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Envoy underscores women's role in the global conflict zones
The UAE has called on the international community to help boost a balanced women's participation in all sectors.
- WAM
- Published: 00:00 November 1, 2008
New York: The UAE has called on the international community to help boost a balanced women's participation in all sectors.
At the same time, the country's permanent representative at the United Nations said efforts are being made in the protection of national peace, security and stability in many communities and regions, as well as in the administration of humanitarian operations, disarmament and reconstruction efforts.
"The Security Council Resolution 1325 which was issued 8 years ago, represents an international acknowledgement of the important and equal role to be played by women in peacekeeping operations, prevention of conflicts and maintenance of international peace and security," stated Ahmad Al Jarman, UAE's permanent representative at the UN.
In the address to the open debate of the UN security council on 'women and peace and security', he said the methodological approach called for by the resolution and other relevant presidential statements, was not only aiming at providing the necessary protection to women and girls, but was also aimed at addressing their needs and concerns at the time of formulating strategies for containing existing tensions and preventing conflicts and reconstruction and peace-building in post-conflict areas.
Civil societies
Al Jarman also pointed out that the UAE, which has closely followed with satisfaction the efforts made so far for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations at the level of the UN system and national and civil societies, emphasises the reality that women's involvement in these operations continues to be weak and ineffective due to the absence of political will and the lack of necessary resources.
The UAE also believes in the need to develop further methods and applications for training and empowering women in order to facilitate women's involvement in the legal reform process and democratisation, in the drafting of the constitution and elections laws, in the education of voters, in leading parties and in participating in local governance and reconstruction efforts in post-conflict areas.
"There is also the need for reinforcing national, regional and international legislations related to forming commissions of inquiry and national and international independent courts with a view to putting an end to impunity and prosecuting and punishing those who are responsible for violations of women s rights, rape and war crimes", Al Jarman added.
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