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1. “We seek to work with Member States to ensure that those standards are met and that cases of serious misconduct are properly addressed. Resolution 1308 (2000) also encouraged Member States to provide voluntary confidential counselling and testing as part of the preparation for participation in peacekeeping missions. Voluntary confidential counselling and testing were also endorsed by the UNAIDS expert panel on HIV testing in United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 2001, during discussions focusing on the so- called post-Phase V Working Group, the Secretariat suggested that voluntary confidential counselling and testing might be more universally performed if the United Nations reimbursed troop contributors for the technical costs of conducting HIV tests, both before deployment and upon return.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

2. “Some of the behaviour that increases the risk of contracting or transmitting HIV, such as engaging in sexual contact with commercial sex workers, is unacceptable and damaging to the central mission of peacekeeping. I wish to underscore again a point I made last month when I spoke to the Security Council on resolution 1325 (2000), regarding women and peace and security: the DPKO takes a zero-tolerance stance regarding sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeeping personnel. For example, updated disciplinary directives have been sent to missions, and reporting and investigation mechanisms are being strengthened. All personnel - whether military, civilian or police - deployed in United Nations peacekeeping operations are required to uphold the highest standards of integrity.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

3. “It is also critical that we maintain high levels of knowledge and training skills among our key personnel dealing with HIV/AIDS issues. Last year, DPKO, in cooperation with UNAIDS, UNFPA and the United States and Norwegian departments of defence, convened a workshop on malaria, HIV/AIDS and related diseases in peacekeeping operations for senior mission medical personnel and HIV/AIDS focal points. A total of 20 troop-contributing countries were also represented. This year, the HIV/AIDS policy advisers were brought together for a training seminar in Sierra Leone. DPKO and UNAIDS are already planning a workshop for 2004. But our efforts do not stop at HIV/AIDS awareness and training.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

4. “Ninety-two countries currently contribute over 42,000 military personnel and civilian police. This presents an immense challenge to our efforts to make training culturally specific. It is therefore very important for troop-contributing countries to mainstream HIV awareness in their national training programmes and to make use of the technical assistance offered by UNAIDS. It would greatly help us if - wherever possible - Member States could identify individuals already trained as HIV/AIDS peer educators. We could then build on their expertise to reinforce our own initiatives. With this in mind, DPKO is actively seeking police officers that have experience as HIV peer educators or coordinators, when selecting potential candidates for deployment.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

5. “They also visit the contingents in the field, keeping step with troop rotations, and assist sector, contingent and unit commanders in designing ongoing awareness programmes. Partnerships are fundamental to DPKO's response. In Sierra Leone, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UN AMSIL) has joined forces with the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to run HIV/AIDS prevention, gender and human rights awareness workshops for peacekeepers. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, the training-of-trainers course for peer educators has formed a new partnership with the local group Bidho, which means challenge, which is the only organization for people living with HIV/AIDS in Eritrea. That organization is facilitating training on discrimination and stigma.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

6. “Last month, for example, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo HIV/AIDS policy adviser participated in the training for Namibian troops being deployed to Liberia. The HIV/AIDS policy adviser for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is currently assisting with a similar programme for Ethiopian peacekeepers. To support in-mission programmes, there are now mission training cells in eight peacekeeping operations for military personnel. These cells work closely with the HIV/AIDS policy advisers and focal points to ensure that HIV awareness is included in induction programmes. Similar induction training is conducted for civilian police personnel. The HIV/AIDS policy advisers provide training for civilian personnel and civilian police.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

7. “The cards cover the basic facts about the disease and the United Nations Code of Conduct. They are currently available in 10 languages. It is our goal to see these cards become a standard feature of a peacekeeper's uniform. UNAIDS has recently launched a peer education kit for uniformed services, which DPKO will be distributing to our peacekeeping missions and to troop-contributing countries. We have also participated in a working group to revise the UNAIDS booklet "AIDS and HIV infection: Information for United Nations employees and their families". HIV/AIDS awareness is a crucial component of the train-the-trainer courses organized and sponsored by DPKO to enhance national peacekeeping capabilities. It is also central to mission-specific pre- deployment training.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

