STATEMENT OF ICELAND, October, 2015

Financing is of course key. We have heard proposals that at least 15 per cent of peacekeeping funding should be directed towards the objectives of resolution 1325 (2000). From our point of view, 15 per cent should be seen as an absolute floor, not the ceiling. As to Iceland, over 20 per cent of our contributions towards peacebuilding in 2014 had gender equality and women’s empowerment as their primary objective. That is a level we intend to maintain over the coming years, along with ensuring that other contributions strengthen gender equality and women’s empowerment in a significant way. In that respect, 71 per cent of Iceland’s total contributions towards peacebuilding in 2014 had gender equality and women’s empowerment as the primary, or at least a significant, objective.