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Michal Mlynár

lines on the record: 153
first: 2020-05-15
most recent: 2021-10-15
sittings or episodes: 23
sources: un-security-council

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“Where and as mandated, host State efforts to strengthen justice and accountability within security sector reform and implement survivor- centred approaches for the prevention of and response to sexual violence in conflict should be supported. The limited participation of women in the security sector institutions continues to impact the capacity of Governments to effectively prevent conflicts and respond to the security needs of all members of their population. Therefore, the promotion of women’s meaningful participation in the security sector is critical in efforts to build inclusive, accountable and legitimate institutions for sustainable peace and development.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“Those recommendations include the demand for a complete cessation, with immediate effect, of all acts of sexual violence by all parties to armed conflict, the inclusion of sexual violence in sanctions designations and accountability, including by referring situations to the International Criminal Court. We believe that the Security Council, as well as individual States and international organizations, should deliberate and act upon those recommendations. I wish to reiterate the importance of having gender-sensitive security sector reform strategies throughout their planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases. We believe that Member States should redouble their efforts related to security sector reform not only to address but also to prevent sexual and gender-based violence.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“In line with the latest recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, we would like to emphasize the need to prioritize the prevention of and response to sexual-based violence, including sexual violence in conflict, as an important component of the protection-of-civilian mandates. Women peacekeepers play a positive role in the protection of civilians, including in preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict. Turning to the 2020 report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2021/312), Slovakia thanks the Secretary-General for this report, which highlights relevant trends and developments and contains a set of wide-ranging pertinent recommendations.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“Pursuant to the recently published Action for Peacekeeping Plus priorities for 2021-2023, the accountability of peacekeepers and all members of United Nations operations and missions to the populations whom they serve is a crucial component of our commitment to protecting and maintaining a violence-free environment. Effective prevention and implementation of misconduct risk management tools, together with a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual-based violence, are effective tools to mitigate the threat of sexual-based violence by members of missions.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“It is the responsibility of all States to support and assist survivors and to hold perpetrators to account. It is unacceptable that perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence, from both States and non-State armed groups, should be allowed to continue to live in impunity. Full accountability for such crimes is one important factor in bringing justice to victims. Slovakia supports zero tolerance on all accounts. In that regard, my delegation commends the leadership of the Secretary- General, as well as his commitment to this important agenda. We fully supported the launching, in 2017, of the Circle of Leadership on the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations operations, of which the President of the Slovak Republic, Her Excellency Zuzana Čaputová, is a proud member.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“My delegation shares and supports the Secretary-General’s view that all approaches to conflict prevention and resolution, as well as recovery efforts, must put at their core women’s full, equal and meaningful participation and rights, including respect for bodily autonomy. We stress the importance of a holistic approach, including the need to address conflict-related sexual violence as part of the women and peace and security agenda and not only to encompass prevention and protection from conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence but also to emphasize the importance of the equitable and meaningful participation of women in the achievement of peace and security. The use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and the wider effects of conflict-related sexual violence echo across communities and generations.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“Slovakia aligns itself with the statement submitted on behalf of the European Union (annex 37). Allow me to express my gratitude for the organization of this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. As conflicts continue to rage in various parts of the globe, innocent civilians are faced with unbearable suffering. Acts of sexual violence constitute extraordinarily appalling atrocities against civilians, targeted mostly against women and girls. The international community, while addressing the broader issue of attacks against civilians, must focus on the issue of sexual violence in conflict. This timely debate can contribute to that end.”
