to work towards achieving consensus on and developing a more operational approach to the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); whilst stressing its importance in preventing and bringing about peaceful mediation of conflicts, to encourage the implementation of RtoP, inter alia by further refining mechanisms for applying it and by strengthening the role of regional organisations such as the AU and the Arab League, by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and by better defining the roles of relevant UN bodies; to take note of UNSC Resolution 1970(2011) of 26 February 2011, in which for the very first time all th ...[+++]e permanent UNSC members agreed to call on the ICC to open an investigation of an incumbent government on the basis of alleged crimes against humanity and in keeping with the RtoP doctrine in reference to an ongoing crisis; to take note also of UNSC Resolution 1973(2011) of 17 March 2011, which stressed the determination of the international community to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian-populated areas, as the first practical example of the implementation of the RtoP doctrine under a clear UN mandate and in reference to an ongoing crisis,

(k) to work towards achieving consensus on and developing a more operational approach to the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); whilst stressing its importance in preventing and bringing about peaceful mediation of conflicts, to encourage the implementation of RtoP, inter alia by further refining mechanisms for applying it and by strengthening the role of regional organisations such as the AU and the Arab League, by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and by better defining the roles of relevant UN bodies; to take note of UNSC Resolution 1970(2011) of 26 February 2011, in which for the very first time al ...[+++]l the permanent UNSC members agreed to call on the ICC to open an investigation of an incumbent government on the basis of alleged crimes against humanity and in keeping with the RtoP doctrine in reference to an ongoing crisis; to take note also of UNSC Resolution 1973(2011) of 17 March 2011, which stressed the determination of the international community to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian-populated areas, as the first practical example of the implementation of the RtoP doctrine under a clear UN mandate and in reference to an ongoing crisis,

to work towards achieving consensus on and developing a more operational approach to the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); whilst stressing its importance in preventing and bringing about peaceful mediation of conflicts, to encourage the implementation of RtoP, inter alia by further refining mechanisms for applying it and by strengthening the role of regional organisations such as the AU and the Arab League, by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and by better defining the roles of relevant UN bodies; to take note of UNSC Resolution 1970(2011) of 26 February 2011, in which for the very first time all th ...[+++]e permanent UNSC members agreed to call on the ICC to open an investigation of an incumbent government on the basis of alleged crimes against humanity and in keeping with the RtoP doctrine in reference to an ongoing crisis; to take note also of UNSC Resolution 1973(2011) of 17 March 2011, which stressed the determination of the international community to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian-populated areas, as the first practical example of the implementation of the RtoP doctrine under a clear UN mandate and in reference to an ongoing crisis,

This is reflected in the 'no action' taken over Zimbabwe and China, where there is extensive use of the death penalty, even for such crimes as corruption, pimping, drug offences and tax fraud, its systematic torture of dissidents and its restrictions on freedom of speech, including the Internet, and religious practice, getting off the hook.

This is reflected in the 'no action' taken over Zimbabwe and China, where there is extensive use of the death penalty, even for such crimes as corruption, pimping, drug offences and tax fraud, its systematic torture of dissidents and its restrictions on freedom of speech, including the Internet, and religious practice, getting off the hook.

It is the inability to make decisions that should have been made two and half years ago, so as to put our fiscal house in order with a real tax reform and not the smoke and mirror scheme proposed in the last budget (1540) It is also the inability to develop policies that would truly stimulate employment.