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  1. “Organizations should also take special measures to ensure full participation by actively employing women as special envoys and senior mediators. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that Ghana remains fully committed to the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace processes, especially in the context of conflicts, where their interventions matter most. Through our membership of the AU and ECOWAS, we will continue to contribute to building a robust regional women and peace and security framework, characterized by tangible actions leading to the attainment of desirable outcomes.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  2. “Thirdly, we urge the Security Council to request the Secretary-General to ensure the allocation of targeted, practical and rapid resources to facilitate responses to threats against women peacebuilders or avert the dangers that they may face, especially in the context of military coups. The Council can also ensure that peace operations are adequately resourced to address the challenges encountered by United Nations entities and Member States in monitoring, reporting and providing support to women peacebuilders. Finally, we urge that regional organizations, in collaboration with the United Nations, actively promote women’s participation in mediation through training programmes and the creation of a database of women mediators at the regional level.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  3. “First, there must be a concerted effort to improve on our collective resilience against conflict by diverting some of the global military expenditure towards investment in human security. In that way, we can channel much-needed funds into women and peace and security initiatives aimed at conflict prevention. Secondly, we must encourage cross-collaboration on the women and peace and security agenda among regional organizations. That would ensure the effective exchange of best practices across regions and deepen the partnerships to bridge knowledge gaps required to support women’s empowerment initiatives.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  4. “The adoption in 2010 of the ECOWAS regional action plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions has also seen the inclusion of women and peace and security elements in initiatives, such as the regional early warning systems, the development of a gender and elections plan and the training of women mediators to support peace initiatives in the region. Through those initiatives, ECOWAS continues to work towards inclusive and participatory governance processes, including the rights and roles of women in peace and governance processes. Such initiatives, which have the primary intention of enabling the integration of women into the mechanisms of preventive diplomacy and mediation, deserve full support. In addressing more specifically the focus of today’s engagement, Ghana will make four points.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  5. “The region is both mindful of the need to protect the rights of women and girls from conflict-related sexual violence and deeply appreciative of the role that women groups at the national and regional levels have played in the resolution of conflicts, such as those that occurred in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire in the early 2000s. In that regard, we recall the critical role that the Mano River Union Women’s Peace Network played in getting women represented in the peace processes of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, as well as the roles that others play in facilitating the participation of women in political activities.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  6. “It is also encouraging to observe the fervour and attention that the women and peace and security agenda has generated within regional and subregional organizations. The African Union (AU) and ECOWAS have incorporated crucial aspects of the agenda into their strategic objectives and operations. We commend, in particular, the efforts that are being made to nurture a culture of fervent national and regional implementation, backed by political will, as well as the desire to protect women and give them a voice in society. In West Africa, for instance, in acknowledgement of the contributions of women in building peaceful and stable societies, ECOWAS has developed legal frameworks to assure the role of women in governance, electoral processes and conflict prevention and resolution, as well as peacebuilding.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  7. “Africa’s regional economic communities, such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Southern African Development Community, the Economic Community of Central African States and the East African Community, which serve as building blocks for continental integration, have had a long history of engagement with the aspirations of the people of the continent, even though the recurrence of sociopolitical conflicts has led to the erosion of some gains in several instances. In moments of social and political unrest in several places in the world, women and peace and security agents, against the odds of severe reprisals, marginalization and outright hostility, continue to work towards the advancement, progress and stability of their communities.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  8. “I also wish to express my appreciation to all the briefers for their rich perspectives, which rightly point us to the need for action on the commitments that we all made. The African story cannot be recounted without highlighting an essential component of the continent’s political and economic reality, which is the progressive quest for a deepened regional integration, marked by economic prosperity and sociopolitical cohesion.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source

  9. “Since the unanimous adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), more than two decades ago, discourses and efforts geared towards the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace and security have received unprecedented international momentum and yielded positive outcomes, with significant promise for increased success if we all commit to that important global objective and keep the promises. Ghana welcomes the emphasis of this high-level open engagement on the role of regional organizations in implementing the three main thematic tracks of the women and peace and security agenda in the face of political turmoils, and commends the Albanian delegation, led by you, Your Excellency, for directing our collective attention towards that aspect.”

    2022-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9064 (2022) · source