Salam al Maseeh

The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Let be accursed any gospel other than that which was preached at the beginning, received not from man but from Christ Jesus, thou alone, in whom we have redemption through thy all holy infinitely pure and undefiled blood, the remission of our sins, who in the future shall recreate the heavens and the earth, called by thine special choice, who before hoped in Christ with all who heard the word of truth and believed, sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory, in faith in the Lord Jesus, and of love for all the saints in unceasing intercession of all the elect angels and saints of God, virgins, with all thanksgiving, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him; the eyes of our minds being enlightened, to know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power wrought in Christ the only first born from the dead in the flesh raised above all things he made subject under his feet, we who hold him the head directly and no other, Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour immortal son of the immortal Father in the unity and power and bond of love of the immortal Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

The Final Trial: Jesus Christ begotten of the Father - not made

A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.

Is. 26: 9-21

(Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer.)

O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast taken every man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season [during the Great Tribulation, hidden in mountains and dens and caves of the earth - there is NO secret rapture which is only an heretical apostate Lurianic Talmudic Judaic doctrine], until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

And see: The Abomination of Desolation

Note in the below that this is a description of the evil that precedes the Antichrist who is the Abomination of Desolation. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ then comes after the reign of Antichrist has proceeded for a while. Antichrist, his reign and the False Prophet and all their followers are then destroyed by the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with all His elect Angels and sent to hell forever. The saints will then reign with Our Lord Jesus Christ at their head on earth forever.

Palestine, which is properly the Holy Land for in it walked God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, and there He allowed Himself to be sacrificed for the salvation of those who profess Him from the heart and with the mouth, is a miniature of all the evil that has come upon the earth and there will the final evil be concentrated in its fullness and rule from there for a short time.

From: The Abomination of Desolation

Writing in the second century, St. Hippolytus wrote the following about the evil that will abound before the coming of Antichrist:

The temples of God will be like houses, and there will be overturnings of the churches everywhere. The Scriptures will be despised, and everywhere they will sing the songs of the adversary. Fornications, and adulteries, and perjuries will fill the land; sorceries, and incantations, and divinations will follow after these with all force and zeal. And, on the whole, from among those who profess to be Christians will rise up then false prophets, false apostles, impostors, mischief-makers, evil-doers, liars against each other, adulterers, fornicators, robbers, grasping, perjured, mendacious, hating each other. The shepherds will be like wolves; the priests will embrace falsehood; the monks will lust after the things of the world; the rich will assume hardness of heart; the rulers will not help the poor; the powerful will cast off all pity; the judges will remove justice from the just, and, blinded with bribes, they will call in unrighteousness.

St. Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on the end of the world and on Antichrist

Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Totally reject Dajjal and instead Come to Christ and receive the water of life

The Muhammad of the Almighty Triune God of The Final Trial would not stand in the way of Muslims coming to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in Him as the Injeel commands. The Mohammed of Ahmadiyya is the same as the Mohammot of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah and both are antichrists and contradict the clear commands of God in the Injeel and Taurat and Quran.

Noble Quran

003.045 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (held in honor by the company of the prophets and saints) those nearest to God;

003.046 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (adhered to by the company) of the righteous."

003.047 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

003.048 "And God will teach him [Jesus Christ] the Book [alkitaba = all sacred writing from God Most High] and Wisdom [hikma = sophia = uncreated wisdom of God one with His Holy Spirit], the Law [Taurat fulfilled in the Gospel of Jesus Christ] and the Gospel [of Jesus Christ],"

As the Word of God Jesus Christ willed to learn in His Incarnation what He already possessed and knew prior to His Incarnation as part of His kenosis (emptying out of Himself and taking upon Himself our nature while in no way losing anything of what He already was as God by nature and Son of God as the Second Person of the undivided Trinity) and as an example to us of how we in humility must follow God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Baptism

