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Bachelet

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first: 2010-10-26
most recent: 2023-10-20
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“If women's participation is essential, not optional, why is it often the missing ingredient in conflict prevention and mediation? As we go forward, we need determined leadership by all of us - the Security Council, Member States, civil society and the United Nations - to fully engage women in mediation and conflict prevention. This will advance peace and security and deepen democracy around the world.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Finally, Member States are urged to develop national planning instruments to advance women and peace and security commitments, to devise practical measures to increase the numbers of women in official and observer roles in conflict resolution processes, to increase the number of women in the security, governance and foreign service sectors, and to invest in women's post-conflict recovery and justice needs and reparations. In conclusion, I would like to quote a representative of Afghan civil society who spoke at the London Conference on Afghanistan last year. She said: "women's engagement is not an optional extra component of stabilization and recovery; it is a critical precursor to success. Women's empowerment will enable you to deliver long- term stability, democratization and development".”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“All three of the Council's missions in 2010 included consultations with women's groups. Recently, the Council produced new or renewed mission mandates that call for specific actions to ensure women's inclusion. The report encourages more systematic actions of that type. It also suggests that more such briefings as the one I provided in April would be of value to the Council in furthering the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“In regions around the world, recent "open day" country-level meetings between women in civil society and senior United Nations leaders have generated increased women's participation and contribution to peace and security. Looking forward, the report concludes with recommendations for the Security Council's consideration, addressing three broad areas. First, there is a call for targeted actions in situations on the Council's agenda to build women's engagement in conflict resolution and recovery. Secondly, there is a need to improve the information the Council receives on women and peace and security. Thirdly, there is a need for specific catalytic measures by Member States. I would like to note the active role that the Council has played in the last year.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“I would like to acknowledge and thank the Department of Political Affairs for its collaboration on gender and mediation. I also thank the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict for their collaboration on early-warning and pre-deployment troop training on the detection and prevention of sexual violence in armed conflict. Work is currently under way with the United Nations Development Programme and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve attention to crimes against women in transitional justice systems, as well as with the Peacebuilding Support Office to strengthen responses to women's needs in post-conflict peacebuilding.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“At the United Nations, a set of tools have been developed to better equip the United Nations system to ensure that women engage in conflict prevention, resolution and recovery, and that stronger protection environments are built for women. UN-Women coordinated the production of the strategic framework, which was requested by the Security Council last year to guide the United Nations implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) in the next decade. It includes a monitoring system and targets for effective coordination and more concentrated impact. During the past year, focus has been placed on advancing coordination, accountability and coherence in the implementation of women and peace and security commitments through joint initiatives within the United Nations system.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Overall, the United Nations system is working to increase post-conflict spending on women's empowerment and gender equality to a minimum of 15 per cent of post-conflict financing within a few years. The Peacebuilding Fund recently issued a $5 million gender-promotion initiative and a call for proposals to support women's participation in peacebuilding, and has committed to doubling its spending on women's empowerment by 2012. The report points out that a total of 32 countries have produced national action plans on resolution 1325 (2000), with another 12 anticipating the finalization of their plans soon. Several regional organizations have adopted policies on women, peace and security.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Against examples of good practice, however, there are continuing reports of human rights violations that reinforce the need to ensure respect for international legal obligations and provide protection to women against atrocities. Finally, in the area of relief and recovery, the report notes improved awareness and responses to the needs of women and girls in past conflict-needs assessments, basic service design and delivery, the provision of temporary employment, and transitional justice programmes, including reparations programmes. There are good examples to build on, such as the cooperation between the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme in Haiti, which created temporary employment for 240,000 Haitians, 40 per cent of them women.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Special envoys and mediators are encouraged to meet with women leaders and peace activists at the earliest possible moment in mediation processes, to hold regular consultations with women's civil society groups as standard operating procedure and to share information from those meetings with the Security Council and the Secretary-General. In the area of protection, the report shows a mixed picture. Missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Darfur show that protection patrols and community policing within and around camps, as well as escorts for women during livelihood activities such as gathering water and firewood, have helped deter sexual and gender-based violence.