S/RES/2242 (2015)
Taking note of the Report of the Secretary-General on the Future of United
Nations peace operations: implementation of the recommendations of the High -level
Independent Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/682), and the Report of the
Advisory Group of Experts for the Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding
Architecture (S/2015/490), and welcoming the recommendations contained therein
relating to Women, Peace and Security, and further urging all actors to consider
their implementation,
Reaffirming the obligations of States and all parties to armed conflict to
comply with international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as
applicable, and the need to end all violations of international humanitarian law and
all violations and abuses of human rights,
Reaffirming that sexual violence, when used or commissioned as a method or
tactic of war or as a part of a widespread or systematic attack against civilian
populations, can significantly exacerbate and prolong situations of armed conflict
and may impede the restoration of international peace and security,
Welcoming the emphasis placed on achieving gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls in the recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, reaffirming that women’s and girls’ empowerment and
gender equality are critical to conflict prevention and broader efforts to maintain
international peace and security, noting in this regard the emphasis of the Report of
the Independent High-level Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/446), the Report of
the Advisory Group of Experts for the Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding
Architecture (S/2015/490), and the Global Study on the need, inter alia, to invest
more in conflict prevention and women’s empowerment, and further emphasizing
that persisting barriers to the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) will
only be dismantled through dedicated commitment to women’s participation and
human rights, and through concerted leadership, consistent informatio n and action,
and support, to build women’s engagement in all levels of decision -making,
Reiterating the important engagement by men and boys as partners in
promoting women’s participation in the prevention and resolution of armed conflict,
peacebuilding and post-conflict situations,
Noting the changing global context of peace and security, in particular relating
to rising violent extremism, which can be conducive to terrorism, the increased
numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, the impac ts of climate change
and the global nature of health pandemics, and in this regard reiterating its intention
to increase attention to women, peace and security as a cross -cutting subject in all
relevant thematic areas of work on its agenda, including threa ts to international
peace and security caused by terrorist acts,
Recognizing the differential impact on the human rights of women and girls of
terrorism and violent extremism, including in the context of their health, education,
and participation in public life, and that they are often directly targeted by terrorist
groups, and expressing deep concern that acts of sexual and gender-based violence
are known to be part of the strategic objectives and ideology of certain terrorist
groups, used as a tactic of terrorism, and an instrument to increase their power
through supporting financing, recruitment, and the destruction of communities, as
described in the Secretary-General’s Report on Sexual Violence in Conflict of
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