8. “The three publications, entitled "Protect yourself, and those you care about, against HIV/AIDS", "HIV prevention and behaviour change in international military populations" and "Policy guidelines on HIV/AIDS prevention and control for United Nations military planners and commanders" are being reviewed and simplified, in order to make them accessible to the broadest possible audience. With input from some 20 Member States, DPKO has developed a pre-deployment training module on HIV/AIDS. Through the conduct of four regional seminars last year in Chile, Finland, Kenya and Thailand, we obtained feedback on this module from over 75 countries, including all major troop- contributing countries. Together with UNAIDS, DPKO distributes HIV/AIDS awareness cards to deployed peacekeepers.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

9. “The importance of HIV/AIDS awareness training was underscored not only by resolution 1308 (2000) but also by the June 2001 Declaration of Commitment by the United Nations General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS. I would like to update you today on action we have been taking to strengthen existing training programmes and materials and to introduce new programmes where needed. A primary element of our training strategy is the update and improvement of our training materials.”

   2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

10. “(spoke in English) One of our most concrete achievements is that DPKO now has HIV/AIDS policy advisers, supported by United Nations Volunteers, in four of our major peacekeeping operations - in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Timor-Leste, in Ethiopia and Eritrea and in Sierra Leone - and we will be recruiting an HIV/AIDS policy adviser for Liberia. It is our intention to deploy HIV/AIDS policy advisers in all major peacekeeping operations. We have HIV/AIDS focal points in six missions and are identifying others in our remaining operations. UNAIDS currently funds the position of an HIV/AIDS policy adviser working within DPKO headquarters. She is coordinating overall strategy and facilitating mission initiatives.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

11. “Piot and I announced that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) had signed a cooperation framework to work together on HIV/AIDS and peacekeeping. The technical and advisory support from UNAIDS has been fundamental to DPKO's response, both here at Headquarters and in the field. Based on contributions raised by UNAIDS from Denmark, DPKO has established an HIV/AIDS Trust Fund and we are most grateful for that contribution. All our efforts seek to reduce the risk of peacekeepers contracting or transmitting HIV while on mission.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

12. “In 2002, an estimated further 5 million people became infected, bringing the estimated total of persons infected - adults and children living with AIDS - to approximately 42 million. In and of themselves, these numbers are overwhelming, but we must not lose sight of the individual tragedies that lie behind them. Resolution 1308 (2000) recognized the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on all sectors and levels of society. But its focus was on the vulnerability of uniformed services, international peacekeeping personnel and international civilian personnel deployed in peacekeeping operations. When we speak of peacekeepers, it is crucial to underscore that this includes civilian staff as well as military and police personnel. In 2001, Mr.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

13. “I am grateful to the Council for this opportunity today to brief it once again on implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and to share with the Council our efforts and some of the challenges we face. When I last reported to the Council on HIV/AIDS and peacekeeping about three years ago, we were all appalled by the estimates of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization regarding the spread of the epidemic. It was especially painful to realize that an estimated 3 million people died of AIDS in 2000, another 3 million died in 2001, and last year a further 3.1 million lives were destroyed by AIDS. Despite our determination to face this challenge worldwide, the number of persons infected by the virus has continued to grow.”

    2003-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4859 (2003) · source

14. “Conducting demining operations according to international mine action standards and recording those actions in a standardized way through the Information Management System for Mine Action means that resources will be used in the most effective way and that the cumulative nature of any mine action effort, which unfortunately has to take its course over many years, will be done in the most effective way, ensuring that we do not repeat what has already been done. But that requires a very rigorous approach to mine action. I believe that the integrated approach taken by the Mine Action Service has promoted that and that it will make every effort to improve our modus operandi in the field in order to make even better use of the limited funds that exist for mine action.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

15. “I would note that mine action is indeed much broader than peacekeeping and the United Nations Mine Action Service, as noted in a recent report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly during a very important debate. I think that the integrated approach that takes place through the presence of the United Nations Mine Action Service in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations serves mine action well because it means that the kind of mine action that is undertaken in peacekeeping operations - that is, operational demining to facilitate the deployment of our troops - is done in a way that will make coordination with humanitarian demining most effective.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

16. “Mr. Guehenno: I should like first and foremost to express our gratitude for the expressions of support for the work of the United Nations Mine Action Service and of our partners in the United Nations system with regard to mine action. We welcome in particular the recognition that mine action should be incorporated into the mandates of peacekeeping operations when appropriate. We also welcome the Security Council's appreciation of the role that mine action can play in peace-building efforts with regard to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration when former combatants are employed for mine action purposes.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

