S/RES/1325 (2000) Emphasizing the need for all parties to ensure that mine clearance and mine awareness programmes take into account the special needs of women and girls, Recognizing the urgent need to mainstream a gender perspective into peacekeeping operations, and in this regard noting the Windhoek Declaration and the Namibia Plan of Action on Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Multidimensional Peace Support Operations (S/2000/693), Recognizing also the importance of the recommendation contained in the statement of its President to the press of 8 March 2000 for specialized training for all peacekeeping personnel on the protection, special needs and human rights of women and children in conflict situations, Recognizing that an understanding of the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, effective institutional arrangements to guarantee their protection and full participation in the peace process can significantly contribute to the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security, Noting the need to consolidate data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, Urges Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all 1. decision-making levels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict; Encourages the Secretary-General to implement his strategic plan of 2. action (A/49/587) calling for an increase in the participation of women at decisionmaking levels in conflict resolution and peace processes; Urges the Secretary-General to appoint more women as special 3. representatives and envoys to pursue good offices on his behalf, and in this regard calls on Member States to provide candidates to the Secretary-General, for inclusion in a regularly updated centralized roster; Further urges the Secretary-General to seek to expand the role and 4. contribution of women in United Nations field-based operations, and especially among military observers, civilian police, human rights and humanitarian personnel; Expresses its willingness to incorporate a gender perspective into 5. peacekeeping operations, and urges the Secretary-General to ensure that, where appropriate, field operations include a gender component; Requests the Secretary-General to provide to Member States training 6. guidelines and materials on the protection, rights and the particular needs of women, as well as on the importance of involving women in all peacekeeping and peacebuilding measures, invites Member States to incorporate these elements as well as HIV/AIDS awareness training into their national training programmes for military and civilian police personnel in preparation for deployment, and further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that civilian personnel of peacekeeping operations receive similar training; Urges Member States to increase their voluntary financial, technical and 7. logistical support for gender-sensitive training efforts, including those undertaken by relevant funds and programmes, inter alia, the United Nations Fund for Women and United Nations Children’s Fund, and by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant bodies; 2