• DOCUMENTATION PRODUCED BY THE NGO WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

NGO Working Group documentation focusing on the 5th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, October 2005

•NEW NGO Working Group releases Report on implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325, five Years On
On October 25 2005, The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security released a Report reviewing the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 five years after its adoption by the Security Council. The report is a comprehensive examination of progress made and gaps remaining in implementation of the resolution by states, UN entities and civil society. To download the PDF version of this report, please CLICK HERE

•NEW UN Security Council holds an Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, October 27 2005
On October 27 2005, the Security Council, under the presidency of Romania, held an Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. All 15 Security Council members, 26 Member States, 3 UN entities, 2 intergovernmental bodies and 2 civil society representatives made interventions throughout the day's proceedings. For a compilation of all statements made during the open debate, please CLICK HERE.

•NEW NGO Working Group Statement at Arria Formula Meeting with the Security Council, October 25 2005
Presented by Vina Nadjibulla
On October 25 2005, the Government of Denmark, as a member of the Security Council, hosted an Arria Formula meeting, an informal, off-the-record meeting, on women, peace and security, to review the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325, five years after its adoption by the Security Council. The Council received statements from members of civil society, including the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and women peace-builders from Burundi and Iraq who were participants in the Working Group's October Advocacy Program. For all statements made by civil society representatives during the Arria Formula meeting, please CLICK HERE.

•NGO Working Group Letter to UN member states on Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

•Calendar of events surrounding the 5th Anniversary of UN SCR 1325

NGO Working Group documentation surrounding the 2005 World Summit, New York, September 2005

• NEW Discussion Paper: The UN Peacebuilding Commission: A Blueprint for Amplifying Women's Voices and Participation
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, UNIFEM, United Methodist Office for the UN
November 2, 2005
The aim of the paper is to highlight women's critical role in peacebuilding, as clearly recognized in SC resolution 1325, and ensure that women's voices and experiences inform the development and functioning of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).

• NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Background Note on the Proposed UN Peacebuilding Commission
By Vina Nadjibulla
The idea for the Peacebuilding Commission was first articulated in the Report of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. It was further modified by the Secretary-General in his report In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for all. A proposal for the Peacebuilding Commission has also been included in the draft outcome document being prepared for consideration by world leaders in September.

• NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Statement to the Informal GA Civil Society Hearings [Annex: Proposed Language Amendments, based on the Annex of the Secretary-General's report, In Larger Freedom]
Presented by Vina Nadjibulla
24 June 2005

•Response to the Secretary-General's Report, In Larger Freedom: Integrating Gender Equality into National-level Priorities for September Summit
April 2005

• Summary of SCR 1325 Workshops at CSW 2005
NGOWG Cover Letter
April 2005

• Urgent International Attention Needed to Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [French version]
21 March 2005

• Recommendations to the Drafters of the Terms of Reference for the UN Security Council Mission to Haiti
16 March 2005

• NGOWG Statement at the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, High-level Plenary
Statement by Ms. Cora True-Frost, Coordinator, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
8 March 2005

• Understanding UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security [French] [Spanish]
Prepared by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, March 2005

• Recommendations for the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (31 January-25 February)
28 January 2005

• NGOWG Statement on Tsunami Relief Efforts: Include Women in all Relief and Reconstruction Efforts
24 January 2005

• NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Position Paper on the Ten-Year Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action
14 January 2005

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• EVENTS ORGANIZED BY THE NGO WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY •

• REPORT ON SECURITY COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE: Peace Support Operations: Consolidating Progress and Closing Gaps in the Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325
Working Roundtable
1 July 2004, Rockefeller Foundation
In Collaboration with the the Permanent Missions to the UN of Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom

• Advancing UNSC Resolution 1325: Priority Actions as Determined During the Commission on the Status of Women, 48th Session
Outcome document of a brainstorm session organized in collaboration with the NGO Working Group on Peace (Geneva)
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 48th Session, UN Headquarters, New York City
10 March 2004

• REPORT ON SECURITY COUNCIL ROUNTABLE: Towards International Peace and Human Security: Advancing Prevention, Participation and Protection in the Work of the Security Council
Working Roundtable
27 January 2004, Rockefeller Foundation
In Collaboration with the the Permanent Missions to the UN of Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom

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