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first: 2013-09-05
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“There are three keys ways that we can fight this. First, we need to do more to support affected countries. The needs of survivors are great. The report (S/2015/203) highlights that more medical, psychosocial, legal and economic support is urgently required. Whatever support we provide, we must ensure that women and girls are at the heart of it. My country is committed to this approach. In Syria, we are providing counselling for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, as well as clinical care, reproductive health care and cash assistance to particularly vulnerable households. In Iraq, our Embassy has established working groups to promote women's rights and combat the effects of sexual violence, and we support activities such as legal assistance and support groups for women.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held in summer 2014 in London, led to a number of ambitious commitments, and I would like to highlight just three of them: first, the African Union's launch of a pilot project in the Central African Republic; secondly, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's commitment to implement its action plan; and thirdly, a number of countries signing up to the call for action on protecting women and girls in emergencies. Those are just some of the issues that we have worked hard on with others to implement and deliver real change in the countries that are worst affected. The rise of extremist non-State actors such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is now one of the greatest threats to our goal, as others have said. Sexual Violence has become a tactic of their terror.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“That is a reminder to all of us of what this is all about. We are working together, creating norms and a sense of energy that allow people to take real action on the ground to change people's lives in this important and very controversial area. As you said, Madam President, the timing of this debate is tragically apt. One year ago yesterday, when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Chibok, the abduction shocked the world. Abductions, enslavement, sexual abuse and forced marriage of women and girls are central to Boko Haram's method of operation. As the fight against Boko Haram continues, we reiterate our support to colleagues from Nigeria and Chad and to all affected Member States in the region. This anniversary is a stark reminder of the task that we face to end conflict-related sexual violence.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“I thank you, Madam, for convening today's important debate and for giving it a lot of publicity through Twitter. Iwelcome the Secretary-General's report (S/2015/203), which is a vital framework for all of us. I particularly want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bangura for her briefing and her brave and tireless work alongside the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict. She is an example to all of us, and every time she speaks she gives us new energy in this fight. I also want to pay particular tribute to Ms. Hamsatu Allamin. What she saidjust now is important testimony for all of us. I was particularly struck by how she talked about how she was using the resolutions of the Security Council, including resolution 1325 (2000), to make a real difference on the ground.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“We must be mindful of the lessons learnt from Syria, in particular that those who cling to power without thinking of their people undermine stability rather than strengthen it.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“As the Permanent Representative of Chad has said, limiting the agenda to fewer items and concentrating on the urgent issues would provide greater value to our meetings. As we heard from the European Union High Representative, regional and subregional group, such as the European and African Unions, will play a vital role working with the United Nations in the future. We therefore support more focused contact to help us achieve that goal. Let me close on a sombre note. This month marked the fourth anniversary of the start of the crisis in Syria. The continued suffering of those in Syria and the region is a direct consequence of Al-Assad's refusal to give all Syrian people a voice, his failure to preserve security and his unwillingness to cooperate with the region.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“And as we saw on our visit, Burundi's election in June will be an important opportunity to showcase how far that country has progressed under Arusha in the past 20 years. There is much to celebrate in that progress, including the increased contribution made by Burundian peacekeepers. Over 1,200 are deployed, including in the Central African Republic. But we are concerned by plans for a presidential third term. That would risk undermining the stability that President Nkurunziza has done so much to bring about. I am pleased that so many members ofthe Council made that clear in our meeting with him. Finally, on regional cooperation, let me turn to our consultations with the African Union in Addis Ababa. We welcome such regular consultations and we are keen to make future discussions as focused and interactive as possible.