Uruguay

Extracts to this Statement: 

Lamentably, despite the progress made in recent years, as a troop-contributin...

Extract: 

Lamentably, despite the progress made in recent years, as a troop-contributing country we can say that in the areas of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, civilians, in particular women and girls, continue to be those most severely affected by conflict and in post-conflict situations

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peace Processes
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

We emphasize the need for greater attention to be paid to restoration of the ...

Extract: 

We emphasize the need for greater attention to be paid to restoration of the rights and rehabilitation of victims of serious violations, in particular in cases of abuse and sexual exploitation.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Human Rights

Particular attention must also be paid to the need for full adherence to the ...

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Particular attention must also be paid to the need for full adherence to the code of conduct on the part of all those in United Nations contingents deployed in the field, on the basis of zero tolerance.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

The natural feedback between protection and participation is probably the cor...

Extract: 

The natural feedback between protection and participation is probably the core concept emerging from resolution 1325 (2000), in which the Council reaffirmed the important role played by women in preventing and resolving conflicts and in peacebuilding. In that regard, we are concerned over the low representation of women at various levels

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding