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  1. “Its groups are not just stakeholders but equal partners and are the ones showing us, in practice, how to push back on the push back. In this spirit, Canada formalized our relationship with civil society through our national action plan and continue to look to them to hold us accountable. In the light of today's resolution, we especially thank the NGO Working Group for bringing the remarkable Alaa Salah and, through her, the voices of Sudanese women to the Council and for the Group's leadership in pushing us to sustain our shared vision of the agenda and reminding us that our gains are still precious. If elected to the Security Council in 2021, Canada will continue to champion the full women and peace and security agenda and work both inside and outside this Chamber to make the transformational aspirations of the agenda a reality.”

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  2. “Finally, we must be intentional about inclusion. Where are the young people, the indigenous women, the LGBTQI communities, among others? Frankly speaking, the price of exclusion is too costly for us to continue with the status quo. The Security Council consistently says that women deserve a seat at the table and yet there are crises around the world where women are shut out from decisions that affect their lives. For long enough, we have demanded that women justify their participation, that they provide the data and explain their special contributions. It is time to put the burden of justification on those who continue to exclude half the population. Civil society is a true leader in making implementation inclusive.”

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  3. “We create barriers to implementation when we demand that transformational work happen on short funding cycles and sparse budgets. That is why Canada doubled its commitment to the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund. It is why earlier this year we launched the Equality Fund to bring in partners, including the private sector, to provide unprecedented levels of sustainable resources to women's organizations and movements. And that is why we made a three-year $650 million commitment to closing the gaps in support for sexual and reproductive health. Sexual and reproductive health is not a bargaining chip. We cannot use women's lives and their bodily autonomy as language to be negotiated away. Sexual and reproductive health and rights is core to the agenda and must continue to be as we recommit our efforts to full implementation.”

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  4. “Through the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peace Operations, Canada partners with Ghana, Zambia and Senegal to assess and address barriers and to design bold interventions to make a difference for women in police and military institutions. Canada's Chief of Defence staff is also now chairing a women, peace and security-focused United Nations network of his counterparts and invites all Chiefs of Defence staff to join. It could not be clearer - no country and no region has a monopoly on good ideas. By working with partners, we look forward to the day when, instead of saying we need to do more, we can say we did it and it worked. The second way that Canada is transforming how we work is by funding those who need it most. The hard work of implementation is done by women's rights organizations that are underresourced. Movements need funding.”

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  5. “The women and peace and security agenda demands that we break out of institutional and social silos. Within Canada, for instance, our national action plan is a partnership among the nine ministries and agencies, including many with primarily domestic mandates. We recognize that peace and security are not just foreign policy or defence issues. Women around the world face intersecting forms of Violence and discrimination, including in Canada, and particularly among indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Partnerships based on mutual respect with other countries are equally important. In 2020, Canada will co-chair the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network with Uruguay, building on the excellent work of the current Chair, Namibia.”

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  6. “I would now like to switch to French and say a few words in my national capacity as the representative of Canada. (Spoke in French) I would like to thank South Africa for having submitted resolution 2493 (2019) which was adopted today. As the President of the Council remarked this morning, it is nice to have a return to consensus. We salute South Africa's emphasis on full implementation. Like several others, we would like to have heard stronger language with regard to women human rights defenders, civil society and sexual and reproductive-health law. To achieve real results, what does implementation look like? For Canada, it is a question of transforming current methods of collaboration. (spoke in English) The first of three ways Canada is doing that is through partnership.”

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  7. “In addition, we call on the Security Council to incorporate sexual and gender-based Violence as a criterion for sanctions and to assess the gendered impacts of sanctions. In closing, as other speakers have noted, 2020 will be a landmark year for the women and peace and security agenda, with the twentieth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000) championed by Namibia. Now is not the time to be complacent with the status quo, but rather to be more ambitious and to address the gaps for further implementation of the women and peace and security agenda in its entirety. The Group calls on all United Nations entities, the Security Council, all Member States and all other stakeholders to use this opportunity to move from words to action and to ensure the full and effective implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”

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  8. “This must be a top priority for the United Nations leadership, troop- and police-contributing countries and all Member States. Devastatingly, sexual and gender-based violence remains prevalent in situations of armed conflict worldwide. It continues to be a tactic of war and terror and must be addressed as a key security issue. The group calls for further strengthening of justice and accountability measures to address sexual and gender-based violence in conflict. Recognizing the importance of providing timely assistance to survivors of sexual Violence, the group urges United Nations entities and donors to provide non-discriminatory and comprehensive health services, including sexual and reproductive health, psychosocial, legal and livelihood support and other multisectoral services for survivors.”

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  9. “The group condemns in the strongest possible terms acts that constitute Violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law and hinder the achievement of full gender equality, peace and sustainable development. Ensuring women's full and meaningful participation in the security sector, including in peacekeeping operations, is another area where progress must still be made. While there have been some positive developments, progress is too slow. The group welcomes innovative measures taken to increase the full and meaningful participation of women in peacekeeping operations, including the uniformed gender parity strategy 201872028. The group also underlines the key role that mission leadership must play in integrating gender perspectives across all mission components.”

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  10. “Women remain continuously underrepresented and excluded from peace and security efforts, including peace negotiations. The group stresses that women's full, equal and meaningful participation must be in place in all aspects of peace and security, including all formal and informal decision-making processes at all levels. That must be safeguarded and is non-negotiable. We underscore the Secretary-General's emphasis on enhancing support and resources for women's meaningful participation in peace and security processes. Political violence targeting women continues to be of grave concern, inhibiting women's ability to participate in public life and decision-making processes. The deliberate targeting of women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders remains a major concern.”

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  11. “As the Secretary-General's most recent report (S/2019/800) on this item makes clear, implementation has made strides but persistent gaps and challenges remain, making implementation far from complete. The group emphasizes that meaningful action on women and peace and security requires committing to the full and effective implementation of all elements of the women and peace and security agenda and recognizing their interrelated, inseparable and mutually reinforcing nature. The group welcomes the recommendations and suggested actions described in the Secretary-General's report as a means to close gaps. We emphasize the importance of the ongoing monitoring and tracking of progress. The group would like to highlight the vital role played by civil society in all aspects of the agenda, including the monitoring of implementation.”

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  12. “I beg your indulgence, Mr. President, because today I will deliver two separate statements. The first statement is on behalf of 56 Member States representing all five regional groups of the United Nations, including South Africa, I note as a means of currying favour. The group of countries thanks today's briefers for sharing their insights and experiences. We also thank members of the Security Council for their efforts to address more systematically women's human rights, gender equality and the gendered impact of conflict. We commend South Africa for holding this open debate on the important theme of the full and effective implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”

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