Security Council resolution 2122 (2013) [on women and peace and security]
Symbol: S/RES/2122 (2013)
Date: 2013-10-18
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/68 [201] WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
S/68 [27] PEACEBUILDING
Subjects: UN. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict|UN-Women. Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director|WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS|WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT|GENDER EQUALITY|RULE OF LAW|CRIMINAL JUSTICE|PEACEBUILDING|POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION|GOOD OFFICES
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: AUSTRALIA
vote: yes
country: AZERBAIJAN
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GUATEMALA
vote: yes
country: LUXEMBOURG
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: RWANDA
vote: yes
country: TOGO
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2122 (2013)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               18 October 2013




               Resolution 2122 (2013)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 7044th meeting, on
               18 October 2013

                    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) and 2106 (2013) and all relevant statements of its
               President,
                     Recalling the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
               and reaffirming the obligations of States Parties to the Convention on the
               Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Optional Protocol
               thereto, and urging States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding
               to them,
                     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, and noting the focus of this
               resolution is, in this regard, the implementation of the women, peace and security
               agenda,
                     Reaffirming that women’s and girls’ empowerment and gender equality are
               critical to efforts to maintain international peace and security, and emphasizing that
               persisting barriers to full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) will only be
               dismantled through dedicated commitment to women’s empowerment, participation,
               and human rights, and through concerted leadership, consistent information and
               action, and support, to build women’s engagement in all levels of decision-making,
                     Taking note with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General of
               4 September 2013 and the progress and emergence of good practice across several
               areas, including in prevention and protection, and the significant heightening of
               policy and operational focus on the monitoring, prevention and prosecution of
               violence against women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, but
               remaining deeply concerned about persistent implementation deficits in the women,
               peace and security agenda, including in: protection from human rights abuses and
               violations; opportunities for women to exercise leadership; resources provided to
               address their needs and which will help them exercise their rights; and the capacities



