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2003-10-29
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  1. “The aim is to respond more flexibly to security and stability issues, laying a foundation for reconstruction and development. We must shake off our endless institutional concerns. Instead, we must focus on the needs and potential of both men and women trying to rebuild their lives and their countries. Their suffering in the Great Lakes region, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East calls for new solutions. We owe that to them.”

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

  2. “We used it to evaluate and strengthen Dutch activities. One result is that we are now investing in a better balance of men and women in the Dutch armed forces. And we train them better to protect women and girls in warfare and to involve women in peacemaking. We are trying to persuade aid agencies to do the same, so that women and girls in refugee camps and elsewhere will be better protected. We are now providing more active support to women's groups taking part in peace talks - as in the Sudan last year - because we have seen that that can make peace more durable. In Afghanistan and Iraq, too, we are calling attention to the role of women in the difficult process of reconstruction. In its new stability fund, the Netherlands has pooled official development assistance and non- official-development-assistance funds.”

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

  3. “We must always ask for feedback from the Secretary-General's Special Representatives and also for feedback in reports to the Security Council. We must put women candidates forward for key posts such as Special Representative. We must see to it that we strengthen the position of women and give more thought to them in peace and security operations. The same applies to disarmament campaigns and mine clearance, from which women are the first to benefit. Finally, we must learn from one another's experiences in the field through stronger and better cooperation and communication. Last year, my Government commissioned a study of women's roles in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction. I can recommend that analysis, which sheds light on the complex role women play in conflict and post-conflict situations.”

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

  4. “It must inform the analyses the Council makes and the decisions it takes. The recent resolution on Liberia, resolution 1509 (2003), which refers to and also builds on resolution 1325 (2000), is a good example of how things can be - but unfortunately seldom are - done. It is good that non-governmental organizations are keeping up the pressure. It is often thanks to them that the voices of women reach the Council. In that regard, I should like to express my appreciation for the work done within the framework of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), as described by Ms. Amy Smythe, Senior Gender Adviser of MONUC. We, the Member States, need to do a number of things.”

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

  5. “First of all, I should like to associate myself with the statement to be made shortly by Italy on behalf of the European Union. Resolution 1325 (2000) is the framework for Dutch policy on women, peace and security. As I see it, the great advantage of resolution 1325 (2000) is that it presents women not simply as victims, but also as active agents in conflict resolution. We know that peace is more likely to last if all parties - men and women - work together to achieve it. Sadly, three years after the adoption of the resolution, women are still scarcely involved in efforts to resolve conflicts. It is good that we celebrate the anniversary of the resolution every year. But it is also up to us to make sure that there is something to celebrate. Gender must be part of the Security Council's day-to-day business.”

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