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Jeremy Greenstock

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first: 1998-07-30
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“Although the Security Council can always do better in these areas, it is necessary to remember that, beyond the Security Council, every Member State involved in a crisis or other situation has to play its own role in the understanding of the collective nature of United Nations business. States cannot play a unilateral role in the modern world, but they must play a role that adds power to the collective objectives of the United Nations. If that is not forthcoming in a particular situation, the Security Council is hamstrung. I think that it is worth noting that, as we have made improvements over the past two or three years, the habit of consensus in the Council has empirically grown. We pass almost all of our resolutions by a vote of 15 to none.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“But it was not possible for the Security Council to do that without an enormous contribution on the ground from the peacekeepers involved there, from the leadership of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, from the Government of Sierra Leone itself, from those nations that particularly wanted to add their own input and see it go right and from civil society, the non-governmental organizations and the United Nations funds, agencies and programmes which were coordinated on the ground, not least under the advice of the Security Council mission of October 2000. That is another example of how the Security Council reaches out to other instruments and plays a coordinating, motivating, monitoring and driving role. Sometimes we cannot get that right. In the Middle East we have much more of a problem because of the polarization of politics.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“In Africa, which remains the area where we have to do most of our work in rather more complex circumstances, I think that we are also learning how to have an effect, not least through our influence on those who themselves have to be the instruments of success in bringing Africa to greater peace and prosperity. I think that turning Sierra Leone around, and seeing that crystallized in the elections that were held during the past year, was a particular point of satisfaction for the Security Council, after bad experiences in 1999 and 2000.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“It has been necessary to draw on a number of other sources of that - quite clearly, from the power and energy of the United States in settling the security in Afghanistan; quite clearly, from the enormous work done by the humanitarian agencies; and quite clearly, from the money poured into all that business by those Member States that had the capacity to do so and were determined not to see Afghanistan go wrong. But the coordinating activity of the Security Council and the legitimacy and the framework that it gave to all those exercises were indispensable and very well judged as we went along.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“This is a forum of nations and the Security Council, being also made up of 15 nations at any one time, is working from national instructions and is not able on its own, in those circumstances, to get everything right without a great deal of coordination and cooperation. I think Afghanistan has been a very good example ofthis over the past year because, not least through our being able to tap into the brilliant diplomacy of someone like Lakhdar Brahimi, we have been able, as the United Nations, to create the framework for things' going right in Afghanistan. However, the United Nations on its own, and certainly the Security Council on its own, has not been able to produce the instruments for that being done.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“Quantity on its own is clearly not enough, however, and I just want to comment on two other aspects: the quality of the Council's work and transparency. Quality is going to have some subjective judgements attached to it, but I want to preface what I say with a comment about the nature of the Council and its place in the firmament of the people and institutions dealing with maintaining international peace and security. We are primarily responsible, but let us not make the mistake of believing that we have to be solely responsible. This Organization, the United Nations, works best - and really only works at all - if every Member State takes up its own responsibilities.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“Of course, 11 September set the tone and Afghanistan was an extremely important theme, but, after several years on the Council, I get the sense that we are really beginning to move in the right direction in a number of ways. In this past year, we have also been almost uniquely busy. The previous record for the number of open meetings was set in November 2001, under the Jamaican presidency. The United Kingdom, for a number of reasons beyond our control, pipped that in July and we had 29 open meetings. No doubt, that record will fall quite quickly soon in the future, but the intensity of what is being demanded ofthe Council by the nature of the world, by globalization and by at least some partial successes of the Council is, I think, to be remarked on.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“I am very grateful to Mr. Kalomoh for firing the starting gun on this. I think we have a report this year which is genuinely interesting, certainly by comparison with previous years, and I echo Ambassador Levitte and others who give the right credit to Ambassador Mahbubani, Minister Lee and the Singapore team for not just driving us to do this, but for providing the main substance for how to do this. I really think it has been a very valuable exercise and I admire the way that Ambassador Mahbubani has led it. I shall come in a moment to comment on some things in his statement, because, along with Jean-David Levitte, I would very much hope that this will be an interactive discussion and I shall have some things to say about it. It has been an extraordinary year for the Council in a number of ways.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“It did this after consultation with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and representatives of the Arab League follow-up committee. We fully support the Quartet in its efforts because they represent the hope of which the Secretary-General spoke so eloquently to us this morning. Our focus now should be on agreement to a detailed road map and its implementation. Bad decisions and extremist action are standing in the way.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“Not only is it counterproductive for the search for long-term security for Israel; it also flies in the face of the Security Council's sensible and widely supported prescriptions for eventual peace, most recently expressed in resolution 1397 (2002). The Palestinians have a right to establish a sovereign, viable and independent Palestinian State. The Palestinian Authority must do all in its power to prevent terrorist attacks. We welcome its condemnation of the latest bombings and recent pleas to the Palestinian population to renounce violence. We stand ready to help it rebuild and reform itself so that it can regain the confidence of the international community in its work to clamp down on violence. The Quartet set out on 17 September its commitment to a concrete three-phase implementation road map.