No woman needs to be “given a voice”. Everyone has a voice. What is needed is more listening.
~🇸🇪FM at #UNSC on #WPS #MoreWomenMorePeace #UNSC1325
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To those who still refer to “two parties of conflict”we echo the words of a protester,who had written on her sign:
If #Russia stops fighting there will be no war.
If #Ukraine stops fighting there will be no more Ukraine.
#TodayWeAreAllUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
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El proceso de paz colombiano muestra que los conflictos se pueden resolver con diálogo en lugar de armas. La determinación del presidente & liderazgo de #FARC ha sido fundamental.
Un ejemplo inspirador para todos nosotros! 🇨🇴
Congratulations Ambassador & team for a successful Presidency of #UNSC during September! #USUNpresidency 🇺🇸
"No woman needs to be 'given a voice'. Everyone has a voice. What is needed is more listening."
- 🇸🇪FM at today's #UNSC Open Debate on Women, Peace & Security.
#MoreWomenMorePeace
The Nordic Countries 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 stand by the people of #Myanmar and condemn the military coup in the strongest terms.
Accountability must be ensured and the voices that fight for democracy must be heard and supported.
Statement 👉 swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/u
Very please that wanted to spend time here at the 🇸🇪 mission today. We all need to join efforts for a sustainable world for all! 🙌🏼🌏💚
#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction
This morning the #UNSC observed a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in #Pittsburgh.
Our thoughts are w/ the victims, their families & loved ones. #PittsburghStrong
On January 1 Sweden will begin its 2-year term as a non-permanent member of the #UNSC. Our priorities: bit.ly/2hyWJcH #SwedeninUNSC
We didn’t fail to see conflicts coming – we failed to respond in time. It is time to step up. #NoNewNames
🇸🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🇱🇺🇲🇽🇪🇸, the first six countries to adopt a #FeministForeignPolicy, met today to discuss how to put feminist approaches at the center of the work of the . Key points highlighted:
🔸Gender-responsive leadership
🔸Alliances & resources
🔸Intersectionality
The #UNSC unanimously adopts Resolution 2401 demanding a 30-day cessation of hostilities throughout #Syria.
The Security Council has come together for the civilian population in Syria, including in #EasternGhouta.
Sweden together with Bolivia, Egypt, France, Italy, Senegal, UK & Uruguay have requested that a #UNSC emergency meeting on #Jerusalem takes place this week.
We are heartened by the many expressions of condolences we have received following the attack in #Stockholm this morning - Thank You!
You can count on 🇸🇪 in the effort to #saveourocean! Sweden announces an additional $1.5 million (2017) in funding for & #CleanSeas.
Today, we honour the memory of late 🇺🇳UNSG #DagHammarskjöld & his crew who perished in a tragic plane crash in Ndola🇿🇲, 61 years ago.
He fought for global peace and security and his ideas on peaceful solutions are still fundamental in the ’s work for peace today.
#Sweden is the President of the Security Council during the month of July!
As we will do our very best to run an effective & responsible #UNSC - follow our team, work, behind the scenes & everything in between through #SwedeninUNSC.
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Good news!
I’ll be joining the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, COP25 in Santiago and other events along the way.
I’ve been offered a ride on the 60ft racing boat Malizia II. We’ll be sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from the UK to NYC in mid August.
#UniteBehindTheScience
Congratulations dear friends from !
We have not beaten you in 40 years - what’s another 4?!
It will be worth the wait.😉
See you in Qatar! #WorldCup
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To our dear friends from @SwedenUN: We do love köttbullar, Pipi Longstocking, elks, IKEA, Abba and midsommar. But for the next 90 minutes we’ll ignore all of that for once
#GERSWE
#GERSWE
🇸🇪 deeply regrets the 🇷🇺 veto to block today’s #UNSC resolution, preventing the #SecurityCouncil from upholding its responsibility to maintain int peace & security.