The Final Trial: Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

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See this for why Jesus Christ must be confessed as the Holy Word and Son of God: The Final Trial: Mary - revered by both Christians and Muslims as the vessel through whom God made the Word, Jesus Christ, Incarnate

The Muslim feast of Eid only commemorates the typological sacrifice by Abraham of Issac. That prefigured the final and only Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on His Most Holy Cross. It is only by the Sacrifice of Christ on His Cross that we are saved. Jesus Christ commanded, not suggested, that we be baptized; echoing the rest of the Church Fathers, St. Augustine noted that if someone could not be baptized even though they wanted it and did everything they could to be baptized in the water in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, then their confession of faith is enough for their salvation. But no where are we allowed to refuse baptism.

All Muslims and everyone who will, are invited and encouraged to come to the water of life now and be baptized in the water and in the Spirit in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and receive Communion.

For Noah and Abraham as Prophecies of Baptism in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ see:

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Second Prophesy: Genesis 5: 32; 6; 7: 6: 11-14, 18-21, 23-24; 8: 1-3, 6-12, 15-21

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Third Prophesy: Genesis 22: 1-19

There is no evolution, to be baptized in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one must believe in the truth of literal Creation by God and no pantheistic syncretism with deistic design and the rest of pagan evolutionary theory.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The First Prophesy: Genesis 1: 1-31; 2: 1-2

And see the rest of the Baptismal Prophecies. They are a must.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Fourth Prophesy: Exodus 14: 24-31; 15: 1

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Fifth Prophesy: Isaias 54: 17; 55: 1-11

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Sixth Prophesy: Baruch 3: 9-38

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Seventh Prophesy: Ezechiel 37: 1-14

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Eighth Prophesy: Isaias 4: 1-6

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Ninth Prophesy: Exodus 1-11

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Tenth Prophesy: Jonas 3: 1-10

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Eleventh Prophesy: Deuteronomy 31: 22-30

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Twelfth Prophesy: Daniel 3: 1-24

For all Jews wishing to convert sincerely from the heart to Jesus Christ now, here is a prayer based on the biblical Hebrew of the prophets of the Old Testament and the Septuagint Greek of the Old Testament and the New Testament and Arabic.

(The Arabic, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, means the same as God Almighty, or 'O Theos 'O Pantocrator, in Septuagint Greek.)

In the below “Dam (Blood) Kadosh (Holy) bet Yeshua ha Maschiach (Jesus Christ) kanawn anawim (have mercy on Your faithful [those who turn to God by the shed Blood of Christ on Calvary])” is asking for God's forgiveness by the shed Holy Blood of Christ – which is the only forgiveness there is from God for sin.

Go here: Jews called in Christ: Begun in 2002, judged illegal 2004, Israel’s apartheid wall goes on regardless | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

And then be baptized in Christ - see above: Baptism.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Europa & Palestine News « Europa & Middle East News

Calls Upon the PA to Respect Citizens Rights

On Sunday 28 July a demonstration initiated by the Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine (PFLP) took place in Ramallah against the decision by President Mahmoud Abbas to return to negotiations with Israel. The protestors planned to march from the Ramallah Christian Orthodox Club to the Mukataa, where they intended to express their discontent with the decision to return to negotiations.

The demonstrators reached the Al-Hambra Palace Hotel, located tens of metres from the Mukataa, where they discovered that between 15 and 20 Palestinian Special Forces officers, armed with batons, and approximately 10 members of the regular Palestinian police force, had formed a human barricade and were blocking the route to the Mukataa. Confrontations broke out between the protestors and the security personnel, with some demonstrators shouting political slogans in criticism of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

A number of participants in the protest began using the flag poles that they were carrying and their hands to bang on the full-body plastic shields held by the Special Forces officers. In response, the Security Forces hit the protestors, including female participants, with batons. One police officer began cursing and using humiliating and dishonourable language directed at female participants, as well as accusing them of having been hired by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to participate in the protest. Police officers later entered Ramallah Hospital and arrested protestors while they were in the process of being treated for injuries sustained during the confrontations.

The Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) reaffirms that the rights to freedom of assembly and expression should be respected by the Palestinian Security Forces at all times and therefore condemns the suppression of peaceful protests. PHROC reiterates that the excessive force used by the Palestinian Security Forces is not justified by the fact that the protestors initiated the confrontations, because the response by the Security Forces was disproportionate to the threat posed by the demonstrators. PHROC believes that the Palestinian political leadership have adopted a policy of suppressing protests that contradict their own ideals and policies, whilst facilitating those that support their interests, by ensuring that the latter succeed in reaching the Mukataa and expressing their opinions.

Furthermore, the use by Security Forces of degrading and humiliating language directed at participants illustrates a disregard for the rights to freedom of assembly and expression. The role of the Security Forces is in fact to ensure that citizens can exercise these rights freely and without disruption. Whilst PHROC reiterates the importance of demonstrators carrying out protests in a peaceful manner, it is also gravely concerned by the use of force on behalf of Security Forces to prevent Palestinians from exercising their rights to freedom of assembly and expression.

In accordance with Article 26 of Palestinian Basic Law and Article 2 of the Palestinian Public Assemblies Law 12 of 1998, PHROC states that:

The Palestinian Prime Minister must form an independent and impartial committee to investigate the circumstances behind the suppression of the peaceful protest and to ensure that those responsible for violating human rights are held accountable for their crimes. Those who are found guilty of such crimes must be adequately punished, including dismissal from their positions within the Security Forces;
The PA must publish the procedure and results of an independent investigation and publicly apologise to the victims of these violations.

Regardless of continuous declarations of respect for human rights, including the rights to freedom of assembly and expression, by the PA, police officers and Special Forces officers, the reality has made clear that a culture of respect for citizens’ rights and freedoms is in fact absent among these bodies.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Europa & Palestine News « Kawther Salam

Urgent Petition to European Union: Save Palestinian Prisoners lives

From- The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) – We the undersigned organisations call on the European Union to take practical steps in stopping Israel’s continued violation of human rights through its abuse of Palestinian prisoners.

We call on all politicians, European institutions and NGOs to take prompt action to safeguard the lives of Palestinian prisoners from imminent harm.

Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners is akin to a slow death penalty and in clear violation of International Law.

The tragic death of the 64 year old, Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh, as a result of Israel’s refusal to provide proper medical attention highlights the desperate and inhumane conditions faced by thousands of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

Poor health and chronic illness is endemic and pervasive within Israeli prisons. Of the 4500 Palestinians suffering in Israeli prison, 25 more have been diagnosed with cancer. They too are denied basic access to health care and proper treatment.

The European Union has a moral and legal responsibility under its Association Agreement to ensure that Israel upholds basic standards of human rights.

The European Union must:

Freeze the EU-Israel Association Agreement until Israel stops its ongoing violation of human rights.
All EU member states must put diplomatic pressure on Israel and ensure Israel provides health and medical attention to Palestinian prisoners.
The EU must set up a committee to investigate the death of Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh and Arafat Jaradat who died recently under Israeli torture.
The EU must carry out a full review of human rights violation of Israel before initiating normal trade relations with Israel

Signatory Organizations:

General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference
The European Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners (UFree), Norway
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), UK
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), UK
Koordination Forum Zur Unnterstützung Palästina-Austria
The Palestinian Rights Institute – Ireland
The Palestinian Forum – Denmark
Rights for All –Geneva
The Palestinian Women’s Forum – Germany
The Association of Social and Cultural Foundations – Moscow
Palestijinse Huis. HPH. Holland
Palästinensische Gemeinde Berlin-Germany
Palästinensischer Bund Deutschland für das-Berlin
Pal. Bund Deutschland für Rückkehrrecht -Germany
Palästinensische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland-Germany
The Islamic Council – Copenhagen
ABSPP ONLUS-Italy
ΕΛΛΗΝΟΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΙΝΙΑΚΗ ΦΙΛΙΑ- Greece
Palestinian Centre for Justice- Sweden
Associazione dei Palestinesi in Italia (API)
Palestinian Forum in Youlmd – Denmark
Palestinian Affairs Centre

