Statement of Thailand, October 2015

Women's empowerment and participation are essential to any prevention and protection response. As such, strategies for effective integration of gender perspective should be pursued to promote women's empowerment and participation.

The importance of women's participation in peace processes as well as peacekeeping operations has been underlined in Resolution 1325. We call for greater recognition and support for their participation in all stages of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconciliation processes so peace agreements can be reached and are more likely to last.