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“There is also a need to strengthen the involvement of women and the inclusion of gender perspectives in early-warning and community conflict- prevention systems to make them more effective. In the area of women's participation in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and recovery, the report calls for further action to open doors and provide seats to women in official and observer roles. As the topic of this year's open debate addresses women's participation in mediation, it is crucial that we consider what can be done concretely about the low numbers of women in mediation. The report calls for specific measures and financial incentives by Member States to include women in official delegations.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“In the area of conflict prevention, improvements have been registered in coordinated efforts to prevent conflict-related human rights abuses of women, from increased prosecutions and improved information about security threats to community vigilance efforts. During the past year, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict has displayed determination to tackle impunity and prevent future attacks on women. The rise in prosecutions for conflict-related sexual violence is having a deterrent effect. To make further progress, the report notes that the fight against impunity must be paired with efforts to empower women so they can sustain the demand for accountability.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“For each of the three Nobel Peace Prize winners this year, there are thousands of women around the world who persist in their pursuit of peace in spite of massive obstacles. Their commitment to non-violence and equality can stimulate breakthroughs where there is resistance to change. It is our job - particularly in view of the theme of this open debate today - to make sure that doors are opened to women for conflict prevention and mediation. The report of the Secretary-General summarizes progress in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) over the past year in the four main areas of prevention, participation, protection, and relief and recovery. A strategic framework is included in this year's report to guide the United Nations implementation of the resolution up to 2020 and to strengthen United Nations system accountability.”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“Ms. Bachelet: It is an honour to address the Security Council and present the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2011/598*). I thank the Secretary-General for his leadership. While noting progress, the report stresses that much more can and must be done to fully engage women in conflict resolution and mediation. As the Security Council has emphasized, women's full participation in peacemaking is fundamental to building peace and security. This awareness was underlined by the award of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to three women champions of peace, justice and democracy: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. This is the first time that the Nobel Committee's citation included a direct reference to resolution 1325 (2000).”
2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642 (2011) · source
“UN Women will use the resources at its disposal to work with the entire United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders to enhance coordination and coherence on women and peace and security. I mentioned earlier that the key ingredients are in place for much more determined implementation. The Security Council is better equipped than ever before to ensure that women engage in peace talks and to build a stronger protection environment for women. We all know that women count for peace, but for them to count for peace, they need us all. Let us make this the beginning of a new decade in which women can put their stamp on conflict resolution so that we can have more effective peacemaking and more sustainable peacebuilding throughout the world.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“Along with the Secretary-General, I especially recognize the need to identify better ways to achieve progress in addressing the challenges in the area of women and peace and security and in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). What is needed now is determined leadership by all of us working together. UN Women will support existing and new efforts to improve the protection environment for women during and after conflict, to engage women in conflict prevention, and to ensure that peacebuilding processes are guided by women's perspectives and address their needs. UN Women will be an essential partner to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in building the capacity of the United Nations system to protect women in conflict.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“Therefore, as indicated in the Secretary-General's report, the Security Council may wish to instruct that those who abuse women and girls and violate their human rights in conflict and post-conflict situations, including those who commission such abuses, must be brought to justice in accordance with national laws, international law and international humanitarian law. The Council must remain vigilant and relentless in bringing pressure on perpetrators and their supporters. The creation of UN Women in July this year was the result of an exceptional commitment by Member States seeking greater leadership, coordination and coherence from the United Nations on gender equality and women's empowerment. For my part, I can assure the Council of my determination to work to chart a clear path to achieve that goal.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“As section III of the report before you notes, the effectiveness with which the Security Council processes and takes action on information pertinent to the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) will make the difference in achieving its objectives. Actions such as the horrific mass rapes in July and August 2010 in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo cannot be allowed to continue with impunity. These events are an affront to humankind and underline the desperate urgency of accelerating the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) to strengthen the capacity of Member States to resolve conflict and build security and justice systems that protect the human rights of all.