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“The increase ofthe MINUSCA troop ceiling this month was another welcome step forward to meet the substantial protection-of-Civilians challenge in the Central African Republic, in particular as EUFOR draws down. But as we look ahead to the peace operations review later this year, we must also think about how we can empower and incentivize host Governments to embed security so that missions can responsibly draw down when the time is right. As our debate on Haiti (see S/PV.7408) this month showed, clear planning for the transition away from peacekeeping is Vital for security gains to become sustainable. Part of that transition process brings me to my second point - holding free and fair elections. That is particularly relevant this year. In Africa alone, there will be 11 presidential and parliamentary elections in 2015.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“I will touch on three areas in particular: first, the importance of effective and efficient peacekeeping; secondly, the significance of up-coming elections; and, thirdly, the value of strong and flexible models for regional cooperation. First, with regard to peacekeeping, during our visit to the Central African Republic the potential of that country was clear for everybody to see: hardworking people and significant natural resources. The problem is how to ensure the security necessary for development to take hold. We welcome the role that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has played in delivering such security, in conjunction with Sangaris and the European Union-led force (EUFOR).”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“We covered a huge amount in March, and others during this debate have enumerated the numerous aspects on the agenda, so I would like to focus on our preventative work. We welcome the concrete actions on children and armed conflict proposed in the open debate last week and we support the continued strengthening of our relationships with regional and subregional organizations, as seen in our visit to Addis Ababa and by the first visit to the United Nations by the new European Union High Representative. I want to focus in particular on the visit of the Security Council to the Central African Republic, Burundi and the African Union. It is good for the Council to travel, and making it happen takes a huge amount of work on the part of both the presidency and the Secretariat.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“Let me begin by condemning the Al-Shabaab attack this weekend in Mogadishu. Our colleague, Ambassador Yusuf Bari- Bari, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was among those killed. Ambassador Yusuf will be remembered as someone who worked tirelessly at the Human Rights Council to improve the lives of others. I offer our heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Somalia. These senseless attacks will not dent this Council's resolve to support the people of Somalia. We thank you and your Mission, Sir, for the energy and leadership shown during this month's presidency. We welcome the fact that this meeting is again being held in public.”
2015-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7422 (2015) · source
“On the work of the Panel of Experts, we welcome the range of activities carried out in 2014, and in particularly the recommendations set out in the 2014 final report (see S/20l4/932) regarding designated individuals, as well as on bioidentifiers and the updated sanctions list. The United Kingdom remains committed to finding a peaceful and lasting negotiated solution to the Iran nuclear issue, and will continue to work closely with our E3+3 partners to achieve that goal.”
2015-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7412 (2015) · source
“That report reminds us that we must continue to report any violations in accordance with the requirements set out in the resolutions. Turning to the work of the Committee, we must continue implementation work to enforce the relevant Security Council sanctions measures on Iran. We welcome the Committee's continued guidance and assistance to Member States and to international organizations. We remain concerned by Iran's continued failure to respond to previous requests for information on various incidents, including the interdiction of a vessel carrying a cargo of conventional arms in the Red Sea. Once again, we urge Iran to engage with the Committee on such incidents.”
2015-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7412 (2015) · source
“If we are able to resolve the main issues, technical work will follow to convert a political framework into a detailed text. We will continue to work together with our E3+3 partners to ensure a successful outcome. We welcome the unity of purpose shown by our fellow Council members involved in the negotiations, and recognize the important role played by the High Representative of the European Union in the talks. While negotiations continue, the bulk of sanctions, including all United Nations sanctions, and the obligations on Member States arising from Security Council resolutions, remain in place and fully in force. We therefore welcome the notifications from Member States regarding designated entities and the delivery of equipment intended for use in a light-water reactor at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.”
2015-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7412 (2015) · source
“Ithank the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and the Panel of Experts for their continued work in supporting implementation of the Security Council's resolutions on Iran. I particularly welcome Spain's leadership on this sensitive issue. We have made progress in recent weeks in the negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme. However, a lot of complex issues remain unresolved. We remain commited to finding a comprehensive agreement, and still believe that is possible. But we will not agree to a bad deal. Iran will need to show greater flexibility and take some tough decisions in the coming days if we are to achieve a deal when talks resume in Switzerland later this week. We are at an important moment in the negotiations.”
