United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

29 October 2003

As President of the Security Council for the month of October, the United States hosted an Open Debate in the Council chambers on women, peace and security in the context of peacekeeping operations. Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping, and Ms. Amy Smythe, Senior Gender Advisor in MONUC, the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, made interventions on the Debate theme. Their statements were followed by those of the Council members, and then those of UN Member States. Thirty-seven interventions were made at the Open Debate. Of these statements, two were made on behalf of groups of countries. The Debate was day-long; it carried over from the morning session to and through the afternoon session of the Council.

Press Release from the President of the Security Council
Ambassador John Negroponte, United States Representative to the United Nations

DRC: Women suffer disproportionately during and after war: Told During Day-long Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Security Council Briefed by Peacekeeping Under-Secretary-General, Senior Gender Adviser for UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo
UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), ReliefWeb, 5 Nov 2003

Invited UN Experts

Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

Ms. Amy Smythe
Senior Gender Advisor, MONUC, UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Members of the UN Security Council

Angola
Ambassador Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins

Bulgaria
Ambassador Stephan Tafrov

Cameroon
Ambassador Iya Tidjani

Chile [espanol] [english]
Ambassador Heraldo Munoz

China
Ambassador Wang Yingfan

France
Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere

Germany
Ms. Kerstin Muller, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office

Guinea
Ambassador Alpha Ibrahima Sow

Mexico [espanol]
Ms. Maria Angelica Arce de Jeannet, Minister

Pakistan
Ambassador Munir Akram

Russia
Ambassador Sergey N. Karev

Spain [espanol]
Ambassador Inocencio F. Arias

Syria
Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe

United Kingdom
Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry

United States of America
Ambassador John Negroponte

UN Member States

Australia
Ambassador John Dauth, LVO

Azerbaijan
Ambassador Yashar Aliyev

Bangladesh
Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem, Counsellor

Canada [english et francais]
Ambassador Gilbert Laurin

Colombia [espanol] [english]
Ambassador Luis Guillermo Giraldo

Croatia
Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak

European Union
Ambassador Marcello Spatafora, Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN

Iceland
Ambassador Hjalmar W. Hannesson

India
Ambassador V.K. Nambiar

Indonesia
Ambassador Rezlan Ishar Jenie

Japan
Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa

Liechtenstein
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser

Netherlands
H.E. Mrs. Agnes Van Ardenne-Van Der Hoeven, Minister for Development Cooperation

Norway
Amassador Johan Ludvik Løvald

Pacific Islands Forum Group
Honorable Kaliopate Tavola, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of the Fiji Islands

Republic of Korea
Ambassador Kim Sam-hoon

South Africa
Ms. Tilana Grobbelaar, First Secretary

Tanzania
Ambassador Augustine Mahiga

UN Anniversary event: Impact of 1325: Reality or Fiction?
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues (OSAGI), Inter-Agency Taskforce on Women, Peace and Security and Department for Political Affairs (DPA), 31 October 2003