Statement of Special Representative Pramila Patten at the Official Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2019, 10 – 12 a.m. ECOSOC Chamber,...
Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United...
New York, 11 November 2019 – Four United Nations High-Level Advocates express their concerns about the precarious human rights, humanitarian and security situation faced by thousands of people,...
Press Statement: For Immediate Release (New York, 08 November 2019) I welcome that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has handed down a historic 30-year sentence to Bosco Ntaganda on 18 counts...
The Ten-Year Trajectory of the Mandate on Sexual Violence in Conflict: Progress, Challenges & Change 30 October 2019, ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. Thank you Pamela for your words of...
(New York 30 September 2019) Twenty-eight September marked the 10th anniversary of the brutal massacre and mass rape in Guinea, Conakry, in which at least 156 people were killed or disappeared and at...
Excellencies, co-sponsors, distinguished guests, I would like to thank the All Survivors Project for organizing this side-event on a critical, yet often hidden, subject, namely sexual violence...
During its informal consultations on 21 August 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan was briefed by Ms. Pramila Patten, Special...
Madame President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on my recent visit to Somalia, which took place from 14 to 18 July, at the invitation of the Federal Government...
(New York, 05 August 2019) I commend the recent decision of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union to dedicate an annual open session to addressing the scourge of conflict-related sexual...