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“But we have learnt by now that the international community cannot impose peace. We are all now close to disgust that the parties continue to fail to appreciate that there can be no military solution. Only a return to the negotiating table will provide the peaceful solution which we are convinced both peoples want and deserve. Israel has a right to exist in security. It is entitled to take steps to protect itself from terrorist attack, but these should be neither disproportionate nor excessive. Deployment of Israeli tanks in Ramallah and Gaza, and further destruction of President Arafat's compound, are not the answer. The blockade is unjustified and should end.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“If the logic of peace were the priority, the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority would be working together to deal with the threat to the peace which they both claim to seek. We are seriously concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation. The desperation of the Palestinian population fuels the extremists and stifles hopes of a political process. While the Palestinian Authority needs to take concrete steps against terrorists, Israel should do more to ease restrictions on Palestinians and to enable economic life to recover and the humanitarian situation to improve. We are working with others to help alleviate the suffering and to agree a long-term resolution to this crisis. The United Kingdom's diplomacy in all its forms is aimed at achieving an end to the violence and at restoring the political process.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“Let me first make very clear the strength of the United Kingdom condemnation of all terrorist attacks. We deeply regret the loss of life and extend our sympathies to the families of the recent victims, which on this occasion included a 19-year-old British national, Jonathan J esner, to whom the Permanent Representative of Israel referred just now. There can be no valid excuse for the indiscriminate and deliberate taking of civilian lives, of any nationality, under whatever circumstances. Both Palestinians and Israelis must take action to break the cycle of violence and to help the other party to do likewise. We should be clear that such attacks are aimed at the search for peace itself. We should not let rejectionists succeed in derailing what progress has been achieved and what we want to achieve in the future.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“I hope those of you who will be seeking some refreshment in August, as I shall myself, will return feeling a lot better and that those who are staying here will have a quieter month under the able and probably more controlled presidency of Ambassador Negroponte. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.15 p.m.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4594 (2002) · source
“I would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank everyone within the Council and outside who have supported the United Kingdom presidency during the very busy month of July. But I particularly want to pay tribute to those who help us so well and so uncomplainingly within the Secretariat, the Council Secretariat under Joseph Stephanides, for the most part - it is very good to see the Assistant Secretary- General back with us again today - the conference officers, the verbatim reporters and the press reporters, the interpreters and the translators, the security officers and everyone else who has done excellent work in assisting us.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4594 (2002) · source
“It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by a Show of hands. In favour: Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Colombia, France, Guinea, Ireland, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1429 (2002). Since, as far as I can see at this point, there is no other outstanding business for a formal meeting of the Council, this is likely to be the last open meeting under the United Kingdom presidency of the Council.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4594 (2002) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, document S/2002/178. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2002/850, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. I should also like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following documents: letters from Algeria, contained in documents S/2002/782, S/2002/807 and S/2002/835; a letter from Namibia, contained in document S/2002/749; and letters from Morocco, contained in documents S/2002/758, 5/2002/823 and 8/2002/832.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4594 (2002) · source
“In favour: Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Colombia, France, Guinea, Ireland, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1428 (2002). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.10 p.m.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4593 (2002) · source
“I should also like to draw the attention of members of the Council to the following documents: S/2002/739, letter dated 9 July 2002 from the representative of Lebanon addressed to the Secretary- General, and S/2002/806, letter dated 22 July 2002 from the representative of Lebanon addressed to the Secretary-General. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote of the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by Show ofhands.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4593 (2002) · source
“On behalf of the Council, I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General at this meeting and the one to follow. It is very good that he can join us for these mandate renewals. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, document S/2002/746. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2002/846, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by France.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4593 (2002) · source
“I warmly thank the Special Representative for those further remarks. He has given us a lot to think about, including that last proposal. In carrying away our gratitude to him, could he also convey to the whole team in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) from the Security Council our warm admiration for what they are doing on the ground in difficult circumstances. There are no further speakers left on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 1.40 pm.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for these further clarifications and for his expression of continued commitment. I shall now give the floor to Mr. Steiner to respond to comments and questions raised.