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Conflict-related sexual violence

Amendment No. 10 | Doc. 15677 | 23 January 2023

Signatories:
Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD
Origin
2023 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12, insert the following paragraph:

"Recognizing an important contribution and significant potential of the United Nations in preventing conflict-related sexual violence, the Assembly welcomes initiatives to ensure impartial and objective decision-making on issues involving conflict-related sexual violence and other international crimes, including the Political Declaration on Suspension of Veto Powers in Cases of Mass Atrocities launched by France and Mexico and signed by 104 UN member States, as well as calls for binding commitments of a similar content."

Explanatory note

To prevent CRSV, international institutions should make impartial decisions without being blocked by an abuse of the right to veto. The initiative of France and Mexico promotes this goal by pronouncing the idea of a limited veto power in cases of perpetration of mass atrocities.