2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source
“The world is currently facing a daunting pandemic, but the threat posed by the coronavirus disease should not be allowed to undermine all our previous efforts.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“It is my pleasure to state that Slovakia recently contributed to the United Nations voluntary trust fund for assistance in mine action, which was established by the General Assembly to act as an accountable, fast-track, low-cost mechanism to rid the world of the threat of landmines. Slovakia has also provided a financial contribution to the IEDs Threat Mitigation Advisory Team project as well as to the United Nations Mine Action Service project addressing the threat posed by explosive ordnance in Iraq. Mine action is key to the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. That is why we emphasize the importance of connecting the Sustainable Development Goals and development strategies with mine action.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“We would like to encourage all decision-makers to make effective use of military-engineering capabilities in peacekeeping operations and to use specifically military demining capabilities to create a secure environment and provide training to enhance national capabilities, and to leave building and construction activities to the capabilities of host States. Victim assistance is an ongoing issue that requires both short- and long-term solutions. In that context, we support the work of the EU carried out with assistance S/2021/346 organizations and national authorities in the countries affected so as to use available resources effectively and to contribute to integrating victim assistance into broader disability and development policies at the national level.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“The activities of Slovak troops in the area of demining, mainly in Afghanistan and Iraq, have contributed considerably to mine-action objectives. Enhanced support on the part of the international community for preparation and training with respect to national capacities in the field of demining capabilities as part of the security-sector reform process will undoubtedly contribute to the mitigation of threats caused by ERW and mines. For many years already Slovakia has identified security-sector reform as being one of the key elements for effective conflict prevention and successful post-conflict rebuilding and stabilization.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“We consider the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention to be a key disarmament instrument. Its integrity, full implementation and strict application must be guaranteed and universal adherence pursued. As regards various activity areas within mine action, Slovakia has been active in areas in which it has means and experience. We have been actively engaged in international cooperation and assistance, either on a bilateral basis or within the framework of the activities of international organizations. Slovakia contribution focused mainly on areas of training, capacity-building, mine clearance and the destruction of stocks of anti-personnel mines and other explosive devices, where its focus is on environmentally friendly and secure methods of disposal.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“Therefore, mine action makes an important contribution to peace, security and development. Slovakia is a State party to the conventions with relevance to mine action. We strongly support actions that address the threats posed by anti-personnel mines, including those of an improvised nature, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices. The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention represents the global norm against anti-personnel mines, a norm that has saved thousands of lives and spared countless of children, who constitute the majority of mine victims. Slovakia supports the universal ban on anti-personnel mines. We appeal to all actors to refrain from the production, stockpiling, trade and transfer of anti-personnel mines and strongly condemn their use anywhere, anytime and by any actor, whether States or non- State actors.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“I would like to thank you for having organized this important debate on “Maintenance of international peace and security: Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery”, which will certainly raise awareness of the continued threats posed by landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices to human lives, security and humanitarian efforts. Slovakia associates itself with the statement submitted on behalf of the European Union (EU) (annex 36). Allow me to make a few additional observations. Mines and other explosive devices, including abandoned munitions and military equipment, unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), as well as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), pose a hazard all over the world.”
2021-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/346 (2021) · source
“Slovakia, together with other EU member States, is active in multiple processes and initiatives in this area, and supports significant work of the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Committee on Food Security and other partners to achieve zero hunger and break the cycle of conflict and hunger, especially in rural areas. The international community needs to take a more outspoken stance in calling on all parties to conflicts to respect international humanitarian law, condemning access restrictions and finding political and practical solutions to remove access constraints. Slovakia wholeheartedly supports the Security Council in its critical role in steering this issue forward and ensuring accountability.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The aim is to improve food security and support Kenyan smallholder farmers by providing incentives to invest in the agrifood sector under the EU Agriculture Financing Initiative. These projects, implemented in around 20 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership — South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Moldova, to name a just few — had positive long-term effects in socioeconomic terms, on peacebuilding and on women’s participation. Given the magnitude and complexity of the challenge, as well as the limited resources, international coordination is essential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian and development assistance.