"It will be recalled that on 17 July 2000, the Security Council, at the...

"It will be recalled that on 17 July 2000, the Security Council, at the initiative of the United States of America, adopted resolution 1308 (2000). Gabon, which had just ended a term on the Council, had supported its preparation. Resolution 1308 (2000) underscored the threat posed by the disease to the staff of peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions. Conflicts expose the issue of sexual violence that some combatants use as a weapon of war and that is a compounding factor."