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Wallstriim

lines on the record: 105
first: 2010-04-27
most recent: 2016-05-11
sittings or episodes: 9
sources: un-security-council

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“The psychological scars remain beneath the surface of a society and, like any explosive remnant of war, make peace less possible. Far from being a niche issue, sexual violence is part of a larger pattern. The changing nature of conflict is characterized by an increased civilian-combatant interface, which has seen the targeting of populations and the placing of women and girls at ever greater risk. Rule by rape is used by political and military leaders to achieve political, military and economic ends. Politically motivated rape is a disturbing trend witnessed in the wake of Kenya's contested elections and, more recently, in broad daylight on the streets of Guinea. Such crimes create a security crisis that demands a security response. So what is the response of the United Nations system, and what is missing?”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“Governments and armed groups that tolerate sexual terror make a mockery of the United Nations Charter and this Council's action to enforce it. Those who employ sexual violence to punish, humiliate, terrorize 10-33085 or displace commit crimes against the victims and crimes against humanity. Sexual violence creates and perpetuates an atmosphere of insecurity. This leads to a drastic decline in the number of girls able to safely attend school and the number of women able to access water points, marketplaces and polling booths. As a biological weapon, it increases the disease burden on a community, including HIV and AIDS. It uproots and fractures families, dissolving community bonds by turning victims into outcasts.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“The complementary efforts of other United Nations bodies to advance gender equality, development and justice are crucial, and I look forward to working With them as a bridge to the broader United Nations membership. Yet our approach to rape in places Where peace and order prevail no more equips us to address systematic rape as a war strategy than our approach to murder prepares us for genocide. In terms of their intent, extent and impact, the crimes are incomparable. In the wake of the Second World War, the United Nations Charter was adopted to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war", which "has brought untold sorrow". But still, the scourge of rape continues, and its sorrows are largely left untold. Succeeding generations continue to be born of rape at gunpoint and stigmatized as the stepchildren of war.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“From the Trojan War to the nuclear age, rape has existed in symbiotic relationship with armed conflict. And yet, it is a relationship we are just beginning to understand. History has perpetuated the ancient myth of "arms and the man", prioritizing the plight of soldiers on the front lines While relegating women to the sidelines. This Council, however, has helped redefine the relationship between rape and war and, more broadly, between women and peace and security. Resolution 1820 (2008) was a historic response to a heinous reality. It was a response commensurate with the understanding that conflict-related sexual violence is collective violence aimed at destroying not only people, but their sense of being a people.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source
“Ms. Wallstriim: First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, and the Permanent Mission of Japan for this opportunity to address the Security Council as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Why should this body, which debates matters of war and peace, debate the security of women? I am honoured to add my voice to the Council's groundbreaking consideration of that question. I will also share a frank assessment of the gaps in our efforts to address sexual Violence, the challenges I observed on my visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how my vision and five-point agenda aim to respond. I would like to leave the Council with two forward-looking recommendations: that sexual violence be given continuous consideration and that prevention be made a top priority.”
2010-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6302 (2010) · source