From top left to right bottom: Ambassadors Sylvie Lucas, Samantha Power, Maria Cristina Perceval, Dina Kawa, Joy Ogwu and Raimonda Murmokaite. UN Photos/Evan Schneider, Paulo Filgueiras, Loey Felipe, Devra Berkowitz, Marco Dormino
The United Nations Security Council has long been a bastion for men selected to represent their countries on what many consider to be the Organization’s most powerful body. But now, women ambassadors are filling over a third of the Council’s 15 seats, making history at the venerable institution and sending out a strong message about women’s empowerment.
“It’s a little strange that it’s taken us this long,” said Ambassador Sylvie Lucas of Luxembourg. “I think that it is important to have women representing their countries in the organ of the United Nations which is dealing with international peace and security.”
Извор: Организација на Обединетите Нации – 15.09.2014
