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XXII Aniversario de la Resolución 1325 de NNUU sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad

Wondering on the present situation and claiming the UN Charter role, diplomacy and peace above all situations

Today as I am following the news I cannot figure out where we are and where we should be standing regarding the situation between Russia and Ukraine.  I have not written in my blog for almost two years now and I wonder if my interest in sharing this information in white and black here arises from a moment of disturbance or the need of clarifying myself around the importance of diplomacy and geostrategy.

All to reach one premise that I am and I was the main defendant of and it is the UN Charter, signed in 1945, so alive today, with such amazing preamble:

 

“WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED

to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

AND FOR THESE ENDS

to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used”.

So, let's claim this and act accordingly.  Let us join forces in order to put the machinery of diplomacy at work and get back to Business as Usual and to our own lives and respect.

I remember in 2008 when I was deployed to Georgia with the EU Monitoring Mission to report on the situation of the ground after the out surge of the war between Georgia and Russia. For the sake of the same situation as the one we are living now, Georgia getting closer to NATO and Russia not willing to have neighbour state belonging to NATO.  Different approaches, views, different countries, same issue. In both cases the Presidency of the Council of the European Union was/is under France, interesting enough.   Since then it is also my understanding that geopolitics and energy go hand by hand and with no doubts this is the case nowadays, Russia as the main provider of gas to Europe and Ukraine as the main transit country.

Let us reclaim the UN Charter and multilateralism in order to solve the possible conflict, let us cool the situation and avoid suffering from the Ukraine populations that is seeing its own territory been damaged, torn and cut off. Indeed, history has ways of giving, creating and dividing territories, due to several issues, but let us respect the present borders as they exist and avoid interference within other territories and their own sovereignty. Russia has also border with Finland, Estonia and Latvia and things go Ok in those.  Hoping that the situation goes back to “normal” and we can rely on democracy and the respect of human rights and avoid the use of force as it is forbidden by the UN Charter.

24th October, Un Day, 75 anniversary of the UN Charter and organisation

 Proud to have been part of the UN 28 years ago for 11 years or more.  An now to be engaged in a company such as Enagás that supports and publishes today a post that I encourage reading  https://www.antoniollarden.es/en/articulo/75o-aniversario-de-las-naciones-unidas/

20 años de la Resolución 1325 de Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad

An honour to have worked under the mandate of Kofi Anan for seven years who was a real defender of peace and justice world wide.  

Curso de La Granda sobre la Actualidad de la Seguridad Internacional

El 9 de agosto estuve en Avilés en La Granda invitada en un Curso de verano por mi buen amigo el Embajador Servando de la Torre.  El tema del curso era al seguridad internacional y los ponentes eran un grupo de militares y diplomáticos de alto rango y nivel.  Los temas todos ellos muy interesantes sobre la actualidad de la seguridad internacional: la estrategia de seguridad de la UE; el terrorismo; Siria; España en las Misiones de Paz internacionales; ciberseguridad; la OEA y mi propia participación sobre Mujer, Paz y Seguridad.  Un día muy refrescante, en un entorno maravilloso junto a unos expertos de primer nivel.  Como nota a mejorar y reivindicar que haya más mujeres en los paneles.  Os dejo el link al Curso y algunas noticias que han salido en los medios para que veáis más.

http://cursosdelagranda.es/curso-7/

http://www.lne.es/aviles/2017/08/09/problemas-estabilidad-internacional-objeto-septimo/2147119.html

Link a noticia de ABC: sin la mujer en mediación de conflictos la paz no será duradera

http://www.lne.es/aviles/2017/08/10/diplomaticos-reivindican-papel-femenino-acuerdos/2147632.html

http://www.elcomercio.es/politica/espana-esquemas-seguridad-20170809155328-nt.html

ABC sobre el terrorismo

Sobre Corea

Time for a woman UN SG

After 8 Male UN Secretary-Generals, the 9th should be a woman. It's likely to be an European, there are many good candidates out there. Check the web site campaign to elect a woman UN Secretary General: http://www.womansg.org/

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