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Gunaratna

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2023-03-07
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2023-03-07
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  1. “In conclusion, as we meet at the mid-point between the twentieth and twenty-fifth anniversaries of resolution 1325 (2000) today, it is incumbent upon all stakeholders to take stock of the commitments made at its twentieth anniversary by identifying the gaps and addressing those issues in a meaningful way so as to achieve its envisioned outcomes. Sri Lanka encourages all parties concerned to actively engage and synergize efforts at all levels for the mobilization of resources and the leveraging of partnerships towards the realization of that objective as a priority.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “Women were given the opportunity to run for office in the local government elections held after 2017, and the necessary measures are currently being taken to increase the representation of women in the provincial councils and Parliament. Sri Lanka also has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping operations for many decades and is a member of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations. To promote the role of women in conflict prevention, Sri Lanka has increased the proportion of female contingents in its United Nations peacekeeping deployments.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “It has also made available legal protections to protect women from all types of discrimination. Sri Lanka’s constitutional guarantees assure the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination as a fundamental right. There has also been a conscious effort to strengthen and reform legislation that directly enhances women’s empowerment and rights in recognition of those constitutional guarantees. As it continues to engage in post-conflict nation-building with a view to empowering women leaders and enhancing women’s participation in decision-making processes, Sri Lanka introduced a 25 per cent quota for women candidates at the parliamentary, provincial and local government levels.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “As noted in last year’s annual report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2022/740), the world is currently experiencing a reversal of the generational gains in women’s rights, while violent conflicts, military expenditures, military coups, displacements and hunger continue to increase. Therefore, empowering women leaders to participate in peace processes and peacebuilding becomes increasingly crucial in order to accelerate the commitments of resolution 1325 (2000). The Sri Lankan Government has achieved substantial progress towards establishing gender equality and security by adopting and developing critical policies, such as its national policy for women, which is a general policy framework, and a national plan of action to address sexual and gender-based violence in Sri Lanka.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Between 1992 and 2019, women served as only 6 per cent of mediators, 6 per cent of signatories and 13 per cent of negotiators globally. The outbreak of the coronavirus disease shed even greater light on the full extent of gender inequality. Concerns have therefore been raised with respect to how far the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace processes and decision-making has progressed, and what actions States should already have taken and should take in the future to achieve gender parity in that important activity.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “Permit me to extend my best wishes to the Republic of Mozambique on its accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I also extend my appreciation for the convening of this open debate on the theme “Women and peace and security: towards the twenty-fifth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000)”, which coincides with the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Although significant strides have been made in executing the women and peace and security agenda over the past 23 years, a gap remains with regard to the core commitments of the resolution. Today the direct participation and representation of women in formal peace processes continues to be the one area that lags behind in the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source