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“Steiner's words about the Kosovo economy, and we take careful note of his plea for access to credit for the economy, which will need further thought and study. That is something which, with our European partners, we would be glad to look at. As far as the future is concerned, we also agree with his precept of standards before status, which is the right order of priority. I now resume my functions as President of the Council and turn to the rule 37 list. I call on the representative of Denmark, whom I invite to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“Covie's continued commitment to work for results on Kosovo issues. We are glad to see recent agreements between Belgrade and UNMIK to bring Serb judges into UNMIK's judicial structures - a good example of deeds being done on the ground to follow up words of commitment - and we hope to see that trend spread. It is also a good example of avoiding illegitimate parallel structures. We regard it as essential that Kosovo develop good relations with others in the region - not least in order to boost trade and prosperity - but the Kosovo Assembly must act at all times within the terms of resolution 1244 (1999) and the constitutional framework. The Special Representative has been quite right to declare null and void any Assembly regulations falling outside their remit. We listened carefully to Mr.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“Likewise, we support the Kosovo Force's (KFOR) excellent work on the ground in the security field; it is doing absolutely essential work in that regard. We are also very grateful for the Deputy Prime Minister's statement to us this morning. It is very good to see him and the Special Representative working together on the remaining issues of some difficulty for the Serbian community. Strengthening the rule of law, promoting economic progress and creating conditions to ensure sustainable returns of internally displaced persons remain the key challenges for the immediate future. The United Kingdom welcomes the update that we have had on implementation of the benchmarking exercise, which we fully support, and we look forward to further regular reports in the future. We welcome Mr.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“I shall now make a few points in my capacity as representative of the United Kingdom. We fully subscribe to the statement that Denmark will make shortly on behalf of the European Union, which sets out our collective policy priorities, fully founded on resolution 1244 (1999). With our European partners, we regard the Secretary-General's judgement that a big step forward has been taken in this reporting period as the right one. There is absolutely no doubt that much remains to be done, but we regard the progress made thus far as a glass half full rather than a glass half empty. We continue to support the Special Representative's priorities for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We thank him for his statement and for his very detailed briefing this morning, which has brought us usefully up to date.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“I shall now give the floor to Mr. Nebojsa Covie, Deputy Prime Minister of the Yugoslav constituent Republic of Serbia and President of the Coordination Centre of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Steiner to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2002/779, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission. I now give the floor to Mr. Steiner.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“Nebojsa Covie, Deputy Prime Minister of the Yugoslav constituent Republic of Serbia and President of the Coordination Centre of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Covie (Yugoslavia) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Nesho (Albania), Ms. Laj (Denmark) and Mr. Nikolov (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) took the seats reserved for them at the side ofthe Council Chamber The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Albania, Denmark, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr.”
2002-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4592 (2002) · source
“In favour: Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Colombia, France, Guinea, Ireland, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1427 (2002). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12.35 19.171.”
2002-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4591 (2002) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, contained in document S/2002/742. Members also have document 8/2002/845, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the Council's prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”
2002-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4591 (2002) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Georgia, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I welcome the Minister for Special Affairs of Georgia, His Excellency Mr. Malkhaz Kakabadze, and invite him to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2002-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4591 (2002) · source
“There are no further speakers left on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 4.40 p.m.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“But I think all regional organizations in the peacekeeping and peace and security context should be aware of the need for a gender perspective. My final word is on men. If, in the Security Council's perception, it were the case that men were the victims of bad treatment because of their gender, then we would take up their issue. This is not a discriminatory exercise. It is because women are Victims because of their gender that we are taking up this issue in the context of conflict. If men deserve the same treatment, they will get it from the Security Council. We will, as I mentioned, issue a note to sum up where I think we got to in this debate. I understand the representative of Syria would like to make some final remarks.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Additionally, the desirability, in itself, of more female SRSGs, and then the potential usefulness of the establishment in the Secretariat of a centralized database of gender specialists and experienced women peacemakers. This is not mentioned often, but I think we should pick up on that. Perhaps the Secretariat could think about it further. Nobody mentioned Security Council missions, but we do meet with gender groups when we go on missions, and I think that should be a natural part of a mission, to ensure that gender issues are fully taken into consideration. Finally, do not forget that regional organizations can play their own role in all of this. Nigeria mentioned ECOWAS specifically in this respect, and ECOWAS has thought about this.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Seventh, we need to ensure that all peacekeeping operations include professional gender advisers and that they consult with community leaders, local NGOs, and wider sections of the community, including experienced women peacemakers and women's groups. In that context Canada made an important point. When SRSGs and representatives of peacekeeping operations come to the Council, they should be addressed and questioned on the area of gender perspective in their operations. As Canada said, specificity is credibility. That is an important message. Next, there is the desirability of drawing up codes of conduct governing the behaviour of peacekeeping personnel, including provisions to ensure the safety and dignity of women and girls.