Ms Ghita El Khyari:

I thank the Chair. I want to reinforce what Ms Flanagan has just said. Ireland's support has been instrumental and not only in terms of funding. The funding has also been important because it has been catalytic. Ireland has always invested in this funding in a catalytic manner. By this I mean that the investment we have received from the Irish stability fund has allowed us to start the work and then attract additional resources from other donors. This is very important for us because it has opened doors and allowed us to be very quick and rapid in our response.

Ireland has been a champion of bringing the voices of women into many fora. This goes beyond funding. It is about amplifying the voices of women's organisations in conflict crisis settings. This has been particularly the case when Ireland serves as a member of the Security Council. It has been a champion of bringing civil society people to brief the Security Council chamber. It has set a strong precedent for all members of the Security Council. We hope it will serve as an example for other presidencies of the Security Council to include women as civil society briefers in the Security Council chamber and shift the paradigm away from women being victims of war towards being peacemakers, peace builders and humanitarian responders, which is what we try to do with the UN Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund. I thank the Chair and all of the committee members.