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2015-07-23

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2019-02-05

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1. “I wish to assure the Council that as we proceed with our reconciliation and peacebuilding process with the active participation of women at all levels, we will continue to share our experiences and best practices, especially in relation to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”

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2. “For over five decades, Sri Lanka has been making modest contributions to United Nations peacekeeping efforts. Sri Lanka acknowledges the importance of women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. We are committed to purposefully including women at all levels of those processes, including at the decision-making and policymaking stages. We are equally committed to including our highly trained and disciplined female forces in peacekeeping efforts. We welcome the formal launch today of the publication of the global study on women and peace and security. We congratulate the contributors and experts and the lead author, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, We will closely review the recommendations in the global study to further the shared goal of women remaining at the centre of the peace process.”

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3. “We are committed to addressing their immediate concerns and making them participants in all areas of peacebuilding and peacekeeping. Successful peacebuilding requires gender equality and women's empowerment, security, human rights and development to mesh together. Financial stability is also an important factor in that regard. It is also vital that we engage domestic actors from the grass roots to the highest echelons of Government to ensure ownership of the peacebuilding processes and to guarantee long-term sustainability. In all those endeavours, we are committed to including women as essential participants in the conversation. That can be done only by acknowledging the existence of structural institutionalized gender bias, identifying the problems and sincerely seeking solutions.”

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4. “And we have in place a national action plan on women, which is currently being updated. Yet we know that more remains to be done. Sri Lanka takes very seriously and as a matter of urgent priority the responsibility of ensuring the promotion and protection of the rights of women, including with regard to conflict-related sexual violence and sexual exploitation and abuse. Sri Lanka's new Government has demonstrated the political will not merely to make international commitment statements, but also to make time-bound national commitments with a View to their speedy and effective implementation. We are aware that the long drawn-out conflict has resulted in a large number of victims - orphans, war widows, single mothers and female-headed households.”

   2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source

5. “A new President and Government were elected in January, committed to democratic values and to Sri Lanka moving forward as an engaged member of the international community. We have already begun taking steps aimed at achieving meaningful reconciliation, strengthening democratic institutions, good governance, the rule of law and confidence-building among communities affected by conflict for many years. We have renewed our commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. Historically, Sri Lanka has made strides in the area of women's empowerment. Universal adult franchise was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1931. Free education for both boys and girls and free health care were introduced very early after independence in 1948. Sri Lanka adopted a women's charter two years before the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.”

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6. “I commend the Spanish presidency of the Security Council for organizing this open debate. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and to acknowledge the contributions of the Executive Director of UN-Women and the other representatives. Resolution 1325 (2000) was a landmark resolution that rightly focused on the differing impact of armed conflict on women and girls and their exclusion from conflict prevention, peacebuilding and peacekeeping. There is undoubtedly an inextricable link between gender inequality and international peace and security. Sri Lanka has emerged from a 30-year conflict that left deep-seated scars in our society and torn apart the socioeconomic fabric of our nation. Women were major victims of that conflict.”

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7. “We reiterate our support for the implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolution 242 (1967), of 22 November 1967, regarding the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to statehood and the attainment of a two-State solution, established on the basis of the 1967 borders. We must not give up on our hopes for a lasting peace accord that can lead to the establishment of a fully sovereign and secure State of Palestine. We hope that the parties concerned will not fritter away the opportunity that the current international climate presents for achieving a sustainable peace when there is so much international good will supporting the process.”

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8. “Terrorism, including the recent phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters with origins in the region, has the potential for posing a serious threat to the security and stability of every nation, tearing apart the established fabric of nation States and the international legal order. In today's interconnected world, it is very easy for agents of extremism to spread their ideologies across national borders. Sri Lanka supports Palestine's application for admission to full membership of the United Nations. We recognize that the viability of a two-State solution will depend on the political unity and economic advancement ofthe Palestinian people.”

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9. “Indiscriminate attacks on civilians, in violation of international humanitarian law, can only intensify feelings of desperation and insecurity and widen the gap between the parties. At the same time, the security needs of the Israeli people must also be respected. A climate conducive to peace will be encouraged by a common humanitarian approach in which both sides are sensitive to the other's concerns. The Middle East conflict attracts a considerable amount of international attention and resources. The lingering question of Palestine is one of the main issues driving the recruitment of terrorists in the region and worldwide.”

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10. “It is our fervent hope that, with the help of the global community, the people of Palestine will rise to the challenge of rebuilding their lives and livelihoods. It is urgent that their living conditions improve. In that regard, we also strongly support the work of the various United Nations agencies in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. We join with the international community in appealing to all parties to refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilians, which are detrimental to the peace and security of both Israel and Palestine and the stability of the entire region.”

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11. “The people of Palestine have suffered as a result of a range of factors, in particular by being dispossessed of much of their land. The international community has repeatedly called for a freeze of settlement activity. The ongoing settlement activities, which are illegal under international law, must end as soon as possible if sustainable peace is to be achieved in the region. In recent years, the continued blockade of Gaza has added to the pain and frustrations of Palestinians living there. We encourage the parties to exercise restraint for the sake of the larger goal of peace. Another key challenge the Palestinian people are now facing is reconstruction, following the destruction wrought in Gaza last year.”

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12. “I join other speakers in commending His Excellency Mr. Murray McCully, Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, for convening this important debate. I also wish to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing to the Council this morning. We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. For more than 50 years, the international community has struggled to find a just and durable solution to the situation in the Middle East. We are encouraged by the international community's continuing diplomatic engagement with the issue, including the recent United Nations international meeting held in Moscow in July in support of peace between Israel and Palestine.”

    2015-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7490 (2015) · source