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lines on the record: 389
first: 2015-09-30
most recent: 2023-11-29
sittings or episodes: 44
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“Any initiative in the form of an international conference, as some members Member States have proposed, with a view to implementing the two-State solution, would receive Brazil’s unequivocal support. The legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian and Israelis for peace and security in their own countries cannot be overlooked or neglected any longer. As I have tried to convey here today, solidarity is not only a moral obligation; it is the Security Council’s duty. In order to discharge its responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the Council must unite around the common good and rise above any individual interests of its members.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“That process needs to be fully inclusive, while considering the perspective of all relevant stakeholders. Every country and partner with influence over the parties must be called to shoulder its responsibility to reach a lasting solution for this central issue. And of course, the Council should also live up to its responsibilities. Burying the two-State solution means burying any prospect for peace. A viable Palestinian State, living side by side in peace and security with Israel within mutually accepted internationally recognized borders is both the fulfilment of the Palestinian’s self-determination and the most crucial interest of all peace-loving countries that belong to the United Nations.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“While recognizing the relevance of resolution 2712 (2023) and its call for humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza, Brazil is of the view that the Council must do more. It must unite to adopt a more decisive and comprehensive course of action that can consolidate gains, sustainably and predictably address the dire situation on the ground and foster a safer and more hopeful future. Echoing President Lula da Silva’s recent remarks on the matter, we very much hope that this agreement on a short humanitarian truce, a modest sign of hope amid an appalling human tragedy, can open a way to peace and lay the groundwork for the resumption of the peace process between Israel and Palestine. In that endeavour, we must not lose sight of the need to address the root causes of the Palestinian issue through dialogue, political will and good diplomacy.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“The contingent and temporary halt in hostilities and facilitating the release of numerous captives is a sign that agreement is possible even when it seems unreachable and unattainable. While acknowledging the efforts of the mediators of this encouraging diplomatic development, Brazil also welcomes the news of the extension of the truce for another two days. Violence, terror and the forceful measures only breed hatred and fuel a never-ending cycle of hostilities. We therefore urge all the parties to cling to this spark of hope, and we encourage them to uphold that vital agreement. The truce is a first step towards a de-escalation of violence. It should encourage us to overcome differences and cooperate ambitiously.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“We also stand unequivocally in solidarity with the Israeli families who had innocent family members taken hostage. In that regard, Brazil welcomes the release of 74 hostages in the past days; however, 167 individuals are still being held in captivity. We share the pain and unbearable suffering of their families. We cannot bear the idea of children taken from their families under no circumstances and without any justification. That is why we reiterate our call for the safe and unconditional liberation of all innocent people. Brazil welcomes the recent truce deal between the parties, achieved through the mediation of Qatar and supported by Egypt and the United States.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“The displacement figures are staggering, reaching nearly 1.7 million people, or 80 per cent of Gaza’s population. An estimated 41,000 houses have been destroyed or severely damaged. A total of 18 hospitals have been shut down. The number of trucks of humanitarian assistance is utterly insufficient to attend to the basic needs of the population, such as food, water, medicine and fuel. Alleged violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law continue as civilian infrastructure is destroyed. The alarming death toll of more than 100 United Nations staff members is a tragic record in history. In that context, the Council and the international community must join forces to ensure an end to the violence and to grant unhindered, sustainable and predictable humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“As we are now appalled by the spiral of violence and intolerable loss of innocent lives, both in Israel and Palestine, and as we worry about the very concrete possibility of regional spillover, we have to hold the Council accountable to its main obligation to uphold international peace and security. What is worse, we did not unite in the past, and we do not seem to be ready to unite now. The Gaza Strip is grappling with unacceptable levels of violence. More than 5,000 children have perished. We have heard Catherine Russell, the Executive Director of UNICEF, state unequivocally that the Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. The number of civilian lives lost exceeds 14,000. The plight of women in Gaza, especially pregnant women, is deeply disturbing.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Much to the contrary, we have continuously heard reports of actions that have been undermining the viability of a Palestinian State and the fulfilment of General Assembly resolution 181 (II), of 1947, on the establishment of the two States living side by side in peace and security within mutually accepted and internationally recognized borders. The worsening situation in the past years between Israel and Palestine has not compelled us to unite and take action towards the shared goal of achieving peace for the Palestinians, the Israelis and the people in the Middle East at large.