Ten years r2p what doesnt kill a norm only makes it stronger. This years plenary meeting marks the second time that. Let me begin by thanking the secretary general for his comprehensive and balanced report. Statement on behalf of the european union and its member states by jo adamson, deputy head of delegation, at the united nations general assembly informal interactive dialogue on. Seventieth session of the united nations general assembly. I welcome this formal debate of the general assembly on the responsibility to protect. At the 2005 world summit, the united nations general assembly unambiguously recognized a collective international responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Imposing the liberal peace david chandler since the end of the cold war, debate over international peacekeeping has been dominated by the question of the socalled right of humanitarian intervention.
This was the second consecutive formal debate on r2p and it presented an important opportunity. United nations 2004 3 world summit outcome, resolution adopted by the general assembly, sixtieth session, 24 october 2005 collective action to protect populations from the atrocities. Jul 28, 2009 continuing its debate on the responsibility to protect r2p, the general assembly had before it the secretarygenerals report, implementing the responsibility to protect document a63677. General assembly seventieth session of the united nations general assembly general debate documents official documents transforming our world. General debate of the 74th session of the general assembly. Part of the human rights law commons, international humanitarian law commons, international. Theme of the general debate of the 74th session of the general assembly. The responsibility to protect 283 the responsibility to protect. This 2001 document was a response to the 2000 secretary general kofi annan speech p. Edleman, phd professor, political science and speech sauk valley community college summary legacy of human rights violations and genocide in the 1980s and 1990s that contributed to the in this lesson on the responsibility to protect r2p, students will be introduced to the historical. Responsibility to protect united nations regional information centre. Such discussion is more critical today than ever as we strive together to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. It seeks to narrow the gap between member states preexisting obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law and the reality faced by populations at risk of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Takes note of the report of the secretary general 1f 2 and of the timely and productive debate organized by the president of the general assembly on the responsibility to protect, held on 21, 23, 24 and 28 july 2009, 2f 3 with full participation by member states. General assembly distr general 25 october 2012 sixtysixth session agenda items 14 and 117 1147622 1147622 please recycle resolution adopted by the general assembly without reference to a main committee a66l. Political affairs, at a general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect, in the general assembly hall, july 23, 2009 thank you, mr. The weakness of the responsibility to protect as an. Delegates weigh legal merits of responsibility to protect. This years meeting is the 9th unga dialogue on r2p and focused on the secretarygenerals report. Member states exchange views on responsibility to protect, as general assembly debates best ways for preventing genocide, war crimes. For assistance with the publishing of statements and other papersmart services for this session please contact the conference officer in the meeting room or email. The responsibility to protect, from its recent nativity in the 2001 re port of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty iciss, is the latest round in an old debate pitting the prin. At the general debate, member states are given the opportunity to raise attention to topics or issues that they feel are important. The responsibility to protect norm cluster and the challenge.
All 193 members of the united nations are members of the general assembly, with the addition of holy see and palestine as observer states. As mentioned in the general assembly resolution the most important thing now is to turn the principle in reality so vulnerable populations can live free from fear. Gareth evans, international crisis group, brussels editorial introduction this is an edited version of the 2008 annual lecture of the david davies memorial. The responsibility to protect embodies a political commitment to end the worst forms of violence and persecution. This article investigates the complex relationship between atrocity prevention and other related yet distinct norms of the responsibility to protect r2p norm cluster.
Highlevel thematic conversation on children and youth affected by violent extremism. The president of the general assembly then scheduled an informal interactive dialogue on 23 july, fol lowed by a formal plenary debate on 23, 24 and 28 july. The responsibility to protect is a new principle supported by both the security council and the general assembly. Her account of rwp was limited to a few remarks, most notably that much is said about the responsibility to protect.
The most obvious case in this respect is the role of the united nations security council, as the body with primary responsibility for international peace and security, and in particular the responsibility to protect doctrine, now widely abbreviated as r2p. In subsequent years, the secretary general would release a new report, followed by another debate in the general assembly. The ethics of responsibility while protecting for hrhw. Implementing the responsibility to protect doctrine in. Report on the general assembly plenary debate on the. Implementing the responsibility to protect report of the secretary general in february 2009, secretary.
Special coverage ondemand video summaries photos president of the 74th session past general debates. In 2010, the report was titled early warning, assessment and the responsibility to protect. Continuing its debate on the responsibility to protect r2p, the general assembly had before it the secretarygenerals report, implementing the responsibility to protect document a63677. Member states exchange views on responsibility to protect. Implementing the responsibility to protect the 2009 general. Statements should be provided at least 1 hour prior to the scheduled speaking slot and the email subject should include the entity name, meeting name and related agenda item. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.
The united nations should take on a responsibility to protect people when their governments are unable or unwilling to do so, in order to prevent mass killings, genocide and other atrocities. Rights council and the general assembly paved the way for. Of the 92 member states and 2 observers that spoke on rtop, a clear majority. Followup to paragraph 143 on human security of the 2005 world summit outcome the general assembly. The responsibility to protect r2p asserts that sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their populations from genocide and other mass atrocities but that when they are unable or unwilling to do so, a responsibility of the broader community of states also comes into play. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. An emerging norm determining the meaning and legal status of the responsibility to protect jonah eaton university of michigan law school follow this and additional works at. United nations department of public information 1999, p. The united nations, national sovereignty and the responsibility to protect. This playlist contains excerpts, news and features from the united nations general assembly. Oct 10, 2019 responsibility to protect rtop or r2p the responsibility to protect embodies a political commitment to end the worst forms of violence and persecution. In his speech before the general assembly, president recep tayyip erdogan of turkey denounced the spread of hate crimes against muslims, jews. Report of the highlevel panel on threats, challenges and change. The following is the intervention the secretary for relations with states, h.
