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CANADA TO TABLE RESOLUTION AT UN

 
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:13 pm    Post subject: CANADA TO TABLE RESOLUTION AT UN Reply with quote

October 5, 2005 (1:40 p.m. EDT)
No. 174



CANADA TO TABLE RESOLUTION AT UN
ON IRAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD


Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew announced today that Canada intends to bring a resolution to the floor of the United Nations in the coming weeks regarding Iran’s poor regard for human rights.

“Given that Canada has seen no credible evidence of any improvement in the human rights situation in Iran, for the third year in a row, we will table a resolution on Iran’s record on human rights,” said Minister Pettigrew. “A membership at the United Nations is a privilege as well as a responsibility. In that regard, by virtue of its membership of the UN General Assembly, a country acknowledges that it must address concerns from the global community. Iran has not lived up to its international human rights obligations and has not conformed with past UN resolutions on this matter. We believe this must change.”

In 2003 and 2004, Canada worked with other members of the international community to present a resolution at the UN General Assembly on the human rights situation in Iran. The General Assembly adopted the 2004 resolution on December 20 with 71 votes in favour, 54 against and 55 abstentions.


Although the resolution welcomed Iran’s announcement of a ban on torture and the country’s cooperation with the UN in developing human rights programs, it highlighted serious concerns with regard to Iran’s human rights record. It called upon the Iranian government to abide by its international human rights obligations, to cooperate with the UN special procedures that address human rights requirements, to implement the UN’s recommendations and to set a date for a visit by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The resolution further called upon Iran to fully implement the ban on torture, to end amputation and flogging, to abolish execution by stoning and to expedite the creation of offices of the prosecutor in all provinces, among other things.



Canada and like-minded countries continue to monitor the human rights situation in Iran closely.



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For further information, media representatives may contact:



Sébastien Théberge
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851



Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs Canada
(613) 995-1874
http://www.international.gc.ca
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Responsibility to Protect


Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
Civilians are increasingly the victims - and often the targets - of modern conflict. The 2001 report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, The Responsibility to Protect, tackles the question of when, if ever, it is appropriate for states to take coercive - and in particular military - action, against another state for the purpose of protecting people at risk in that other state.

Key Principles
As the title suggests, the report pivots around the notion of responsibility. It advances the principle of sovereignty-as-responsibility - the idea that the obligation to protect civilians is inherent in state sovereignty. It argues that, in extreme cases when states are unable or unwilling to protect their own populations, that responsibility must be borne by the broader community of states.

The Responsibility to Protect has three dimensions: the responsibility to prevent, the responsibility to react and the responsibility to rebuild. The report stresses that military intervention should only be considered when preventive options have been exhausted.

Report summary (PDF version)
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Read the full report

http://www.iciss.ca/report-en.asp


Canada and The Responsibility to Protect
The Responsibility to Protect is a key component of Canada's Human Security agenda. The human security approach to foreign policy puts people - their rights, their safety and their lives - first.
While there is broad international consensus regarding the need to protect basic humanitarian standards, the international community's enforcement record has been chequered, with a number of high-profile failures throughout the 1990's, including Somalia, Rwanda and Srebrenica. Responding to these failures, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called upon the General Assembly in 1999, and again in 2000, to try to find a new consensus on how to respond to "gross and systematic violations of human rights that affect every precept of our common humanity."

In September 2000, Canada responded to the challenge by launching the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Commission's final report was presented to the UN in December 2001. Since the launch of the report, Canada has played a strong leadership role in promoting The Responsibility to Protect through high level bilateral and multilateral diplomatic efforts, research initiatives and outreach activities including conferences and roundtables.

More on outreach and research
Recent Developments
Kofi Annan calls for endorsement of Responsibility to Protect
In September 2005, world leaders will come together at a United Nations Summit to review progress since the Millennium Declaration and to address key issues related to UN Reform. In preparation, Member States asked Secretary General Kofi Annan to report on the implementation of the Millennium Goals. His report, In Larger Freedom, proposed a bold agenda of "highest priorities" for the September Summit. Significantly, it urges Heads of State and Government to "embrace the 'responsibility to protect' as a basis for collective action against genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."

Read more on The Responsibility to Protect and UN Reform
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Liberty Now !



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mullahs are thinking: well, it's so easy to buy the Liberals AND UN. why even be bothered with such reports.

this will be UN's 50 + report on violation of H.R by IRI !

if the previous FIFTY reports didn't do a damn thing, neither will this one.

as longs as Canada and EU have Lucrative Deals with mullahs none of this means crap to them.

they see all the welcoming gestures when hard ca$h is involved, and they know they can get away with almost anything.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"mullahs are thinking: well, it's so easy to buy the Liberals AND UN. why even be bothered with such reports. "
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I guess that puts you in bed with them , as you think like they do...


Read the report Liberty....and get a grip.
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