Japan & Others on Women, Peace & Security - Media Stakeout | Security Council | United Nations
Summary
TLDRThe Security Council, including countries such as Japan, France, and the United States, reaffirms its commitment to women's equal and meaningful participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The council recognizes the disproportionate impact of conflicts on women and emphasizes the importance of gender-responsive strategies in early warning systems, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. Efforts are urged to create safe environments for women and to address violence and threats against them, highlighting the need for their empowerment in national and international decision-making processes, especially as the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 approaches.
Takeaways
- 📜 The Security Council and signatories reaffirm their commitment to the principles of women's peace and security, emphasizing the importance of women's participation in conflict prevention and decision-making.
- 🌐 The countries represented include Ecuador, France, Guana, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan, all pledging to uphold women's rights in peace and security efforts.
- 🚫 Despite efforts, conflicts continue to endanger lives and disproportionately affect women, highlighting the need for a world where human dignity is upheld for all.
- 🔍 The open debate's focus is on promoting conflict prevention through empowering all actors, especially women and youth, to participate in conflict prevention and peacemaking.
- 🚷 Women's participation in conflict prevention is currently unequal, not meaningful, and unsafe, indicating a need for more recognition and elevation of their engagement.
- 🔄 The script calls for integrating gender equality and shaping strategies based on women's rights priorities in areas such as early warning systems, preventive diplomacy, mediation, and arms trade regulation.
- 🚫 Prevention measures must include a gender perspective to adequately predict and prevent conflict, as leaving out half the population is not an option.
- 💪 Member states and stakeholders are urged to support women's informal conflict prevention efforts by creating safe environments and addressing threats and violence against them.
- 🌟 Empowering and investing in women is crucial for their active participation in conflict prevention, with a special emphasis on the unique challenges faced by young women and girls.
- 📅 As the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 approaches, it is highlighted that boosting women's participation and empowerment is essential for making conflict prevention more effective.
- ❓ The script ends with a question about concrete actions for protecting women in conflict, indicating a call for more than just discussions but for tangible measures.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the open debate held by the Security Council?
-The main focus of the open debate is on promoting conflict prevention through empowering all actors, especially women and youth.
Which countries are mentioned as signatories of the shared commitments for the principles of women peace and security?
-Ecuador, France, Guana, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan are mentioned as signatories.
What is the significance of achieving sustainable peace in preventing conflict and relapses into conflict?
-Achieving sustainable peace is crucial for ensuring the human dignity of every individual and for preventing conflicts that gravely endanger people's lives.
Why is it important to include women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts?
-Including women is important because they bring unique perspectives and experiences that can lead to more effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies.
What challenges do women face in participating in conflict prevention?
-Women face challenges such as unequal, unmeaningful, or unsafe participation, threats, harassment, violence, and hate speech.
What areas are highlighted as needing gender-responsive analysis in conflict prevention?
-Areas highlighted include early warning systems, preventive diplomacy and mediation, addressing root causes of conflict, arms trade regulation, and electoral and security sector reforms.
What is the role of member states and other stakeholders in supporting women's informal conflict prevention efforts?
-Member states and stakeholders are urged to create safe and enabling environments for women, address threats and violence against them, and ensure their full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation in various organizations and processes.
What is the significance of the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 mentioned in the script?
-The 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 is significant as it marks a milestone in efforts to boost women's full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
What is the importance of tailoring support and empowerment initiatives for young women and girls?
-Tailoring support and empowerment initiatives is important to address the unique challenges and circumstances faced by young women and girls in conflict prevention.
Is there a plan for a formal Security Council meeting on the situation in Haiti in the near future?
-As per the script, there are no plans for a formal meeting on the situation in Haiti in the near future.
What is the current action being taken by the Security Council regarding the protection of women in conflict?
-The current action being taken is holding an open debate to discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting women's participation in conflict prevention and to shape strategies based on women's rights priorities.
Outlines
👥 Empowering Women in Conflict Prevention
The first paragraph discusses the commitment of the Security Council and various countries to the principles of women's peace and security. It emphasizes the importance of full, equal, and meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and decision-making processes, as well as their social and economic empowerment. The paragraph highlights the challenges faced by women in conflict prevention and the need for more efforts to recognize and elevate their engagement. It stresses the necessity of integrating gender equality into strategies and building effective early warning systems, preventive diplomacy, and mediation. The paragraph also calls for member states and stakeholders to support women's informal conflict prevention efforts and to ensure their participation in national, regional, and international organizations.
🗣️ Addressing Women's Protection in Conflicts
The second paragraph shifts the focus to the practical actions being taken to protect women in conflict situations. It acknowledges the ongoing debate on the issue and the lack of a formal meeting on the situation in Haiti at the moment. The speaker is prompted to discuss concrete measures being implemented to safeguard women, moving beyond mere discussions and towards tangible actions. This paragraph seeks to bring attention to the immediate steps and initiatives that are crucial for the protection and support of women in conflict zones.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Security Council
💡Women Peace and Security
💡Conflict Prevention
💡Gender Equality
💡Participation
💡Empowerment
💡Human Dignity
💡Sustainable Peace
💡Preventive Diplomacy
💡Arms Trade Regulation
💡Resolution 1325
Highlights
Reaffirmation of commitment by the Security Council and member countries to ensure women's full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
The importance of women's political, social, and economic empowerment for effective conflict prevention and peacemaking.
