Content_paragraphs:  Having celebrated on 31 October the twentieth anniversary of the landmark 
  
  Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), I applaud the tenacity and continuing efforts 
  
  of women’s groups and women activists in Cyprus to ensure the full participation of 
  
  women in the peace process and for a gender-responsive settlement. UNFICYP will 
  
  continue to play its part in leading by example on gender parity in peacekeeping and 
  
  will redouble its efforts to support gender and peace activists to take their rightful 
  
  place in the peace initiative on the island. In that respect, I urge the leaders to fully 
  
  support the work of the Technical Committee on Gender Equality and the critical role 
  
  of civil society and to ensure a linkage between the two in order to pursue a 
  
  sustainable solution to the Cyprus issue for all.