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  1. “That is why, as long as women are barred from the negotiating table owing to their social status or their gender, it will be difficult to talk about sustainable peace throughout the world and, in particular, in Africa. Without women, what is the future of Cote d'Ivoire? Without women, what is the future of Africa? Without women, what is the future of mankind?”

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

  2. “The refugee and displaced women whom we have met say that true peace is first of all the freedom to move freely, to have the wherewithal to educate their children, to carry out economic activities and to get back their dignity by improving their social conditions. I would like to conclude my statement by recalling that women are a very effective element in the prevention and management of conflicts, because women are at the centre of communities. As a spouse, a woman can convince her husband. As a mother and teacher, she can talk to her children. As a sister, she can speak to her brothers in order to deter them from taking weapons to kill.”

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

  3. “Before concluding, I wish to reiterate my sincere thanks to the Security Council for this laudable initiative, which today has allowed women to be heard. It is true that peace must absolutely come from the Ivorians; at the same time, I would like to call on the international community and on African institutions, such ECOWAS and the AU and all people of good will and peace-loving people to tirelessly pursue their efforts to bring about a final return to peace in my country, Cote d'Ivoire. With respect to involving women in the peace process, our experience on the ground demonstrates that the financial autonomy of urban and rural women is a major factor in motivating them and enabling them to become more actively involved for peace.”

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

  4. “Additionally, it is important to organize conferences, town-hall meetings and workshops on Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) in order to develop some proposals that will help us better to promote the resolution; to establish follow-up committees on resolution 1325 (2000) in order to ensure its effective implementation by States and produce reports for the United Nations Security Council; to create a platform for exchanges among women displaced by war and refugee women so as to allow them to get to know one another, exchange views and have their voices be heard as the major casualties and bring them to contribute to the process of peace and security and to help promote Security Council resolution 1325 (2000); prioritize the financing of economic activities for women who are victims of war and to motivate them motivated and facilitate their effective involvement in the processes of peace and security and promotion of the Security Council resolution.”

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

  5. “Sixthly, documents about resolution 1325 (2000) should be made available to women's organizations. Seventh, financial and concrete support should be provided through grants to women's organizations that are working for peace, security and development so they can be more effective in their work.”

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

  6. “Resources for women working for peace are insufficiently utilized by the United Nations and there, too, we would like to know why not. There is no follow-up in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). On the basis of all of those points, it is important to make the following proposals. First, Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) should become known within associations, in women's cooperatives, in urban and rural areas. Secondly, clubs should be established for its promotion and popularization among women's movements. Thirdly, the media should become involved in promoting the resolution by disseminating it throughout each country. Fourthly, a follow-up team should be established to ensure its implementation. Fifthly, women's capacity in the areas of prevention, mediation and management of conflicts should be strengthened.”

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

  7. “It gives more power to women to act in favour of peace and security. It takes into account women's priorities. It has awakened conscience among women and gives them the power to be heard. The weaknesses of resolution 1325 (2000) lie in its lack of effective implementation. The resolution is unknown to women at the grassroots levels. The means to act on and implement the resolution are insufficient. It is not being implemented by States. The resolution is not being sufficiently implemented by institutions, including the United Nations. There are no mandatory measures to prompt States to effectively implement the resolution. The resolution does not create conditions for its optimal use by women, given that it should be a powerful weapon in their hands.”

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

  8. “As an example, in the area of Bouake, an occupied area, and in the western part of the country, which was terribly affected by the war, there are thousands of women who have been raped since 2002. They live alone, completely bereft, and until now have not received any medical, psychological or material assistance. In spite of it all, resolution 1633 (2005) on the Cote d'Ivoire, adopted by the Security Council on 21 October 2005, does not mention the role of women, nor does it even consider gender. I would like to know why not. It seems essential to us to bring out the strengths and weaknesses of resolution 1325 (2000) and to suggest recommendations to provide for better implementation of that resolution. In terms of strengths, the resolution does give more responsibility to women in decision-making bodies.”

