Statement of Namibia, October, 2015

Those charged with leading and supporting peace processes, especially the UN Department of Peace Operations and regional bodies, should be committed to bring talented women to the peace processes where negotiations are conducted; and peace agreements signed and implemented. There is a need for the Security Council to move the agenda forward from the general calls to concrete directives on how the peacekeeping department should promote the participation of women as Special Envoys, Special Representatives, Peacekeepers, Mediators and Negotiators.