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2007-10-23
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2007-10-23
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  1. “We reiterate the Secretary- General's call for Member States to establish a Security Council mechanism to monitor national implementation. The issue of women, peace and security is one for which there is a huge constituency. We at UNIFEM. are at the Council's disposal to assist in turning the tide of history to meet the implementation challenge. Security and peace for women remains a necessary prerequisite to security and peace for all.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  2. “That means building on the excellent points made by Mr. Guehenno and stepping up the global response in the following three key areas: first, the expansion of services for survivors, including provision of health services to treat HIV infection and the many forms of psychological and physical trauma that women and girls endure; second, focusing on transitional justice systems to build capacity to prosecute perpetrators; and third, above all, finding means to prevent the perpetration of sexual violence by ensuring that peacekeeping operations make life safe for women and girls. The second point is that the Council should consider calling for more detailed reporting on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and enhance its own capacity to monitor gaps and achievements in its implementation.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  3. “The days in October when the Security Council turns its full attention to the issues of women, peace and security and the presidential statements that the Security Council issues, all add up to a message of hope for women whose unique experiences of war and armed conflict has for too long been ignored. Given the enormity of the agenda of resolution 1325 (2000) and the need to step up its implementation to contribute to greater security and protection for those who are most in need, I would end with two points that we hope the Council will give due consideration. The first point is that the Security Council should consider calling for more holistic and concerted action by Member States and regional organizations, with United Nations system support, to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  4. “United Nations Action is providing strategic and technical support to United Nations integrated missions and United Nations country teams to step up their responses. It is seeking to build global awareness of the extent and impact of sexual violence in present- day conflicts and advocating for more effective responses from international and regional security institutions in conflict situations. Vigilance and action are needed to send an irrevocable message that sexual violence must be prevented, that impunity for perpetrators is unacceptable and that providing services to survivors of such violence is the highest priority.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  5. “Where such measures have not been adopted or have been inconsistently applied, proportions of national assembly seats won by women have been disappointing. Perhaps our greatest collective challenge, however, is our ability to use resolution 1325 (2000) to meaningfully address sexual violence as a method of warfare. Current media reports highlight the horrific extent of sexual violence in conflicts around the world. Even so, what gets reported is only the tip of the iceberg, as the Council recently heard from the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes. Resolution 1325 (2000) calls on us to take action against sexual violence in conflict. UNIFEM. has joined with 11 other United Nations entities in setting up United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  6. “In countries emerging from conflict, the numbers of women participating in elections are high - a remarkable testament to women's eagerness to participate in post-conflict decision-making, in spite of the gender-based violence that so many women encounter in daring to run for office. The numbers of women winning those contests vary according to whether electoral systems embrace special temporary measures as mandated by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The strongest examples of the positive impact of those measures come from Rwanda, where women won 49 per cent of Assembly seats in the 2003 election, and Burundi, where they won 30.5 per cent in the 2005 elections.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  7. “Allow me to present some insights from our experience. While there are positive exceptions, women's access to peace processes has been highly uneven. In the past year, UNIFEM, in partnership with many United Nations and non-governmental organizations, has supported women's networks in Uganda, Kosovo, Nepal and the Middle East to build capacities and intensify their lobbying for inclusion in peace negotiations. In many cases, women are building dialogue across lines of conflict and have much to contribute about aspects of sustainable peace that would otherwise be neglected. But there remain too few examples of structured access for women to peace talks. Despite the promises of resolution 1325 (2000), peace tables remain the province of those who made the conflict rather than those who have the greatest motivation to end it.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  8. “Member States are making efforts to increase the numbers of women among peacekeepers and police. The verdicts announced by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in July showed that war crimes against women and girls could be successfully and fully prosecuted. But the real measure of effective implementation is not the setting up of systems, plans and processes. The measure is women's participation in and contribution to more sustainable peace agreements and post-conflict reconstruction strategies. The measure is better protection of women and girls in today's conflict zones. UNIFEM. supports the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) in over 30 countries, building on a vast range of partnerships with Member States, United Nations organizations, non-governmental organizations and women's networks.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source

  9. “Ms. Sandler: On behalf of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), I am honoured to address the Security Council on the important issue of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. As the Secretary-General, Mr. Guehenno and Ms. Mayanja have noted, it is clear that our collective commitment to moving that resolution forward requires significant strengthening. As they have also noted, there is progress on which to build. Gender advisers have been placed in most integrated missions, and gender-sensitive action plans have been formulated in security and humanitarian areas of United Nations work. Security Council members now regularly meet with women's groups and networks on their trips to conflict-affected countries.”

    2007-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5766 (2007) · source