Acknowledgment of the disproportionate impact of conflicts on women's lives and the need for a gender perspective in conflict prevention strategies.
The necessity for more efforts to recognize and elevate women's engagement in conflict prevention and peacebuilding at all levels.
Integration of gender equality in shaping strategies based on women's rights priorities in relation to conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
The role of effective early warning systems in collecting and analyzing information for conflict prevention.
The significance of preventive diplomacy and mediation in addressing the root causes and drivers of conflict and violence.
The need for robust and effective regulation of arms trade to support conflict prevention efforts.
The importance of electoral and security sector reforms in building a gender-responsive approach to conflict prevention.
Urging member states and stakeholders to create safe and enabling environments for women's informal conflict prevention efforts.
Addressing threats, harassment, violence, and hate speech against women involved in conflict prevention.
Ensuring women's full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation in national, regional, and international organizations.
The emphasis on empowering and investing in women, especially young women and girls, to ensure their active participation in conflict prevention.
Tailoring support and empowerment initiatives to the specific needs of young women and girls facing unique challenges in conflict situations.
The upcoming 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 as a crucial moment to boost women's participation and empowerment in conflict prevention.
The commitment of the Security Council and member countries to continue working towards making conflict prevention more effective through women's empowerment.
No formal meeting on the situation in Haiti planned for this week, but ongoing consultations among Security Council members.
A call for concrete actions to protect women in conflict, beyond discussions and debates.
Transcripts
good
morning good
morning uh we the security Council
signatories of the shared commitments
for the principles of women peace and
security Ecuador France Guana Malta the
Republic of Korea
sieron Slovenia Switzerland the United
Kingdom the United States and my own
country Japan re reaffirm our strong
commitment to ensuring the full equal
meaningful and safe participation of
women at all stages of conflict conflict
prevention and their political and
social economic empowerment in order to
ensure their full representation at all
levels of decision making in the in
preven prevention of conflict and in all
elements of
peacemaking despite our continued
efforts the world is faced with multiple
conflicts which Gravely endanger
people's lives conflicts tend to
disproportionately affect women
realizing the world where the human
dignity of every individual is upheld
and no one is Left Behind should be our
common goal to this end
achieving sustainable Peace by
preventing conflict and relapses into
conflict is crucial against this
background today the security Council
will hold an open debate on promoting
conflict prevention through empowering
All actors especially women and youth we
will discuss challenges and
opportunities in promoting participation
of women in the prevention of conflict
and its recurrence as well as the
importance of empowering them across a
wide spectrum of activities in this
endeavor
regretably women's participation in
Conflict prevention is far from equal
meaningful or safe we believe more
efforts need to be undertaken to
recognize and Elevate women's engagement
at all levels to integrate gender
equality and to shape strategies based
on priorities of women's rights
constituencies in Rel in relation to
conflict prevention and peace building
these areas include include effective
ear Warning Systems to collect and
analyze open source information
preventive diplomacy and mediation
prevention efforts that tackle the root
causes and drivers of conflict and
violence as well as robust and effective
regulation of arms trade and electoral
and security sector reforms among
others this underlines the necessity to
build these areas on a gender responsive
analysis prevention measures cannot
adequately predict and prevent conflict
without a gender perspective we cannot
afford to leave half of the population
out of the decision making of conflict
prevention we therefore urge member
states and all other stakeholders to
reinforce and actively support women's
former informal conflict prevention
efforts by creating safe and enabling
environments for them and to address
threats harassment violence violence and
hate speech against them we also urge
them to ensure women's full equal
meaningful and safe participation in
National Regional and international
organizations as well as in informal
local or community-based processes
charged with char with preventive
diplomacy we also emphasize the
importance of empowering and investing
in women to ensure their active
participation in Conflict prevention
efforts in this regard we underline
young adultescent women and girls face
unique challenges and
circumstances support and empowerment
initiative must be tail tored to their
specific needs in conclusion as we near
the 25th anniversary of resolution
1325 it is crucial to boost women's full
equal meaningful and safe participation
and their political social and economic
empowerment to make conflict prevention
more effective we we remain fully
committed to this effort thank
you on this week will you be doing any
sort of Security Council product to
endorse the CARICOM communic
we always consult we always consult
among each other but there will be no
formal meeting this week on the
situation in Haiti at this moment you
know we do not yeah we do not see uh I
don't know the aob should you know
anytime be you know uh proposed by the
uh member states so can I ask you what
concretely you're going to do for the
women to protect them in conflict
because you're talking but what are you
doing moment you know we we have a
debate
today
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