Implementation

Last year’s open debate (see S/PV.7533) had the highest number of participating speakers in the entire history of the Security Council. More than 180 political, financial and institutional commitments were made in the course of the high-level review of resolution 1325 (2000), and the new resolution 2242 (2015) was adopted. Such commitments are important and can make a difference. They must therefore not simply be plans on paper; we must turn them into action. Last year’s global study on women and peace and security was also welcomed as a guide that can keep our work in moving ahead. Today, therefore, we urge Member States, regional organizations and the United Nations to do more to take the study’s recommendations forward and turn the commitments that were made into concrete action. The Council is well positioned to ensure we have greater accountability to one another for our commitments.

UN-Women is already responding to many of the findings and recommendations of the global study and the appeal issued in resolution 2242 (2015). We are serving as the secretariat for key new mechanisms, such as the Council’s new Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security and the Global Acceleration Instrument for Women and Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action. We are pleased to announce that we will also perform a secretariat function in support of the new network of national focal points.