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The following policy resolutions related to peace adopted by the IFUW Conference call on IFUW and its national federations and associations:

• Small Arms and Light Weapons Control (Resolution 2004 No.8)
  to urge their respective governments to implement the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (2001); to further support measures to counter underlying cultures of violence and the impacts of armed conflict; and to actively support measures which empower civil society organizations to promote peaceful resolution of conflict, including peace education and the role of weapons, especially amongst young people.
• Women - Essential to Peace (Resolution 2004 No.9)
  to urge their respective governments to support the implementation of United Nations Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000) and Resolution 1366 on the Role of the Security Council in the Prevention of Armed Conflicts, Paragraph 17 (2001)
• Increased Collective Violence Against Women (Resolution 2004 No12).
  to investigate the response of their own authorities to this emerging issue of collective gender-based violence and to urge their urge their own governments to give priority to this issue at the United Nations.
• International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers (Resolution 2001 No.14)
  to use their influence in international diplomacy to promote international security through disarmament and lower levels of weapons
• Conflict Resolution for Children (Resolution 2001 No.13)
  to promote peace education and training to enable children to understand and resolve conflict without resorting to retaliatory acts
• Education for the Promotion of Peace (Resolution 2001 No.12 )
  to network and exchange information on effective peace education initiatives and to encourage their governments to incorporate peace education into school curricula
• Women's Participation in the Peacemaking Process (Resolution 1995 No.18)
  to promote women's participation in peacemaking and conflict resolution by monitoring domestic legislation, encouraging women to enter professional field related to conflict resolution and encouraging governments to include women in diplomatic and multilateral peacemaking and conflict resolution missions
• Rape as A War Crime (Resolution 1994 No. 5)
  use its influence in the UN to ensure that the use of rape and enforced pregnancy as strategies of war are fully and properly prosecuted as war crimes
• Violence Against Women (Resolution 1994 No.19)
  to assume leadership within their own communities to recognise and address the pervasive and devastating problems of violence against women as a major obstacle to the goals of the UN Decade for Women; Equality, Development and Peace
• Military Expenditure (Resolution 1989 No.1)
  to work to reduce military expenditures in favour of increased spending for education, sustainable development and human needs. 
  
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