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  1. “Thirdly, the Security Council should demand that the Government and all other actors integrate a human rights-based and survivor-centred approach throughout humanitarian action in order to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law and further ensure that efforts to address the climate crisis and manage natural resources are gender-sensitive. Finally, the international donor community should not let the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo down. The Government must be supported so that it can fulfil its protection responsibilities, the humanitarian response plan must be fully funded and women-led and women’s rights organizations must have access to sufficient resources and predictable funding.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  2. “Women should lead decision-making in all areas, including on the humanitarian front, and especially when decisions are made on where to direct resources and energy, so that the response focuses on the most marginalized and vulnerable groups. Secondly, MONUSCO and the United Nations country team should work with local and national NGOs to develop specific indicators to measure the protection and promotion of women’s human rights, including in the areas of gender-based violence, attacks on women human rights defenders, sexual and reproductive rights and the meaningful participation of women. The indicators should be used to determine whether the security situation is improving or not and to guide early-warning efforts.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  3. “Thirdly, we foresee an increase in unemployment because a large part of MONUSCO’s civilian workforce from the local community will lose their jobs. Fourthly, the withdrawal will mean the closure of Radio Okapi, which serves as an essential independent community platform for spreading messages free of charge and without distinction, as well as for participating in efforts to combat gender-based violence. In view of all of this, I would like to make the following recommendations. First, in line with the call by the Secretary-General, women should be at the centre of the work of MONUSCO and the United Nations country team.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  4. “They include, first, a decline in the protection of civilians and of IDP sites, particularly in areas not accessible to the Forces armées de la République Démocratique du Congo and the police. The second will be the absence of monitoring and reporting on human rights by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That will also have a negative impact on the early-warning system, with a lack of the verified data on gender-based violence that the United Nations system uses to report on human rights in the country and more generally to monitor violations of women’s rights. We are also concerned about the possibility that human rights defenders and peacebuilders, particularly women leaders in such positions, may also face increased harassment and other protection-related threats.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  5. “They should have the means and resources to take on greater responsibilities for monitoring, reporting and responding to serious violations against children. MONUSCO’s gender section has been an important ally when it comes to combating impunity for gender-based violence. It has recruited medical examiners with expertise in the area to produce forensic evidence in order to improve access to justice for victims. It is essential to ensure that such work continues. Local women’s organizations that have expertise in that area and are trusted by survivors are logical partners to take on that role. Of course, there are also many risks associated with MONUSCO’s withdrawal.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  6. “MONUSCO’s withdrawal is pushing civil society organizations to consider both the opportunities for transferring certain tasks from MONUSCO and the risks posed by that withdrawal. When it comes to opportunities, we note that certain activities of the MONUSCO civil affairs section could be transferred to local NGOs in accordance with commitments to localizing humanitarian aid. That would require that NGOs receive the resources and support they need to take on those responsibilities sustainably and effectively. For example, NGOs could carry out social cohesion projects that include the organization of inter- and intra-community dialogues and action research. Local NGOs with experience in child protection could take over certain activities from MONUSCO’s child- protection section, alongside UNICEF and the United Nations country team.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  7. “Gender-based violence is one of the greatest threats in terms of protection and one of the most underresourced areas of the humanitarian response, despite the fact that the international community’s commitment to ending that scourge is at the heart of the women and peace and security agenda. The Council has adopted several resolutions on women and peace and security, with a commitment to ensuring a survivor- centred approach when gender-based violence occurs, but that is not happening for women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Very few survivors of gender-based violence in the country have timely access to medical care or psychosocial support, let alone the ability to seek legal advice or rebuild their livelihoods so that they can be more resilient.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  8. “The process has not enabled the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and the inclusion of young people, as required by resolution 2594 (2021), regarding the transition processes for United Nations missions, and by the series of resolutions under the women and peace and security agenda that the Council has adopted since 2000. In the run-up to elections, we are witnessing a further rapid deterioration of the security situation in North Kivu province, where intense fighting has led to the displacement of more than 200,000 people since the beginning of October, as well as in Ituri province, where attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure have increased. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) sites and schools have also been targeted, with more than 550,000 people forced to flee since the start of the year.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  9. “However, apart from a press release announcing that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and MONUSCO had agreed on a disengagement plan for the Mission, civil society has received little information and is wondering what the plan entails. The United Nations country team has mapped out the protection activities and capacities of the United Nations agencies that were identified under the MONUSCO mandate. However, the mapping effort was not sufficient in terms of needs analysis, nor did it take into account the contributions and participation of civil society and local, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs).”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source

  10. “I am pleased to be here once again today to share our thoughts on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). My name is Sandrine Lusamba, and I am the National Coordinator of the non-governmental organization Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix — an organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that advocates for the protection and promotion of women’s rights. Since I last spoke to the Security Council in 2021, the security situation in my country has further deteriorated, despite the presence of MONUSCO Blue Helmets and other national and foreign military forces in the country. The Democratic Republic of the Congo now finds itself at a crossroads. For the first time in about a quarter of a century, we will soon no longer host a United Nations peacekeeping operation.”

    2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9500 (2023) · source