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8 March 2021 (Speaker's notes, may differ from delivered version) Why is it important to have more women in leadership positions in conflict prevention and peacebuilding? Five main reasons: (a) The starting point is very low – between 1990 and 2017, in all major peace processes - women made up only 2% of mediators; 8% of negotiators and 5% of witnesses and signatures. Barriers include assumptions that, as women are often not direct combatants, their role in cessation of hostilities is limited. But there are serious myths which need puncturing – chief amongst them that: there are not enoug...

Date Time OSCE roundtable on women’s leadership in peacebuilding and conflict prevention UK contribution Why is it important to have more women in leadership positions in conflict prevention and peacebuilding? Five main reasons: (a) The starting point is very low – between 1990 and 2017, in all major peace processes – women made up only 2% of mediators; 8% of negotiators and 5% of witnesses and signatures. Barriers include assumptions that, as women are often not direct combatants, their role in cessation of hostilities is limited. But there are serious myths which need puncturing – c...

Four More COVID Deaths in Oregon Prisons January 21, 2021 Since Saturday Jan. 16th, five inmates in Oregon prisons have died with COVID-19 as the suspected cause. Four were from Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, while the fifth was from Deer Ridge in Madras. The inmate death toll in the Oregon Department of corrections stands at 33. The Oregon Department of Corrections disclosed that all of the inmates, who were between 55 and 85 years of age, died in local hospitals. The ODC does not release any information that could be used to identify people who die from the corona...

As some fitness centers conduct business outdoors or make other adaptations, others stay open in defiance Summer was a fairly easy time for gym owners and managers to adapt their operations to meet health and safety guidelines around COVID-19. Between putting equipment outdoors or simply taking clients out to a park or nature spot for their workouts, adapting to the situation required just a bit of creativity and a solid set of muscles to lug 70-pound weights or rowers outdoors. Now though, with Gov. Kate Brown's current Risk and Protection Framework forcing gyms, restaurants and some...

14 January 2020 (Speaker's notes, may differ from delivered version) I would like to warmly welcome Her Excellency Ms. Ann Linde to the Permanent Council and to her new position as OSCE Chairperson in Office. The UK looks forward to working with you and your excellent team here in Vienna and in Stockholm over the course of 2021. I would also like to welcome the new Secretary General and the new heads of the autonomous institutions. Sweden is assuming this important leadership position at a critical time for Euro-Atlantic security. An ongoing pandemic, significant challenges to human rights an...