Content_paragraphs:  As the United Nations prepares to commemorate in 2020 the twentieth 
  
  anniversary of the landmark Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and 
  
  peace and security, I applaud the tenacity and continuing efforts of women ’s groups 
  
  and activists on Cyprus in this regard. I am encouraged by the renewed efforts of the 
  
  Technical Committee on Gender Equality and urge the leaders to fully support the 
  
  work of the Committee and that of civil society and to encourage a linkage between 
  
  the two in order to pursue a sustainable solution to the Cyprus issue for all.