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               and commitment of all actors involved in the implementation of resolution 1325
               (2000) and subsequent resolutions to advance women’s participation and protection,
                     Expressing concern at women’s exacerbated vulnerability in armed conflict
               and post-conflict situations particularly in relation to forced displacement, as a result
               of unequal citizenship rights, gender-biased application of asylum laws, and obstacles
               to registering and accessing identity documents which occur in many situations,
                     Expressing deep concern at the full range of threats and human rights
               violations and abuses experienced by women in armed conflict and post-conflict
               situations, recognizing that those women and girls who are particularly vulnerable
               or disadvantaged may be specifically targeted or at increased risk of violence, and
               recognizing in this regard that more must be done to ensure that transitional justice
               measures address the full range of violations and abuses of women’s human rights,
               and the differentiated impacts on women and girls of these violations and abuses as
               well as forced displacement, enforced disappearances, and destruction of civilian
               infrastructure,
                     Recognizing the importance of Member States and United Nations entities
               seeking to ensure humanitarian aid and funding includes provision for the full range
               of medical, legal, psychosocial and livelihood services to women affected by armed
               conflict and post-conflict situations, and noting the need for access to the full range
               of sexual and reproductive health services, including regarding pregnancies
               resulting from rape, without discrimination,
                    Reiterating its strong condemnation of all violations of international law
               committed against and/or directly affecting civilians, including women and girls in
               armed conflict and post-conflict situations, including those involving rape and other
               forms of sexual and gender-based violence, killing and maiming, obstructions to
               humanitarian aid, and mass forced displacement,
                     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 primary responsibility to ensure the protection of civilians,
                    Reaffirming that sustainable peace requires an integrated approach based on
               coherence between political, security, development, human rights, including gender
               equality, and rule of law and justice activities, and in this regard emphasizing the
               importance of the rule of law as one of the key elements of conflict prevention,
               peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding,
                    Recognizing the need for more systematic attention to the implementation of
               women, peace and security commitments in its own work, particularly to ensure the
               enhancement of women’s engagement in conflict prevention, resolution and
               peacebuilding, and noting in this regard the need for timely and systematic reporting
               on women, peace and security,
                     Taking note of the critical contributions of civil society, including women’s
               organizations to conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding and in this regard
               the importance of sustained consultation and dialogue between women and national
               and international decision makers,
                    Recognizing the need to address the gaps and strengthen links between the
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           as a means to address root causes of armed conflict and threats to the security of
           women and girls in the pursuit of international peace and security,
                Recognizing that the economic empowerment of women greatly contributes to
           the stabilization of societies emerging from armed conflict, and welcoming the
           Peacebuilding Commission’s declaration on women’s economic empowerment for
           peacebuilding of 26 September 2013 (PBC/7/OC/L.1),
                 Acknowledging the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty and noting the
           provisions in Article 7(4) of the Treaty that exporting States Parties shall take into
           account the risk of covered conventional arms or items being used to commit or
           facilitate serious acts of gender-based violence or serious acts of violence against
           women and children,
                  Looking forward to the important contribution that implementation of the
           Arms Trade Treaty can make to reducing violence perpetrated against women and
           girls in armed conflict and post-conflict situations,
                 Welcoming the efforts of Member States, and recognizing the efforts of
           regional and subregional organizations, in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) and
           subsequent women, peace and security resolutions at the regional, national and local
           levels, including the development of action plans and implementation frameworks,
           and encouraging Member States to continue to pursue such implementation,
           including through strengthened monitoring, evaluation and coordination,
                 1.    Recognizes the need for consistent implementation of resolution 1325
           (2000) in its own work and intends to focus more attention on women’s leadership
           and participation in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including by monitoring
           progress in implementation, and addressing challenges linked to the lack and quality
           of information and analysis on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, the
           role of women in peacebuilding and the gender dimensions of peace processes and
           conflict resolution;
                2.    Recognizes the need for timely information and analysis on the impact of
           armed conflict on women and girls, the role of women in peacebuilding and the
           gender dimensions of peace processes and conflict resolution for situations on the
           Council’s agenda, and therefore:
                (a) Welcomes more regular briefings by the Under-Secretary-General/
           Executive Director of UN-Women and the Under-Secretary-General/Special
           Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict on issues of
           relevance to women, peace and security;
                (b) Requests DPKO, DPA and relevant senior officials, as part of their
           regular briefings, to update the Security Council on issues relevant to women, peace
           and security, including implementation;
                 (c) Requests the Secretary-General and his Special Envoys and Special
           Representatives to United Nations missions, as part of their regular briefings, to
           update the Council on progress in inviting women to participate, including through
           consultations with civil society, including women’s organizations, in discussions
           pertinent to the prevention and resolution of conflict, the maintenance of peace and
           security and post-conflict peacebuilding;




