Task Force on Women, Peace and Security

Taskforce on Women, Peace and Security

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Background
Terms of Reference
Membership
Methods of Work
Activities
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Women and Peace and Security - Implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)

2005 marked the fifth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security. On 27 October, the Security Council held its annual debate on this issue. The debate resulted in a statement by the President of the Council.

For further information and a calendar of events, see the feature on the WomenWatch site on Women, Peace and Security:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/wps

Background

The Inter-Agency Network Task Force on Women, Peace and Security was initiated in February 2001 to follow up on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security adopted on 31 October 2000. It is chaired by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and OSAGI acts as its Secretariat.

Terms of Reference

Goal: To play a catalytic role in the advocacy for and coordination of the United Nations systems joint response to women, peace and security, in partnership with Member States, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, based on the Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security and in line with the critical area of concern for the Beijing Platform for Action - women and armed conflict as well as other relevant United Nations mandates.

Strategic Objectives

Advocacy: To strengthen and further explore innovative approaches to ensure that issues related to women, peace and security and the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 are fully incorporated into the policies and activities of headquarters and field-based actors including the senior-level management executive committees, Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and peacekeeping teams, UN system entities and civil society.

Coordination & Partnership: To strengthen existing partnerships and seek out new partners so as to build closer linkages to achieve enhanced coordination and collaboration on women, peace and security

Monitoring: Improve the reporting on and monitoring of the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) women, peace and security issues and make this information widely available to all actors.

Membership

The Taskforce has 22 United Nations members and eight observers.

The United Nations members are:
OSAGI (task manager)
DAW
DDA
DPA
DPI
DPKO
ESCWA
ILO
INSTRAW
OCHA
OHCHR
OHRM
OSRSG-CAAC
UNDP
UN-HABITAT
UNICEF
UNIFEM
UNFPA
UNHCR
UNU
UNPFII
WFP

The following organizations participate as observers:
IOM
the Commonwealth Secretariat
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security,
which include:
the Hague Appeal for Peace
International Alert
International Women's Tribune Center
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Amnesty International

Methods of Work

The Task Force meets regularly in New York. Attempts would be made to involve non-New York members in a more fruitful way through teleconferences depending on cost implications. An e-mail listing of Task Force members is used to distribute the reports of meetings and to share information of interest. All members of the Taskforce are urged to use the e-mail listing for dissemination of information. The DPKO Gender Advisers are added to the e-mail list so as to keep them informed of the work of the Taskforce. To facilitate information exchange, other entities and actors would be invited to meetings when relevant.

Activities

The activities of the Task Force are presented in a separate work plan, which is prepared on an annual basis and approved by the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality:

» 2005 Annual Report (PDF, 130 KB)
» 2005 Work Plan (PDF, 92 KB)