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Jiménez de la Hoz

lines on the record: 42
first: 2022-10-20
most recent: 2023-11-20
sittings or episodes: 9
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“The New Agenda for Peace and the Pact for the Future represent key opportunities to make progress on all of those issues, and my country will actively participate in that process to find a more effective response to current challenges.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The establishment of the Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona is an example of that collaboration. United Nations peacekeeping operations, special political missions and other United Nations presences in the field can help to create conditions that facilitate sustainable development in host countries based on the principle of national ownership. Peacebuilding achievements must be accompanied by social, economic and institutional transformations if we are to consolidate peace, with particular emphasis on combating the root causes of conflict, consolidating institutions and ensuring the full participation of women in political, economic and social life.”
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“International financial institutions play a critical role in promoting peace and sustainable development. Spain is committed to maximizing the financing capacity of multilateral development banks and exploring ways of making the international financial architecture more effective, inclusive, transparent and, ultimately, democratic. In order to actively contribute to this pressing debate, Spain has offered to host the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in 2025, which we hope will have a transformative impact. Nor can we forget the link between digital connectivity and development, particularly SDG 4. Spain is collaborating with the global Giga initiative, which is jointly promoted by UNICEF and the International Telecommunications Union and seeks to connect all schools around the world to the Internet by 2030.”
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“Ms. Jiménez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Spain aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, and I will make some additional comments in my national capacity in response to the questions raised in the concept note (S/2023/870, annex). Spain advocates for a comprehensive approach to the nexus between international peace and security and humanitarian assistance, development, human rights, climate action and the effective and equal participation of women in all social, economic and political spheres. All of those elements support and enhance one another towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, which aims to build just and peaceful societies equipped with the tools required to meet security challenges.”
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“Moreover, for the drafting of our third national action plan on women and peace and security, Spain will take into account the views of Ukrainian women, so as to support the women and peace and security agenda in that country. As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the agenda, we must protect women peacebuilders more firmly than ever so that the agenda ceases to be a promise and becomes a reality.”
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“The second issue I would like to highlight is the protection of women in crisis contexts, including in the digital environment, which is the best tool to enable their participation. We commend the courage of women human rights defenders, who continue to speak out despite the threats and intimidation to which they are subjected. In Spain, of the more than 400 defenders who have benefited from the protection and temporary shelter programme for human rights defenders, half are women. I would also like to highlight that we have evacuated some 2,000 Afghan women, including human rights defenders, judges and journalists, and we are working with other countries and civil society representatives to bring the Taliban before international criminal justice mechanisms.”
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“Furthermore, we are very satisfied with the results obtained by a new training initiative organized by Spain’s Ministry of Defence, which is the first course on gender advisors in peace operations. It was conducted virtually in Spanish, and more than 3,000 students from 23 countries attended. Recently, Spain has also been working on regional rapprochement projects for mediation, focusing on the role of women. At the Ibero-American level, together with Mexico and a dozen countries in the region, we created the Ibero-American Network of Women Mediators, which seeks to provide training and create a committee of women experts in mediation. With similar objectives, we work with the Economic Community of West African States and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union.”
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“Regarding the women and peace and security agenda, we believe there are two fundamental issues, and I would like to highlight these. The first is prevention, which involves prioritizing conflict prevention and addressing underlying causes, such as gender inequality, by bringing more women into positions of political, economic and security power. Training can also play an important preventive role, and I would like to highlight the European Union Gender Military Training Discipline, which is a course on a comprehensive approach to gender in peace operations, led by the Ministries of Defence and for Foreign Affairs of Spain and the Netherlands and through which nearly 1,000 people of more than 50 nationalities have been trained.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Ms. Jiménez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Spain aligns itself with the statements made on behalf of the European Union and the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security. I thank the President for organizing this open debate on such an important agenda, which, despite its normative development and the large number of action plans adopted in different regions of the world, still has a long way to go to achieve the full and meaningful participation of women in all spheres of society. In Spain, the action plan for feminist foreign policy 2023–2024 is focused on obtaining concrete results in the area of gender-based discrimination and establishes mechanisms for coordination between the various actors involved and for accountability.”
