Translation of "École du génie militaire des Forces canadiennes " (French → English) :

39. Expresses its grave concern at the continued indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas, targeted attacks on schools and use of schools for military purposes by both parties; condemns continued human rights violations in the conflict and fully supports the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission and the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine; calls for the Government of Ukraine to take steps to allow delivery of certain types of medicines, including opioid substitution therapy (OST) medicines, to improve the registration procedure and means of accessing employment and stat ...[+++]e benefits for those displaced by the conflict, to repeal legislation that may have a negative impact on freedom of expression and association, to take concrete measures to prevent the use of schools by armed forces and armed groups in both government-controlled territory and rebel-held areas, and to ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court as a full member; calls on the EU Member States to support all possible efforts at UN level to fight impunity and to conduct impartial investigations into the violent events and human rights violations linked to the crackdown against the Maidan demonstrations, and into the use of cluster munitions by pro-government forces and Russia‑backed rebels during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, and to address the human rights situation in Crimea and other violations related to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine;

61. Expresses its grave concern at the continued indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas, targeted attacks on schools and use of schools for military purposes by both parties; condemns continued human rights violations in the conflict and fully supports the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission and the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine; calls for the Government of Ukraine to take steps to allow delivery of certain types of medicines, including opioid substitution therapy (OST) medicines, to improve registration procedures and means of accessing employment and state b ...[+++]enefits for those displaced by the conflict, to repeal legislations that may negatively impact on freedom of expression and association, to take concrete measures to deter the use of schools by armed forces and armed groups, from government-controlled territory to rebel-held areas, and to ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court as a full member;

I. whereas in at least 30 countries globally there are attacks on education by state security forces and non-state armed groups; whereas protecting schools from attack and military use by state and non-state armed groups is in line with the Safe Schools Declaration and the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict;

E. whereas more and more frequently residential areas, hospitals and city infrastructure, including water and electricity plants and schools, are targets of the military actions of the Ukrainian army, the National Guard and other armed formations; whereas according to the report from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of 15 June 2014, 356 people – of whom 257 were civilians, including 14 children – have been killed since the Ukrainian Government began its military operation in the eastern regions of Donetsk and L ...[+++]uhansk; whereas cities under siege are short of food, water and medication; whereas there is evidence that landmines and phosphorous bombs have been used; whereas according to UN data about 160 000 refugees have fled the fighting; whereas according to the UN there are considerable gaps in the State’s ability to protect internally displaced persons;

In addition to the American and Canadian military, I must also applaud the rapid and efficient deployment of groups from Slovakia and the international Military Order of Malta.

His commands of note have included Commanding Officer for Combat Engineer Regiment, Lahr, Germany, from 1984 to 1986; Commandant, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, from 1989-92; Commander of the Canadian contingent in the former Yugoslavia, in 1992; and Director General Infrastructure and Director Land Force Readiness and J3 Land, 1996.