Statement of Romania on the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, October, 2015
Statement of Romania, October, 2015
Security Council resolution 1325 put a most needed emphasis on the importance of women in peace processes. We heard today about the progress made in 15 years, about the remaining challenges and the priorities for action.
Romania believes that all actors - Member States, regional organizations, civil society and the media - should continue to work on implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Women's active participation in peace processes has proved to be absolutely relevant for making conflict resolution and peacebuilding more effective.
Statement of Romania, October, 2015
The Romanian Ministry of Defense has adopted an Action Plan aimed at implementing the seven resolutions in the field of women, peace and security. Based on our Constitutional provisions, it promotes a fair and balanced access of men and women, military or civilian personnel, to both senior-level and executive positions. As a result, we have women who reached the rank of general and, starting with 2009, there is an increased number of military female staff participating in international missions. Furthermore, women from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were deployed in UN, OSCE and EU peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions.