General Women, Peace and Security

In conclusion, Belgium welcomes the initiatives of the African Union aimed at implementing resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. I am thinking specifically of the appointment in January 2014 of Ms. Bineta Diop as Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security by the President of the African Union Commission.

Fourthly, we see merit in further engagement with Africa to learn from on another’s experience in promoting the role of women in peace, security and development.

Indeed, the need for closer strategic cooperation and partnership between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations was a consistent finding across the recent reviews on United Nations peace operations, peacebuilding architecture and resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, with the role of the 

How can the Security Council support the successful implementation of those strategic priorities? And how can the outcomes of the 2015 reviews that the United Nations has conducted of its peacekeeping operations and architecture, and of the implementation