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INFO UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE

UNCLAS STATE 103314 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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TAGS: KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWWMN
SUBJECT: VOTING INSTRUCTION - WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY 
RESOLUTION 
 
¶1. (U) This is an action request:  The Department instructs 
USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council 
resolution regarding Women, peace and security on October 5, 
¶2009.  USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of 
the resolution.  Post should seek additional guidance from 
the Department if there are any additional substantive 
changes to the resolution text. 
 
¶2. (U) Begin text: 
 
The Security Council, 
 
Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full 
implementation, in a mutually-reinforcing manner, of 
resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1820 
(2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009) and all relevant Statements 
of its Presidents, 
 
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the 
United Nations, and bearing in mind the primary 
responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter for 
the maintenance of international peace and security, 
 
Recalling the resolve expressed in the 2005 United Nations 
General Assembly World Summit Outcome Document (A/RES/60/1) 
to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, 
the obligations of States Parties to the Convention on the 
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and 
the Optional Protocol thereto, the Convention on the Rights 
of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, recalling 
also the commitments contained in the Beijing Declaration and 
Platform for Action as well as those contained in the outcome 
document of the twenty-third Special Session of the United 
Nations General Assembly entitled &Women 2000: Gender 
Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First 
Century8 (A/S-23/10/Rev.1), in particular those concerning 
women and armed conflict, 
 
Having considered the report of the Secretary General 
S/2009/465 of 16 September 2009 and stressing that the 
present resolution does not seek to make any legal 
determination as to whether situations that are referred to 
in the Secretary-General,s report are or are not armed 
conflicts within the context of the Geneva Conventions and 
the Additional Protocols thereto, nor does it prejudge the 
legal status of the non-State parties involved in these 
situations, 
 
Welcoming the efforts of Member States in implementing its 
resolution 1325 (2000) at the national level, including the 
development of national action plans, and encouraging Member 
States to continue to pursue such implementation, 
 
Reiterating the need for the full, equal and effective 
participation of women at all stages of peace processes given 
their vital role in the prevention and resolution of conflict 
and peacebuilding, reaffirming the key role women can play in 
re-establishing the fabric of recovering society and 
stressing the need for their involvement in the development 
and implementation of post-conflict strategies in order to 
take into account their perspectives and needs, 
 
Expressing deep concern about the under-representation of 
women at all stages of peace processes, particularly the very 
low numbers of women in formal roles in mediation processes 
and stressing the need to ensure that women are appropriately 
appointed at decision-making levels, as high level mediators, 
and within the composition of the mediators, teams, 
 
Remaining deeply concerned about the persistent obstacles to 
women,s full involvement in the prevention and resolution of 
conflicts and participation in post-conflict public life, as 
a result of violence and intimidation, lack of security and 
lack of rule of law, cultural discrimination and 
stigmatization, including the rise of extremist or fanatical 
views on women, and socio-economic factors including the lack 
of access to education, and in this respect, recognizing that 
the marginalization of women can delay or undermine the 
achievement of durable peace, security and reconciliation, 
 
Recognizing the particular needs of women and girls in 
post-conflict situations, including, inter alia, physical 
security, health services including reproductive and mental 
health, ways to ensure their livelihoods, land and property 
rights, employment, as well as their participation in 
decision-making and post-conflict planning, particularly at 
early stages of post-conflict peacebuilding, 
 
Noting that despite progress, obstacles to strengthening 
women,s participation in conflict prevention, conflict 
resolution and peacebuilding remain, expressing concern that 
women,s capacity to engage in public decision making and 
economic recovery often does not receive adequate recognition 
or financing in post-conflict situations, and underlining 
that funding for women,s early recovery needs is vital to 
increase women,s empowerment, which can contribute to 
effective post-conflict peacebuilding, 
 