Saturday, February 9, 2013

US Actress And UN Goodwill Ambassador Visits Vienna « Kawther Salam

US Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Visits Vienna

Mira Katherine Sorvino, 46, is an American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite 1995. She extends her appointment as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking. She calls on the Governments to work hard to fight against the traffic of human beings during the short speech which she delivered before journalists and the UN staff at the Rotunda of the Vienna International Centre.

Sorvino visited the Vienna International Centre and agreed to continue her role as the United Nation office on drugs and crime’s (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking. Ms. Sorvino, who has played a very active role in promoting the plight of human trafficking victims since her initial appointment in February 2009, also met with UNODC staff to discuss the latest trends and issues surrounding this multi-billion dollar crime.

She said: “I’ve had the incredible opportunity to travel the world and meet with Governments, NGOs and survivors as part of my work for UNODC. I have interviewed scores of people whose lives have intersected with this modern-day slave trade, either as those fighting it, those victimized by it, or those perpetrating it.

She added: “I have learned so much and have seen progress, but we are still very, very far from really making a meaningful dent in the problem statistically. The UNODC 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons for example raises serious concerns about low conviction rates 16 per cent of reporting countries did not record a single conviction for trafficking in persons between 2007 and 2010”.

The UN Goodwill Ambassador asks countries “to do better” in the fight against human trafficking. “We must make certain the recommendations, policies, laws and funding are put into practice and use, not simply paid lip service. Governments must vigorously go after organised crime groups involved in this trade, with the victims’ and survivors’ best interest at the heart of all actions. Everyone – governments, business and individuals – can do their part with their own unique capacities; one of the most immediate ways to make a difference is donating to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, which helps victims directly.”

Human trafficking ruthlessly exploits women, men and children and affects all countries – at least 460 trafficking flows were identified between 2007 and 2010 in the UNODC 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, with victims of 136 nationalities detected in 118 countries. Overall, about 27 per cent of detected victims are children with the average age of detected victims appearing to have decreased as child trafficking – particularly that of girls – has been increasingly detected in the last few years.

Yury Fedotov, the executive director of UNODC said that Ms. Sorvino has shown great commitment to the cause of human trafficking. He thanked her for the grateful mission which she carried for over the past four years in support of UNODC-led initiatives aimed at a variety of audiences from policy-makers to the creative community to the media – and for the enthusiasm in which she carries out her work.

As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols against the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons, UNODC is a key global player in the fight against modern-day slavery.

Mr. Fedotov added: “Our work in raising awareness benefits tremendously from the support of prominent individuals from the worlds of arts and entertainment such as Ms. Sorvino. I am fully confident that her prestige, talent and enthusiasm will continue to advance our cause and will send a clear message about the urgency to fight this crime and help its victims”.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Millions of Women Go Missing Yearly « Kawther Salam

Educating girls and women is fine, but it is an abomination, if in Millennium Development Goals, abortafacient birth control/abortion is included. The girls and boys in the womb have an absolute God given right to life from the moment of conception, which may not be violated ever for any reason.

Millions of Women Go Missing Yearly « Kawther Salam

Millions of Women Go Missing Yearly

Barbara Prammer President of the Austrian National Council stated that 35 Million Girls Worldwide Not in School during the opening session of mobilizing resources to empower women and girls: a dialogue among policy makers at UNOV in which experts from governments, the United Nations, civil society, parliaments, women’s organizations and the private sector discussed ways to advance gender equality and empowerment of women.

Delegates have discussed how the gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda can be promoted in international development cooperation and in the post-2015 development agenda under discussion, which will serve as the next international framework building upon the current Millennium Development Goals. The meeting will provide an opportunity for key stakeholder groups to explore how best to nurture gender equality and the empowerment of women in light of emerging sustainable development challenges.

