Despite this Council's recognition of the vital role that women can play in t...

Despite this Council's recognition of the vital role that women can play in the
areas of conflict prevention and resolution, the remcord of women's participation in
peace processes since the adoption of resolutiori 1325 in 2000 is poor.
Remarkably, there are currently no women engaged as Special Envoys of the
Secretary-General. The Council has very recently reiterated this concern, in its
debate last month on mediation. We expect the report that was requested during
that debate to address the reasons for this shortfall.