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2000-05-17
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2000-10-25
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  1. “The United Nations, United Nations bodies and the international community are called upon to aggressively address the HIV/AIDS problem in Africa and elsewhere, including in areas of armed conflict. In conclusion, it is the responsibility of each and every one of us to increase public awareness of the positive role played by gender mainstreaming in peace and security matters.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  2. “In this regard, we commend the 1996 Machel report, which clearly demonstrated that the full impact of armed conflict on children can be fully understood only when associated with or examined in the context of the effects it has on women, families and communities. I cannot end my statement without touching on the area of women and health. In Botswana, there are some hurdles pertaining mainly to negative cultural customs and traditions that need to be relegated to the past. The Government, non-governmental organizations and civil society have continued to make efforts to address these problems. Currently, the main issue of great concern is the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which, as in most African countries, is devastating our country, targeting mostly women.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  3. “This fact is well illustrated in the Windhoek Declaration, which was adopted during the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia on 31 May 2000. Botswana recognizes that the participation of women in decision-making at all levels of private and public life is an important human rights issue. In trying to strengthen the link between politics and human rights, Botswana has consistently expended efforts towards gender-neutral education, including political education, mobilization, lobbying and advocacy. Non- governmental organizations have played a contributory role here. Whenever the issue of women, peace and security is discussed, the painful topic of children in armed conflict, children who are routinely subjected to gang rape, ethnic cleansing and genocide, cannot be overlooked.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  4. “In the case of Botswana, it is generally understood and slowly being accepted that violence against women, in particular domestic violence, is not a family matter but a serious crime. Laws are therefore expected to change to punish this crime. In 1997 there was a review of all Botswana laws that discriminate against women. In war and conflict situations, the under- representation of women in decision-making at all levels is one of the major problems. In most cases, the very men who make war or who take part in war make decisions related to conflicts, and yet it is women who have to take care of the war victims, both emotionally and physically. For women to contribute effectively to the maintenance of peace and security, their economic and political empowerment is very crucial.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  5. “King, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, Ms. Heyzer, for their valuable interventions yesterday and the work they continue to do in this area. Unfortunately, violence against women is still the norm in some parts of the world. There is definitely a need to strengthen or enact legislation to censure or punish domestic violence, including the sexual abuse of women and girls. In cases of peace operations, violations against women must not be tolerated. They must be punished. Peace support operations must include well-staffed and integrated gender units and gender advisers. It should not be forgotten that gender inequality, discrimination and violence affect women more than men. Field operations should therefore pay particular attention to affected women, especially refugee women and girls.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  6. “My delegation is grateful to you, Mr. President, for your timely initiative, and to the Security Council not only for recognizing the various factors that relate to women and peace and security, but for emphasizing the importance of women's increased participation in all aspects of the process of conflict prevention and resolution. Among the several documents before us, Security Council document S/PRST/2000/25 particularly attests to this fact. Also, the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, contributed in no small measure to focusing the world's attention on the agenda of women, peace and security. We also thank the various United Nations bodies that continue to highlight the subject of women, peace and security. In particular, we extend our thanks to the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Ms.”

    2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source

  7. “We wish to repeat here once more that the facilitator can do only as much as the Congolese themselves are prepared to achieve. There is no doubt in our mind that Sir Ketumile is driven by no motivation other than to assist the Congolese in achieving an outcome they desire for their country.”

    2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source

  8. “We are aware that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a complex and difficult one. That gives us all the more reason to believe that the presence of peacekeepers will go a long way towards enhancing mutual confidence among the parties. In the same breath, we wish to urge our brethren in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to live by their promises to cooperate with MONUC and, most important, to ensure the safety and freedom of movement of United Nations personnel. We wish to make a solemn appeal to the parties to the inter-Congolese dialogue to utilize the good offices of the facilitator, Sir Ketumile Masire, to chart a fruitful path for their future. The onus is on every one of them to ensure the productive outcome of their dialogue.”

    2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source

  9. “(S/2000/416) The Republic of Botswana could not agree more with that precise analysis. We have urged the Council before to consider deploying speedily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Even if conditions may not be 100 per cent conducive to a United Nations peacekeeping deployment, we believe that enough effort has been put in by the parties to the conflict to deserve the assistance of the international community. By continuously calling on the parties to abide by their obligations without an effective peacekeeping presence on the ground, we run the risk of allowing the precarious peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to unravel. We would therefore strongly urge the Council to heed the appeal of the regional leaders to deploy peacekeepers expeditiously.”

    2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source

  10. “We have also been informed that in addition to concluding a status-of-forces agreement, the head of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has personally undertaken to ensure full cooperation by his Government with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). Paragraph 70 of the report states in part that "The requirement for a professional ceasefire monitoring and verification force as mandated in resolution 1291 (2000) is self-evident. Each of the five Presidents consulted on this visit was unequivocal in his appeal for rapid deployment, and apprehensive about the sustainability of the ceasefire without it. The desperation of the Congolese people, whose suffering the mission could for the most part only imagine, clearly demands an international response".”

    2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source

  11. “Let me thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. I wish also to convey our gratitude to the members of the Security Council mission that visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently for their comprehensive report. We are convinced that such visits by the Council members are vital to the work of this body and that they can contribute immensely to the enhancement of peace processes whenever undertaken in a timely fashion and with clear objectives, as was the case with the visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report on the Security Council mission visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo acknowledges that the ceasefire voluntarily agreed to by the parties to the conflict in that country continues generally to hold. This is welcome news to us.”

    2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source