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FOLLOWING THIS IMPORTANT LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, PLEASE SEE LONG LIST OF SIGNATURES/ENDORSEMENTS.

 

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For Sign-On to Letter - Extended Deadline:

Marie-Liesse Mandula -  Secretary General

World Movement of Mothers

mmminternational@wanadoo.fr

 

 

Within the frame of the 61st annual UN DPI NGO Conference in Paris, a Session: " Reaffirming Human Rights for all", and the significance of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820, led to the present action of writing a letter to the UN Secretary-General on the following issue :

 

 

OPEN LETTER

MAKING SENIOR UN LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE/EXPLOITATION BY UN PERSONNEL IN PEACE OPERATIONS

 

 

Dear United Nations Secretary-General:

 

We, the undersigned, congratulate the United Nations and the Security Council for recognizing the experiences of women in conflicts and war. UN Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) articulate the critical role of women in peacemaking and peace building, and that the protection needs of women during conflict and crisis are essential elements of peace and security.

 

Despite these milestones, women and girls continue to experience alarming forms of exploitation and violence – including sexual violence in many countries worldwide.  While the UN has made many efforts, it is most disappointing that parts of the system are still implicated in such abuse in conflict areas.  Even one incident is one too many.

 

It is time to put words into action. SCR 1820 demands zero tolerance.  We know that you have the means – and hopefully the willingness – to take a historic leadership role in this matter, with the following steps:

 

  1. State publicly and strongly that there will be no impunity for UN personnel who engage in any form of exploitation, including sexual abuse.

 

  1. Assert leadership and take needed action on this matter.

 

  1. Make the Special Representatives of the Secretary General (SRSGs), who are your senior most representatives in UN missions, personally responsible for any violation, and ask for their resignation in such cases.

 

  1. Do everything in your power to bring any UN personnel involved in sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to international justice, including through International Criminal Court (ICC) mechanism.

 

We believe that the credibility of the entire UN system is at stake. We urge you to do what is right and take immediate action regarding the steps proposed above. We support you wholeheartedly in this endeavour.

 

We look forward to your response.

 

Thank you and yours sincerely,

 

SEE LIST OF SIGNATURE ORGANIZATIONS

 

cc.

Member States of the Security Council

President of the General Assembly

USG UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations

 

To Sign On, Please Give Name/Organizational Affiliation

Send to: mmminternational@wanadoo.fr

 

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ENDORSED BY:

 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism

 

ACME  France Liberté

 

Child Developement Foundation CDF

 

World ORT

 

EURAG, European Federation of Older Persons

 

JASMA

 

BURMA/NCUB

 

Fundacion SIP, Spain

 

Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research

 

Lutheran World Federation

 

Women’s International Democratic Federation

 

Center for War/ Peace Studies

 

Commission of Interior Affairs/WCC

 

Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

 

Wyse International

 

WEF, World YWCA

 

World Federation of Ukrainian Women

 

Women ARPOSP

 

OSMTH, France

 

Fondation Maman  Henriette Conté

 

OPF

 

Zonta International

 

WRJ

 

ASHAD

 

International League for Human Rights

 

International Federation of University Women

 

Rights and Democracy

 

International Coalition for the Decade

 

WCRP, Religion for Peace, Belgium

 

European Women of Faith Network

 

AFAMMER, Spain

 

Association of Committees for Monitoring                                            

Parliamentarians and Elected Officials (TUMIKOM) Turkey

 

SOS Equilibre Senegal

 

Equipes Saint-Vincent de Paul–  France

 

Ashad Organization, Sudan

 

 

IFOR, International Fellowship of Reconciliation,

 

Ngo Womens Alternative, Sombor, Republic of Serbia

 

WUNRN - Women's UN Report Network

 

Gender & Human Rights Coordinator Islamic Relief-Somalia

 

MIR Italia

 

Proyecto Caribeño de Justicia y Paz San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Americas Nonviolence International, U.S.A.


Amargi Women's Cooperative – Turkey

 

Pour la Concertation des collectifs des associations oeuvrant pour la promotion des femmes de la région des grands-lacs  "COCAFEM/GL"

 

 Fellowship of Reconciliation Japan (JFOR)

 

 Society for Disabled Women (SDW) – Pakistan

 

 "Sana Sezim" – Kazakhstan

 

 Shalom House – Kenya

 

 Liga Internacional de Mujeres por la Paz y la Libertad - Colombia

 

 Fellowship of Reconcilitation USA

 

Center for Girls – Nis Serbia

 

Ecumenical Women’s Synod (Vienna)  For The Netherlands and Belgium

 

Andante


European
Alliance of Catholic Women's Organisations Netherlands

 

National Council of  Churches in  India

 

United Religions Initiative Europe

 

Save The Woman Initiative, Uganda

 

Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Ireland

 

United Religions Initiative (URI) Council for Women, Foundation for Pastoral Care for Women.

