Remarks of SRSG Pramila Patten at the Security Council Open Debate on "Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through demilitarization and gender-responsive arms control", New York, 23 April 2024 - World reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Statement of SRSG-SVC Pramila Patten Security Council Open Debate on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
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Today’s meeting is a critical opportunity to
take stock of both the
persistent and entrenched, as well as
new and emerging, challenges in our collective efforts to eradicate the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence. Building upon our debate last year, which focused on
turning commitments into compliance, and
pursuing a survivor-centered, rights-based approach in all prevention and response efforts, we now meet to
assess and address the gaps that remain. Many of these gaps and challenges have been exacerbated over the past year by a pandemic that has