Let me start with a quotation from the Beijing Platform for Action: Peace is ...

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Let me start with a quotation from the Beijing Platform for Action: “Peace is inextricably linked with equality between women and men and development” (A/CONF.177/20, annex II, para. 131). Although a very simple and straightforward statement, it goes to the heart of what we are discussing today, namely, that gender equality and security go hand in hand.

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