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“Spain has always been convinced that the two-State solution is the only possible response to the national aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis. To that end, we affirm the need to convene an international peace conference involving the parties and the international community, within a short period of time after the current hostilities have ceased. We must recover the spirit that guided the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference and the Oslo Accords. The objective must be to guide a process that began more than three decades ago to a successful conclusion. That is the only way to prevent new cycles of violence.”
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“An escalation of the conflict and a regional crisis must be avoided at all costs. To that end, we must avoid the political weaponization of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is essential to support the work of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which has been contributing to reducing tensions among regional actors. Spain is firmly committed to doing so. Without a doubt, those issues are urgent. However, we must also focus on what is important. Starting now, we must establish credible prospects for peace for the day after the cessation of the current hostilities. That can be done only by bringing to fruition a two-State solution whereby the two States, Israel and Palestine, will coexist in peace and security, in accordance with the parameters that the Security Council has repeatedly validated.”
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“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worsening by the day. Israel and the rest of the interna- tional community have a duty to protect the civilian pop- ulation of Palestine and to allow access for the delivery of humanitarian aid and supplies to the people of Gaza, especially drinking water, food, medicine and fuel for desalination plants. The Spanish Government will double Spain’s aid to Palestine this year to meet the needs arising from the conflict. We have expressed our concern about the situation of more than 200 hostages, one of whom is a Spanish citizen. All the hostages must be released immediately and uncon- ditionally. The use of hostages constitutes a war crime. The risk of regional spillover of the conflict — both to the West Bank and to southern Lebanon and other countries in the region — is high.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Ms. Jimenez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. Spain associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union. Following the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel on 7 October, the situation in the Middle East is degen- erating into a new escalation of violence, with unforesee- able consequences for the region and the rest of the world. The Government of Spain has reiterated its condemnation of terrorism and violence and its solidarity with the vic- tims. Spain has recognized Israel’s right to defend itself against those terrorist attacks. Such defence must be in full compliance with international law and international humanitarian law. We support the Secretary-General’s call for a hu- manitarian pause.”
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“We therefore believe that the issues discussed at today’s debate provide an important opportunity for defining the contributions that can be made at the regional, subregional and bilateral levels to underpin the multilateral architecture, which in past decades has proven to be an indispensable framework for ensuring stability, peace and development.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“At the Ibero-American level, together with Mexico and a dozen other countries in the region, we have established the Ibero-American network of women mediators, which seeks to provide training and set up a committee of women mediation experts. Similarly, we have been working with the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union Peace and Security Council. I would also like to mention the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the founding of which was co-sponsored by Spain and Türkiye, and which in its 2019–2023 action plan highlights the importance of intercultural and interfaith dialogue in conflict prevention, as well as the role of women mediators in that context.”
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“With regard to the Security Council, we appreciate the ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation with regional organizations. Moreover, an enlarged Security Council, with a larger number of elected members, would be more legitimate and would better represent the strategic, regional and subregional realities and concerns of the day. In line with Spain’s foreign policy, its 2021–2024 Foreign Action Strategy and its recently adopted Humanitarian Diplomacy Strategy, conflict prevention and mediation are given priority in our actions abroad. In addition, Spain is committed to the reform and strengthening of multilateralism and regional integration in order to improve global governance. In recent years, Spain has been working on developing regional projects for mediation focused on the role of women.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Ms. Jimenez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful to Brazil for convening this open debate on the role of regional and subregional institutions and organizations and bilateral agreements in conflict prevention and conflict resolution. Organizations and agreements at the regional and subregional levels, as well as bilateral agreements, are complementary to efforts in the multilateral arena and can provide a platform from which to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order to address the underlying causes of violence and insecurity, as well as the links among climate, peace and security. The comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding that underpins the New Agenda for Peace also has ramifications at the regional and subregional levels.”
