Bangladesh
....
We also recognize that a strong Security Council mechanism
is needed to monitor implementation of 1325. Establishing
a working group on women, peace and security may be useful
and a good option in this regard. In our view, the coordination
among various UN agencies and their reporting mechanism should
be enhanced in order to implement 1325 at the grassroots level.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
....
Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the Secretary General's initiative
to launch a multi-year global campaign that has a goal to
bring together the UN, governments and civil society to end
violence against women.
Liberia
....
The resolution needs accountability or measurement mechanisms;
it needs benchmarks and targets for implementation, with institutional
structures and focal points identified within the United Nations
system dedicated specifically to United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1325.
Netherlands
....
Finally, we hope that this process also includes the monitoring
of actions taken by parties to implement their responsibilities.
Nigeria
....
I have elaborated some of the challenges we face in protecting
women from sexual violence in situations of conflict. There
are more. For instance, we also need to strengthen dissemination,
sensitization and monitoring mechanisms in conflict zones.
Conflict monitoring and early warning systems are also needed
to help avert the prevalence of sexual violence during and
after conflicts. There is also a need to ensure effective
monitoring of the implementation of humanitarian assistance
in camps where women have been known to be especially vulnerable.
Switzerland
....
Thirdly, the Security Council should consider establishing
a monitoring mechanism to increase accountability and to ensure
the integration of Resolution 1 325 into the country-specific
and related thematic work. To this end, the Council should
also set up a structure for obtaining timely, accurate and
reliable information on sexual violence committed in situations
of armed conflict and beyond. UN field missions could be entrusted
with this task and thus serve as an "early warning system".
Vietnam
....
At the same time, we must make sure that any new mechanism
to be established will be given careful consideration so as
not to create unnecessary administrative and financial burdens
for Member States and the U.N. agencies.
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of information in country-specific reporting to Council
Austria
....
As a logic consequence, the issue of widespread sexual violence
should be included in the regular reporting to the Security
Council.
Belgium
....
....this perhaps complements the Secretary-General’s
initiative to designate a messenger for peace, of which he
spoke earlier — relates to documenting the magnitude
of this phenomenon, its roots, its evolution and the preparations
for the work that must be done by the courts, whether national
or international. Here, I would like to suggest that the Secretary-General
might appoint a woman special investigator on sexual violence
in armed conflict to carry out the systematic collection of
information and to gather all the material that is already
available in the field, whether from peacekeeping operations,
the United Nations agencies or others operating in the field.
All of this should lead us towards zero impunity, and we must
clearly affirm the United Nations commitment to peace and
security. That must be translated into efforts to tirelessly
and determinedly hunt down the perpetrators of these crimes
so that those monsters will never again be able to sleep in
peace.
Benin
....
The international community must acquire the means to gain
access to the lawless regions where such crimes are committed
and must carry out investigations of reported cases. In this
context, the Council should be able to order special operations,
by virtue of the principle of the responsibility to protect,
in order to establish and document the involvement of armed
groups committing sexual violence against women. Such investigations
would aim also to determine the nature and the scope of the
action to be taken to put an end to these criminal practices.
Synergy should also be established between the activities
of human rights advisers, where they are deployed, and the
monitoring and information mechanism established within the
framework of resolution 1612 (2005), which was initiated by
my country, Benin. This mechanism has been proven itself:
it has enabled us to identify the perpetrators of abuse against
children in situations of armed conflict.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
....
Generally, we can clearly see from the Secretary General's
reports that the United Nations has supported the systematization
and institutionalization of efforts in order to strengthen
action in solving gender problem.
Burkina Faso
....
If conflict does erupt, several actions must follow. In particular,
the Council must have at its disposal precise, relevant and
credible information about the nature of the violence in all
its aspects, including information about those who planned
and carried it out.
Canada
....
Canada was pleased to co-sponsor a conference held two weeks
ago at Wilton Park to examine the role for military peacekeepers
in addressing sexual violence, with the participation of a
mix of practitioners and policy-makers with military, police,
civilian and diplomatic backgrounds. Among the conclusions
that emerged very clearly were that peacekeeping missions
need clear and strong mandates from the Security Council;
that doctrine must be developed to provide guidance to the
missions; and that tie Council's monitoring of sexual violence
and efforts to address it must become more systematic.
Systematic data collection on grave violations of women's
and girls' human rights is of utmost importance to effective
monitoring. Canada reiterates its recommendation that violence
against women and girls, including sexual violence, be systematically
included in all reports of the Secretary-General to the Council.
Through rigorous data collection and monitoring, the Council
would increase its capacity to develop effective peace support
mandates that better address this violence, including by way
of prevention in the first instance.
Korea
....
Thirdly, on the reporting mechanism, our delegation is of
the view that the Security Council needs to institutionalize
and systematize its consideration process of sexual violence
in armed conflict. For this purpose, an action plan of the
Secretary-General is recommended with priority to establish
a mechanism to collect information and to report periodically
to the Council on such situations.
