2 Check against delivery My delegation is aware of a draft recommendation to the international community to consider the principle of the R2P to end acts of violence targeted against minorities and to take collective action, in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, if a State is manifestly failing to protect its population. - In this regard, we have to be mindful that the areas of application must be limited to clear cases of the four crimes namely: genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity only, as identified by the Outcome Document of the 2005 World Summit. It is our hope that the draft recommendation would better clarify the fact. Furthermore, my delegation believes that use of force in sovereign states in the name of protecting population under danger of specified crimes deserves a deeper and wider discussion from various aspects and its implications to avoid abusing the concept of R2P.

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