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“In that context, we strongly support ensuring the application of Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, which applies to all members of the Security Council.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that regard, we call on all Member States to join both the French-Mexican initiative, which advocates refraining from the use of the veto in the case of mass atrocities such as genocides, crimes against humanity and large-scale war crimes, and the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group’s code of conduct. Both initiatives seek to ensure that the veto is exercised responsibly and without obstructing the Council’s decisions on the gravest cases of atrocity crimes. In addition, we believe that we should continue along the path initiated in April of 2022 by the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 76/262, aimed at strengthening accountability when the veto is used for political purposes.”
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“We believe that this would contribute to a smoother relationship between the Council and the Assembly. In fact, at the General Assembly plenary meeting held on Friday (see A/77/PV.99), the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly (A/77/942) was presented and adopted. That report highlighted the need for increased cooperation between the two organs. Secondly, we believe that the Council has the potential to function internally in a more balanced way. In our opinion, there is room for improvement in terms of a more equitable division of work, especially with respect to the distribution of the drafting of draft resolutions. Thirdly, I would like to refer briefly to the issue of the veto.”
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“We believe that in order to improve the functioning of the Security Council — to make it more representative, democratic and effective — we need dialogue, negotiation and open debates, such as this one, which allow us all to share ideas and reflections. I will simply point out three ideas that I would like to see incorporated into today’s proposals. The first relates to the importance of the Council functioning in the clearest and most transparent way possible. We believe that the application of note S/2017/507 should be more transparent. We also think it is important to improve the Security Council’s annual report to the General Assembly by incorporating greater analysis that identifies the challenges of the Council. Why have some decisions not been taken? What obstacles have been encountered?”
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“Ms. Jimenez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the assumption of your monthly duties as this month’s President of the Council and to wish you every success in the performance of those duties. I also thank you for convening this annual debate, which is very important for my delegation and to which we would like to contribute a series of reflections. Since 1955, when Spain joined the United Nations, we have participated five times as elected members of the Council. The reflections that I will now share are also based on the experience we accumulated then. We support the statement delivered on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council, because we believe that they are the real driving force for change in the Council, as far as this important issue is concerned.”
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“In January 2023, an additional €14.4 million was approved for a shock plan against food insecurity by the World Food Programme, primarily in African countries. Finally, we believe it is necessary to continue working on the triple nexus approach, ensuring respect for humanitarian principles and the quest for peaceful solutions to conflicts.”
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“For our part, the criminal code in Spain punishes those who intentionally starve civilians as a method of warfare, while our recently approved humanitarian diplomacy strategy includes support for the implementation of resolution 2417 (2018), the promotion of multilateral and bilateral measures to prevent and prosecute acts that cause food insecurity in conflicts, and the promotion of the ratification of the amendment to the Rome Statute that criminalizes the intentional starvation of civilians in non-international conflicts as a crime under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. To address food insecurity, in September 2022 Spain committed a total of €226.5 million for the next three years.”
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“In that context, Spain condemns the decision of the Russian Federation to terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has played a crucial role in stabilizing and reducing food prices. We reiterate the call on Russia to reconsider its decision and rejoin the initiative. Using hunger as a method of warfare undermines the four dimensions of food security — availability, access, utilization and stability — and constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law.”
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“Ms. Jiménez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. I wish you every success in the discharge of your responsibilities and thank you for convening this important debate on a crucial issue for the international community. Spain aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and would like to add some remarks in its national capacity. We share the concern expressed by speakers throughout today’s debate about the alarming increase in food insecurity, and consider that an urgent, coordinated and comprehensive response is needed to alleviate the suffering caused by food shortages.”
