Argentina
H.E. Mr. Cesar Mayoral, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Our own experience makes us recognize
the importance of implement national action plans for the implementation
of Resolution 1325. These plans should be elaborated through a
participative process that should include monitoring and accountability
mechanisms for the governments to assure not only the greatest
possible number of women participation in the decision making
processes of the country but also that their demands and needs
are taken into consideration at all state levels, especially in
the institutional reform processes, including the reform of the
legislative, legal and security sectors.
Australia
H.E. Mr Robert Hill, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
In closing Mr President, I would
like to congratulate our regional neighbour, Fiji, for setting
an example in the region by including key elements of SCR1325
in their national women's plan of action.
Bangladesh
H.E. Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Canada
H.E. Mr. John McNee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
China
H.E. Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative
As the organ which shoulders
the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security, the Council should strive to remove the root
causes of conflicts, intensify conflict prevention and peace-keeping
so as to create an enabling environment for the survival and development
of all vulnerable groups, women, children and civilians included.
On their part, countries should formulate their own national strategies
or programmes of action in light of their national conditions
with a view to fulfilling the afore-mentioned commitments.
Colombia
H.E. Mrs Maria Angela Holguin, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Colombia presented a report to
the Secretary-General in 2004 on the progress made in its implementation.
Aware that the main responsibility
in the implementation of the resolution falls on Member States,
Colombia has moved ahead with its implementation in legislation
and through special programmes that have the cooperation and support
of the United Nations system. The United Nations Development Fund
for Women has been an important ally since Colombia’s peace
and security programme was created in 2003. Colombia has also
adopted laws to protect women and promote their participation.
Colombia’s legislation favours female-headed households
and guarantees that women will fill 30 per cent of public posts
at decision-making levels in the different branches and organs
of public administration. The legislation has had an incremental
effect on their participation.
The dissemination and promotion
of resolution 1325 (2000) has been a constant priority in the
coordinated work of the Presidential Advisory Office on the Equality
of Women, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The democratic security policy
applied in Colombia is based on a comprehensive vision that involves
not only the security aspect, but also components of social equity
and human development. Within that framework, Colombia has a social
reform policy that works towards, among other objectives, greater
gender equality.
As the result of legislation
adopted by Congress, the Presidential Advisory Office for the
Equality of Women created the post of observer on gender issues
that is responsible for incorporating the gender perspective in
the analysis of the results achieved in the aforementioned areas.
In order to implement Security
Council resolution 1325 (2000), our National Development Plan,
set out in the chapter on social equity, is mandated to carry
out policies in favour of women pursuant to cross-cutting gender
criteria coordinated by the Presidential Advisory Office for the
Equality of Women. The Advisory Office — the guiding entity
for governmental policies in that field — has outlined a
policy on women as peacebuilders and promoters of development.
That is the starting point from which to articulate objectives,
strategies and actions aimed at the elimination of all forms of
discrimination against women.
The Advisory Office also promoted
a national agreement on equality between men and women. That agreement
has special significance to the implementation of resolution 1325
(2000) as it not only advances the incorporation of a gender perspective
into public policy, but also strengthens the participation of
women based on conditions equal to those of men in all areas of
society.
The Government of Colombia is
firmly committed to the achievement of the goals of women, the
promotion and protection of their rights, and the advancement
of their full participation in public life. One of the goals for
the period 2006-2010 is the inclusion of a gender perspective
in the foreign policy and international cooperation agenda, with
an emphasis on social development issues.
Since 2002, my Government, through
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Advisory
Office for the Equality of Women, has coordinated efforts to implement
resolution 1325 (2000). One of those initiatives was the creation
of a framework on women, peace and security that ultimately adopted
a common agenda on the issue of women and their incorporation
into priority actions for peace in Colombia.
Comoros
H.E. Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
In December 2003, under the auspices
of the highest political and religious authorities of my country
and with technical support from a United Nations team, my country
organized a workshop on the participation of women in decision-making,
which enabled us to explore appropriate strategies for establishing
a durable foundation for the effective participation of Comorian
women at all levels of political decision-making.
