I once served as a United Nations peacekeeper.

During the confrontation, a Bangladeshi peacekeeper was seriously injured.

It was the first combat death of a Filipino peacekeeper in a United Nations peace operation.

On 19 September the United States completed the deactivation of its entire force of Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

The empty Peacekeeper silos will remain accountable under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and will be subject to inspection.

I reiterate my stance one which I know the members of the Council share that we cannot tolerate even one instance of a United Nations peacekeeper victimizing the most vulnerable among us.

For example, in September 2004, an incident occurred where Congolese militia abducted a MONUC peacekeeper who was allegedly in civilian attire among the local population in an area outside the designated secure zone.

What is involved in tasks such as support for the extension of State authority, and what guidance can a civilian peacekeeper rely on to assist him her in carrying out advisory and support tasks in, for example, strengthening of the rule of law?

In addition, each military peacekeeper receives a copy of Ten Rules Code of Conduct for Blue Helmets, a card promulgated by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations that presents in plain language the standards of behaviour expected of every military person assigned to a peacekeeping mission.

The Contingent Board of Inquiry (CBI) established by UNMIL military component to investigate the shooting and wounding of a peacekeeper at Redlight district, Paynesville, as a result of the events of 7 to 9 December physically verified 11 civilian deaths in the area in related circumstances.

A peacekeeper who would exploit the vulnerabilities of a wounded population already the victim of all that is tragic and cruel in war is really no different than a physician who would violate the patient entrusted to his or her care or than the lifeguard who drowns the very people in need of rescue.

We took note of last week's updates on Article VI implementation by the United States which recently completed the deactivation of its entire force of Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles, in accordance with its obligations under the 2002 Moscow Treaty and by the Russian Federation, which since 1991 has achieved a fivefold reduction in its aggregate nuclear weapon stockpiles and a fourfold reduction in the number of its non strategic nuclear weapons.

Let me also take this opportunity, on behalf of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the people of the Philippines, to thank the Secretary General, the Security Council, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the Transitional Government of Haiti for their statements of sympathy and condemnation in connection with the death of a Filipino peacekeeper at the hands of gunmen in the slums of Cité Soleil.

of 31 January 1997 of the region under UNTAES and called upon the Government to implement fully the commitments contained therein and the oral guarantees made by Croatian officials to UNTAES as specified in the letter of the Secretary General of 21 January 1997 (S 1997 62) and condemned the incident that occurred at Vukovar on 31 January 1997 and that resulted in the death of an UNTAES peacekeeper and injuries to other UNTAES personnel.