General Women, Peace and Security

The General Women, Peace and Security theme focuses on information related to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, and 2122, which make up the Women Peace and Security Agenda.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda historically recognizes that women and gender are relevant to international peace and security. The Agenda is based on four pillars: 1) participation, 2) protection, 3) conflict prevention, and 4) relief and recovery.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda demands action to strengthen women’s participation, protection and rights in conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction processes. It is binding on all UN Member States.

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Ways Syrian Women Must be Included in the Upcoming Peace Talks

The WILPF intiative focuses on the Syrian peace talks and the need for women to be included in them.  WILPF points to numerous reasons why the inclusion of Syrian women in the talk could lead to a fuller, richer peace.  As numerous studies have shown, the substantive inclusion of women in peace talks makes them more likely to be implemented and last.

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: April 2016

For April, in which China has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Central African Republic, Colombia, South Sudan, Syria, Western Sahara, and Yemen.

Reintroducing Women, Peace and Security

“Reintroducing women, peace and security” explores the potential and limits of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. The article first reviews the implementation of the WPS agenda before looking at the tensions and arguing that the original scope of the agenda has been narrowed. Further challenges that the WPS agenda faces are also addressed before possible agenda futures are explored.

CSW60 (Commission on the Status of Women) Report

CSW60Report.pdf

Statement of Pakistan at the Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, April 18, 2016

Pakistan Mission to UN.pdf

Statement of Sweden at the Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, April 18, 2016

Statement of Sweden.pdf

Statement of Malaysia at the Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, April 18, 2016

PRESS RELEASE _ STATEMENT BY H.E. AMBASSADOR RAMLAN IBRAHIM PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL QUARTERLY OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST NEW YORK, 18 APRIL 2016 « ForeignAffairs.co_.pdf

World Military Spending Resumes Upward Course, says SIPRI

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a report announcing that world military expenditure had totalled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year.  The statistics indicates increasing growth in Asia, Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe and some states in the Middle East whilst spending decreased in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

World Military Spending Resumes Upward Course, says SIPRI

SIPRI Report Fact Sheet.pdf

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