Implementation

The United Nations should, as a priority, respond to systematic mass violence against women and
children. Equal attention should be given to all categories of such violence in conflicts. Of serious
concern are cases in which women and children are killed or injured, including as a result of the
indiscriminate or excessive use of force. Unfortunately, recent examples of that can be found in

Resolution 1325 (2000) remains our most important guideline in enhancing the role of women in
conflict prevention and settlement, post-conflict rehabilitation and the protection of women's
rights during conflicts. We must implement the resolution's provisions by creating equal
opportunities for women to participate actively in all peacekeeping and security efforts and in

It is important that gender mainstreaming in United Nations work, including in the field, yield
concrete results in the protection and advancement of women and girls in conflict and postconflict
societies. That requires balanced system-wide approaches that provide, first and foremost,
for the full participation of women themselves in those processes.

To achieve all of those objectives, professionals involved in mediation and peacebuilding should
have the tools they need to mainstream the gender perspective in their work. Reports of the United
Nations and of various early warning mechanisms would benefit from the identification and
analysis of empirical data disaggregated by gender and other key factors. Sources for such

That obliges the international community and, in particular, the Security Council to focus their
efforts on including women in peace processes to the greatest extent possible. To that end, a
number of creative ways to involve women in peace processes have been identified over the past
few years, and we must make a careful effort to document and promote such models so that they

Over the past eight years, the Security Council has closely followed the implementation of
resolution 1325 (2000). The report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/622) clearly indicates that the
overall peace and security architecture of the United Nations has been more sensitive to women's
needs in situations of armed conflict and post-conflict societies. However, a noticeable gap

We recognize that the greatest share of responsibility for the implementation of the resolution lies
with Member States. Indeed, the United Nations cannot provide for greater female participation in
peacekeeping operations if Member States do not ensure that there are sufficient women
candidates for peacekeeping missions. One cannot expect the promotion of women's rights and

We believe that a drastic solution to the problem of violence against women is to resolve conflicts,
to settle them at the very outset, to ensure that peace prevails, to set up an effective and
transparent security sector, to accelerate development in post-conflict States and to strengthen the
role of women in all fields. That is something in which the United Nations specialized agencies

We agree with the statement in the Secretary- General's report that there is no single agreed
approach for dealing with the issue of the gender gap. We must take into account the specificities
and needs of each State. We reaffirm yet again that it is the responsibility of States to adopt
effective national legislation to promote the rights of women, to eliminate the culture of impunity

Mr. Dabbashi (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): Eight years have passed since the
adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). Generally speaking, we are satisfied with the implementation
of the resolution by the United Nations and on the national level by States throughout the world.
However, the situation of women and girls in conflict zones remains a source of great concern, as