Women, Peace and Security
UN Documents

• S/RES/1960 (16 December 2010) establishes a monitoring, analysis and reporting mechanism on conflict-related sexual violence in situations on the Council's agenda; and also calls upon parties to armed conflict to make specific, time-bound commitments to prohibit and punish sexual violence and asks the Secretary-General to monitor those commitments. 
• S/RES/1889 (5 October 2009) urged member states, UN bodies, donors and civil society to ensure that women’s protection and empowerment is taken into account during post-conflict needs assessment and planning.
• S/RES/1888 (30 September 2009) strengthened efforts to end sexual violence against women and children in armed conflict.
• S/RES/1882 (4 August 2009) expanded the criteria for the Secretary-General’s “list of shame” in his reports on children and armed conflict beyond the recruitment of children to include the killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children.
• S/RES/1820 (19 June 2008) stressed that sexual violence as a tactic of war can significantly exacerbate situations of armed conflict; demanded all parties to immediately protect civilians from all forms of sexual violence; and affirmed its intention to consider targeted sanctions against perpetrators. The resolution also requested the Secretary-General to develop guidelines and strategies to enhance peacekeeping operations’ ability to protect civilians from sexual violence and systematically include observations and recommendations in this regard in written reports to the Council, as well as to submit a report by 30 June 2009 with information on the systematic use of sexual violence in conflict areas and proposals for strategies to minimise the prevalence of such acts with benchmarks for measuring progress.
• S/RES/1807 (31 March 2008) imposed sanctions against individuals involved in serious violations on international law including sexual violence in the DRC.
• S/RES/1794 (21 December 2007) requested MONUC to pursue a mission-wide strategy to strengthen prevention, protection and response to sexual violence and to regularly report on actions taken and progress achieved.
• S/RES/1674 (28 April 2006) reiterated the link between violence against civilians and peace and security, condemned in the strongest terms all sexual and other forms of violence committed against civilians in armed conflict, in particular women and children, and undertook to ensure that all peace support operations employ all feasible measures to prevent such violence and to address its impact.
• S/RES/1645 (20 December 2005) established the Peacebuilding Commission and called upon the Commission to integrate a gender perspective into all its work.
• S/RES/1590 (24 March 2005) on the Sudan, recalled the need to address violence against women and girls as a tool of warfare.
• S/RES/1509 (19 September 2003) on Liberia, recalled the need to address violence against women and girls as a tool of warfare.
• S/RES/1493 (28 July 2003) on the DRC, recalled the need to address violence against women and girls as a tool of warfare.
• S/RES/1468 (20 March 2003) condemned the massacres and other systematic violations of International Humanitarian Law and human rights perpetrated in the DRC, in particular sexual violence against women and girls as a tool of warfare.
• S/RES/1325 (31 October 2000) was the resolution on women, peace and security, in particular expressing the Council's willingness to incorporate a gender perspective into peacekeeping missions, calling on all parties to protect women and girls from gender-based violence and to put an end to impunity for such crimes.
• S/RES/1296 (19 April 2000) on protection of civilians in armed conflict, established a link between violence against civilians during armed conflict, especially women, children and other vulnerable groups, and peace.

 Selected Presidential Statements

• S/PRST/2010/25 (22 November 2010) was on protection of civilians.
• S/PRST/2010/22 (26 October 2010) supported taking forward the indicators contained in the annex of S/2010/498 as an initial framework for the UN system and member states to track implementation of resolution 1325; requested the Secretary-General to propose a strategic framework to guide the UN’s implementation of resolution 1325 over the next decade; and expressed its intention to convene a high-level review in five years.
• S/PRST/2010/17 (17 September 2010) urged the DRC government to prosecute the perpetrators of the mass rapes that occurred in eastern DRC in late July and August.
• S/PRST/2010/8 (27 April 2010) welcomed the appointment of the new Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström, and the Secretary-General’s latest report on women, peace and security (S/2010/173).
• S/PRST/2009/8 (21 April 2009) stressed the need for more women participation in mediators’ teams.
• S/PRST/2009/1 (14 January 2009) was the statement on protection of civilians including the revised aide-memoire.
• S/PRST/2008/39 (29 October 2008) was a statement on women, peace and security focused on women’s participation.
• S/PRST/2008/18 (27 May 2008) was a statement on the protection of civilian in armed conflict, expressing its deepest concern that civilians continue to account for the majority of victims of acts of violence committed by parties to armed conflicts, including as a result of sexual and gender based violence.
  S/PRST/2007/40 (24 October 2007) was the statement on women, peace and security.
• S/PRST/2007/5 (7 March 2007)
• S/PRST/2006/42 (26 October 2006)
• S/PRST/2005/52 (27 October 2005) reaffirmed the Council's commitment to the full implementation of resolution 1325 and welcomed the system-wide action plan for its implementation as proposed by the Secretary-General in his 2005 report.
• S/PRST/2005/21 (31 May 2005) condemned all acts of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by United Nations peacekeeping personnel.
• S/PRST/2004/40 (28 October 2004)
• S/PRST/2002/32 (31 October 2002)
• S/PRST/2001/31 (31 October 2001)

 Secretary-General's Reports

S/2010/604 (24 November 2010) was a report on the implementation of resolutions 1820 and 1888 that recommends the Council establish a system to monitor, analysis and report on conflict-related sexual violence.
S/2010/498 (28 September 2010) was an assessment of the implementation of resolution 1325 over the past 10 years and contained a set of revised global indicators to track future implementation.
S/2010/466 (7 September 2010) was on women and peacebuilding.
S/2010/173 (6 April 2010) was the report outlining measures to track the implementation of resolution 1325.
S/2009/465 (16 September 2009) was the most recent report of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security.
S/2009/362 (15 July 2009) was the report on implementation of resolution 1820.
S/2009/304 (11 June 2009) was on peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict.
S/2009/277 (29 May 2009) was the report on protection of civilians in armed conflict.
S/2009/160 (27 March 2009) was the report on MONUC.
S/2008/693 (10 November 2008) was the report on children and armed conflict in the DRC.
S/2008/622 (25 September 2008) on women, peace and security.
• S/2007/643 (28 October 2007) was a report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict with specific recommendations on sexual violence.
• S/2007/567 (12 September 2007) on women, peace and security.
• S/2006/770 (27 September 2006) on women, peace and security
• S/2005/636 (20 October 2005) on women, peace and security
• S/2004/814 (13 October 2004) on women, peace and security
• S/2002/1154 (16 October 2002) on women, peace and security

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