Security Council open debate in connection with "Peace is decided with women: emerging from conflict by enhancing their participation" under the agenda item "Women and peace and security" (S/2026/477).
Presidency: Her Excellency Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia Briefer: Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN-Women Briefer: Ms. Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder and President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) (via video-teleconference) Briefer: Ms. Kaavya Asoka, Executive Director, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Statement: Her Excellency Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia Statements: All Council members Further statement: Russian Federation Statement: His Excellency Minh Vu Nguyen, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Viet Nam Statement: Her Excellency Shama Obaed Islam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Statements: Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Brazil, Israel, Poland, Qatar, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Chile Further statement: France The meeting was suspended. The meeting was resumed. Statements: Austria, Guatemala, Switzerland, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, India Statement: Luxembourg (on behalf of: Foreign Feminist Policy (FFP) Plus Group) Statement: Italy Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Statement: Sierra Leone Statement: Lithuania (on behalf of: Baltic States) Statement: Canada (on behalf of: Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security) Statements: El Salvador, Spain, Mozambique, Croatia, Maldives, Germany, Türkiye, Morocco, Ukraine, Malta, Mexico, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Nepal, Cambodia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Slovenia, Kenya, Timor-Leste, South Africa, Namibia, Montenegro Statement: Finland (on behalf of: Nordic countries) Statements: Philippines, Malaysia, Mongolia, Angola Statement: New Zealand (on behalf of: Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ)) Statement: Czechia The meeting was suspended. The meeting was resumed. Statement: Haiti (also on behalf of: Caribbean Community (CARICOM)) Statements: Lebanon, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Albania, Fiji, Algeria, Tajikistan, Armenia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Myanmar, Mauritania, Belgium, Kuwait, Georgia, Burundi
