marc pecsteen de buytswerve children and armed conflict

It will hear briefings delivered by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Francisco de Roux, President of Colombia’s Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition and Yasmin Sooka, Executive Director of South Africa’s Foundation for Human Rights and Trustee of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre and Chair of the Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan.Īnother signature event will be a briefing on 25 February to address cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, he said, adding that Josep Borrell, the regional bloc’s new High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will address Council members.

On 13 February, the President continued, the Council will convene an open debate on how transitional justice contributes to peacebuilding and to the avoidance of relapse into conflict.

Briefers will include António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General Smaïl Chergui, African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, and civil society representative Jo Becker, Chair of the Advisory Board of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. The President explained that the meeting is intended to give visibility to a guidance document published recently by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, adding that the Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the matter. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will be in attendance, with the former expected to deliver a statement on behalf the Belgian delegation, he added. On 12 February, the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Philippe Goffin, Belgium’s Foreign Minister, will chair the briefing on ways to integrate child protection into peace processes. Outlining the Council’s work programme for the month, he announced that Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, is expected to address the 15-member organ on the Middle East peace process. Meetings to consider children in armed conflict, as well as transitional justice will be among the significant Security Council events to be held in February, Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve (Belgium), its President for the month, said at a Headquarters press conference today.

Marc pecsteen de buytswerve children and armed conflict