2015-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7412 (2015) · source
“Australia calls on those involved in the reviews to ensure that we make concrete and practical recommendations on how all arms of the United Nations peace and security architecture can work more effectively and consistently to protect civilians in conflict and to promote the rights of women and girls across the Council's agenda.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“It is equally essential to that this information be provided to the Council through regular reporting, as well as through briefings. Such information can be very powerful in conflict-prevention efforts, so we see it as an area of fundamental importance to the Council's protection efforts. In conclusion, the year 2015 will provide us with a rare opportunity to strengthen the United Nations architecture on women's and girls' rights, including through the parallel reviews of resolution 1325 (2000), United Nations peace operations and the peacebuilding architecture. We must seize this chance together.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“It will be important for us to ensure that any discussion take account of conflict- affected women and girls and global efforts to promote economic growth and poverty reduction and to ensure peaceful and resilient communities. Thirdly, we must ensure that United Nations missions and agencies collect, analyse and provide to the Council information and data on the gender- sensitive aspects of their work. We have seen how a lack of data, including sex and age-disaggregated data, fundamentally affects and undermines our prevention and response efforts. It is therefore important that United Nations missions and agencies monitor and report on both the gender aspects of their mandates and the gender impacts of their work.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Secondly, as to empowering women economically and politically, a key element to strengthening the protection of women and girls and securing their livelihoods in post-conflict situations is prioritizing women's economic empowerment. The economic empowerment of women is a major priority of Australia's foreign affairs, trade and aid, and it is championed by our Government. Ensuring the full and equal participation of women in the political, economic and social spheres is fundamental to that; it must be embedded early and be a priority in all conflict resolution and post- conflict rebuilding efforts. It also links importantly to the eventual outcomes of the post-2015 development agenda discussion this year.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Key to that is following up with practical action. We have heard some examples, such as deploying women protection advisers to address the protection needs of women in conflict, particularly from sexual violence, and deploying gender advisers who can be very instrumental in helping local women to participate in peace processes and empowering women in the area of legal and judicial processes. Of course, we strongly believe that the responsibility for the protection of women's and girls' rights is not a matter for women and girls alone. Men and boys have a vital role to play, and so it is critical that peacekeepers receive adequate predeployment training on protection of civilians, gender and human rights.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“First, on improving women's participation in prevention and protection efforts, we think it essential to recognize and make full use of women's capabilities, particularly by ensuring that they play central roles in inclusive peace and security mechanisms, including the design and implementation of conflict prevention initiatives, conflict resolution strategies and post- conflict rebuilding and reconciliation. We must also work to counter cultures of impunity for violations of women's human rights and ensure accountability for crimes perpetrated against them, as others have mentioned. Furthermore, in designing peacekeeping and special political missions, we encourage Council members and United Nations leaders to remain focused on the protection of civilians and on ensuring that mandates are implemented in a gender-sensitive manner.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“It is clear to us that in facing those many challenges, it is imperative that the Council move early to secure the protection needs of women and girls as conflicts emerge, and that it consistently and comprehensively apply a gender lens across the breadth of its work. Today, Australia would like to highlight three key areas where we think the Council and Member States could usefully focus their efforts to substantively improve protection outcomes for women and girls in conflict and address the underlying causes of gender inequality. Acknowledging the many who have spoken before us on a range of very important issues, we are just picking up three particular issues that many have already addressed.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“As the United Nations community prepares to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) later this year, it is a timely opportunity for us to reflect on how effective the Council has been, particularly in its efforts to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls in conflict- affected situations and their roles in peace and security settings, and to see how those proactive efforts can be strengthened. Of course, as many have acknowledged, the challenges facing the Council are immense, covering more simultaneous conflicts, having a greater impact on civilians and encompassing a wider breadth of the world.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation and for bringing the Council's dedicated attention to the critical issue of the protection needs and challenges faced by some of the most vulnerable and, potentially, most powerfully transformative members of conflict-affected societies - women and girls. We would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Kang, Ms. Durham of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Ms. Elman for their valuable and powerful briefings today and for the work that they and their organizations do in some of the most challenging environments around the world.