17. “The Department of Peacekeeping Operations is grateful for the leadership and support the Security Council has shown for the integration of thematic concerns into the mandates, staffing proposals and budgets of peacekeeping operations. I hope that, as a result of these briefings, Security Council members will continue to make use of the information on mines and unexploded ordnance contained in the Secretary- General's reports to the Council and to fully reflect mine action concerns in their country-specific deliberations and resolutions.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

18. “With guidance from the United Nations, IMSMA was developed by the Geneva International Centre and has now been deployed in some 30 field programmes. Ambassador Dahinden will also tell us about IMSMA. Fifthly, mine action can be an important part of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes. I have already mentioned the process under way in Afghanistan. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the mine action coordination centre and non-governmental organizations are discussing the use of demobilized soldiers to conduct mine action. Lastly, let me stress that there is a need for funds. Member States should be encouraged to provide adequate and sustained financial assistance for mine action, and thereby alleviate the suffering of populations affected by mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

19. “The Council should also consider calling upon troop-contributing countries to train their peacekeeping troops to demine in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS). The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining has developed IMAS for the United Nations, and Ambassador Dahinden will tell us more about that. Fourthly, mine clearance is an expensive undertaking. We need to ensure that it is systematically directed at the highest priority tasks. In that respect, systematic information gathering is essential for priority setting and cost effectiveness. Peacekeeping missions can collect information on the scope and impact of the landmine and unexploded ordnance problem using the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA).”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

20. “The United Nations can ensure that Special Representatives of the Secretary-General, negotiators, moderators and facilitators of peace processes systematically receive the United Nations Mine Action Guidelines for Ceasefire and Peace Agreements. The Council could urge parties to conflicts to incorporate mine action into their discussions, whenever relevant. Thirdly, peacekeeping troops can play an important role in mine clearance. This has recently been demonstrated in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where the mine action coordination centre tasks contractors and force assets to clear and prove roads in the Temporary Security Zone where recent mine use by unidentified groups has undermined the confidence of local inhabitants and posed an obstacle to the return of internally displaced people and refugees.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

21. “This briefing offers an opportunity for the Security Council to call upon a range of actors to undertake specific actions that can greatly enhance mine action in peacekeeping context. To this end, the Council may wish to consider and address the following issues in the course of its discussion this morning. First, there is a strong normative framework on landmines, but an instrument that addresses unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war would greatly facilitate post-conflict clearance efforts. The rights of mine survivors should also be reflected in the new instrument on the rights of disabled persons being discussed in the General Assembly. Secondly, parties to conflict should be aware of the important confidence-building role that mine action can play.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

22. “The Mine Action Service also provides information on the scope and humanitarian impact of the problems of landmines, unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war, which is included in all reports of the Secretary-General on peacekeeping operations to the Security Council. Multidimensional peacekeeping operations now include child protection advisers, gender focal points and often, mine action coordination centres. Within DPKO, and in collaboration with other United Nations partners, we are working to provide cross-cutting training to these staff, and to their peacekeeping colleagues, to ensure that their roles are complementary and mutually supportive. Child protection advisers and peacekeepers should be aware of the objectives and content of mine-risk education efforts, for example.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

23. “The United Nations is supporting mine action in Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Croatia, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Tajikistan. Mine action is a dynamic component of peacekeeping operations and contributes to the way we plan operations and conduct our work. The efficient execution of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations' emergency operations requires early planning involving mine action specialists. Staff of the United Nations Mine Action Service recently participated in an early assessment mission to Liberia in advance of deployment of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

24. “While the land has potential productive uses, the clearance programme is largely appreciated for its political value in helping to remove a symbol of division. In Sudan, mine action has brought together the Government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement in a unique cooperation to clear mines in the Nuba Mountains. Mine action engages the parties to a conflict in humanitarian initiatives. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Mine Action Coordination Centre works closely with peacekeepers to obtain commitments from the parties to the conflict to refrain from the use of mines, to destroy stockpiles and to provide information on minefields. United Nations mine action helps build peace and security in more than a dozen other countries or regions of concern to the Security Council.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

