YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAMIBIA DECLARATION: THE PREVENTING OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT We the Youth For Human Rights Namibia having participated in a Model United Nations summit on the jointly organized by the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, British High Commission, the Human Rights and Documentation Centre of the Law Faculty of the University of Namibia and the United Nations agencies in Namibia, ahead of the global summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict in London, 10th 13th June 2014; – Having gathered here on the 7th of June 2014, at the University of Namibia, where twenty-one delegates came together to represent the Nations of the world in order to negotiate, debate and resolve concerns identified with violence of a sexual nature in conflict. the Recalling SECURITY COUNCIL’s resolutions 1889, 1325, 1960, 2106/2122 the Geneva Conventions, the UNITED NATIONS Convention on the Further Recalling Rights of the Child, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Rights on the Peoples’ Rights of Women in Africa and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, that violence against women and children is often used as a weapon of Noting with concern war, on the escalating statistics of sexual violence in war torn countries, Expressing deep concern the urgent need to bring an end to sexual violence in conflict, Recognizing that gender based violence has reached endemic proportions in Namibia Deeply concerned the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of Reaffirming international peace and security as set out in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the UNITED NATIONS.
YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAMIBIA DECLARATION: THE PREVENTING OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT We the Youth For Human Rights Namibia having participated in a Model United Nations summit on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, jointly organized by the British High Commission, the Human Rights and Documentation Centre of the Law Faculty of the University of Namibia and the United Nations agencies in Namibia, ahead of the global summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict in London, 10th – 13th June 2014; Having gathered here on the 7th of June 2014, at the University of Namibia, where twenty-one delegates came together to represent the Nations of the world in order to negotiate, debate and resolve concerns identified with violence of a sexual nature in conflict. Recalling the SECURITY COUNCIL’s resolutions 1889, 1325, 1960, 2106/2122 Further Recalling the Geneva Conventions, the UNITED NATIONS Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Noting with concern that violence against women and children is often used as a weapon of war, Expressing deep concern on the escalating statistics of sexual violence in war torn countries, Recognizing the urgent need to bring an end to sexual violence in conflict, Deeply concerned that gender based violence has reached endemic proportions in Namibia Reaffirming the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security as set out in Chapter VIII of the Charter of the UNITED NATIONS.
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