| Date | 20 November 2001 |
|---|---|
| Started | 11:00 |
| Ended | 13:20 |
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Children and armed conflict Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/2001/852).
| President: |  | Miss Durrant Jamaica |
(The Presidency changes each month to the next member in alphabetical order) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members: |  | Mr. Chowdhury Bangladesh |
 | Mr. Shen Guofang China |
 | Mr. Valdivieso Colombia |
 | Mr. Levitte France |
 | Mr. Corr Ireland |
 | Mr. Ouane Mali |
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 | Mr. Gokool Mauritius |
 | Mr. Kolby Norway |
 | Mr. Gatilov Russia |
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 | Mr. Mahbubani Singapore |
 | Mr. Jerandi Tunisia |
 | Mr. Krokhmal Ukraine |
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 | Sir Jeremy Greenstock United Kingdom |
 | Mr. Cunningham United States |
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Adoption of the agenda
Children and armed conflict
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/2001/852)
The President
I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia and South Africa, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure.
There being no objection, it is so decided.
The President
In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.
There being no objection, it is so decided.
I invite the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to take a seat at the Council table.
In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mrs. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
There being no objection, it is so decided.
I invite the Executive Director of UNICEF to take a seat at the Council table.
The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.
Members of the Council have before them document S/2001/852, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict.
I shall now give the floor to the Secretary-General.
The Secretary-General
It gives me great pleasure to join the Council today. As members know, we had hoped to hold this debate in September to mark the opening of the General Assembly's special session on children, but the meeting had to be postponed for obvious reasons.
The United Nations has always sought to alleviate the plight of children affected by war. The situation in Afghanistan has only reaffirmed this concern. For that reason, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Office of my Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict are working with Mr. Brahimi to ensure that the protection of children and of civilians in general is a key part of the efforts to restore and rebuild Afghanistan. This generation of Afghan children must become a harbinger of peace.
The draft resolution before the Council today tells each of us what we have to do to protect children in armed conflict. It calls on States to punish conduct that fuels and exacerbates conflict. It draws attention to issues such as the recruitment of children and trafficking in arms and natural resources. It urges donors, lenders and others to use their financial leverage. And it insists that the Council, the United Nations system, the international financial institutions and others use their influence as well.
Field monitoring is also essential, and I shall continue to ensure the deployment of child protection advisers. The Council also needs timely, accurate information about implementation of its resolutions, and I am committed to providing those reports. I also stand ready to bring to the Council's attention the identities of parties that are in violation of any of the provisions of the draft resolution.
War, violence and political instability continue to inflict appalling damage on the world of children. I look forward to working with the Council in the struggle to keep their needs uppermost in our minds, and to ensure that the rights of children and their protection is maintained as one of our main agenda items. I hope that we will all agree on that.
The President
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement and for his commitment to protecting the rights of children.
I now give the floor to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu.
Mr. Otunnu (Special Representative of the Secretary-General)
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