In that regard, a project to
support the participation of women in decision-making enjoys the
financial support of the Japanese Women in Development Fund and
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as technical
support from UNIFEM.
That project is among the Comorian
Government’s priorities with a view to creating a favourable
environment for the full participation of all Comorians in our
fight against poverty, through enhancing awareness of the women’s
rights, providing training to facilitate the access of women to
high-ranking positions and strengthening existing structures and
mechanisms for promoting gender equality.
My country takes this opportunity
to appeal to all our partners and friends here to be so kind as
to give their support to that and similar projects, as they make
it possible to promote the status of Comorian women. That would
enable my country to contribute to the success of resolution 1325
(2000), which opens up wider horizons for the promotion of the
status of women throughout the world, in order to make our world
a secure world with equality for all, a world that is truly committed
to the recognition, defence and promotion of human rights.
Congo
H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
The work of the United Nations
in this area will only be enhanced if it is coordinated with that
carried out by States. By basing its thinking on the Beijing Plan
of Action and resolution 1325 (2000), Congo has endeavoured to
include a gender-specific approach in all sectors of public life.
As a result, Congolese women are involved in the process for the
International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development
in the Great Lakes Region. They are playing an active role in
the work of thematic groups and in meetings of the regional preparatory
committee. They recently played a dynamic role in a meeting of
women from the Great Lakes region regarding peace and security.
That gathering took place from 6 to 8 February 2006 at Kinshasa
and concluded with the adoption of a declaration.
Croatia
H.E. Mrs. Mirjana Mladineo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Through national mechanisms,
like the recently adopted National Policy for the Promotion of
Gender Equality for the period of 2006-2010, special measures
for achieving integration of gender perspective in national security
policy as well as the promotion of application of the SCR 1325
are being incorporated.
Denmark
H.E. Mrs. Ellen Margrethe Loj, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Not only the UN system but also
multilateral and regional organisations, NGOs and member states
should work to implement SCR 1325. In 2005, Denmark was one of
the first UN member state to launch a National Action Plan for
implementation of SCR 1325. Based on experience the Danish Plan
of Action is about to be revised in order to ensure inclusion
of ALL relevant Danish actors and their partners working in situations
of crisis and conflict and to comprise Danish development cooperation
and humanitarian assistance in an even more comprehensive way.
Denmark is proud to have co-sponsored
a workshop last month in Dubai at which the UN Mine Action Team
worked with UN and national staff from Yemen, Jordan, Afghanistan,
Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territory to ensure that the
mine action programmes promote gender equality. Women and girls
should be included at all levels - from mine risk education to
mine clearance, and Denmark intends to follow up on the conference
to further promote gender equality in mine action.
Egypt
H.E. Mr. Majed Abdelaziz, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
The [Secretary General’s]
report addressed a wide range of activities that are being dealt
with By United Nations, revealing many gaps and challenges, but
the underlying theme which we fully support is that efforts exerted
to enhance the relation between women, peace and security should
be done at the national level and that the role of the United
Nations is to support these efforts, thus codifying the national
ownership of such efforts according to the capacity of the Country
concerned and taking into consideration the specificities of each
country in conflict or in the peace building process.
El Salvador
H.E. Mrs Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernadez, Ambassador and Permanent
Representative
El Salvador welcomes the United
Nations efforts to implement resolution 1325 (2000), in particular
the guide for national action planning on women, peace and security
drawn up by the International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women. We believe that the drafting of
national action plans to implement the commitments undertaken
under resolution 1325 (2000) is undoubtedly an innovative and
necessary step if progress is to be made in gender mainstreaming
in peace and security.
