• Join international efforts to elaborate international
the United Nations Children's Fund for the preparation of materials for the training of United Nations
peacekeepers;
policies to prohibit illicit traffic, trade and transfer of
small arms, and to control their excessive production,
with a view to alleviating the suffering of women and
children in the situation of armed conflict;
• Continue to make resources available nationally
and internationally for prevention of conflict and
ensure women's participation in the elaboration
and implementation of strategies for preventing
conflict;
• Provide landmine awareness campaigns or classes
in close cooperation with communities and community leaders formally and informally, making
them accessible to women in afflicted areas, and
provide resources and assistance for landmine
clearance and share technology and information so
that local populations can engage effectively in the
safe clearance of landmines;
• Recognize and support the work done by national
machineries for the advancement of women and
by non-governmental organizations and work
towards mobilizing the action necessary to encourage the achievement by women of a critical mass
at the national cabinet level in key ministries and
departments and in international organizations
that make or influence policy with regard to
matters related to collective peace and security.
• Support programmes for the rehabilitation and
social integration of women victims of antipersonnel landmines, and demining and mine
awareness activities;
• Encourage as appropriate the role of women in the
Actions to be taken by the United Nations:
peace movement, working towards general and
complete disarmament under strict and effective
international control including disarmament of all
types of weapons of mass destruction;
• Acknowledge and support the vital work of
non-governmental organizations in the field of
peace in efforts towards preventing conflict and
for peace-building;
• Work to prevent and put an end to aggression and
• Organize programmes and seminars to sensitize
all forms of armed conflict, thereby promoting a
culture of peace. ■
community leaders and women on the important
role that women should play in developing a
culture of peace in society.
E. D
isarmament measures, illicit arms
trafficking, landmines and small arms
Actions to be taken by Governments:
• In order to alleviate the suffering of women and
children caused by landmines, work towards the
objective of eliminating anti-personnel landmines;
and in this regard take due note of the conclusion
of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on Their Destruction and
its implementation by those States that become
parties to it;
Source: United Nations document E/1998/27
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