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Ramyar

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2019-07-17
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2019-07-17
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  1. “Well-established local youth organizations will be ideal partners for that activity. I wish to affirm once again that the young Afghans whom the Council has met in settings such as today's are testament to a new Afghanistan - a partner to the global community. We desire to move forward, not backwards. We thank the Security Council for partnering with our people, particularly the youth, in our vision to create an inclusive and peaceful Afghanistan.”

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  2. “First, the United Nations needs to take a long- term approach and develop policies that make youth an integral part of the decision-making process. The inclusion of youth in the Afghan Government in the past few years has been encouraging but it is not sustainable. Secondly, young people must be allowed to play a key role in the peace process in Afghanistan, from the negotiation stage to the implementation. Since the youth forms the largest segment of society, we have the highest stake in the process. Thirdly, youth must be seen as an equal partner, not as project implementers or grantees. Fourthly, the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth is uniquely positioned to encourage national coalition and strategies with regard to resolution 2250 (2015) and to evaluate the effectiveness of their implementation.”

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  3. “My colleagues and I had the honour to partner with the United Network of Young Peacebuilders on behalf of the Afghan youth and advocate for resolution 2250 (2015) until it was adopted in 2015. Subsequent to our activities to implement the resolution, along with the Government of the Netherlands represented in Kabul and with the support of the Afghan Government and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, APT pioneered an initiative to select the first-ever Afghan Youth Representative to the United Nations last year. This year, we are working closely with the Embassy of Germany in Kabul to select the second Afghan Youth Representative, whom the Council will meet later in the year. Let me conclude by stressing the following points.”

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  4. “I would like to take the opportunity to recognize and appreciate the positive efforts of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to include young people in decision-making processes, including efforts to allow them to assume leadership positions. Ambassador Adela Raz, who is a young Afghan woman serving as Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, is a testament to how far Afghans have come along. Nonetheless, the notions of exclusion and hierarchical relationships between men and women and elders and youth still dominate the societal, cultural, political and economic landscape across Afghan society. That needs to change. On behalf of APT and the Afghan youth, I am pleased to thank the Security Council for adopting resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018).”

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  5. “Young Afghan women and men have the potential to lead our country and create not only a peaceful Afghanistan but also a stable region, in which our country's unique geographical location serves as a bridge for ideas, ambitions and cooperation. With that belief and vision, at APT we work to promote critical thinking and a culture of peace among young Afghans. Since APT's inception in 2011, more than 20,000 youth and university students have participated in our activities, most of whom come from the rural parts of the country. Also, as a leading organization in the implementation of resolution 2250 (2015), we have held many debates and dialogues that support its implementation in Afghanistan since 2015 and have worked with the Government of Afghanistan on a practical action plan for the youth, peace and security agenda.”

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  6. “I want to affirm that the youth, peace and security agenda is preparing a generation of young men and women in Afghanistan that will lead our country towards peace, development and prosperity. The organization that I lead - Afghans for Progressive Thinking - is one concrete example of an entity that has been encouraged by the United Nations policy positions to work for peace in Afghanistan. Being a woman who works to create peace in Afghanistan has never been easy but the motivation that I have received from our partners, particularly the United Nations partnership with our umbrella organization, the United Network of Young Peacebuilders, and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, have given me the energy to pursue my vision with confidence.”

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  7. “In a male-dominated Afghan society, my leadership has not been accepted or respected by most men. That experience has also stirred a passion in me to also seek theories and practices to challenge the existing prejudices among people towards women's leadership. The result of our work is that there are now more women taking leadership positions and are being supported by men at the same time. Youth form the majority of the Afghan population, and they are strategically placed in the society to create change in their communities and to push for structural changes at the policy level, particularly at this important juncture of our society now that we are closer to a peace agreement than ever before.”

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  8. “Life in refugee camps stirred a desire in me to work for peaceful coexistence in Afghanistan, where all citizens can enjoy their basic human rights, access quality education and contribute positively to society. I could not wait to return to Kabul, rebuild our home, enrol at a local school and prepare myself to pursue my vision. The creation of a democratic Afghanistan in 2001 allowed me to come back to the country and to work through the challenges of the war for a peaceful country. I joined Afghans for Progressive Thinking (APT), which was founded by an Afghan youth in the belief that youth are not just victims or perpetrators of violence but an active contributor to peace processes. I joined the organization and became Executive Director in 2014.”

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  9. “I will share why I have a passion for peace, introduce the large youth- led organization that I lead, talk about how resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018) support my work and explain what it is like to be a leader in Afghanistan as a young woman. I will conclude my speech with a few modest recommendations for the United Nations. My passion for peace traces back to the tragic experience I just narrated. War forced my family to flee to Pakistan and live in a refugee camp, without papers and away from our homeland, when I was only 4 years old. That war continues until today, and my story is being recreated every single day in other people's lives.”

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  10. “Ms. Ramyar: Many people dream of seeing helicopters or riding in one; I pray to God I never see one again. They remind me of the tragic moment in my life during the civil war when a helicopter dropped a bomb on our home in Kabul and destroyed its floors in 1995. Traumatized and scared, my siblings and I found each other safe in the yard after the dust settled, and we started to look for other members of our family. I thank you, Mr. President, for your kind invitation to me to brief the members of the Security Council. It is such an honour to be here; it is a dream come true. Please allow me to outline my speech today.”

    2019-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8577 (2019) · source