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Austria Federal Ministry for
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Vienna, August 2007
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UN Security Council Resolution 1325
on Women, Peace & Security
AUSTRIAN ACTION PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
1325
The
Austrian Federal Government confirms its commitment to the objectives of SC
Resolution 1325 (2000) and has for this purpose included the Resolution’s
provisions in the government programme as a focus of international peace
efforts. The UN Secretary-General as early as 2004 called upon the UN Member
States to prepare their own national action plans to implement the Resolution,
which was last reaffirmed in a statement of the Security Council Chairman on 7
March 2007.
The
Austrian Action Plan shows the commitment of the Austrian Government to
implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) in the
humanitarian, diplomatic, peacekeeping and development-policy activities of
Austria and strengthens cross-departmental cooperation on this
topic.
Important
objectives of the Austrian Action Plan on implementing UN Security
Council Resolution 1325 (2000), on Women, Peace & Security are as
follows:
§ -Increasing the participation of women in the promotion of
peace and the resolution of conflicts, in particular by supporting local peace
initiatives of women;
§ -Preventing gender-based violence and protecting the needs
and rights of women and girls within the scope of peace missions, humanitarian
operations, as well as in refugee and IDP camps;
§ Increasing representation of Austrian women in international
peace operations as well as in decision-making positions in international and
European organisations.
Measures
to be taken to
this end include:
-
Political
commitment and activities of Austria at international and regional levels;
-
Specific
activities to support women and girls in post-conflict regions;
- Specific human resources
management with the aim to increase the representation of women among deployed
personnel as well as to consistently pursue a “zero tolerance policy” on sexual
abuse and prostitution.
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