With regard to the problem of the use of torture within the context of armed conflict, he noted that while monitoring bodies existed in the field of human rights, the same was not true of humanitarian law and its application in armed conflicts.

So too are the introduction of regional government, the appointment of senior and junior officers in the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the establishment of a joint army and police brigade in Kisangani.

Mr. Cho Tae ick (Republic of Korea), noting that torture was practised almost everywhere in the world, especially during internal armed conflicts, asked what would be the most effective means of combating it in the context of armed conflict.

Civilian service was considered less onerous than armed service because the latter was performed within the military structure.

Within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, it is the ICRC's role to coordinate humanitarian operations in situations of armed conflict.

For the time being, however, the protection framework for the victims of natural disasters is less well developed than the protection afforded to civilians affected by armed conflict.

Moreover, there needs to be greater use of the sanctions regime under the international law that prohibits the recruitment of, and participation by, children in armed conflicts.

Under the reorganisation, the identification and destruction of terrorist networks both in metropolitan France and in francophone Africa will be the primary task of the French military.

Access of woman to education must be viewed in function of education in colonial Mozambique as well as in light of armed conflicts.

There may be an issue of territorial control where the armed forces of a State are given responsibility for a particular sector in a peace support operation.

Contemporary armed conflicts have blurred the distinction between international and internal armed conflicts.

The Council is determined to step up the pressure on the foreign armed groups present in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in conjunction with the initiatives being taken within the framework of the tripartite process.

To preserve the appearance that their meddling is benign, senior military officers probably know that they cannot afford to install another general as president.

The outcome document of the High level Plenary Meeting allows for coordinating the activities of the principal bodies of the Organization within the framework of their mandate under the Charter for the prevention of armed conflicts and settlement of disputes.

The Council is determined to step up the pressure on the foreign armed groups present in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in conjunction with the initiatives being taken within the framework of the tripartite process.

(b) To ensure that regional organizations that have a capacity for the prevention of armed conflict or peacekeeping consider the option of placing such capacity in the framework of the United Nations Standby Arrangements System

In accordance with article 36 of Additional Protocol No. 1 to the Geneva Conventions, a commission has been set up in the Belgian armed forces to evaluate new weapons, means and methods of warfare from the legal standpoint.

57) against children. Armed groups that recruit and use children in armed conflicts are named.

Violence against women in the context of the armed conflict therefore takes second place in the negotiations with paramilitary groups, notwithstanding the right of victims of violence to truth, justice and redress.

The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under international humanitarian law, which are governed by that law, are not governed by the present Convention.

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The president s mandate was outlined by a constitutional declaration in March 2011, but the SCAF has said that a more detailed one would be forthcoming after the election.

The mission will examine, with the Special Representatives of the Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi and with officials of the United Nations Children's Fund, the question of children in armed conflict, inter alia in the context of the implementation of resolution 1612 (2005).

Members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda have committed rapes.

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In Colombia s south where the heavy presence of illegal armed groups makes social peace a distant dream I went to visit a secondary school, as part of a needs assessment.

Another delegation called for a stronger role from UNICEF in relation to child soldiers as a part of the inter agency efforts under Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) on children and armed conflict.

And within the United Nations, the statement by the President of the Security Council on 20 February 2001 recognized that peacebuilding is aimed at preventing the outbreak, the recurrence or continuation of armed conflict (S PRST 2001 5).