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Women working for peace support
Basque process
October 24, 2006 - (eitb) It's essential for women to participate
in peace negotiations to find the solution to the Basque conflict,
and for this process to incorporate their experiences, interests
and expectations, a statement by the women read.
Women in peace processes around the world endorsed a statement
applauding "the process of dialogue" that has been opened
up in the Basque Country "to seek peace and the solution to
the Basque conflict." The statement also considers it "essential"
for women "to actively participate in peace negotiations"
and "to incorporate their experiences, interests and expectations,
as urged by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325.
This "International declaration of women in favour of the
Basque peace process" was agreed and endorsed by nine women
taking part in the SARE 2006 International Congress “Women
generating peace,” held Monday and Tuesday in the Basque city
of Donostia-San Sebastian. The congress aims to analyse the role
of women in peace processes, in order to favour the active participation
of Basque women in the current context.
The lecturers were prominent women who work for peace in situations
of war and postwar periods, including North Irish Ann Hoppe, Debby
Lerman, from Israel's Bat Shalom, Palestinian Amal Khreishe, la
Kosovo's Luljeta Vuniqui, Colombian Patricia Buriticá and
Olga Lucía Ramírez, Serb Stasa Zajovic, Argentine
Nora Cortiñas and Liberian Etweda A.Cooper.
The statement endorses the process of dialogue that has been opened
in the Basque Country "aware that the way of the word, mutual
understanding and negotiation is the only valid way to overcome
political problems and construct a real and long-lasting peace.
It also acknowledges "the valuable work that women have carried
out all over the world as catalysts of peace, pushing forward dialogue
and defending reconciliation among people and communities."
From: http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/politics/sare-2006--women-generating-peace-women-working-for-peace-support?itemId=B24_17080&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fpolitica&idioma=en
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