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STORY: UN / POST-CONFLICT PEACEBUILDING
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
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19 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Cutaway, delegations
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General:
“Let me underscore the Secretary-General’s engagement in this area, through the commitment to allocate 15 per cent of UN-managed peacebuilding funds to projects promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. I am aware that this goal has not yet been reached, but it remains a priority concern in peacebuilding.”
5. Cutaway, delegations
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General:
“The challenges are many, serious and urgent in countries like Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mali, and Somalia. I am confident that the Governments and people of these countries could gain considerably from an efficient and broadly anchored UN peacebuilding architecture.”
7. Cutaway, delegations
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission:
“A crucial aspect of inclusivity relates to the participation and contribution of women and youth to the peacebuilding process. While women and youths endure the tragic consequences of violent conflicts, they are also the main agents for societal transformation and emancipation in postconflict societies. In a declaration adopted by the Peacebuilding Commission last September on women's economic empowerment for peacebuilding, our ministers recognized that "the economic empowerment of women greatly contributes to the effectiveness of post-conflict economic activities and economic growth".
9. Cutaway, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
“It also requires that we maintain a sustained presence at the local level to understand and respond to immediate and longer term needs of communities, including on issues of livelihoods, basic social services, provision of security and justice to victims. For example, the UN has worked with local authorities in Eastern DRC in 2013 to investigate five recent incidents of serious crimes affecting 900 victims of sexual and gender based violence, murder, and pillage, and to convict those responsible.”
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
“When setbacks occur in countries, as they have in a traumatic way in Central African
Republic and South Sudan in recent months, it is important that we in the UN maintain our capability to support and work with local partners, and protect their capacities to deal with and respond to crisis themselves.”
13. Cutaway, Security Council
In a Security Council meeting on post-conflict peacebuilding, the Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, told its members that the recent upsurges of violence in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan demonstrate the unpredictable environment for peacebuilding and the great risks involved.
He added that the recent example of Sierra Leone -- and of Timor Leste before it -- provide evidence of how post-conflict peacebuilding can prevent a relapse into violence and underpin a country’s development after conflict.
Eliasson also stressed the importance of gender-responsive peacebuilding and the inclusion of women in peace processes.
He said “let me underscore the Secretary-General’s engagement in this area, through the commitment to allocate 15 per cent of UN-managed peacebuilding funds to projects promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. I am aware that this goal has not yet been reached, but it remains a priority concern in peacebuilding.”
He appealed to the Council to take advantage of the review of the peacebuiling architecture in 2015 to shame the kind of Peace Building Commission that will be “relevant, catalytic and effective, not least from the perspective of the Security Council”.
Eliasson also said “The challenges are many, serious and urgent in countries like Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mali, and Somalia. I am confident that the Governments and people of these countries could gain considerably from an efficient and broadly anchored UN peacebuilding architecture.”
The chair of the Peace Building Commission, ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, stressed the crucial aspect of women and youth participation and contribution in the peacebuilding process.
He said “A crucial aspect of inclusivity relates to the participation and contribution of women and youth to the peacebuilding process. While women and youths endure the tragic consequences of violent conflicts, they are also the main agents for societal transformation and emancipation in postconflict societies.”
Patriota added “in a declaration adopted by the Peacebuilding Commission last September on women's economic empowerment for peacebuilding, our ministers recognized that "the economic empowerment of women greatly contributes to the effectiveness of post-conflict economic activities and economic growth".
The head of the United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark also underlined that achieving a sustainable peace requires engagement and participation of all social groups beyond the main protagonists.
She added that it requires meaningful participation by women, youth and other marginalized groups.
Clark said “it also requires that we maintain a sustained presence at the local level to understand and respond to immediate and longer term needs of communities, including on issues of livelihoods, basic social services, provision of security and justice to victims. For example, the UN has worked with local authorities in Eastern DRC in 2013 to investigate five recent incidents of serious crimes affecting 900 victims of sexual and gender based violence, murder, and pillage, and to convict those responsible.”
She also said “when setbacks occur in countries, as they have in a traumatic way in Central African Republic and South Sudan in recent months, it is important that we in the UN maintain our capability to support and work with local partners, and protect their capacities to deal with and respond to crisis themselves.”
Finally, Clark emphasized the importance of national ownership and leadership in peacebuilding process.
The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in countries emerging from conflict, and is a key addition to the capacity of the International Community in the broad peace agenda.
The Peacebuilding Commission plays a unique role in bringing together all of the relevant actors, including international donors, the international financial institutions, national governments, troop contributing countries; marshaling resources and advising on and proposing integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery and where appropriate, highlighting any gaps that threaten to undermine peace.
