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  1. “Whilst we have yet to fully realize the potential of our women, the prevalent political will and the efforts of our Government and civil society, coupled with the support of United Nations agencies and the international community, should yield positive results with respect to the implementation of the resolution in Fiji and the Pacific region.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  2. “It is in that regard that we seek greater assistance and partnership opportunities, including the sharing of experiences, to enhance the participation of our women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Gender training conducted by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre for some Fiji police and military units, particularly those involved in peacekeeping activities, is an example of effective partnership at the local level. In Fiji's Women's Plan of Action 1999-2008 we have clearly acknowledged our commitment to the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) by bringing about further progress in gender equality through various empowerment strategies for women in Fiji.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  3. “A project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - "Resolution 1325 for policy makers and non-governmental organizations" - in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji will see the training of a core group of women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and key policymakers on resolution 1325 (2000), ensure its translation into local languages and adopt appropriate strategies for its implementation. Women in Fiji have been active in peacekeeping efforts, even though we continue to be confronted with challenges and limitations that include a lack of capacity and of an appropriate policy to ensure their full integration and empowerment.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  4. “The secretariat of the Forum has been charged with providing appropriate technical assistance to member countries through the frameworks of the Pacific Plan and the 2000 Biketawa Declaration. We also commend other partners, and in particular the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which has been a strong player in advancing the resolution through its programmes on women, peace and security in the region, for their support and assistance in national programmes. Fiji has been a direct beneficiary of UNIFEM. support programmes in the Pacific, for which we are grateful, and we ask other United Nations agencies to follow suit.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  5. “For six years, the Security Council has been seized of the issue, but, despite the achievement of some milestones, - which include the formulation of the Plan - we believe that more could be achieved. The options of a focal point and an expert-level working group to ensure the effective integration of the resolution into the Council's work are propositions that Fiji continues to advocate. As a member of the inaugural Peacebuilding Commission, we will be calling for more active efforts from both the Commission and the Support Office to ensure effective action-oriented programmes to ensure for women's involvement in peacebuilding. Our Pacific leaders, at their meeting held in Nadi, Fiji, this week, reaffirmed their commitment to the operationalization of resolution 1325 (2000) in Forum Island countries.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  6. “We also call on the international community and partners to help Member States in need of assistance in the implementation process. An area needing immediate attention is the development of national action plans as a remedy for unsystematic and ad hoc implementation at the national level. Small developing countries such as Fiji need guidance and partnerships in the areas of capacity and technical skills on the formulation and implementation of national plans and strategies based on resolution 1325 (2000). Such action plans and strategies must be developed after wide consultations with civil society organizations and other stakeholders and should include monitoring and reporting mechanisms.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  7. “Fiji regards Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) as the international instrument guiding national policies and practices in all aspects of conflict prevention, peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction. More importantly, the resolution is the authority on gender dimensions and the role of women in these areas, in particular in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. We therefore support the call for the expeditious implementation of actions that would enhance and accelerate the implementation of the resolution, in particular by the United Nations system through the engagement of Member States and other actors. All parts of the United Nations system must, in partnership with Member States, own and drive the process if the gender equality measures outlined in the resolution are to be realized.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  8. “Mr. President, I should like to thank you and the members of the Council for the opportunity to speak on the subject of women, peace and security. Fiji aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2006/770) on women, peace and security. The report has identified the gaps and opportunities presented by the System-wide Action Plan and accordingly provides for some remedies. We urge the Council to adopt its recommendations, and we also call on Member States to play their respective roles as necessary.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  9. “We look to the Security Council to pave the way for an extended United Nations presence and hopefully, in due course, the assistance of the Peacebuilding Commission to provide the much-needed advice and support that can ensure long-lasting peace and stability in Timor-Leste.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  10. “Should assistance come from the newly established Peacebuilding Commission at a later date, it must be mindful of the sovereignty of the nation and Government of Timor-Leste. Assistance must be carried out in coherence with the United Nations offices on the ground to ensure that it is all well coordinated and in keeping with the wishes of the people, and can be sustained by their Government when the United Nations finally takes its leave. Fiji participated in the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The Government of Fiji will be willing to participate in a further peacekeeping role in Timor-Leste should it be asked.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  11. “The United Nations must be commended for its part in the start of Timor- Leste's journey, and it behooves the Organization to be seized with the development of its political and economic well-being. That of course can happen only with commensurate efforts from the people and Government. In this regard, Fiji supports and would welcome a sustained United Nations presence to guide the journey of Timor-Leste. Such a presence would also be indicative of the Organization's commitment to build on its considerable investment in Timor-Leste of more than six years. With the provision of assistance through the proposed new United Nations mission, as requested by the Timor-Leste leaders, the Organization can better enable the Government to make further advances in fostering peace, stability and democracy.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  12. “When those difficulties are embroiled together with a feeling of being marginalized, a volatile mix is the result. All that was required was for someone to fan the flame for the volatility to explode. Capacity-building and development and the establishment of new systems and institutional structures conducive to good governance and stable democracy are fundamental to ensuring peace, security and long-term stability and, ultimately, sustainable development. The effort to curb spending and reduce superfluous expenses has often met with opposition in almost all nations emerging from conflicts. Every country needs peace and stability, including a stable, democratically elected Government, and Timor-Leste is no exception.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  13. “As in most developing countries, it does not take a major riot or much wanton destruction to upset the carefully planned Government processes or rend the people's hope for the future. Five years after attaining independence, events have not proceeded as smoothly as many expected. Efforts to reorient the mindset of the people and redirect the energy to nation-building are never easy. Nation-building takes time and resources and is subject to a lot of internal and external considerations. Prominent among those considerations is the issue of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. It is the difficulties encountered during the demobilization and reintegration of the Timor-Leste security forces that caused the present impasse.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  14. “Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your country's presidency of the Security Council for this month and to thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important issue concerning a member of our Alliance of Small Island States, an observer in our Pacific Islands Forum and the youngest member of our family of nations - Timor-Leste. I should like also to thank Special Envoy Ian Martin for his briefing and to commend the four countries - Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal - for their briefings and their efforts on the ground. Recent events in the country paint a picture of a young nation struggling to stand up to the challenges of S/l'V.5457 nationhood - challenges that are both vivid and vague. It is the vague ones that we stumble over when they manifest themselves.”

