The UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan at the Security Council Stakeout.

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The majority of situations before the Security Council and its regional counterparts stem from domestic conflicts that can threaten regional or international peace and security. Many of them are either caused by or become clashes over identity that exploit ethnic, racial, regional, partisan or religious differences.

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UN Women is committed to #StayandDeliver in Afghanistan, where recent rollbacks on women's rights have evoked fear for Afghan women and girls.

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Women and peace and security: Investing in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding

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Informal comments to the media by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and Security Council President for the month of September, on behalf of Ireland and Mexico on Women, Peace and Security in Somalia & Afghanistan, before the 8867th meeting of the UN Security Council.

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Women across the globe are actively preventing conflict and building peace. As peacebuilders, decision-makers, changemakers and activists, women around the world have mediated with armed groups, negotiated and helped implement peace agreements, advanced political solutions, advocated for women's rights and participation, led protest movements, built social cohesion and pushed for peaceful transitions from conflict to peace.

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Informal comments to the media by Raychelle Awuor Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, and Security Council President for the month of October, in her national capacity on Women and peace and security: Investing in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, following the Security Council, 8886th meeting.

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Twenty-five years ago, in direct response to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) was established with one goal: accelerating UN system-wide efforts to end violence against women and girls (VAW/G).

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Informal comments to the media by Mona Juul, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, on Women, Peace and Security & Afghanistan, before the Security Council, 8886th meeting.

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Briefing by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on Women and peace and security: Investing in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, during the Security Council, 8886th meeting.

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