25. “Today the Security Council is going one step further by acknowledging the contribution of mine action to peacekeeping operations and to efforts to maintain international peace and security. (spoke in English) I would like to offer a few illustrations of how this is being done in practice. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea and south Lebanon, mine survey and clearance operations are essential for the safe deployment of the peacekeeping mission, and enable the mandate to be carried out. Mine action can help to build confidence during peace processes. In Cyprus, preparations have started, with strong support from UNFICYP, with cooperation from UNDP, to clear minefields from the buffer zone that divide the island.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

26. “And the United Nations Mine Action Service has overall responsibility for the coordination of United Nations mine action and the management of mine-action programmes in seven peacekeeping or humanitarian emergency contexts. The United Nations Mine Action Service supports initiatives in Cyprus through the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Eritrea through the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), and south Lebanon through the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as well as in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

27. “In August 1996, the Council discussed demining in the context of peacekeeping operations and focused on the need for internal coordination within the United Nations system, as well as the need to integrate mine action components into peacekeeping missions, when relevant. Since the 1996 discussion, United Nations mine action has made remarkable progress. The United Nations Mine Action Service within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Children's Fund (UNICEF) are the lead United Nations actors undertaking and coordinating mine action initiatives. UNDP supports national mine-action authorities in over 20 countries. UNICEF has responsibility for mine- risk education in 28 countries.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

28. “In Afghanistan and in Angola, you can see the full range of mine action activities in progress: mine- risk education to the populations of affected areas, assistance to the victims of landmine explosions, surveying and clearance of mined areas, destruction of stockpiles, and advocacy efforts with military leaders to persuade them to abandon the use of mines, in compliance with the commitments undertaken under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty. This is not the first time that the Security Council has acknowledged the contribution of mine action to international efforts to maintain peace and security.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

29. “The mission was briefed at the Mine Dog Centre training facility in Kabul, and learned that in Afghanistan, 7,600 Afghans, 20 international staff and 200 dogs conduct mine action. It also learned that mine action is both an immediate humanitarian imperative and a precondition to reconstruction and development. Although Afghanistan is one of the most severely mine-affected countries in the world, the mission learned that with current levels of funding, all high- impacted areas can only be cleared by 2007. A number of former combatants in Afghanistan participating in the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process, led by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, will benefit from mine clearance training that should enable them to help their countries and be economically self-sufficient.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

30. “Today's debate on mine action comes at a timely moment: as you, Sir, preside over the work of the Security Council. Your country, Angola, has been among the countries most affected by mines; unfortunately, the presence of mines, resulting from war, continues today to claim victims and to hamper economic recovery, the distribution of humanitarian assistance and development efforts in a number of provinces. We think with sympathy of all of your compatriots who paid a heavy price because of the scourge posed by mines. Today's debate is particularly appropriate since a Security Council mission has just returned from Afghanistan where the United Nations Mine Action Service - an integral part of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations - manages the largest mine action programme in the world.”

    2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source

31. “All personnel in the mission will have better guidance and therefore a more systematic approach in their reporting, so that the Council will benefit from more homogeneous and systematic information, which in turn will make for better engagement by the Council.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

32. “Several delegations stressed the importance of reporting, and I could not agree more; this is the other issue that I want to address. I think the more we can report to the Council about the issues that have been discussed this morning, the more we will prevent any abuse - reporting has a deterrent value - and the more we will be able to mobilize resources where they are needed, whether to help women in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration camps or to assist in police training or in the range of issues that have been discussed. Good reporting requires a method and a systematic approach. There, I believe that the gender resource package that is now in the final stages of development will help, because it will mean that all mission personnel - whether military observers or human rights officers - will be better guided.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

33. “Mr. Guehenno: I would like first to thank all the members of the Council and other speakers, who have expressed strong support for our efforts to put gender at the centre of peacekeeping efforts in conflict areas. I want to address two specific points that were raised, the first with respect to Afghanistan. I am grateful that Germany raised the issue of the importance of filling, as quickly as possible, the D-1 post in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. We already have a P-4 in the Gender Unit there. I think it is very important that we appoint the right person to that D-1 post, and we are actually in the process of re-advertising the post to make sure that we get the right person for what is a challenging but critical aspect of our mission in Afghanistan.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

34. “We acknowledge that there is a long road ahead of us, and that gender mainstreaming in post-conflict environments is not easy. It will take a concerted effort of will. We must learn to see gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping not as an afterthought, but as the key to any peacekeeping mission's success. We look forward to strong collaboration with Member States as well as with our United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to ensure that peacekeeping operations bring lasting and positive changes to the lives of women and girls and their communities.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

