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Mr.President,

Despite the efforts of the international community to prevent/ avert armed conflicts and to minimize their consequences for the civilian population, such conflicts continue to cause the deaths of thousands of/these civilians. These number/include a considerable number of children, women and other vulnerable groups of the population, including refugees and displaced persons. Victims/ casualties of armed conflicts also include personnel/individuals rendering humanitarian assistance/employees of humanitarian organizations. During armed conflicts in various parts of the world/ globe/use is made of/sophisticated methods for killing people,/ sophisticated methods for killing people are used, as well as/and there is also/brutal/horrendously cruel treatment/abuse of the wounded/ injured, the sick, the peaceful citizens/the civilian population, mass deportations are common/spurred on, hostages are taken/there is hostage-taking/and the bodies of the dead/corpses are profaned.

There is a need/for/to undertake/additional efforts to activate/ involve the significant/major/important potential of political and


international-legal means for protecting the victims of armed conflicts and tightening the parameters/norms/bounds of what is permissible/ while waging/carrying out/conducting hostilities. It is important to see to it that all sides to an armed conflict conscientiously implement/ apply/comply with the international standards of humanitarian law laid down by/inscribed in/found in the Hague and the Geneva conventions. The international community must not put up with/ accept/the actions of those who ignore international standards for the protection of the civilian population and make use of violence and terror against the civilian population and humanitarian personnel.

The Security Council must provide active political support for the activity of the humanitarian organizations, inter alia/including providing for the protection of the civilian population during armed conflicts. The need for such support, however, should definitely/ certainly not/in no way/be considered from an "angle of force,"/in terms of the use offeree, as a kind of lack of alternative to the use of armed force. Force is the means of last resort for exerting an impact on/attempting to influence the parties to the conflict, (which is) available to the international community. It should be resorted to only/when there has been no success with the use of all political and diplomatic means/when all political and diplomatic means have failed.

By no means all humanitarian crises/Not every humanitarian crisis/even when the civilian population is suffering, can be characterized/categorized in this way/manner. As experience has shown (e.g./for example Somalia), an insufficiently grounded/poorly justified/and miscalculated, and in particular unsuccessfully/poorly implemented international intervention involving the use of/with/ using/ force of a "humanitarian nature" is fraught with consequences for/is likely to lead to a/is highly conducive to a drastic/severe exacerbation/aggravation of the conflict with all of the (ensuing) negative consequences, inter alia for/including those affecting the/ civilian population.

A source of serious concern is the attempts to advance the idea that the existence of a humanitarian crisis in one or another country is a sufficient reason/provides sufficient grounds/for unilateral armed intervention bypassing/sidestepping the Security Council.

The problem of the protection of the civilian population in armed conflicts is a wide-ranging/complex one/issue and requires a comprehensive/broad approach from/on the part of/the international community, with emphasis specifically on political-legal methods. We support efforts aimed at additional protection for individual groups of the population, above all children, during armed conflicts. Russia on several occasions has put forward humanitarian initiatives, including


some regarding the creation/establishment of a system of monitoring and of rapid response by the international community to violations of norms of international law. We attach great significance to/we consider important as well/the implementation/application of the concept of the need for national or international criminal prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against mankind.

A contribution to the reaffirmation of the norms of international humanitarian law will also be made by the activities in Russia devoted to/marking the centenary of the First Peace Conference.

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1) "avert" is an often forgotten and very good
synonym for the overused "prevent."

2) "peaceful citizens" sounds odd. As opposed
to what violent citizens? "These" since they have just been
mentioned civilians is fine.

3) Starting with " " can lead to an awkward sentence, unless
the interpreter begins with "Quite a few of them are children, women, etc."
Without a text that would be a reasonable solution.

4) ... this needs translation also,
or as well as.

5) again, "the civilian population"
is quite sufficient; no need to add peaceful. If you must use "peaceful,"
then "peaceful citizens" is better than "peaceful civilians."

6) corpses is a lot shorter than "bodies of the dead."

7) can be safely shortened to "It is important
that."

8) , the word
"and" needs to be inserted between these clauses. The interpreter who has
forgotten to do so, or not realized that this is the last clause in the
sentence (until it is too late!) can then add after "against the civilian
population and humanitarian personnel in addition/also/as well."

9) starting with the preposition is asking for
trouble. It is much easier to "think nominative" and make the Security
Council the subject of the sentence.

 

10) this is much
easier to do if the noun is turned into a verb "providing support for..."
and omitting " in .

11) this is obviously "last
resort," not "extreme means."

12) need not always be translated as "fraught." Here
will work well as "is highly conducive to" or "likely to lead
to." Or the verb "risks" can work: risks provoking a deterioration of...


13) this construction nearly always needs "a
source of
when it is in initial position in a sentence.

14) , in the first example
"complex" can work as a translation, though the idea is rather one of broad
or far-ranging. In the second case, however, "complex" is simply wrong,
as what is meant is a "comprehensive" approach to the issue.

