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1. “In Ukraine, initial accounts of sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by Russian soldiers are extremely alarming, and the current large-scale displacement in Ukraine is heightening the risk of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse for women, children and persons belonging to LGBTQI+ communities in particular. The Nordic countries finds impunity for these horrific acts unacceptable, and to ensure accountability for conflict-related sexual violence, we need to do the following. First, sexual and gender-based violence must be incorporated as a stand-alone designation criterion for targeted sanctions by the Security Council. Secondly, as also pointed out by the Secretary- General, we need to enhance coherence between the practice of listing and the designation of parties for the imposition of targeted and graduated measures.”

   2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016Resumption1 (2022) · source

2. “As documented by the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/272), conflict-related sexual violence is a violation that cuts across many geographies. To name just a few contexts of concern, reports show that women and girls have been targeted in Afghanistan through systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. In northern Ethiopia, it is well documented that sexual and gender-based violence, rape and sexual torture have been used by both sides of the conflict as systematic weapons of war on a horrific scale.”

   2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016Resumption1 (2022) · source

3. “I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries — Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and of course my own country, Denmark. Let me begin by thanking the briefers — Special Representative of the Secretary-General Pramila Patten, Ms. Nadia Murad, Ms. Hilina Berhanu and Ms. Mariana Karkoutly, for their sobering updates this morning, and more importantly for their crucially important work in addressing conflict-related sexual violence. Conflict-related sexual violence is a horrifying reality. It is widely used to deliberately target civilian populations in order to inflict long-term trauma, dehumanize and humiliate victims, fracture families and destroy the social fabric of communities.”

   2022-04-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9016Resumption1 (2022) · source

4. “We welcome the funding window for women human rights defenders under the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund as an important new initiative. The threats against women human rights defenders in Afghanistan acted as a catalyst for that initiative. Let me conclude by stating that it is our sincere aspiration that today’s debate will be a vital first step towards more effectively addressing violence targeting women’s participation in peace and security processes. The meeting rose at 4.45 p.m.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

5. “The Nordics are committed to working together with the United Nations at both the Headquarters and field levels to create a safe and enabling environment for women peacebuilders and human rights defenders. We appeal to Council members to incorporate language on protection mechanisms into the mandates of United Nations peace operations. We fully support the important work of human rights components within peace operations. They have a vital role to play in ensuring monitoring, reporting and ensuring gender- transformative support for human rights defenders and peacebuilders at risk on the ground. The Nordics encourage the provision of rapid, flexible and targeted funding for the effective protection of women peacebuilders, human rights defenders and civil society representatives.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

6. “We therefore welcome Human Rights Council resolution 48/17, of October 2021, which invites the Secretary-General to submit the annual report presented annually to the Human Rights Council on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights also to the General Assembly, starting from its seventy- seventh session. We would like to encourage that the report also be presented to the General Assembly, which would allow for information-sharing on matters of key importance for the United Nations system as a whole and consequently the full United Nations membership in order to ensure adequate follow-up to reprisals.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

7. “Secondly, where prevention and mitigation fail, robust accountability measures are key. We call on Member States to adopt a zero-tolerance policy in order to address reprisals and follow up with robust and systematic accountability measures against all perpetrators. Thirdly, adopting concrete follow-up measures to reprisals involves ensuring that all relevant actors are informed of such incidents, including the Secretary-General, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council. That entails that all United Nations representatives and mechanisms include in their reporting references to credible allegations of intimidation, reprisals and hampering of United Nations access.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

8. “In order to address the protection gap faced by women peacebuilders and human rights defenders, the Nordics wish to put forward the following points and recommendations. First, it is imperative to address the protection gap through consultations with women peacebuilders and human rights defenders themselves, factoring in their unique risk assessments and needs in order to ensure their protection in a gender-transformative way. That also pertains to the Security Council. We encourage Council members to continue inviting women peacebuilders and human rights defenders to brief the Council, while engaging in tailored due diligence measures in order to ensure a safe and enabling space for their participation and — most important of all — to act on their recommendations and not just listen and take note.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

9. “The increasing number of reprisals against women peacebuilders and human rights defenders on a global scale is alarming, as also highlighted by the latest annual report of the Secretary-General on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, which covers reprisals concerning the United Nations system as a whole. Intimidation and reprisals against women peacebuilders and human rights defenders have taken on new forms during the pandemic, both offline and online. Through Front Line Defenders, the Nordics support a fast, flexible and effective 24-hour emergency service that responds to the protection needs of women human rights defenders who are at immediate risk.”