35. “We also seek systematic feedback on action taken by Member States against peacekeepers repatriated for serious misconduct. Before closing, I would like to touch briefly on the issue of trafficking of women. We all recognize that this is a complex, multifaceted problem that has links to organized crime networks. Experience also teaches us that there is no single, easy solution to this problem. DPKO is currently undertaking a lessons-learned study on our anti-trafficking programmes in Bosnia and Kosovo. The results of this study will help us identify best practices and some lessons learned in tackling the trafficking of women. We have made real progress on gender mainstreaming in our peacekeeping operations. Much of it is due to the presence of full time gender advisers.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

36. “DPKO will also continue to work on ensuring that senior managers in missions know how to use and apply the disciplinary directives, and that they have the in-mission capacity to investigate allegations. Training, reporting and follow-up mechanisms will also be strengthened. Lastly, DPKO will review existing efforts to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and exploitation, and identify good practices for replication elsewhere. While we can - and should - do all of these things, we need your support to make a real difference. Personnel contributed for service in a peacekeeping operation are required to abide by the highest standards of integrity while in service for the United Nations. We expect contributing States to provide pro-deployment briefings to all of their personnel on these standards and to vigorously pursue any breaches.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

37. “In the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), senior managers recently received training on the directives. In the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), a Personnel Conduct Committee receives and investigates allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeeping personnel, and a telephone hotline has been set up for reporting incidents of misconduct. In the coming year, DPKO will ensure that each mission has an active strategy to prevent and respond to the problems of sexual abuse and exploitation. Each mission will appoint a senior focal point to receive complaints of misconduct by peacekeeping personnel.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

38. “The grave allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation of refugees and internally displaced women and children by humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, which first arose in West Africa, have strengthened DPKO's resolve to uphold a zero- tolerance stance aimed at preventing and effectively responding to this very serious problem, which not only violates human rights, but also undermines the very core of our mission in peacekeeping. Following a thorough review of existing policies and procedures on disciplinary issues for all categories of personnel, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) provided all missions in July of this year with an updated set of disciplinary directives. These cover the issue of sexual abuse and exploitation as well as other types of serious misconduct.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

39. “At present, HIV/AIDS Policy Officers are deployed in four field missions: the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone and the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor. The focus in the past year has been on prevention through training, often carried out in collaboration with United Nations and national partners. For instance, in Sierra Leone, DPKO, together with the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, conducted four workshops in the past year on HIV/AIDS, gender and human rights for military and civilian peacekeepers. In Timor-Leste, the mission has provided voluntary, confidential HIV counselling and testing since February 2003.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

40. “I hope that Member States will support that effort. Training on gender awareness and HIV/AIDS is another key element of resolution 1325 (2000). DPKO has disseminated a generic "Gender and Peacekeeping" training manual to all peacekeeping missions and to Member States. In the past year, nine "train the trainers" courses have been conducted by DPKO for more than 350 training officers from Member States. I urge Member States to ensure that this training package is included in all pro-deployment training for both military and civilian police. On my side, I will ensure that gender training is included in all induction courses for new personnel. DPKO continues to prevent and respond to the problem of HIV/AIDS in peacekeeping operations.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

41. “In Georgia, where there is no full-time gender specialist, many important efforts to mainstream gender into programmes have still gone ahead. For instance, the mission there is facilitating the participation of women from Abkhazia in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts. Giving members these examples may make gender mainstreaming sound easy, but it is not. Our gender experts in the missions repeatedly express their frustration about the lip service paid to gender issues. We need to move beyond empty words and actually practice what we preach. I intend to ensure that all future, multidimensional peacekeeping operations include strong gender expertise, for instance in the form of a gender affairs unit that has access to senior- level decision-making in all areas of the mission's work.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

42. “That law will have a lasting, positive impact on the lives of women and girls, and the process has provided the Kosovar transitional administration with the skills to carry out legal reform from a gender perspective, including after the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo is gone. In Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste, DPKO gender advisors are improving the quality of the missions' work by training national police forces in how best to handle gender-based crimes, especially domestic violence. In Afghanistan, gender analysis has helped the mission plan more inclusive elections. The mission's electoral unit analysed the potential challenges relating to the registration of women. It is now introducing a number of measures to facilitate women's participation in elections, such as separate registration facilities for women.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

