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(j) To ensure that gender capacity is included in ceasefire monitoring
and verification arrangements and teams, which should include both female
and male observers, and call upon mediators to include expertise on gender and
conflict-related sexual violence as part of mediation support teams;
(k) To ensure that all efforts to document and investigate sexual violence
are survivor-centred and guided by the principles of security, confidentiality,
anonymity and informed consent;
(l) To ensure that regional bodies enhance cooperation in terms of
information-sharing and documentation, the detection of and assistance to
trafficking victims, the training of security forces, extradition and legal
assistance and the exchange of good practices in combatting sexual violence
crimes;
(m) To ensure that national action plans on women, peace and security
and on preventing violent extremism are complementary, and to work with the
Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate to include relevant information on
trafficking in persons and sexual violence in country assessments, as
appropriate, in close cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, consistent with the recognition of the links between transnational
organized crime and the financing of terrorism in resolution 2331 (2016);
(n) To train peacekeeping personnel on gender sensitivity, preventing
sexual exploitation and abuse, and addressing conflict-related sexual violence
as a mandatory component of predeployment training, as well as on ways to
better identify and respond to indicators of trafficking in persons in areas
affected by conflict, in line with resolution 2331 (2016);
(o) To ensure that national forces listed in the annex to this report or
those listed for grave violations against children are not deployed to
peacekeeping operations;
(p) To address funding shortfalls for sexual and gender-based violence
programming and sexual and reproductive health care in conflict-affected
settings, given that these are lifesaving interventions;
(q) To draw upon the expertise of the Team of Experts on the Rule of
Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict and United Nations Action, and to ensure
sustainable and regular funding for their valuable work.
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