Event: National Implementation of Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts

On Wednesday, January 26, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) convened a high-level virtual roundtable to share good practices in and discuss challenges to implementing protection of civilians (POC) policies…

#WPS20 Event Summary: “We Have to Break the Silence Somehow:” Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through UN Peacekeeping

For an English transcript of the French remarks made by Ms. Desanges Kabuo in the video above please click here. To mark the twentieth anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, and…