By | Published: 11:15 amUnited Nations: A senior UN official has called on Member States, regional organisations and civil society for greater partnership to boost women’s participation at all levels. She spoke at the day-long debate in the Security Council, underlining the need for more action on the “women, peace and security agenda”. Noting that only three per cent of peacekeepers are women, she informed the Security Council of the Secretary-General’s efforts with troop- and police-contributing countries to increase the number of female uniformed personnel. Viotti also noted that 17 years after its adoption, Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security was too often being implemented “in an ad hoc fashion”. She called on UN Member States to share evidence and examples in order to examine gaps and successes.

Source: Libya Today October 28, 2017 03:11 UTC