To conclude, the Secretary-General's report notes that we are not seeing resu...

To conclude, the Secretary-General's report notes that we are not seeing results at the pace that we expected or that women rightfully expect of us. For this, we need to ensure that women have opportunities to play their full role in peace and security. We know there is no shortage of women's leadership. However, as the Secretary-General's report points out, there IS a shortage of opportunities for women to engage in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. We must create these opportunities. Creating these opportunities is not impossible, but it takes a special effort. It requires determination to make a priority of preventing gender-based violence in conflict. It requires determination to investigate and prosecute abuses of women's rights, or to insist on including women in a donor conference or a peace negotiation. This determination is not a matter of simply ‘going through the motions'. It is about ‘going the extra mile'.