UN Documents for Protection of Civilians

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
27 October 2011 S/RES/2016 This resolution lifted the no-fly zone and the provisions for the use of force for the protection of civilians.
12 July 2011 S/RES/1998 This resolution expanded the criteria for listing parties to conflict in the Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict to include parties that attack or threaten schools and hospitals.
11 November 2009 S/RES/1894 This resolution focused on compliance with international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law as well as relevant Council decisions, humanitarian access and UN peacekeeping.
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements View All
12 February 2013 S/PRST/2013/2 This presidential statement reconfirmed the Council’s commitment to the protection of civilians.
22 November 2010 S/PRST/2010/25 This was on protection of civilians, containing an updated aide-mémoire.
16 June 2010 S/PRST/2010/10 This was on children and armed conflict.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
22 May 2012 S/2012/376 This was the ninth report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
29 April 2011 S/2011/278 This was a report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in Chad.
11 November 2010 S/2010/579 This was a report on protection of civilians.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
18 May 2012 S/2012/373 This letter from Portugal submitted the report from the 1 November 2011 workshop on accountability.
9 November 2011 S/2011/701 This was a letter from Brazil submitting its concept note on “Responsibility while Protecting.”
11 March 2010 S/2010/129 This was a letter from the Secretary-General to the Council recommending a two-month technical rollover of MINURCAT’s mandate.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
12 February 2013 S/PV.6917 This was an open debate on protection of civilians.
12 February 2013 S/PV.6917 (Resumption 1) This was the resumption of the 12 February 2013 open debate on protection of civilians.
25 June 2012 S/PV.6790 This biannual open debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict featured briefings by the Secretary-General and by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, as well as the Director for International Law and Cooperation at the ICRC, Philip Spoerri.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
22 February 2011 SC/10180 The Council condemned the use of force against civilians, called on Libya to meet its responsibility to protect civilians and stressed accountability.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
12 May 2011 A/65/19 This was the report of the General Assembly’s Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its Working Group from the 2011 substantive session.
24 March 2010 A/64/19 This was the report of the General Assembly’s cpecial committee on peacekeeping operations and its working group from the 2010 substantive session.
20 March 2009 A/63/19 This was the report of the General Assembly’s Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) from the 2009 substantive session which included a reference to protection of civilians for the first time.
Selected Other Documents View All
31 March 2011 Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka This was a report of the panel of experts on accountability in Sri Lanka.