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“By planning today for the reconstruction and recovery efforts of tomorrow, the United Nations must continue to play a key role. The Group of 20 underlines strong global support for all actors playing their part. Collectively, we must also move faster in supporting the development of vaccines and stand prepared to deploy them at scale should the circumstances require. I would also like to join others in highlighting one pressing need, which is the rapid scaling-up of skilled health workers and other staff, not just in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, but in those three countries in particular and at the district level. We must reach every person in need. The Council must continue to keep the world's attention on this threat to international peace and security. Ebola's attack on West Africa is an attack on all of us.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“We are grateful to David and Tony for providing the strong political leadership and operational direction that are necessary to lead the international effort. We all need to support UNMEER in its critical functions. Those include, in particular, coordinating the United Nations system, including the agencies on the ground, and building partnerships with other actors at the Headquarters, country and district levels; harnessing the global supply chain with a platform extending to the district level; rapidly mobilizing and coordinating resources, including scaling up staffing; communicating with all stakeholders so that we can spot gaps together, share analysis and create solutions; and focusing on all the most affected countries, including preparedness and contingency planning for the longer term.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“We can provide pre-deployment training, in-country training and guidance for any Member State able to deploy a large number of staff on rotation. Second, we need laboratory technicians and biomedical scientists to help United Kingdom staff run the laboratories. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of Ebola is critical to treatment and containment. We have heard today that the United Nations, through the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER), is ramping up efforts in the three most-affected countries and Mali. It is right and critical that UNMEER continues to buttress regional preparedness while battling the current outbreak. The challenges remain huge. David Nabarro highlighted the need for a further $600 million in contributions. The United Kingdom has contributed $30 million to the United Nations multi-donor trust fund.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“However, in the words of our Foreign Secretary, who spoke from Sierra Leone last week, "We are beginning to see early signs of impact, but despite our and others' efforts, this battle has only just begun." We thank those already making a critical contribution, including Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands, which are working so closely with us in Sierra Leone, as well as Cuba, China, Venezuela, France, the European Union more widely and the United States and so many others for helping the people of the countries most affected. We call on existing and potential partners to explore whether they can help in filling two key missing pieces in our contribution to Sierra Leone. First, we need more health-care workers to staff the six Ebola treatment centres that are being built.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“Since our last such Council meeting (see S/PV.7279), the United Kingdom has increased our package of support, which includes 750 treatment beds for up 8,800 patients over six months. The first United Kingdom-funded treatment centre opened in Kerry Town, and five more are being built. We are also supporting others to deliver critical safe burial work and World Health Organization training for over 800 health workers a week. The United Kingdom naval ship Argus and three helicopters are facilitating greater mobility and logistical support for heroic medical teams and aid experts. We are also working critically to deliver 200 community health-care centres across Sierra Leone over the next two months and are rolling out our own command-and-control model to districts.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“The global battle to counter that threat is also increasing, but not at a sufficient pace. We must do more, not only to extinguish the current crisis but also to lay the foundations for tomorrow, for the recovery of West Africa and its people. If we succeed in outpacing the disease, as is our goal, tomorrow may come sooner than we think. Preparations for that must start today. The United Kingdom continues to play its part in the global battle against Ebola. I am going simply to list what we do, not for the purpose of saying how much we do, but in order to say that much more needs to be done. So far, we have committed $350 million to combating the disease. Alongside civilian staff, 820 United Kingdom military personnel are currently on the ground in Sierra Leone supporting national efforts.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I want to add my thanks to those of others to Special Envoy David Nabarro, Special Representative Anthony Banbury, and Thomas Mauget for their tireless work in combating this epidemic. I do not want those thanks to sound formulaic. They are deep and heartfelt. I would also like, through the four ambassadors of the most- affected countries, to convey our admiration for all the national and international health workers who are working in the most-affected countries and to offer them our continued wholehearted support. We heard today that Ebola continues to attack lives, livelihoods, societies and economies. In some places we are making progress in containing the disease, but in others it continues to spread.”
