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3.
Notes that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of
international concern committed against women and girls has been strengthened
through the work of the ICC, ad hoc and mixed tribunals, as well as specialized
chambers in national tribunals; reiterates its intention to continue forcefully to fight
impunity and uphold accountability with appropriate means;
4.
Draws attention to the importance of a comprehensive approach to
transitional justice in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, encompassing the
full range of judicial and non-judicial measures, as appropriate;
Recognizes the need for more systematic monitoring of and attention to
5.
sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations and other women and
peace and security commitments in its own work and, in this regard, expresses its
intent to employ, as appropriate, all means at its disposal to ensure women’s
participation in all aspects of mediation, post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding
and to address sexual violence in conflict, including, inter alia, in the establishment
and review of peacekeeping and political mandates, public statements, country visits,
fact-finding missions, international commissions of inquiry, consultations with
regional bodies and in the work of relevant Security Council sanctions committees;
Recognizes the need for more timely, objective, accurate and reliable
6.
information as a basis for prevention and response and requests the SecretaryGeneral and relevant United Nations entities to accelerate the establishment and
implementation of monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflictrelated 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;
Calls for the further deployment of Women Protection Advisors (WPA)
7.
in accordance with resolution 1888 to facilitate the implementation of Security
Council resolutions on women and peace and security and calls upon the SecretaryGeneral to ensure that the need for, and the number and roles of WPAs are
systematically assessed during the planning and review of each United Nations
peacekeeping and political mission, and to ensure that these experts are adequately
trained and deployed in a timely manner; and recognizes the role of UN Action
against Sexual Violence in Conflict in facilitating coordinated responses of relevant
peacekeeping, humanitarian, human rights, political and security actors and
emphasizes the need for enhanced coordination, information sharing, analysis,
response planning and implementation across these sectors;
Recognizes the distinct role of Gender Advisors in ensuring that gender
8.
perspectives are mainstreamed in policies, planning and implementation by all
mission elements; calls upon the Secretary-General to continue to deploy Gender
Advisors to the relevant United Nations peacekeeping and political missions as well
as humanitarian operations and to ensure comprehensive gender training of all
relevant peacekeeping and civilian personnel;
Acknowledges the efforts of United Nations entities in ensuring United
9.
Nations Commissions of Inquiry in armed conflict and post-conflict situations have,
where necessary, sexual and gender-based crimes expertise to accurately document
such crimes and encourages all Member States to support these efforts;
10. Reiterates its demand for the complete cessation with immediate effect
by all parties to armed conflict of all acts of sexual violence and its call for these
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