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Buttigieg

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2019-04-23
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2023-03-07
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  1. “We must use it as a catalyst to bring about transformative change, sustainable and inclusive peace and gender equality for all.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  2. “Malta adopted its first national action plan in 2020 and is working on increasing outreach and awareness on this important agenda both locally and internationally. We actively encourage those who have not done so to develop strategies that strengthen their domestic and foreign policies in relation to the women and peace and security agenda. Malta is a proud women and peace and security shared commitments’ holder. Resolution 1325 (2000) was an evolutionary step forward in the Security Council’s architecture and repertoire of practice. It is indeed one the most-quoted and well-known resolutions. However, we must ensure that resolution 1325 (2000) does not remain a topic of discussion in academic or political circles.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  3. “Our actions to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism must respond to the misogyny and patriarchal violence used by terrorist and violent extremist groups regarding their propaganda, recruitment tactics and victims. To address impunity, we believe that the Security Council can make more proactive use of targeted sanctions against those who perpetrate and direct sexual violence in conflict and, where appropriate, include sexual violence as a stand-alone designation criterion. We must also ensure survivor-centred approaches in preventing and responding to conflict- related sexual violence. Finally, we welcome the women and peace and security national action plans adopted by 105 countries.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  4. “The mandates that we authorize must monitor and respond to such risks and reprisals against all human rights defenders and peacebuilders. The United Nations must lead by example. We must ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in all peace and security efforts, beginning with those authorized and led by the United Nations. Only then can we ensure that processes are inclusive and sustainable and meet the needs of the communities that they are meant to protect. Funding must be directed so as to reverse the funding deficit with regard to gender equality in crisis situations. In all actions to prevent conflict and build peace, we must also address the distinct and disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on women and girls.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  5. “The full spectrum of the rights of Afghan women and girls must be respected — women’s right to live in dignity and their rights to political participation, work and education and to defend their rights without fear of reprisals. The world cannot watch as the progress made over the past 20 years, including on gender equality, is reversed. As an international community, we are obliged to respond to abuses of governance that institutionalize discrimination. We must refocus on the implementation challenges of the women and peace and security agenda in the following ways. The protection of women human rights defenders is a collective moral responsibility. The United Nations system must ensure that the risks facing women are never used as an excuse to exclude them.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  6. “Despite ample evidence that gender equality offers a pathway to sustainable peace, the Security Council’s robust normative framework, comprising 10 resolutions on women and peace and security and 16 presidential statements, has yet to be effectively resourced and made operational. Despite such commitments, we continue to witness harrowing violations against women all over the world, including in many countries on the Council’s agenda, including Afghanistan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Yemen, Syria, Haiti, the Central African Republic, Mali, the Sudan and Somalia. Malta deplores the Taliban’s relentless and systematic gender persecution of and discrimination against women and girls across political, economic and sociocultural spheres. We cannot risk normalizing those violations. The perpetrators must be held accountable. Our expectations are clear.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  7. “I begin by thanking you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate to reflect on the challenges of and opportunities for accelerating the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda. We also greatly appreciate the contributions of today’s briefers, and we thank them for enriching the discussion with their insights. Last year, the United Nations pronounced that the unconditional defence of women’s rights and the protection of women human rights defenders should be among the most visible markers of the United Nations work on peace and security. That must remain our goal, and we must immediately accelerate action.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276 (2023) · source

  8. “Malta fully supports the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We agree that a holistic, survivor-centred approach is needed when dealing with the fight against sexual violence in conflict - one that is based on gender equality, inclusive of all stakeholders, and can be integrated in United Nations programmes and actions across the board. By pursuing such an approach, which is essential for the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, and by continuing our work on gender equality and ensuring the full and effective participation of women and girls in all spheres, we will be able to make a real difference.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  9. “The fight against impunity for conflict- related sexual violence and the role of accountability as an effective prevention tool are crucial to the women and peace and security agenda. When sexual violence is not addressed, reconciliation efforts and transitions to more stable, secure and peaceful societies are undermined, often resulting in long-lasting effects on survivors and their families and communities. In that regard, the importance of the role of civil society, including women's rights groups, in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconciliation efforts at the grass-roots level cannot be stressed enough. We must continue to support them. The continued effective collaboration and coordination between all Security Council instruments for women and peace and security and conflict-related sexual violence is very much welcome.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  10. “Although the political momentum for the fight against sexual violence has resulted in some progress, we are still a long way from eliminating that crime, partly because of the peace and security challenges that the international community continues to face, including mass migration and displacement and rising levels of violent extremism and terrorism, conflict and the proliferation of weapons. We must redouble our efforts to sustain the momentum for change. It is the responsibility of all States to support and assist survivors and hold perpetrators to account. It is unacceptable that perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence, both from States and from non-State armed groups, should be allowed to continue to live with impunity.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  11. “I would like to thank the German presidency for holding this annual open debate on sexual violence in conflict. I also thank the Secretary-General for his annual report (S/2019/280). Malta fully supports the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of civil society in this area. The annual open debate on sexual violence in conflict provides a critical opportunity for taking stock of this important aspect of the women and peace and security agenda.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source