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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Security Council Resolution 2414 (Operative Clause 17)

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Western Sahara
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Implementation
Extract: 

Encourages the parties to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify and implement confidence -building measures, including to engage women and youth, and encourages neighboring states to support these efforts

Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia (Extract 1)

Extract: 

The Council should encourage or pressure, as appropriate, all parties to an armed conflict to fully comply with international humanitarian law, particularly in relation to the protection of civilians.

Report of the Secretary General on the Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016) and 2393 (2017) (S/2018/243)

N1807261.pdf

Report of the Secretary-General on the Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017) and 2401 (2018) (S/2018/369)

N1811004.pdf

Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Mexico (Extract 4)

Extract: 

The resolutions adopted by the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security have contributed to the normative strengthening of this agenda, but the challenge is achieving its effective, coherent and transversal application throughout the United Nations System and by the Member States, in order to eliminate the still existing marginalization of women in the decision-making on peace and security.

Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Argentina (Extract 1)

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Despite an increasingly robust normative framework on women, peace, and security, we emphasize that real, tangible progress lies in implementation. In this regard, much remains to be done. We applaud those countries which have established or renewed national action plans in the past year. We reiterate that such plans must be coupled with sufficient resources to deliver results.

Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Lithuania (Extract 6)

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All Member States should redouble their efforts to implement SDG 5, in achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls to become actors rather than victims in their societies. All countries should review and revoke any discriminatory laws and practices as well as challenge stereotypes that hinder women’s empowerment.

Illicit Financial Flows: Why should we claim these resources for gender, economic and social justice?

iffs-awid-brief_2017.pdf

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