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  1. “Fourthly and finally, with respect to leadership and representation, we would repeat our call for the Secretary-General to appoint more women as special representatives, especially in matters relating to peacekeeping, peace-building and preventive diplomacy. As ever, the United Nations needs to realize its own goals and lead by example.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  2. “We remain firmly of the view that gender sensitivity, and the inclusion of women, are critical elements of successful peacekeeping operations. We hope in particular that more work can be done on gender-perspective training for United Nations peacekeepers, and we would like to highlight the importance of the compulsory gender- training module for all personnel about to deploy. For our region's part, I am happy to report that a number of our members stress the importance of deploying women to peacekeeping operations. With respect to my own country, Fiji, there is a strong emphasis on the deployment of women in overseas peace and security operations. Women from Fiji have served in Cambodia and Croatia, and are currently serving in Kosovo and Solomon Islands.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  3. “As I stated earlier, our own experience is that the contribution of women is fundamental to the resolution of conflict. Unfortunately, however, all too often those with the most information and the most extensive networks are not allowed a seat at the negotiating table. Secondly, we would encourage the Security Council to include gender advisers or specialists in its missions as a matter of course. We also hope that the reports from the missions, which until now have been silent on gender issues, will in future include specific feedback on the gender issues covered in the missions. Thirdly, we would stress that the pressure to mainstream a gender perspective into peacekeeping operations must be maintained.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  4. “First, while a lot of positive work has been done on improving the attention paid to these issues in the Security Council, we would like the Council to pay special attention to ensuring that its mandates focus expressly on gender perspectives and that necessary resources are made available to ensure that those mandates are fulfilled. Only 15 per cent - more precisely, 14.7 per cent, as we heard this morning - of resolutions submitted to the Security Council in the past year made any reference to gender. We hope that in future all Security Council resolutions will do so. We hope in particular that, in considering its mandates, the Council will pay special attention to the importance of ensuring that women are involved in all aspects of decision-making processes with respect to conflict, including formal negotiations.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  5. “Elsewhere, the launch of the gender action plan of the Department for Disarmament Affairs is to be congratulated, and we would like to encourage other Departments to follow that successful example. We also welcome UNIFEM's work to build a comprehensive web-site portal, which will pull together the diverse material available on women, peace and security for use in work around the globe. While the initiatives to which I referred are a good start, we are still some distance from where we need to be. In terms of future work, we would like to emphasize four areas.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  6. “That is an excellent outcome, which we very much hope will assist in the explicit integration of gender perspectives into all aspects of United Nations peacekeeping operations. We should like to take this opportunity to welcome the appointment of an interim Gender Adviser in the Department, and we hope that the permanent position of Senior Gender Adviser will be filled shortly. We will look forward to early feedback as the position develops. We are pleased also that UNIFEM's gender conflict situation analysis project is now under way. We are particularly pleased that UNIFEM. is incorporating a Pacific perspective into that work by undertaking one of its four pilot studies in the Solomon Islands.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  7. “Similarly, in the Solomon Islands, women played a significant role through the ecumenical church movement in brokering peace in their country, and they remain centrally engaged. I now turn to the work of the Organization. Resolution 1325 (2000) encapsulated the concept that gender perspectives must be mainstreamed into the work of the United Nations - that is, that they must be at the core of the Organization's work. Today's debate is an important opportunity to examine how far we have come in honouring that commitment. There has certainly been some good news. One particular highlight in the past year was the agreement to establish a gender adviser post in the Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  8. “The recent work of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) on women, peace and security in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu highlighted the scope of the impact of conflict on women and the critical role played by women in promoting peace in our region. On that latter point, our experience has been that the contributions and leadership of women in both traditional and contemporary settings are critical to ensuring meaningful and sustainable peace. In Papua New Guinea, women played a pivotal role in the very early and fragile stages of the Bougainville peace process, and they continue to play an active role in its ongoing consolidation.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  9. “The Pacific Islands Forum is pleased that the issue of women and peace and security is once again on the Security Council's agenda, and we are pleased to again intervene as a group on that important item, thus underlining its significance to our members. The debate in the Security Council three years ago, leading to resolution 1325 (2000), was a milestone. The resolution signalled that, if we are committed to conflict prevention and resolution, we must be serious about the gender perspectives of conflict - both the impact of conflict on women and the contributions of women to the prevention, resolution and peace- building processes. Our own experience in the Pacific has certainly highlighted for us the importance of implementing the principles and the framework encapsulated in resolution 1325 (2000).”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source

  10. “I thank you, Mr. President, for the privilege to be here and for the warmth of the welcome. I am honoured to address the Security Council on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum on the subject of women and peace and security. In doing so, I speak on behalf of the Forum countries that are Members of the United Nations - Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. I am certainly very grateful for the briefings given earlier this morning by Mr. Guehenno and Ms. Smythe.”

    2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852 (2003) · source