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2016-10-25
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2017-03-15
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  1. “The Nordic countries are strongly committed to tackling all forms of trafficking and organized crime. We are already deeply engaged in anti-trafficking programs, in partnership with developing countries and regional organizations. We believe it is important to further strengthen multilateral cooperation and partnerships. In line with Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 2250 (2015), we also need to engage more women and young people in both peacebuilding activities and actions to combat human trafficking.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

  2. “We also need better gender-disaggregated data and documentation in order to develop effective responses and services for female and male victims of sexual exploitation. Trafficking has a clear gender dimension, which is also recognized in Security Council resolution 2331 (2016). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development gives us an important platform to tackle trafficking in a more holistic manner. Sustainable Development Goal 16, on peaceful societies, specifically calls for the end of abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children. Implementation of the women and peace and security agenda brings women's voices and experience to the table. Again, the peace, security and development architecture needs to be coherent and mutually supportive.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

  3. “We must make better and more effective use of international organizations and instruments such as the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to ensure effective international cooperation across borders and regions. As trafficking in persons and armed conflicts converge and become global security challenges, we need to develop combined tools from the security and development communities. Those threats are both causes and effects of conflict. We need to improve conflict analysis and cooperation through data sharing and monitoring between countries and across United Nations entities. We welcome Secretary-General Guterres' initiative to strengthen the United Nations conflict and threat analysis in that regard.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

  4. “For terrorist groups such as Da'esh, Boko Haram and Al-Qaida, trafficking and slavery do lasting harm to individuals and are tools used to humiliate and terrorize populations, as well as to raise money for their operations. Children in armed conflict also need to be protected from trafficking and exploitation. International law has to be respected, and parties to a conflict must take responsibility and act to protect and address violations and abuses. The Secretary-General's report on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2016/36l) confirms the existence of an evolving criminal infrastructure designed to exploit refugees and migrants through human trafficking, and sexual slavery.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

  5. “I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and my own country, Norway. Trafficking in persons, including forced labour and slavery, is a grave violation and abuse of human rights. It also constitutes a serious form of organized crime, sometimes supported by State actors and often conducted with impunity. Such criminal networks exploit displaced persons and have a catalytic effect on migration. Billions of dollars are generated each year, fuelling conflict and terrorism and hampering development. Women and children are particularly exposed to trafficking, often in the form of sexual slavery and forced labour or recruitment as child soldiers.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

  6. “Sexual violence destroys both individuals and communities and it undermines peace and development. That is why the Nordic countries are focusing on preventing and combating such atrocities. We are engaged in the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies, which is currently led by Sweden. We work with the African Union and we support United Nations action, Justice Rapid Response and civil society. The Nordic countries will continue to promote the 1325 (2000) agenda wherever there are discussions about peace and security, because we want peace and we want a peace that lasts.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  7. “This would enhance the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda in both the short- and the long-term perspectives. The Nordic countries deploy many women to United Nations peace operations: 35 per cent of the police officers deployed by Norway and 50 per cent of those deployed by Sweden are women and 40 per cent of all personnel Finland sends to Civilian crisis management operations are women. Women made up 50 per cent of the experts deployed by the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit last year. This is because we know that gender balance makes our contingents better. We also support the African Union and several African countries in their endeavours to train more women and to ensure that their police forces are gender responsive.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  8. “The Norwegian Prime Minister recently launched a new dialogue forum for women peacemakers on the front lines of violent extremism and policymakers at the highest level. Training is crucial to raise awareness and improve implementation of the gender aspects of peacekeeping missions. That is why the Nordic countries established the Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations. In September, the Swedish Armed Forces issued a handbook for gender mainstreaming in operations, the very first of its kind. In this context, we would also like to express our strong support for the proposal by Spain and the United Kingdom regarding a framework for a strengthened Gender Advisory/Women, Peace and Security Unit in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  9. “This means that Nordic women now form a part of a global network of women mediators, whose experience and competence we should draw on in future peace and security operations. To refer to the lack of competent women is no longer a viable excuse. Finland and Norway are also cooperating with the Department of Political Affairs on the training of senior United Nations mediators. As sustaining peace is coming to the forefront of the United Nations peace and security efforts, the Nordic countries are working to ensure that the women and peace and security agenda is at the heart of this effort. Importantly, as we work to prevent and counter violent extremism, we support women's organizations and youth networks, because we believe that they are key players. We listen to them in our policy development and support them through concrete programmes.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  10. “And on the ground, in spite of the challenges ahead, the Colombia process has raised the bar. From now on, women will expect to take part. Civil society will demand to be heard. More stakeholders will want to have a say, because it has been done before. And even though the Syria talks are not moving in the direction we hoped, the Geneva process has achieved something new: women and civil society are consulted regularly through innovative formal mechanisms. We now have very concrete examples of inclusion. We have been very happy to support these developments. Inspired by a South African initiative, a Nordic network of women mediators was launched in November last year in Oslo.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  11. “Where women are involved in peacekeeping, the operation enjoys more trust and is more effective. Where there is political will, sexual violence can be addressed, even in humanitarian crises. Yet, in spite of our knowledge and experience, in spite of our commitments, we still have a long way to go. Women are still excluded from many processes that will decide their future. Women are still suffering abuse and even being targeted directly. We are still not tapping into the resources of 50 per cent of our populations when it matters the most. But steps have been taken. We welcome the new Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security that briefs the Security Council, and we welcome the national focal points network that has been formed to ensure greater accountability. We welcome UN-Women's new flagship on women and peace and security.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source

  12. “I am honoured to be making this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway. I would like to thank all the previous speakers, and not least Ms. Lopidia for her powerful statement reminding us all of why we are here. The eighth resolution, resolution 2242 (2015), on women and peace and security was adopted at last year's open debate (see S/PV.7533). Never before had so many countries sponsored a Security Council resolution. Never before had so many statements been made. We made commitments; we created expectations and we were right to do so, because by then we knew what we used to just believe. Where women are included and can exert an influence, we are more likely to reach a peace agreement and the peace is more likely to last.”

    2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source