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Hendrie

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first: 2011-10-31
most recent: 2011-10-31
sittings or episodes: 1
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“Finally, the United Kingdom welcomes the update on women's participation in peacebuilding and the partnership between the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office and UN-Women. We welcome the fact that progress is being made in the areas of mediation and political dialogue and in integrating gender equality into post-conflict needs assessment and rule of law work. However, there is still much to be done to ensure the participation of women at all stages of peacebuilding, including the appointment of more women as special envoys and chief mediators. In the words of UN-Women chief, Michelle Bachelet, if women are not represented at the negotiating table, society itselfis not represented.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“We welcome efforts at more joint programming, which improves coordination among actors in the field. However, that is not the whole story. We need greater clarity over which part of the system is the global service provider for which specific function under the rule of law heading. We need a framework that is clear, but also flexible enough to be able to adapt to the realities in the field. We hope that he Secretary-General's report in 2012 can demonstrate real progress on the issue. Ms. Cheng-Hopkins rightly said that Member States need to be engaged in that discussion if progress is to be made. The United Kingdom agrees with that and strongly supports it. As Member States that are also members of the governing boards of the funds and programmes, we must be ready to actively support integration in those forums rather than fragmentation.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“Turning now to a critical issue, which is that of roles and responsibilities, the United Kingdom feels that we really need to do more in that area. In particular, we would like to point to the need to make progress on the rule of law. That is an area where, frankly, the least amount of progress has been made since the Secretary-General's report of 2009 (8/2009/304). We know that our failure to resolve that affects delivery on the ground. The World Development Report 2011 has provided evidence that there are crucial gaps in the international system in the provision of support for the rule of law, and that the United Nations has a key role to play in that regard. Such continued gaps mean that countries are often unable to access the support that they need on key issues, such as justice reform.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“As Assistant Secretary-General Cheng-Hopkins pointed out during her briefing, the review of civilian capacities is clearly an important vehicle to improve United Nations performance on peacebuilding. The United Kingdom welcomes the Secretary-General's report (see S/2011/85). Of course, we look forward to hearing about the results that have been achieved in the field in consequence of that initiative in the near future. The report rightly places the principle of national ownership front and centre. In that regard, we look forward to progress on identifying and supporting national sources of capacity and on building global South capacities and triangular cooperation to find the most appropriate civilian expertise for the context.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“The political support that the Peacebuilding Support Office has provided to the United Nations team in Guinea is quite a good example of that. We are also pleased to hear in the briefing of Ms. Cheng-Hopkins that the United Nations has sustained its momentum on integrated mission planning. That is absolutely essential. A process that brings together all key actors and clearly sets out the sector leads and the necessary benchmarks to gauge progress is the most effective way to ensure well- coordinated delivery. In that regard, we would again like to point out what we think was a good example, namely, the pre-assessment planning process for Libya. That involved a team that brought together all relevant parts of the United Nations system and the World Bank into the same conversation sufficiently in advance.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“The United Kingdom would like to note that the recent appointment of experienced individuals with strong peacebuilding backgrounds, such as the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General in Libya and South Sudan, indicates that we are making progress in that direction. It is possible to put the people with the right skills on the ground. Such leadership is important not only in the context of a mission but also in non-mission settings. In the latter, it is essential that resident coordinators also have the right skills and experience to tackle the challenges that they face in post-conflict settings. They must be able to access the right kind of support from Headquarters and the wider international system in a timely way.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source
“I thank Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Sylvie Lucas for their briefings. It seems clear from what we have heard this morning that we are making real strides as the international community towards providing support for countries emerging from conflict. We are now much better equipped to help them as a collective community to tackle the challenges that they face. However, what we have also heard this morning is that we still have some way to go. Peacebuilding is a collective endeavour and all of us must work together to raise our game. A key element of that is getting strong and effective leadership in the field.”
2011-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6643 (2011) · source