S/RES/1889 (2009)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
5 October 2009
Resolution 1889 (2009)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 6196th meeting, on
5 October 2009
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a
mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006),
1820 (2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009) and all relevant Statements of its Presidents,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
and bearing in mind the primary responsibility of the Security Council under the
Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security,
Recalling the resolve expressed in the 2005 United Nations General Assembly
World Summit Outcome Document (A/RES/60/1) to eliminate all forms of violence
against women and girls, the obligations of States Parties to the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Optional
Protocol thereto, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional
Protocols thereto, recalling also the commitments contained in the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action as well as those contained in the outcome
document of the twenty-third Special Session of the United Nations General
Assembly entitled “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the
Twenty-First Century” (A/S-23/10/Rev.1), in particular those concerning women
and armed conflict,
Having considered the report of the Secretary General (S/2009/465) of
16 September 2009 and stressing that the present resolution does not seek to make
any legal determination as to whether situations that are referred to in the SecretaryGeneral’s report are or are not armed conflicts within the context of the Geneva
Conventions and the Additional Protocols thereto, nor does it prejudge the legal
status of the non-State parties involved in these situations,
Welcoming the efforts of Member States in implementing its resolution 1325
(2000) at the national level, including the development of national action plans, and
encouraging Member States to continue to pursue such implementation,
Reiterating the need for the full, equal and effective participation of women at
all stages of peace processes given their vital role in the prevention and resolution of
conflict and peacebuilding, reaffirming the key role women can play in
re-establishing the fabric of recovering society and stressing the need for their
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