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Annex 2:Text of the ResolutionsUNSCR 1325 (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 statementsof its President and recalling also the statement of its President, to the press on the occasionof the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace 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 SpecialSession 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 thoseconcerning women and armed conflict,Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and theprimary responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter for the maintenance ofinternational peace and security,Expressing concern that civilians, particularly women and children, account for the vastmajority of those adversely affected by armed conflict, including as refugees and internallydisplaced persons, and increasingly are targeted by combatants and armed elements, andrecognizing the consequent impact this has on durable peace and reconciliation,Reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflictsand in peace-building, and stressing the importance of their equal participation and fullinvolvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, andthe need to increase their role in decision- making with regard to conflict prevention andresolution,Reaffirming also the need to implement fully international humanitarian and human rightslaw that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts,Emphasizing the need for all parties to ensure that mine clearance and mine awarenessprogrammes take into account the special needs of women and girls,Recognizing the urgent need to mainstream a gender perspective into peacekeepingoperations, and in this regard noting the Windhoek Declaration and the Namibia Planof Action on Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Multidimensional Peace SupportOperations (S/2000/693),Recognizing also the importance of the recommendation contained in the statementof its President to the press of 8 March 2000 for specialized training for all peacekeeping28
personnel on the protection, special needs and human rights of women and children inconflict situations,Recognizing that an understanding of the impact of armed conflict on women and girls,effective institutional arrangements to guarantee their protection and full participationin the peace process can significantly contribute to the maintenance and promotion ofinternational peace and security,Noting the need to consolidate data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls,1. Urges Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decisionmakinglevels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for theprevention, management, and resolution of conflict;2. Encourages the Secretary-General to implement his strategic plan of action (A/49/587)calling for an increase in the participation of women at decision-making levels in conflictresolution and peace processes;3. Urges the Secretary-General to appoint more women as special representatives and envoysto pursue good offices on his behalf, and in this regard calls on Member States toprovide candidates to the Secretary-General, for inclusion in a regularly updated centralizedroster;4. Further urges the Secretary-General to seek to expand the role and contribution ofwomen in United Nations field-based operations, and especially among military observers,civilian police, human rights and humanitarian personnel;5. Expresses its willingness to incorporate a gender perspective into peacekeeping operationsand urges the Secretary-General to ensure that, where appropriate, field operationsinclude a gender component;6. Requests the Secretary-General to provide to Member States training guidelines andmaterials on the protection, rights and the particular needs of women, as well as on theimportance of involving women in all peacekeeping and peace-building measures, invitesMember States to incorporate these elements as well as HIV/AIDS awareness traininginto their national training programmes for military and civilian police personnel inpreparation for deployment and further requests the Secretary-General to ensure thatcivilian personnel of peacekeeping operations receive similar training;7. Urges Member States to increase their voluntary financial, technical and logistical supportfor gender-sensitive training efforts, including those undertaken by relevant fundsand programmes, inter alia, the United Nations Fund for Women and United NationsChildren’s Fund, and by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and otherrelevant bodies;8. Calls on all actors involved, when negotiating and implementing peace agreements, toadopt a gender perspective, including, inter alia: (a) The special needs of women andgirls during repatriation and resettlement and for rehabilitation, reintegration and postconflictreconstruction; (b) Measures that support local women’s peace initiatives andindigenous processes for conflict resolution, and that involve women in all of the imple-29
Page 3 and 4: Development and Implementation ofNa
Page 5 and 6: AcknowledgementsThis Guideline for
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Page 11 and 12: Executive SummaryThe suffering of w
Page 13 and 14: PrefaceOn October 31, 2000, Securit
Page 15 and 16: Section 1: IntroductionWomen and ch
Page 17 and 18: Highlights of UNSCR 1325 and Relate
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Page 21 and 22: ••Ownership - The process of dr
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Page 29 and 30: 1. A table of content and list of a
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Page 33 and 34: outside the government that are alr
Page 35 and 36: 5. Socio-economic aspects not caugh
Page 37 and 38: AnnexesAnnex 1:Potential Stakeholde
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Page 47 and 48: UNSCR 1888“The Security Council,
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Page 55 and 56: “Welcoming the upcoming establish
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