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Sipilainen

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first: 2018-04-23
most recent: 2018-04-23
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“That means actively promoting their participation and giving them responsibility, not just tolerating their presence. The report also includes concrete recommendations that need to be implemented. I would particularly like to highlight recommendations related to education and media literacy, which can contribute both to recovery and building a peaceful future. Our role as decision-makers in our societies is not to work for the youth, but with them. Young men and women do not need the voices of others to speak on their behalf; they just need to be enabled to get on the stage to speak for themselves, instead of being prevented from doing so.”
2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source
“Active Finnish youth organizations have played a strong role in promoting resolution 2250 (2015). In our future efforts to advance the implementation of the resolution, we intend to keep civil society, especially youth organizations, strongly involved in the process. Our national 2250-Network, a group of stakeholders and non-governmental organizations with a focus on representing youth, is a concrete example of that work. The progress study sends a strong message about the importance of keeping young people on the agenda of the Security Council. The youth perspective should be a mainstreamed, overarching approach in future resolutions, with mechanisms for following up its implementation. The progress study teaches us that building mutual trust between young people and Governments is a prerequisite for improving youth participation.”
2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source
“Jutta Urpilainen, the Foreign Minister's Special Representative on Mediation, has chosen to focus her work on both young people and women as priorities. The women and peace and security agenda promoted by resolution 1325 (2000) has gained significant normative and political strength since its adoption, 18 years ago. Finland remains strongly committed to advancing the women and peace and security agenda, and our recently published third national action plan on the resolution was drafted with the close participation of civil society. We hope to see a similar path of progress with regard to the youth, peace and security agenda. I wish to take this opportunity to commend Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake for her work as the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. We look forward to continuing our close cooperation with her.”
2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source
“Finland is pleased that prevention has been established at the centre of the agenda of Secretary- General Guterres. The progress study emphasizes the role of young people in conflict prevention. It has become clear that an inclusive approach to peacebuilding is necessary for the achievement of good quality results and that sustaining peace requires the involvement of a wide range of actors from different parts of society. That means youth, women and civil society. In most of the societies suffering from violent conflicts, women are underrepresented in both formal and informal decision-making. As we know, youth make up another significant part of the population that is often marginalized from political processes. That means that the voices of young women too often go unheard, and especially so in conflict situations. In Finland, Ms.”
2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source
“1 would like to thank Peru for convening this debate. Finland commends the progress study on youth, peace and security by the Secretariat (see S/2018/86) and thanks Mr. Graeme Simpson, along with his Advisory Group of Experts, for their thorough work in carrying out the study. Finland aligns itself with the statement just delivered by the observer of the European Union. The Security Council adopted resolution 2250 (2015), on youth, peace and security, in 2015, but the seeds were planted by active youth long before then. The resolution promotes the idea of youth as a positive force towards peace. Today it is important to focus on the effective implementation of the resolution. The progress study at hand is an invaluable instrument in supporting the full participation of youth in peace processes.”
2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source