At the same time however, we recognize that women continue to be underreprese...

At the same time however, we recognize that women continue to be underrepresented in peace
negotiations. As was mentioned by Ms. Taylor, according to a UNIFEM study which was released
last night: only 2.7% of signatories of 15 agreements they reviewed were women. Where
information on negotiations was available, there were no female lead negotiators; and women's
participation in negotiating delegations averaged only 7%. The United States looks forward to
working with Council members and the international community to greatly improve these numbers.