Together with the 11 members who voted for peace 🇦🇱🇧🇷🇫🇷🇬🇦🇬🇭🇮🇪🇰🇪🇲🇽🇳🇴🇬🇧🇺🇸 & 80 co-sponsors, 🇸🇪 #StandWithUkriane 🇺🇦
In honor of International #SafeAbortionDay we stand up for the Right to Abortion.
#LetsTalkAbortion because access to safe and legal abortion is a precondition for gender equality and sustainable development for all.
#GenderEquality #SheDecides
”Today we celebrate that the Government of #Sweden strengthens the strategic partnerships w/ , , , & w/ multi-year core support for the implementation of your strategic plans."
~ Ambassador #Sweden4SDGs
Soccer diplomacy? #Notneutral
Let’s go #Sweden! ⚽🇸🇪🇨🇭
#WorldCup fever at the .
#SWESUI #Swederland
Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Kherson is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine.
Sweden continues to #StandWithUkraine
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Women don’t need to be given a voice. We need to start listening. All it takes is political will.
#MoreWomenMorePeace #WPSin2020 #UNSCR1325
10 days until the #SwedeninUNSC presidency!
We have consistently prioritised women, peace & security & taking a #gender perspective during our #UNSC term. In July, we will mainstream these issues across the agenda & integrate them in all aspects of work.
#MoreWomenMorePeace #WPS
“Sea levels are rising & so are we”
Today joined #US teen activist outside the Headquarters to continue the school strike for #ClimateAction 🇪🇺🌎
‘Gender equality is as beneficial to men & boys as it is to women & girls. Women’s empowerment advances entire societies.’ 🇸🇪
It’s all in the details.
Thank you Ambassador & Ambassador @KarenPierceUN for colour coordinating your fab outfits today in our honour. 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇺🇸
Tomorrow marks the historic opening of The Ocean Conference. Without the oceans life could not exist -join us to #SaveOurOcean! 1 day to go.
#NOW: #Sweden joined 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ UN Member States from all regions in a resounding YES to the historic resolution demanding #Russia’s military withdrawal from #Ukraine.
#Russia - stop your aggression and cease your use of force immediately.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#TodayWeAreAllUkraine
Only by ensuring the rights of girls across the 🌍 can we build a sustainable and equal future. Today, on International #DayoftheGirl, we celebrate all girls empowerment and full enjoyment of #HumanRights 🎉
#FeministForeignPolicy #GenerationEquality
I truly believe this conference has been the gamechanger we so desperately need. Now the work to #SaveOurOcean really begins.~
In 2017, #Sweden became the largest donor to , again increasing its core contribution, bringing the total 🇸🇪core support to 17,1 million USD.
This year we make a similar pledge.
~ Amb. #genderequality
The #UNSC unanimously adopts Resolution 2444 lifting sanctions on #Eritrea. The historic & significant developments in the #HornofAfrica that we have witnessed during the past year have dramatically changed the dynamics in the region, & opened a new chapter of peace & cooperation
Meet our new Permanent Representative of , Ambassador !
“There may be a new face at the head of the 🇸🇪 Mission. But our partnership with the in building #peace, standing up for #HumanRights & working for the implementation of #2030Agenda, remain strong”
‘We came in w/ high ambitions, & we have at all times wanted the #UNSC to make a difference for the ppl who have expectations for the . Thinking back, most of the time it has been rewarding.’
On #SwedeninUNSC Day 721, a few reflections & Thank You from Ambassador
Committed to the #ParisAgreement & a sustainable future for all, Sweden to become carbon neutral by 2045!
New law: bit.ly/2scD8md
Sweden has the happiest neighbours! Congratulations to #Norway for topping the #WHR2017, beating 3-times winner #Denmark! #happinessday
Today the United Nations flag was raised to mark the handover of Stockholmsmässan to the United Nations.
🇸🇪 proudly welcomes the to host this international meeting, #Stockholm50 - fifty years after the UN Conference on the Human Environment took place here in Stockholm🇸🇪🤝🇺🇳
"Oceans has no borders. It knows nothing about nations. It is one united ecosystem & we are part of it." - #SaveOurOcean
The list of unfolding horrors in #Ukraine goes on.
