Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia (Extract 2)

The Council should also continue to attach the utmost importance to preventing and addressing the root causes of conflict. Furthermore, measures aimed at reducing the vulnerabilities of civilians, including by enhancing the capacity of peacekeeping missions, as well as the Council’s using all the available tools at its disposal, will be critical. In this regard, the Council could explore the recommendation of the SecretaryGeneral to include sexual violence as part of the designation criteria on a case-by-case basis, particularly in the context of the use of mass rape and other forms of sexual violence by extremist and terrorist groups.