Sponsors: France, Luxemburg, Togo Signatories: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom
United Nations
S/RES/2087 (2013) Distr.: General March 10, 2013
Resolution 2087 (2013) Adopted by the Security Council at its 6904rd meeting, on March 10, 2013 The Security Council, Recalling Resolution SC/RES 2086 (2013), which deals with the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations that considers the primary responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter of the UN for the maintenance of international peace and security and its readiness to strive for sustainable peace in all situations under its consideration, Reaffirming its commitment to uphold the purposes and principles of the Charter of the UN, including its commitment and respect to the principles of political independence, sovereign equality, and territorial integrity of all states in conducting all peacekeeping and peace-building activities and the need for states to comply with the obligations under international law, Respecting the Declaration of Universal Human Rights, Respecting the sovereignty of states as well as their territorial integrity as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, Emphasizing the vital role of the UN, in consultations with international partners, to support national authorities in consolidating peace and in developing strategies for peacebuilding priorities as well as to ensure that these strategies strengthen coherence between politics, security, human rights, and rule of law activities, Calling upon all governments to respect the right of self-determination as it is stated in the preamble and in Article 1 (2) of the Charter of the UN, Reaffirming the nature of the right of self-determination being recognized as a third generation right and ius cogens by the international community as well as its status of erga omnes, 1
Recalling Resolution SC/RES 2033 (2012) which stresses the need for cooperation between the Security Council, and regional and sub-regional organizations at all times to keep the Security Council fully informed of these efforts in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, Recognizes the ability of the Security Council to create subsidiary bodies as needed for the performance of its functions in accordance with Article 29 (chapter V) of the UN Charter and in accordance with Rule 28 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure, Encouraging further progress on a comprehensive, coherent and integrated approach to the maintenance of international peace and security, by preventing conflicts, preventing relapse, and building sustainable peace through effective preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace-building strategies, 1) Calls for the creation of the Security Council Working Group on Conflict Monitoring
and Mediation for Issues Related to a People’s Pursuit of Self-Determination, which: a. Shall serve the mandated purpose of assisting in the prevention and resolution of conflicts arising from a people’s pursuit of self-determination by: i. Working in conjunction with other relevant UN bodies and affiliated
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including but not limited to the Office of the Ombudsperson, the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, and the Peace-building Commission, as well as the United Nations Development Group, concerned with the protection of universally guaranteed human rights in monitoring any ongoing tensions related to a people’s pursuit of self-determination so as to offer cross-cutting reports to the Security Council any time there arises a circumstance in which basic human rights are being violated by any of the parties involved in the aforementioned tensions, ii. Serving as a neutral forum, which shall be used as a medium for
peaceful exchange between those people pursuing self-determination and those other parties with whom tensions are escalating when: 1. Both the people pursuing self-determination and the parties with whom tensions have arisen request the assistance of the Working Group in fostering peaceful exchange, 2. The Working Group reports to the Security Council that tensions have escalated to such a degree that conflicts currently threatening the lives of innocent bystanders, as well as the parties involved in the tensions, are occurring and advises that the Security Council request that all parties involved utilize the Working Group as a forum for peaceful conflict resolution, b. Shall remain a neutral and objective body which shall serve to ensure stability, security, and peace through the performance of its mandated purpose as described above and which shall not pursue policies which cause the neutrality and objectivity of the Working Group to come into question; 2
i. Shall also work on the facilitation of the assimilation of minorities into the host communities by providing financial resources in order to enhance cultural understanding and integration of the minorities into administrative system c. Shall consist of a number of monitors and mediators as deemed appropriate by the Security Council such that: i. The monitors and mediators shall be selected in a manner that provides
reasonable assurance that they do not have a predisposed bias towards matters of self-determination that would cause them to cease being neutral and objective by , 1. Ensuring that positions of the members of the working group are held on a rotating basis 2. Also ensuring that there’s egalitarian continental representation
within the working group ii. The number of monitors and mediators may be increased in such times when the Security Council determines that the Working Group requires additional staffing, iii. The number of monitors and mediators may be decreased in such times when the Security Council determines that the Working Group requires less staffing, d. Shall provide general periodic progress reports to the Security Council, in addition to specific reports regarding emerging conflicts as mentioned above, which shall update the Security Council of all ongoing efforts of the Working Group; e. Shall be subject to periodic review by the Security Council, at times to be determined by the Council, to ensure that the Working Group is remaining true to its mandated purpose;
2) Affirms that in the case of a breach of the rights stated in the Declaration of Universal
Human Rights from the side of the state, the Security Council reserves its right to apply Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, 3) Further Affirms that in the case of a breach of the rights stated in the Declaration of
Universal Human Rights from the side of the people’s pursuing self-determination where a state has not acted in any manner which breaches its duty to its people, the state has the right to respond in an appropriate manner to such conflicts. 4) Authorizes the SC to utilize all means at its disposal to bring an end to conflicts
created by all parties involved in escalating tensions related to the pursuit of selfdetermination of both sides through such means as: i. Requesting the parties involved to peacefully solve the issue through conflict resolution, 3
ii. Economic and other sanctions and embargoes deemed appropriate iii. Any other solutions proposed by the Security Council iv. Use of Peacekeepers as a military force serving the purpose of conflict resolution which shall be: 5) Automatically decides to undertake the necessary actions which can serve to cease the
conflict, whose mandate for actions must be provided by the ICJ should the Court condemn the escalating tensions as crime against humanity and consider the use of Peacekeepers in conjunction with information provided by the Working Group to be the most expedient means of conflict resolution; and withdraws from the conflict area should, upon further considerations, the Security Council decide that the Peacekeepers presence is no longer necessary; 6) Reiterates that any sort of military intervention sanctioned by the Security Council can
only ever be used as an absolute last resort; reaffirming the importance to the Friendly Relations Declaration (RES/GA 2625, 24.10.70.); 7) Further reiterates the fact that the international community has the responsibility to
protect in case of serious violation of human rights; 8) Draws the attention to the aftermath of the consolidation of self-determination in the
region considered by the working group and the need to observe very closely the economic and social development of those regions, as well as the humanitarian issue regarding the reconciliation of the people of the area; 9) Decides to remain actively seized on the matter.
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