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“We believe that Summit is an opportunity for the world to meet the challenges of poverty, food security, malnutrition, population growth, climate change and natural-resource degradation and thus drive peace and prosperity. The field of agriculture being one of the main sectoral priorities of the Slovak development-cooperation programme, we have in the last seven years carried out over 70 food-security projects, for a total of nearly €4.2 million, in cooperation with community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and local authorities. The overall value includes two financial contributions by Slovakia to joint programming in Kenya, for the years 2019 and 2020.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“We need to enhance our capabilities and develop common strategies regarding both conflict and food security, which must be underpinned by a deeper understanding of the linkages between them. We welcome the idea of convening the Food Systems Summit in September 2021, which will launch bold new actions as part of the United Nations Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Slovakia fully supports the stated goal of the Food Systems Summit, transforming the way food is produced, processed, transported, sold and consumed within the context of the 2030 Agenda S/2021/250 S/2021/250 for Sustainable Development.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“All parties to armed conflicts should respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and facilitate the free passage of humanitarian relief. As the Secretary-General has stated, the world is facing “a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations”. Slovakia strongly supports the Secretary-General’s call for cessation of all hostilities and implementation of a global ceasefire in all corners of the world to focus together on the true fight — defeating COVID-19. Addressing the risk of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity is a collective problem, which requires a collective response. Developing regional strategies, strengthening regional cooperation and engaging in preventive diplomacy are of the utmost importance.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Conflict-induced food insecurity is now further exacerbated by natural disasters, economic shocks and public-health crises, all compounded by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Combined, these factors are endangering the lives of millions of women, men and children. The 2020 Global Report on Food Crises shows that conflict was to blame for six out of the ten worst food crises in the world, and for nearly 60 per cent of humanitarian needs. This means that, without conflict, the number of people affected by food crises could be less than half, and the humanitarian funding gap dramatically reduced. State fragility and weak institutions, yielding complex and persistent humanitarian emergencies, compound the disruptions from food insecurity, natural disasters and forced displacement.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“It recognized the need to break the vicious cycle of conflict and food insecurity, emphasized the obligation of Member States to help ensure that food assistance reaches those in need and condemned the use of starvation as a method of warfare. As the Security Council has recognized, armed conflict and violence are a major direct and indirect cause of food insecurity and famine. The situation varies from country to country, but civilians are being killed, injured and displaced, livelihoods destroyed and the availability of and access to food disrupted amid growing fragility. At the same time, humanitarian operations are attacked, delayed or obstructed from delivering life-saving assistance.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“Thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important debate on food security under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security” during these times of unprecedented challenge for us all. Slovakia associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU) (annex 33). Allow me to make a few additional observations. Over the recent years, the Security Council has increasingly recognized the importance of the issue of food security in armed conflicts. In unanimously adopting landmark resolution 2417 (2018), the Security Council, for the first time, addressed the link between conflict and hunger.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The United Nations should to the best of its ability lead in facilitating and coordinating global efforts on climate action, working with regional partners and other stakeholders, including non-State actors, such as businesses and local authorities, which play an increasingly important role in that field. Multilateralism is a key tool that can, and should, deliver on global solutions, including climate change. In that regard, Slovakia is fully committed to being a part of that collective responsibility.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“Furthermore, I would like to mention the heightened vulnerability of women and girls to the impacts of climate and security. The United Nations Environment Programme, UN-Women, the United Nations Development Programme and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs all report the close links among gender, climate and security and that women on the front lines of climate action are playing a vital role in conflict prevention and sustainable, inclusive peace. It remains vital to support local ownership, improving leadership and broadening inclusion in conflict and fragile settings, with special attention to gender and young people.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“On 20 January, the Government of Slovakia adopted a document on the vision and strategy of Slovakia’s development until 2030 — Slovakia 2030, which is an implementation document for the fulfilment of the national priorities of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In that document, Slovakia declares compliance with the European Green Deal based on the 2030 Agenda. The vision and strategy of Slovakia’s development until 2030, Slovakia 2030, serve to reflect and specify the priorities of the 2030 Agenda and the European Green Deal in the specific conditions of Slovakia. As an integrated development strategy, it also frames public policies and development policies of local governments to ensure their coordination, synergy, stability and more efficient use of public resources.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“Therefore, we welcome the fact that COP26 prioritizes focusing on strengthening adaptation and resilience, particularly in climate-vulnerable regions. By building resilience, we can reduce risks, including climate-related security risks. Climate adaptation programmes and projects can contribute to peacebuilding, and peacebuilding can have positive impacts on climate adaptation measures.S/2021/198 We welcome the United States of America back into the Paris Agreement, including announced United States plans to set the country on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, in a similar vein to the EU through the European Green Deal.