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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1207 

Commemorating 20 years since the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and reaffirming the United States commitment to the women, peace, and security agenda. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2020 

Ms. FRANKEL (for herself, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. BACON, Mr. RASKIN, 

Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. VELA, Mr. MEEKS, 

Mr. TRONE, Ms. MENG, Mr. CROW, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

CISNEROS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

CASE, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating 20 years since the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and reaffirming the United States commitment to the women, 

peace, and security agenda. 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously 

adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 

(UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security on October 31, 2000; 

Whereas UNSCR 1325— 

(1) underscores the important role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, peace negotiations, peace 


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building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response, and 

postconflict reconstruction; 

(2) emphasizes the importance of protecting women 

and girls from, and ensuring justice for, all forms of conflict-related violence, including sexual violence; 

(3) stresses the importance of the equal participation and full involvement of women in efforts to both promote and maintain peace and security; and 

(4) urges member states to increase women’s representation at all decision-making levels in national, regional, and international institutions and mechanisms to 

prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflict; 

Whereas, since October 31, 2000, 88 countries and territories 

have developed national action plans to implement 

UNSCR 1325; 

Whereas countries with greater gender inequality suffer from 

a greater likelihood to engage in violence and more political instability, corruption, and internal conflict; 

Whereas higher levels of gender equality are associated with 

a higher likelihood of peace talks in intrastate conflicts; 

Whereas countries are more peaceful and prosperous when 

women are accorded full and equal rights and opportunities; 

Whereas according to the United Nations, between 2000 and 

2020, women’s representation in national parliaments has 

increased from 13.1 percent to 24.9 percent; 

Whereas the University of Edinburgh found the percentage of 

peace agreements with gender equality provisions worldwide has increased from 14 percent to 22 percent between 1995 and 2019; 


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Whereas, in 1993, women represented just one percent of 

uniformed United Nations peacekeepers and in 2020, 

women constitute 4.8 percent of military peacekeeping 

contingents and 10.9 percent of police units within 

United Nations peacekeeping missions; 

Whereas, on September 25, 2017, Congress passed the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, the first 

national legislation to implement UNSCR 1325, which 

was signed into public law on October 6, 2017 (Public 

Law 115–68); 

Whereas pursuant to Public Law 115–68, the United States 

Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security was released on 

June 11, 2019; 

Whereas, on June 11, 2020, the Department of State, the 

United States Agency for International Development, the 

Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security released their Women, Peace, and Security 

implementation plans; and 

Whereas, on January 24, 2020, the bipartisan Women, Peace 

and Security Congressional Caucus was established in the 

House of Representatives to— 

(1) ensure that the women, peace, and security policy goals set forth in UNSCR 1325 and the Women, 

Peace, and Security Act of 2017 remain national security 

and foreign policy priorities for the United States; 

(2) exercise congressional oversight of the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017; 

(3) promote and support United States efforts to 

elevate women’s roles in, and contributions to, advancing 

peace and security globally; and 

(4) educate Members of Congress and the public on 

the importance of women, peace, and security initiatives, 


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giving women impacted by conflict a voice in Congress: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 

3 passage of United Nations Security Council Resolu4 tion 1325 (2000); 

5 (2) recognizes that the empowerment of women 

6 and girls and their meaningful inclusion in policy7 making, decision making, and conflict prevention 

8 and resolution efforts is directly connected to long9 term peace and security; 

10 (3) calls on countries around the world to pro11 mote the meaningful participation of women at all 

12 decision-making levels as a critical foreign and do13 mestic policy priority; and 

14 (4) reaffirms the United States commitment to 

15 serve as a global leader in increasing the meaningful 

16 participation of women in processes to prevent, man17 age, resolve, and recover from conflict, in accordance 

18 with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 

19 (Public Law 115–68), including by— 

20 (A) consistently supporting the meaningful 

21 participation of women in peace and security 

22 processes and decision-making institutions; 

23 (B) promoting the physical safety, eco24 nomic security, and dignity of women and girls 


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1 and supporting the equal access of women to 

2 aid distribution mechanisms and services; 

3 (C) appropriately applying gender analysis 

4 to improve the design, targeting, and effective5 ness of United States Government policy and 

6 programs to advance peace and security, includ7 ing conflict-prevention activities and strategies; 

8 (D) training, equipping, and empowering 

9 United States diplomatic, defense, and develop10 ment personnel to promote women’s leadership 

11 in preventing and resolving conflicts around the 

12 world; 

13 (E) increasing women’s representation at 

14 all levels of the diplomatic, defense, and devel15 opment workforces across the United States 

16 Government; and 

17 (F) strengthening accountability and im18 proving outcomes by designating specific and 

19 measurable goals and monitoring, analyzing, 

20 and evaluating implementation efforts across 

21 the United States Government. 

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