Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: February 2026

South Sudan

South Sudan remains at risk of a return to civil war as violence escalates and authorities continue to violate the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). Since late December 2025, over 230,000 people have been displaced by conflict in Jonglei State, where senior military commanders have publicly incited violence against civilians. Nearly 6 million people face acute food insecurity, including 83,000 people experiencing catastrophic conditions and over 1 million pregnant or breastfeeding women acutely malnourished. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including increased rates of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and abductions, remains a serious concern for women and girls in a culture of pervasive gender inequality and widespread impunity for gender-based crimes. 1.3 million refugees and returnees have entered the country from Sudan since that conflict began in April 2023, compounding existing humanitarian challenges in South Sudan. Violence and bureaucratic constraints against humanitarian providers, as well as drastic cuts to humanitarian assistance, have forced the suspension of vital services such as sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, including for SGBV survivors. Severe flooding has also increased displacement and further limited aid delivery. 

Authorities have consistently failed to implement the R-ARCSS by delaying election preparations and neglecting institutional, legal and policy reforms, including constitution making, judicial reform and transitional justice; rampant corruption further inhibits implementation efforts. Women’s representation continues to fall short of the 35% quota established by the R-ARCSS. Civic space is severely constrained as the government and National Security Service (NSS) repress dissent with impunity, including through arbitrary detention of political opposition members. Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and civil society activists report surveillance, intimidation and gender-based harassment by state authorities, both in-country and abroad.

The Security Council should:

• Demand that all parties immediately cease hostilities and take all necessary measures to protect civilians, including from SGBV. Call on all parties to recommit to implementation of the R-ARCSS and work to deescalate tensions, including through decisive action to halt incitement by military leaders.
• Demand that all parties guarantee safe and unhindered humanitarian access throughout South Sudan and the protection of all humanitarian workers and facilities.
• Ensure that the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has adequate financial and technical resources to effectively respond to the deteriorating situation on the ground, including through proactive patrols and deployment to areas where civilians are at risk.
• Demand the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of diverse women through enforcement of the minimum 35% quota in the implementation of the R-ARCSS, as well as ongoing constitutional, electoral and transitional justice processes and any peace or de-escalation efforts.
• Urge the NSS to end its practices of unlawful arrest and detention, including by releasing or presenting in court all detainees under NSS detention, and upholding due process and ensuring fair trial proceedings in line with international human rights standards. Call on the South Sudanese authorities to reverse amendments to the National Security Service Act and protect the rights of freedom of assembly, association and expression.
• Call on the South Sudanese authorities to take concrete steps to ensure accountability and address impunity for SGBV, including by finalizing the proposed Anti-Gender-Based Violence Bill, pending since 2020. Call on UNMISS to report regularly on the presence of alleged perpetrators of CRSV in positions of power, and provide analysis of measures taken to address CRSV, as required by Resolution 2779 (2025).
• Call for increased international cooperation and resources to support South Sudan in tackling the humanitarian crisis, including: fully funding the humanitarian response; providing direct, flexible and consistent funding to diverse local women-led, LGBTIQ-led and women’s rights organizations; strengthening services, including SRH care, for SGBV survivors, particularly in displacement sites; and ensuring a gender-responsive humanitarian architecture.
• Demand full compliance with the UN arms embargo on South Sudan in order to prevent further human rights violations, including SGBV, against women and girls.

Sudan

Over 1,000 days of war in Sudan have had a devastating impact on women and girls. UN and international experts have documented widespread violations of international law by all warring parties, some of which could amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide. In particular, systematic attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allies on Zaghawa, Masalit and Fur communities in Darfur, including the siege and takeover of El Fasher, indicate intent to destroy these groups in whole or in part. Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis. Ongoing conflict and humanitarian access restrictions have also created the world’s largest hunger crisis, with over 21 million people facing acute food insecurity and famine ongoing in El Fasher and Kadugli. These conditions exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities, as three quarters of women-headed households are food insecure, and women frequently eat last and least and are often compelled to adopt harmful coping strategies that increase protection risks.

Widespread SGBV enabled by the proliferation of arms remains pervasive, particularly CRSV, including kidnapping, rape, sexual slavery and sexual exploitation. Women and girls from non-Arab tribes have been targeted for CRSV based on their ethnicity, which could constitute an act of genocide. Women activists, journalists, peacebuilders and human rights defenders (HRDs), including those documenting rights violations, have been targeted and intimidated for their work, and civic space is increasingly constrained. With 80% of health facilities in conflict zones non-functional, and continued attacks on health providers and facilities, survivors have limited access to health care, particularly SRH care, including safe abortion, and psychosocial support. Rates of maternal and newborn mortality have also risen dramatically. Emergency response rooms and other community organizations, including women-led organizations, play a pivotal role in delivering assistance, but severe funding shortfalls threaten their continued operations.

