Security Council resolution 1894 (2009) [on protection of civilians in armed conflict]

GEN

Demands that parties to armed conflict comply strictly with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, as well as to implement all relevant decisions of the Security Council and in this regard, urges them to take all required measures to respect and protect the civilian population and meet its basic needs; demands that all States and parties to armed conflict fully implement all relevant decisions of the Security Council and in this regard cooperate fully with UN peacekeeping missions and Country Teams in the follow-up and implementation of these resolutions; stresses the importance for all, within the framework of humanitarian assistance, of upholding and respecting the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence; stresses the importance for all parties to armed conflict to cooperate with humanitarian personnel in order to allow and facilitate access to civilian populations affected by armed conflict; requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with relevant actors, to ensure that peacekeeping missions with protection of civilians' mandates, in keeping with the strategic plans that guide their deployment, conduct mission-wide planning, pre-deployment training, and senior leadership training on the protection of civilians and requests troop and police contributing countries to ensure the provision of appropriate training of their personnel participating in UN peacekeeping and other relevant missions to heighten the awareness and responsiveness to protection concerns; requests the Secretary-General to develop guidance for UN peacekeeping and other relevant missions on the reporting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict with a view to streamlining reporting and enhancing the Council's monitoring and oversight of the implementation of protection mandates of UN peacekeeping and other missions; requests the Secretary-General to develop guidance for UN peacekeeping and other relevant missions on the reporting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict with a view to streamlining reporting and enhancing the Council's monitoring and oversight of the implementation of protection mandates of UN peacekeeping and other missions; requests the Secretary-General to submit his next report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict by Nov. 2010.

Adopted unanimously, 6216th meeting

7 p.

Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2009-31 July 2010 - S/INF/65 - (SCOR, 64th year).