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  1. “As we look forward to marking the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), it is high time that we recommit ourselves to fully implementing the resolutions we have adopted and the declarations we have made in the past. Women must be central to policy-making, political participation and conflict prevention. We call upon members of the Council to use the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) to mobilize support and resources so as to fully implement the women and peace and security agenda in its entirety. This was a shortened version of our statement. Our full statement will be available online.”

    2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

  2. “They provide victims and local communities - specifically those women and children most vulnerable to conflict and violence - with a sense of security and confidence. Women peacekeepers play a critical role in helping refugees and others who have been subjected to violence in the absence ofjustice. Victims of sexual and gender- based violence respond more positively to their support, which facilitates rehabilitation, justice and reparations. In Ethiopia, we have been seeing grass-roots self-help women's groups provide the essential support in the national response to recent internal displacement and resettlement, as well as in reconciliation efforts.”

    2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

  3. “The Administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has attained gender parity in the Cabinet, appointed our first woman Head of State and assigned women as heads ofthe Supreme Court and the National Election Board. We have also set up a new ministry, led by a woman, with a specific mandate for peacebuilding and oversight of the country's security sector. In addition, we have significantly increased the numbers of women in leadership and decision-making positions at different levels of Government and across public institutions. Our Constitution guarantees rights to land use and equal rights to property acquired during marriage. As a leading troop-contributing country, Ethiopia fully understands the importance of women peacekeepers in overcoming social and cultural barriers to build trust in the communities they serve.”

    2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

  4. “We can deliver on those commitments only if we place the prevention of violence against women, the protection of women's rights and the full participation of women in decision-making at the centre of national policies. Neither peace nor prosperity can be achieved or sustained without the equal, active and meaningful involvement of women throughout society. Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm Ethiopia's commitment to promoting the women and peace and security agenda, and to illustrate it if I may. Over the past 18 months, Ethiopia has taken a number of bold steps to increase the participation and representation of women in decision-making.”

    2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

  5. “Over the years, we have heard a number of pronouncements from the United Nations and the African Union and seen various regional and national policies, strategies and action plans, all aimed at mainstreaming gender issues. There has been some progress registered, but despite all those efforts, there is still a significant gap between our aims and ambitions and the actual political support and financial commitment provided to the women and peace and security agenda. Much more work and real and practical commitments are needed to bridge the gaps in implementation and to support countries in developing policies and strategies that align with the agenda.”

    2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

  6. “We also hope the Council will move from rhetoric to action by taking concrete steps to strengthen its cooperation and partnership with the African Union Peace and Security Council. The adoption of resolution 2457 (2019) is a very important step. We trust that the Council will take a further decisive step towards the financing of African-led peace support operations in due course.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  7. “Implementing the important resolution (2457 (2019)) that the Council adopted earlier today will certainly go a long way to enhancing the partnership of the African Union and the United Nations in the areas of peace and security by strengthening their efforts to coordinate their engagement in a mutually supportive manner across the range of possible responses to conflict, from prevention and mediation, to peacekeeping and peacebuilding, and to post-conflict recovery and, subsequently, development. In conclusion, we very much hope to see our organizations' enhanced cooperation and partnership in the coming years, and we appreciate the dedicated leadership of both Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in that regard.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  8. “That is why we will continue to strive to find home-grown solutions to our problems. That notwithstanding, international cooperation and partnership are vital to effectively addressing every threat to peace and security in Africa and to accelerating progress towards silencing the guns. That is the fundamental reason that we believe the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations is an absolute necessity.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  9. “That said, we have no option but to continue striving to achieve this noble objective in order to realize our aspirations for socioeconomic development. It requires that we strengthen the African Peace and Security Architecture, and the ongoing reform efforts in the African Union are also expected to help strengthen Africa's capacity in the areas of peace and security. In particular, the efforts being made to mobilize resources from within the continent through the revitalized Africa Union Peace Fund in order to finance Africa's needs in the area of prevention and mediation to ensure long-term peace and security are a significant step in the right direction. We of course recognize that the building of a conflict-free Africa essentially rests with us Africans.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  10. “Besides this, the recent signing in Khartoum of a global agreement for peace and national reconciliation between the Central African Government and 14 armed opposition groups is an essential and decisive step forward, as Special Representative Parfait Onanga- Anyanga recently told the Council (see S/PV.8467). The peaceful holding of elections and transfer of power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also a welcome development. Those and other positive developments are not only encouraging us to do more but also enabling us to renew our efforts to silence the guns on our continent. We know full well that there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to the complex peace and security challenges that we are facing, and that situation is further compounded by new and emerging challenges.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  11. “Our two countries are working to solidify the recent gains by taking concrete steps to cement the relations between our peoples. Djibouti and Eritrea have also started to restore their bilateral relations, thereby also strengthening regional peace and stability. Ethiopia and the entire region remain actively engaged in facilitating the normalization of relations between the two countries. As the United Nations and the African Union have recognized, those positive developments represent a significant milestone with far-reaching positive consequences for the Horn of Africa and in the context of Vision 2020.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  12. “While we know that many have their doubts about the realization of this noble objective, there have indeed been recent positive developments that have rekindled our hope and optimism about the possibility of achieving the objective of silencing the guns in Africa. In our region, the signing of the revitalized peace agreement between the parties in South Sudan has restored belief in the possibility of ending the fighting that has been going on there for the past five years. We are confident that the recently reported clashes will not lead to an unravelling of the situation in that sister country. The rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea has not only ended the long-standing no-war-no-peace situation between our two countries, it also heralds a new era of regional peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  13. “The AU Agenda 2063 is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the sustaining peace agenda, and it will contribute significantly to helping to realize the solemn pledge in the Charter of the United Nations to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. We note the measures so far taken to implement the goal of silencing the guns in Africa by African Union member States and regional mechanisms, as well as by other relevant stakeholders. We particularly appreciate the adoption of the African Union Master Roadmap in the context of the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture and the African Governance Architecture.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  14. “Achieving the goal ofa conflict-free Africa- making peace a reality for all our people, freeing the continent of wars, civil conflicts, human rights violations, humanitarian disasters and violent conflicts, and preventing genocide - is an important commitment that our leaders have made. As the concept note (S/2019/169, annex) rightly indicates, that is indeed the overarching objective guiding the efforts of the African Union to ensure a peaceful and secure Africa while laying a solid foundation for the implementation of Agenda 2063, the AU's strategic framework for inclusive growth and sustainable development.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  15. “Today's debate builds on the important discussions held at the level of the Council's Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, which Ethiopia chaired in 2017 and 2018. We should also recall that the three African members of the Security Council, together with other partners, organized an Arria Formula meeting on the topic last year. Furthermore, the issue was on the agenda of the twelfth annual consultation between members of the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, in which the two Councils exchanged views on their possible cooperation in implementing the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  16. “Vasu Gounden, Founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Dispute, for their briefings. We are also very grateful for the briefing by Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, High Representative of the African Union for Silencing the Guns in Africa, whom we have always appreciated for his distinguished service in the field. Ethiopia associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Benin on behalf of the Group of African States. The issue of silencing the guns in Africa is very important. It is one of the building blocks of the African Union's Agenda 2063, its 2013 fiftieth-anniversary solemn declaration, and its strong Vision 2020, aimed at ending all conflicts on African soil by 2020.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  17. “We express our appreciation to the Equatorial Guinea presidency for organizing this open debate on an important agenda item the implementation of which has paramount significance for the peace and stability of our continent. We also commend your delegation, Mr. Minister, for its important role in facilitating negotiations on resolution 2457 (2019), which was unanimously adopted by the Council today. As a former African member of the Security Council and Chair of the initial debates on the issue of the Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative at the African Union (AU) level in 2013, Ethiopia is pleased to have worked with you, Sir, in that endeavour. We thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr.”

