Peacekeeping

The Peacekeeping theme focuses on a gendered approach to multi-dimensional peacekeeping missions, predominantly through gender mainstreaming of peace support operations and the increase of female recruitment in peacekeeping, military, and police.

The Security Council calls for an increase in the number of women in peacekeeping operations (1325,OP6).

It is also important to note that the issues of gender and peacekeeping should never be reduced to the number of women recruited as peacekeepers. Promoting security is about providing real human security for the population, not about the militarisation of women. The point is not to achieve gender parity for its own sake, but rather to draw on the unique and powerful contribution women can make to peacekeeping.

The Security Council commits to include a gender component in UN field operations (1325,OP5), and requests that the Secretary-General’s reports to include information on the progress of gender mainstreaming within each operation (1325,OP17). Without a gender perspective, it is almost impossible to adequately create an inclusive security, which forms the basis of promoting sustainable and durable peace. Gender training, pre-deployment, on the ground, and post-deployment is effective for ensuring peacekeeping personnel have sufficient knowledge and skills.

Peacekeeping missions are increasingly being mandated to address sexual violence (1960,OP10), and training can increase the prevention, recognition, and response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and sexual exploitation and abuse (1820,OP6). The implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda varies greatly among Peacekeeping Operations. This variation is a result of the peacekeeping mission’s mandates and also structure, leadership, funding, whether there is a designation of a separate unit to address gender, and the number of gender advisors. These key gaps were highlighted in DPKO’s Ten-Year Impact Study on Implementation of Resolution 1325 in Peacekeeping.


These measures can trigger positive changes for women within conflict and post-conflict situations, such as increased physical security, employment-related benefits, capacity building for local women’s organisations, and increased awareness of women’s rights. Additionally, positive role models and examples of women’s leadership have a positive effect on the environment and contribute to the success of peacekeeping missions.

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6. Welcomes efforts undertaken by ONUB to implement the Secretary- General's ...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Burundi
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
Implementation
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6. Welcomes efforts undertaken by ONUB to implement the Secretary- General's zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive and disciplinary action to ensure that such acts are properly investigated and punished in cases involving their personnel;

3. Urges BINUB to take account of the rights of women and gender consideratio...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Burundi
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
General Women, Peace and Security
Participation
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
Peacekeeping
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3. Urges BINUB to take account of the rights of women and gender considerations as set out in resolution 1325 (2000) as cross-cutting issues in all the areas outlined in paragraph 2 above, including through consultation with local and international women's group, and requests the Secretary-General, where appropriate, to include in his reporting to the Security Council progress on gender mainstreaming throughout the Integrated Office and all other aspects relating to the situation of women and girls, especially in relation to the need to protect them from gender-based violence;

Welcoming BINUB's policy to promote and protect the rights of women and to ta...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Burundi
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
General Women, Peace and Security
Participation
Peacekeeping
Protection
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Welcoming BINUB's policy to promote and protect the rights of women and to take into account gender considerations as set out in its resolution 1325 (2000) as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate and to keep the Council informed,

10. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secreta...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Cyprus
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
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10. Welcomesthe efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secretary-General's zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including the conduct of predeployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

Recalling also its resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) on women, peace an...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Cote d’Ivoire
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Conflict Prevention
General Women, Peace and Security
Participation
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Peace Processes
Peacekeeping
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
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Recalling also its resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) on women, peace and security,condemning any sexual violence, stressing again the importance of women's equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance of peace and promotion of peace and security and the need to increase their role in decision-making with regard to conflict prevention and resolution, and encouraging the Secretary-General to mainstream a gender perspective in the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (‘UNOCI'),

6. Decides that MINURCAT shall have the following mandate in eastern Chad and...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Central African Region
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
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6. Decides that MINURCAT shall have the following mandate in eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic, in liaison with the United Nations country team and, as appropriate, in liaison with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) and without prejudice to the mandate of BONUCA:
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(f)To contribute to the monitoring and to the promotion and protection of human rights, with particular attention to sexual and gender-based violence, and to recommend action to the competent authorities, with a view to fighting impunity;

12. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secreta...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Cyprus
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
Implementation
Extract: 

12. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secretary-General's zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including the conduct of pre-deployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

1. Decides to extend until 30 June 2012 the mandate of MONUSCO as set out in ...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Protection
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
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1. Decides to extend until 30 June 2012 the mandate of MONUSCO as set out in the Resolution 1925 paragraphs 2, 11 and 12 (a) to (p) and (r) to (t), reaffirms that the protection of civilians must be given priority in decisions about the use of available capacity and resources and encourages further the use of innovative measures implemented by MONUSCO in the protection of civilians;

4. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by the United Nations Disengagement ...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Golan Heights
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Peacekeeping
Implementation
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
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4. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force to implement the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take preventive and disciplinary action to ensure that such acts are properly investigated and punished in cases involving their personnel;

4. Decides further that UNAMA and the Special Representative of the Secretary...

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Afghanistan
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Justice, Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform
Human Rights
Peacekeeping
Protection
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4. Decides further that UNAMA and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, within their mandate and guided by the principle of reinforcing Afghan ownership and leadership, will continue to lead the international civilian efforts, in accordance with their priorities as laid out in paragraph 4 of its resolution 1806 (2008), to, namely:

(g) continue, with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, too cooperate with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), to cooperate also with relevant international and local non-governmental organizations, to monitor the situation of civilians, too coordinate efforts to ensure their protection and to assist in the full implementation of the fundamental freedoms and human rights provisions of the Afghan Constitution and international treaties to which Afghanistan is a State party, in particular those regarding the full enjoyment by women of their human rights;

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