Accountability must start now. Not later.
In relation to today’s #UNSC 🇺🇦 briefing, #TheNordics 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 condemned #Russia’s aggression & called for #WPS at the core of the int’l community’s response.
Written statement 👇🏼
Global Goodwill Ambassador #AnneHathaway mentions Sweden in call to action on paid parental leave. #IWD2017 #InternationalWomensDay
We are happy for the appointment of Sweden’s new Permanent Representative to the , Ambassador Anna Karin Eneström!
Read press statement 👉 government.se/press-releases
📷: Agaton Ström
Today we are launching the #SwedeninUNSC video blog! To start, here are a few words from incoming #UNSC President . Follow us!
A special thank you from Goodwill Amb. to ALL striving to #SaveOurOcean!
& thank YOU Adrian for being an inspiration.
Our dear FM has today left her post.
For 5️⃣ years she wholeheartedly devoted herself to promoting peace, security & democracy.
She also introduced Feminist Foreign Policy placing #GenderEquality at the core of 🇸🇪 int’l relations. We can’t thank her enough🙏🏼❤️
#ThisIsMyReusable water bottle. Commit to #SaveOurOcean & show us yours for a chance to win a #SDG14 t-shirt & mug: bit.ly/ThisIsMyReusab
'Women's economic empowerment is a matter of human rights & a precondition for gender equality.' 🇸🇪 ~ #csw61
Sweden 🇸🇪 & Canada 🇨🇦 together for feminist foreign policy!
~ Prime Minister & Deputy Foreign Minister Annika Söder at #UNGA
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven ahead of the Climate Action Summit: "Sweden will be the world’s first fossile free welfare nation."
🎥: government.se/?id=3ae20c91-0
#ClimateAction #UNGA #UNGA74
We do not have any choice.
But you, you have 1.
You choose to sit on this Council.
You choose to fight for peace & security around the 🌍.
So you must consider #climatechange as a security risk.
You must give the people hope.
They deserve a life, as all of us.
~ 🙏
Fiji & Sweden host 1st ever conference on oceans, 5-9 June. Follow the conversation: #SaveOurOcean Learn more: oceanconference.un.org
Important press statement by the #UNSC today on the situation in #Ethiopia & #Tigray.
🇸🇪 supports call for scaled up humanitarian response, continued international relief efforts and stresses the need for full compliance with international law, including #HumanRights
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Today the #UNSC spoke with one voice on the situation in #Ethiopia & #Tigray
Called for unfettered humanitarian access
Expressed deep concern over allegations of human rights violations
Reiterated strong support for regional & subregional orgs
Full Press Statement
Called for unfettered humanitarian access
Expressed deep concern over allegations of human rights violations
Reiterated strong support for regional & subregional orgs
Full Press Statement
“#GenderEquality is not a women’s issue,it’s a #HumanRights issue, a #democracy & a peace & security issue. It improves life not only for one half of the population, but for both halves of the population”
- Minister at Salas Memorial Lecture
Sweden is Security Council President for the month of January. Keep updated on all meetings & events with #SwedeninUNSC.
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden in her capacity as SDG Advocate joins the global effort to #SaveOurOcean at the .
#WorldOceansDay
Opening remarks by 🇸🇪 Minister :
“We need to radically step up ambition & start the transition to a fossil free 🌏. The climate summit must have real impact & Sweden is happy to accept that challenge. A fossil free industry can be the backbone of a new paradigm”
👏👏👏 A unanimous #UNGA just decided to set up a dedicated #UNYouthOffice. The office will promote & coordinate efforts to advance young persons’ involvement, interests & rights in the .
We 🇸🇪 look forward to seeing the office begin its work in the coming months.
"We clearly disagree with the recognition of #Jerusalem as the capital of #Israel, & with the plan for a future move of the US embassy to Jerusalem."
~ Ambassador
Big week ahead!
