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Pavļuta-Deslandes

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2023-10-09
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2023-12-15
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  1. “Yet, both in and out of conflicts, women suffer the most from sexual violence, often enabled by firearms. That stark reality calls for a consistent approach, first of all, by recognizing the link between illicit small arms and light weapons and gender-based violence, and, secondly, by taking proactive measures. For example, particular efforts should be taken to prevent the diversion of small arms and light weapons to conflict and post-conflict zones where conflict-related sexual violence is widespread. We are committed to contributing to those efforts through Latvia’s active role both in international arms- control mechanisms and formats focused on gender equality and the empowerment of women, including the Commission on the Status of Women and UN-Women.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “For instance, the use of polymer frames and the manufacturing of modular weapons and 3D-printed weapons are causing challenges for the marking, record-keeping and tracing of small arms and light weapons. A collective response is required to effectively address those developments. It is important to note that technology not only presents challenges but also creates opportunities to control and trace arms through innovative means such as laser-marking and chemical tagging. Finally, we stress the need for a substantial strategy to address the disproportionate effect that the use of illegal arms has on women. As highlighted in the latest report of Secretary-General on small arms and light weapons (S/2023/823), women possess a minor share of firearms and remain significantly underrepresented in the field of firearms control.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “Furthermore, we highlight the importance of the work done at regional levels to contribute to the implementation of the Programme of Action and the International Tracing Instrument. Combating the illicit trafficking in small arms and conventional ammunition is an integral part of early warning, conflict-prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. Sharing good practices and lessons learned contributes to ensuring effective national controls over the full life cycle of small arms and light weapons, including their stockpile management. Latvia considers that new technological developments should be one of the main areas of focus in the efforts to address illicit small arms light weapons.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “It is equally important to strengthen the existing instruments, such as the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the Arms Trade Treaty. Next year’s Programme of Action Review Conference will present an opportunity to assess and strengthen the functioning of that instrument. Having served as a Vice-Chair in two meetings leading to the Review Conference — namely, the seventh and eighth Biennial Meetings of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action — Latvia considers that preparations are on track. We welcome the nomination of the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica as President of the Review Conference.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Ms. Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia): Latvia welcomes Ecuador’s leadership in organizing this open debate. Small arms and light weapons remain one of the main causes of civilian casualties, not only in conflicts but also in peacetime. We therefore firmly believe that this matter demands consistent attention from the Security Council and the international community. Latvia stresses the need to continue developing an effective international framework to address illicit small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition. In that regard, we applaud the adoption this year of the Global Framework for Through-Life Conventional Ammunition Management (see General Assembly resolution 78/47), which diminishes a regulatory gap in that area.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “The international community must firmly stand together against Russia’s attack on the norms and principles of international law. We call on all Member States to continue to provide all support necessary to Ukraine. Protecting the Charter and standing up for international law is a must to preserve the multilateral system based on the rule of law. And there is no place for any kind of logic of “might makes right” in the twenty-first century. The meeting rose at noon.”

    2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source

  7. “Today we are once again witnessing Russia commit crimes against the Ukrainian people by using food as a weapon. Russia weaponizes food by shelling Ukrainian grain storage sites, energy infrastructure and trade routes, in addition to contaminating Ukraine’s agricultural land and blatantly stealing Ukrainian grain. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has a global impact, and the shortage of Ukrainian produce is felt especially by the countries that are already facing food insecurity. We must therefore implement Ukraine’s peace formula in order to jointly achieve food security goals and address the global food crisis. The Baltic States affirm their solidarity with Ukraine and their readiness to support it politically, economically, financially and militarily for as long as it takes.”

    2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source

  8. “As the global attention focuses increasingly on the crisis in the Middle East, Russia has increased its shelling of Ukrainian civilians and attempts to destroy civilian infrastructure. In recent weeks, we have witnessed massive attacks on Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv. In a six-hour air raid on 25 November, Russia launched its largest drone attack on Kyiv, using 75 Shahed drones. The drones caused serious damage and electricity-line shutdowns while the winter is setting in. Sadly, Russia used similar tactics last year. We strongly condemn Russia’s criminal actions in Ukraine attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure. On the same day, the world commemorated the ninetieth anniversary of the Holodomor, and we honoured all victims of that artificially provoked hunger.”

    2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source

  9. “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, enabled by Belarus, is a flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. Violations by Russia create mistrust and doubts about the credibility and effectiveness of the United Nations and the international rules-based system. Russian leadership, military personnel, perpetrators and accomplices will be held accountable for the crimes committed in and against Ukraine. In that regard, we call for the establishment of a special international tribunal to ensure that justice is delivered. Impunity for war crimes cannot be tolerated. The war will soon enter its third year, bringing pain and suffering for the people of Ukraine.”

