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  1. “In closing, I cannot emphasize enough the strong link that exists between any peace process and the granting of full human rights - civil, political and economic rights - to women. The Secretary-General's report is an example of the ongoing progress in the field. Italy fully endorses it and will continue to support national representatives, members of civil society and all the international stakeholders working in crisis-stricken areas today, who ultimately are working, as we all are, to improve the lives of women.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  2. “Last but not least, women need to participate fully in post-war elections, which are a fundamental stage in the reconstruction phase. Women must therefore be able to take part in them on an equal footing and be legally empowered to both vote and stand for election. Here, too, the Afghan experience is enlightening. During two consecutive elections - the 2004 presidential elections and the recent parliamentary elections - the women of Afghanistan manifested their political awareness by turning out in overwhelming numbers at the polls and exercising a right that they had never known before. In so doing, they broke with tribal customs - which kept women at home while only men participated in politics - and wholeheartedly embraced the opportunity to be directly involved in the making of their democratic State.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  3. “Perhaps our greatest challenge is to ensure that all the main legal and judicial programmes promote gender mainstreaming and a gender perspective, actually implementing the approach that emerged from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Conference on Gender Justice in Post- Conflict Situations. That is a goal we strive to achieve by working closely with the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Afghanistan, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and associations of Afghan women professionals. We are also defining a strategy to establish legal aid centres to allow women to exercise their basic rights. To ensure Afghan ownership of the process, the Legal Department of the Ministry for Women's Affairs - which has been strengthened through capacity-building activities - has been asked to play a fundamental role.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  4. “The increased presence of women in the civilian, military and police components of peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia and in Afghanistan, for example, has greatly improved relations with local communities and has facilitated communications with the most vulnerable groups, namely, women and children. My personal experience suggests that a more proactive role for women in emergency situations can be better achieved when we take a comprehensive approach. This is what I have witnessed personally in Afghanistan, where Italy, as members know, is the lead country for the reform of the justice system, and where we pay special attention to projects and activities that safeguard the basic rights of women.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  5. “Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) formally acknowledges their crucial role in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts at the national, regional and international levels. The potential of women in the reconstruction phase is remarkably clear, for example, in Iraq. Women there have fought for decades to gain their rights to vote, to work, to dress and to be educated as they choose. What they need now are assurances that they will not be excluded from the process of democratization to which they have contributed so much and have so much to contribute. This is why Italy has just started a very ambitious training programme for Iraqi women professionals. The experience of the European Union shows the crucial importance of involving female personnel in the whole peace process.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  6. “I now wish to pay tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. This week marks the tenth anniversary of her nearly total isolation under house arrest. Her only crime, after winning the 1990 national elections, is having worked to establish democracy in her country, free her people and promote civil and political rights. Her immediate release is of paramount importance to restore a positive climate for national reconciliation. Women are not just the victims of armed conflicts. They are also combatants, leaders, negotiators, peacemakers, peacekeepers and activists. Denying these women their basic human rights is thus also a major obstacle to the reconstruction process.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  7. “Let there be no mistake: these acts are crimes against humanity and should be classified as such. We thus strongly appeal to the Government of the Sudan to do everything in its power to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. The end of hostilities does not always translate into the end of violence. Women in post-conflict situations have reported rapes, sexual assaults and trafficking. The survivors often suffer from psychological trauma, permanent physical injury and long-term health risks, especially HIV/AIDS. As we all have very sadly learned, the face of HIV/AIDS is a woman's face. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of women still in refugee camps face serious threats to their safety or are forcefully prevented from participating in political activity.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  8. “As a consequence, a more systematic approach to gender mainstreaming should be taken in those processes. Practical guidelines based on lessons learned should be developed that indicate how to foster the full, active involvement of women in the rebuilding of institutions and of society. States should be urged to compile national rosters of potential women candidates for positions in the areas of conflict-prevention and post-conflict rehabilitation. In Darfur, in the Sudan, gender-based violence, such as mass rape and mutilation, is a common means used to uproot rural communities. In Chad, near the Sudanese border, women and girls fleeing the violence in Darfur risk being assaulted and raped by civilians or militia members while going about everyday tasks such as collecting water, fuel or animal feed.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  9. “Moreover, the declaration and action plan of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, on the theme "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" (General Assembly resolutions S-23/2 and S-23/3), recognize that men and women are affected differently by armed conflict, making a gender approach absolutely essential when enforcing international human rights and international humanitarian law. A historic breakthrough was the definition in the Statute of the International Criminal Court of sexual violence against women as a deliberate instrument of war, to be treated, in particularly heinous cases, as a crime against humanity. Definitely, women have a major role to play in peacekeeping and peacebuilding.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  10. “These, of course, are very well-known facts, and the United Nations has taken steps to fight such patterns, starting with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and as recently as the latest report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security, published on 10 October (S/2005/636). The report's action plan defines 12 areas of action, which are illustrated in the lengthy annex to the report, indicating strategies, concrete steps, players and timetables.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source

  11. “It is a great honour for me to be here today to discuss the effect of conflicts on women and girls and the key role that they can play in the peace process. Let me say first that Italy fully aligns itself with the statement made by the United Kingdom on behalf of European Union. Women are the chosen victims of modern wars par excellence. Most of today's conflicts are essentially internal conflicts, leading to political and economic chaos, human insecurity and terrible suffering for the entire civilian population. Uncontrolled groups of criminals thrive in such an environment. Those elements, as a whole, make women especially vulnerable. Indeed, in a growing number of cases, atrocities against women are used as a warfare tactic.”

    2005-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5294 (2005) · source