Hostage taking continues to affect the civilian population.

Cooperation and assistance on the provision of risk education for civilian population.

Conventional warfare undertaken by large, formed, well disciplined units with clear command and control structures is less common.

Rules of engagement which take insufficient account of the risk of collateral effects Failure to respect the rules of engagement Use of inaccurate or unreliable weapons systems Poor identification of the threat or target Too great a proximity between military objectives and civilian populations.

Military officials are also troubled by the impact of cluster munitions on civilian populations.

The warlords have tightened their grip on the civilian population and have organized a business.

The Security Council's agenda on the protection of civilians in armed conflict addresses a broad spectrum of violations of fundamental rights, violations that target the innocent civilian populations.

Police cruelty against the civilian population had also been well documented by the international press.

Torture, inhuman treatment, rape and attacks carried out against civilian populations cannot be ignored.

The ongoing violence caused a further displacement of civilian populations to camps.

The upsurge in violence against civilian populations in Darfur seriously affected children.

Calls upon all parties to take measures to prevent the proliferation of small arms among the civilian population

AU continues to play a key role in supporting the protection of the civilian population.

We condemn all indiscriminate acts perpetrated against civilians.

These actions took place in 11 departments and targeted the civilian population, in many cases indigenous communities.

September's fresh violence directed against the civilian population caused tens of thousands of civilians to be displaced.

(v) The use of weapons, including indiscriminate artillery shelling and landmines, against the civilian population

However, they could have a negative impact on civilian populations and third States.

In connection with that project, the Centre also launched two pilot surveys in Togo one on the perception of the armed and security forces by the civilian population and the other on the perception of the civilian population by the armed and security forces.

(xi) The use of weapons, including landmines, and indiscriminate artillery shelling against the civilian population

Alarmed at the plight of the civilian population throughout the country, and calling for its protection,

Thirdly, international monitoring can play an effective part in preventing violations against civilian populations.

All feasible precautions shall be taken to protect civilian population, individual civilians and civilian objects from the hazard posed by MOTAPM.

Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well being of all civilians in the whole Middle East region, and condemning all acts of violence and terror against civilians on both sides,

They were transported to PoW camps in Germany, while the entire civilian population was expelled.

Non governmental organizations will be allowed unhindered access to the civilian population without any hindrance if they are registered in accordance with the law.

Whatever the nature of the threat to the protection of the civilian population, compliance with international humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law and international criminal law by all parties concerned provides the strongest basis for ensuring respect for the safety of the civilian population.

Yet the Red Crescent and other relief agencies have been unable to relieve Falluja s civilian population.

With support from the civilian population, as well as from the Mukti Bahini, an irregular army of Bengali rebels, the Indian army swept into East Pakistan.

The tragedy in Darfur and the appalling suffering of the civilian population represents one of the most flagrant violations of human rights.

In addition, the threat of attack on villages or other concentrations of civilian population persists.

As in Ituri, the repercussions of these tensions had their greatest impact on the civilian population.

We welcome the efforts of regional organizations such as the African Union to protect civilians while peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts are ongoing.

Considers the actions perpetrated against civilian Azerbaijani population in occupied Azerbaijani territory as crimes against humanity.

(c) Attempts to blockade Kathmandu and other urban areas with a view to cutting off supplies of food and other essential supplies to the civilian population

At the same time, it is vital that those responsible for committing atrocities against civilian populations not go unpunished.

Such actions deprive tribes of their usual source of livelihood and provoke tribal militias into attacking the civilian population.

It further condemned the disproportionate use of force against civilians and the creation of a humanitarian crisis by Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

He appeals to the belligerents to respect the rights of the civilian population, and especially the rights to life, security and inviolability of the person, and urges them to not involve civilians in the armed conflict.

(e) The indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations and on hospitals in areas held by rebels and by foreign forces

It does not take much scrutiny to come to the conclusion that the most vulnerable segment of the civilian population comprises women and children.

(c) Attempts to blockade Kathmandu and other urban areas with a view to cutting off supplies of food and other essential supplies to the civilian population

First of all, this annual meeting on the protection of the world's civilian populations has become very important for the work of the Security Council.

An important question that should be posed is how to protect civilian populations when their very suppression is the object of the conflict.

Let us recall that the main responsibility for the protection of civilian populations, including internally displaced persons, lies with national authorities.