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The comprehensive set of indicators in the present report has been acknowledged as a breakthrough in the architecture for monitoring the implementation of 1325 (2000) and as a crucial building block of stronger accountability. They represent a highly practical new tool to support the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda. I strongly urge the Council to endorse the indicators contained in the annex as a preliminary set and to begin to use them as a basis for the Council's review, analysis and intervention on issues related to women and peace and security at both the global and the country levels. This would demonstrate a new level of commitment of the Council to act on the information that it receives.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“Given the urgent need to accelerate implementation of the resolution and the formidable obstacles to be overcome, the Security Council may wish to consider a range of initiatives and interventions to ensure that the coming years see more determined and effective implementation. The report before you recommends the development of a single comprehensive framework consisting of an agreed set of goals, targets and indicators to guide the implementation of the resolution in the next decade. The Council, in that regard, could convene a review or summit at the ministerial level every five years to assess progress towards the goals and targets and to address the obstacles in their implementation. This framework should build on the comprehensive set of indicators presented in the annex to the report.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“Although activities to implement resolution 1325 (2000) have been carried out with increasing intensity over the years, those activities have lacked a clear direction or time-bound goals and targets that could accelerate implementation and ensure accountability. While those discrete activities have indeed contributed to improvements in efforts to address the needs of women and girls in the context of armed conflict, evidence of their cumulative impact is inadequate. Because of design, implementation and resource limitations, the System-wide Action Plan devised to bring greater coherence to the United Nations system implementation efforts has fallen short of its goals.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The call of the Security Council in resolution 1889 (2009) for indicators to monitor the implementation of the resolution was a bold and an important step towards the development of a much needed monitoring framework for resolution 1325 (2000). The Council's persistence in requesting the development and operationalization of those indicators has kept up the pressure needed to transform the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) from just a focus on activities to an output and results-driven endeavour. Despite these activities and implementation successes, there are a number of sobering messages in the report before you that call for our concerted and urgent action. Ten years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), significant achievements are difficult to identify or quantify.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The past year's heightened activities on the part of the Security Council and the United Nations to achieve coordination and bring sharper attention to the issues of women and peace and security in general, and sexual violence in conflict in particular, are worthy of note. This Council's adoption of resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1889 (2009) illustrates the increased commitment of the Council to the issue of women and peace and security. In response to Security Council resolution 1888 (2009), the Secretary-General appointed a Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict to bring greater focus to this challenging aspect of the area of women, peace and security.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“In Kyrgyzstan, after the ethnic clashes of June 2010, women peace activists struggled to have their voices heard at the high-level donors forum, held on June 27. A persistent campaign reiterating that "women count for peace" and "nothing for us without us", resulted in the allocation of five seats at the donor conference and an invitation to participate in the peace negotiations committee. Civil society has a crucial role to play in promoting resolution 1325 (2000). This Council itself has continued to play an active role. The role of women in peace and security is now more clearly integrated into the Council's deliberations.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“In 2010, a high-level civil society advisory group was established and its chair has participated as an observer in a high- level steering committee, chaired by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, to guide preparations for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000). The involvement of civil society has provided essential guidance and insights from women around the world on their priorities and concerns. On a country-specific level, we have seen important examples of women's peace activism. This year, women in Afghanistan lobbied consistently and successfully to ensure that an unprecedented number of women participated in the important June Peace Jirga.