    2006-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5457 (2006) · source

  15. “To ensure complementarity and proper coordination, every effort must be undertaken in collaboration with, and within, existing institutional arrangements. Fiji has a total population of approximately 800,000, with women making up almost half of that number. Given our small population, it was easy for us to recognize the great potential that women represent. In order to make progress, we had to harness all the resources at our disposal, and women have played the prominent role we expected - and more - in the measured forward momentum towards our developmental goals. Our support for the efforts of the Security Council and the Secretary-General in the furtherance of women's participation in peace and security is therefore absolute.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  16. “and other United Nations bodies, together with regional organizations such as the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth Secretariat, in the Pacific region, including in Fiji. We can only hope for more such cooperation and partnerships. We also commend the Secretary-General for his recognition of the role of indigenous women in conflict resolution as mediators and peace-builders. Indigenous and local women have a strong advocacy role, and it should be utilized in all aspects of security and peace. There is a need to ensure that national and international efforts for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) are undertaken in a comprehensive manner in the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  17. “The Government, through the programmes of its Ministry for Women and through the UNIFEM- sponsored Women and Peace and Security Committee, is addressing the issue with all relevant stakeholders. In addition, there is a need for more effective coordination and partnerships. There is certainly no lack of will and enthusiasm at the national level, particularly in developing countries, but enhanced cooperation and partnership are vital to ensure the inflow of the resources and expertise which are generally lacking in our countries. We therefore welcome the call by the Secretary-General for the development and strengthening of cooperation and effective partnerships at all levels. We acknowledge the good work done by UNIFEM.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  18. “The Fiji peacekeeping deployment to Iraq will include six women who have been given specific training in searching and in counselling. That also illustrates our view that women can be as good as men in all areas if given the opportunity. We fully agree with the Secretary-General that more effort must be put into capacity-building and training. Gender mainstreaming in relation to all facets of peace and security requires knowledge and information-sharing. Training and capacity-building must target not only girls and women, but also boys and men at all levels of government and the community. It should be all-encompassing and comprehensive, targeting both the formal and the non- formal sectors. Its inclusion in the education curriculum will ensure early intervention and sustained impact.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  19. “A week-long peace and reconciliation process with the objective, inter alia, of uniting our polarized and divided country, which was held last month, saw women and children playing key roles. This was preceded by a national workshop on conflict prevention and early warning. In peacekeeping, Fiji, which is a staunch supporter of and consistent contributor to international peacekeeping missions, has introduced specific measures to ensure the expansion of women's role in peacekeeping. Despite the difficulties in overcoming cultural and traditional barriers, recent deployments have seen the successful integration of women into various specialized duties, including guard duty. The military and police departments, together with other relevant bodies, are working on coherent strategies for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  20. “The necessary groundwork for the launching in Fiji of national policies and strategies pursuant to resolution 1325 (2000) has been greatly boosted by the sponsorship and support of UNIFEM. and other actors, including civil society. Work on mainstreaming gender perspectives in relation to conflict prevention, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation is in progress. Recent political and internal upheavals in our country have brought out the best in our women, and their contribution has been a strong factor for good and steady progress. They have been effective stabilizers and mediators in conflict prevention and very active players in recent efforts in post-conflict peace-building and reconciliation processes.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  21. “Fiji attaches great importance to this subject, and we commend the efforts made thus far by the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions and other United Nations bodies and entities. We commend, in particular, the efforts made by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and by regional organizations and other bodies, including the Commonwealth Secretariat, which have been active partners in following up this issue in Fiji. Our Ministry for Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation has been the focal point of efforts to mainstream gender perspectives in relation to critical peace and security components in Government and other areas.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  22. “We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today's debate on this issue. We also congratulate the Secretary-General for his timely report on the follow-up to the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security (S/2004/814). While the Secretary-General's report shows that there have been positive developments in the implementation of the resolution, further concerted efforts are needed to ensure that the issue of implementation is fully addressed. The full implementation of the resolution will continue to be a challenge for the Security Council and for the United Nations.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source