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Solidarity implies unity, and in the Security Council, we too have to stand in unity and solidarity with all those in need. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, however, is one of the most vetoed matters of the Security Council. Such a record is an unfortunate testament to the fact that, more often than not, disagreements triumph over common interests in the Council. Yet the conflict in the Middle East has not disappeared, as we have been failing to see eye to eye in the Security Council.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“I thank the Chinese presidency for elevating this meeting on the situation in the Middle East to a high-level event. The matter is of the utmost importance and urgency to Brazil, as evidenced by the current official visit of President Lula da Silva to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, where he is exchanging views with the main stakeholders on the situation in the region. As we convene today on the International Day for Solidarity with the Palestine People, we are compelled to acknowledge that this is not a time for commemoration. After hearing Secretary-General Guterres and Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland speak on the unprecedented horror taking place in Gaza after the terror attack of 7 October and the 48 consecutive days of unrelenting bombardment that followed, solidarity is certainly not the first word that comes to anyone’s mind.”
2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source
“Since 2016, the Council has not been able to pass a single resolution on the situation in Palestine. The situation in the Middle East is therefore by far one of the most blocked issues in the Council. This speaks to the governance system’s ineffectiveness and the lack of representation of certain parts of the world in this body. A decision on the humanitarian aspects of the current crisis will certainly not redress the historic failure of the Council regarding the situation in the Middle East. It will, however, stop further human suffering now. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“A cessation of hostilities is urgently needed to create the conditions for a full, durable and respected ceasefire and a resumption of a credible peace process. All of that is at stake as we continue in our efforts to get the Council to act with a unified voice. International humanitarian law provides a clear path for avoiding, or at least greatly alleviating, civilian suffering. The framework for collective action is clear. Our collective response to the crisis, which we all fear will only worsen if nothing is done, will be a defining moment for the United Nations. The staggering fact is that the Security Council does not have a reasonable record when it comes to maintaining international peace and security in the Middle East. Issues related to the region, in general, have received 35 per cent of the 250 vetoes of the permanent members.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“Today the Commissioner-General of UNRWA shed light on the grim and disheartening reality in Gaza, highlighting the terrible level of destruction of civilian infrastructure and the tragic loss of innocent lives, including of women, children and at least 35 members of its staff. The World Health Organization has continued to emphasize the urgent need for a cessation of violence and for humanitarian action at a time when Gaza’s health infrastructure is on the verge of collapse. Beyond the immediate and very urgent humanitarian considerations, a threat to regional stability looms and any repercussions could be catastrophic. Brazil urges a united shift towards de-escalation and calls on all the parties to act with the utmost restraint.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“While all States have a right and duty to protect their citizens, their actions must be consistent with international law and international humanitarian law, in particular the principles of distinction, proportionality, precaution, military necessity and humanity. The right and duty to protect a State’s population cannot and should not come at the cost of more civilian deaths and more destruction of civilian infrastructure. As Secretary-General Guterres has repeatedly reminded us, even wars have rules. Any indiscriminate attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure, besides depriving civilians of basic goods and services, are morally unjustifiable and illegal under international humanitarian law. Brazil strongly condemns actions that blur the line between civilians and combatants.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“Providing essential resources to everyone in Gaza, including water, food, medical supplies, fuel and electricity, is therefore urgent and imperative. Surgeries are being performed without anaesthesia and lives are being lost in hospitals due to a lack of electrical power and the most basic medical supplies. Food and water are scarce and prices have skyrocketed. The flow of humanitarian aid so far amounts to little more than a photo opportunity. Tanks and troops are on the ground in Gaza, and time for action is running out. These are my questions for members. If not now, when? How many more lives will be lost before we finally move from rhetoric to action? It is also critical and urgent to enable foreign nationals’ safe and immediate evacuation from Gaza and elsewhere in the region if they feel threatened.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“That is why Brazil and its fellow elected members have been working tirelessly to try to get the Council to act more decisively since the previous showdown around proposed draft resolutions on the subject. In Brazil’s view, the main goals are clear. They are an immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and an end to the violence, through whatever modalities can be agreed, without further delay, so that rapid, safe, unhindered and sufficient humanitarian aid can be delivered to the people of Gaza, who are under such strain. Besides the 8,000 lives that have already been lost, many more people are about to meet the same fate, as hospitals have no means to keep providing patients with basic treatment.