Fiji
Mr Filimone Kau, Charge d'affaires of Fiji to the United Nations
We also call on the international
community and partners to assist member states in need of assistance
in the implementation process. An area needing immediate attention
is the development of national action plans as a remedy for unsystematic
and ad-hoc implementation at the national level. Small developing
countries like Fiji need guidance and partnerships in areas of
capacity and technical skills on the formulation and implementation
of national plans and strategies on SCR 1325. Such action plans
and strategies must be developed after wide consultations with
civil society organizations and other stakeholders, and should
include monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
Our Pacific leaders in their
meeting held in Nadi, Fiji this week have reaffirmed theircommitment
to the operationalisation of SCR 1325 in Forum Island countries.
The Secretariat of the Forum has been tasked to provide appropriate
technical assistance tomember countries through the frameworks
of the Pacific Plan and the 2000 Biketawa Declaration.
We also commend other partners
and in particular UNIFEM, which has been a strongplayer in advancing
SCR 1325 through their Women, Peace and Security programmes in
the region for their support and assistance in national programmes.
Fiji has been a direct beneficiary of UNIFEM support programmes
in the Pacific for which we are grateful and ask other UN agencies
to follow suit.
A AUSAID funded project entitled
'Resolution 1325 for policy makers and NGOs' in the Solomon Islands,
Papua New Guinea and Fiji, will see the training of a core group
of women's NGOs and key policy makers on SCR 1325 and ensure its
translation into local languages and adopt appropriate strategies
for its implementation. In Fiji's Reviewed Women's Plan of Action
(1999-2008) we have clearly acknowledgedour commitment to SCR
1325 to further progress gender equality through various empowerment
strategies for women in Fiji. Whilst we have yet to fully realize
the potential of our women in this area, the politicalwill prevalent,
and the efforts of our government and civil society, coupled with
the support of UN agencies and the international community should
yield some positive results in respect to the implementation of
SCR 1325 in Fiji and the Pacific region.
Finland (EU)
H.E. Minister Ms. Elisabeth Rehn
More needs to be done also on
a national level. The integration of SCR 1325 has to be country-driven.
Member States need to take responsibility for the success of SCR
1325 through ensuring that it is integrated into national policy
and training programmes. A number of EU Member States as well
as other countries have developed national action plans and strategies
on the implementation of the resolution. We encourage countries
to develop such plans and to apply a broad gender mainstreaming
approach across government, for instance through a system-wide
approach that links development, humanitarian and defence issues.
However, all plans should include civil society consultations
as well as monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
France
H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Germany
H.E. Mr. von Ungern-Sternberg, Deputy Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Ghana
H.E. Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
First and foremost, we must take
seriously the national level implementation. In designing programmes
for our women, the content should take into account the high prevalence
of illiteracy and the useful nature all of which place them outside
the mainstream and therefore out of reach of most programmes.
Indeed, the overall implementation
of SCR 1325 has been ad-hoc and haphazard at the national level.
To date only a few governments have developed national action
plans for 1325 implementation, most of which, ironically, are
found in the developed world and are neither conflict nor post
conflict countries.
It is easy to call on the UN
and international community to act, but as Member States we must
acknowledge our own role and heed to the call "to continue
to implement resolution 1325 (2005), inc1udi:ig through the development
of national action plans or other national level strategies"
as stated in the Council's PRST of October 2005. Achieving the
goals we have set for ourselves simply requires a concerted response
to accountability at the national level. There should be better
cooperation and coordination between the relevant public institutions
that deal with peace-keeping and women's affairs. In my country,
for example, this will apply to the Ministries for Women Affairs,
Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs and Defence.
It is also of cardinal importance
that in drawing up the national action plan, women at the grassroot
level or in communities are encouraged to play a positive role
in this exercise in partnership with civil society.
Greece
H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Guatemala
H.E. Mr. Jorge Skinner Klee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
We thank the International Research
and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women for preparing
the guide for national action planning entitled “Securing
Equality, Engendering Peace”, which will undoubtedly assist
in national capacity-building with a gender perspective.
