Agreement on the text of the resolution was secured only at the very last minute while the debate was already ongoing. The resolution received 13 votes in favour with none against and Russia and China abstaining. During the meeting, after about three hours of debate, the Security Council adopted a 10-page draft resolution prepared by Germany as resolution 2467 (2019). Germany invited two Nobel Peace laureates, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, celebrity barrister Amal Clooney, and Inas Miloud, Co-founder and Director of the Tamazight Women’s Movement in Libya, to brief the Security Council. On 23 April 2019, the Security Council held a mammoth high-level open debate on the topic chaired by Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister, Heiko Mass, which lasted for more than ten hours. We would like to draw attention to its significance.” In order to do this, Germany used its first presidency of the Security Council in April 2019, organising a so-called “signature event” on “sexual violence in conflict”. He continued: “When you see how it is systematically used as an instrument of war the subject suddenly gains security policy relevance. In an interview published on 25 March 2019, Germany’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, stated that sexual violence against women in conflicts was often completely underestimated. Its objective was to help women play a stronger role in preventing and managing conflicts, but also to better protect them against sexual violence in conflicts. Germany identified “the women and peace and security agenda” as one of the priorities of its two-year term as a non-permanent member on the UN Security Council in 2019-2020. Published: 15 April 2021 Author: Stefan Talmon
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