General Women, Peace and Security

Croatia continues to promote human rights at the universal level and supports the mainstreaming of human rights within the UN framework.

We are also concerned about wars and tensions that thrive a little bit everywhere, but now more localized and in high intensity in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, to the delight of the dealers of misery, those who invest in the war industry and to the suffering of millions of human beings, especially children, women and elderly.

As citizens of the global community, we have a solemn duty to defend the vulnerable, to challenge the aggressor, to Protect and promote human rights and human dignity, at home and abroad: Women, Christians, Baha'i and other victims of persecution in Iran.

Let us show this leadership from the smallest countries, such as my own, to the great powers. Let us show our unequivocal will to achieve peace, social justice and the well-being of men and women who place their faith in us.

However, I invite Serbia to cooperate in the finding and the return of the remains of 1500 men, women, children and elderly that were abducted from their homes and were masacred in the territory of Serbia only because they were Albanians.

Renewable energy, marine health, sustainable use of land, and not least - gender equality, always the core of the Icelandic foreign policy. These are the issues we shall bring to Rio next year.

In the middle of the democratic revolution brought on by the fresh breeze ofthe Arabic spring and induced not least by young people and women, it would be foolish to deny Palestine her right to statehood. It would be against reconciliation in the region.

During its chairmanship of the Movement, Egypt seeks to reinforce the Joint Coordinating Committee with the Group of 77 and China.

To demonstrate our strong commitment to conflict resolution, Bangladesh has partnered in many of UN's endeavors for peace, democracy and development. Our contribution to UN peacekeeping has so far been 102, 294 peacekeepers in 52 missions and 36 countries. This included the sad loss of life of 103 brave Bangladeshis. Our involvement also includes UN's first ever all women police unit in Haiti.

Even if she earns a comfortable living, a woman who lives in fear of daily violence and has no say in how her country is run is not truly free.