Belfast 2008
Resolution on overcoming conflicts
Considering all the previous resolutions of the Council of Human Rights of the UN and the dispositions that appear in the instruments of humanitarian right about the protection of the civil population
Considering the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW
Considering resolution 1325 of the Security Council of the 31st October 2000, related to women, peace and security
Considering that resolution 1325 recognises the disproportionate effects of war and armed conflict on women
Considering that resolution 1325 stresses the importance of women’s roles in preventing conflicts and of their full involvement in peace talks and political and socioeconomic reconstruction
Considering that all forms of violence in zones of conflicts, committed against the civil population affect particularly women and children, infringing seriously the humanitarian international law, especially the dispositions of the Agreements of Geneva of 12 August 1949
Considering that there exists serious worry for the persistence of conflicts in many regions of the world
Considering that for women, mutual understanding, peaceful co-existence and nonviolence in resolving differences are naturally deeply rooted in their consciousness and are inviolable principles of human rights
LI notes that:
Women, who are the main civilian victims of conflicts and wars, have to be empowered and made part of conflict management.
Women, who are the main civilian victims of conflicts and wars, have to be empowered and made part of conflict management.
Women, who take part in conflict prevention, post-conflict resolution and in all forms of peace-building, have to be provided with mentoring programs and funding, so as to be able to perform the mentioned activities properly.
Administrations, institutions on the national and international level, have to include peace-building budgets in their public finances.
Women, taking part in conflict prevention, post-conflict peace-building, conflict resolution are to be provided with appropriate measures of security to prevent harassment or violence against them.
Partnerships and networking between women’s organizations is very important to strengthen women’s presence in peace-building.
LI calls on all stakeholders:
Countries, governments, international, regional and national institutions and corporations, parties, NGO’s and the whole civil society to implement resolution 1325 by striving to set up consolidated National Action Plans on conflict prevention management, conflict resolution and post-conflict peace-building, aiming to guarantee systematic attention for, and recognition and support of, the role of women in these situations.
