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  1. “They are integral to making peace more robust and sustainable, and it is the responsibility of all relevant actors to ensure that women representatives, women's human rights and gender expertise are embedded in all efforts to prevent and resolve conflict, be they informal or formal conflict-resolution processes or related to rebuilding after conflict. This includes disarmament programmes and security sector, judicial, political and constitutional reform. Secondly, the most effective way to fulfil commitments and obligations in the area of women and peace and security is to prevent conflict from occurring. We must challenge the underlying causes of human rights violations against women and girls in armed conflict, including gender discrimination, gender-based violence, militarization and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  2. “Malian women, as the Deputy Secretary-General mentioned, together with women from across West Africa, have been active for months over the crisis in Mali, asserting their right to engage in the efforts to bring about a political solution to the crisis, and reminding all actors that women have been specifically targeted in the violence, especially in northern Mali. Women in Syria have been raising their voices but are vastly underrepresented, if not completely excluded, from efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict. Women's priorities are not secondary or special-interest concerns in these processes.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  3. “We also see a lack of women at the table in current peace processes, such as those under way in Colombia and Myanmar; in the negotiations between the Sudan and South Sudan; and, as the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations has just told us, in the regional negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Women are not absent because they lack negotiating skills or because they cannot make vital contributions to peace processes. In Colombia, women's groups have united to create Women for Peace, a new movement offering concrete recommendations and proposals for the nascent peace process.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  4. “For example, in the women's "situation room", mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General, established during the 2012 elections in Senegal, it was the combination of women mobilizing communities for peace, mediating between opposing groups, and monitoring and reporting incidents of irregularity that contributed to peaceful elections in Senegal. Regarding conflict resolution, despite much rhetoric and many commitments, the percentage of women and gender expertise included in the implementation of peace accords is unacceptably low. That continuing exclusion is demonstrated in recent data in the Secretary-General's report, as presented to us by Ms. Bachelet.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  5. “I promised them that I would come to talk to the Security Council. We should not let them down this time. Today, I will highlight three key issues - first, the contribution of women's organizations to international peace and security; secondly, the importance of conflict prevention; and, thirdly, the security threats women and women's human rights defenders face in conflict settings. First, despite the constraints and barriers we face, women play a central role in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding at community, national and international levels, from early warning to post-conflict reconstruction.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  6. “I recently returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where I conducted a solidarity mission to assess the situation of our sisters in the eastern part of that country. I saw for myself the degrading situation of women, in particular in the Kanyarucinya refugee and displaced persons camp, and the immense suffering of the women in HEAL Africa Hospital in Goma and Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where women's bodies are being repaired after sexual assaults and other violence. I was caught in the fighting during the taking of Goma by rebels from the Mouvement du 23 Mars, and I saw people who were already displaced become displaced yet again with nowhere to go. I promised the women whom I met that I would echo their voices calling urgently for peace, security, protection and humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  7. “Ms. Diop: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to address the Security Council this morning. I speak today on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. I am also here today in my capacity as Founder and President of Femmes Africa Solidarite, an international non-governmental organization with over 15 years of experience advocating for women's human rights in Africa. The theme of this year's open debate on women and peace and security, which focuses on women's civil society organizations, is timely. Twelve years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), the vital work of civil society, particularly women's groups, in ensuring international peace and security must be recognized and supported, specifically with political access, resources and respect.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

