Another key aspect of resolution 2098 (2013) is that of sexual violence, whic...

Another key aspect of resolution 2098 (2013) is that of sexual violence, which continues to see widespread use as a weapon of war, usually with total impunity. Here we welcome the initiative of Ms. Mary Robinson to convene, jointly with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, a conference devoted to the role of women in the process of implementation of the Framework agreement. We know that in that region the bodies of women are all too often the battlefields of men, and, as President Kim noted earlier, that is a blot on our conscience.