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Extract:

“To solve this crisis, we also need to stop the horrors in Syria. Extrajudicial executions, sexual and gender-based violence, atrocities that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity cannot be tolerated by our international community.”

“It is time to see sexual violence as one of the most destructive weapons of all and to fight it with the full force of the international community.”

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

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