COMMISSION ON HUMAN SECURITY URGES SECURITY CONCEPT REVISION

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MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - The traditional security concept needs to be amended, Francois Fouinat, Executive Director of the Commission on Human Security, said in Moscow on Friday as presenting the Commission's report on the new human security concept.

Mr Fouinat said the security concept needed to be amended and improved.

The notion "security" implies protection from threats, as well as opportunities for people to realise their potentials, the empowerment with rights and opportunities, according to Mr Fouinat.

Mr Fouinat said the report contained new approaches for those who adopt decisions in the security sphere. The report is designed to promote tools for taking new decisions in this sphere, according to Mr Fouinat. Besides, the document contains a number of underlying principles, which the Commission recommends to follow while ensuring people's security. The principles include the one of protecting people during military conflicts, supporting migrants, guaranteeing subsistence level, ensuring general education for all.

Mr Fouinat said he had come to Moscow to establish contacts with the state bodies and public organisations, which would help implement the new security concept in Russia.

The authors of the report are seeking a prompt transfer from the conceptual to the practical level, according to the UN official.

The Commission on Human Security was established in 2001 on the Japanese government's initiative, which was a response to the UN Secretary General's appeal to build a world without poverty and fear.

The Commission is designed to promote understanding and ideas of human security as an important tool in adopting and implementing political decisions.

The Commission is drafting a programme to eradicate the most serious threats to people's security.

The UN has recently set up a trust fund on donations from countries, private and non-government organisations. The fund has over $250 million in its coffers and uses the money to implement ideas advanced by the Commission on Human Security.

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