India asks UN to impose sanctions against terrorists for sexual violence

Sexual violence and abductions continue to be used as weapons of war in armed conflict by non-state actors and terrorist organisations which disproportionately affect women, India has said as it asked the UN Security Council to sanction individuals and entities involved in gender-based violence.

The remarks by Paulomi Tripathi, First Secretary in the India's Permanent Mission here, came after UN chief Antonio Guterres reported a huge increase in such brutalities.

"Today, there is greater awareness about the centrality of meaningful participation of women in peace processes and incorporation of gender perspectives in UN's peace and security efforts," Tripathi said.

Despite these efforts, women's role and perspectives in peace processes
"Sexual violence, abductions and human trafficking continue to be used as weapons of war in armed conflict by non-state actors and terrorist
organisations. Rapidly expanding trans-boundary criminal networks finance
terror, supply arms, recruit and train of foreign fighters and destabilise
"As the General Assembly focuses on gender sensitive and inclusive
development to build peaceful and resilient societies, the Council must
push for effective cooperation on countering terrorism that threatens peace
"The Council must make all efforts to realize the full potential of integrating women, peace and security considerations in sanctions regimes. The Sanctions Committees of the Security Council need to address the issue of proactively listing terrorist individuals and entities involved in sexual and
Gender-based budgeting has proved beneficial for mainstreaming of
gender perspectives in policy implementation across sectors, she said
"India is committed to a higher representation of women in peacekeeping
The deployment became a role model to the local women to
participate in policing and in relevant rule of law frameworks. India is also
"India stands ready to engage with our partners to work towards ensuring the meaningful participation of women and mainstreaming of women, peace and security considerations for building inclusive, peaceful and