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only individual responsibility for serious crimes, but also peace, truth, reconciliation
and the rights of the victims;
8.
Emphasizes in this context the responsibility of States to comply with
their relevant obligations to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for war
crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international
humanitarian law, while recognizing, for States in or recovering from armed
conflict, the need to restore or build independent national judicial systems and
institutions;
9.
Calls on States that have not already done so to consider ratifying the
instruments of international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and to take
appropriate legislative, judicial and administrative measures to implement their
obligations under these instruments;
10. Demands that all States fully implement all relevant decisions of the
Security Council, and in this regard cooperate fully with United Nations
peacekeeping missions and country teams in the follow-up and implementation of
these resolutions;
11. Calls upon all parties concerned to ensure that all peace processes, peace
agreements and post-conflict recovery and reconstruction planning have regard for
the special needs of women and children and include specific measures for the
protection of civilians including (i) the cessation of attacks on civilians, (ii) the
facilitation of the provision of humanitarian assistance, (iii) the creation of
conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of
refugees and internally displaced persons, (iv) the facilitation of early access to
education and training, (v) the re-establishment of the rule of law, and (vi) the
ending of impunity;
12. Recalls the prohibition of the forcible displacement of civilians in
situations of armed conflict under circumstances that are in violation of parties’
obligations under international humanitarian law;
13. Urges the international community to provide support and assistance to
enable States to fulfil their responsibilities regarding the protection of refugees and
other persons protected under international humanitarian law;
14. Reaffirms the need to maintain the security and civilian character of
refugee and internally displaced person camps, stresses the primary responsibility of
States in this regard, and encourages the Secretary-General where necessary and in
the context of existing peacekeeping operations and their respective mandates, to
take all feasible measures to ensure security in and around such camps and of their
inhabitants;
15. Expresses its intention of continuing its collaboration with the United
Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, and invites the Secretary-General to fully
associate him from the earliest stages of the planning of United Nations
peacekeeping and other relevant missions;
16. Reaffirms its practice of ensuring that the mandates of United Nations
peacekeeping, political and peacebuilding missions include, where appropriate and
on a case-by-case basis, provisions regarding (i) the protection of civilians,
particularly those under imminent threat of physical danger within their zones of
operation, (ii) the facilitation of the provision of humanitarian assistance, and
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