"Demilitarization, coupled with disarmament, calls for gender-responsive arms control," India's Permanent Representative Ruchir Kamboj said during a Security Council open debate on Tuesday. Recognizes the role of". Protecting women from sexual violence in conflict.
She advocated "arms control policies that address the specific vulnerabilities of women".
Pramila Patton, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on sexual violence in conflict, stressed the need to stop the flow of weapons into the hands of perpetrators of sexual violence.
“There is no more direct and effective way to disable rape weapons and ultimately prevent and end these crimes than to use sanctions against those who commit crimes,” he said.,
Malta's Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, who chaired the meeting, said UN sanctions committees should make sexual and gender-based violence criteria for imposing sanctions.
As "conflicts have become more fragmented, and the theater of conflict is much more complex and volatile", Kamboj said preventing sexual violence requires a "multidimensional approach, which includes community participation".
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India's dedication to the women, peace and security agenda is demonstrated through a comprehensive approach to combating conflict-related sexual violence that includes "international cooperation, national policy reforms, grassroots initiatives," she said.
Kamboj said India "has been very vocal about the need to incorporate a gender perspective in peace and security policies" and was the first country to deploy an all-female police unit to the UN Mission in Liberia in 2007.
“Indian women peacekeepers have played an important pioneering role in preventing conflict-related sexual violence,” she said.,
“Many perpetrators of wartime sexual violence still walk free, while women and girls live in fear,” Patten said.
"We meet at a time when the pursuit of peace and gender equality has once again become a radical task," she said.
Patten said the Secretary-General's latest annual report shows a dramatic 50 percent increase in UN-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence compared to the previous year.
The report recorded 3,688 cases involving women and girls last year, with victims in 95 percent of the cases and children in 32 percent of the cases.
Fearne said conflict-related sexual violence in Israel and Palestine must be addressed and she also condemned the Taliban's systematic gender oppression and gender-based violence in Afghanistan.
She advocated "arms control policies that address the specific vulnerabilities of women".
Pramila Patton, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on sexual violence in conflict, stressed the need to stop the flow of weapons into the hands of perpetrators of sexual violence.
“There is no more direct and effective way to disable rape weapons and ultimately prevent and end these crimes than to use sanctions against those who commit crimes,” he said.,
Malta's Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, who chaired the meeting, said UN sanctions committees should make sexual and gender-based violence criteria for imposing sanctions.
As "conflicts have become more fragmented, and the theater of conflict is much more complex and volatile", Kamboj said preventing sexual violence requires a "multidimensional approach, which includes community participation".
,
India's dedication to the women, peace and security agenda is demonstrated through a comprehensive approach to combating conflict-related sexual violence that includes "international cooperation, national policy reforms, grassroots initiatives," she said.
Kamboj said India "has been very vocal about the need to incorporate a gender perspective in peace and security policies" and was the first country to deploy an all-female police unit to the UN Mission in Liberia in 2007.
“Indian women peacekeepers have played an important pioneering role in preventing conflict-related sexual violence,” she said.,
“Many perpetrators of wartime sexual violence still walk free, while women and girls live in fear,” Patten said.
"We meet at a time when the pursuit of peace and gender equality has once again become a radical task," she said.
Patten said the Secretary-General's latest annual report shows a dramatic 50 percent increase in UN-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence compared to the previous year.
The report recorded 3,688 cases involving women and girls last year, with victims in 95 percent of the cases and children in 32 percent of the cases.
Fearne said conflict-related sexual violence in Israel and Palestine must be addressed and she also condemned the Taliban's systematic gender oppression and gender-based violence in Afghanistan.