15) should always be translated with great care, to avoid any
possible confusion with " pay" particularly if a speaker is mumbling.

16) a simple "We also
deem/find/consider important the implementation,"
will do it, forgetting
the "." "Also" will take care of "."

17) another case of an which
means also. "," as in so many other cases, is better rendered
as activities than as undertakings.

Protection of the Civilian Population in Armed Conflicts (UN, 1998)

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Mr. Chairman,

Despite the efforts of the international community to avert armed conflicts and to minimize their consequences for the civilian population, such conflicts continue to cause the deaths of thousands of these civilians. These include a considerable number of children, women and other vulnerable groups of the population, including refugees and displaced persons. Victims of armed conflicts also include employees of humanitarian organizations. During armed conflicts in various parts of the globe sophisticated methods for killing people are used, and there is also brutal treatment of the wounded, the sick, the peaceful civilian population, mass deportations are common, hostages are taken, and corpses are profaned.

There is a need to undertake additional efforts to activate the significant potential of political and international-legal means for protecting the victims of armed conflicts and tightening the bounds of what is permissible while waging hostilities. It is important to see to it that all sides to an armed conflict conscientiously comply with the international standards of humanitarian law laid down by the Hague and the Geneva conventions. The international community must not put up with the actions of those who ignore international standards for the protection of the civilian population and make use of violence and terror against the civilian population and humanitarian personnel.


The Security Council must provide active political support for the activity of the humanitarian organizations, including providing for the protection of the civilian population during armed conflicts. The need for such support, however, should definitely not be considered in terms of the use offeree, as a kind of lack of alternative to the use of armed force. Force is the means of last resort for exerting an impact on the parties to the conflict available to the international community. It should be resorted to only when all political and diplomatic means have failed.

By no means all humanitarian crises, even when the civilian population is suffering, can be characterized in this manner. As experience has shown (for example Somalia), a poorly justified and miscalculated, and poorly implemented international intervention involving the use offeree of a "humanitarian nature" is likely to lead to a severe exacerbation of the conflict with all of the ensuing negative consequences, including those affecting the civilian population.

A source of serious concern is the attempts to advance the idea that the existence of a humanitarian crisis in one or another country provides sufficient grounds for unilateral armed intervention bypassing the Security Council.

The problem of the protection of the civilian population in armed conflicts is a complex one and requires a comprehensive approach on the part of the international community, with emphasis specifically on political-legal methods. We support efforts aimed at additional protection for individual groups of the population, above all children, during armed conflicts. Russia on several occasions has put forward humanitarian initiatives, including some regarding the establishment of a system of monitoring and of rapid response by the international community to violations of norms of international law. We attach great significance as well to the implementation of the concept of the need for national or international criminal prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against mankind.

A contribution to the reaffirmation of the norms of international humanitarian law will also be made by the activities in Russia marking the centenary of the First Peace Conference.

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Mr. Chairman,

Allow me at the outset/first of all/to express/voice (our) great satisfaction/pleasure at seeing you continue to preside over/chair our committee. Russia/the Russian side/delegation highly values/has great esteem for/deeply appreciates/the efforts you are making to produce/ draw up/create/establish new effective international instruments, including those/aimed at combating/designed to combat/to combat terrorism. On behalf of the Russian delegation I would also like to welcome the other members of the bureau and all (of the) delegations (present) here, and voice the hope that/through their professionalism and practical approach, the task/work/issues facing us, that of crafting new effective mechanisms to combat terrorist activity, will be successfully carried out/implemented. Their professionalism and practical approach to the task/work/issues facing us will help successfully to bring about/establish/craft/new and effective mechanisms to combat/counteract terrorist activity.

Mr. Chairman,

It would be hard to overstate/overstress/overemphasize/the importance of the questions/issues/facing our committee/which our committee is facing/is handling/is tackling. Terrorism today has become one of the most pressing/acute global problem, and is a serious destabilizing factor/element not only/both in individual countries, but/ and in the entire world. One of the most/alarming/disconcerting/ dangerous trends in the development of contemporary/today's terrorism is the/way in which the most dangerous terrorist groups/


units are equipped with high-tech equipment/sophisticated technical level of the equipment of the most dangerous terrorist groups/units which would be impossible if the terrorists did not have/which are only possible when/if the terrorists have reliable and well concealed/ disguised/covered-up/hidden sources of financing. Heavily/actively /well financed terrorist organizations are acquiring increased/ additional/ new opportunities for access to state of the art/sophisticated technologies and to the very latest/newest weaponry/types of arms for their use for terrorist purposes, including (and this is most dangerous) weapons of mass destruction. It is indicative/noteworthy/ significant/ that there is increased awareness now/in today's world of the danger implicit in terrorism which uses WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), and the need to unite/pool efforts to combat this (movement). Our work on a draft convention on the campaign against nuclear terrorism has already given an impetus to active discussion among nongovernmental organizations/NGOs and in academic circles of the idea of drawing up/producing/crafting other international-legal instruments to combat other types/kinds of terrorism which use WMDs, both chemical and biological.





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