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that engage in patterns of rape and other sexual violence, and regularly update the
Council in relevant reports and briefings;
7.
Reiterates its intention, when adopting or renewing targeted sanctions in
situations of armed conflict, to consider including, where appropriate, designation
criteria pertaining to acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence; and calls upon
all peacekeeping and other relevant United Nations missions and United Nations
entities, in particular the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, the
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict,
and the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in
Conflict, to share with relevant United Nations Security Council Sanctions
Committees, including through relevant United Nations Security Council Sanction
Committees’ monitoring groups and groups of experts, all pertinent information
about sexual violence;
Requests the Secretary General to establish monitoring, analysis and
8.
reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence, including rape in
situations of armed conflict and post-conflict and other situations relevant to the
implementation of resolution 1888 (2009), as appropriate, and taking into account
the specificity of each country, that ensure a coherent and coordinated approach at
the field-level, and encourages the Secretary-General to engage with United Nations
actors, national institutions, civil society organizations, health-care service
providers, and women’s groups to enhance data collection and analysis of incidents,
trends, and patterns of rape and other forms of sexual violence to assist the
Council’s consideration of appropriate actions, including targeted and graduated
measures, while respecting fully the integrity and specificity of the monitoring and
reporting mechanism implemented under Security Council resolutions 1612 (2005)
and 1882 (2009) on children and armed conflict;
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure full transparency,
9.
cooperation and coordination of efforts between the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict;
10. Welcomes the work of gender advisers; looks forward to the appointment
of more women protection advisers to peacekeeping missions, in accordance with
resolution 1888 (2009); notes their potential contribution in the framework of the
monitoring, analysis, and reporting arrangements to be established pursuant to OP8
of the present resolution;
11. Welcomes the elaboration by the Secretary-General of scenario-based
training materials on combating sexual violence for peacekeepers and encourages
Member States to use them as a reference for the preparation and deployment of
United Nations peacekeeping operations;
12. Underlines that, in order to carry out their mandate, missions must
communicate effectively with local communities; and encourages the SecretaryGeneral to improve their capacity to do so;
13. Expresses its intention to give due consideration to sexual violence in
mandate authorizations and renewals and to request the Secretary-General to
include, as appropriate, gender expertise in technical assessment missions;
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