S/RES/1314 (2000)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr. General
11 August 2000
Resolution 1314 (2000)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4185th meeting, on
11 August 2000
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 1261 (1999) of 28 August 1999,
Further recalling its resolutions 1265 (1999) of 17 September 1999, 1296
(2000) of 19 April 2000, 1306 (2000) of 5 July 2000 and the statements of its
President of 29 June 1998 (S/PRST/1998/18), 12 February 1999 (S/PRST/1999/6), 8
July 1999 (S/PRST/1999/21), 30 November 1999 (S/PRST/1999/34) and 20 July
2000 (S/PRST/25),
Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly on 25 May 2000 of the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflict,
Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, and the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance
of international peace and security,
Underlining the need for all parties concerned to comply with the provisions of
the Charter of the United Nations and with the rules and principles of international
law, in particular international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and to
implement fully the relevant decisions of the Security Council, and recalling the
relevant provisions on the protection of children contained in International Labour
Organization Convention No. 182 on the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court and the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the
Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their
Destruction,
Noting the regional initiatives on war-affected children, including within the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the West African Conference
on War-Affected Children held in Accra, Ghana, in April 2000, and the forthcoming
International Conference on War-Affected Children to be held in Winnipeg, Canada
from 10 to 17 September 2000,
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