Angelina Jolie-Pitt wants women’s rights ‘at heart’ of UN peacekeeping

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Angelina Jolie-Pitt said the rights of women should be placed at the heart of United Nations peacekeeping operations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Hollywood star and UN special envoy said allegations of abuse against women should be properly investigated and followed by prosecutions of those responsible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She told a summit of ministers from around the world in London’s Lancaster House that countries had to meet their commitments to peacekeeping missions and aid appeals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The summit communique called for the UN to double the number of women in military and police contingents involved in peacekeeping operations by 2020 and promised a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;zero tolerance” approach to sexual exploitation and abuse by troops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jolie-Pitt told ministers and dignitaries at the meeting&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The fact is that increasing the number of UN peacekeepers alone will not be enough to resolve the conflicts that we are experiencing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It has to be accompanied by a new way of conducting peacekeeping&comma; one that has the rights and protection and involvement of women at its heart&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The signing of an agreement is actually the easy part&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a refugee camp in Lebanon &lpar;Bilal Hussein&sol;AP&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What is harder and what is much more important is implementation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are living through a time of public disillusionment with commitments on paper that are not met in reality&semi; with UN Security Council resolutions that are ignored&comma; aid appeals that are only partially met and fail to address root causes and allegations of sexual misconduct that are not investigated or prosecuted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In my view&comma; from my experience in the field&comma; prosecutions around the world would mean more to the survivors of violence than any number of new Security Council resolutions&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5d58f2dfe">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5d58f2dfe'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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