Noting that women in situations of armed conflict and 
post-conflict situations continue to be often considered as 
victims and not as actors in addressing and resolving 
situations of armed conflict and stressing the need to focus 
not only on protection of women but also on their empowerment 
in peacebuilding, 
 
Recognizing that an understanding of the impact of situations 
of armed conflict on women and girls, including as refugees 
and internally displaced persons, adequate and rapid response 
to their particular needs, and effective institutional 
arrangements to guarantee their protection and full 
participation in the peace process, particularly at early 
stages of post-conflict peacebuilding, can significantly 
contribute to the maintenance and promotion of international 
peace and security, 
 
Welcoming the United Nations initiative to develop a system 
similar to that pioneered by the United Nations Development 
Programme to allow decision-makers to track gender-related 
allocations in United Nations Development Group Multi-Donor 
Trust Funds, 
 
Welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General to appoint 
more women to senior United Nations positions, particularly 
in field missions, as a tangible step towards providing 
United Nations leadership on implementation of its resolution 
1325 (2000), 
 
Welcoming the upcoming establishment of a United Nations 
Steering Committee to enhance visibility and strengthen 
coordination within the United Nations system regarding the 
preparations for the 10th anniversary of resolution 1325 
(2000), 
 
Encouraging relevant actors to organize events during 
2009-2010 at the global, regional and national levels to 
increase awareness about resolution 1325 (2000), including 
ministerial events, to renew commitments to &Women and peace 
and security8, and to identify ways to address remaining and 
new challenges in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) in the 
future, 
 
¶1.    Urges Member States, international and regional 
organisations to take further measures to improve women,s 
participation during all stages of peace processes, 
particularly in conflict resolution, post-conflict planning 
and peacebuilding, including by enhancing their engagement in 
political and economic decision-making at early stages of 
recovery processes, through inter alia promoting women,s 
leadership and capacity to engage in aid management and 
planning, supporting women,s organizations, and countering 
negative societal attitudes about women,s capacity to 
participate equally; 
 
¶2.    Reiterates its call for all parties in armed conflicts 
to respect fully international law applicable to the rights 
and protection of women and girls; 
 
¶3.    Strongly condemns all violations of applicable 
international law committed against women and girls in 
situations of armed conflicts and post-conflict situations, 
demands all parties to conflicts to cease such acts with 
immediate effect, and emphasizes the responsibility of all 
States to put an end to impunity and to prosecute those 
responsible for all forms of violence committed against women 
and girls in armed conflicts, including rape and other sexual 
violence; 
¶4.    Calls upon the Secretary-General to develop a strategy, 
including through appropriate training, to increase the 
number of women appointed to pursue good offices on his 
behalf, particularly as Special Representatives and Special 
Envoys, and to take measures to increase women,s 
participation in United Nations political, peacebuilding and 
peacekeeping missions; 
 
¶5.    Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all 
country reports to the Security Council provide information 
on the impact of situations of armed conflict on women and 
girls, their particular needs in post-conflict situations and 
obstacles to attaining those needs; 
 
¶6.    Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that relevant 
United Nations bodies, in cooperation with Member States and 
civil society, collect data on, analyze and systematically 
assess particular needs of women and girls in post-conflict 
situations, including, inter alia, information on their needs 
for physical security and participation in decision-making 
and post-conflict planning, in order to improve system-wide 
response to those needs; 
 
¶7.    Expresses its intention, when establishing and renewing 
the mandates of United Nations missions, to include 
provisions on the promotion of gender equality and the 
empowerment of women in post-conflict situations, and 
requests the Secretary-General to continue, as appropriate, 
to appoint gender advisors and/or women-protection advisors 
to United Nations missions and asks them, in cooperation with 
United Nations Country Teams, to render technical assistance 
and improved coordination efforts to address recovery needs 
of women and girls in post-conflict situations; 
 
¶8.    Urges Member States to ensure gender mainstreaming in 
all post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery processes and 
sectors; 
 
