STATEMENT OF PORTUGAL, October, 2015

In 2009, Portugal adopted its first national action plan on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), and a second edition of the plan for 2014-2018 was approved last year. During our term in the Security Council in 2011-2012, the women and peace and security agenda ranked high among our priorities. We were then and remain now firm supporters of mainstreaming the women and peace and security agenda in all Security Council resolutions, as we are very convinced that women should be involved in all aspects of conflict prevention, conf lict resolution and post-conf lict processes. We also joined other Security Council members in organizing Arria Formula meetings whose purpose was to give voice to women’s organizations and raise awareness among Security Council members on women’s specific needs in conflict-affected settings.