Resolution nº S/RES/2171 (2014) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2014
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/ 2171 (2 014)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

21 Aug ust 201 4

14-595 79 (E)

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Resolution 2171 (2014)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 7247th meeting, on

21 August 2014

The S ecurity Counci l,

Recalling all its pr evious res olutions and sta tements of it s Pre sident o n

prev ention of arme d confl ict, pr eventive diplo macy, med iation and peace ful

settl ement of dispute s, i n pa rticular res olutions 1 366 (2001) and 1625 (20 05), and

the stateme nts of its P resident of 2 2 Febr uary 19 95 ( S/PRST/1995/9), 30 Novembe r

1999 (S/PRST/1999/34), 20 July 2000 (S/PRST/2000/25), 13 May 2003

(S/PRST/2003/5), 2 0 Septemb er 2005 (S/PRST/2005/42), 21 Ap ril 2009

(S/PRST/2009/8), 2 2 Septemb er 2011 (S/PRST/2011/18), 15 Apr il 2013

(S/PRST/2013/4),

Recalling th e deter mination of the people s of the Unite d Natio ns, to save

succ eeding generati ons fro m the s courge of war and to reaffirm faith i n funda mental

huma n rights ,

Recalling all Purpo ses and Princip les enshrin ed in t he C harter of the Unit ed

Nati ons,

Recalling th e pr imary r esponsib ility of the Se curity C ouncil for the

main tenance of inter national pea ce an d se curity and acting in accord ance with the

Purp oses and Princip les of t he Char ter of t he Unite d Natio ns,

Reaffirming t he S ecurity Co uncil’s contin uing commi tment to addres sing the

prev ention o f armed confli cts in al l region s of the world,

Expre ssing its de termina tion to enh ance the eff ectivene ss of the Uni ted

Nati ons in p reventi ng and e nding a rmed co nflicts, their e scalatio n, sprea d when they

occur, and the ir resur gence o nce they end,

Recalling that the pr eventio n of co nflict rema ins a primary res ponsibi lity of

State s, a nd fu rther recall ing their primar y re sponsibi lity to p rotect civil ians and to

respe ct and en sure the hu man righ ts of all in dividual s within t heir terr itory and

subje ct to their juris dictio n, as provid ed for by r elevant inte rnationa l law, a nd

furt her, reaffirming the r esponsi bility o f e ach indi vidual St ate to pr otect it s

popu lations fr om genoc ide, war c rimes, et hnic clea nsing, an d c rimes aga inst

huma nity,