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

  9. “From Lome to Pretoria II, via Marcoussis, Accra I, II and III and Pretoria I, women have been ignored, indeed sidelined, from the process, despite the active involvement of the United Nations as the major guarantor of the promotion and implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). Why is that the case? We women want to know why the resolution has not been implemented. It is not surprising to note the passivity of women in the process of restoring peace and security, since they have not been made part of the discussion. Today, my country, Cote d'Ivoire, remains divided. The social climate is characterized by a crisis of confidence and visceral hatred. Insecurity is recurrent throughout the country, and it is the women and children who continue to pay the heavy price. They still carry the stigma of trauma and they live in silence.”

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

  10. “They include the following: sociocultural factors relating to the role of women in African society that reduce them to a state of silence, the high illiteracy rate among women, the lack of means of action for the efficient promotion of resolution 1325 (2000) and for the effective involvement of women in the prevention and the resolution of conflicts, the low economic capabilities of women and the low level of financing of programmes supporting women. In order to bring peace back to Cote d'Ivoire, a number of peace agreements were signed, without the effective participation of women, except for a few who belonged to political parties that were involved in the crisis.”

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

  11. “At that time, I tried to make others aware that we needed to show restraint in order to save Cote d'Ivoire. However the limited participation by women and the lack of concerted action among them did not permit them to obtain effective results. With the outbreak of the crisis in September 2002, actions to promote resolution 1325 (2000) evolved and favoured greater participation on the part of Ivorian women in the process of restoring peace and security. However, those actions were limited to certain women leaders and could not reach the grass-roots community organizations for a number of reasons.”

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

  12. “In order to re-establish social cohesion, a Forum of National Reconciliation was initiated in October 2001 by His Excellency, Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. It was the first genuine opportunity offered to Ivorian women to become actively involved in the search for peace. Unfortunately, that platform did not attract widespread participation by women and women's organizations that were working for peace. In fact, a number of women, unaware of the existence of resolution 1325 (2000), were unable to make use of the opportunity to prevent the risk of the conflicts that were spreading throughout the country. Rather, they were weighed down by a guilty silence that left male politicians the latitude to poison the situation.”

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

  13. “It is about presenting an analysis of the participation of women in the peace process in C6te d'Ivoire and to make a series of recommendations for the better promotion and implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), as well as the more effective participation by women in the peace and security process. Concerning such an analysis, resolution 1325 (2000) requires that women be present in all actions of the United Nations involving reconstruction, consolidation and the maintenance of peace and security. In Cote d'Ivoire, the coup of 1999 and the military transition that ended with the controversial elections held on 2 November 2000 that put President Gbagbo in office have left us with a number of latent conflicts within the population that could add to the weakening of the social fabric.”

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

  14. “I also welcome the Council's statement of 14 October 2005, which endorsed the proposals of the African Union to resolve the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. I sincerely thank the African Union Mediator in the Cote d'Ivoire crisis, His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, for the real efforts he has made in favour of a prompt return of peace in my country. However, it is important to stress that this peace has been contested by the opposition, which claims that the United Nations has created a situation of great uncertainty for C6te d'Ivoire through its decision to maintain in power His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo for a period of 12 months. The purpose of my presence among you is to share our vision of the importance of the commitment of women to all activities in support of peace.”

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

  15. “My name is Helene Dandi Lou, from Cote d'Ivoire. I am responsible for a peace organization. I am one of the 1,000 women nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. At the outset, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the Government of Romania, the members of the Security Council and the Non- Governmental Organization Working Group on Women, Peace and Security for giving me the honour of speaking before the Council. I take this opportunity to thank, on behalf of my country, Cote d'Ivoire, and in particular on behalf of women and children, the organizers of this meeting, the international community, the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union, as well as all those individuals of goodwill who are sparing no effort to restore peace to Cote d'Ivoire.”

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