TANZANIA has called for collective action among states around the globe to ensure effective implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) initiative.
Speaking during the Eighth Interactive Dialogues on R2P here on Friday, the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Tuvako Manongi, said although the duty to prevent and halt genocide and mass atrocities lies first and foremost with the State, collaboration at all levels was essential for realising the envisaged goals.
“The responsibility to protect will not be effective unless member states work together.
Many states need to be capacitated in integrating the core values of this initiative in the integrity and character of multiplicity of actors, at local and national levels,” he said.
Ambassador Manongi mentioned the African Union’s shift from the principle of non-interference to non-indifference which allows the Union to intervene in urgent cases such as crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in any member state as a right move in the right direction.
He said efforts were also needed to improve early response to crisis as well as on prevention of potential crisis. The ambassador also underscored the need and importance of addressing relevant issues in the Security Council’s Veto Power Policy to smoothen implementation of the R2P initiative.
Ambassador Manongi who believes the veto idea may not be realistic when dealing with genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity maintained that if the matter was not resolved the R2P initiative will never be effective.
During its several hours of intensive deliberation, the council highlighted the 2009 proposal by the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon for a strategy for implementation of the responsibility to protect initiative based on three significant pillars - protection and responsibility of the state; international assistance and capacity building and timely and decisive response.
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