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“In addition to facilitating the gender-responsiveness of UNAMID military and police components, these examples show that post-conflict countries are emerging as the standard bearers of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). There are many other examples of Member States' commitment to resolution 1325 (2000), which are highlighted in the report. Civil society has played a key role in advocating for accountability in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). Within the United Nations, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security continues to emphasize accountability and the need to establish a monitoring framework for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“In a number of post-conflict countries there has been a dramatic increase in the number of women in national politics, in part because of the use of electoral quotas. In Nepal, women hold one third of the seats in the Constituent Assembly. More than half of Burundi's Senate is female. The Sudan's general election this year resulted in a National Assembly with women winning over a quarter of the seats. Just this month, 90 female police advisers from Rwanda were deployed to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) to serve as gender-based violence and child protection advisers. Sierra Leone, which only allowed women into its armed forces in 2008, recently sent seven female peacekeepers to the Sudan, including one female Brigadier General, and will shortly send 20 more.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The first evaluation of the performance of this Plan led to its revision and the definition of a new System-wide Action Plan as a results-based programming, monitoring and reporting tool. Within a few years of the resolution's adoption, a number of Member States were actively working on their own initiatives at the national level, often reaching out to women's organizations to create partnerships to implement resolution 1325 (2000). Spearheaded by Canada, an informal group of Member States, the Friends of Women and Peace and Security or the Friends of 1325, continues to advocate for and support intergovernmental coordination, the allocation of resources and the acceleration of implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) by United Nations entities. Twenty-two countries have so far developed national action plans on women, peace and security.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“As a result, most reports of the Secretary-General on peacekeeping missions now include information on actions taken to ensure the participation of women in conflict resolution, public decision-making and recovery efforts. They also detail the consequences for women and girls of armed conflict and its aftermath. There has been an effort to develop consistent standards and procedures to guide various aspects of the work of the United Nations on women, peace and security. The need for coordination of the activities on women, peace and security in the United Nations system was recognized and led to a call by the Security Council for the development of a United Nations System-wide Action Plan on implementing Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) across the United Nations system (S/PRST/2004/40).”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“It highlights areas in which progress has been made in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) in the last decade, outlining a great number of activities that have been carried out by various stakeholders, including Member States, entities of the United Nations system, civil society and the Security Council itself. United Nations system entities have invested in training and the development of policies, action plans, guidelines and programming to ensure women's access to resources, justice and opportunities to participate in decision-making. United Nations peacekeeping missions have become more effective in engaging women in peacebuilding.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The report ends with a number of recommendations for consideration by the Security Council. These recommendations, if accepted, will provide the Council with tools to ensure accelerated implementation. They offer a monitoring framework for the Council's work on women, peace and security. I am confident that with strong Council leadership, Member State determination, civil society engagement and United Nations commitment and assistance, we will together ensure coherent implementation of the important work on women, peace and security. The report before you presents a mixed picture.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“The report also provides an assessment of the processes by which the Security Council receives, analyses and takes action on information pertinent to resolution 1325 (2000), and recommendations on further measures to improve coordination across the United Nations system and with Member States and civil society to deliver implementation. Furthermore, it gives highlights of progress achieved in implementing the 2008-2009 System-wide Action Plan for implementing resolution 1325 (2000), as well as an update on the further development of the set of indicators contained in the April 2010 report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/173), as requested in operative paragraph 17 of resolution 1889 and in the presidential statement contained in document S/PRST/2010/8.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“I take inspiration from this presence, which clearly shows that Member States are determined to see accelerated implementation and concrete results in women's protection and in their full engagement in making, keeping and building peace. The report before the Council presents a comprehensive overview of progress made, as well as the obstacles encountered in the first decade of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) in response to a number of mandates of the Security Council. It responds to the Security Council's request to the Secretary-General in paragraph 18 of resolution 1889 (2009) to present an overview of progress in implementing resolution 1325 (2000).”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source
“Ms. Bachelet: It is an honour for me to address the Security Council for the first time since assuming my position as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). I would like to express deep gratitude to you, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to address the Council and to present the report of the Secretary- General (S/2010/498). I commend your commitment and leadership in the intense preparations and deliberations leading up to this open debate. I would also like to recognize the unprecedented level of representation by ministers at this historic tenth-anniversary meeting on resolution 1325 (2000).”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411 (2010) · source