UN / WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY
21-Sep-2023
00:02:07
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged world leaders to include women on peacekeeping forces, adding “they're better able to build trust with communities they are protecting." UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY
TRT: 02:07
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 02:07
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST
1. Med shot, exterior UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women:
“Our recent data tells us that 614 million women and girls lived in conflict affected contexts in 2022. This number is 50 percent higher than it was in 2017. As we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 next month, let us celebrate our wins, but be unwavering in our unambiguous rejection of our reality.”
4. Wide shot, meeting room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, United States:
“On peacekeeping forces include women, they're better able to build trust with communities they are protecting and address the unique challenges that women and girls face in post conflict societies. The research also shows that when women are meaningfully involved in negotiating peace agreements, there's a higher chance that the deal will be reached. And those agreements, in turn, are 35 percent more likely to endure.”
6. Wide shot, meeting room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“We need a new agenda for peace. Because we still believe that a different path is possible and not just possible, but urgent and necessary. The women's movement is doubling down undeterred. Young people are doubling down. The United Nations is doubling down on this agenda. And we count on you to double down too.”
8. Various shots, delegates Republkic of Korea, African Union, European Union, Mexico
9. Wide shot, meeting room
2. Wide shot, meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women:
“Our recent data tells us that 614 million women and girls lived in conflict affected contexts in 2022. This number is 50 percent higher than it was in 2017. As we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 next month, let us celebrate our wins, but be unwavering in our unambiguous rejection of our reality.”
4. Wide shot, meeting room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, United States:
“On peacekeeping forces include women, they're better able to build trust with communities they are protecting and address the unique challenges that women and girls face in post conflict societies. The research also shows that when women are meaningfully involved in negotiating peace agreements, there's a higher chance that the deal will be reached. And those agreements, in turn, are 35 percent more likely to endure.”
6. Wide shot, meeting room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“We need a new agenda for peace. Because we still believe that a different path is possible and not just possible, but urgent and necessary. The women's movement is doubling down undeterred. Young people are doubling down. The United Nations is doubling down on this agenda. And we count on you to double down too.”
8. Various shots, delegates Republkic of Korea, African Union, European Union, Mexico
9. Wide shot, meeting room
STORYLINE
Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network (WPS-FPN) met today (21 Sep) on the sidelines of 78th session of the UN General Assembly to debate “advancing the sustainability and adaptability of WPS Agenda”.
Addressing participants, UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous said, “our recent data tells us that 614 million women and girls lived in conflict affected contexts in 2022. This number is 50 percent higher than it was in 2017.”
She continued, “as we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 next month, let us celebrate our wins, but be unwavering in our unambiguous rejection of our reality.”
United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who co-chaired the meeting together with Luminita Odobescu, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, “on peacekeeping forces include women, they're better able to build trust with communities they are protecting and address the unique challenges that women and girls face in post conflict societies.”
Blinken added, “the research also shows that when women are meaningfully involved in negotiating peace agreements, there's a higher chance that the deal will be reached.”
He highlighted, “and those agreements, in turn, are 35 percent more likely to endure.”
For her part, the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, said “We need a new agenda for peace. Because we still believe that a different path is possible and not just possible, but urgent and necessary.”
She concluded, “the women's movement is doubling down undeterred. Young people are doubling down. The United Nations is doubling down on this agenda. And we count on you to double down too.”
This side event gathered Ministers, Senior Officials, and Heads of regional organizations, along with civil society and diverse sector partners who highlighted best practices and discussed challenges and opportunities for advancing the WPS agenda.
The Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network was launched in 2016 to assist UN Member States and regional organizations, in close collaboration with civil society, to improve and strengthen the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda at the origin of decision-making processes.
The United States of America and Romania are 2023 Co-Chairs of the Network.
Addressing participants, UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous said, “our recent data tells us that 614 million women and girls lived in conflict affected contexts in 2022. This number is 50 percent higher than it was in 2017.”
She continued, “as we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 next month, let us celebrate our wins, but be unwavering in our unambiguous rejection of our reality.”
United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who co-chaired the meeting together with Luminita Odobescu, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, “on peacekeeping forces include women, they're better able to build trust with communities they are protecting and address the unique challenges that women and girls face in post conflict societies.”
Blinken added, “the research also shows that when women are meaningfully involved in negotiating peace agreements, there's a higher chance that the deal will be reached.”
He highlighted, “and those agreements, in turn, are 35 percent more likely to endure.”
For her part, the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, said “We need a new agenda for peace. Because we still believe that a different path is possible and not just possible, but urgent and necessary.”
She concluded, “the women's movement is doubling down undeterred. Young people are doubling down. The United Nations is doubling down on this agenda. And we count on you to double down too.”
This side event gathered Ministers, Senior Officials, and Heads of regional organizations, along with civil society and diverse sector partners who highlighted best practices and discussed challenges and opportunities for advancing the WPS agenda.
The Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network was launched in 2016 to assist UN Member States and regional organizations, in close collaboration with civil society, to improve and strengthen the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda at the origin of decision-making processes.
The United States of America and Romania are 2023 Co-Chairs of the Network.
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