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The European Union statement pointed to the revision of existing guidelines and standard operating procedures, but there is a DPKO manual which addresses these points which should be kept up to date, implemented and therefore read and understood by all those take part in peacekeeping operations. Fifth - I think all those who mentioned it were unanimous - is the importance of the appointment of a senior gender adviser in DPKO. Norway, the Russian Federation and many others pointed to this. Sixthly, we must ensure that women are fully included in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes. We have not yet sufficiently sorted out DDR in the Council, and there is a gender element to that which is very important.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The salient points I think we should bear as a Security Council emerge as the following. First, there is a need to ensure the integration of gender perspective throughout the United Nations, both in the field and at Headquarters. Second is a need to ensure that all peacekeeping mandates, peace agreements and informal understandings include a relevant gender perspective. Third is the importance of involving women at all stages and all levels in peacekeeping operations, peace processes, humanitarian operations and post-conflict reconstruction. Liechtenstein brought out most clearly the message that participation in itself is a very important part of addressing gender. Fourthly, there is the importance of gender training for United Nations peacekeeping personnel.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I thank Ms. Heyzer very much for those final remarks and for her enthusiastic participation with us today in an important event for the whole gender issue. Let me sum up briefly some points we will put in writing as a consequence of this debate, on the responsibility of the presidency. I think it has been a rich and timely debate and I hope it will assist the Secretariat in the preparation of the Secretary-General's report, which we look forward to in October. There is a great deal there, much of which you already thought of. But in order to get the Security Council on board, this is an important set of guidance for you. I warmly thank all those who participated, especially those who did not just come today to make a national statement, but to interact with other speakers, pick up ideas and move them forward.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I will now give the floor to our original speakers and ask them to pick up any remaining comments and questions to which they wish to respond. I give the floor to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I also commend the important and valuable contribution made by non-governmental organizations in this field, both in their cooperation with the United Nations and Member States and in their independent and often very courageous activities in conflict zones. We all know that much remains to be done. We have hardly scratched the surface of the real problems on the ground in conflict areas. We hope that this meeting will help sustain and build on the momentum created by resolution 1325 (2000) and provide for further progress in this field through the ideas presented in this debate, in the response of the Secretariat and in that of the relevant agencies and Governments to those ideas. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It is therefore important that Member States throughout all United Nations bodies express their political commitment to, and offer direction and guidance on, gender mainstreaming. We have seen some excellent examples of this during the recent substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, with its first consideration of gender mainstreaming under a dedicated agenda sub-item. And may I congratulate the Economic and Social Council on having adopted yesterday a resolution that takes forward gender mainstreaming in that Council and its subsidiary bodies. It is good to see the Councils match each other in these respects. The Security Council should aim, as the Economic and Social Council has done in its resolution, to identify best practice and encourage its promulgation.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Every part of the United Nations system that engages with the broad range of issues in the resolution, from conflict prevention to post-conflict peace-building - including the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the funds and programmes - must give appropriate attention to gender perspectives. It is now readily accepted that gender mainstreaming is a crucial strategy in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Effective management of conflict, especially its prevention is, alongside that, an aspect of the Goals' focus. Integrating gender perspectives into conflict prevention work will make the impact of that work all the more effective.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I pay tribute to the United Nations as a whole for the progress it has made to date in mainstreaming gender throughout the Organization. For example, we welcome recent indications from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations' Lessons Learned Unit that the presence of women in peacekeeping operations has improved the effectiveness of those missions by improving the levels of access to the local population and increasing the range of skills, approaches and perspectives in missions. We welcome this progress so far, but we have to recognize it for what it is - merely the start of a much wider effort.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“But we are concerned here today with implementation. Rather like Australia, I do not believe that the Council needs more norm-setting in this area. We need implementation. We felt that there were two fundamental reasons for holding this debate with the objective of building on resolution 1325 (2000) and not just reiterating it. The first was to raise the probability that impunity will be denied to, and good practice will deter, those who commit or plan to commit violence against women in an area of conflict. The adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) is, I think, illustrative and only a starting point in that area. The second reason for this debate was to recognize and to reflect in peacekeeping practice the huge contribution which women can make to conflict prevention and negotiation and to post-conflict peace- building.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I think that the representative of Grenada, more gracefully than anyone today, has put men in their place. I should like to make a few points in my capacity as representative of the United Kingdom, while subscribing also to the statement made by Denmark earlier on behalf of the European Union. I think that the three presentations that started off our debate today have given us a huge amount of stimulation, followed by a useful and very thought- provoking debate covering a wide range of issues relating to women and conflict and peacekeeping. Conflict has changed, and so we must change. The United Kingdom recognizes the enormous value of resolution 1325 (2000) and related gender initiatives in raising the profile of gender as an issue of real relevance to conflict resolution, peacekeeping and peace-building.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I thank the representative of Liechtenstein for the kind words addressed to me. The last speaker on my list is the representative of Grenada. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Liechtenstein. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2002-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4589Resumption1 (2002) · source