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  1. “Additionally, it is critical to ensure a move into purposeful, intentional action and implementation of our national action plan. In conclusion, I should like to reiterate that until women are a significant part of peace initiatives, whether peacemaking or peacebuilding, the processes thereof will be neither complete nor durable.”

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  2. “Liberia looks forward to strengthening support for women and peace and security through its alignment as a member of the Group of Friends of the African Women Leaders Network, the Women, Peace and Security National Focal Points Network and the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security here at the United Nations. As a recipient of recognition for being the first post-conflict country to have adopted a national action plan, we would like to urge Member States that have not yet given it consideration to kindly join the global initiative. We would like to further emphasize that in addressing issues of peace and security, it is important to deal with and hear directly from actors in the area of peace and security, including women in uniform and in peacebuilding work, from the granular level upward.”

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  3. “In the throes of these multiple challenges, let me reassert that the Government of Liberia remains extensively committed to the implementation of the international commitments to resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, and welcomes the adoption of resolution 2493 (2019) under this agenda during South Africa's presidency. On behalf of His Excellency President George Weah, the Government and the people of Liberia convey their appreciation to the United Nations and our development partners for their consistent and continued support for our development efforts and in ensuring the full participation and inclusion of women and girls in the peace and security agenda.”

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  4. “Identifying the gaps between male and female security officers in decision-making in the security sector will be useful, and a sustained monitoring and evaluation practice will be beneficial. To that end, we are making frantic efforts to deliver on these initiatives. As it is with many development initiatives, the promotion of women's active participation in the security sector is marred by various factors: inadequate financial and logistical resources and capacity-building; lack of necessary equipment and apparatus and overall support; and inadequate retention and recruiting due to low financial benefits and incentives. Success in meeting these objectives hinges on overcoming these shortcomings.”

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  5. “The Armed Forces of Liberia in particular are exerting every effort to increase the number of female officers in peacekeeping missions by the year 2022, with the aim of fulfilling the United Nations peace operations gender-parity requirement of 15 per cent. At this stage we are at 8 per cent. The training provided by the United Nations and other partners has contributed greatly to building the capacity of our uniformed female officers. Nonetheless, for us to achieve the overall objectives of women's active role in peace and security, there has to be more specialized training for women in the security sector at every level. The establishment of a database on women in decision-making will be key.”

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  6. “Our Government, in its efforts to elevate this platform, and as a United Nations troop-contributing country, has embarked on various initiatives to expand the presence of female officers in the Liberian security sector. Currently the security apparatus in Liberia, including the Armed Forces of Liberia, the Liberian National Police and the Liberian Immigration Service, is exerting efforts to increase the quota of female recruits and identifying effective trainings and strategies to build the needed capacity of female officers to cope with challenges that hinder their advancement or entry into the security sector.”

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  7. “While there were many stumbling blocks to the effective implementation of the first plan, the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in collaboration with our development partners, will endeavour to ensure that phase two of the plan, which is fully aligned with our own national development framework, the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development, will apply the appropriate mechanisms to ensure a successful implementation process. A significant aspect of the women and peace and security agenda is the role of women in the security sector and in peacekeeping; however, very little attention is given to the contribution of women in this sector in view of the full peace and security agenda.”

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  8. “That would allow for 15 more seats for women in the Senate in addition to the 30 existing seats, as per political subdivisions, and only female members of political parties will qualify to contest these seats. There will be four specialized seats in the House of Representatives for persons dealing with disabilities, and young people. Although there are hindrances, as there are with everything that comes with change, we remain optimistic that these goals will be realized under this Administration. The development of our first national action plan in 2009, following the remarkable role women played in the restoration of peace to our war-torn country, was a logical sequence to keeping up the momentum in women's political leadership.”

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  9. “Phase two of our national action plan on resolution 1325 (2000) has been completed and endorsed, and the domestic violence bill was recently passed into law, in August. We are confident that we will see the others come to timely fruition. In furtherance of our adherence to the tenets of resolution 1325 (2000), His Excellency Mr. George Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia, in his advocacy for advancing women in political leadership, championed a bill for an amendment to article 80 of the Liberian Constitution in order to provide additional seats for marginalized groupings, to include women, persons dealing with disabilities, and young people.”

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  10. “The milestone commemorations of the twentieth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the tenth anniversary of the mandate on sexual violence in conflict create opportunities to undertake extensive inventories of how well we have met our commitments to the protection and promotion of the rights and advancement of women, as well as provide an opportunity to develop practical and robust solutions for addressing the gaps and challenges. On 23 April, Liberia joined other Member States in pronouncing a number of commitments on its women and peace and security agenda leading up to the twentieth anniversary, in 2020. I am proud to announce today that we have made good on two of the six commitments in advance of the 2020 target set.”

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  11. “My delegation brings warm greetings from His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia and feminist-in-chief, and we congratulate you, Madam, on your ascendancy to the presidency. At the outset I should like to express our satisfaction at the adoption of resolution 2493 (2019), which Liberia proudly co-sponsored. The year 2020 holds significance for amplifying the focus on the progress of the women's advancement agenda.”

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