WEB DESK
India has called for the UN Security Council sanctions regime to “proactively” list terrorists and terror groups involved in sexual violence in armed conflicts.
First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Paulomi Tripathi, has said that women’s role and perspectives in peace processes remain largely neglected. She voiced concern that sexual violence, abductions and human trafficking continue to be used as weapons of war in armed conflict by non-state actors and terrorist organisations.
Tripathi asserted that the Council must make all efforts to realise the full potential of integrating women, peace and security.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Council’s annual high-level debate that the participation of women in formal peace processes remains extremely limited. He also said that the UN documented more than 800 cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2017, a 56 per cent increase since 2016.