S/RES/1325 (2000)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
31 October 2000
Resolution 1325 (2000)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4213th meeting, on
31 October 2000
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1265 (1999) of 17
September 1999, 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 and 1314 (2000) of 11 August 2000,
as well as relevant statements of its President, and recalling also the statement of its
President to the press on the occasion of the United Nations Day for Women’s
Rights and International Peace (International Women’s Day) of 8 March 2000
(SC/6816),
Recalling also the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action (A/52/231) as well as those contained in the outcome document of the
twenty-third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly entitled
“Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First
Century” (A/S-23/10/Rev.1), in particular those concerning women and armed
conflict,
Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations and the primary responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter for
the maintenance of international peace and security,
Expressing concern that civilians, particularly women and children, account
for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict, including as
refugees and internally displaced persons, and increasingly are targeted by
combatants and armed elements, and recognizing the consequent impact this has on
durable peace and reconciliation,
Reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of
conflicts and in peace-building, and stressing the importance of their equal
participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion
of peace and security, and the need to increase their role in decision-making with
regard to conflict prevention and resolution,
Reaffirming also the need to implement fully international humanitarian and
human rights law that protects the rights of women and girls during and after
conflicts,
00-72018 (E)
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