Cyprus
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for December 2009
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for December 2009, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Golan Heights;Cyprus:
The only women, peace and security emphasis of the UN mandates in both the Golan Heights and Cyprus has been on sexual exploitation and abuse by the troops monitoring the cease fire. In both countries, any future mandate renewal should require comprehensive and robust gender-specific awareness training for these troops. In addition, as landmines and unexploded ordinance pose huge risks to civilians, especially women and girls, the Security Council should ask for an update on that situation, particularly how these missions are ensuring adequate health care for those maimed by landmines.
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Security Council Resolution 1820: What it Says, Why it Matters, How it Works
June 2009
Published by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
This poster was developed as an advocacy tool and knowledge product to help inform the public and relevant actors in the field on the various aspects of Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008).
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SCR 1325 Six Years On Report
SCR1325 and the Peacebuilding Commission
October 2006
Published by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
The recently established United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is a body intended to advise and propose integrated peacebuilding, development and reconstruction strategies for countries emerging from violent conflict. This SCR 1325 6 Years On Report examines the recent establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission, its structure, mandate and obligation to implement SCR 1325 in the achievement of durable peace and development.
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SCR 1325 Five Years On Report
From Global to Local: Making Peace Work for Women
October 2005
Published by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
The Five Years On Report is a call to action. To move from rhetoric to the realization of 1325 and its powerful ideals, the Five Years On Report makes visible the strategies and developments in the implementation of the resolution, and identifies key actors, institutions and processes. It illuminates the struggle for implementation by examining the obstacles encountered, how challenges have been met and where gaps remain. Most importantly, each chapter speaks to an array of actors - local activists, civil society leaders, government officials, diplomats and United Nations desk and field officers. As this report demonstrates, successful implementation is achieved through mutually reinforcing collaboration and support between and among all stakeholders.
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SCR 1325 Four Years On Report:
An Alternative Report and Progress Check on the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325
October 2004
This report provides United Nations (UN) Member States, including UN Security Council (UNSC) members, insight into the ways in which women’s civil society organizations have been utilizing UN Security Council Resolution 13251 (SCR 1325) since its unanimous adoption four years ago. Based on qualitative information collected from civil society, governments and UN organizations and agencies, this report makes five central recommendations to advance the systematic implementation of SCR 1325. Many of these recommendations support existing calls for action on SCR 1325.
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SCR 1325 Two Years On Report
October 2002
Published by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
SCR 1325 Two Years On Report concentrates on the work involving governments and intergovernmental bodies outside the UN system or those related to the UN that would not be detailed in the Secretary-General’s Report. This compilation is most concerned with highlighting the breadth and depth of the work of non-governmental organizations and individuals who have consistently endeavored to identify alternatives to war and advance the cause of real peace despite the persistent marginalization of their efforts.
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SCR 1325 One Year On Report
October 2001
Published by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Since October 2000 many opportunities have been lost that could have made a lasting impact on women affected by war. Peace negotiations on the Middle East, in Burundi, and in Sudan either did not include women at all, or women were not represented at high levels, the desperate suffering of women in Afghanistan was less important than stone statues until it was a convenient propaganda tool to justify military action, a Gender Unit for the UN's Department of Peace Keeping Operations was not approved and the number of women acting in the capacity of Special Representative of the Secretary General is still zero.
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