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Statement
Dy HardeepSinghPuri Ambassador Representative India to the t nited Natlons of Permanent at the lleetingon General Assembly Plenary the to lmplementing Responiibility Protect

July 24, 2Oo9

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lwoutd at the outset like to place on record my delegatjon's appreciation you for convening to thesediscussions_ | woutdalsolike to record appreciatjon the Secretary our to General the presentation for of his reportentitted "imptementjng responsibitity protect,'before the to the GeneralAssembly21stJuty2009. on

The discussions far we haveleft someof us deeplydisturbed. so Perhaps, is a signof the troubled it timeswe tivein that these discussion continue reveatboth a sense helptessness deepintellectuat to of and acamony findingthe poUtical in preventthe reurrence the witt to of fooridentified mass atrocities. It hasbeenIndia's consistent that the responsibiLityprotect view to its population oneof the foremost is responsibititieseverystate. of

The right to life js one of the nghtsfrom whichno derogation is permittedeven in time of emergencies. is a cardinalobtigatjon This underour Constitution. Internationat The Covenant Civitandpolitical on Rights, whichhas164States Parties, hasthisasits coreob(igation. also

Para138of the WorldSummit Outcome document clearlvdemands thdt the inlernatronat communtiy en(ourage help stares erercise and to genocjde, their responsibitity prevent to ethniccleansing, crimes war and crimesagainsthumanityand supportthe UN in estabtishing earty an warning capability.

Capacity buitdjng and eartywarning indeedcriticatto ensure are that thesefour mass atrocities not recur.The reDort the Secretarvdo of General verywettidentified has proposals several underpitlarsI and2 in this regard. These shoutd worked intensivelv the internationat be on bV

js General a as by of Protection poputations identjfied the Secretary and in attributeof sovereignty Statehood the 21" century. defining

always beena defining has, as Sovereignty responsibitity however, for protection of attribute for nation states where safeguards provided rightsof citizens constitutionaLly are fundamental

arena,in so far as the identifiedfour mass In the jnternational on atrocities are concerned,we have a specific Convention the other and of Prevention Punishment the Crimeof Genocide severat and obtigations the of which not onty lay downextensive legalinstruments where Statestowardstheir citizensbut aLsohotd them accountabte necessary. fact, the entire humanrights regimeis fundamentall In predicated this. on

has atso been community of The responsibility the internatjonal jt for war crimesor genocide. example,underthe For identified,be organs of on Genocide Convention, request a StateParty,the compelent can take suchaction under ihe Charterof the of the United Nations and for united Nationsas they considerappropriate the prevention of suppressionactsof genocide.

and obligations,the Regrettably,despite atL the safeguards to community in the pastfailed in its duty to respond has internationat massatrocitieseven when they were a ctear threat to internationa peaceand security.tt is for thjs reason that this issuecame up for WorldSummit. in consideration the 2005

The Wortd Summit Outcomedocumentwas a iarge omnibus ground a vastarrayof jssues of on that tried to find common document prevented documen the gtobal disagreement interest.While,of course, of we that on the issue djsarmament, atsoneedto accept fromaddressing go to to responsibitity protect there was a cautious ahead Discussions 138 poticyandinstitutional to paragraphs and 139, life provide doctrinal,

must therefore,not lose if they are to be faithful to the 2005document, sightof this fact.

be to Since words havemeaning it woutd useful recatlthat in Para , 139, the internationalcommunitywas enjoined to use appropriate means, lwoutd tike to and diplomatic, humanitarian otherpeacefut and in repeat, peacefutmeans,to hetp protect poputations the specific situations genocr'de, of ethniccteansing, crimesand crimesagainst war humanity. wiltingness take chapter measures only be on a case-byto Vll can with regionat organizations a with casebasis in cooperation relevant and that suchactionshoutd only be taken when peacefut specificproviso meansare inadequateand national authoritiesmanifestlyfait in discharging duty. their These measures, President, only haveto be usedas a [ast Mr, not with the Drovisions the UNCharter. resort haveto be in conformitv but of Moreover President, a{so Mr, we haveto be reatistic. don't live We that creation of in an ideatwortdand, therefore,needto be cognizant at safeguard aqainst their new norms shoutd the sametime comptetely misuse. this context,responsibiuty protectshould no wayprovide In to in intervention unitaterat or action.To do so a pretextfor humanitarian to woutdnot onlygiveresponsibitity protecta bad namebut atsodefeai Perhaps finatization adoption the definition and of of its very purpose. aggression underthe RomeStatutewoutdassuage someextent lhe to of concerns regarding misuse thisidea. the remember that to disregard the As students history,we shoutd of us and us tessons historymakes vutnerable commits to the foLlyof of therefore, mistakes the past.The needfor extravigilance, of repeatjng cannot overemphasjzed. be

The 2OO5Wortd Summit Outcome document provides the to of the parameters regarding aPphcation responsibility protectto the must therefore be iour identifiedmassatroctties Our detiberations in is to Sticking theseparameters important \4ew v/ithinthis framework. responsibility meaning that the expression tinguistic of the very general that evenafter 2005therehave We to protectcrn invoke. are atl avrare to use to beenattemDts disinqenuously responsibility protect,atsoat the community! in highest Levets the internationa( theseissues discusses It is, therefore,importantthat the IJNGA mannerso that jn and transparent in holistically an open, inctusive that it witt be usedonty for its this devetoping new idea, we ensure is for and stated DurDose that the potential its misuse minjmized

someof the mostheinous reportexamines General's The Secretary and of the the during UN'swatchandnotes issue mandate means. events by for non_action the lJN, of Even a cursoryexaminatjon reasons that in respectof thesetragic Council, reveals the especiatty Security was by that werewitnessed the entke wortd,non'action not due events Dut or to lack of waming,resources the barrierof 5tate sovereignty of considerations thoseon bcause strategic,potiticator economic of the to had archjtecture pLaced onus act. internationat whomthe present to the of'willingness is therefore, to address issue The keyaspect, ingredient real reformof decision is a act'. Here,of course necessary Councit its permanent in the in bodies the UN,especiatty Security making for and reatities makethemforces contemporary to membarship, refLect mass atrocities. peaceandcapabte actingagainst of You. Thank