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Chan Valverde

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2021-10-21

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2023-10-25

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1. “Costa Rica calls on States, the private sector and civil society to support and recognize informal workers’ organizations, such as cooperatives and voluntary associations, and to improve data collection and analysis on issues of particular importance to the economic empowerment of women, including unpaid work, paid care work, informal work, part-time work and domestic work. Let us not forget that what is unmeasured is unseen. The peacebuilding architecture has broadened our understanding not only of the multiple causes and manifestations of conflict but also of the various actors that have a clear and direct responsibility for the policies and practices that can both silence the guns and ensure the conditions conducive to sustainable peace. Women are agents of change in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding.”

   2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989Resumption1 (2022) · source

2. “For that reason, Costa Rica encourages the Council as well as Member States in general to diversify their associations, directing their financial support towards non-governmental organizations that have thematic experience and can have a strong impact owing to their economic and social investment. Thirdly, it is crucial to recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid and care work and to eradicate the stigmatization of informal work. The reduction and redistribution of care requires investment from both the public and private sectors. Those investments have significant benefits not only for individuals and their families but also for the economy, society and businesses.”

   2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989Resumption1 (2022) · source

3. “Public-private partnerships promote the post-conflict recovery of local communities, creating a stable business environment, empowering women and encouraging their political participation. They also provide us with fresh resources, actors and approaches. However, current efforts are scattered and have failed to maximize that potential. Secondly, although the resolutions on women and peace and security do not explicitly mention widows or widowhood, 50 per cent of the female population in post-conflict contexts are widows. Widows bear the burden of social and economic recovery in their communities and are a critical factor in recovery efforts. Their economic inclusion not only prevents growing inequalities but proactively ensures respect for and the protection of their human rights, while challenging gender norms.”

   2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989Resumption1 (2022) · source

4. “Ms. Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): Costa Rica thanks the United Arab Emirates for having convened this open debate. The pandemic has exacerbated financial limitations with respect to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda. The private sector can contribute to peacebuilding, especially in terms of investment and the creation of companies run by women and jobs for women and by women. In that context, allow me to make the following points. First, more than two decades and 10 resolutions later, we still have not sufficiently explored the role of the private sector in promoting the women and peace and security agenda. The private sector can play and is playing an important role in peacebuilding and peacekeeping.”

   2022-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8989Resumption1 (2022) · source

5. “Such reckless spending levels represents clear evidence that Article 26 has been, for the past 76 years, a dead letter in the cemetery of intentions in the Charter of the United Nations, which still upholds the values of this edifice. Costa Rica urges all States to commence without delay the phased and intentional reduction of global military spending. Such a reduction is not only feasible, but also imperative. Peace cannot be forced or imposed at gunpoint. We have to convince ourselves that human security remains a requirement for global security.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

6. “Thirdly, implementing and enforcing Security Council arms embargoes at the national and regional levels continues to be a challenge, as is the case with weapons and ammunition management and guidelines. We welcome the Council’s establishment of clear and well-defined benchmarks that could guide reviews of the consequences of its arms embargoes on targeted States. We also encourage the Council to engage in regular consultations with targeted States and provide them with capacity-building, similar to what has been undertaken with regard to both terrorism and nuclear proliferation. Global military spending rose to almost $2 trillion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

7. “Costa Rica commends the role of the elected members for breaking fresh ground on this issue and encourages the Security Council to establish a follow-up mechanism to the biennial reports of the Secretary-General. Secondly, while arms export assessments are supposed to consider the risk of gender-based violence, it is not clear how — or even whether — that happens. Exporter States must take stronger measures to ensure that arms transfers do not facilitate or exacerbate gender-based violence or abuses against women and girls in recipient States. There is also an urgent need to improve transparency in the decision-making process for arms transfers to States with poor human rights records and to create a public space for debate on this matter, as well as for possible judicial review of export licenses.”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

8. “Ms. Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): Costa Rica would like to thank Mexico and its team, as well as today’s briefers for their briefings. Allow me to stress the following points. First, Costa Rica regrets that the Security Council has not yet fully integrated the consideration of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition into its work, including in its thematic and country-specific discussions. While small arms and light weapons and their ammunition are the fire we are fighting today, ammunition is the oxygen that fuels it, turning guns from inoperative items into lethal weapons. Nevertheless, it took the Security Council 68 years to adopt its first resolution on the matter, resolution 2117 (2013).”

   2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

9. “Laws, strong institutions, compliance with international treaties and respect for human rights are the path to stability and human security.”