The Security Council should:

• Demand all parties fully comply with Resolution 2736 (2024), including through: de-escalation and a halt to fighting in and around El Fasher; seeking an immediate cessation of hostilities; protecting civilians and civilian infrastructure; ending, preventing and ensuring accountability for all acts of SGBV; and ensuring rapid, safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access into and throughout Sudan and the protection of humanitarian personnel, including local and national women-led organizations.
• Demand the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of diverse women in all efforts to build peace, including those led by the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Sudan, the African Union and the League of Arab States.
• Per Resolution 2736 (2024), call on external actors to refrain from interfering in the conflict, including by supplying weapons to the warring parties in violation of the arms embargo.
• Urgently identify options for civilian protection, including but not limited to options elaborated by the Secretary-General.
• Call on Member States to urgently fund the humanitarian and refugee response plans, and support neighboring countries and host communities. Provide increased, flexible, sustainable and direct funding to diverse local civil society and humanitarian organizations, including women-led, LGBTIQ-led and women’s rights organizations. Ensure that disaggregated data, intersectional gender analysis and SGBV risk mitigation assessment inform all aspects of the crisis response.
• Expand the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to cover the entire territory of Sudan. Call on all warring parties to allow unfettered access for independent monitors and investigators.
• Strengthen the UN Country Team’s capacity to monitor, document and report on human rights violations, including reprisals against WHRDs, including by establishing Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Arrangements on CRSV. Update the current sanctions regime to include SGBV as a stand-alone designation criterion.

Ukraine

Four years on, the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to have unique impacts on diverse women and girls. Women in Ukraine have assumed leadership positions in all areas of public life, including as humanitarian workers and elected officials, and they are active in peacebuilding, mediation, human rights monitoring, and mutual aid and volunteering to fill vital gaps in social protection systems. However, women-led and women’s rights organizations remain severely underfunded and women comprise only 21.2% of parliamentarians. Rates of domestic violence have risen, particularly involving men returning from combat, while survivors face heightened barriers in accessing support. In particular, women experiencing domestic violence within military families often face pressure not to report due to narratives idealizing military personnel, which frequently leads to silencing, stigmatization and further marginalization. Attacks on healthcare facilities and providers hinder access to SRH care, particularly in frontline areas; further, maternal mortality has increased markedly since the start of the invasion. The majority of Ukrainian refugees are women and girls, who face gendered challenges in host countries, including labor exploitation and barriers to SRH care. UN and international investigations have also documented CRSV perpetrated by Russian forces against both women and men, including as a form of torture in detention settings. 

The Security Council should:

• Demand an immediate cessation of hostilities, including immediately stopping all attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian actors and ending the use of banned weapons, such as cluster munitions and landmines. Urgently prioritize diplomatic efforts to negotiate peace, and support measures to promote the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of diverse women at all levels and stages.
• Urge that investigations of all violations since 2014, including alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, fully address the gendered and intersectional elements of crimes and refuse to support any negotiated peace settlement that includes amnesties for violations committed during the war. 
• Demand that all parties respect their obligation under international humanitarian law to protect humanitarian personnel, infrastructure and relief items and ensure their safe and unhindered access in all conflict-affected areas, especially in territories occupied by the Russian Federation.
• Call for reunification of families in Ukraine and Russia who have been separated during the conflict, including by establishing protocols for safe border crossing points.
• Call for the protection and promotion of civic space and condemn all threats, attacks and reprisals against civil society, journalists, peacebuilders and HRDs, including diverse women and LGBTIQ people, in both Ukraine and Russia.
• Call for intersectional data and analysis to inform all facets of the humanitarian response so that individuals fleeing violence do not face additional gender-specific risks, such as sexual exploitation, abuse or trafficking. Call for increased, flexible and direct funding to diverse local women-led, women’s rights and LGBTIQ-led organizations, including organizations providing support to women and girls experiencing domestic violence.
• Promote and protect the rights of all individuals fleeing violence; respect the right to conscientious objection; and ensure: equal application of temporary protection for all people wishing to cross a border; provision of opportunities for livelihoods for displaced people that include social support, such as childcare; and access to comprehensive SRH care and mental health and psychosocial support.