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“Slovakia and the European Union (EU) remain strongly determined to implement their commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, including through the European Green Deal. We call on all partners to demonstrate the same determination on the road to the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26). As the world’s largest climate donor, much of the EU’s help is aimed at combining adaptation to global warming and interventions to improve the sustainable management of resources with the prevention of conflict. We fully support the ambitions and plans, which will ensure that COP26 will be a success. We are convinced that building resilience and supporting adaptation to prevent conflict risks and support peacebuilding and stability should be essential.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“The mechanism should be further strengthened, as it brings the expertise from various parts of the United Nations system on conflict prevention, mediation, the sustainable management of natural resources, climate change, resilience and gender closer together. Similarly, the United Nations peacebuilding architecture needs to be enabled to address climate-related risks, including those over diminishing natural resources. In that regard, the increase in water stress as a result of climate change is particularly pertinent, increasing the risk of conflict and undermining peacebuilding efforts. I would like to reaffirm Slovakia’s support for the Secretary-General’s reforms aimed at rendering United Nations peace operations a more effective tool in addressing the spoils of climate change and their consequences for global security.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“Slovakia is a strong proponent of climate action, peace, human rights and the rule of law. That was reaffirmed by the Slovak President, Her Excellency Mr. Zuzana Čaputová, at the Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in 2019. Let me emphasize her words: “If we succeed in uniting on our climate action, we can generate a new sense of solidarity and common good. It can help to restore the international system, overcome divisions and bring new opportunities in the areas of peace and development.” We have seen important progress over the past years. The analytical basis of the Security Council’s work on climate-related security risks has improved through the work of the climate security mechanism within the Secretariat.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on addressing climate-related risks to international peace and security under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security: climate and security”. We are living through an extraordinarily difficult period in global history. The coronavirus disease reminds us that life is precarious and interconnected. Our world was already fragile. Violent conflict, humanitarian need and displacement increased over the past decade influenced and intensified by climate change. The interaction between climate change, loss of biodiversity and international security must absolutely become a key item on the conflict-prevention agenda. It is the only way to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and to help the most vulnerable countries.”
2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source
“In order to help our partners to tackle coronavirus-related challenges more efficiently and reduce the impact of the pandemic, Slovakia is showing its solidarity by providing humanitarian aid in various forms, including Slovak-made PCR tests for COVID-19, pulmonary ventilators, financial contributions, small grants and other scarce medical equipment and material. Strong international solidarity and support for the multilateral system is paramount in responding to the current crisis. It is more important than ever to focus on efficiency gains and ensure that a maximum of aid reaches the final beneficiaries. It is crucial to build synergies within all United Nations agencies and to work together on the basis of a clear distribution of tasks so as to efficiently and effectively address the needs of the most vulnerable.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“In that respect, we commend UNICEF on its early response and efforts to focus on continuity of services wherever possible while continuing to advocate for child rights. We welcome the crucial role that UNICEF plays in COVAX and the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator and remain committed to equitable access to vaccines. Slovakia continues its efforts to be a responsible partner and donor that, under the auspices of the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, dynamically and flexibly responds to the needs of partner countries.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“Local ceasefires are likely to be essential to enabling life-saving vaccinations to take place. Overcoming those challenges will require greater national, regional and international cooperation and solidarity, with the United Nations playing a key coordinating role. Slovakia strongly supports the Secretary-General’s call for the cessation of all hostilities and the implementation of a global ceasefire in all corners of the world to focus together on the true fight — defeating COVID-19. Slovakia, as a member of the Executive Board of UNICEF, commends the tireless efforts and commitment of the agency, which, while working to overcome the challenges imposed by COVID-19 in 2020, proved itself once again to be the cornerstone of assistance to children worldwide.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“That rapidly approved financing, guaranteed by the European Fund for Sustainable Development, alongside the €100 million grant support from the European Commission to COVAX AMC, will support access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in 92 low- and middle-income countries. That enables COVAX, a multilateral initiative aimed at ensuring global fair and equitable access, to accelerate up-front investment essential to deliver vaccine doses as soon as they become available. Slovakia has also financially contributed to the United Nations Development Programme’s Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, which facilitates United Nations coherence and development effectiveness in addressing multifaceted issues and engages in collaborative international efforts on effectively addressing the pandemic.