Implementation

Estonia welcomes the steps to increase the coherence and accountability in implementing resolution 1325, including taking forward the set of indicators to track its implementation, and calls for their swift operationalisation.

Estonia strongly condemns grave violations of the rights of women and girls, including targeted sexual violence and supports measures to combat impunity for these crimes. We support the call to include sexual violence as a priority element in resolutions mandating the SC Sanctions Committees, which should include sexual violence as a criterion for the designation of individuals for targeted measures.

To conclude, allow me to share the following thoughts with Council members. In our view, the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) presents a valuable opportunity to establish a bridge between the Security Council and the General Assembly in terms of the participation and inclusion of women in conflict prevention and resolution and in peacebuilding.

The Government of El Salvador acknowledges and values the progress made thus far, both by the international community as a whole and by Member States in particular, in reaffirming the important role of women in conflict prevention and resolution and in peacebuilding.

In addition, through the El Salvador Institute for the Advancement of Women, we are promoting a strategic re-alignment, as of 1 June 2009, to bring about a society with full gender equality by reducing the gender gap and by combating all forms of violence against women.

El Salvador, as a troop-contributing country, is making a significant contribution, relatively speaking, to peacekeeping operations in terms of members of its armed forces and the national civil police force. At the same time, we are also endeavouring to promote the gender perspective and the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) within those national institutions.

Allow me to express my delegation's thanks for your timely initiative, Mr. President, to convene this open Security Council debate to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security. This initiative under Uganda's presidency this month accurately reflects the relevance of this question for developing countries.

El Salvador acknowledges and welcomes the important contribution made by the Peacebuilding Commission to efforts to promote and strengthen the participation of women in peacebuilding following conflict. We also welcome the efforts made on a daily basis by civil society organizations, especially women's movements, aimed at incorporating the gender perspective in peacekeeping operations.

The Secretary General's report presented upon request of the Security Council a set of proposed indicators to track the implementation of the resolution. These indicators -if approved-should only apply to the situation of women in conflict and post-conflict situations.