In the past two years, we have had the privilege of having contributed to the...

In the past two years, we have had the privilege of having contributed to the development of the evolving conceptual framework behind the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict. It was during our membership of the Council that the Security Council adopted resolutions 2086 (2013) — the first to recognize the importance of the protection of civilians as part of the multidimensional mandate of a peacekeeping operation — and 2106 (2013), which also established the practice for staff of peacekeeping operations — military and civilian alike — to be given extensive training in gender issues, including on sexual violence and gender-based violence, all of this in the framework of the protection of civilians.