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“Fair and equitable access to a successful COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of income, has been enabled by €500 million of new European financial support for the global vaccine initiative COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) for millions of people across the world. The delivery of vaccines to low- and middle- income countries is not just a moral imperative; it is enlightened self-interest. Slovakia remains committed to equitable access to vaccines, and COVAX is the best mechanism to ensure international vaccine solidarity. The European Investment Bank agreed €400 million of financing to support the participation of low- and middle-income economies in the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC).”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“A strong collaborative response is therefore required to deal with the effects of COVID-19. The international community must work together to develop effective and affordable vaccines that can be made available to all. There are both moral and practical imperatives to ensuring that no one is left behind by vaccination programmes. Until COVID-19 is under control everywhere in the world, we will not be able to restore international trade, travel, prosperity or security. Without collaboration, vaccine distribution will be uneven and risk exacerbating inequalities, conflicts and tensions.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate on ensuring equitable access to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in contexts affected by conflict and insecurity under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security” during these unprecedented, challenging times for us all. Slovakia associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union member States (annex 28). Allow me to make a few additional observations. COVID-19 is a humanitarian and development crisis that is threatening to leave deep social, economic and political scars for years to come, particularly in countries already weighed down by fragility, poverty and conflict. The pandemic has not only further increased vulnerabilities but also led to a large negative socioeconomic impact.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“For years Slovakia has identified security sector reform as one of the key elements for effective conflict prevention and successful post-conflict rebuilding and stabilization. The direct experience of many United Nations peace missions and operations, including in African countries, clearly shows that a nationally led and inclusive security sector reform is key to developing security sector institutions that are capable of effectively responding to specific security needs and can actively manage the drivers of fragility.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“Slovakia, as a member of the Peacebuilding Commission for the term 2020-2021, especially welcomes the Commission’s efforts to support national and regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries engaging with the Commission are facing critical challenges, and the sombre perspectives resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have amplified fragilities and increased the need for resolute action. Slovakia is convinced that the security sector is a key component in the Government response to various challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, in many fragile countries and regions. Reviews of existing mandates of the United Nations missions in countries facing complex challenges must consider the establishment of exit strategies to help lay the foundations for long-term and sustainable peace.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“We support further strengthening the ties between the Security Council and the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Human Rights Council, as well as with civil society organizations and communities on the ground. Therefore, we appreciate that resolution 2558 (2020), unanimously adopted on 21 December 2020, together with General Assembly resolution 75/201, calls for further action by the whole United Nations system to advance coherence in peacebuilding efforts, as well as calling on the Peacebuilding Commission to continue strengthening its advisory and liaison roles in support of the national priorities of fragile countries emerging from conflict.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“We would like to stress the fact that the resolution also recognizes the risks to fragile States that have been affected by conflict, while cautioning that peacebuilding and development gains made by countries in transition and post-conflict situations could be reversed as a result of the pandemic. In that context, the United Nations peacebuilding architecture needs to adapt to the new type of challenges that the world is facing. We welcome the wide participation in the 2020 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, which offered an opportunity for adapting to the immediate challenges to sustaining peace in countries with high levels of institutional, security and social fragility.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“Slovakia believes that the international community needs to strengthen its cooperative endeavours, starting from the earliest indicators of potential conflict and the planning of conflict prevention, and to build on that collaboration to strengthen cooperation throughout the subsequent stages of the response to conflict, including conflict management and resolution, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. Slovakia strongly supports the full implementation of resolution 2532 (2020), of 1 July 2020, which demands an immediate cessation of hostilities in all situations on the Council’s agenda, in support of the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire to combat the pandemic.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“The direct consequences of the pandemic and the secondary consequences of its interaction with existing security and humanitarian crises are adding another layer of complexity to already fragile situations. Therefore, if we want to effectively prevent and respond to violence, we will have to continue to revise our understanding and adapt our approach. Identifying and understanding conflict is crucial in determining the potential areas for interventions.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“First of all, I would like to thank the Tunisian presidency of the Security Council for organizing this timely open debate to generate more focused attention on the various challenges faced by vulnerable countries and populations, in particular on the African continent. The drivers of conflict that contribute to creating fragile contexts — including insecurity, intercommunal violence, terrorism, violent extremism, socioeconomic inequality, the illegal exploitation of natural resources, competition for scarce resources and climate change — are continuously changing. They also have the potential to contribute to armed conflict and exacerbate threats to international peace and security. The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is also relevant.”