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“The growing urgency of the need to take action for the families of the hostages and to address the unbearable pain for the civilian population of Gaza cannot be understated. The positive first steps taken by United Nations bodies and agencies do not go far enough, as the escalation of the conflict is making the situation more dire by the hour. The relevance of the Security Council’s adoption of a draft resolution lies in the need for sustained humanitarian aid and for ensuring safe working conditions for those involved in rescuing hostages and doing humanitarian work. A cessation of hostilities is therefore to the benefit of the civilian population on both sides. At the risk of stating the obvious, I want to put it bluntly: hostages cannot be rescued, and humanitarian aid cannot be delivered, under shelling.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“There also appeared to be a light at the end of the tunnel when the Secretary-General, who had personally visited the region to assess the situation on the ground, announced the opening of the Rafah border crossing for some initial aid deliveries. Moreover, some hostages were released. The United Nations, through its Secretariat, under the leadership of Secretary-General António Guterres, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and other bodies and agencies, has been working tirelessly to address the human crisis facing us. The responsibility for following through rests with the Security Council. The price of inaction is unacceptably high.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“There may still be time to rescue the Council and sustain the hopes that many of us still have for our capacity to be true to our mandate under the Charter of the United Nations. That will be possible only if there is enough political will to compromise, and to be minimally balanced and inclusive in our diagnosis and on the way forward. Failure to do so — yet another failure — will result in an increasingly higher cost, above all in human lives, but also in the cost to multilateralism in general and to the United Nations and the Council in particular. A hope for consensus seemed to emerge last week in the echo of the Secretary-General’s call for a humanitarian ceasefire, as the General Assembly at its tenth emergency special session adopted resolution ES-10/21, calling for a humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“The fact that old antagonisms are rendering the Council unable to discharge its responsibility for safeguarding international peace and security is morally unacceptable. Let us not fool ourselves. The eyes of the world are on us, and they are not going to ignore our distressing inability to act. They all see that our incapacity to unite in response to the human crisis facing us today puts the Council’s very raison d’être in question. Someone has even said that it is this body, the Security Council, that is lying beneath the rubble in Gaza along with the bodies of civilians. The difference is that we can be our own saviour. We just need to do what is right — to spare innocent lives from the scourge of war.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“As thousands in Israel and Palestine mourn their loved ones, as Israelis agonize over the fate of hostages and Gazans suffer under relentless military operations that are killing civilians, including an intolerable number of children, we have the means to get something done and yet we are failing, repeatedly and shamefully. We have met several times since 7 October and have considered four draft resolutions. However, we remain at an impasse because of internal disagreements — particularly among some permanent members — and because of the fact that some are using the Council to achieve their own purposes rather than putting the protection of civilians above everything else. The grave and unprecedented human crisis before us demands that sterile rivalries be relinquished.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“An alarming humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes, with thousands of civilians, including an overwhelming and intolerable number of children, being punished by crimes they have not committed. In three weeks, we have watched the conflict claim the lives of more than 8,000 civilians, more than 3,000 of whom are children. Since I last spoke in the Council, just last week (see S/PV.9451), the death count for children has increased by 1,000. Meanwhile, the Security Council is holding meetings and hearing speeches without being able to take a fundamental decision to end the human suffering on the ground.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“Therefore, I extend Brazil’s deepest condolences to the families and friends of all civilians, including the brave and dedicated United Nations personnel, who have lost their lives in the ongoing crises stemming from the protracted conflict in Israel and Palestine, which was tragically reignited by the terrorist actions of Hamas against Israel on 7 October. Nothing justifies such crimes. All hostages must be immediately and unconditionally released and access to them by the Red Cross must be immediately granted. At the same time, the current situation in Gaza is deeply appalling and indefensible by any humane standard and under international humanitarian law.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“I thank Ms. Doughten for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil. I thank the briefers for their extensive information on the humanitarian situation on the ground and commend the work of their teams, both on the ground and elsewhere. They once again honour the work of the Organization and everything it stands for. Following the instructions of President Lula da Silva, I come back to the Council today with a profound sense of urgency and dismay. We must always bear in mind the human faces on both sides of the conflict.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“Lisa Doughten, Director, Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Lazzarini.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Israel and Jordan to participate in this meeting. I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and previous practice in this regard. There being no objection, it is so decided. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund; and Ms.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9462 (2023) · source
