STATEMENT OF GEORGIA, October, 2015.

We strongly believe that women’s rights and gender equality are not only a human rights topic, but also an important peace and security issue. Although maintaining international peace and security is central to our Organization and especially for the Council, today we face far too often situations when the fundamental norms of international, humanitarian and human rights law, as well as other universally recognized principles, are blatantly abused. Georgia condemns in the strongest terms, all cases of violations of women’s rights and discrimination, both in wartime and in peacetime, whether committed by State or non-State actors.