STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, October, 2015

This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), which enshrined the topic of women and peace and security on the Council’s agenda. The importance of its implementation and the commitment of States to achieving its objectives were recently underlined once again at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, which was recently organized at United Nations headquarters by the People’s Republic of China and UN-Women. We congratulate the organizers on its successful holding, which once again underscored the importance of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which remain key guidelines in the context of expanding the rights of and opportunities open to women over the past 20 years.