2021-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/24 (2021) · source
“Slovakia strongly supports the Secretary-General’s call for cessation of all hostilities and for the implementation of a global ceasefire, as well as his call for an urgent and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic through three lines of action: tackling the health emergency, focusing on the social impact of the crisis, including the economic response, and working to build back better.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source
“The direct experience of many United Nations peace missions and operations clearly shows that nationally-led and inclusive SSR is key to developing security sector institutions that are non-discriminatory, representative of the population and capable of effectively responding to specific security needs. The United Nations peacebuilding architecture needs to adapt to the new type of challenges that the world is facing, such as climate change and environmental degradation. Particular attention needs to be placed on how the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new problems and amplifying such existing ones as socioeconomic divides, gender inequalities and increased insecurity for women and girls and other vulnerable groups.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source
“The United Nations peacebuilding architecture has come to play a crucial role in enhancing the integrated cross-pillar approach and in bringing together political, security and developmental partners. Reviews of existing mandates must consider the adopting exit strategies that help to lay the foundations of the long-term and sustainable peace. Member States increasingly view security sector reform (SSR), as embodied in resolution 2151 (2014), as an important priority for peacekeeping, including for timely conclusions of peacekeeping missions. For years, Slovakia has identified SSR to be one of the key elements of effective conflict prevention and successful post-conflict rebuilding and stabilization.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source
“The international community needs to focus on partnering with national and regional actors to reinforce national capacities and institutions. Partnerships with civil society, including women- and youth-led organizations, could help to adequately measure impact on the ground. Slovakia strongly supports the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain international peace and security and calls for the complete implementation of all relevant Security Council resolutions that address this issue. Slovakia is convinced that multilateral cooperation is key for an effective response to drivers of contemporary conflicts.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source
“Slovakia is ready to promote partnerships and synergies with other transition processes. We need to achieve an enhanced interlinkage of peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions for the more effective use of instruments promoting peace, security and stability, including integrated planning and implementation and S/2020/1090 assessment to ensure consistency and coherence. The COVID-19 pandemic, in combination with pre-existing drivers, reinforces the need for effective, agile and responsive United Nations peace operations. While acknowledging the importance of ensuring that the needs of all segments of society are taken into account, national ownership and leadership should continue to be at the heart of all efforts.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source
“Slovakia fully supports the 2020 review of United Nations peacebuilding architecture, which offers a timely opportunity for adapting to the immediate challenges to sustaining peace that the various threats pose. It underscored the need for stronger partnership with international and national health and financial institutions and reaffirmed the advisory, convening and bridging roles of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), in support of a coordinated and coherent international response to the crisis. In the 2020-2021 PBC term, Slovakia is serving as a member of the Commission, which plays an important role in advising the Security Council. Priorities for our membership can be summarized into three Ps and three Cs: “participation, partnerships and people” and “coherence, coordination and complementarity”.”
2020-11-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1090 (2020) · source