Guinea
H.E Mr. Alpha Ibrahima Sow, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Beyond the implementation of
these principles, special attention should be given to certain
key aspects of the follow-up to resolution 1325 (2000) as they
pertain to the complex challenges of peacebuilding. Therefore,
it would be desirable, first, at the national level, to support
women’s initiatives and actions in order to promote peace
and reconciliation; to ensure a smooth transition towards sustainable
development; to guide the Government and all national stakeholders,
especially non-governmental organizations and civil society, so
that resolution 1325 (2000) can spur action and remain at the
heart of the peace and development process.
In this context, and in order
to commemorate the anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), the
First Lady of the Republic of Guinea is organizing today in Conakry,
under the auspices of her foundation, the Maman Henriette Conté
Foundation, various cultural activities and a conference to promote
in Guinea and in neighbouring countries the spirit of that historic
resolution on women, peace and security. Iceland
H.E. Mr. Hjalmar W. Hamesson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
It is our duty to continue our
work towards the full implementation of resolution 1325, at the
national, regional and international level.
Indonesia
H.E. Mrs. Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent
Representative
My delegation takes note of measures
by various UN entities to implement the resolution at national
and community levels. However, it is essential that these endeavors
should be taken in full consultation with national authorities.
Israel
Ms. Meirav Eilon Shahar, Counsellor
The mainstreaming of gender into
all policies and programmes at the international and national
level plays a crucial factor in the prevention of sexual discrimination,
exploitation, and abuse. And if women are ever to truly see their
needs recognized and interests represented in peace accords, they
must have access to peace negotiations from the earliest possible
stages. To that extent, Israel has been working, through government
and non-governmental channels, to increase awareness and amplify
the voice of women in peace negotiations and conflict resolution.
In Israel, programs such as Isha
L’iSha ("Woman to Woman") continue to implement
resolution 1325 through a variety of venues, including, but not
limited to: distributing Hebrew translations of the resolution;
distributing and disseminating information on the resolution to
national, regional, and NGO bodies; campaigning to raise awareness
through public relations work and media coverage; and monitoring
and documenting the impact of conflict on women and girls. Isha
1'Isha has also contributed documents and information to the Israeli
Parliament's research center, which is working to create legal
recommendations for the full implementation of resolution 1325
in Israel. Similarly, the Israeli Women's Equal Rights law was
amended a year and a half ago, in the spirit of resolution 1325,
mandating that the Israeli government include women in any group
appointed to peace-building negotiations and conflict resolution.
Japan
H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Kenya
H.E. Mr. Z.D. Muburi Muita, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
We commend UNIFEM for its pivotal
role in the implementation of resolution 1325. Over the past decade
UNIFEM has been at the forefront in promoting the role of women
in peace-building and post conflict transition, especially on
the African Continent.However limitations in funding and resources
threaten to undermine this effort. We urge member States to explore
strategies that will ensure the alignment of resources with priorities
and ensure adequate and regular funding for activities related
to the implementation of this resolution.
Lesotho(SADC)
H.E. Mr. Lebohang F. Maema KC, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Liechtenstein
H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Myanmar
H.E. Mr. U Kyaw Tint Swe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
In our national efforts to promote
gender equality, tradition and culture play an important part.
Myanmar traditional law guarantees the free and equal right of
women including the right to own and inherit property. It also
ensures secure tenure of property and housing by women.
The Government of the Union of
Myanmar, hand in hand with such organizations as the Myanmar Women's
Affairs Federation, Myamnar Women Entrepreneur's Association and
Myamnar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, promotes policies
to ensure that the needs, priorities of women, girls, men and
boys are addressed systematically.
The result of all these efforts
are most evident in the area of education. The enrollment of girls
now equals that of boys in primary and secondary levels. At the
tertiary level, overall enrollment of women surpasses that of
men.
The Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Frank Majoor, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
What steps has the Netherlands
taken to transform Security Council Resolution 1325 into action?
First, we have established an
Interministerial Task Force on Women in Situations of Conflict
and Peacekeeping to ensure an integrated approach towards the
issue. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the Ministry
of Defence, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, brought actors together and raised awareness in support
of implementation of resolution 1325. As a result the Ministry
of Defence has set up a Gender Force to ensure that a gender perspective
is embedded in the planning and implementation of peace support
operations. Last week we formally dissolved the Task Force at
the Conference "Reconstruction or Misconstruction".