    2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source

  10. “Ms. Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the three Baltic States, namely, Estonia, Lithuania and my own country, Latvia. I would first like to thank the Ecuadorian presidency of the Security Council for convening of this meeting and for giving me the opportunity to take the floor. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Director Rajasingham for their briefings today. The Baltic States once again strongly condemn Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and call on Russia to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its troops and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”

    2023-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9494 (2023) · source

  11. “We all have a lot of work ahead to ensure that women’s participation in peace and security becomes reality and practice, not just theory, and Latvia is committed to that.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source

  12. “We have seen that happen in Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Colombia, El Salvador and Ecuador. Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted 23 years ago. In 2015, the Council recognized the impacts of climate change on peace and security, but only last year did it include in the mandate of a peacekeeping mission gender-sensitive risk assessments of climate change. We also highlight the approach of the Peacebuilding Fund, to which we are regular contributors. Last year, the Fund invested resources aimed at promoting women’s participation in climate change adaptation. We welcome those steps and encourage the Council to further integrate climate-related security risks into the women and peace and security agenda.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source

  13. “Speakers before me have addressed different aspects of women and peace and security — allow me to touch upon the women, security and climate nexus. In regions across the world, climate change is increasing threats to peace and security. Sea- level rise, floods and droughts are causing livelihood losses. Increased competition for resources escalates tensions into conflicts in areas already struggling with political and economic instability, and again women are the first affected. Low-income rural women depend on natural resources, and that renders them vulnerable to changes in the availability of those resources. In countries in which women can overcome barriers to their participation, they contribute greatly to the enhancement of peace and security, climate-resilient communities and sustainable resource management.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source

  14. “Ms. Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia): I thank Brazil for organizing this debate and the briefers for their presentations. Latvia aligns itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the European Union and by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security. Over the past 23 years, the women and peace and security agenda has evolved to recognize the disproportionate effects of conflict on women and girls and the crucial role that women play in achieving sustainable peace and security. The agenda calls for our collective efforts to address the dire situations of women and children, most urgently in the Middle East, the Sudan, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan and in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine — and the list goes on. The agenda also invites us to adapt to a changing peace and security landscape.”

    2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption1 (2023) · source

  15. “The international community must firmly stand together against Russia’s attack on the principles and norms of international law. We will continue to provide all the necessary support to Ukraine. Respect for the Charter of the United Nations is in the vital interest of all States. The meeting rose at 11.55 a.m.”

    2023-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9431 (2023) · source

  16. “Russian leadership, military personnel, perpetrators and accomplices must be held accountable for each and every international crime committed in and against Ukraine. Accountability will be ensured. Justice will be brought to the victims. There will be no impunity for war crimes. Let me also underscore that Russia’s threats to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty are highly irresponsible and seriously undermine global security. We call upon Russia to stop its nuclear blackmail. We are at a critical moment for the global order. Russia’s war of aggression continues to challenge the world in many ways. Changing internationally recognized borders by force must not be accepted by the international community.”

    2023-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9431 (2023) · source

  17. “The deadly bombings on 5 October of the settlement of Hroza in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, killed more than 50 people, including a child, in yet another atrocious attack against innocent civilians. Russia’s appalling terror against Ukraine’s civilian population continues. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are serious violations of international humanitarian law, and thus constitute war crimes. As long as that remains the case, there is no place for Russia in the Human Rights Council. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has confirmed the systematic use of torture, executions, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, rape and forced deportation executed by Russia. The intentional targeting of civilians must stop. Those crimes must stop immediately.”

    2023-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9431 (2023) · source

  18. “Russia started this war, and Russia alone can — and must — end it immediately. We are witnessing a clear pattern of deliberate steps taken by Russia with the aim of causing maximum suffering to Ukraine’s civilian population and targeting civilian infrastructure. The evidence of such attacks is mounting. Innocent civilians, including children, are killed, or their rights are gravely violated by the Russian armed forces. To this day, the United Nations has been able to confirm the killing of close to 10,000 civilians in this war of aggression. That is only a part of the real death toll, as Russia continues to restrict access to the territories it illegally controls in Ukraine. More than 11 million people have been forced to leave their homes or flee their country.”

    2023-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9431 (2023) · source

  19. “Ms. Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia): I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of three Baltic States — Estonia, Lithuania and my own country, Latvia. We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which is enabled by Belarus, is a blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and a threat to the rules-based international order. We strongly condemn Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, and we call upon Russia to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its troops and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine with its internationally recognized borders. Let me reiterate that the sole responsibility for this war lies with Russia.”

    2023-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9431 (2023) · source