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S/PV.7533 (Resumption 1) Security Council United Nations S/PV.7533 (Resumption 1) Security Council Provisional Seventieth year 7533rd meeting Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 3 p.m. New York President: Mr. Oyarzun Marchesi ............................ (Spain) Members: Angola. Ms. Jorge Chad ......................................... Mr. Gombo Chile ......................................... Mr. Cabezas Reveco China ......................................... Mr. Xu Zhongsheng France ........................................ Ms. Gharbi Jordan ........................................ Mr. Al-Moumani Lithuania ...................................... Ms. Birštunaitė Malaysia ...................................... Mrs. Adnin New Zealand ................................... Mr. Taula Nigeria ....................................... Mr. Haidara Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Zagaynov United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Ms. Jobbins United States of America ......................... Ms. Lee Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ................. Ms. Chan Agenda Women and peace and security Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2015/716) Letter dated 1 October 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2015/749) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-0506 ([email protected]). Corrected records will be reissued electronically on the Official Document System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org). 15-31302 (E) *1531302* S/PV.7533 (Resumption 1) Women and peace and security 14/10/2015 The meeting resumed at 3.05 p.m. Austria believes that a dedicated body on the Security Council and regular briefings on matters The President (spoke in Spanish): I wish to remind related to resolution 1325 (2000) would increase the all speakers to kindly limit their statements to no Council’s capacities to take timely and consistent more than four minutes in order to enable the Council action. Gender expertise, at adequate levels, needs to to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with be included as well into all peace and security related lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate work of the United Nations. We also need champions the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version that take the lead. Austria would therefore support the when speaking in the Chamber in order for us to work idea of reviving a women leaders network and would be more efficiently. I would like to appeal to speakers to ready to work together with other interested Member deliver their statements at a normal speed so that the States in this endeavour. interpreters can do their work properly. Austria would like to use this occasion to join other I now give the floor to the representative of Austria. Member States in pledging support to women, peace Mr. Kickert (Austria): At the outset, let me thank and security. These are the following pledges. President Rajoy Brey and Spain for taking the lead in We are committed to completing a review of the organizing this open debate, marking 15 years since the Austrian national action plan, originally dating from adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). Allow me also to 2007, by the end of 2016 — with the broad participation thank the Secretary-General and his dedicated staff for of civil society and women’s organizations — which their efforts in making a difference for women and girls will reflect findings of the United Nations high- in conflict situations. level review. Our inter-ministerial working group on Austria aligns itself with the statement made earlier resolution 1325 (2000), which was established under by the observer of the European Union. the national action plan and works with civil society and women’s organizations, will organize at least one In its national capacity, Austria commends the big public event per year. extensive review exercises that have been carried out in parallel, on the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption Together with other interested Member States, of resolution 1325 (2000), involving the United Austria will continue to work on the implementation Nations peacebuilding architecture, United Nations of resolution 1325 (2000) and the subsequent relevant peace operations and the women, peace and security resolutions in all regional organizations. In that respect, agenda. We welcome the launch of the global study Austria, together with Finland, Turkey and Kazakhstan, that was made public earlier today and which Austria will continue to push for the adoption of an action plan has supported from its inception. This exercise was on women and peace and security by the Organization not only necessary in terms of taking stock, but it also for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as provides us with important lessons learned. many other international organizations have done before. We call on the Russian Federation to join in Austria is alarmed by the current spread of brutal that endeavour. It would be a timely deliverable for the and systemic violence, which is not only causing OSCE ministerial meeting in December in Belgrade. unspeakable suffering to civilian populations, but has also triggered the biggest wave of refugees and Austria supports the work of UN-Women and will displacement in recent history. We must develop continue, on a voluntary basis, to support its activities answers on how to deal with the growing spread of in the field of women and peace and security. Austria violent terrorism and extremism, which are marked commits to realizing concrete results at the policy by unprecedented levels of sexual violence, abuse, and level by earmarking at least 15 per cent of all our violations of women’s and girls’ rights. The perpetrators peacebuilding spending by our development assistance must be held accountable for their acts before the agency, Austrian Development Cooperation, for International Criminal Court. We must also empower programmes and projects aimed at furthering women’s and support the work of women activists and women empowerment and gender equality. human rights defenders. Therefore, a conference in Civil society efforts are also a critical element Austria in June 2016 will bring together local women for the effective implementation of resolutions on leaders with political representatives and discuss ways women and peace and security. Austria, through its forward in tackling sexual violence in armed conflict. 2/33 15-31302 14/10/2015 Women and peace and security S/PV.7533 (Resumption 1) Development Cooperation, will spend more than South Africa is also encouraged by the progress €1 million in the next 3 years on its cooperation with made at the African Union (AU) level and the civil society activists in that field. commitment made there to gender mainstreaming, and we further commend the development and adoption of Austria will also follow up on the recommendations the AU Gender Training Manual for AU Peace Support developed at the symposium entitled “Enhancing Operations. There is no doubt that the empowerment of Women’s Share in Peace and Security”, held in women will have a long, lasting and positive impact on November 2014 in Vienna. the overall protection of vulnerable groups affected by Austria commits to intensifying efforts to conflicts. Allow me to outline five core areas that my achieve the goal of a 10 per cent proportion of female delegation views as priorities. soldiers within the Austrian Armed Forces and to First, my delegation reaffirms its commitment creating the organizational structures needed for the to the full and effective implementation of resolution institutionalized integration of gender mainstreaming 1325 (2000) and the subsequent related resolutions and women’s empowerment within the Ministry of as the building blocks for advancing the women and Defence and the Austrian armed services. peace and security agenda. We would like to encourage Finally, Austria will continue to further strengthen the strengthening of the implementation of resolution its training activities on resolution 1325 (2000), in 1325 (2000), given the complex and dynamic nature particular in pre-deployment training for peace and of conflict, which has changed the character of humanitarian operations, which is now provided for peacekeeping and peacebuilding practices. civilian and military experts from around the world in Secondly, at the heart of the principles of resolution Austria, as well as in its national training courses. 1325 (2000) is the need to address sexual violence in The President (spoke in Spanish): I now give the conflict, which is an integral aspect of the overall women floor to the representative of South Africa. and peace and security agenda. Member States have the primary responsibility to put an end to impunity and Mr. Joyini (South Africa): My delegation wishes to to prosecute perpetrators responsible for crimes against express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his humanity and war crimes, including those relating to statement, as well as to Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, sexual violence against women and girls. South Africa Executive Director of
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