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with their mandates, to protect civilians, including women and girls, from all forms
of sexual violence and to systematically include in his written reports to the Council
on conflict situations his observations concerning the protection of women and girls
and recommendations in this regard;
10. Requests the Secretary-General and relevant United Nations agencies,
inter alia, through consultation with women and women-led organizations as
appropriate, to develop effective mechanisms for providing protection from
violence, including in particular sexual violence, to women and girls in and around
UN managed refugee and internally displaced persons camps, as well as in all
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration processes, and in justice and
security sector reform efforts assisted by the United Nations;
11. Stresses the important role the Peacebuilding Commission can play by
including in its advice and recommendations for post-conflict peacebuilding
strategies, where appropriate, ways to address sexual violence committed during and
in the aftermath of armed conflict, and in ensuring consultation and effective
representation of women’s civil society in its country-specific configurations, as
part of its wider approach to gender issues;
12. Urges the Secretary-General and his Special Envoys to invite women to
participate in discussions pertinent to the prevention and resolution of conflict, the
maintenance of peace and security, and post-conflict peacebuilding, and encourages
all parties to such talks to facilitate the equal and full participation of women at
decision-making levels;
13. Urges all parties concerned, including Member States, United Nations
entities and financial institutions, to support the development and strengthening of
the capacities of national institutions, in particular of judicial and health systems,
and of local civil society networks in order to provide sustainable assistance to
victims of sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations;
14. Urges appropriate regional and sub-regional bodies in particular to
consider developing and implementing policies, activities, and advocacy for the
benefit of women and girls affected by sexual violence in armed conflict;
15. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council by
30 June 2009 on the implementation of this resolution in the context of situations
which are on the agenda of the Council, utilizing information from available United
Nations sources, including country teams, peacekeeping operations, and other
United Nations personnel, which would include, inter alia, information on situations
of armed conflict in which sexual violence has been widely or systematically
employed against civilians; analysis of the prevalence and trends of sexual violence
in situations of armed conflict; proposals for strategies to minimize the
susceptibility of women and girls to such violence; benchmarks for measuring
progress in preventing and addressing sexual violence; appropriate input from
United Nations implementing partners in the field; information on his plans for
facilitating the collection of timely, objective, accurate, and reliable information on
the use of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict, including through
improved coordination of UN activities on the ground and at Headquarters; and
information on actions taken by parties to armed conflict to implement their
responsibilities as described in this resolution, in particular by immediately and
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