Recommendation 41

We recommend: a. The Government should outline in its response to this report what work it is pursuing as penholder for Women, Peace and Security to include women and women-led organisations in mediation and peace negotiations. The UK Mission to the United Nations in New York should lead by example by including women in all stages of the penholding process across files. b. The Government should outline, in its response, its strategy for navigating increasing attempts by some countries who are Permanent Members to the United Nations Security Council to remove references to women’s health and safety from resolutions. The Government should detail how it is engaging like-minded allies, Elected Members to the United Nations Security Council and regional actors to push back against such narratives. c. The Government should seek to strengthen United Nations Security Council statements, resolutions and mandates concerning Women, Peace and Security through the inclusion of measurable and concrete commitments which go beyond symbolism and which protect the language around women’s inclusion and health. (Recommendation, Paragraph 134)