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Villalobos Brenes

lines on the record: 5
first: 2019-11-04
most recent: 2019-11-04
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“Costa Rica hopes that in 2020, the commemoration of 20 years since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) will focus on practical and concrete actions that will result in gender parity, where the voices of women and girls will be heard.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source
“Missions must incorporate women as a way of building trust, ensuring understanding and facilitating rapprochement during reconciliation and reintegration processes. Fifth is compliance with conventions on human rights and international humanitarian law. So long as the universally recognized rights of women continue to be denied, the women and peace and security agenda cannot be fulfilled. All recommendations will become dead letter until inclusive policies are adopted. It is necessary to put an end to gender-based violence and to discrimination against women and girls, which impede their right to express themselves, socialize, learn, enjoy freedom of movement and the possibility of exercising their political rights, among others, so that they can be part of the agenda.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source
“To that end, Costa Rica believes that we must redouble our efforts to empower women so as to ensure that they are fully involved in the restoration of peace and reconstruction processes. A third aspect is related to impunity. Bringing culprits to justice helps to prevent the resurgence of atrocity crimes against women. Costa Rica is concerned by references in the report of the Secretary-General on deficiencies in responses to sexual violence and the lack of access to security and justice institutions women face because of their gender. The fourth aspect is inclusiveness in special political operations and peacekeeping operations. The specific needs of girls and women must be included in the strategies of those missions.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source
“First is the issue of the protection of women. Just as our discussions on peace and security emphasize the importance of the protection of civilians, we must insist that the protection of women and girls is always taken into account, both in its the humanitarian aspect and with regard to the use of sexual aggression and sexual violence as weapons of war. The second aspect is the participation of women in peace negotiations. The inclusion ofgender perspectives is new but it is no excuse for doing nothing. The Secretary-General notes the new challenges posed by conflict, such as the proliferation of non-State actors and, specifically, the challenge of gender inequality as an objective of conflict itself.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source
“Mrs. Villalobos Brenes (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): The full text of our statement is available on PaperSmart. We are very concerned by the findings of the independent evaluation contained in the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2019/800), which reflects the fact that with respect to resolution 1325 (2000), we have achieved only half of the proposals. For 40 per cent of the recommendations, further work needs to be done, while 10 per cent have not progressed or have even regressed. We recallthatin2000,we recognizedtheimportance of women's participation in all conflict-related processes, ranging from prevention to peacekeeping. Costa Rica wishes to highlight the following aspects on which we must focus efforts in areas that are lagging, as per the report of the Secretary-General.”
2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source