General Women, Peace and Security

As a region that currently contributes almost 5,000 men and women to 12 United Nations peacekeeping operations, ASEAN attaches great importance to the safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers.

From northern Mali to Afghanistan, through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Middle East, criminal groups regularly target United Nations staff and civilian populations, in particular those most vulnerable: women and children.

In conclusion, while paying tribute to the men and women who serve under the flag of the United Nations, especially those peacekeepers who lost their lives in the cause of peace, I would like to express my Government’s readiness to contribute to United Nations peacekeeping operations logistically and militarily, by deploying troops and police to United Nations peacekeeping missions.

The reviews conducted in 2015 regarding the work of the Organization in the areas of peace and security, specifically the recommendations on peace operations in the report (see S/2015/446) of the High- level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and on peacebuilding in the Rosenthal report (see S/2015/490), and on women and peace and security, have underscored the need for the United Nations to adapt to new situations and circumstances that ha

We owe it to the men and women in the field to offer them as much protection as possible. We can only do that together and Germany is ready to contribute.

We are gathered here aware of the ultimate sacrifice made by men and women deployed in the field in the service of peace. We here are driven by the same determination and urgency and the same ideal enshrined in Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations Charter in 1945

We salute the memory of the thousands of men and women who have sacrificed their lives in the exercise of their functions to the United Nations in order to maintain international peace and security.

The adversaries that peace operations face today are lawless men, women and organizations that carry out merciless acts, with no fear of dying.