British Foreign Secretary William Hague has lauded Bangladesh for endorsing the global declaration that calls countries to commit to end sexual violence in conflict.
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali earlier in a letter to the Foreign Secretary conveyed Bangladesh’s decision of “full support” to the declaration.
The British Foreign Secretary and UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict jointly launched the “Global Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict” in September last year at the 68th UN General Assembly in New York.
The Declaration contains a set of “practical and political commitments” to end the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war, which terrorizes and destroys communities during conflict.
The British High Commission in Dhaka said Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment this week. This brought to 148 the total number of countries supporting the effort, over three quarters of all UN Member States.
It sends a powerful message about the growing international resolve to end sexual violence in conflict and bring perpetrators to justice, it said.
“I thank and congratulate the Foreign Ministers and governments of Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan for taking this important and welcome step this week,” the Foreign Secretary said in his reaction.
“These three countries are all major contributors to UN and international peacekeeping missions, and they bring invaluable experience and expertise,” he said.
He said they were “steadily building the global momentum needed to end the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict once and for all”.
“These crimes have ruined the lives of millions of women, men and children in our lifetimes. We have an opportunity, at last, to transform global attitudes to the use of rape as a weapon of war and shatter the culture of impunity”.
Bangladesh foreign minister in the letter reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to denounce sexual violence during armed conflict in “unequivocal terms” and mentioned relentless efforts to support global initiatives to end sexual violence in conflicts.
The foreign ministry said Bangladesh’s joining was also a manifestation of “national commitment” to redress the most heinous forms of sexual violence including rape, enslavement and forced pregnancies and other forms of injustice inflicted upon more than 200000 Bengali women during Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971.
Bangladesh is now expecting to participate at a high-level global summit on this issue along with other countries who endorsed it on June 10-13 in the UK.
The British Foreign Secretary and UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict jointly launched the “Global Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict” in September last year at the 68th UN General Assembly in New York.
The Declaration contains a set of “practical and political commitments” to end the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war, which terrorizes and destroys communities during conflict.The British High Commission in Dhaka said Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment this week. This brought to 148 the total number of countries supporting the effort, over three quarters of all UN Member States.
It sends a powerful message about the growing international resolve to end sexual violence in conflict and bring perpetrators to justice, it said.
“I thank and congratulate the Foreign Ministers and governments of Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan for taking this important and welcome step this week,” the Foreign Secretary said in his reaction.
“These three countries are all major contributors to UN and international peacekeeping missions, and they bring invaluable experience and expertise,” he said.
He said they were “steadily building the global momentum needed to end the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict once and for all”.
“These crimes have ruined the lives of millions of women, men and children in our lifetimes. We have an opportunity, at last, to transform global attitudes to the use of rape as a weapon of war and shatter the culture of impunity”.
Bangladesh foreign minister in the letter reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to denounce sexual violence during armed conflict in “unequivocal terms” and mentioned relentless efforts to support global initiatives to end sexual violence in conflicts.
The foreign ministry said Bangladesh’s joining was also a manifestation of “national commitment” to redress the most heinous forms of sexual violence including rape, enslavement and forced pregnancies and other forms of injustice inflicted upon more than 200000 Bengali women during Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971.
Bangladesh is now expecting to participate at a high-level global summit on this issue along with other countries who endorsed it on June 10-13 in the UK.
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