rc1}UMIED l]{IloNS r{roR( N/ fi)16 r* (212) 21cs5&F{ eq 3e2r4e3 Emd: rru@stri6.r4/c('ol STATEMENT BY H.E.MR BASOSANGQU AMBASSADORAND PERMANENTREPRNSENTATIVE OF SOUTHAF'RICA Df,BATEON TIIE SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPORI ON IMPLEMENTINGRESPONSIBILITY PROTECT TO UNTTED NATIONS NEWYORK 23JULY2OO9 l- Gcnehlon tnplendti.g Respotuibiliry io Mydcl.gdionrclcom.slhcReponof$eseciebry a.d balance nannerid vhich he PbGd and cxpr.ses is appEcilrio.lor rhe elabodte aDpm.ched imporl! cooc.pr lhis cm On th. ouser, south Africa agr4s wnh the s.fary Generalkobsrvarionsrhis concepr and lhh rhe undcr aspiGs ofrh. UniLd N&lions in full cohPliince lhe only bc developcd principlcsdd objectivcs oflhc LiNt Chan.r. We lhcrefoft *.lcome thh d.bile andisure rhe Secerfty GcncElof our suppon Il h llso inpcmtivc thartiis debaleshouldrcmain*idin rhc Gdeml A$enbly to .nsurc rhe nlxiorn hnsparcncy and Ddicipation as ve d.v.lop guid.lines on rhe implenenhrio' of the ly R2P. This is cspccial impon nl if lh. co.cept is ro b. aft.pr.d dd r?sFcr.d lnmughout Lr c.nelal Romeo DallaiB,conchdcsin his accounloflhe Rwand0 e*a.iae, ShateHadt vith slor.v the $ory ofthe lailuE oahunanityb theneed h r,'. rsvl that .l its heai the Rwandan ofvhich lhe uN is rhecall for help frcm an eldlngeredpcople. The i.ermioml community, sclr-intre$s for lhc slkc ofRrsda. whilsl mosrnalions only a synbol, f.iled b movebeyond all rhy nol !o agr.d rhd somethinsshould bedo.s,they hada. excusc lheyshould belheones the do ir. As a rcsul!thc UN wasdcni.dlhe poliical rill andBoEri.l mea.sb prevenl In sum,rhc rEgic evcds in RRand!wdc allo*ed asa Esuh of indifreEnoe 'Ihe$ .vcnB wcE slill looning larg. in rheycar 2000whenfie dEiies of lhe ConsdutiveAcr lhe ot$e Afrien unionwole anicle4 (h).rhicn declecd union\ rishl ro inre*e'e in a nanely: Me6b.r sblc puAunl to ! d-hion ofthc A$enbly in Esped ofElale oircumstlnceq againsl hummiry' a als tnownastheprirciple of w,rc ncs, g.noid. andcrimes 'lecision Five rca6 on, the U.ired Nrlions dcfin.d the concepl R.sponsibililylo PNrecl in DaBgnphs Deum.nl. 113.140 ollhe 2005 World Ourcom. As ! foundi.E ncmbs of lhe Africm Unionand irs Con$itolit. Act, SouthAfris aho ogrccs nev.r rg0in exhibirthe inditr Ene lharsos shownin thc dBi wc as .he UnnedNationsshould Nor should allos ntrional we lnreres$ prevent lrcm b us fee oatne Rrmdln genocide. lrcn Espondin8to siruationswheE nab are nanifslly failin8 b proled inen populalions or gen@id.,.ihnic cleansing, crin.sagiinrhunanily satctim.s ofrhc R.ponol$e Secretary Ccneral, delegalioi of theopi.io! ml is Tuming fi. sp.cifics io we repodind a goodstlning point fo! fin debale in panicular, suppon lhe ihar n is a bahnc.d 2005 oonsnsus his conclusions rhal to and S.crebry Cocnlt liftn.d aDDrcach lh. ro Rcsponsibilirr_ Proccr sholld nol beappliedto dhane6 orhertnin the four id.ntificd crim.s, clinar. chnge...tun1disai.6 .e. *o s it is notryplicable Hlv/Aids, to in olher - to Pill& I idenrificsResDonsibilily Prcled aspln of. sllte! sdveigr responsibiliob*drds n .iriam and rocuss on lrow i suc\ solercisnrycould be srdsthened in $k Esard The of that ir is rhc resDonsibiliq all shrcsro pF 4t ft'n cfftns tdm S.oEEry C..e'al coDoluds Fvel ot d.v.lopmcn a l {uEs 'houldd't'lop ilFm'l rhe,. ro;r n,ms rgmdl.$ or rhei' rh{ugh}n'ch dhPut'.dn b' iddrc$'d drdu3ir innrtuuoft r,-i.t' .""n,-,t ""r,t,"^ ^i. fiir sorftr ".d in dialoguc a tim.lYsd This is ! sorceprSoulhAfiico suppoilsas a nmbs oi the Africtn Per R'vier Mechrnhm In (APRM), which ft ! syslcminnodued bv lh. Alti6 Uorc' ro tnDrove govcmance ne )iiii..n"irhd'."i.oro"hiq"lngpohictlsLbililv,ndsmio{cononicdcvelopndihAfrim \omtrrm'nr b 8*nr lddEiq' rhe lt.Taroml ln Pilli' 2 rh. \.-tury GencEl 'ommunrqr or rhTwh Egrondltdd 'ub_rgiontl sbres ro med th.( obr.grronr eiih.r brld.Blj ckn.nE ot ertr impoMce 'o d'r''loDinl (ounhc 'uch a' onan,Droni It 'n.l@er (!pa,irJ oLrldrngtrrh rcsdd to 'onilicr DEv'rr'o1 tnd ald a.i.topr.nr ".*tn.. sou$ Africa has lons b..n a poponenr oi lh inexti'$lc link brwten detlopnenr and d'v'loDment,bur likerise seclriiv. S@utirywill-n.vs bc sErainabl. qilhour sooio_'cononic voR b. lchFred $rrhou' {s,neo secu' sd polit'c5lsbil'D 5 *;"t a-a"'".orher (h,evcdh iiltuon. Du in prtu'^hrp $'$ mDon;nrl\$e.? lotli r. nor 'ach conflictiBs$tal stutioN $e io Failurc ibDlemed nb.vcrwopillss may8iv. dsero svnemic crihcs n bD'acrFted' Fiilurc ro *ii.l n* lrj lU- s*r oonoirio'! in $tes id whichlhe* id.di6edin ih.sefi*tNo pillaBmiv lhcFfoEDdemincrh' cap&rtv inDlen;l $e mctsures c".."nit] ro rcspo.dlinsusrv to pEvtnl the fourcrimes6on beins iila* i"t-"ti"""j our ""a o.4etatd, In tun ihis Yill sutr in failure o' ou ptn ro tmDhe i.iria&d Md se(urib and \auons \l^'ch eibb dpon,ib'|fl.. rldo fte Ch.ftr or Lh. Linired 'shA ofrhisorgrniDnon d.veloDm..r rhrr$o Dimto so'15 6 and $cio