2014-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7318 (2014) · source
“Finally, I do not want to lose this opportunity today to pay tribute to all of the men and women serving in United Nations police components across the world. As we discuss the challenges and reforms required to improve United Nations policing, we must never forget the risks that they take every single day to make our world a safer place. Today's debate is also an opportunity for me, on behalf of my Government, to say thank you.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“I have two other questions that I wanted to put to our briefers now that we have this opportunity. The first is the fact that they all raised the need for more specific mandates to help effective policing. We need more specific detail from the field of key challenges, and I think, again, that that has come through very clearly from other members of the Security Council today. So my question is: what is their View - because we have, I think, begun to express ours - on the best way to achieve this? The second question for all of them is how they would measure success. We clearly need effective benchmarks to tell whether we are succeeding or failing in transitioning to host State police forces, but how would they achieve that?”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“The joint Department of Peacekeeping Operations-United Nations Development Programme global focal point for police, justice and corrections is a welcome step towards this on internal coordination, but more needs to be done. The United Kingdom is committed to doing our part to support United Nations policing. We have United Kingdom officers deployed to Haiti, South Sudan and Iraq. We want to increase this support, especially through providing niche capabilities in areas such as organized crime, community policing, and sexual and gender-based violence. We are also at the forefront of donor efforts, working in 14 conflict- affected countries, spending $80 million on security and justice programmes in 2013 and providing more than 10 million women with improved access to security andjustice services.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“We need civilian policing experts who can work with development actors to build the capacities and institutions of the host State's police force. Thirdly, we need to improve coordination within the United Nations system and strengthen partnerships with other actors. An effective United Nations policing effort requires the better joining up of all of the United Nations departments and agencies working on these issues. We need a mission-planning process that takes into account the comparative advantages of all the key United Nations actors working in the rule-of-law sector and sequences their activity accordingly. And we need improved mechanisms to coordinate with international financial institutions and regional organizations that also operate in this area.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“Secondly, we must get the right people with the right skills on the ground swiftly. We need to broaden and deepen the pool of available expertise, including the range of police-contributing countries. Fred Yiga made that point very clearly in the presentation that he gave on South Sudan earlier. We need more female police officers, and we urge the Police Division to do more to reach their 20 per cent target. I think, frankly, that we all envy the statistics that Rwanda gave us about their own police force earlier today. Formed police units and individual police officers will remain critical, but we also need to deploy specialized teams with niche capabilities and skills such as the ability to deal with sexual and gender-based crimes.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“First, we need reform at Headquarters and in the field to strengthen international policing doctrine, standards and training to ensure that the United Nations police is ready to face future challenges. We strongly support Australia's call for this today. There are several promising initiatives under way, including the development of the Strategic Guidance Framework, which is a single policy to guide all United Nations policing activity. Greg Hinds spoke to this in his presentation, and it is important. But more needs to be done. For example, there is still no standardized approach to how training is delivered. We urge the Secretary-General's high-level panel review on peace operations to present us with bold and ambitious recommendations on how we can take action to improve United Nations policing.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“Nearly 200 years later, these Peelian principles remain the central tenet of British policing and for many other countries around the world. Nowhere are these principles more important than in countries that have been ravaged by conflict. Stability requires citizens to trust their police and to perceive them as legitimate. We must work together to ensure that United Nations policing has the tools and skills to help build police forces that focus on the welfare and security of citizens. In order for the United Nations police components to achieve this, we would suggest focusing on three main areas, and I think that they have come out very clearly from the briefings that we have heard this morning.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“Carrilho's briefing. In that context I would like to ask just one question, which is: In the Central African Republic, where we have put a much stronger emphasis on policing in the mandate, have we got the balance right, or is it not enough? Moreover, as the military components of peacekeeping missions start to draw down, such as in Haiti, United Nations police could provide an important bridge. This model of a "police-keeping mission" could become a Security Council tool in future. An effective United Nations policing response to these new challenges requires that they place the safety and security of civilians at the centre of all their activities. Sir Robert Peel, the British Home Secretary who established London's Metropolitan Police in 1829, was the first to articulate the principles of "policing by consent".”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“As we heard from our briefers today, United Nations policemen and policewomen are building the capacities of host-State police, providing operational support, and in some cases actually acting as interim police and protecting civilians. The need for effective United Nations police is likely to continue to increase in the future. The nature of conflict is changing. New challenges require the Council to change how we respond. Deploying a large number of military troops may not always be the right approach to dealing with failing States. Instead, an effective United Nations policing component can sometimes be a more flexible and effective way to support countries. This is especially true in contexts in which the lines between political violence and criminal violence have become blurred. I thought that came out particularly clearly from Mr.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“I thank our briefers today. I should like to congratulate Australia on the adoption of the Security Council's first-ever resolution on policing (resolution 2185 (2014)), and for holding this inaugural briefing by heads of police components. It is really a great idea. The United Kingdom looks forward to this becoming at least an annual meeting, and to hearing more from police components in the course of our normal Security Council business. We think that is an extremely important part of the work that we do. This debate, we believe, is long overdue. The United Nations first deployed police to the Congo in 1960. In the past 20 years, there has been a significant increase in demand. The United States set out the figures, which represent an eightfold increase in 20 years.”
