S/2019/800 SC
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Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.8649
Speeches following this vote (20)
Mrs. Craft
The United States joins other member States in support of resolution 2493 (2019), on women and peace and security. We remain deeply committed to this issue. I commend South Africa for the cooperative spirit in which it led this process.
However, the resolution refers to previous documents that include references to sexual and reproductive health. I must note that we cannot accept references to s…
Ms. Pierce
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2493 (2019), which South Africa proposed today, and we are very grateful for your efforts, Sir, to secure Council consensus on the resolution and the efforts of your Mission.
We welcome the resolution’s focus on implementation. Implementation is the United Kingdom’s main priority on women and peace and security as we look forward to …
Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve
Belgium congratulates South Africa on the adoption of resolution 2493 (2019), on women and peace and security. Our vote in favour of the resolution reflects my country’s full commitment to the agenda and the empowerment of women. On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), we welcome the stress placed on the importance of implementing our joint commitments.
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Ms. Müntefering
We thank South Africa for highlighting the importance of the women and peace and security agenda with today’s resolution 2493 (2019). With its adoption, the Security Council has once more underlined the crucial role it attaches to the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in prevention, peace processes and relief and recovery. This is the tenth time that the Security Council has adop…
Mrs. Gueguen
France thanks South Africa for its efforts in a difficult context and welcomes the Security Council’s unity. This is a victory for the women and peace and security agenda, which will mark its twentieth anniversary next year. France welcomes the fact that resolution 2493 (2019) calls for the full implementation of all resolutions on this agenda, which are mutually reinforcing and to which France i…
The President
I now give the floor to the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres.
The Secretary-General
The women and peace and security agenda is clearly one of the top priorities of the United Nations as a whole. We see that in the adoption of a great many resolutions by the Security Council, including landmark resolution 1325 (2000) and its many follow-up decisions. We see it in the global recognition of the central role that women must play in preventing and resolving conflicts. And we see it w…
The President
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka: There is a common message coming from women affected by conflict and actors who are concerned about women and peace and security matters — whether it be women in Afghanistan, Libya, the Sudan, Burundi, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen or Colombia; whether it …
The President
I thank Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Diop.
Ms. Diop: Allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, and through you the Republic of South Africa, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October as we commemorate the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). I thank you for inviting me, as Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Un…
The President
I thank Ms. Diop for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Ekomo.
Ms. Ekomo
On behalf of the Central African women leaders for peace, I would like first of all to extend my sincere congratulations to the Government of South Africa on assuming the presidency of this organ and to thank, in particular,
the Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, who kindly gave us the opportunity to make the voice of Central African women and girls heard in the Chamber.
The Central …
The President
I thank Ms. Ekomo for her briefing.
(spoke in English)
I now give the floor to Ms. Salah.
Ms. Salah
I am honoured to be here in the Security Council from the Sudan, which is today full of hope for peace, freedom and justice. My name is Alaa Salah. I am 22 years old and I grew up in Khartoum. Before the revolution, I was a student of architectural engineering. I did not grow up around politics, but in an ordinary middle-class family. My mother is a designer, and my father owns a construction com…
The President
I thank Ms. Salah for her briefing, and I thank the guests present here for their applause. I had been wondering whether people applaud at the United Nations, because I am a stranger to this organ. I am therefore very pleased to see that there is a human element present. I notice that many participants are looking at their cell phones as the discussion continues. I hope that they are tweeting tha…
Ms. Müntefering
Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights. That is what we are fighting for and that is why we are here today. This is also at the centre of my Government’s foreign policy.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka for their comprehensive briefings. We appreciate the focus of Ms. Diop on her work in Africa. I want to thank Ms. Ekomo for her impo…
Ms. Pierce
I thank you, Madam President, for coming here today. I also thank you and the German Minister for creating an environment where over two thirds of the people sitting around the table are women. That is fantastic, a taste of things to come. I hope you will visit us often.
I also wanted to congratulate you, Madam, for South Africa’s fantastic record, with that 30 per cent figure you gave us and yo…
Mr. Zhang Jun
Before making a formal statement, I want to assure participants that, although I belong to the group that makes up one third of those seated at this table, my colleagues and I will do our best to promote gender equality and the development of the cause of women.
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Secretary- General António Guterres; UN-Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; and the…
Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve
I would like to begin by thanking all of the briefers for their participation and their contribution to this debate.
Next year marks the twentieth anniversary of the women and peace and security agenda, which together we have built over the years. If we look at the resolutions that have been adopted, we will realize what we have accomplished. Tomorrow we will celebrate the tenth anniversary of t…
Mr. Trullols Yabra
I would like to thank South Africa for convening today’s open debate and the briefers for their briefings and recommendations.
Gender equality, the promotion and protection of women’s rights and women’s full political, social and economic participation and empowerment play a key role in preventing and resolving armed conflicts. Furthermore, the role of women in peacebuilding and peacekeeping, th…
Mrs. Craft
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his report (S/2019/800) on women and peace and security. I also thank all the other briefers for speaking so candidly. We recognize the candour of the report and share its sentiment. I would also thank Foreign Minister Pandor for convening us to discuss the women and peace and security agenda.
When it comes to conflict resolution, women are indi…
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