Costa Rica
Costa Rica
“Costa Rica is proud to have included, in the resolution that was approved just a few weeks ago, an invitation to member States to present women candidates for the position of Secretary General. The time has come for the General Secretariat to be occupied by a woman. Let us acknowledge the great capacity, competence and commitment of women in all areas, and let us send an unequivocal political signal that, as we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this organization stands by what it preaches in terms of equality and empowerment of women and girls.”
Costa Rica
“The promotion and defense of human rights cannot continue to be limited to rhetoric. On the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, gender equality and the empowerment of women must cease to be merely words in many regions of the world and become congruent and consistent commitments to said Declaration, incorporating national public policies that truly bring us closer to the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its mainstreamed gendered approach, that materializes considerations of women in each objective, goal and indicator.”
Costa Rica
“The violations of the most elemental human rights, above all the right to life, perpetrated by terrorists and other so-called "non-State" actors, as well as the dreadful events that have taken place in areas affected by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against women and girls and other vulnerable groups, pose a serious threat to international peace and security.”
Costa Rica
“In the fight against terrorism, Costa Rica is concerned about the use of sexual violence as a terror tactic, and the link of violent extremism to the control over the autonomy of women and the impact on and restriction of their rights.”