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“In anticipation of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second half of this year, we are working on organizing a high-level European-African meeting on job-creating investments. The Spanish presidency will also coincide with the Sustainable Development Goals Summit and the ministerial-level Summit of the Future. In that regard, for our part, we will work to ensure a comprehensive approach to peace and security that can result in stability and sustainable development on the African continent.”
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“We have also contributed €400,000 to the women, peace and security programme of the Economic Community of West African States, and €20 million to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)/ Spanish Fund for African Women’s Empowerment. At the regional level, Spain supports the leadership of the African Union and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-NEPAD. At the most recent meeting of the Executive Council of the African Union, Mr. José Manuel Albares Bueno, Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, announced a €50 million contribution to peace and security efforts and inclusive and productive growth, in addition to the €20 million earmarked for AUDA-NEPAD.”
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“That comprehensive approach and the importance of the link between security and development has informed Spain’s two successive presidencies of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance. Our cooperation is particularly focused on supporting the peace and security pillar with the aim of promoting peace and stability, good governance, human rights and the prevention of terrorism, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. I would also like to specifically mention Spain’s support for the promotion of gender equality and the participation of women in the areas of governance, peace and security in Africa, in line with the relevant Security Council resolutions. Recently, together with UN-Women, Spain organized a seminar in the Niger on the role of women as mediators.”
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“Ms. Jimenez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, let me warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council, which is ending this week. And I thank you very much for convening this debate, which is very important for my delegation. Spain aligns itself with the statement made earlier on behalf of the European Union, and I would like to add some comments on the topic in my national capacity. First, in addressing peace and security in Africa, reality and experience have confirmed for us the importance of adopting a comprehensive approach that besides focusing on peace and security, encompasses sustainable development, the strengthening of institutions and safe, orderly and regular migration.”
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““Elected” is a key word in the Uniting for Consensus proposal, since elections provide a greater degree of legitimacy to Security Council members and allow for scrutiny of their work. Elections also enable the Council to better adapt to change. Without prejudice to our participation in this open debate, we believe that the natural venue for the debate on Security Council reform is the intergovernmental negotiations established by the General Assembly. The past three years show that we must be prepared for the unthinkable. Security Council reform must, on the one hand, respond to current realities and, on the other hand, provide flexibility and adaptability so that the organ in charge of maintaining international peace and security is prepared to respond to the challenges ahead.”
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“Beyond that, it is important to approach the reform of multilateralism taking all its elements, not just some of them, into account. With regard to the reform of United Nations organs, recent months have shown that we need a Security Council adapted to today’s world, one that is more representative, transparent, effective and with greater legitimacy. Council action cannot be paralysed by the use of the veto, as in the case of mass atrocities or Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. We must seek consensus solutions through possible and realistic reform if it is to take effect. In that context, Uniting for Consensus has made proposals for more Member States to opt to serve on the Security Council, with the possibility of longer or successive terms and greater weight for elected members.”
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“My country has contributed on several fronts to the Secretary-General’s proposals, ranging from our support for mediation initiatives such as the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations to our commitment to digitization as host of the United Nations Information and Communications Technology Facility, Valencia and our promotion of a feminist foreign policy. We also actively support the Leaders’ Network Reinforcing Multilateralism Together, through which we have launched urgent and necessary initiatives such as the Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security, which took place in September. Strengthening multilateralism must involve a greater integration of the three pillars of the United Nations, consolidating the triple nexus between peace and security, development and humanitarian action.”
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“The Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations and the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report (A/75/982) point the way towards a more effective, sustainable, transparent and coherent United Nations. Dimensions such as prevention and mediation, digitization, synergies and partnerships with regional organizations and other multilateral initiatives, as well as a greater role for women and girls, must be an integral part of the future of multilateralism.”
