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2023-10-25

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1. “Thirdly, women must be given equal opportunities to lead and participate in peace efforts. That includes being part of negotiations, acting as mediators and signing peace agreements. Women must also be involved in monitoring peace agreements, transitional authorities and all other political and economic processes related to building and sustaining peace. In conclusion, it is undeniable that sustainable peace cannot be achieved while women are targeted in war and excluded from peace negotiations. Women’s participation and empowerment are essential to resolving conflicts and building lasting peace. It cannot be overstated that the inclusion of women in the peace process is non-negotiable if we are to have any hope of creating a peaceful future.”

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

2. “It is high time that we take substantive and meaningful action to address that issue and ensure the full, equal, meaningful and active participation of women in all peace processes. Secondly, United Nations political and peacekeeping missions play a critical role in capacity-building. To achieve the women and peace and security goal of equal participation of diverse women at every stage of peace processes, all United Nations-led organs and agencies must consistently apply gender analysis. The United Nations must demonstrate political will by providing financial and technical support and building national capacities to enhance women’s participation. By doing so, every aspect of United Nations-led peace processes can ensure gender parity and justice at every stage.”

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

3. “We do so, too, with a profound sense of urgency of the necessity to ensure that our tools are fit for purpose. We do so now with the determination to redouble our efforts in putting them to good use. We remain cognizant that women constitute approximately half of the global population, including those residing in conflict-affected countries and regions, so we must ensure that solutions to, and the prevention of, conflicts are durable and inclusive. In that connection, we offer these three points of emphasis. First, despite the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), over two decades ago, women’s participation in international peace and security processes, including those led by the United Nations, remains unacceptably low.”

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

4. “As we commemorate the twenty-third anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), let us be mindful that the primary objectives of the Charter of the United Nations are to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and to promote social progress and quality of life in larger freedom. The four pillars of the women and peace and security agenda, under the banners of participation, protection, prevention, relief and recovery, allow for an elaboration of a targeted approach to those timeless principles. Today we take a moment to contemplate the progress we have made as a global community and the obstacles that still lie ahead. But we do so especially mindful of the women and children in the conflict- affected countries.”

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

5. “At this moment, women and children already account for more than 60 per cent of the casualties in the current war in the Middle East, and we know that will increase if we are unable to facilitate a ceasefire. In that regard, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all sides and for a quest to embark on a just and lasting peace in accordance with the principles and provisions of resolution 242 (1967). The international community must intervene justly and mercifully to bring hostilities to an end and to ensure that international humanitarian law is upheld in Gaza for the sake of humanity.”

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

6. “I begin by congratulating the Government of Brazil for its exemplary leadership and unyielding stewardship during the month of October and during a time of great upheaval and grave uncertainty. I also thank our briefers for their presentations. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines welcomes the convening of this open debate on women’s participation in international peace and security, bearing in mind more specifically the increased number of conflicts and the most recent outbreak of hostilities in Israel and Gaza. Our thoughts are with all those who have suffered the unbearable consequences of war, especially the women and children who, as always, are paying the heavy price of armed conflict settings and make up the vast majority of displaced persons.”

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