43. “However, the scope for gender mainstreaming is much broader in multidimensional peacekeeping operations. At present, we have gender advisors or specialists in five multidimensional missions: in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. In addition, gender advisor posts have been established for Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. Time and time again, we have seen that gender affairs units or gender specialists in missions improve a mission's effectiveness in discharging its mandate and in helping us to have a light footprint. For instance, in Kosovo, where the mission has executive and legislative responsibilities, the Senior Gender Advisor has helped the transitional Government draft a law on gender equality.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

44. “We have temporarily filled the position, until the recruitment of the post is concluded early next year. The Gender Advisor has already begun to assist us in coordinating our efforts on gender issues in a more effective way and in facilitating cross- regional learning. One of her first tasks will be to take stock of all the positive efforts made to date in the area of gender mainstreaming, identify some of the main gaps and help us identify a comprehensive strategy to move forward. A network of gender focal points will also be established in the coming year to assist in mainstreaming efforts. I would now like to turn to gender mainstreaming in missions. Some peacekeeping operations have restrictive mandates that focus on military tasks, and opportunities for gender mainstreaming in such missions are limited.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

45. “Now, our help is also directed towards those women and girls, and is tailored to meet such special needs as trauma counselling for abducted girls who worked as sexual slaves. To help demystify gender mainstreaming, a number of practical field manuals are being produced. A gender resource package is in the final stages of being developed. It will cover a wide range of topics, from general information on gender concepts and practical checklists highlighting gender issues in peacekeeping, to guidelines on establishing gender units in the field. In addition, in the coming year we will be producing a field manual on gender issues for military commanders, as well as one on gender issues in mine action. I would like to thank Member States for having approved, this year, the post of Gender Advisor, based at DPKO headquarters.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

46. “Gender balance is essential, but it is only half of the story. We also need to make sure that our programmes take into account the different needs of women and men, and that they tap into their strengths. Let me give an example of how looking at our disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme in Sierra Leone from a gender perspective has made it more effective. In the past, adult male ex-combatants were the only focus of our attention. They were the ones registered and given a package of benefits to help them return to civilian life. This meant that women who either were ex-combatants or were working in support roles such as cooks, as well as wives - or even girls abducted and forced to work as sexual slaves - were being left out of the picture.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

47. “We have started, on a pilot basis, to encourage more women applicants by targeting professional women's associations with our vacancy announcements. At the Director level and above, the number of women has increased fourfold over the past year. In the 15 DPKO peacekeeping missions, women currently represent one third of all professional staff. We recognize, however, that our figures offer no ground for complacency. DPKO intends to be more effective in the coming year in identifying suitable women candidates for senior positions and in recruiting professional-level women for missions. But, all too often, gender mainstreaming is reduced to an accountancy exercise in which managers focus on the number of women on their staff. We tend to overlook the need to include a gender dimension in the programmes they are managing.”

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48. “The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) often finds itself in the awkward position of advocating for a higher percentage of women in national police forces than it has in its own ranks. Women make up 4 per cent of total civilian police personnel in DPKO missions, and figures are equally low for the military. I urge Member States to continue and intensify their efforts to provide more women civilian police and military personnel to peacekeeping operations. I also call for the inclusion of women and men with experience in gender-based crimes to help us address the high rates of violence against women that are common in post-conflict situations. DPKO is addressing this challenge in-house.”

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49. “The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has been focusing its efforts in particular on five main areas highlighted in resolution 1325 (2000): first, increasing the number of women in peacekeeping operations; secondly, integrating a gender perspective into peacekeeping operations; thirdly, training in gender awareness and HIV/AIDS issues; fourthly, strengthening discipline for peacekeeping personnel, both through effective preventive action and by a firm response to any misconduct; and fifthly, combating trafficking in human beings. (spoke in English) Let me start with the issue of gender balance among peacekeeping personnel. The importance of having equal numbers of men and women on our staff at all levels of the Organization is a given. But we need to lead by example.”

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50. “This is particularly true in the context of multidimensional peacekeeping operations such as those in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. In all of those missions, gender experts - working either alone or as part of a larger gender affairs unit - are playing an active and decisive role, putting gender issues at the centre of peacekeeping.”

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