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2023-10-25

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2023-12-15

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1. “We also support the development of national action plans on women and peace and security and highlight the importance of ensuring evidence-based and gender-responsive policymaking and programming. In conclusion, Guyana highlights the importance of the full implementation of the existing international and regional instruments to address the problem of illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.”

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

2. “Secondly, the responsibility for mitigating diversion risks must be upheld. Guyana echoes the call for transfers of arms and ammunition to include effective pre-transfer risk assessments and post- shipment controls, such as on-site inspection and end- user verifications. Compounding the challenges in this area is the rapid development of new technologies, such as the use of polymers, 3D printing and modularity in weapon design, which presents new challenges to traceability and impedes efforts to strengthen control systems and regulate the international trade in conventional weapons. Guyana adds its voice in calling for mainstreaming perspectives that take into account the disproportionate impact of illicit arms flows on women and children in arms-control policymaking and implementation processes.”

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

3. “First, curbing the illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons must be addressed at political, policy and operational levels and must start with full compliance with obligations and commitments. Regional and subregional organizations play a critical role in promoting action through road maps and action plans, such as the Road Map for Implementing the Caribbean Priority Actions on the Illicit Proliferation of Firearms and Ammunition across the Caribbean in a Sustainable Manner by 2030 and the declaration of a war on guns or the African Union’s flagship Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative. Those must be supported. Through dialogue and cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, the Council can leverage, strengthen and promote the implementation of existing instruments on small arms and light weapons.”

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

4. “Guyana thanks Ecuador for convening this open debate on the threat posed by illicit flows of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2023/823) and the briefers for their valuable insights. Guyana is gravely concerned about the deleterious consequences of the illicit proliferation, transfer, diversion and trafficking of small arms and ammunition, cognizant of the heavy social, economic and health costs associated with their diversion and use and the grave impact that they have on peace, security, stability and sustainable development. We welcome ongoing global, regional and subregional efforts to address the multifaceted challenges associated with such weapons and offer the following points for consideration.”

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

5. “Let us commit to moving away from theory to practice, ensuring that women are equally and meaningfully included in peace processes, humanitarian responses and post- conflict reconstruction.”

   2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

6. “We agree with the assessment in the report that Member States and other international organizations must use their political and financial capital and their level of influence to advance women and peace and security. In Guyana, our defence force is committed to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda and to bridging the leadership gaps at all levels throughout the force, creating equal opportunities for women. This includes professional development opportunities and providing an environment for women to comfortably serve in the military. An awareness campaign is being used to promote the agenda in the force. As a result of these efforts, in Guyana there has been some increase in the number of women at leadership levels in our force. Change is possible, but we must act.”

   2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

7. “The Security Council must continue to insist that reports on country situations include substantial information, data and analysis on the situation of women and girls. Parties to conflicts must be urged to take special measures to protect women and girls from all forms of violence. Those who have committed atrocities against women and girls cannot be allowed to escape with impunity. It is also necessary that peace agreements have a gender perspective. There must be a shift from rhetoric to setting specific, concrete targets against which progress can be measured. Guyana welcomes the Secretary-General’s commitment for the United Nations to support an initial minimum target of one third of participants in mediation and peace processes being women.”

   2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

8. “Indeed, it is clear that the focus must be on implementation. While representing at least half of those affected by armed conflicts, women are still excluded from conflict prevention and resolution. As a result, the unique challenges faced by women and girls and their relief needs are often not addressed. As our world continues to groan under increased armed conflicts and horrific humanitarian crises, women and children are the primary victims. Their human rights are trampled upon on a daily basis, and their lives seem without value. Sexual and gender- based violence continues to be prevalent. It is alarming that the number of women and girls living in conflict- affected countries is reported at 614 million in 2022, 50 per cent higher than the number in 2017.”

   2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source

9. “At the outset, I wish to express appreciation to Brazil for convening this open debate. Secretary-General Guterres has stated in his report (S/2023/725) that women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in building peace is still an aspiration or an afterthought. This pronouncement comes 23 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security and later resolutions that collectively comprise a strong framework on women and peace and security. At this time, when women and peace and security is prominent on the agenda of the Council, amplified by the introduction of the shared commitments, which have seen successive presidencies highlight key aspects of the agenda, we still have more to do. Despite this high visibility and activism, progress has been minimal.”

   2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452Resumption2 (2023) · source