   2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

10. “The realization of women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace and political processes is at the heart of the women and peace and security agenda. A safe and enabling environment is a precondition for that. Let us not forget that it is the duty of the international community and the States Members of the United Nations present here today to ensure an environment that enables women human rights defenders to exercise their right to participate in all aspects of public life in line with resolutions 2222 (2015), 2467 (2019) and 2493 (2019). That is first and foremost a rights issue, but it is also a crucial step towards building inclusive sustainable peace. The role of women human rights defenders is integral to all four pillars of the women and peace and security agenda — participation, protection, prevention and relief.”

    2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

11. “The Nordic countries almost have the final word. I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Denmark. The full implementation of the resolutions that constitute the women and peace and security agenda is a key priority for the Nordic countries. We thank successive presidencies of the Security Council for their commitment to ensuring a sustained focus on women and peace and security in the Council’s work, and we welcome today’s focus on addressing the protection gap that women peacebuilders, human rights defenders and civil-society representatives face. Their insights and recommendations are essential and must feed into actions concerning how to better ensure their future protection.”

    2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source

12. “It also helps us to invest in what we know drives sustainable peace and prosperity, including targeted work for gender equality. The Nordic countries stand ready to work proactively on addressing root causes of conflict and continue to invest in drivers of peace by following up on the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report. As the Secretary-General notes in the report, addressing racism, discrimination and inequality and ensuring universal access to social protection, health coverage, education, skills, decent work and housing are key to preventing exclusion and conflict, as is the development of a social contract between Governments and their people wherein all citizens have a say in envisioning their countries’ futures. Let us turn exclusion, inequality and conflict into inclusion, equality and sustainable peace for all.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source

13. “Thirdly, the Nordic countries call on the Council to strengthen its cooperation with the Peacebuilding Commission, including by drawing on its recommendations and its advisory, bridging and convening roles. We welcome the Secretary-General’s proposal for a new agenda for peace, outlined in Our Common Agenda, including the call for Member States to make greater investments in prevention and ensure adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding. As part of that, we welcome the proposal to allocate a dedicated amount from assessed contributions to the Peacebuilding Fund. Finally, sustaining peace helps us direct our attention to the importance of addressing inequality, exclusion and other root causes of conflict in peacebuilding.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source

14. “The peace and development advisors seconded by the Joint United Nations Development Programme-Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Programme on Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention have proven to be an effective tool in that regard, serving the whole United Nations system in conflict-affected contexts. To strengthen efforts across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus, the Nordic countries also urge the Council to increase cooperation with the resident coordinators and United Nations country teams on the ground, as well as with other international, regional and local partners, including international financial institutions, regional organizations and civil society, throughout the conflict cycle.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source

15. “Sustaining peace obliges us to ensure inclusion as part of building peace and upholding human rights, not least through the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and young people in peacebuilding. Secondly, sustaining peace should build on an integrated One United Nations approach at all stages of conflict. In that regard, the Council must ensure that United Nations peacekeeping operations are able to further the interlinkages between development, security and human rights. That calls for more joined- up analysis and effective strategic planning, as well as making long-term peacebuilding efforts a part of peacekeeping operations from the outset.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source

16. “There is no doubt that global security challenges reinforce each other and, therefore, addressing the root causes and drivers of conflict, such as exclusion and inequality, must be part of prevention and peacebuilding. Let me share four reflections on the Council’s work in relation to exclusion, inequality and conflict. First, inclusion is key to building sustainable peace. The Council affirmed that in its twin resolution with the General Assembly on the review of the peacebuilding architecture (resolution 2558 (2020) and resolution 75/201), which calls for the needs of all segments of the population to be taken into account in building a common vision for society.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source

17. “I have the pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and, of course, my own country, Denmark. We begin by thanking the Secretary-General and Ms. Lourdes Tibán Guala for sharing their valuable insights and welcome today’s timely debate on the maintenance of international peace and security in relation to exclusion, inequality and conflict. Recently, we have witnessed how the coronavirus disease and the direct effects of climate change have accelerated existing drivers of conflict, multiplied security risks and further exacerbated the situation for the most vulnerable groups and populations.”

    2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source