Let me finally reiterate my hope that the commitments to action will not be a onetime effort limited to the 10 year anniversary. We are ready to follow-up on our commitments and to review progress in the implementation annually at the Open Debates on women, peace and security.

It is a particular pleasure to welcome Under-Secretary-General Ms. Michelle Bachelet in the Chamber. I would like to congratulate her on her appointment and assure her of Austria's full support. We are convinced that UN Women will play a central role in further advancing this agenda. We are equally grateful for the valuable input of Ms. Thelma Awori representing the Civil Society Advisory Group on Women, Peace and Security.

Including through its Special Envoy for International Women's Issues, Ambassador Dr. Ursula Plassnik, Austria will continue to promote the implementation of Resolution 1325 including in the UN, the EU, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. Austria is committed to dialogue initiatives promoting in particular gender equality and strengthening women in public life and dialogue activities.

Austria will continue to further strengthen its training activities on 1325, in particular in pre-deployment trainings for peace and humanitarian operations that are being provided for civilian and military experts from around the world by the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), and increase its training efforts in the Austrian Diplomatic Academy in 2011.

Austria commits to deploy gender experts (e.g. Military Gender Advisor) to military components of peace operations if designated and posted by the international community.

Austria commits to contextualize education, and pre-deployment training of its armed forces personnel in order to address specific operational realities in regions of deployment, including the impact of conflict on gender relations and the role and participation of women (on the basis of relevant UN Guidelines).

As a next step we request the Secretary-General to include the information- gathered on the basis of the indicators in his country-specific and relevant thematic reports in a systematic and comprehensive manner. Without accurate and timely information it is difficult for the Council to take appropriate action in areas that need our urgent attention, such as the prevention of sexual violence.

"Women, Peace and Security" needs to be on the agenda of the Council every time the Council considers a country situation or relevant thematic issues. The establishment of an Informal Expert Group would have further enabled the Council to evaluate information on the situation of women and girls in conflict situations around the globe.

We have achieved much over the last ten years. Over 20 countries have finalised national action plans on women, peace and security. Many more, including Australia, are currently developing plans. We should not underestimate the importance of these plans. They encapsulate political will. They set out concrete steps that countries will take to translate the ideals of resolution 1325 into action.

We welcome the comprehensive set of indicators developed for use at the global, regional and national levels to track implementation of resolution 1325, as outlined in the Secretary-General's report on women, peace and security. We call on the Security Council to endorse these indicators and to put them to use, particularly where they are relevant to its work.