Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region (S/2016/232)

Report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/232)

Code: S/2016/232

Date: 9 March 2016

Topic: This report by the Secretary-General is on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, covering the time period since the last report of 22 September 2015.

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: July 2016

For July, in which Japan has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in the Central African Republic, Cyprus, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and West Africa.

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region (S/2016/232)

Report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/232)

Code: S/2016/232

Date: 9 March 2016

Topic: This report by the Secretary-General is on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, covering the time period since the last report of 22 September 2015.

Ensuring that No One is Left Behind: Financing Gender Equality and Stable and Peaceful Societies for Effective Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

WILPF- PeaceWomen, in collaboration with AWID, Cordaid, Equidad Genero, the Global Acceleration Instrument, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security, the Women's Major Group, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, the Feminist Task Force, and the Women's Environment and Development Organization, will host a side event to the 2016 High Level Political Forum on July 11, 2016 from 1:15-2:30 in the Baha'I International Conference Ro

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (S/2016/452).

Period of Time and Topic: Covering the period 26 February 2016 to 16 May 2016, the report provides an update on the implementation of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) mandate and outlines the major political and security developments in Libya as well as provides an overview of the human rights and humanitarian situation.

Women, Peace and Security

Save the Date: Women, Peace, and Security Financing Workshop

PeaceWomen will be hosting a workshop on financing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in preparation for the 2016 AWID Forum in Brazil, and the High Level Political Forum from July 11-22 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Please see the attached Save the Date for a list of speakers and additional information about the event. More information about the project may be found below.

58th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is Coming Up

58th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is Coming Up

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will from the 6-24 June 2016 be reviewing the following countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, France, Honduras, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

WILPF SHADOW REPORTS

Launch of New WILPF Report at the UN Headquarters in New York

On 6 June 2016, the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom’s Disarmament programme, Reaching Critical Will, launched a report, Preventing gender-based violence through arms control, at a side event to the Sixth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS6).

Explosive Weapons and the Right to Health, Education and Adequate Housing: Extraterritorial Obligations of Sweden under CESCR

WILPF developed a shadow report to the CESCR 58th session regarding Sweden's sale of explosive weapons, specifically to Saudi Arabia.

This report makes the case that international exports of arms and arms licences can give rise to an extraterritorial responsibility for human rights violations.  If these violations could have been expected, then the exporting state has an obligation to refuse the sale.

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