News: rules of war

Madam President, My delegation believes that the protection task cannot be simply understood and addressed in humanitarian terms alone as it requires focus and action on a multiplicity of different areas ranging from politics, to human rights to disarmament. The Security Council has considered of the protection of civilians issue for over a decade. We can acknowledge that substantive results have been achieved in establishing a normative framework. The politicization and selectivity that characterizes the debate has affected credibility. This has called into question our sincerity about concerns for the plight of civilians affected by armed conflict.