Security Council resolution 2493 (2019) [on women and peace and security]
Symbol: S/RES/2493 (2019)
Date: 2019-10-29
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/ X Women and peace and security.
S/74 [201] WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
S/74 [27] PEACEBUILDING
Subjects: WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT|POLITICAL PARTICIPATION|PEACEMAKING|PEACEBUILDING|WAR PREVENTION|GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: KUWAIT
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2493 (2019)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               29 October 2019




               Resolution 2493 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8649th meeting, on
               29 October 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a
               mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009),
               1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), and 2467 (2019)
               on Women, Peace and Security, and relevant statements of its Presidents,
                    Bearing in mind the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United
               Nations and the primary responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter for
               the maintenance of international peace and security,
                     Reaffirming in this regard the importance to achieve sustainable peace and
               security by dialogue, mediation, consultations and political negotiations to bridge
               differences and to end conflicts,
                     Recognizing the progress made as well as the opportunity and need for far
               greater implementation of the women, peace and security agenda, remaining deeply
               concerned by persisting barriers to the full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000)
               and the frequent under-representation of women in many formal processes and bodies
               related to the maintenance of international peace and security, the relatively low
               number of women in senior positions in political, peace and security-related national,
               regional and international institutions, the lack of adequate gender-sensitive
               humanitarian responses and support for women’s leadership roles in these settings,
               insufficient financing for Women, Peace and Security, and the resulting detrimental
               impact on the maintenance of international peace and security,
                     Recognizing that an understanding of the impact of armed conflict on women
               and girls, effective institutional arrangements to guarantee their protection and full
               participation in the peace process can significantly contribute to the maintenance and
               promotion of international peace and security,
                     Recalling the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
               and reaffirming the obligations of State Parties to the Convention on the Elimination
               of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Optional Protocol thereto, urging
               states that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to them, noting
               General Recommendation 30 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
               Against Women on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post Conflict
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                     Reaffirming the primary role of Member States to implement fully all Security
               Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, and the important complementary
               role of United Nations entities and regional organizations, further recognizing that
               States bear the primary responsibility to respect and ensure the human rights of all
               persons within their territory and subject to their jurisdiction as provided for by
               international law, and reaffirming that parties to armed conflict bear the primar y
               responsibility to ensure the protection of civilians,
                   Recognizing the important role and contribution of civil society, including
               women’s organizations, in the full implementation of Security Council resolutions on
               Women, Peace and Security,
                    Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 9 October 2019 and its
               operational recommendations for the UN and Member States in the lead up to the 20th
               anniversary of Resolution 1325 and, recalling the report of the Secretary-General of
               17 September 2015 (S/2015/716) which submitted the recommendations of the Global
               Study on the implementation of resolution 1325,
                    Welcoming the efforts of Member States, and regional and subregional
               organizations, in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on
               Women, Peace and Security at the regional, national and local levels, including the
               development of action plans and other complementary implementation planning
               frameworks, with sufficient resources, and encouraging Member States to continue
               to pursue such implementation, including through strengthened monitoring,
               evaluation and coordination,
                    Recognizing the opportunity presented by the number of significant
               anniversaries in 2020 notably the 20th anniversary of Resolution 1325, the 75th
               anniversary of the United Nations, the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration
               and Platform for Action and calling on all Member States to commit to the promotion
               of women and girls’ empowerment in peace and security processes and to use these
               anniversaries to intensify their national efforts and international co -operation,
                     1.   Urges Member States to fully implement the provisions of all previous
               Security Council Resolutions pertaining to the Women, Peace and Security agenda
               and to reinforce their efforts in this regard;
                     2.   Further urges Member States to commit to implementing the Women,
               Peace and Security agenda and its priorities by ensuring and promoting the full, equal
               and meaningful participation of women in all stages of peace processes, including
