MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the implicationof the UN forces in sexual abuses in Liberia and Haiti

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Dokument w ramach procedury : B6-0656/2006
Teksty złożone : B6-0656/2006		Debaty : PV 14/12/2006 - 11.2 CRE 14/12/2006 - 11.2		Głosowanie : PV 14/12/2006 - 12.2		Teksty przyjęte : P6_TA(2006)0606

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

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RC-B6-0648/2006

12 December 2006

PE 382.917v0

B6‑0656/06

with request for inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure
by Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, María Sornosa Martínez, Pierre Schapira,
on behalf of the PSE Group
on the implicationof the UN forces in sexual abuses in Liberia and Haiti

NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only.

European Parliament resolution on the implicationof the UN forces in sexual abuses in Liberia and Haiti

B6‑0656/06

The European Parliament,

	-	having regard to the UN high-level conference on eliminating sexual exploitation and abuse by UN and NGO personnel held in New York on 4 December 2006 and the Secretary General's remarks at that conference,
	-	having regard to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols of 1977, which lay down that women are protected against rape and all other forms of sexual violence,
	-	having regard to the United Nations Security Council Resolution (1325) on Women, Peace and Security of 31 October 2000,
	-	having regard to the UN Secretary General's Bulletin on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (ST/SGB/2003/13),
	-	having regard to the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women of 20 December 1993 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1999,
	-	having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1265 on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, of 17 December 1999, and particularly 14 thereof, whereby UN personnel involved in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace building activities have appropriate training, particularly in human rights, including gender-related provisions,
	-	having regard to the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court adopted in 1998, and particularly Articles 7 and 8 thereof, which rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy and forced sterilisation or any form of sexual violence as crimes against humanity and war crimes and equate them with a form of torture and a series war crime, whether these acts are systematically perpetrated or not during international or internal conflicts,
	-	having regard to the Council of Europe's Recommendation 5 (2002) of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the protection of women against violence, as regards violence in conflicts and post conflicts situation,
	-	having regard to its resolution of 1 June 2006 on the situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in the reconstruction and democratic process in post-conflict countries(1),
	-	having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,
	A.	whereas sexual abuse charges have surfaced in UN peacekeeping missions and among civilian and other humanitarian staff,
	B.	whereas there are currently 80,976 UN military and police personnel and 15,000 civilians from 112 participating in 18 UN peacekeeping missions, the vast majority of whom serve loyally and honourably, but whose contributions to peace and security are undermined by the serious sexual abuses by a small number of individual UN personnel,
	C.	whereas the United Nations have investigated 319 peacekeeping personnel for sexual abuse since 2004 and disciplined 179 soldiers, civilians and police,
	D.	whereas UN personnel expelled from the organisation for sexual exploitation are rarely prosecuted in their country of origin,
	E.	whereas the recent claims concerning children in Haiti and Liberia being subjected to rape and prostitution by UN peacekeepers is the latest in a sad series of similar scandals, including acts by UN personnel of paedophilia in the Democratic Republic of Congo and of human trafficking in Kosovo,
	F.	whereas in spite of the UN "zero tolerance" policy, sexual exploitation and abuses are committed by some UN troops on either peacekeeping missions or humanitarian work,
	G.	whereas kidnappings, extrajudicial detentions, physical assaults, death threats and threats of sexual violence were also common in Haiti,
	1.	Expresses its profound shock at the odious crimes attributed to UN personnel;
	2.	Condemns the acts of UN peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia that have subjected children to rape and prostitution;
	3.	Calls on the UN to ensure that all allegations of sexual exploitation by its personnel are taken seriously, thoroughly investigated and followed up and that support is provided for victims;
	4.	Calls on all Member States of the UN sending personnel on peacekeeping missions to follow up all claims of sexual abuse and exploitation, particularly those which concern minors and to bring those individuals who have committed sexual abuses to court as quickly as possible;
	5.	Condemns all acts of sexual abuse and exploitation as well as other forms of criminal acts carried out by UN personnel in violation of human rights as well as being in flagrant contradiction with, and constituting a betrayal of, the peacekeeping and humanitarian mission of the organisation itself;
	6.	Asks the UN Secretary General to organise a thorough investigation of the UN peacekeepers' and humanitarian actors' role in sexual exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people in order to put in place an effective monitoring system and enforce a UN zero tolerance policy;
	7.	Calls on the UN to take steps to ensure the protection of vulnerable people in particular women, children and refugees in areas where its troops are operating;
	8.	Calls on the UN and the EU to support measures to empower women in conflict and post-conflict situations so that they are less vulnerable to sexual exploitation;
	9.	Calls on the UN to take all necessary steps to create a truly effective and transparent monitoring and reporting mechanism;
	10.	Underlines the particularly heinous nature of these acts, preying on extremely vulnerable and weak local populations that should be protected, not abused, by UN personnel;
	11.	Expresses serious concern over reports of a "culture of silence" in some UN missions, stemming from the fear of punishment and retaliation; Calls on the UN to take all necessary steps to create a working environment enabling staff to report abuses without fearing retaliation;
	12.	Welcomes the ambition to create a binding UN treaty on the prosecution of sexual abuse committed by peacekeepers;
	13.	Stresses that such a treaty should also include policies preventing UN personnel charged with such abuse from being re-hired, the setting up of a fund to assist victims of abuse, as well as measures to improve training of UN personnel in the respect of human rights;
	14.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Secretary-General and the Member States of the UN.

(1)	P6_TA(2006)0245

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