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Global Network of Women
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WOMEN CALL ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 MANDATES IN ALL RESOLUTIONS
RELATED TO WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY |
New York, January 11, 2010 - An
open letter (click here for pdf file)
to members of the Security Council calling for maintaining the mandates of
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women and Peace
and Security in all subsequent resolutions on women, especially those calling
for the prevention of sexual abuse and rape, was issued yesterday
by more than 65 organizations and women from around the world. The concern that motivated the
letter was due to the lack of consultation with women's civil society
organizations prior to the recent adoption of UNSCR1960. The resolution also
treats women mostly as victims. The Open Letter states that there is no crime
worse for women or men than rape, the trauma from which remains for a
lifetime. It further says that rape will be reduced in war time only when
greater efforts are made to Prevent the violence, when more women are Participating
in decision making and when guns are regulated and reduced. The letter was addressed to the
15 Permanent Representatives of the member states of the United Nations
Security Council and copied to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the
United Nations; Ms. Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General of UN Women; Ms. Margot
Wallstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence
in Conflict; Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political
Affairs; and Mr. John McNee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of
Canada in his capacity as the coordinator of the Friends of 1325 with the
request to circulate the letter to all members of the group. ___________________________________________________________________ |