<br>via Security Council Report<br><font face="'PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif'"><span><p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Security Council Report has published a Cross-Cutting Report on <a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.4664099/" target="1"><strong>Protection of Civilians</strong></a>. </span></span></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This report is the second in our series of Cross-Cutting Reports. These reports are designed to systematically follow up thematic issues on the Council agenda and track the way in which the thematic principles are applied by the Council in individual country-specific situations. </span></span></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our second Cross-Cutting Report deals with Protection of Civilians, a thematic issue which has been on the Council’s agenda since 1999. Security Council&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/Civilians%20SRES1265.pdf" target="1"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">resolution 1265</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> laid down a set of principles for international response in situations where civilian populations were under threat arising from armed conflict. In this report we assess the thematic developments and examine the degree to which the thematic issue of civilian protection is being incorporated in practice in the Council’s country-specific work and becoming part of mainstream Council activity. </span></span></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Report in&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/lookup.asp?c=glKWLeMTIsG&amp;b=4664099" target="1"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Web Format</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> •&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/XCuttingPoC%202008.doc" target="1"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Word Format</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> • </span></span><a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/XCuttingPoC%202008.pdf" target="1"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PDF Format</span></span></a></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">_________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p>         <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Security Council Report</strong><br>         One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza<br>         885 Second Avenue at 48th Street, 31st Floor<br>         New York NY 10017</span></span> </span></span></span></p>         <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tel: 212.759.9429 • Fax: 212.759.4038</span></span></span></span></p>         <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="javascript:main.compose('new','t=contact@securitycouncilreport.org')"><span title="mailto:contact@securitycouncilreport.org" style="font-family: Arial;"><span title="mailto:contact@securitycouncilreport.org" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">contact@securitycouncilreport.org</span></span></span></a><a href="javascript:main.compose('new','t=contact@securitycouncilreport.org')"><br title="mailto:contact@securitycouncilreport.org">         </a><a title="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/" href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/" target="1"><span title="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/" style="font-family: Arial;"><span title="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.securitycouncilreport.org</span></span></span></a></span></p>              <br><br>Mailing Address:<br>Security Council Report<br>885 2nd Ave.<br>31st Floor<br>New York, NY  10017     <br>US <br><br>Contact Name: Amanda Roberts<br>Telephone Number: 212-759-9429<br></span></font>