During the conference governmental
and civil society groups took concrete steps towards a concerted
action plan. At the Conference the Chair of the Task Force, former
Vice Prime Minister, Ms Jorritsma, presented the annual Dutch
"1325 Award" to Ms Etweda Cooper from Liberia, to honour
her and her organisation for the groundbreaking work to increase
women's participation in decision-making in the conflict-ridden
country of Liberia.
In addition, the Netherlands
supports both national and international nongovernmental organisations
(such as International Women's Tribune Centre and IFOR) and UN
agencies in advancing the involvement of women in maintaining
and promoting sustainable peace. Since 1997 the Government of
the Netherlands has also provided support for efforts to the effective
involvement of Sudanese women in the peace processes in Sudan.
Norway
Mr. Johan L. Lovald, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Papua New Guinea (Pacific
Islands Forum)
H.E. Mr Robert G. Aisia, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Pacific Islands Forum members
continue the important task of implementing Security Council Resolution
1325. This year the Forum Secretariat convened a Pacific Regional
Workshop on Gender, Conflict, Peace and Security which emphasized
the need to strengthen partnerships between key government portfolios
and their respective Ministries, civil society, regional and international
organizations, and the donor community. Organized in partnership
with UNDP, UNIFEM, AusAID. femLINK Pacific and the International
Women's Development Agency, the workshop called for a number of
measures induding: an annual update on Gender. Peace and security
issues; commissioning of research on gender dimensions of regional
conflict and peace processes; development of a database of Pacific
women peacemakers' audits of UNSCR 1325 compliance by regional
assistance missions and peace agreements; technical assistance
to Forum members for national UNSCR 1325 implementation including
capacity building on gender awareness; support for women's NGOs
working on UNSCR 1325; and improved gendered early warning systems.
These outcomes were subsequently
endorsed by the Forum Regional Security Committee and follow-up
action has been integrated into the Forum Secretariat's work plan.
Other action is progressing. AusAID is funding a program in the
Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji to train key civil
and governmental representatives on the importance of UNSCR 1325,
and translate UNSCR 1325 into local languages. And we have a number
of vibrant women's NGOs in our region working on promoting UNSCR
1325 implementation including femLINK Pacific and the Ecumenical
Centre for Research and Advocacy in Fiji, and Vois Bitong Mere
in the Solomon Islands.
This progress illustrates what
is possible when local and regional initiatives are supported
by the international donor community. This was no more apparent
than the Women Peace and Security program established by UNIFEM
in Melanesia -which established Women, Peace and Security Committees
in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. In addition,
UNIFEM piloted a valuable Gendered Early Warning Indicator pilot
project in the Solomon Islands in 2005. It is with great regret
that some of these projects have ceased or stagnated of late.
The analysis undertaken in these countries as part of this initiative
continues to be used and built on by development organizations
as it provides valuable information for building national strategies
and action plans for conflict prevention, peace-building and post-conflict
reconstruction and more importantly for ensuring that the instrumental
role that women can and do play in these processes is recognized
and taken into account.
In 2000, the Biketawa Declaration
mandated the Pacific Islands Forum to respond to issues of security
at a regional level and reiterated the belief in the liberty of
the individual under the law; in the equality of rights for all
citizens regardless of gender, race, color, creed or political
process ; and in the individual's inalienable right to participate
by means of a free and democratic political process in framing
the society in which he or she lives. Moreover, the landmark Pacific
Plan, adopted by Pacific Island Leaders in October 2005, adopted
a broad definition of security to include human security as one
of four priority goals for the region, and included a crosscutting
strategic objective to improve gender equality.
Peru
H.E. Mr Oswaldo Rivero, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Qatar
Dr. Mutlaq Majid al-Qahtani, Minister Plenipotentiary
The key to the full implementation
of resolution 1325 (2000) lies in our commitment and accountability
in assessing progress at all levels, helping States to establish
national action plans and promoting the participation of regional
commissions in the establishment and assessment of national policies,
strategies and programmes to attain the major objectives of those
plans.
