Resolution 1325 noch immer ein Papiertiger
NGOs kritisieren vor Tagung des UN-Sicherheitsrates fehlende Beteiligung von Frauen an Friedensabkommen
Kurz vor dem geplanten Treffen des UN-Sicherheitsrats (UNSC) zum Thema Frauen, Frieden und Sicherheit hat ein Bündnis aus 63 internationalen Frauen- und Nichtregierungsorganisationen unter anderem die Abwesenheit von Frauen bei den Friedensgesprächen in Mali und Kolumbien kritisiert. In einem Schreiben an UN-Untergeneralsekretärin Michelle Bachelet und UN-Vizegeneralsekretär Jan Eliasson beschwerten sich die Verbände ferner darüber, daß nur zwei der neun im vergangenen Jahr unterzeichneten Friedensabkommen Regelungen über die Gewährleistung der Beteiligung von Frauen beinhalten. Zudem seien nur in vier der Delegationen, die 2011 in 14 Friedensprozessen involviert gewesen seien, überhaupt Frauen vertreten gewesen – und zwar jeweils nur eine einzige.
Organisationen wie die »FriedensFrauen Weltweit« und das »Global Network of Women Peacebuilders« (GNWP) brachten am Mittwoch ihre »tiefe Sorge« zum Ausdruck, daß Frauen am politischen Übergangsprozeß in Mali und an den derzeit laufenden Friedensgesprächen zwischen der kolumbianischen Regierung und den Revolutionären Streitkräften Kolumbiens (FARC) nicht beteiligt seien.
Am heutigen Freitag wird der UNSC über die
Resolution 1325 und den Stand ihrer Umsetzung beraten. Sie war am 31. Oktober 2000 einstimmig vom Sicherheitsrat angenommen worden und sieht vor, daß Frauen in allen nationalen, regionalen und internationalen Entscheidungsgremien und bei Plänen zur Vermeidung, Behandlung und Lösung von Konflikten stärker repräsentiert sein müssen. Zudem wurden alle Parteien bewaffneter Konflikte aufgefordert, Frauen und Mädchen vor sexueller Gewalt und anderen Formen von Gewalt zu schützen.
Cora Weiss, Vorsitzende des Haager Friedensappells und UN-Vertreterin, forderte UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-Moon jetzt auf, ein von einer Frau geführtes ständiges Büro für die Teilnahme von Frauen an Friedensprozessen einzurichten. Die NGO-Arbeitsgruppe zu Frauen, Frieden und Sicherheit hebt in einer neuen Untersuchung hervor, daß zwar in politischen und normativen Rahmenverträgen eine gewisse positive Entwicklung erkennbar sei. Allerdings hapere es an der Umsetzung der völkerrechtlich anerkannten Forderung, Frauen an Prozessen zugunsten von Frieden und Sicherheit aktiv zu beteiligen. Der Report »Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council: 2011–2012« beschreibt den Stand der Verwirklichung von Resolution 1325 in 30 Ländern. Zudem wird darin auf eine erhebliche Zahl von Dokumentationen verwiesen, die jede Genderperspektive vermissen lassen. Als Beispiele angeführt werden die Berichte des UN-Generalsekretärs zur Lage im Irak, zum israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt, zu Syrien, Bosnien und Herzegowina. (IPS/jW)
* Aus: junge Welt, Freitag, 30. November 2012
Women’s role in advancing peace and security must be supported – UN officials
30 November - Top United Nations officials today highlighted the invaluable role of
women’s organizations and civil society groups in preventing violence and resolving
conflict, stressing that their contributions are vital to building a peaceful world and must be
further supported.
“We need to ensure that women have opportunities to play their full role in peace and
security,” the Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Michelle Bachelet, told a debate of the Security
Council on women and peace and security.
She noted that wherever there is conflict, whether in Mali, Syria, the Middle East, or the eastern Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), “women must be part of the solution.”
Today’s debate, which was originally scheduled for late October but was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, marks the 12th
anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325, which called for women’s engagement in conflict resolution and
peacebuilding.
Meeting briefly in the wake of the storm, the Council issued a presidential statement on the issue, in which it called on the
international community to give women’s civil society organizations a prominent role in the negotiation, planning and
implementation of peace processes and post-conflict development programmes.
In his annual report on women, peace and security, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted measures that have improved
coordination and accountability and highlights a growing number of inspiring examples of women, peace and security in action.
In countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, Haiti, South Sudan, Liberia, Nepal and many others, women are leading
innovative approaches to prevent conflict and violence and build peace in their communities.
Ms. Bachelet, who presented the report, highlighted what women’s groups in Mali are doing right now to contribute to nonviolent
solutions to the crisis in that country, which has been divided since rebels took control of the north earlier this year.
“In spite of their absence from official conflict resolution processes, women leaders in the North are using informal channels
to call on the leaders of armed groups to participate in peace dialogues,” she noted.
“Just two weeks ago,” she added, “nearly 1,000 women leaders and members of civil society groups gathered in Bamako
and delivered a common call for peace, expressing solidarity across ethnic and other divisions and recommended specific
measures to protect women’s rights and prevent violence against women and children.”
Stressing the importance of “going the extra mile” to ensure that women can play their full role, Ms. Bachelet called on
world leaders to provide determined leadership, dedicated resources and direct opportunities to enable women to contribute
to the maintenance of peace and security.
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, delivering remarks on behalf of Mr. Ban, noted that the role of women’s
organizations across the world in preventing violence, resolving conflict and building the foundations for peace is well
known.
“Our challenge is to become more systematic in supporting and scaling up these initiatives and making the necessary links
to formal peace processes,” he said.
Also highlighting the case of Mali, Mr. Eliasson noted the fact that the rights of women and girls are being curtailed in the
northern part of the country shows how armed conflict affects women and men differently. “This means that women have to
be part of the solution,” he said.
“Engaging women and promoting gender equality as part of our work for peace and security is a daily responsibility and an
unfinished mission for all of us,” he added. “It is time for us to finally recognize the role and power of women to help us
build a peaceful world.”
In his remarks to the event, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, said that UN
peacekeeping missions have supported important progress in some areas, notably women’s political participation at local
and national levels. In other areas, including the protection of women activists, more could be achieved.
He described how, a week ago, some 5,000 women flooded the main commercial avenue in Kinshasa, DRC’s capital, to
protest the fall of the provincial city of Goma to the 23 March Movement (M23) rebel group – the most massively organized
non-violent protest in the country following the fall of the eastern city.
“However, women have not been given any political leverage in the regional negotiations aimed at bringing peace to the
embattled eastern part of the country,” he added.
Mr. Ladsous emphasized that the key to removing the obstacles that impede women’s full participation in conflict
prevention and peacebuilding is the active, systematic consultation with local actors and leaders, including women’s civil
society organizations. “This is the only way to develop effective, context-specific and gender-aware solutions.”
In the lead-up to the Council’s debate, women activists and women’s organizations met with senior UN leadership in over
20 countries, facilitated by UN Women, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Political
Affairs (DPA) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), to discuss challenges and make their recommendations on
issues relating to women and peace and security.
** Source: UN Daily News, Friday, 30 November 2012; www.un.org/news
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