[WCUSP] 7th anniversary UNSCR 1325 - press announcement by the GermanWomen's Security Council

[yvonne simmons]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gunda-Werner-Institut Gunda-Werner-Institut
> [mailto:Gunda-Werner-Institut at BOELL.DE] 
> Sent: 31 October 2007 12:43 PM
> To: Gunda-Werner-Institut at BOELL.DE
> Cc: Gitti Hentschel; Vera Lorenz; Jill Scherneck
> Subject: 7th anniversary UNSCR 1325 - press
> announcement by the
> GermanWomen's Security Council
> 
> On the 7th anniversary of UN res 1325, the German
> Women Security Council
> declares: 
> It is time to implement 1325 
> 
> With 1, 3, 2 and 5 nods in the handkerchief  - which
> means "don't forget an
> important thing" - the German Women's Security
> Council wants to remind that
> there is still a big lack in implementing UN Res.
> 1325. The resolution which
> requests equal participation of women on all levels
> of peace processes was
> voted unanimously on the 31.10.2000 by the
> UN-Security Council. In this
> tricky 7th year, governments have done even less
> than the years before to
> implement the resolution, says the Women's Security
> Council.
> Also in the upcoming year, the Women's Security
> Council sees the urgency of
> actions and reactions. One reason is the declaration
> of the director of the
> "European Defence Agency"/EDA, perhaps better called
> "European Death Agency"
> published in German newspapers on oct.24th, saying
> that 2008 should be the
> "year of armament". Alexander Weis, former
> department director in the German
> Defence ministry, plans to realize 2 big armament
> projects with the
> construction of new military helicopters and
> satellites. A plan lacking any
> democratic legitimation and control. The Women's
> Security Council requests
> that the money foreseen for theses projects should
> now be shifted to
> projects for conflict prevention and the guarantee
> of equal rights for men
> and women, in order to implement UN res.1325 also on
> the European level.
> European activists and politicians of different
> political backgrounds spoke
> in favour of strengthening the resolution in this
> sense during the
> international conference *Roadmap to 1325" in may
> 2007 in Berlin, organised
> by the Heinrich Böll foundation. (further
> informations:
> www.frauensicherheitsrat.de and www.glow-boell.de )
> 
> 
> Gunda-Werner-Institut
> für Feminismus und Geschlechterdemokratie
> in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
> The Gunda-Werner-Institute 
> of Feminism and Genderdemocracy
> 
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> 10178 Berlin
> 
> phone: +49 (0)30-285 34-122
> fax: +49 (0)30-285 34-109
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