 

Vie Féminine, Belgium

 

Network Young Women ,RDC

 

Commission Femme et Sport du C N O S S Senegal

 

Mouvement pour un Monde Meilleur

 

Movimento Internazionale   Riconciliazione-Movimento Nonviolento / IFOR Italy,

 

FFPM-France

 

Glocal Volunteers INDIA

 

Women for Peace , The Netherlands

 

WPP, Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation

 

Mouvement Chrétien pour la Paix,  Belgium

 

Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas FAWCO USA

 

International Alliance of Women

 

WANEP- West Africa Network for Peace building, Cote d'Ivoire

 

WANEP-Togo                      

 

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

 

Catholic Women’s League of Norway (NKKF)

 

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Zimbabwe's

 

IFOR/WPP, Ghana

 

Movement for a Better World

 

Center for Girls - Nis, Serbia

 

FIEFA-MIR, Madagascar

 

Democracy Today , Armenia

 

Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) Iran

 

Hilehili Development Foundation (HDF) Bangladesh

 

Internationales und Ökumene Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund e.V. (KDFB ) Germany

 

Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development

 

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Scotland

 

Schweizerischer Katholischer Frauenbund SKF, Swizerland

 

IFOR/WPP Asia Regional Desk


Fundación Instituto de Mediación Centro Internacional de Abordaje de Conflictos, Agentina

 

Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), Nairobi, Kenya.

 

L'ONG EHUZU AFRICA INTERNATIONAL 

 

Peace and Development, Cambodia

 

Jeunes mamans Célibataires pour la Paix et le Développement, Burundi

 

FEPRODEF - RDC

 

Enfance Sans Drogue, France

 

International Association of Women in Radio and TV

 

Peace and Dévelopment Women Coalition

 

Comité Français des ONG auprès de l’ONU - France

 

Etsuro Totsuka, Ph.D, Prof. of international human rights law, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

 

Soodhakur Ramlallah Asst editor Mauritius Times Secretary Forum of Mauritian Journalists Mauritius

 

Kittiwake Stichting Netherlands

 

Dr. Thanh-Dam Truong Women/Gender and Development Studies, The Netherlands


Janna F. Postma, mennonite pastor, The Hague, Netherlands

 

Anabel Torres writer, poet and translator

 

Aida Abu-Ras  Amman-Jordan

 

Dr Marcel de Picciotto, Grand Chancellor head delegate, UN –Geneva

 

OSMTH Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

 

Charity Angya, Centre for Gender Studies  Benue State University Makurdi Nigeria

 

Santina Soares from Timor-Leste.

 

Lesley Carnus

 

Jamie Cook

 

Lyn Dickens Administrative Assistant  Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies(CPACS)Sydney , Australia

 

Joanne Seldenrath , the Netherlands

 

Drs. S.Delhaas, The Netherlands

 

G.W. van der Werff, , The Netherlands

 

Ds. Jannet van der Spek, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Anke Bisschops

 

Past. van Soevershemstraat ,The Netherlands

 

Cor Appelboom-Harte, the Netherlands

 

Claudine Kpondzo Ahianyo – Togo

 

Vida Korbieh

 

 Justine Nkurunziza  -  Burundi

 

 Sieth Delhaas

 

Aida Abu-Ras  - Amman-Jordan

 

Jan Piet van den Berg,  educational scientist/artist the Netherlands

 

Ndife Amodzi Women’s Group, Lilongwe-Malawi


 Anwar H Alkhalldy – Berlin - Germany

 

 Karin Verbaken Consultora- the Netherlands

 

 Shura Dumanic, Opatija, Croatia

 

Cathrien Roolvink, the Netherlands

 

Brenda Hall Annangrove,  Australia

 

Dr. Guzel Strelkova,

 

Dr. Liudmila Khokhlova, Moscow University, Russia

 

Charlotte Korbee, the Netherlands


Prof. Giovanni Scotto Department of Social Studies, University of Florence, Italy

 

Anna-Joya Faulhaber, the Netherlands.

 

Shelley Booth, Australia

 

Adimir fizi, RDC

 

Cathrien Roolvink, the Netherlands

 

Lasma Latsone

 

Ginta Cukura

 

Linda Mackevica

 

Kristine Finka

 

Marleen peters van der Heyden

 

Melicia Weitsz , Australia

 

Ann Lammers -- Southern New Hampshire

 





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