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2016-10-19
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2018-10-25
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  1. “The Focal Points Network enables closer coordination among Member States and facilitates annual sharing and exchanges of best practices and lessons learned. The Network welcomes the participation of Member States, UN-Women and civil society organizations. We believe that the Network is critical to the operationalization of the women and peace and security agenda. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to announce that, on 10 and 11 April 2019, Namibia will host, in Windhoek , the third capital-based Focal Points Network Meeting. The theme for the event will be "Women, Peace and Security: Towards Full Participation". All Member States and members of civil society are invited to participate.”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  2. “We call on parties to armed conflicts to immediately cease unlawful attacks and threats of attack against schools, students and teachers and to refrain from actions that impede girls' and women's access to education. In line with resolution 1325 (2000), the Department of Peacekeeping Operations requested troop- contributing countries to deploy greater numbers of female officers so as to reach the 15 per cent target of women participation in peacekeeping missions by the end of December. As of July, Namibia was at 13.3 per cent in its deployment of female officers, with only two females remaining to be deployed for 2018 to meet the 15 per cent target. Namibia is a founding member of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network.”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  3. “When Germany recently requested Namibia to partner with it on these issues, it was the first time that Namibia had been approached by a G-7 country to do so within the G-7 framework. We encourage further partnerships of that nature. Resolution 1325 (2000) sets out to achieve the inclusion of women at the negotiation table. Accordingly, access to quality conflict-sensitive education for women and girls, especially in conflict settings, is essential if women's participation in peacebuilding processes is to be ensured. Earlier this year, the Security Council unanimously adopted a landmark resolution on protecting children in armed conflict (resolution 2427 (2018)).”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  4. “We recognize that many Member States are implementing resolution 1325 (2000) without national action plans. We encourage them to set up such plans so as to ensure structured implementation, follow-up and evaluation of resolution 1325 (2000), including the recruitment of women into security forces, educating women on how to conduct negotiations and training them to assist women affected by violence in either conflict or non-conflict situations. Progress can be seen in the general inclusion of the women and peace and security agenda in multilateral forums. As Chair of the Group of Seven (G-7), Canada included a gender-related theme in the proceedings of the G-7 Summit held in June.”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  5. “Reports by the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization have acknowledged the women and peace and security agenda and reported on its implementation. Regional organizations are doing their part, with the African Union having appointed Ms. Bineta Diop as the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security. We commend her work in raising the profile ofthe issue ofwomen and peace and security globally. By August 2018, 76 countries had adopted and were implementing national action plans on women and peace and security. Those plans provide a valuable tool for States to implement their commitments to the women and peace and security agenda and to detail their actions and obligations under the eight relevant Security Council resolutions.”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  6. “Namibia welcomes the Security Council's decision to discuss the issue of women and peace and security as a standing agenda item. We are encouraged by the overwhelming support for today's open debate. We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security. We would also like to thank the briefers for their helpful input in our debate. Progress on the issue of women and peace and security is encouraging, with the Security Council having adopted eight related resolutions. However, the global study carried out in 2015 to mark the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000) revealed that global implementation of the resolution was occurring at a snail's pace.”

    2018-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8382 (2018) · source

  7. “Namibia stands with the people of Palestine in their determined efforts in pursuit of these principles through political, diplomatic and non-violent means. We further look forward to the end of this occupation of close to 50 years and to seeing the Palestinian people exercising their inalienable rights to self-determination and their quest for nationhood. In conclusion, the one-State solution that Israel is seeking to impose on the international community is a road map that will lead to nowhere. We hope that Israel will soon wake up to this realization.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source

  8. “Reports of the widespread and systematic torture of Palestinian detainees by the security services in the occupied West Bank are also an issue of concern. Namibia therefore calls for Israel's complete and unconditional withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. We urge the international community to facilitate the creation of a Palestinian State based on the 1967 borders. We also call on both sides to work for the restoration of calm and to return to the table of negotiation and dialogue with a view to achieving a two-State solution. In the same vein, Namibia continues to support the people of Palestine in their quest to achieve their inalienable right to self-determination, justice, freedom and independence.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source

  9. “In the face of a truly dire conflict situation in the Middle East,we call on Israel to reassess its aggressive stance towards the Palestinians to end their ongoing punitive destruction of Palestinian homes and infrastructure and to seize their illegal construction of settlements on the occupied territory. Namibia is concerned about the ongoing reports about Palestinian security detainees and prisoners, including children held in Israeli prisons. We are equally concerned that the Israeli Parliament, on 3 August 2016, approved the youth bill allowing the Israeli authorities to imprison Palestinian children as young as 12 years of age if convicted of terrorism against Israeli civilians or military personnel.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source

  10. “We commend the French Government for its initiative aimed at mobilizing international support for Palestinian-Israeli peace and for convening the Israel peace conference. We commend and encourage the efforts by Egypt, the Russian Federation and the Quartet in moving forward with the peace efforts. Namibia also hopes that the renewed efforts in the Arab Peace Initiative will yield positive results. That vision of hope drives activities, such as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, on 26 November, and the declaration of 2017 as the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source

  11. “The situation in Syria causes general apprehension that, owing to the ongoing fighting, the humanitarian needs in Aleppo and other parts of Syria are devastating. The situation in Yemen grows more difficult by the day and it is becoming increasingly impossible to keep track of who is attacking whom. Furthermore, a major attack against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham in Mosul, in northern Iraq, is under way and analysts are raising serious concerns regarding the consequences for the region. Last week, at the Arria Formula meeting called by some members of the Security Council, we heard that the situation in Palestine is worsening, as the Israeli Government insists on continuing its settlement programmes. There is no way to sugar-coat the realities of apartheid, as practiced by the Israeli Government.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source

  12. “I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I thank you, Sir, most sincerely for organizing this debate on the important topic of the situation in the Middle East, in particular in Palestine. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for their comprehensive briefings this morning. Furthermore, my delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. The Security Council has recently heard about the increasingly dire situation in the Middle East, especially about the occupation of the Palestinian territories.”

    2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source