This Council's adoption of resolution 1325, ten years ago, was a watershed in...

This Council's adoption of resolution 1325, ten years ago, was a watershed in the protection of women and girls in conflict. The international community was - and should remain - proud of this accomplishment. The resolution helped galvanize Member States' resolve to tackle this issue. In recent years, the Council has adopted several additional resolutions also focused on the intersection of gender and conflict - namely, resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1889 2009) - and the UN has issued a number of reports and studies on the issue. Now, the inclusion of a gender-based perspective is becoming commonplace in peacekeeping missions and their mandates, peace-building efforts, and UN country teams. In this regard, efforts to increase the number ofwomen in missions' senior leadership and deployed as mission personnel are notable.