Turning to the Secretary-General's recommendations, I join others in stating ...

Turning to the Secretary-General's recommendations, I join others in stating that it is pointless discussing accountability for sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys unless we do two things. The first is our need to properly understand the extent to which functioning courts are second only in importance to the provision of security and on an equal footing with humanitarian considerations when it comes to the United Nations involvement in conflict or post-conflict environments. Without a properly resourced single vehicle for the delivery of legal and judicial support, the United Nations will continue to fall short in delivering what it should to distressed communities. Secondly, the International Criminal Court needs to be supported by the Council to the hilt, and no serious discussion on combating the worst forms of sexual violence can be obtained from a Council unwilling to do that.