Resolution 2538 was gone by acclamation to promote the function of females as “peace representatives” under the UN peacekeeping force.
It contacts UN member states, the UN Secretariat and regional companies to promote the complete, reliable, and significant involvement of uniformed and civilian ladies in peacekeeping operations at all levels and in all positions, including in senior leadership positions.
” Resolution 2538 is the first resolution adopted in the history of Indonesian diplomacy in the UN Security Council. It shows Indonesia’s contribution to promoting the function of ladies as agents of peace, especially under the UN peacekeeping mission”, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stated in a declaration.
The resolution is the first of its kind to promote females as members of the UN peacekeeping force. Started by Indonesia, the resolution has actually won support from 97 UN member states, consisting of all present members of the Security Council.
Seldom has actually a resolution been sponsored by the entire members of the Security Council, the declaration states.
The resolution motivates member states to establish techniques and measures to increase the release of uniformed females to peacekeeping operations. It motivates cooperation among member states and between the United Nations and local and sub-regional companies in advancing higher participation and role of females in peacekeeping operations.
Resolution 2538 calls on member states and the UN Secretariat to guarantee safe, allowing and gender-sensitive working environments for females in peacekeeping operations and to deal with risks and violence versus them.
It reveals issues over accusations of unwanted sexual advances in peacekeeping operations and verifies its support for the UN secretary-general’s zero-tolerance policy on all types of sexual harassment.
It motivates member states and the UN Secretariat to enhance collaborations to support targeted training and capability building programs for uniformed ladies personnel. It further motivates member states to choose uniformed females workers to participate in such training activities and to promote their release to peacekeeping operations.
Retno said Indonesia has actually been consistently promoting peace diplomacy and empowerment of ladies in peacekeeping tasks because it became member of the Council in 2015.
Indonesia’s role as “bridge home builder” in the Council is evident in the unanimous passage of the resolution, she stated.
” The frustrating support for the Indonesian effort is an arise from our diplomacy, trustworthiness and tested record in UN peacekeeping objectives, in which we allow Indonesian female workers to participate,” she stated.
The UN peacekeeping force currently has 5,327 female personnel, representing simply 6.4 percent of the overall peacekeepers.
Indonesia presently releases 158 females to seven UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Darfur, Mali and Western Sahara. A minimum of 570 Indonesia women have participated in UN peacekeeping objectives since 1999.
The Friday’s meeting likewise embraced resolution on the extension of required of UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and resolution on UN peacekeeping objective in Somalia (UNSOM).
