Participation

The Participation theme focuses on women’s representation and participation in peace processes, electoral process – as both the candidate and voter – UN decision-making positions, and in the broader social-political sphere.

The Security Council acknowledges the need for strategies to increase women’s participation in all UN missions and appointments to high-level positions in SCR 1325(OP3) and 1889(OP4) and further emphasises the need for women’s participation in peacebuilding processes (1889). 

Specifically, it calls for the mobilisation of resources for advancing gender equality and empowering women (OP14), reporting on the progress of women’s participation in UN missions (OP18), equal access to education for women and girls in post-conflict societies (OP11), and the increase of women’s participation in political and economic decision-making (OP15). Until this language translates into action, the potential for women’s full and equal contribution to international peace and security will remain unrealized.

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Statement of KINGDOM OF ESWATINI at UNGA73

Participation: “We fully support the participation of women in political decision-making
positions and have recently enacted the election of women members to the
House of Assembly Act to ensure their representation in parliament.”

Statement of KINGDOM OF ESWATINI at UNGA73

Eswatini_UNGA73.pdf

Statement of COLOMBIA at the UNGA73

Participation: We have made advances towards equality between men and women in our education and employment sectors. To recognize these advancements, I named the first cabinet with gender parity in the history of my country.

Statement of THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS at UNGA73

The Republic of the Marshall Islands .pdf

Statement of PANAMA at the UNGA73

Participation: I would like to extend my greetings to the President of the General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, to whom I would like to recognize as the first Latin American woman to hold this high position at the United Nations.

Statement of the LEBANESE REPUBLIC at UNGA73

The Lebanese Republic .pdf

Statement of GHANA at UNGA73

Participation:

“Ghana salutes the historical significance of your election to preside over this 73rd session of the General Assembly as the first female Latin American, and congratulates you most heartily, Madam President. Your election reinforces our common preoccupation that gender equality must be a central feature of the global agenda.”

Statement of GHANA at UNGA73

The Republic of Ghana .pdf

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