   2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906 (2021) · source

10. “Such communication should be more fluid and dynamic, and not only with the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Secretariat, but with the Peacebuilding Commission, Special Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General and, in particular, with the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. And that communication should also extend to regional and subregional organizations, troop-contributing countries and civil society organizations. Costa Rica regrets that representatives of civil society are excluded from participating in person in negotiations of such great importance, especially in matters of peace and security. Lastly, it is tempting to fight fire with fire, but that will only fuel the flames of conflict.”

    2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906 (2021) · source

11. “However, ensuring that such risk assessment is carried out with consistency and that action is based on an assessment undertaken remains an aspiration. In the absence of a specific international accountability mechanism, States parties to the Arms Trade Treaty must rely on transparency. States must comply with their obligations not only to conduct and act on risk assessments, but also to share the information — to both demonstrate and encourage compliance. It is transparency that builds trust and confidence in the Treaty, which therefore strengthens compliance by all. Thirdly, Costa Rica reiterates the importance of improving the working methods of the Security Council by deepening its communication with other organs and actors.”

    2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906 (2021) · source

12. “In a world where gender identity and sexual orientation continue to be a reason to be killed, mutilated, trafficked, sexually abused, exploited and rejected, closing the gap between the silos of the Organization can and should save lives. Secondly, according to the principle of pacta sunt servanda, the norms and commitments contained in international treaties are binding and should not be ignored when the preferences of States change. That applies to the commitments set out in Articles 6 and 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty, which oblige States parties to deny authorization or stop an arms transfer if there exists knowledge, or an overriding risk, that the arms transferred could be used to commit, or facilitate the commission of, serious violations of international humanitarian law or human rights.”

    2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906 (2021) · source

13. “Ms. Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish) Costa Rica thanks Mexico for convening this open debate, and the briefers for their presentations. Let me highlight three points. First, Costa Rica reaffirms that the gender perspective must mainstream preventive diplomacy. There is a strong consensus on the need for the full and effective participation of women in conflict prevention and in all decision-making processes. That consensus recognizes that women and girls are affected differently and disproportionately by armed conflict. However, when we debate the impact of small arms and light weapons on gender-based and sexual violence, that consensus collapses.”

    2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906 (2021) · source

14. “Far from being helpless victims, widows have also been at the forefront in calling for the cessation of fighting, addressing root causes of violence and conflict, and building sustainable peace. This is recognized in the resolution introduced by the Group of African States in the Third Committee. This acknowledgement should be echoed in the walls of the Council. In conclusion, it is important to reinforce that the four pillars of the women and peace and security agenda are not optional. They represent binding commitments. But Costa Rica strongly believes that it is the prevention pillar that needs the most attention and the most work. It is our duty to implement a robust prevention agenda both for armed violence and armed conflict and for gender discrimination, at both the national and the international levels.”

    2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source

15. “In fact, disarmament and demilitarization have been almost entirely absent from debates on this issue and from national action plans. It is with a sense of urgency that we must bring these two issues to the table and to consider how gender norms, including militarized masculinities, impact conflict and armed violence, as well as the production, manufacture, acquisition, possession and use of deadly weapons. Thirdly, none of the resolutions on women and peace and security explicitly mentions widows or widowhood. However, these resolutions can serve as a framework for integrating the specific needs of diverse women — including armed-violence widows — in needs analysis and recovery.”

    2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source

16. “The binary framework is especially concerning because we know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are at particular risk throughout the conflict cycle. It is crucial to incorporate a broader understanding of gender into the agendas of women and men alike. Such an understanding should take into account disaggregated data on the full gender spectrum in order to better understand the gendered impacts of conflict and weapons, including small arms and light weapons, cyberoperations, landmines and more. Secondly, Costa Rica welcomes the Secretary- General’s most recent report on women and peace and security (S/2021/827) and the recognition that attention to excessive levels of global military spending has been lacking in women, peace and security normative frameworks, both globally and nationally.”

    2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source

17. “It must be about democratizing and reframing our discourse around women and girls and transforming these spaces so that they are truly capable of honouring our different roles, experiences and contributions to society. On that note, allow me to stress three points, First, while the emphasis of the women and peace and security agenda is rightly on the participation of women and girls, it falls short in its framing of gender. The resolutions under the women and peace and security umbrella define gender in a binary sense, ignoring the vulnerability of trans and gender-non-conforming people and individuals of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics.”

    2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source

18. “Ms. Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): For the past 21 years, we have come to the Council to commemorate the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), which has yet to fulfil its promise. It is not lack of interest or capacity that is holding women back from the full participation envisioned by the resolution; it is discrimination, pure and simple. Discrimination lies at the heart of every issue faced by women, regardless of our identity or status. It operates in all spheres of our lives and is by no means accidental; discrimination is indeed both political and systemic. Addressing the problem of women’s inclusion in political and peace processes must be about more than making physical space for us or making sure that there are enough women in the room.”

    2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source