UN Security Council
2009

Stressing the particular impact that armed conflict has on women and children, including as refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as on other civilians who may have specific vulnerabilities including persons with disabilities and older persons, and stressing the protection and assistance needs of all affected civilian populations, Noting the adoption of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (2009), Noting with grave concern the severity and prevalence of constraints on humanitarian access, as well as the frequency and gravity of attacks against humanitarian personnel and objects and the significant implications of such attacks for humanitarian operations, Recognizing the need for States in or emerging from armed conflict to restore or build accountable security institutions and independent national judicial systems, Recalling the inclusion of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the statutes of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and emphasizing in this regard the principle of complementarity, Recognizing the importance of reparations programmes in response to serious