Netherlands
....
The adoption of a resolution will be an important step in
recognizing this link. We look forward to a report of the
SG, which initiates a process to ensure follow up by the Security
Council and to improve coordination of UN activities on the
ground.
Nigeria
....
It is also important to make a clear commitment to move the
implementation of this resolution forward. In this regard,
we support the call for the Secretary General to periodically
report to the Security Council on the use of sexual violence
against women in armed conflict situations.
Panama
....
In relevant cases, the Secretary-General should also include
more detailed information about the issue in his reports on
specific conflict situations.
Russia
....
Those goals are all part of the gender component in the reports
of the Secretary- General to the Security Council on the subject
of today’s meeting, and also of the annual thematic
reports on women and peace and security, the protection of
civilians in armed conflict, children and armed conflict,
and others.
Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
....
Every UN peacekeeping mission should include as a priority
the protection of women and the safeguarding of women peace
builders and include information about sexual and gender based
violence in their regular reports to the Security Council.
South Africa
....
We are pleased that the UN system has become more coordinated
in its efforts to address all forms of violence, including
sexual violence against women and girls in armed conflict.
Initiatives such as UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict,
consisting of UN agencies such as UNDP, WHO, UNIFEM and UNFPA
have been established to improve the quality of the UN'S programming
to better address sexual violence and improve accountability.
A better-coordinated UN system would ensure that adequate
information collection and management systems would be in
place in conflict situations to collect and feed data on sexual
violence to the Secretary-General.
Switzerland
....
Additionally, the Security Council might wish to ask the Secretary-General
to submit reports on "lessons learned based on the expertise
of UN specialised agencies or programmes, such as UNIFEM and
UNICEF, and take into account the security assessments of
local and international women's groups.
United Kingdom
....
My government believes that the Security Council should show
leadership on the issue of sexual violence by:
1. …
2. …
3. …
4. Requiring regular updates about sexual violence in situations
of armed conflict, so that we can better understand how to
prevent it.
United States
....
Today’s resolution establishes a mechanism for bringing
these atrocities to light. Specifically, the resolution requests
that the Secretary General prepare an action plan for collecting
information on the use of sexual violence in situations of
armed conflict and then reporting that information periodically
to the Council.
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Report from Secretary-General
Argentina
....
In order to ensure effective measures are adopted, we consider
it will be particularly useful to have a Report by the Secretary
General, systematizing and analyzing the information available
to the UN system, with a specific focus in the shocking phenomenon
of sexual violence as a political and military tool.
Canada
....
Canada strongly believes that a report by the Secretary General
to the Council which includes recommendations to improve the
UN's response, both within the Security Council and beyond,
to eliminate sexual violence in conflict situations, would
be valuable. The report should draw on the full breadth of
expertise including from UN Action against Sexual Violence
in Conflict and relevant non-governmental organizations and
women's groups at the local and global levels. An independent
expert could be appointed to lead this study.
China
....
I am very pleased to note that, under your personal guidance,
the US Delegation submitted a draft resolution on elimination
of all forms of sexual violence under this agenda item. China
supports adoption of this resolution. The resolution requests
the Secretary General to submit a report on its implementation
before 30 June 2009. I'd like to point out that, a few months
ago, the 62'"' Session of the General Assembly adopted
Resolution 621134 on the same issue, which requested the Secretary
General to submit a report on its implementation at the 63rd
GA Session. To save resources and avoid duplication of work,
we hope the Secretary General will strengthen coordination
and make good use of all the information available so as to
submit high quality reports both to the Security Council and
to the General Assembly.
Mexico
....
We hope that the report that has been requested of the Secretary-General
through the draft resolution before the Council will clearly
identify practical proposals regarding strategies to minimize
the vulnerability of women and girls to this type of violence.
It is essential that our political will to eliminate sexual
violence in situations of armed conflict be reflected in concrete
outcomes. We cannot allow more time to pass. We have a moral
obligation to act now, in a decisive manner.
Panama
....
In order to improve the ability of the Security Council to
react effectively to this challenge, we need credible and
relevant information about sexual violence. It is therefore
imperative that the Secretary- General provide the Council
with periodic reports highlighting the deep-rooted causes
of the phenomenon, as well as the most effective strategies
to combat it. In relevant cases, the Secretary-General should
also include more detailed information about the issue in
his reports on specific conflict situations.
Russia
....
The situation is hardly optimal when we ask the Secretary-General
for a report on sexual violence only to find that the same
request has been made by a body other than the Security Council.
In particular, we have asked him for a report on women and
peace and security. We must recall that the General Assembly
adopted resolution 62/134 — on eliminating rape and
other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations,
including in conflict and related situations — which
also required an appropriate report of the Secretary-General
on the issue of sexual violence.
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