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                     (d) Requests DPKO and DPA to systematically include information and
               related recommendations on issues of relevance to women, peace and security, in
               their reports to the Council;
                    (e) Invites all United Nations-established Commissions of Inquiry
               investigating situations on the Council’s agenda to include in their briefings
               information on the differentiated impacts of armed conflict on women and girls,
               especially emphasizing recommendations to advance accountability, justice and
               protection for victims, during armed conflict and in post-conflict and transitional
               contexts;
                     3.   Expresses its intention to increase its attention to women, peace and
               security issues in all relevant thematic areas of work on its agenda, including in
               particular Protection of civilians in armed conflict, Post-conflict peacebuilding, The
               promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international
               peace and security, Peace and Security in Africa, Threats to international peace and
               security caused by terrorist acts, and Maintenance of international peace and security;
                     4.    Reiterates its intention when establishing and renewing the mandates of
               United Nations missions, to include provisions on the promotion of gender equality
               and the empowerment of women in conflict and post-conflict situations, including
               through the appointment of gender advisers as appropriate, and further expresses its
               intention to include provisions to facilitate women’s full participation and protection
               in: 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 mission;
                     5.    Requests United Nations peacekeeping mission leadership to assess the
               human rights violations and abuses of women in armed conflict and post-conflict
               situations, and requests peacekeeping missions, in keeping with their mandates, to
               address the security threats and protection challenges faced by women and girls in
               armed conflict and post-conflict settings;
                     6.   Recognizes the importance of interactions of civil society, including
               women’s organizations, with members of the Council at headquarters and during
               Council field missions and commits to ensuring that its periodic field visits to
               conflict areas include interactive meetings with local women and women’s
               organizations in the field;
                    7.    Recognizes the continuing need to increase women’s participation and
               the consideration of gender-related issues in all discussions pertinent to the
               prevention and resolution of armed conflict, the maintenance of peace and security,
               and post-conflict peacebuilding, and in this regard, the Council:
                    (a) Requests the Secretary-General’s Special Envoys and Special
               Representatives to United Nations missions, from early on in their deployment, to
               regularly consult with women’s organizations and women leaders, including socially
               and/or economically excluded groups of women;
                     (b) Encourages concerned Member States to develop dedicated funding
               mechanisms to support the work and enhance capacities of organizations that
               support women’s leadership development and full participation in all levels of
               decision-making, regarding the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), inter alia
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                 (c) Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the knowledge of
           negotiating delegations to peace talks, and members of mediation support teams, on
           the gender dimensions of peacebuilding, by making gender expertise and gender
           experts available to all United Nations mediation teams; further requests the
           Secretary-General to support the appointments of women at senior levels as United
           Nations mediators and within the composition of United Nations mediation teams;
           and calls on all parties to such peace talks to facilitate the equal and full
           participation of women at decision-making levels;
                 8.   Stresses the importance of those Member States conducting post-conflict
           electoral processes and constitutional reform continuing their efforts, with support
           from United Nations entities, to ensure women’s full and equal participation in all
           phases of electoral processes, noting that specific attention must be paid to women’s
           safety prior to, and during, elections;
                9.    Encourages troop- and police-contributing countries to increase the
           percentage of women military and police in deployments to United Nations
           peacekeeping operations, and further encourages troop- and police-contributing
           countries to provide all military and police personnel with adequate training to carry
           out their responsibilities, and relevant United Nations entities to make available
           appropriate guidance or training modules, including in particular the United Nations
           predeployment scenario-based training on prevention of sexual and gender-based
           violence;
                10. Stresses the need for continued efforts to address obstacles in women’s
           access to justice in conflict and post-conflict settings, including through genderresponsive legal, judicial and security sector reform and other mechanisms;
                 11. Urges all parties concerned, including Member States, United Nations
           entities and financial institutions, to support the development and strengthening of
           the capacities of national institutions, in particular of judicial and health systems,
           and of local civil society networks in order to provide sustainable assistance to
           women and girls affected by armed conflict and post-conflict situations;
                 12. Calls upon Member States to comply with their relevant obligations to
           end to impunity and to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for
           war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity or other serious violations of
           international humanitarian law; and further notes that the fight against impunity for
           the most serious crimes of international concern against women and girls has been
           strengthened through the work of the International Criminal Court, ad hoc and
           mixed tribunals, as well as specialized chambers in national tribunals;
                 13. Recalls in this regard applicable provisions of international law on the
           right to reparations for violations of individual rights;
                14. Urges Member States and United Nations entities, to ensure women’s full
           and meaningful participation in efforts to combat and eradicate the illicit transfer
           and misuse of small arms and light weapons;
                15. Reiterates its intention to convene a High-level Review in 2015 to assess
           progress at the global, regional and national levels in implementing resolution 1325
           (2000), renew commitments, and address obstacles and constraints that have
           emerged in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000); further recognizes with
           concern that without a significant implementation shift, women and women’s



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               perspectives will continue to be underrepresented in conflict prevention, resolution,
               protection and peacebuilding for the foreseeable future, and as such encourages
               those Member States, regional organizations as appropriate, and United Nations
               entities who have developed frameworks and plans to support the implementation of
               resolution 1325 (2000) to start reviewing existing implementation plans and targets,
               and for Member States to assess and accelerate progress and prepare to formulate
               new targets, in time for the 2015 High-level Review;
                     16. Invites the Secretary-General, in preparation for the High-level Review
               to commission a global study on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000),
               highlighting good practice examples, implementation gaps and challenges, as well
               as emerging trends and priorities for action, and further invites the Secretary-General to submit, within his annual report to the Security Council in 2015, on the
               results of this study and to make this available to all Member States of the United
               Nations;
                    17. Expresses its intention to make the implementation of the Council’s
               women, peace and security mandate a focus of one of its periodic field visits in
               advance of the 2015 High-level Review;
                     18. Requests that the Secretary-General continue to submit annual reports to
               the Council providing a progress update on the implementation of resolution 1325
               (2000) and to submit his next report by October 2014 and to include in that report an
               update of progress across all areas of the women, peace and security agenda,
               highlighting gaps and challenges;
                    19.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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