               through mainstreaming a gender perspective, and remain committed to increasing the
               number of civilian and uniformed women in peacekeeping at all levels and i n key
               positions;
                      3.   Urges Member States supporting peace processes to facilitate women’s
               full, equal and meaningful inclusion and participation in peace talks from the outset,
               both in negotiating parties’ delegations and in the mechanisms set up to implement
               and monitor agreements, encourages Member States to support efforts, including
               timely support to women to enhance their participation and capacity building in peace
               processes, in order to address the unequal representation and participation of women
               in the peace and security agenda;
                     4.    Noting the Peacebuilding Commission mandate pursuant to resolution
               1645 (2005) and its gender strategy and calls for its full implementation to further
               promote women’s participation in peacebuilding efforts, and in the prevention of
               conflict, and encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to support the
               participation of women-led peacebuilding organizations, in planning and stabilization
               efforts in post-conflict reconstruction and recovery;


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                  5.    Calls on Member States to promote all the rights of women, including
           civil, political and economic rights, urges them to increase their funding on women,
           peace and security including through more aid in conflict and post-conflict situations
           for programmes that further gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
           and security, as well as through support to civil society, and to support countries in
           armed conflict and post-conflict situations, including through access to education,
           training and capacity-building, in their implementation of women, peace and security
           resolutions, further calls for increased international development cooperation related
           to women’s empowerment and gender equality and invites aid providers to continue
           to track the gender focus of aid contributions and provide further information and
           assessment on this progress;
                6.    Strongly encourages Member States to create safe and enabling
           environments for civil society, including formal and informal community women
           leaders, women peacebuilders, political actors, and those who protect and promote
           human rights, to carry out their work independently and without undue interference,
           including in situations of armed conflict, and to address threats, harassment, violence
           and hate speech against them;
                7.   Takes note of the work of the Informal Experts Group on Women, Peace
           and Security as expressed in resolution 2242 (2015) to facilitate a more systematic
           approach to Women, Peace and Security within its own work and enable greater
           oversight and coordination of implementation efforts; and acknowledges UN
           Women’s important role in this regard;
                 8.   Encourages regional organizations to consider convening meetings in the
           lead up to the 20th commemoration of resolution 1325 with the participation of
           governments, relevant stakeholders and civil society to review the implementation of
           the Women, Peace and Security agenda in their respective regions, and further
           encourages them to identify practical and measurable steps for fully implementing
           the agenda, and invites them to report on this progress, during the annual open debate
           of the Security Council;
                9.    Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the
           Women, Peace and Security agenda, requests that all Heads of UN Entities, lend all
           possible support to the Secretary-General in this matter to:
                 (a) develop context-specific approaches for women’s participation in all
           UN-supported peace talks, including country specific situations, in order to contribute
           to full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace and security, to ensure
           more inclusive participation;
                 (b) to continue to make use of the UN’s annual consultations with regional
           organizations to encourage the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security
           agenda as it relates to their specific contexts, further encourages cooperation and
           sharing of best practices as it relates to implementation of the agenda, as requested
           by regional and subregional organizations;
                (c) continue mainstreaming a gender perspective in the Secretariat and United
           Nations agencies, including through the system-wide gender parity strategy;
                 10. Requests the Secretary-General to include the following in his next annual
           report on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and its subsequent
           resolutions:
               (a) further information on, progress made and the remaining challenges in the
           Women, Peace and Security agenda as well as recommendations to address new and
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                    (b) the implementation of the appointment of gender advisers and/or women
               protection advisers, provisions to facilitate women’s full and effective participation
               and protection in: the election preparation and political processes, disarmament,
               demobilization and reintegration programs, security sector and judicial reforms, and
               wider post-conflict reconstruction processes where these are mandated tasks within
               the UN mission;
                    (c) an assessment of the progress and commitments made on dedicated gender
               expertise in expert groups and monitoring teams in UN Security Council Sanctions
               Committees and how this commitment is met, as articulated in previous resolutions;
                    11.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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