UN General Assembly
2014

that sexual violence in conflict is one of the greatest and most persistent injustices in the world today. We are therefore supportive of the United Kingdom’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and the subsequent Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. We support the work of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We also fully support the United Kingdom Government’s leadership in promoting global advocacy against the use of children in armed conflicts. “We are following the unfolding developments at the International Criminal Court and are supportive of the efforts to ensure judicial accountability in ways that are respectful of Africa’s concerns for the ability of its statesmen and stateswomen to steer the countries of the continent towards greater security, reconciliation, peace and development. “My Government will continue to support the work of the Human Rights Council. We are committed to the moratorium on the death penalty and have gone a step further in the process of commuting capital offences to life imprisonment in our statute books.