![]() Like in the children and armed conflict negotiations, the issue of communicating with non-state actors has been particularly sensitive and seems to be the main outstanding issue over which silence was broken this morning. It seems the main points of contention echoed issues raised during the negotiations earlier this month on the presidential statement on children and armed conflict (S/PRST/2013/8) such as: language related to the mandate of the Special Representative, the Special Representative’s access to non-state actors and the ICC. However, it seems possible that further bilateral negotiations may take place before Monday in an attempt to resolve final issues. It seems China, Russia and Pakistan broke silence this morning, but the US apparently chose to go ahead and put the draft in blue. There were several rounds of exhaustive negotiations at expert level, followed by bilateral discussions and finally a round of negotiations at the level of deputy permanent representative. The US authored a draft resolution that went under silence yesterday (20 June) following two weeks of difficult and protracted negotiations. national justice systems and how the Council can best support Bangura’s work on accountability issues. The UK has suggested several objectives for the open debate including discussing different restorative and punitive justice mechanisms the incentives and disincentives of international judicial mechanisms vs. The UK’s concept note for the debate focuses on addressing impunity and effective justice for crimes of sexual violence in conflict (S/2013/335). At press time, it was expected that the Council would adopt a resolution at the open debate. Jane Anywar, a lawyer from Uganda, will also speak on behalf of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice based at The Hague. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague will preside and the Secretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura are expected to brief. On Monday (24 June), the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on women, peace and security with a focus on sexual violence in conflict. Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict
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