¶9.    Urges Member States, United Nations bodies, donors and 
civil society to ensure that women,s empowerment is taken 
into account during post-conflict needs assessments and 
planning, and factored into subsequent funding disbursements 
and programme activities, including through developing 
transparent analysis and tracking of funds allocated for 
addressing women,s needs in the post-conflict phase; 
 
¶10.   Encourages Member States in post-conflict situations, 
in consultation with civil society, including women,s 
organizations, to specify in detail women and girls, needs 
and priorities and design concrete strategies, in accordance 
with their legal systems, to address those needs and 
priorities, which cover inter alia support for greater 
physical security and better socio-economic conditions, 
through education, income generating activities, access to 
basic services, in particular health services, including 
sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and 
mental health, gender-responsive law enforcement and access 
to justice, as well as enhancing capacity to engage in public 
decision-making at all levels; 
 
¶11.   Urges Member States, United Nations bodies and civil 
society, including non-governmental organizations, to take 
all feasible measures to ensure women and girls, equal 
access to education in post-conflict situations, given the 
vital role of education in the promotion of women,s 
participation in post-conflict decision-making; 
 
¶12.   Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to respect 
the civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and 
settlements, and ensure the protection of all civilians 
inhabiting such camps, in particular women and girls, from 
all forms of violence, including rape and other sexual 
violence, and to ensure full, unimpeded and secure 
humanitarian access to them; 
 
¶13.   Calls upon all those involved in the planning for 
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration to take into 
account particular needs of women and girls associated with 
armed forces and armed groups and their children, and provide 
for their full access to these programmes; 
 
¶14.   Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission and 
Peacebuilding Support Office to continue to ensure systematic 
attention to and mobilisation of resources for advancing 
gender equality and women,s empowerment as an integral part 
of post-conflict peacebuilding, and to encourage the full 
participation of women in this process; 
 
¶15.   Request the Secretary-General, in his agenda for action 
to improve the United Nations, peacebuilding efforts, to 
take account of the need to improve the participation of 
women in political and economic decision-making from the 
earliest stages of the peacebuilding process; 
 
¶16.   Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full 
transparency, cooperation and coordination of efforts between 
the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on 
Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Representative of 
the Secretary General on sexual violence and armed conflict 
whose appointment has been requested by its resolution 1888 
(2009); 
 
¶17.   Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the 
Security Council within 6 months, for consideration, a set of 
indicators for use at the global level to track 
implementation of that resolution, which could serve as a 
common basis for reporting by relevant United Nations 
entities, other international and regional organizations, and 
Member States, on the implementation of resolution 1325 
(2000) in 2010 and beyond; 
 
¶18.   Requests the Secretary-General, within the report 
requested in S/PRST/2007/40, to also include a review of 
progress in the implementation of its resolution 1325 (2000), 
an assessment of the processes by which the Security Council 
receives, analyses and takes action on information pertinent 
to resolution 1325 (2000), recommendations on further 
measures to improve coordination across the United Nations 
system, and with Member States and civil society to deliver 
implementation, and data on women,s participation in United 
Nations missions; 
 
¶19.   Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to 
the Security Council within 12 months on addressing women,s 
participation and inclusion in peacebuilding and planning in 
the aftermath of conflict, taking into consideration the 
views of the Peacebuilding Commission and to include, 
inter-alia: 
 
a.    Analysis on the particular needs of women and girls in 
post-conflict situations, 
 
b.    Challenges to women,s participation in conflict 
resolution and peacebuilding and gender mainstreaming in all 
early post-conflict planning, financing and recovery 
processes, 
 
c.    Measures to support national capacity in planning for 
and financing responses to the needs of women and girls in 
post-conflict situations; 
 
d.    Recommendations for improving international and 
national responses to the needs of women and girls in 
post-conflict situations, including the development of 
effective financial and institutional arrangements to 
guarantee women,s full and equal participation in the 
peacebuilding process; 
 
¶20.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. 
CLINTON