United Nations: On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the resolution calling for equal participation of women in peace talks, the head of the UN agency promoting gender equality said that the resolution has not been implemented. . He said that women were still “thoughtfully excluded” from negotiations to end conflicts and that in these negotiations men make decisions that affect their lives.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Women, told the Security Council that despite some good initiatives, from 1992 to 2019, only 13 percent of women were involved in peace talks as negotiators, only six percent. Played the role of mediator and only six percent of the women were among the signatories to these agreements. He said the negotiators empowered “factors that promote violence” rather than empowering women and other peacemakers, and that women were either “involved” in informal processes or simply as spectators. Placed in “. German Foreign Minister Michel Muntefering called the UN resolution passed on October 31, 2000, a “small revolution”, as the Security Council met for the first time to make clear that “women must work together to maintain peace and security in the world.” Equal participation is required.
He said that gender equality is essential for security and conflict prevention and sexual violence or sexual harassment is a crime that should be punished and eliminated. “Despite nine Security Council resolutions that were barely passed 20 years later, women are still excluded from peace talks and their rights and interests are now at stake when building a society after the conflict is over,” Muntefering said. Is also ignored. ” “We have not lived up to our commitment as a global community,” he said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated at the council that the role of leadership is dominated by men and only seven percent of countries are led by women. He said that women are usually excluded from the peace talks delegation.