“The draft resolution received 4 votes in favour, 2 against and 9 abstentions. The draft resolution has not been adopted, having failed to obtain the required number of votes. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements after the voting.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9453 (2023) · source
“I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/2023/795, submitted by the Russian Federation, the Republic of the Sudan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. A vote was taken by a show of hands. In favour: China, Gabon, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates Against: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Abstaining: Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9453 (2023) · source
“The draft resolution received 10 votes in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions. The draft resolution has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9453 (2023) · source
“The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolutions before it. I shall first put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/2023/792, submitted by the United States of America. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Albania, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: China, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates Abstaining: Brazil, Mozambique”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9453 (2023) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Israel, the Sudan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them documents S/2023/792 and S/2023/795, each of which contains the text of a separate draft resolution. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9453 (2023) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting and resume following the adjournment of the 9453rd meeting, to be held this afternoon. The meeting was suspended at 1 p.m.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after four minutes. I now give the floor to the Minister for International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“It is a substantive and essential task that drives the effectiveness and legitimacy of peace and security endeavours globally. It is about fundamentally reshaping dialogue and priorities and the resulting policy designs and outcomes. Women bring a wealth of innovative solutions and approaches, serving as catalysts for durable, inclusive and just peace agreements and conflict resolution strategies. Ignoring, disregarding or downplaying their contribution is neither wise nor effective. Ensuring that women — irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or social class — shape policies has a direct impact not only on their security and well-being, but also on that of society at large. It is to our collective gain. I resume my functions as President of the Council. I now call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“Given the priority afforded by the Federal Government to the empowerment of all women, the second national action plan adopts an intersectional approach and will encompass the specific needs of Black and Indigenous women, as well as women refugees and migrants, among other vulnerable groups. We will continue to work with civil society, Parliament, think tanks and academia to design specific actions and monitoring mechanisms for the implementation of our very ambitious second plan of action. In conclusion, I underscore that enhancing women’s participation in decision-making processes is not simply a quantitative endeavour. It is not just about securing seats at negotiation tables. And it is not just symbolic representation.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“In another important step, I am pleased to announce that Brazil just launched the first stage of its second national action plan on women and peace and security, which is the result of coordinated efforts among several Government agencies, Parliament and civil society. The plan covers not only foreign policy actions, but also a broad range of issues of major importance to Brazilian society, such as public security, social protection, political participation and minority rights. In that sense, it goes even beyond the scope of Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“Brazil underlines the importance of financing mechanisms such as the Women`s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, which has funded more than 1,000 civil society organizations in 43 countries. Despite all limitations imposed on them, women have made a historic contribution to mediation efforts around the world. Drawing inspiration from Bertha Lutz, Brazil is a proud member of the Regional Network of Women Mediators of the Southern Cone, to which we recently appointed the first two experts. We have also joined the Ibero-American Network of Women Mediators — another platform to boost the meaningful participation of women in mediation and peace efforts. We look forward to joining the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks and to start offering Latin America’s contribution and very rich perspective to international mediation initiatives.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“We call upon all Council members, and indeed all Member States, to follow suit and to start inviting more women briefers not only to speak on matters on the Security Council’s agenda, but to every meeting convened. Such a step may seem simple and to have no immediate consequence, but it will help to establish gender equality as a pervasive and very visible objective throughout the United Nations. A lack of adequate and permanent funding hinders the impact of women’s leadership in peacebuilding and in contexts of humanitarian crises. The implementation of gender-responsive budgeting and financing mechanisms can ensure that resources are allocated to help women build development and stability in their communities.