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  1. “Namibia will continue to be committed to achieving that, and we believe that the participation of women will unquestionably enable us to succeed in creating the world we want - a world of peace, in which conflict can be resolved by peaceful means rather than armed conflict.”

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  2. “While establishing the role of women in peace operations, we must also tackle the root causes of conflicts. Conflict must not become a norm in this century. We must silence the guns. As human beings, we have to realize that manufacturing products such as arms and ammunition seems to motivate us to act against our self-interest. Why not stop producing arms and start developing more people-friendly industries that can help us create the necessary jobs and wealth we need for sustainable development? Our individual interests should not cost us international peace, stability and security.”

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  3. “Finally, Namibia welcomes the forthcoming 2015 high-level review and the Secretary-General's report on the global study (S/2015/7l6), reviewing the progress that has been made at the national, regional and global levels in implementing resolution 1325 (2000). The global study, to be launched tomorrow, will help to formulate the global vision and strategies we need to make resolution 1325 (2000) a powerful tool for peace and security. It should lay out concrete, action-oriented programmes with measurable targets and indicators to guide the resolution's implementation in the future. It will improve the prospects for world peace if Member States can use the study as a blueprint for serious examination of their national policies and learn how they can benefit from it.”

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  4. “And since it brings different skills and competencies to bear, the increased participation of women can help create a more trusted and legitimate security apparatus. Those charged with leading and supporting peace processes, especially the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and regional bodies, should be committed to bringing talented women into peace negotiations and the signing and implementing of peace agreements. We need the Security Council to move the agenda forward from general exhortations to concrete directives on how those entities involved in peacekeeping should promote women's participation as special envoys, special representatives, peacekeepers, mediators and negotiators. I believe that resolution 2242 (2015), adopted today, can lead us in that direction.”

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  5. “Studies conducted by the United Nations in support of resolution 1325 (2000), based on experiences in operations in Cambodia, Kosovo, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have also demonstrated that in dealing with women and children, female soldiers do not face the same cultural constraints as their male counterparts and are thus better able to gain information from them. That ability to gain the trust of local populations should be considered a vital component of any peacekeeping operation. Furthermore, the evidence shows that the presence of women can transform male-dominated institutional cultures and promote women's rights within security organs.”

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  6. “Namibia therefore stresses the need for the United Nations to appoint more women in the areas of high-level decision-making and peace processes, including special envoys, special representatives, peacekeepers, mediators and negotiators. And we urge women to work to achieve leadership positions throughout the Organization. It is our belief that ensuring a significant presence of women peacekeepers in conflict and post-conflict situations has the added advantage of creating safer spaces for girls and women who have suffered from sexual violence.”

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  7. “This year's fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) is an important and historic event that should unite us in working to take concrete action and rally a concerted international effort to promote international peace in ways that involve women at every level. On the eve of the launch of the global study of the resolution's implementation, we have an opportunity to evaluate what has worked and what remains to be strengthened. At the core, while we can acknowledge that improvements have been made, we still see a critical shortage of female players in peace processes around the world. That is especially true in post-conflict resolution.”

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  8. “That explains why Namibia is one of the largest female police-contributing countries to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, the Sudan. As a matter of fact, during 2010, we deployed our first full female contingent of 31 officers to Darfur, Namibian women in peacekeeping missions have demonstrated remarkable commitment, high competency and aptitude for innovation. The move by the Chair of the African Union Commission to establish an Office of the African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security is highly commendable. Since its establishment, it has been busy contacting women in conflict areas in Africa and helping them to decide how best they can contribute to achieving peace in their respective countries.”

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  9. “Therefore, we are convinced, and rightly so, that women played and continue to play a role in achieving and maintaining the peace we have enjoyed since Namibia's independence 25 years ago. Namibia attaches great importance to the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and it will continue to play its part. Namibia was one of the first countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to ratify the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. That Protocol calls upon Member States to put in place measures to ensure that women have equal representation and participation in key decision-making positions and peacebuilding processes. I also inform members that we recently reviewed our national gender policy and we have included women and peace and security as one of our critical areas of concern.”

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  10. “As women, we do not just want to participate, but we want to live in a peaceful world. The successes ofthis landmark resolution has raised international awareness on the unique and grave issues that girls and women face during and after conflict. In Namibia, we have always recognized the link between peace and gender equality. That is what we have learned from our long years of liberation struggle for independence, in which women, including myself, fully participated. Before returning from exile, in his last general address to Namibians in exile, in 1989 in Angola, our founding President and father of the Namibian nation, then President of the South-West Africa People's Organization, Comrade Sam Nujoma, called on Namibian women to be alert and not to allow the country to be messed up once independence was achieved.”

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  11. “That resolution recognizes and reaffirms the critical role women play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, as well as their role in post-conflict reconstruction. Today's debate is very important, as it gives us an opportunity to review the progress made since 2000. No doubt, some remarkable progress has been made both at national and global levels. However, much still needs to be done. I believe that as nations we have a lot to share when it comes to resolution 1325 (2000). Although the resolution is known as one on women and peace and security, the main element is the importance of world peace. Therefore, the full and equal participation of women at all levels of peacemaking and peacebuilding is central to sustainable world peace and for sustainable development to be achieved.”

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  12. “His Excellency Mr. Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, appreciated the invitation that you, Mr. President, extended to him to participate in this debate. He, however, delegated me to represent him owing to other equally important State responsibilities. He wishes these deliberations success. Namibia supports resolution 2242 (2015), which was just adopted and which we believe is one of the instruments that will make it possible to fully implement resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. In the same vein, we would like to thank Spain for organizing this debate today. Exactly 15 years ago, on 31 October 2000, under the presidency of Namibia, the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000).”

    2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source