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“Ms. Jimenez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): The world today faces a number of interconnected challenges, including pandemic recovery; the accelerating effects of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine on the food, energy and financial security crises; and climate change and an increase in armed conflict, which have driven more than 100 million people into forced displacement, with humanitarian needs on the rise. If we are to address those common challenges with confidence, we need a stronger, more effective and more balanced multilateralism. Strengthening multilateralism and the rules-based international order underpinning it necessarily requires a stronger United Nations.”
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“Spain will continue to work with international partners to prevent abuses against displaced persons, particularly women and children. We will support all efforts to fight against impunity and ensure accountability in all cases of sexual and gender-based violence, for which it is essential to strengthen data- collection and investigation capacities, as recommended in the latest report of the Secretary-General.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“I would like to conclude my statement by mentioning two specific situations, in Afghanistan and Ukraine. I would like to emphasize Spain’s strong commitment to protecting the rights of Afghan women and girls, including their full, equal and meaningful participation in institutions and the strengthening of their political leadership. To that end, in Madrid in February this year, we launched the Hear Us initiative, which enables Afghan women in exile to speak out against rights violations in Afghanistan and influence the humanitarian, development and security agenda in the country. In Ukraine, where the unjustified Russian military aggression is approaching its eighth month, we are deeply concerned about the increasing evidence of sexual and gender-based violence against Ukrainian women, some of them minors.”
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“If we want to further strengthen women’s resilience and leadership, the United Nations and the political support of regional actors, such as the European Union, are essential. It is also crucial to strengthen relations with civil society and facilitate a suitable environment for women’s organizations and human rights defenders and activists to carry out their work with full security assurances. For Spain’s part, we will continue to finance mechanisms, instruments and funds that promote the women and peace and security agenda. We will continue to support the Commitment 2025 initiative, launched with Finland in 2018 and involving countries from several continents, to promote the meaningful participation of women in peace and mediation processes.”
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“Spain also hosted the first meeting of the informal Women and Peace and Security Focal Points Network in Alicante in April 2017. As reflected in the Secretary-General’s latest report, mainstreaming the women and peace and security agenda in the Action for Peacekeeping initiative and in the mandates of peace operations has a genuine impact in improving their performance. For that reason, Spain, together with the Netherlands, hosts the course on a comprehensive approach to gender in operations, which is held four times a year. My country is also currently leading the gender training programme for European Union (EU) missions as the EU Gender Military Training Discipline Leader.”
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“We also provide technical and financial support for the promotion of the national action plans on women and peace and security in countries such as Colombia, Jordan, Mali and Chad. In the context of regional organizations, since 2020, we have been promoting the women and peace and security programme of the Economic Community of West African States and the Group of Five for the Sahel Women’s Platform through a memorandum of understanding and our technical and financial support. In the context of the United Nations, we have also demonstrated our constructive commitment to the women and peace and security agenda, including in the Security Council, when in 2015, as a Council member, together with the United Kingdom, we sponsored resolution 2242 (2015) and the Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security.”
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“In countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, Colombia, Yemen and Ukraine, women human rights defenders, journalists and activists risk their lives every day to promote women’s rights and their role in peacebuilding and political participation. The women and peace and security agenda is part of Spain’s foreign policy priorities. In 2007, we approved our first national action plan for women, peace and security — becoming one of the first three countries in the world to do so. We are also one of the nine countries that the Secretary-General’s latest report identifies as having developed a feminist foreign policy, with the aim of incorporating the gender perspective into all areas of foreign affairs. Since 2017, Spain has participated in more than 26 bilateral political dialogues, consultations and visits to conflict and post-conflict countries.”
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“Ms. Jiménez de la Hoz (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Spain aligns itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, of which it is a member. We thank the Gabonese presidency for organizing this debate, which is particularly relevant at a time when, as the Secretary-General’s latest report on women and peace and security (S/2022/740) indicates, the world is, unfortunately, facing a setback in the generational gains of certain women’s rights, especially in conflict and post-conflict situations, with an increase of sexual violence in conflict, but also in the face of the rise of authoritarianism and violent extremism.”
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