YouSaid · the spoken record

Olamendi

lines on the record
8
first
2004-10-28
most recent
2004-10-28
sittings or episodes
1
sources
un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

  1. “The debate on possible reform of the Organization and the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women provide platforms for demonstrating our political will to take concrete action. We hope that this debate will not remain mere lip service and that we take specific decisions today to arrive at our destination.”

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

  2. “Many continue to believe that women are not valid interlocutors; that is clearly reflected in women's very limited participation in conflict prevention and peace processes. That is why the education and training of women, men and children is indispensable. While that is a long-term project, there can be no doubt that it will produce sound results. We should emphasize that the effort must be coordinated, and we appeal to the international community to strengthen the work of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women in that connection. Next year will provide another opportunity for us to revitalize our work to promote women's rights.”

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

  3. “We would like to reiterate that true accountability cannot exist without the formulation and strict implementation of laws that provide for punishments commensurate with the crimes committed. In that connection, we welcome the fact that gender-based violence has been recognized as a crime against humanity in international law. The challenge we now face is to reflect that status in our national legislation. We are strongly committed to securing the objectives set forth in resolution 1325 (2000) in all of their aspects, and we will continue to work actively to that end, as we have in the past. However, we believe that full implementation does not reside solely in the formulation of laws and mechanisms, but will also require a change in our mindset.”

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

  4. “The reform must also be outward-looking, with the systematic inclusion of the principles of resolution 1325 (2000) in the resolutions adopted by the various bodies of the United Nations and ongoing coordination with regional organizations, Governments and civil society, with a view to ensuring that those principles are recognized even in the world's most marginalized communities. Another crucial issue is the need for follow-up machinery to monitor international and national progress - or backsliding - in implementation of the resolution. Adopting the right decisions is not enough; they must be implemented. Women are increasingly a target of war, both because of their civilian status and for the humiliation that victims are made to feel because of the attitudes of the societies in which they live. That situation can be tolerated no longer.”

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

  5. “We urgently need an integrated and coordinated strategy and we must begin to forge it here, within this Organization. It is of paramount importance that the gender perspective permeate each and every body in our Organization. The content of resolution 1325 (2000) must be ingrained in the daily work of the Main Committees of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Secretariat. Our strategy must include internal reform, reflected in greater inclusion of women in key United Nations posts, such as special representatives of the Secretary-General.”

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

  6. “Similarly, we cannot fail to congratulate the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) for all its work through these years to promote and realize the precepts contained in the resolution. UNIFEM's work in all corners of the world is admirable and provides a role model. The recent Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations, held from 15 to 17 September 2004, whose report identifies the major obstacles remaining to the inclusion of women in the process of reconstruction, thereby guaranteeing lasting peace, is only one example of UNIFEM's important work. As can be noted, the tools and work plan are at hand. Unfortunately, we cannot achieve our objectives if we continue to work in an isolated and fragmented fashion.”

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

  7. “Unfortunately, despite that determination, there have been many obstacles to implementing resolution 1325 (2000), and today we are confronting the sad fact that progress in carrying out the actions set out in that important initiative remains very limited. In that connection, my country would like explicitly to acknowledge all the actors in the international community that are committed to this issue, particularly the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) for its significant work in mainstreaming a gender perspective into its daily work. Without a doubt, the most tangible results in achieving the objectives of the resolution have been obtained in that sphere.”

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

  8. “Ms. Olamendi (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): In this forum many initiatives have been negotiated to promote international peace and to preserve human dignity. In the Council Chamber revolutionary resolutions have also been adopted on crucial issues such as the promotion of disarmament, the protection of civilians in armed conflict and the promotion of democracy. Many countries have overcome war and hunger thanks to efforts made in this Chamber. Today, we are meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Council's resolution 1325 (2000), which was the result of the determination of members to tackle the troubling issue of violence against women in armed conflicts, as well as the marginalization of women in decision-making processes relating both to prevention and to reconstruction.”

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