The Austrian National Council Prammer said: “We are aware of the fact that worldwide the multiple crises present challenges for development cooperation; and we all know that the global development community finds itself at an important crossroad. We also know that some people, some politicians, use the crises as justification to reduce development cooperation contributions. Or even worse: Some use it to question the very role of development cooperation”.

She added: “Therefore the path we now take has serious implications for the world we will inhabit in the years to come. Now is not the time to disengage. It is the time to make sure we actually deliver on the Millennium Development Goals: Give children and pregnant women a chance at survival. Make sure children are in school. Make sure women have the same opportunities as men; protect the environment – and ultimately, end poverty”.

Prammer asked: What are the challenges facing Gender Equality? She gave several examples stating that the World Development Report 2012 draws attention to these facts and that there are still 35 million girls worldwide not in school. 4 million “newly missing” women annually
means that millions of girls and women go “missing” each year due to pre-natal discrimination or excess postnatal mortality. Almost all of them (85% or 3.3 million) in China, Sub-Saharan Africa and India.

There are wage gaps that average 20 per cent, along with gaps in labour force participation and there are an estimated 510 million women who will be abused by their partners in their lifetime

Prammer said: “in my capacity as Speaker of the National Council of the Republic of Austria I will continuously promote one certain indicator of the third MDG.It is the participation of women in political decision-making committees at all levels, from the informal and local level to the highest levels of parliament and government.

Concerning the representation of women in politics, the Austrian lower house with 27.9% and the Federal Council with 31,1 % is in place 35 out of 162 in the ranking of the Interparliamentary Union. This is relatively good but still not satisfactory.

Worldwide, women accounted for 20.3 per cent of parliamentarian’s at the end of October 2012. This amounted to nearly a 75 per cent increase since 1995 and a 44 per cent increase over the 2000 level. While trends point to an increase in women´s parliamentary representation, the rate of representation remains low overall, and progress is spread unevenly.

The highest level of women´s representation is found in the Nordic countries. Among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean continue to rank the highest, with a 23 per cent average. Women are elected in greater numbers in systems of proportional representation than they are in majority electoral systems. The use of special measures or quotas is also an important factor. Of the 59 countries that held elections in 2011 for lower or single houses, 2 had implemented special measures favouring women, and electoral quotas were used in 17 of those countries. Where quotas were used, women took 27.4 per cent of seats, as opposed to 15.7 per cent of seats in countries without any form of quota.

That is why I never tire of emphasizing that quotas are tried, tested and useful instruments to ensure women´s participation in politics.

Our participation has to be ensured because I am convinced that the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments is a key factor for women´s involvement in decision-making.

The simple presence of women within these traditional male institutions presents an important opportunity to assess the role of women within the political system and the status of women throughout society. Male and female legislators must work together to solve the problems in their countries. And women must be encouraged, empowered and supported to become strong leaders to successfully address those problems and to build strong, sustainable democracies.

As a staunch parliamentarian I would like to emphasize here that achieving the MDGs is not the responsibility of the executive branch of government alone. A part of parliament’s crucial function is to hold the executive accountable and to ensure that the executive fulfills its mandate. The fulfillment of these functions is imperative to the achievement of the MDGs.

In this context, I would like to highlight also the importance of Gender Budgeting. I am proud of the fact that Austria has written this principle in its constitution, and I am glad that you will hear about this more at tomorrow’s panel.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The sessions on your agenda for the next two days are all equally important, but above all there is one common objective:

It is to explore ways to anchor gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at the centre of a future post-2015 UN development agenda.

Gender equality has long been recognized both as a human right and a core development goal; therefore the post-2015 global development agenda must not only address the elimination of specific gender gaps, but also transform the structural factors that underpin the widespread persistence of gender inequalities, gender-based violence, discrimination and unequal development progress between women and men.

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