Russia
Ilya Rogachev, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Peter Burian, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
As far as Slovakia’s own
implementation of Resolution 1325 is concerned, the long-term
reform plan of the Slovak Armed Forces called “Model 2015”
addresses also the gender issues and refers specifically to the
1325. Its implementation has already led to a moderate increase
of the number of female officers (currently representing the figure
of 7.5%) in all kinds of army units, including among the Slovak
troops deployed in the UN, NATO and EU missions. Women in the
Slovak Armed Forces undergo the same training as men and predeployment
training of our peacekeepers includes also special gender training
with particular emphasis on the promotion of gender equality and
prevention of sexual crimes.
Slovenia (Human Security
Network)
H.E. Mr. Roman Kirn, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
South Africa
H.E. Mr. Dumasani S. Kumalo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Spain
H.E. Mrs. Silvia Escobar, Special Mission Ambassador Special Mission
for Human Rights
In another development, the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) prepared a document
containing the main guidelines of its gender policy, which include
the requirements set out in resolution 1325 (2000). Spain, which
will hold the chairmanship of the OSCE in 2007, intends to disseminate
information about, and promote and organize events based on, the
resolution, giving it the importance it deserves. The most recent
guiding plan for Spanish cooperation, for the period 2003-2008,
attaches priority to items on conflict resolution as well as gender
issues in development policies. The implementation of resolution
1325 (2000) is a key objective for the Spanish Government. Spain,
whose official development assistance in the area of gender-related
issues has increased by 70 per cent in the past two years, is
participating in projects aimed at safeguarding the human rights
of women and children, particularly as regards the economic and
political empowerment of women in conflict and post-conflict situations
and in peacebuilding processes — in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Albania, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as in other areas of high priority
for Spanish cooperation such as sub-Saharan Africa, for instance,
in Mozambique.
In conclusion, the Spanish Government
has established a group of experts, which includes the ministers
concerned and independent experts from the academic world and
civil society, whose goal is to draft a national action plan for
the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). We expect the plan
to be completed sometime next year.
Sweden
H.E. Mr. Anders Lidén, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
During last years open debate,
Sweden underlined that we all have a responsibility to provide
ideas and good practices, and not only ask for initiatives from
other. In order to fulfill this responsibility, Sweden has, as
one of the first countries, completed a National Action Plan aimed
at intensifying our implementation of SCR 1325. This action plan
was developed in co-operation with governmental agencies, as well
as with civil society. The Swedish action plan recognizes the
importance of the implementation at national, regional and global
levels.
Sudan
H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleen Mohamad, Ambassador and Permanent
Representative
At the national level, women’s
issues have been among the Sudan’s major priorities. The
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace Agreement both
included provisions to guarantee the role and active participation
in peacebuilding and the implementation of its articles.
Since independence, our national
legislation has given women a pioneering role and promoted their
active participation in all spheres. Allow me to underline the
fact that the Sudanese parliament was the first legislative institution
in the region, during the period of national independence 50 years
ago, in which women participated in free elections, representing
different segments of the political spectrum. That principle has
not changed since independence; women are allocated a specific
quota in the parliament — more than in most countries in
the region.
Because of that early start,
representation and participation by women has continued to grow
over time. Women are represented at all levels of decision-making,
from the presidency of the Republic, to the Cabinet, the parliament
and, finally, various institutions and ministries, in addition
to their strong presence in civil society organizations. Therefore
the participation of Sudanese women, side by side with men, in
the process of bringing about peace is already a reality in terms
of the issues with which we are dealing today.
Tanzania
H.E. Mr. Tuvako N. Manongi, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
Uganda
H.E. Mr Francis K. Butagira, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
United Kingdom
H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No reference to theme
United States
Molly Phee, Deputy Political Counselor
No reference to theme
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