  23. “We therefore support the call made earlier on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum for the CTC to consider whether a Pacific regional report, submitted by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on behalf of, and in close cooperation with, its member countries, might provide a possible option to assist our small island countries in meeting their reporting obligations to the CTC.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  24. “Having said that, we would also like to respectfully emphasize the importance of not losing sight of our moral duty to address the legitimate grievances caused by despair, resentment, ignorance and poverty. The elimination of the root causes of terrorism requires the establishment of international relations based on sovereign equality, multilateralism and justice, the eradication of exploitation, oppression and social inequality, and the promotion of sustainable development. In conclusion, my delegation acknowledges that regional and subregional organizations play a critical role in enhancing the effectiveness of global action against terrorism.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  25. “We commend the Council for promulgating its latest resolution 1566 (2004) and in particular the provision for setting up a working group to consider and submit recommendations on practical measures to be imposed upon those involved in or associated with terrorist activities, other than those designated by the Al Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee, including more effective procedures considered to be appropriate for bringing them to justice through prosecution or extradition, freezing of their financial assets, preventing their movement through the territories of Member States, and preventing supply to them of all types of arms and related material. Fiji further supports the establishment of an international fund, as envisaged in resolution 1566 (2004), to compensate victims of terrorist acts and their families.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  26. “We also welcome the efforts that are currently being exerted to refine and improve the working methods of both the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999).”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  27. “Some of our citizens have experienced difficulties in transiting international borders because of cases of mistaken identity. This is the small price that some of our people will face as a result of our resolve to clamp down on the perpetrators of such heinous terrorist activities. In our joint effort to combat terrorism, we again call for full respect for and observance of the rule of law and all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as defined in the relevant international instruments and, where applicable, in international humanitarian law. Fiji joins others in emphasizing the importance of the universal and full implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other counter- terrorism related Security Council resolutions.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  28. “For those of us who hail from nations where there is a general reliance on a few commodities or a handful of products that form the backbone of our economic survival, threats that directly impact those products could have an irreversible effect on the lives of our people. A terrorist attack could potentially obliterate our tourism industry, for instance, and as we have seen in other areas of the world, it would take us an enormous time to recover. Put simply, the short-term economic and social devastation caused by a terrorist act against our small island economies would be far worse than the effect of any natural disaster recently experienced. Regrettably, terrorism generally is often associated with a particular religion.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source

  29. “Fiji associates itself fully with the statement made earlier on this subject by the Permanent Representative of Samoa on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum. We join him and millions of others throughout the world in condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and acknowledge that the heinous and despicable acts of terrorist violence that continue to be witnessed around the world today pose a serious threat to national and international security, to peaceful relations between States and to the harmonious functioning of democratic institutions worldwide. Fiji is participating in this debate fully aware that our small island country and those of our neighbours in the Pacific region can no longer claim that distance insulates us from the direct and indirect effects of terrorism.”

    2004-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5059Resumption1 (2004) · source