    2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source

  18. “Finally, coordination among the United Nations agencies operating in the region, the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union will be vital for the improvement of the humanitarian situation in the Sahel and the long-term development trajectory in the region. In that regard, it is important that access to basic services and job opportunities in the border areas be scaled up in the context of implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and its Support Plan. The private sector should also have a role to play in ensuring tangible progress in the socioeconomic development endeavours of the region.”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source

  19. “However, without sustainable and stronger support to the Joint Force, and without strengthening the national security forces of countries of the region, not much progress can be made in defeating terrorism and organized crime. In that connection, reviving the Nouakchott process was underscored during the recent meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council. We appreciate the commitments of the African Union, the European Union and bilateral partners in the context of addressing structural and operational gaps for implementation of the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. Continuing partnerships on development aspects, especially in the implementation of the Priority Investment Plan for countries like Mali, remains strategic.”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source

  20. “The restoration and expansion of State authority in northern Mali and remote areas of Sahelian countries, especially the G-5 Sahel countries, is absolutely critical. The absence of viable State structures has been a major obstacle to stability and development in the region. The threat and frequent attacks in recent months against security forces and other personnel serving in State institutions, including the destruction of public facilities, must be addressed with the requisite seriousness. The recent series of terrorist attacks are clear indications of the growing threat of terrorism and violent extremism, including those on the Libyan- Chadian border. Operationalizing the Joint Force of the G-5 Sahel is part of addressing that tremendous challenge.”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source

  21. “We strongly believe that renewing the call for sustaining the flow of resources is important. There is a worrisome trend that the problem of peace and security in the Sahel is expanding to the Lake Chad basin, which in turn is affected by multiple other challenges. Accordingly, a coordinated response to the problems of security and development of the Sahel will have a positive impact on mitigating that risk. In that regard, there is a need to build synergies at the national, regional and international levels, including with regard to the ongoing implementation of the United Nations Support Plan for the Sahel, the review of the African Union Strategy for the Sahel Region and the implementation of the Priority Investment Programme of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel).”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source

  22. “Numerous initiatives have been taken with the objective of overcoming peace, security and socioeconomic development challenges in the region. What emerged loud and clear during the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting was the need to ensure better coherence and political ownership by countries of the region and Africa in the stabilization efforts of the Sahel. The United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel is a widely accepted and comprehensive strategy for the promotion of long-lasting peace and security, reinforced by development for the people of the Sahel region. We therefore believe that the commitment by the international community within the framework of Integrated Strategy for the Sahel should be fulfilled. The need to strengthen support for achieving peace and development in the Sahel region remains a priority.”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source

  23. “We thank cote d'Ivoire for putting this important item on the agenda of the Security Council. We also wish thank Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Sahel; Ambassador Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; Mr. Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank's Vice-President for Africa; and Mr. Remy Rioux, on behalf of the Alliance for the Sahel, for their respective briefings. This meeting is taking place after the African Union Peace and Security Council held an open meeting on international and regional initiatives in the Sahel region a few days ago. We hope that our discussion here today will reinforce the important meeting that took place at the level of the African Union. We share the view that there is no shortage of strategies for the Sahel region.”

    2018-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8435 (2018) · source