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Honourable Chair, esteemed delegates,
Sweden rises deeply alarmed by the destructive crisis in Sudan. After two years of war, 12
million people have been displaced, 3 million children are acutely malnourished, and
70% of Sudan’s hospitals stand destroyed or non-functional. Women and girls are
enduring the most horrific abuses — from systematic sexual violence to forced marriages
and denial of maternal healthcare.
But let us also be clear: what fuels this crisis is not only violence on the ground, but silence in
these chambers. Some states choose to defend “sovereignty” over women’s rights. Some who
deny women equal freedoms within their own borders now use the same excuse to dismiss
rape, hunger, and exploitation. Sweden rejects this hypocrisy. Sovereignty does not grant a
license to commit outrage.
Sweden calls for three urgent steps: first, UN-protected humane corridors to guarantee aid
access; second, accountability for sexual violence as a war crime, and third, the inclusion of
women in peacebuilding, as mandated by UNSCR 1325.
Those who block humanitarian access, or dismiss gender-based crimes as “cultural issues,”
must answer: how many more women must be violated, how many more children must
starve, before the world admits that silence is complicity?
Sweden refuses to stay silent. We urge this council to act — not to protect power, but to
protect people.
Thank you.
"Ensure safe humanitarian and missile production of civilians"
Honourable Chair, esteemed delegates,
Sweden believes that the protection of civilians must remain at the heart of all humanitarian
law. In too many conflicts, the unchecked production and use of missiles has turned
schools, hospitals, and homes into battlegrounds, leaving innocent people to pay the price.
We cannot call ourselves champions of human rights while allowing weapons designed for
war to dictate the fate of civilians.
Sweden therefore calls for three urgent measures:
First, transparent monitoring of missile production and transfers, ensuring compliance with
international treaties.
Second, the establishment of humanitarian safe zones where no missiles or heavy weapons
can be deployed.
Third, accountability — states that use indiscriminate missile strikes against civilian
populations must face international justice.
Delegates, protecting civilians is not optional — it is a moral and legal duty. Let us stand
united to ensure humanitarian safety prevails over instruments of destruction.
Thank you.
“Increasing Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Assistance”:
Honourable Chair, esteemed delegates,
Sweden affirms that humanitarian assistance must not be blind to gender. In conflicts like
Sudan, women and girls face unique vulnerabilities — from sexual violence and forced
displacement to lack of maternal healthcare and education. Yet too often, aid responses
remain gender-neutral on paper but gender-blind in practice.
Sweden therefore calls for stronger gender-responsive humanitarian frameworks. This
means: ensuring access to reproductive and maternal healthcare even in warzones, funding
women-led organizations that know the needs on the ground, and embedding psychosocial
and trauma care for survivors of gender-based violence. It also means including women in
decision-making so assistance is not only for them, but shaped by them.
Delegates, humanitarian aid that ignores gender is incomplete. Sweden urges this council to
act so that our assistance restores not just survival, but dignity and equality for women and
girls everywhere.
Thank you.
“Promoting Women’s Leadership in Peace and Recovery”:
Honourable Chair, esteemed delegates,
Sweden believes that peace built without women is peace built on fragile ground. Across the
world, from Sudan to Syria, women remain excluded from negotiations and recovery efforts,
despite bearing the brunt of conflict. Evidence shows that when women are included in peace
processes, agreements are 35% more likely to last at least 15 years.
Sweden therefore calls for urgent action to promote women’s leadership in both peace and
recovery. This means guaranteeing their seats at negotiation tables, investing in women-led
organizations that deliver aid and reconciliation on the ground, and creating economic
opportunities so women can rebuild communities, not just survive in them.
Delegates, empowering women in peacebuilding is not symbolic — it is strategic. Without
their voices, recovery will remain incomplete and peace unsustainable. Sweden urges this
council to turn commitments into reality.
Thank you.