  8. “I would like also like to express at this juncture our gratitude to all Member States and institutions that have supported the implementation of our operational plan. Other regions that have faced similar challenges have recorded some degree of success. They have been tireless in their efforts, and if they could succeed, we in West Africa can also succeed. I would like to conclude my address by once again reiterating on behalf of the ECOWAS Commission my profound gratitude for this opportunity and for the interest expressed in the development of the West African region.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  9. “This is why the engagement of civil society organizations, the media and traditional institutions, as well as alternative development programmes addressing cannabis production, are priority areas in the operational plan. However, the operational plan is just the beginning. There is much work ahead. That is why we look forward to the continued commitment and support of the United Nations and other partners in our common resolve to address a growing problem that transcends beyond boundaries. I am pleased to announce here that, just last week in Vienna, at a drug donor roundtable organized jointly by ECOWAS, UNODC and the Austrian Government, the European Commission pledged to support the implementation of the ECOWAS plan through its Regional Indicative Programme.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  10. “The operational plan will also address the dearth of quality forensic services in the region through capacity-building, enhancing infrastructure, developing protocol and networking among experts and laboratories in the region. The plan does not place the onus of addressing the drug problem on the region alone. Rather, it also seeks to incorporate a strong communication strategy aimed at drawing national and international attention to the threat and potential impact of drug trafficking in West Africa. For the ECOWAS region, the operational plan is not merely focused on enhancing policing, interdiction and arrests, but also seeks to explore how we can exploit our diversity, values and social assets to address the drug problem.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  11. “The ECOWAS operational plan will also focus on programmes and projects aimed at harmonizing national legislation, undertaking research, conducting training programmes, providing treatment, rehabilitation and alternative livelihood activities to drug users, and exchanging information on known and potential traffickers and drug users, to mention a few. The revision of legal frameworks seeks to address the following measures: the refusal of entry visas to or expulsion from ECOWAS member States of suspected drug traffickers and manufacturers, the signing of extradition treaties covering drug cases on a bilateral basis among ECOWAS member States, and a study of the need for introducing in each ECOWAS member State laws pertaining to the confiscation of the properties and assets of those involved in the trafficking of drugs.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  12. “The plan is articulated around five thematic areas: the mobilization of ECOWAS political leadership and the need for allocation of adequate national budgets by ECOWAS member States for preventing and combating illicit drug trafficking, related organized crime and drug abuse; enhancing the effectiveness of law and enforcement cooperation; developing and adopting legal frameworks for effective criminal justice administration; addressing drug abuse and associated health and security problems; and creating valid and reliable data to monitor the magnitude of the drug trafficking and abuse problems affecting the region on a sustainable basis.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  13. “With the support of UNODC, the ECOWAS Commission developed an operational plan and a monitoring and evaluation mechanism to translate the Regional Response Action Plan and Political Declaration into concrete, time-bound and costed activities.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  14. “We are glad that, based on the recommendation of a ministerial conference held in Praia, Cape Verde, the ECOWAS heads of State and Government rose to the occasion in 2008 by adopting the Political Declaration on the Prevention of Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in West Africa and the Regional Response Action Plan, which identified cooperation in preventing and eradicating drug trafficking and abuse as a priority programme for the ECOWAS Commission. Since the Praia conference, the ECOWAS Commission has taken a number of steps to fight organized crime and the drug trade at the regional level.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  15. “We have learned just recently that, a few weeks ago, a Boeing 707 aircraft violated a West African country's airspace. The aircraft was suspected to be full of cocaine. 8 Money from the drug trade will continue to undermine efforts at good governance in the region, and the people who are addicted to the drugs will continue to constitute security and health concerns for their communities. I may be painting a picture that looks grim and hopeless. Yes, the picture is grim, but we are not hopeless.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  16. “Although policies and institutions to address the drug problem are in place in individual ECOWAS member States, they are not enough, given the nature of the drug problem. It must also be stressed that trafficking in drugs and other related crime transcends national boundaries. Drug trafficking, in particular, usually involves three or more countries - the producing country, the transit country and the consuming country. It has been said here over and over again that no country and no region can do it alone. It has therefore become a regional and international issue, and institutions have to come together to combat such a menace in a holistic manner. The narcotics problem is a national security and foreign policy issue of significant proportions. The drug cartels are so large and powerful that they have undermined some Governments.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  17. “Drug trafficking has had a negative impact on the economy, with an unexplained high influx of money. We have witnessed the rising use of cocaine, which creates problems of public health, including HIV/AIDS, and social problems. In recent years, this phenomenon has worsened. First, we have recently started to see local laboratories transforming cocaine into amphetamines on the spot. Secondly, it is a known fact that a country that traffics is a country that consumes, and a region that traffics is a region that consumes. Our region is becoming a consuming region, and our youth is the most affected. Thirdly, drug trafficking has a correlation to money- laundering, arms and human trafficking. These are three problems that ECOWAS is presently addressing.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  18. “First, there has been increased surveillance on traditional trafficking routes. Secondly, there is West Africa's proximity to 7 Latin America. Thirdly, West African crime groups are active and persistent, as well as flexible in their operations. Fourthly, weak States naturally have great difficulty in controlling their territory and the porous borders and permissive working environment if West Africa. Finally, there is, of course, the high rate of youth unemployment in our subregion. The effects of drug trafficking on ECOWAS countries are devastating and dramatic. To name just a few, we have seen increased security problems, crime, violence and conflict. Drug trafficking has had a negative impact on governance, including corruption, the undermining of the rule of law and political instability.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  19. “Our region is increasingly used as a transit route in the trafficking of cocaine towards growing European markets and demand. Fourteen per cent of Europe's cocaine transited through West Africa in 2008 - some 40 tons valued at billions of United States dollars. Since 2005, 90 per cent of the 1,400 couriers arrested carrying drugs on commercial flights to Europe have hailed from West African countries. According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sources, cocaine couriers have been detected at embarkation from ll of the 15 ECOWAS member States, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. Since 2005, cocaine seizures from West Africa to Europe have more than doubled. Why has West Africa become a transit route for trafficking? There are many reasons.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source

  20. “Ms. Diop: First of all, I would like to congratulate the delegation of Burkina Faso on having drafted the presidential statement on drug trafficking as a threat to international security (S/PRST/2009/32) and for including this topic on the agenda of the Security Council. Burkina Faso has thus shown once again its commitment to regional issues and to resolving this very important problem. On behalf of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), I have the honour to deliver the following statement on the situation of drug trafficking and organized crime in West Africa and the ECOWAS Commission's response to this scourge. Drug trafficking has become a menace to West African peace, security and development.”

    2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source