We must increase our efforts to implement resolution 1325 (2000), in order to...

We must increase our efforts to implement resolution 1325 (2000), in order to protect vulnerable women in armed conflict. In building peace, we must take women seriously. We must include their views and interests in political agreements and peacekeeping operations. We welcome the progress that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations has made in that regard, and encourage further cooperation with UN-Women. All such actions should help to protect women and contribute to combating sexual and gender-based violence in areas of conflict.