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iso the lo Switzeiandwglcoms efons ot the Secrelary-GeneGl ope@liona fte respssibilit, m05 | mdd likeio lhank hin lor lhe or !o pote.t on the basisol rhe @rcensus seplember presentaiion days alo ol lh reportunder eliew ll is vila! lhal we shouldconlinue lwo In/' as togelheflo n6ul6lhat lhe noton ol rsovereignry .sponsib is l.anslatdi.lo speinc lo thal is measuEble lhe Orond,resp4lshumarliteandconioms lhe dcision on aclion that we tooktouryea6 agolo acton bhallol thiscause. lo ol as lhe seretary-Genel poin6 oul, the concept responsibilily prcleclis an ally ol thai tn ll r@ds lo b considered th6 striclt6merclk ol paEgEphs 138 ol sovereiqnty. lhereto.e and 139 ol the outcome d@umeil a.d on lh6 basis ol lh nanow but dep approach proposed the secrdary-Genoar. Thisapprqch, whichis ensh nedin th unibd Nations by an' and lo is lrcmhe so4ld 'humanitar intetoentrons, re are@mmilled chan6r, distincl wil ensudng lhalftis distinclion be.lea y mainbind. whichenables ot The rcpod underrviwbday is a majo.inslrumenl pohi@lmobilisalion with lhe ach state and lhe i.lematonal communiyas a wnob b lamiliarselhemselves hass aro.ities.Thls catalogling shoud enable!s lo lo instrumeds avallabe prevent greate. allthe in nos. aso leadus 10consid6. achieve coheren@ our undedak lt should preven andassisiance usi.olhe measures ve measures avalabb.lorc,as 5last resort, popu mass alr@ilies againsl civlian a alion. setoutin lheThndPilarb stop

aboul ol6pecls lhalhay hlp ontinueourdi$ussions !s | @!ld likelo menlion number a lo prolecl, th@sponsrbilily law ol Firctly,il is inporlant lo stresslhal th6 obligations stales wilh Eqa.d lo inlemalional lhe to ol xist reOadlessol lhe emorgnco a siluatio. in B4rich conceplol responsibil'ty p@tedmay6me inlo play.Theseoblioations cannolard muslnol be dilued. I shouldalso law ns etislinginlemational lhat be emphasised alhouohlhe @n@plcoma nunercus it obligations, remai.s a polilicalmn@pl and doesnot in lsell consttulea new nom. Nor

does it have ihe ofiect of dispensing Siates trcm $er convenonal and custotrry taw obllgations regard hunan ghtstaw,intemalionat hth lo humanrranan and tlaee tau aw s&ondry. a creardisiincronre6ds !o be mainhnedbrwen rheconcedot rsponsrbirily to polecl and lhai ot the protoctiq ot cMtians.Io do this, it is ossentiatto derinepoactiv6tv lhe spaitic leatu.esot achconcepl thirtieldot apptication. eramoteit shoutdb and For srresed that rhepolecrionot civitansdeatswithlhe edie st ot nor ohrsoi civitians, onty lhe inlemationat crinos @verd the resp@sibitity prolecl.Ths p@gr6ss by io ach,oved the in areaor protection civitians wry imponant is de ved'loh hunanitafa. ncilts. oi s and D lt 6 essennat hainlai. this andto continuo makeimpbvne.ts wilhinthisiame@lk. to lo Thndly, as @ hav said, lhe insttumnts presntedarc to/ ihe mod pan rc0 kmwn Horeveri f,hat is lacking at ths lage is reitectiono. [hat did not @rk *hen these instuments we@us6d in the past w6 knd thal lhe p@blem not usua|y ihe tack is o, Inromation tt is lh abenco ol potiticat ai the ight tim6ihal ts at the hean wi|l o, our past lairurs. impona m6ans cmedyino rcu d betorrre pemanenr O.e ot inis nemberc $e ot socurny council io reldin tom lstno heir @to in cases ot qen@id6,cnmes aqainsl lJumanity, bnic cteansing Mr c.tmes. is atsomFDna lnal $ey should and tt hetoro slrenc henthe acquisin the af of lhe light againslimpunivas pan ot a qendat poticy ol p.everton. Fof irs pa.r $e Gonat assombtyshoud conlinuo to rcrk bwards rhe mpbhentalion ol lh6 .esponsibtig to pbtect and shoutd mobitiseue irtemational commufiy as a whot imptement to it. Finally. paragEph 50 ot the repon, in ac@rdance wiih paEgph 139 o, the ouicome document, cattso rhe UnitedNarions carryod dtsminedcolectiveadion and nol lo lo lollow albilEry and gadualed pmcedures p z ,t D o@. substance lhat andu@ss ovel rcsd.'s.In ihis conien, @ wil nedio @n6ider mcl ell*ti My o, ihptementng th6 the Third Pi ar. seveEi quesions a stil pendinq:rhat is lhe ihrshotdot i.tetoodion tor 'timely and decisive"respons? Who is Gsponsibte decidingon whether tor a s,tualion con$Ides gen@ide, cdmeaqainst a humanig, eihniccteansing a war cnfre? in or parlicurar, hd can lhe ceneral Assghblyand |he Sec.elary_ceneBt mnprementary ofler sorul@nsthose thecounc in lh6 evertot desdtekwithin councit? canlhe to ol tor th6 Hos acctuntabilityal lhe councit be srenqihened?we betie6 lhat th6 toI4-uo o, th6 reconmendalionparagph ot therepo(_ an invilation review prnciDtes. in 62 lo lhe rutes and doct inswhichshoutdguidethe use ot lorce in the Keme snuarcnsconcemino tfis @nceB- coutdconl buleb $is reitedion.

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