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  1. “We would particularly like to highlight and support the Secretary-General's intentions to develop comprehensive strategies and action plans to implement various elements of resolution 1325 (2000). We thank you, Mr. President, for today's debate, which affords us the opportunity to measure our actions and those of the Council with regard to implementing resolution 1325 (2000) in order to eliminate gender-based violence. This is our time to re- commit ourselves vigorously to the tenets of resolution 1325 (2000) and to produce tangible results.”

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  2. “We would also encourage the Council to ensure that its missions to the field include an assessment of sexual and gender-based violence in their terms of reference, where appropriate, and that they meet with local women's groups and networks to get their perspective. The effectiveness of camps, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration installations and related infrastructure depend, to a large extent, on a physical design that reflects the fact that women take part in modern-day conflicts, also in the role of combatants. In conclusion, members of the Network strongly urge the Security Council to give full consideration to the report of the Secretary-General and to the implementation of the recommendations contained therein.”

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  3. “For strategies to be effective, they should build on expertise held by the female civilian population. As the Secretary-General has noted, we need to recognize the extent of the violations of women's and girls' human rights during armed conflict and ensure that planning and implementation of all peace support operations factor in the need to respond to sexual and gender-based violence, including through more effective physical protection, monitoring and reporting. In this regard, we urge the Security Council to be vigilant and to more systematically condemn widespread instances of sexual and gender-based violence in specific conflicts. It must also be prepared to respond to such violence through the design of peace support mandates and by ensuring that a gender perspective is incorporated across the work of United Nations country teams.”

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  4. “We call on all troop-contributing countries to ensure that their peacekeepers uphold the highest standard of conduct in their deployment, and to ensure that appropriate disciplinary measures are put in place and utilized when peacekeepers fail to live up to those standards. A decisive and engaged policy of zero tolerance with regard to gender-based violence is crucial. The international community recognizes that gender experts and expertise need to be included in all aspects of peace operations, including technical surveys and the design concepts of their operation, training, staffing, and programmes; in the absence of such expertise and senior management support, our efforts to effectively address gender-based violence are significantly hindered.”

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  5. “This bulletin provides a much-needed accountability framework for the United Nations system. It also provides important guidance for States. The Network, likewise, supports the work of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises and the efforts by individual agencies to develop policies and measures to enhance accountability on this issue. We applaud the efforts of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations to develop a strategy to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation by United Nations peacekeepers. Members of the Network have noted with interest the discussions that have taken place within the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on gender- based Violence and conduct of peacekeepers.”

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  6. “As the Special Rapporteur on violence against women has stated, if the past 10 years have focused on standard-setting and raising awareness of the issue, then the next 10 years need to focus on implementing and developing strategies to effectively protect women and girls from violence. The United Nations system, including the Security Council, has a critical role to play in this regard, particularly in conflict and post-conflict environments. In this respect, we must be determined, vigilant and consistent in our efforts. And in this, the Security Council must lead the way. Members of the Human Security Network welcomed the development and issuance last year of the Secretary-General's bulletin on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse.”

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  7. “We know that accountability for sexual and gender-based violence is an important aspect of gender justice, particularly in the context of armed conflict. The development of jurisprudence and the prosecution of perpetrators of violence against women and girls through international, regional, and national legal institutions is a crucial step in the fight against impunity for gender-based violence. We strongly encourage the United Nations to strengthen all procedures and mechanisms used to investigate, report, and prosecute Violence against women in armed conflict. And yet, as critical as the development of norms and standards is, this must be matched by concerted efforts to ensure their implementation, monitoring and evaluation.”

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  8. “In the past 10 years, more systematic attention has been devoted to the development of international standards and norms to combat violence against women and to build on existing international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions. The most significant result of these efforts has been the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which specifically defines rape and other forms of violence against women as war crimes and crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia subsequently ruled that creating an atmosphere of sexual violence by, for example, making humiliating sexual threats, raping young girls, and keeping women in captivity and "lending" them out for the purpose of rape and sexual abuse is a crime.”

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  9. “It is the role of the Security Council to work together with countries and Governments, where they exist, to address such crimes. As we mark the fourth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) and look to other important commitments - such as the protection of civilians and children in armed conflict and important milestones, including the 10-year review of the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women - it is now more than ever the time to take strong and concerted action in every situation of conflict and post- conflict reconstruction. As the international community continues its efforts in countries outlined in the Secretary-General's report, it cannot falter in its commitments. Some important progress has been made in constructing an international framework to address gender-based Violence in armed conflict.”

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  10. “I would like to focus my remarks today on one key aspect of follow-up to resolution 1325 (2000), namely, the issue of gender-based violence. Gender- based violence, including sexual abuse and exploitation, have become alarmingly pervasive during conflict situations. We know that hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped in situations of armed conflict, and that sexual exploitation continues to be used as a tool of war in many countries. We also know that there has been a dramatic increase in domestic violence in conflict and post-conflict zones. In his report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict last June, the Secretary- General argued that "we are failing in our collective responsibility to protect women and children from the increasing horrors of sexual and gender-based Violence" (S/2004/43], para. 28).”

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  11. “Countries contributing personnel to peace support operations must, for their part, establish a viable recruitment base that includes the admission of women to their military and police services and appropriate training for all personnel that incorporates a gender perspective. Human Security Network members welcome the Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations, whose theme was "Peace needs women and women need justice", and which was held from 15 to 17 September 2004 in New York. The conclusions and recommendations of the Conference, organized by the International Legal Assistance Consortium and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, represent a valuable contribution towards better understanding the importance of gender justice in the context of the overall effective implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”

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  12. “They also serve to underscore the need to work in cooperation with the various bodies of the Organization. (spoke in English) I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his invaluable report (S/2004/814), which marks the progress we have made, and highlights the challenges we continue to face, in implementing resolution 1325 (2000). We welcome the work that the United Nations has already done to increase the representation of women in all institutions of the United Nations. But we also draw attention to the need for more work to be done in that area, particularly in increasing the representation of women at all levels of decision-making, including as military observers, civilian police, peacekeepers, human rights and humanitarian personnel in United Nations field operations, and as special representatives of the Secretary-General.”

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  13. “Ms. Jaffer (Canada) (spoke in French): I am pleased to address the Security Council today on behalf of Canada, which currently holds the chair of the Human Security Network, an interregional group of countries that includes Austria, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland and Thailand, with South Africa as an observer. On behalf of the countries of the Human Security Network, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for presiding over this open debate on women and peace and security, which is a priority issue for the Network. I would also like to welcome the compelling presentations made today. The representatives around the Council table are a reflection of the expertise at the disposal of the United Nations system.”

    2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066 (2004) · source