安保理公開討論（女性・平和・安全保障）における石兼大使ステートメント
令和3年10月21日
Madam President,
I would like to express my appreciation to the Republic of Kenya for convening this important debate on women and peace and security (WPS).
Japan supports the Secretary-General's call for a "radical shift in the meaningful participation of women in our peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts,” and is willing to share the insights gained through its support to UN activities and others.
The Government of Japan has supported the activities of the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict (TOE) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Somalia and Iraq, which aim at strengthening the national institutions and judicial response to address conflict-related sexual violence, and at enhancing access to justice for victims and survivors. Japan believes that these efforts make enabling environment for local women to be empowered without fear and restored their dignity so that they can fully enjoy their ownership for own nation’s peacebuilding and reconstruction.
Last week, members of the TOE who work in the Central African Republic shared with the Member States the difficulties they encountered and the success stories at a briefing organized by my mission. They experienced major challenges in realizing the victims and survivors' access to justice, attributed to remoteness, stigmatization, lack of awareness, and slow judicial process. TOE's recent diagnostic report also found that challenges in the system lie in the absence of measures benefiting victims and witnesses, gaps in the national legal framework, and limited technical and operational capacity in investigations, prosecution and adjudication.
To respond to these longstanding challenges, the TOE’s project focused on building capacity in the law enforcement sector, -- investigators, prosecutors, and judges-- in close collaboration with the local authorities, to achieve high specialization and expertise in judicial response. This resulted in bringing more cases to justice and enabled women and girls to participate in the peace process with less fear. This example shows how the UN can bring about tangible results with its expertise, through institution building and collaborative partnerships on the ground.
Under the G7 WPS Partnership Initiative, Japan partnered with UN-Women to promote women’s participation in national reconciliation and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. The project has three major components; raising awareness, supporting the Sri Lankan government’s policy planning and providing entrepreneurship facilities to women. This project provided opportunities to women and girls to directly participate in the process of building peace, recovery and rebuilding communities after 26-year-long conflict.
Japan also supports through bilateral means developing countries’ efforts to improve women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. In particular, JICA has been engaged in projects to empower local women’s organizations in this area.
While the nature of the projects I have mentioned differs from one to another, the key to their success is the same: ensuring the effective participation of the host government and its people. I hope that this meeting will contribute to strengthening coordination, networks, and partnerships for promoting the WPS agenda.
Thank you.
I would like to express my appreciation to the Republic of Kenya for convening this important debate on women and peace and security (WPS).
Japan supports the Secretary-General's call for a "radical shift in the meaningful participation of women in our peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts,” and is willing to share the insights gained through its support to UN activities and others.
The Government of Japan has supported the activities of the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict (TOE) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Somalia and Iraq, which aim at strengthening the national institutions and judicial response to address conflict-related sexual violence, and at enhancing access to justice for victims and survivors. Japan believes that these efforts make enabling environment for local women to be empowered without fear and restored their dignity so that they can fully enjoy their ownership for own nation’s peacebuilding and reconstruction.
Last week, members of the TOE who work in the Central African Republic shared with the Member States the difficulties they encountered and the success stories at a briefing organized by my mission. They experienced major challenges in realizing the victims and survivors' access to justice, attributed to remoteness, stigmatization, lack of awareness, and slow judicial process. TOE's recent diagnostic report also found that challenges in the system lie in the absence of measures benefiting victims and witnesses, gaps in the national legal framework, and limited technical and operational capacity in investigations, prosecution and adjudication.
To respond to these longstanding challenges, the TOE’s project focused on building capacity in the law enforcement sector, -- investigators, prosecutors, and judges-- in close collaboration with the local authorities, to achieve high specialization and expertise in judicial response. This resulted in bringing more cases to justice and enabled women and girls to participate in the peace process with less fear. This example shows how the UN can bring about tangible results with its expertise, through institution building and collaborative partnerships on the ground.
Under the G7 WPS Partnership Initiative, Japan partnered with UN-Women to promote women’s participation in national reconciliation and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. The project has three major components; raising awareness, supporting the Sri Lankan government’s policy planning and providing entrepreneurship facilities to women. This project provided opportunities to women and girls to directly participate in the process of building peace, recovery and rebuilding communities after 26-year-long conflict.
Japan also supports through bilateral means developing countries’ efforts to improve women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. In particular, JICA has been engaged in projects to empower local women’s organizations in this area.
While the nature of the projects I have mentioned differs from one to another, the key to their success is the same: ensuring the effective participation of the host government and its people. I hope that this meeting will contribute to strengthening coordination, networks, and partnerships for promoting the WPS agenda.
Thank you.