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“We Member States, alongside international organizations and civil society, should continue to work together and harder to promote transformative cultural and social changes that support women’s rights and participation. That is a task for us all, men and women, inside and outside the United Nations, to create a bold and united force for gender equality. In that regard, we commend the signatories to the statement of shared commitments for their relentless advocacy in favour of a mainstreamed application of women and peace and security resolutions. Currently, besides Brazil, Albania, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States have adhered to those commitments.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“Women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in international peace and security is still restricted predominantly by economic, political and social structures and by multiple forms of violence and intimidation, both online and offline. The gender perspective is still insufficiently taken into account, whether in conflict prevention, relief or post-conflict recovery. Discussions on the link between gender norms and challenges to peace and security have also been very limited in the 23 years of the women and peace and security agenda. Achieving gender equality and enhancing women’s participation in peace and security requires challenging and overcoming deeply entrenched gender norms and stereotypes that perpetuate women’s exclusion and marginalization.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“As long ago as 1945, in San Francisco, she played a critical role in ensuring the inclusion of gender equality as a prerequisite for the operations of this Organization. She firmly defended language on the equal rights of men and women in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations, as well as in its Article 8. Fifty-five years before the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), Bertha Lutz and other women delegates understood that the Council needed the contribution of women if we were to avoid the horrors of a new world war. It is therefore only a matter of justice that Brazil is dedicating its presidency of this annual open debate to the memory of a great Brazilian, a true pioneer of the women and peace and security agenda. However, the vision of Bertha Lutz and other brave women of her time has yet to be realized.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“The 10 existing resolutions on women and peace and security provide a crucial framework for national policies that are conducive to the equitable participation of women in peace and security and that should be followed up with concrete action. Women from Latin America, Africa and developing countries in general are insufficiently accounted for in texts and events pertaining to women and peace and security. That is particularly troubling, given the fundamental contribution of women in the global South to peace and security in their respective regions. And it is also the case here at the United Nations, where generations of women, although their numbers have been insufficient, have left their mark. Today I would like to pay tribute to one of them — Bertha Lutz, a Brazilian politician and laureate scientist.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“Given the current concerns regarding the Security Council’s ability to act decisively on many pressing issues, it seems fitting to recall the original and unrealized transformative ambition of resolution 1325 (2000). The advocates for the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), both from Governments and civil society, knew that only women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace and security processes, as well as in the design of public defence and security policies, could ensure their effectiveness and truly transform traditional power structures. The absence of women in decision-making spaces where wars and armed conflicts are discussed is incompatible with the need to promote a culture of peace.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“I thank Ms. Al-Karib for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Brazil. I am honoured to preside over this year’s annual open debate on women and peace and security. I thank the Secretary-General for his opening remarks, as well as Ms. Sima Sami Bahous for her insightful presentation. I also thank Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Hala Al-Karib, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, and Ambassador Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, Representative of Brazil as Guarantor at the Peace Dialogue Table between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, for their important contributions to today’s debate.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“Stella Ronner-Grubačić, European Union Ambassador for Gender and Diversity; and Her Excellency Mrs. Nasria Elardja Flitti, Deputy Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2023/725, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security, and document S/2023/733, which contains the text of a letter dated 3 October 2023 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- General, transmitting a concept paper on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women; Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Ms. Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, Director General of Rio Branco Institute, and Representative of Brazil as Guarantor of the Peace Dialogue Table between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the National Liberation Army; and Ms. Hala Al-Karib, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite the following to participate in this meeting: Her Excellency Ms.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Viet Nam and Yemen to participate in this meeting.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“I would like to begin by warmly welcoming the Secretary-General, ministers and other high-level representatives. Their presence at this meeting today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion before the Council.”
2023-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9452 (2023) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.15 p.m.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451 (2023) · source
“I resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements. I call on the Secretary of State of the United States of America.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451 (2023) · source