However, is not limited to working with the normative relations, but shows its correlation with external sources that permeate these rules. The responsibility to protect as a duty of care in. Takes noteof the report of the secretarygeneral2 and of the timelyand productive debate organized by the president of the general assembly on the responsibility to protect, held on 21, 23, 24 and 28july 2009, 3 with full participation bymember states. The implementation of the responsibility to protect.
Norm robustness and the responsibility to protect journal. Responsibility to protect, royal institute of international a. Delegations are kindly requested to provide 30 hardcopies of the text for the technical services no later than 1 hour before delivery of the statement. The general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect rtop or. Gallagher, pronounced on 25 september at the seat of the united nations in new york, during the 72nd session of the united nations general assembly, on the theme the responsibility of religious leaders regarding the responsibility to protect. An emerging norm determining the meaning and legal status.
We are grateful to the secretary general on his report on the role of regional organizations in implementing r2p and we are also grateful to you for organizing. General debate of the 74th session 24 30 september 2019. The general debate of the 74th session of the general assembly is now closed. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Decides to continue its consideration of the responsibility to protect. This opportunity, the brief further argues, must be seized by world leaders duri. Statement by italy at the general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide war crimes ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity mr. Because this order is a real sine qua non condition for peace, stability and a global economy that works for everyone. Plenary meetings united nations papersmart general assembly. We welcome this annual general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect r2p.
When the 2005 united nations world summit embraced the concept of the responsibility to protect, it was an extraordinary moment. The highlevel panel on threats, challenges and change endorsed the concept as did the secretarygeneral, and then heads of state and government gathered in the general assembly for the uns sixtieth anniversary voted. While civil society may have had modest expectations for the debate, the. Further, the united nations general assembly may grant observer status to an international organization or entity, which entitles the entity to participate in the work of the united nations general assembly, though with limitations. Report on the general assembly plenary debate on the responsibility to protect 15 september 2009 the general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect rtop or r2p was a success for both advocates and victims working to prevent and halt genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. For further information, please see press releases ga10845 of 21 july and ga10848 of 23 july.
Betts, a, orchard, p eds implementation and world politics. The responsibility to protect norm cluster and the. This opportunity, the brief further argues, must be. The july 2009 general assembly debate on the responsibility to protect the general assembly debate on rtop began on 23 july 2009 and continued the full two days of 24 july and 28 july 2009. Edleman, phd professor, political science and speech sauk valley community college summary legacy of human rights violations and genocide in the 1980s and 1990s that contributed to the. Highlevel meeting of the general assembly on hivaids.
Debate on the responsibility to protect and the prevention. I hope this debate will contribute to that purpose. Meeting this morning to continue its debate on the responsibility to protect r2p, the general assembly had before it the secretarygenerals report, implementing the responsibility to protect document a63677. Informal, interactive dialogue of the 67th session of the general assembly on the responsibility to protect. General assembly 72nd session plenary meetings statement submission. Informal, interactive dialogue of the 67th session of the. The general debate is a highlevel event, typically attended by member states heads of state or government, government ministers and united nations delegates.
Governments demonstrated not only intense interest in the debate. At the united nations general assembly in 1999, and again in 2000, secretarygeneral kofi. The secretary general s fourth report on the responsibility to protect, presented in september 2012, examined the idea of a timely and decisive response when a state failed to protect its. This policy brief argues that the responsibility to protect r2p presents opportunities for burden. Opening a twoday debate on the responsibility to protect. Formal debate of the general assembly under agenda item the. If we believe human rights have any meaning at all, then they must be universal and therefore our obligation to protect human rights must apply regardless. Advocates of the right of intervention, largely western states, have tended to. President, some intend to implement the concept of responsibility to protect even before it is clearly defined and agreed on by the general assembly. Intervention of the secretary for relations with states at. The guiding principles and the responsibility to protect.
Remarks to the general assembly debate on the responsibility. Takes note of the report of the secretarygeneral 1f 2 and of the timely and productive debate organized by the president of the general assembly on the responsibility to protect, held on 21, 23, 24 and 28 july 2009, 2f 3 with full participation by member states. Welsh, jm 2014 implementing the responsibility to protect. We accept that responsibility and will act in accordance with it. The eu supports the secretarygenerals recommendation on the inclusion of the responsibility to protect on the formal agenda of the general assembly. Such discussion is more critical today than ever as we strive together. Url to the pdf file must be on exactly the same domain as the current web page. This article explores the responsibility to protect rtop in the postlibya era to determine whether it is now an accepted norm of international law. Its central theme, reflected in the title, is the responsibility to protect, the idea that sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their own citizens from avoidable catastrophe from mass murder and rape, from starvation but that when they are. Each individual state has the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes. An emerging norm determining the meaning and legal.
Informal interactive dialogue on the responsibility to protect. Concept note on responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes. It first appeared in the 1990s in response to the u. President, we appreciate the opportunity to comment on this important issue today. General assembly debate on the responsibility to protect concludes with calls for implementation of the norm the general assembly debate on the responsibility protect ended tuesday after three days of statements by member states. The responsibility to protect implies a duty on the state to act as a moral agent. General assembly debate on the responsibility to protect. Icrtop release general assembly debate 29 july 2009. Reportgeneral assembly debate on the responsibility to. The responsibility to protect is a political commitment unanimously adopted by all members of the united nations general assembly at the 2005 world summit and articulated in paragraphs 89 of the 2005 world summit outcome document. General assembly discussions of rtop nonetheless reveal that a set of states believes that the responsibility to protect is first and foremost a national responsibility, and that the role of the international community is secondary. Statement by the president of the general assembly. The international doctrine called the responsibility to protect r2p has a checkered history.
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