The United Nations Resolution 1820 was adopted by the Security Council fon June, 19 2008. The UNSCR 1820 confronts sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations. The key provisions of the resolution recognize a direct relationship between the widespread and/or systematic use of sexual violence as an instrument of conflict and the maintenance of international peace and security; commit the Security Council to considering appropriate steps to end such atrocities and to punish their perpetrators; and request a report from the Secretary General on situations in which sexual violence is being widely or systematically employed against civilians and on strategies for ending the practice.