Implementation

The Implementation theme focuses on the way UN system, Member States and other parties at all levels work to uphold their commitments to implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

Within the UN, there are a variety of implementation mechanisms. For one, the Security Council has requested that the Secretary-General release an annual report on Women, Peace and Security and the achievements, gaps, and challenges of the implementation process. The establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, now also provides an integrated institutional framework to assist Member States with implementing equality standards and the UN will be held accountable for its own commitments on gender equality.

Among Member States, National Action Plans (NAPs) are a key mechanism through which governments identify their inclusion and equality priorities and commit to action. Local and Regional Action Plans provide additional and complementary implementation mechanisms.

It is critical for the engagement of women and gender equality to be integrated into all aspects of development, diplomacy, peacekeeping and protection throughout local, national, and international systems.

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Philippines

Extract: 

“The Philippines shall continue on its path to successfully implement the agenda of Women, Peace and Security by highlighting at this session the important contributions of women in peace negotiations and peace building, and their roles in shaping the narratives of peace.

Iceland

Extract: 

“Iceland will continue to be a champion of gender equality and empowerment of women, along with many other committed member states. At the beginning of this year I co-hosted, with my colleague from Suriname, a successful Barbershop conference, here at the UN. The aim was to join others in getting men more active on gender equality. I saw it as support for the HeForShe campaign run by UNWOMEN.

Madagascar

Extract: 

“Madagascar at the meeting in March 2015 in New York, has reaffirmed its commitment to promote the rights of women, renewing his promises held in Beijing.”

Norway

Extract: 

“During the course of 2015, the UN has been carrying out three important reviews:

- of peace operations

- of the peacebuilding architecture

- of Security Council Resolution 1325”

Norway

GA70_GeneralDebateStatement_Norway.pdf

Costa Rica

Extract: 

“The promotion and defense of human rights cannot continue to be limited to rhetoric.

Estonia

Extract: 

“This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform of Action that have influenced how we address equality and women's rights today. We need to continuously stand for the rights of women and girls and to strive for the elimination of gender based violence. Women's rights, and the empowerment of women and girls should be promoted at all levels."

Zambia

Extract: 

“One of the important programs in which I have been engaged as a designated champion of the “He-for-she Campaign,” seeks to address issues of gender based violence. The  ‘HE-FOR-SHE” Project was initiated by UN Women in September last year to focus on addressing the incidences of gender-based violence.

Brunei Darrusalam

Extract: 

“On that note, we commend the valuable work of the UN agencies such as IAEA, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UN Women and WHO to improve every aspect of people's lives around the world.”

 

Montenegro

Extract: 

“Marking 20 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action obliges us to intensify our efforts in the implementation of important documents in the area of exercise of all human rights for women and girls and their empowerment.”

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