies order prevent re-emergenceconflicts in to the of and peace. to build sustainable a FLtrthemoreis an essentiat it etement the in fightagainst impunity to re-estab,ish of the poputalion their and t ust in institutionsThus,it is imponant ddress Rtopfroma ruteof taw to the perspective a crcss-cutting as i$uefor each ofthelhree piltarc. It is crucialthat the UN, throughthe Rute of Law Coordination and Resource Group, wellas the Ruteof LawUnit, fudher as wil inlensify their efforts slrenglhen to coordinaiion cooperation and among numerous the IJN ruleof lawactors (such OHCHR, as UNODC UNDP) or Frcm 14 - 16 June 2009,Ausl a, joinflywith the Intehationat peace Inslatule, organizedseminar Vienna ,,The oftheSecurity a in on rote Council and the Responsibilaty to Protect: Poticy, Process ptactice". and Experts andpractitioners various from regions organisations and explored role the and the conlribution the IJN Secuty Councit preventing four of in the of of the covered the concept RtoPand in improving situalion by crimes populalions by affected armedconflict. for thal Assembly, theforum as timewetullyagree theGeneral At thesame ground, shouldcontinue have a key role in the lo common searching process operationalizing concept RloP.Regarding the of next of ongoing the of Austria fully endorses proposal lhe EU, ihat the Secretar steps, lhe Assembly intomed about should continue keeptheGeneral to General implementation ol RtoP. continuous commitment, we all lake our that through We muslensule, is The key challenge that Slates and the responsibilitis seriously. underRioP.The live intemaiional community up to their obligations to report Secrelary-General's setsoutthe toolsavailable the internation upon the brcad community assist states in this regard.Building to to in in we consensus achieved 2005, standready workfor a future which RtoPis a also on with fullcomp'iance RloPreflects lhe reality the ground. and chaneFbased concept,which deservesio be operationalized musl lives lhrough implemented. focusin thisendeavour be on saving Our regional, intemation and actions takenal a national, timely decisive and Thankyou,Mr. President.