2014-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7317 (2014) · source
“Finally, we must put women and girls at the forefront of our approach to tackling violent extremism and defeating the extremist ideology that underpins the barbaric acts of groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. We must not allow the crackdown on women's rights - from prohibiting girls' education to enslaving women's bodies - to go unheeded. Women must be part of the solution. We have a formidable task before us. I am confident, however, that through our shared purpose and with effective follow-up, we can convert the expertise and goodwill in the Chamber to greater protection for some of the most vulnerable people around the world and create space for women to be full and equal partners in all endeavours to strengthen peace and security.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Pregnant women are particularly at risk. We are providing essential equipment to new mothers and pregnant women in Iraq and reproductive health services for women in Jordan. We also provide financial support for vulnerable Syrian women who are thought to be at risk of coerced marriage. Gender-sensitive programming must be increased alongside access to international protection, health and education services and livelihood activities in conflict- affected States. We must do that for all displaced persons, particularly women and girls. The international community must also step up its efforts to address the root causes of conflict. That requires concerted long- term effort and financing. The benefits of that are clear.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“We have committed over $1 billion to helping people affected by conflict in Syria, while in Iraq we provide $40 million in humanitarian aid, $30 million of which supports international non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross. That includes supporting programmes to prevent and respond to sexual violence - for example, by establishing women-and-children centres to provide group counselling, as well as providing safe spaces for children. In crises like those in Syria and Iraq, many of the most vulnerable households are headed by women, who often lack access to basic necessities to meet their needs and those of their children. The United Kingdom has provided cash assistance to help female refugees in Jordan pay their rent and receive livelihood support.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, only 11 countries in the world are not linked to conflict in some way. For the first time since the Second World War, the number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons has exceeded 50 million. If displaced people had their own country, it would be the twenty-fourth most populous in the world. That is a staggering statistic. The United Kingdom recognizes the particular hardships faced by refugees and internally displaced persons, including the additional burden and vulnerability of women and girls. We have provided the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with over $180 million in the period 2011-2014.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“Presidential statement S/PRST/2014/21, which we have adopted today, has four key elements. First, it reiterates core principles of resolution 2122 (2013) with regard to women's leadership and gender equality and the working methods of the Council. Secondly, it calls on Member States to enhance protection and services for displaced women and girls and for sex and age-disaggregated data to inform policy and programming. Thirdly, it highlights the tremendous impact of violent extremism on women and urges States to protect and to engage with them in addressing that trend. Finally, it calls for all actors to review and to reinvigorate their commitments ahead of the 2015 high- level review. We are living through a period of unusual instability.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“The fact that we still have to fight to include sufficient gender expertise in our peacekeeping operations, most recently in the Central African Republic and Mali, that we still have to battle to have just one women included in most peace processes, and that Governments and armed groups continue to Violate and to abuse women's rights, including by perpetrating sexual and gender- based vilence, makes clear that a real commitment to women and peace and security is still piecemeal. The peacekeeping review and the global study are two opportunities to galvanize action on those issues but change must start now. The report of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict will also be published shortly. We encourage all actors to implement its recommendations.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“I welcome the Secretary-General's report (S/2014/693), which demonstrates that attention to women and peace and security is increasing across the board. Over a third of those included in Colombia's peace talks are women, as we have heard. That figure rises to 75 per cent in the Philippines. We welcome the dedicated consideration of gender issues in such processes since last year. There are more trained investigators of sexual and gender- based violence deployed than ever before. This year, an unprecedented 40 per cent of ambassadors at the Security Council are women. However, that progress is incremental. Sadly, those are exceptions to the rule.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Madam President, for holding this important debate today and for your personal commitment to this issue. I also warmly thank Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, Mr. Mulet and Mr. Beyani for their compelling and sobering briefings. I would particularly like to welcome Ms. Suaad Allami from Iraq and to thank her for sharing her experiences with the Council today. I also thank everyone who has come to this meeting to demonstrate their interest and commitment. Their presence here is an encouragement to all of us to do more. Today, one year on from the adoption of resolution 2122 (2013) and one year before the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), we consider the strides that we have made and what remains to be done to make our commitments real on this Vital agenda.”
2014-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7289 (2014) · source
“As the Permanent Representative of Chile said, the role of MINUSTAH should be to help Haiti take back responsibility for its security, and not to perform that task itself indefinitely. The resolution provides for a responsible scaling back of MINUSTAH's military component over time, based on a thorough assessment ofthe security situation.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source