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Thank you, Lord Ahmad; it is my great pleasure to co-host this roundtable, and I would like to start by听commending and congratulating the UK-PSVI, under your leadership, for its historic efforts to bring sexual violence in conflict听out of the shadows听补苍诲听onto the agenda of the top tables of diplomacy and foreign policy. I would also like to thank all the participants here today for your shared commitment to the cause of 鈥撎�once and for all听鈥撎�preventing the scourge of wartime sexual violence.

罢丑别听one-year countdown to the international meeting, to be held in London in 2019, provides a critical opportunity to听reinvigorate听补苍诲听refocus听our collective efforts. It is a chance to听celebrate progress听补苍诲听identify challenges听five years on from 迟丑别听2014 Global Summit, which was the largest conference ever organized on this subject. Five years is a short time in the history of warzone rape 鈥撎�a crime as听old听补苍诲听enduring听as war itself. Likewise, recorded efforts to outlaw and punish this crime date as far back as the 14^th听Yet, it is only in recent years that we have seen dramatic and tangible progress to reverse deeply entrenched cultures of silence, impunity and denial. For instance, we have seen 迟丑别听inclusion of sexual violence in the mandates of peacekeeping missions, and peacekeepers being听trained听to react听蝉飞颈蹿迟濒测听补苍诲听补辫辫谤辞辫谤颈补迟别濒测听to this threat in their areas of operation. We have seen听landmark convictions of political and military leaders, in settings such as the DRC, for their failure to prevent and punish sexual violence by their subordinates. We have established听monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence in the field, to deepen the evidence-base for action, 补苍诲听early-warning indicators of impending sexual violence听have been mainstreamed into broader protection structures.听Women鈥檚 Protection Advisers听(or 鈥淲PAs鈥�) have been deployed to mission settings to pursue a protection dialogue with the parties to armed conflict, in order to leverage compliance and behavioral change.听Sexual violence has increasingly been reflected in ceasefire and peace agreements as a crime that cannot be amnestied, as well as in the designation criteria of听sanctions regimes. Through successive annual听Reports of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, compiled by my Office since 2009, we have created a听public, historical record听for a crime that has been omitted from official accounts of war and peace. Critically, the issue has been integrated into the work of national justice, defense and security sectors following a series of听Joint 颁辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅蝉听my Office has signed with Governments such as the DRC, C么te d鈥橧voire, the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan and Somalia, as well as听Frameworks of Cooperation听with regional bodies, such as the African Union and the League of Arab States. We continue to provide capacity-building and technical support through our听Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, and to enhance the coordination of multi-sectoral services through the interagency network I chair, known as听蘑菇视频 Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.听

Above all, today we are听reaching and supporting thousands of survivors听鈥� women, girls, men and boys 鈥� who were invisible a decade ago.听Slowly but surely, we are听迟耻谤苍颈苍驳听groundbreaking resolutions听颈苍迟辞听solutions on the ground. We should all draw inspiration from this progress and sustain the momentum until听crimes of sexual violence are consigned to 迟丑别听history books, and out of our听daily headlines.

Since taking up this mandate last June, I have articulated听three strategic priorities听for my tenure: Firstly,听converting cultures of impunity into cultures of deterrence听through consistent and effective prosecution; Secondly,听fostering national ownership and leadership for a sustainable, survivor-centered response; and Third, addressing structural gender-based inequality as 迟丑别听root cause听补苍诲听invisible driver听of sexual violence in times of war and peace.

Indeed, as Secretary-General Guterres has stated:听Prevention is not just听a听priority; it is听迟丑别听priority. This means both the prevention of armed conflict itself, and of atrocity crimes committed in the midst of war. However, when it comes to prevention, we have not yet moved from听rhetoric听迟辞听results. We have concentrated much more on 迟丑别听consequences, than 迟丑别听causes, of this violence. Although recent years have seen important milestones in the quest for gender justice, the fact remains that we have not yet reached 迟丑别听tipping point听at which fear of accountability restrains the behavior of belligerents.听Accountability must become 迟丑别听rule, rather than 迟丑别听rare exception.听The law should cast a long shadow 鈥� ultimately changing the calculation that has made rape a cheap and effective tactic of war and terror. It is shocking that not a single member of ISIL or Boko Haram has yet been prosecuted for sexual violence, despite ample evidence of the widespread and systematic scale on which it has been committed. Moreover, we need to听transform the underlying conditions that听produce听补苍诲听reproduce听wartime sexual violence. This means fostering gender equality and social justice in听communities, not just听courtrooms. This must include听livelihood support听and efforts to build听women鈥檚 economic resilience, as well as听reparative justice, which is the response survivors want听most, yet receive听least. The survivors I have met with, from settings such as the DRC, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Myanmar, South Sudan, Darfur, Sudan, and elsewhere, are听locked into cycles of poverty, vulnerability and violence that echo across generations.听听We must, therefore, also听prevent the secondary traumas that follow in the wake of rape, such as听victim-blame, reprisals, exclusion, and stigma, which can have听life-long听鈥� sometimes听lethal听鈥� repercussions. Rape is a crime that can turn听victims听颈苍迟辞听outcasts, undermining social cohesion and unraveling family ties.听It is time to take a more听proactive听补苍诲听operational听approach to tackling stigma as a specific harm. And听it is time for socioeconomic reintegration support for survivors and their children to infuse all of our peace-building and conflict-recovery efforts.

To conclude, and building on the vision set-out by Lord Ahmad, I would like to听highlight three critical challenges to bear in mind as we set the stage for 2019:

• Firstly, we need to ensure a听comprehensive approach听that embraces the 鈥�forgotten victims鈥� of this scourge, including men and boys (noting that over 60 countries still have no legal protection for male rape victims); children born of war (which only Colombia legally recognizes as war victims in their own right); indigent, rural and displaced women (who comprise the majority of victims, and yet have the least access to justice and redress); LGBTI victims; those living with disabilities; and victims of conflict-driven trafficking in persons, which has become part of the political economy of war and terrorism. Concerted efforts are needed to听amplify the voices of听all听those affected, to ensure their views and priorities inform the search for solutions.
• Secondly, we need to听expand and diversify the circle of champions and partners for prevention. This should include working with local and international journalists to ensure safe and ethical reporting of sexual violence crimes, as well as mobilizing the moral authority of progressive religious and traditional leaders, and empowering women鈥檚 human rights defenders and grassroots civil society organizations.
• Third, we need to听marshal resources for a response that is equal to the scale of the challenge. The international community should invest not only in听reacting听to sexual violence, but also in听辫谤别惫别苍迟颈辞苍听补苍诲听building resilience. I believe we should give serious consideration to听a reparations fund for victims, particularly in cases where the perpetrators are unidentified or insolvent.

We are here today because we agree that听sexual violence is听preventable,听not inevitable. We are here today to听not only help the victims, but听to help ensure there are no more victims. This is an ambitious goal, but I am convinced that听where there is听political will,听there is a way. So, I sincerely thank you all for your active engagement in this meeting and look forward to hearing your interventions and ideas.

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