Statement / by the President of the Security Council

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5191st meeting, 31 May 2005, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "United Nations Peacekeeping operations"]

Condemns, in the strongest terms, all acts of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN peacekeeping personnel and reiterates that sexual exploitation and abuse are unacceptable and have a detrimental effect on the fulfilment of mission mandates; recognizes the shared responsibility of the Secretary-General and all Member States to take every measure within their purview to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse by all categories of personnel in UN peacekeeping missions; urges the Secretary-General and Troop Contributing Countries to ensure that the recommendations of the Special Committee (A/59/19/Add.1), which fall within their respective responsibilities, are implemented without delay; calls on the Secretary-General to include, in his regular reporting of peacekeeping missions, a summary of the preventive measures taken to implement a zero-tolerance policy and of the outcome of actions taken against personnel found culpable of sexual exploitation and abuse.

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