Stefan Löfven & Foreign Minister will be at the to chair key meetings on our priorities:
July 9: Open Debate #CAAC
July 10: Debate #WPS
July 11: Briefing #ClimateandSecurity
Follow → #SwedeninUNSC 🇸🇪
#UNDay 🥳🇺🇳
🇸🇪 & have a long history together. We joined in 1946 & been pushing for #peace ever since🕊
Resolving conflicts & managing the #ClimateCrisis requires that we all work together🙌🏼🌏
🇸🇪 belives in the UN!
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.
Full🎞:youtu.be/hYyMA_2w8tw
We strive to advocate & ensure gender-balanced delegations at #UNGA & governing bodies w/ .
#SDG5 #INTgenderchamps
🇩🇰venner, 🇫🇮ystävät, 🇮🇸vinir, 🇳🇴venner, 🇸🇪vänner,
On this year's #NordicDay we celebrate & reaffirm the value of our unique #Nordic region. In the light of today's complex & uncertain world, we remind ourselves of the importance of Nordic cooperation & international solidarity.
Happy 75th Birthday, 🎉 💐
🇸🇪 is a strong supporter of the 🇺🇳 and of #multilateralism. We are as committed as ever to continue to work w the int’l community & the UN to implement the #UN75 resolution and #buildbackbetter for a more equal, more resilient & more sustainable 🌎
"The population consists of women & men & nothing should be discussed about women, without women."
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#AfricanWomenLeaders
Today is #EarthDay!
We stand committed to the #ParisAgreement & to becoming one of the first fossil fuel-free welfare states of the world.
Our 1st day as #SwedeninUNSC & President of #UNSC! Tune in Tues 5pm as we present the Program of Work for January: webtv.un.org
#HappeningNow: 🇺🇳 S-G appointed former 🇸🇪PM Stefan Löfven, to lead UN High-Level Advisory Board on #OurCommonAgenda together with former 🇱🇷 President .
We look forward to working with both to make the #OCA report successful.
Big congratulations to 🇪🇺 Ambassador on receiving the H.M. King’s Medal (1850s) in the 12th edition of the Seraphim Order for outstanding efforts in the Swedish Foreign Service 🏅👏
📷: Agaton Ström
Amb handed over her credentials to Secretary-General today. An opportunity to discuss current challenges, but also possibilities, incl. #UN75.
Sweden always has been and remains a close friend and supporter of the . 🇺🇳🇸🇪
#Sweden is deeply concerned about the escalation in the #SeaofAzov & the Kerch Strait. #Russia’s blocking of maritime traffic to & from #Ukrainian ports, using military force, is a serious violation of international law.
~ 🇸🇪Ambassador at #UNSC on #Ukraine
Feminist foreign policy champion is at the in New York for Women, Peace & Security-week.
How does 🇸🇪 work to forward the #WPS agenda? Watch today’s vlog!
#WPSin2020 #MoreWomenMorePeace
Clear message from on way to #UNSC debate on women, peace and security: "More women, more peace". #MoreWomenMorePeace
We are excited to have appointed as co-facilitator for the negotiations on the #UN75 declaration. We look forward to working together with co-facilitator of 🇶🇦& Member States for a declaration that captures our collective commitment to multilateralism!
10 days until The Ocean Conference & over 300 voluntary commitments registered! What will you do to #SaveOurOcean? oceanconference.un.org/commitments/
At today’s #UNSC meeting #TheNordics 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 call again on #Russia to stop its illegal and unjustified aggression against #Ukraine. We welcome the efforts of IOM, UNHCR and other humanitarian actors and urge them to scale up their work. Full statement👉 bit.ly/3KTGsZo
As we count down to #Stockholm50,
we’re kicking off a 30-day challenge towards an eco-friendly lifestyle & achieving a healthy 🌏 for the prosperity of all!
Get involved in the #Stockholm50Challenge & encourage your community to join💚
#OnlyOneEarth #GlobalGoals #ClimateAction
