Excerpt from S/PRST/2015/23, par. 2

The Security Council expresses its outrage that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict and at the various short and long-term impacts that conflict continues to have on civilians, including forced displacement, and damage to and destruction of civilian property and livelihoods.

Year
2015
Document type
Statement
Country / Theme

Protection of civilians in armed conflict

Theme

  • I. GENERAL PROTECTION CONCERNS PERTAINING TO THE CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION
  • A. Protection of, and assistance to, the conflict-affected population
  • Express concern at acts, threats or situations of violence and their impact on civilians and civilian objects, and condemn violations of applicable international humanitarian law and human rights law, and human rights abuses