S/RES/2299 (2016)
Strongly emphasizing the urgency of addressing humanitarian challenges
confronting the Iraqi people, stressing the need to intensify efforts to plan and
implement a coordinated response and to provide adequate resources to address
these challenges, calling for an intensification of these efforts by all parties, urging
all Member States to continue to fund United Nations and other humanitarian
appeals, encouraging Member States to support the United Nations’ humanitarian
response in Iraq, working with the Government of Iraq, to assist all Iraqi individuals
affected by the ongoing conflict, and commending the efforts of Member States that
have contributed to the humanitarian effort,
Urging all those concerned to allow full unimpeded access for humanit arian
personnel to all people in need, to make available, as far as possible, all necessary
facilities for their operations, to allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance, to
promote the safety, security, and freedom of movement of humanitarian personne l
and United Nations staff, its associated personnel and their assets, and also to
respect and protect medical personnel and medical transport and facilities,
Urging the Government of Iraq to continue to promote and protect human
rights and also to consider additional steps to support the Independent High
Commission for Human Rights in carrying out its mandate, encouraging the
Government of Iraq to reinvigorate its efforts to promote and protect the rights of
women and reaffirming its resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889
(2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015) on women, peace,
and security and reiterating the need for the full, equal, and effective participation
of women, reaffirming the key role women can play in re-establishing the fabric of
society, stressing the need for their full political participation, including in local and
national reconciliation and peace processes, stabilization planning, political decision
making, and expressing concern about the lack of implementation, including
funding, of Iraq’s National Action Plan on Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)
as well as the lack of a national entity responsible for its implementation,
Expressing strong concern at continuing violations and abuses committed
against children, including those involving the recruitment and use of children,
killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence, abductions, and
attacks against schools and hospitals, and urging all parties to conflict to take all
necessary measures to end and prevent such violations and abuses, recalling in this
regard its resolutions 1379 (2001), 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009), 1998 (2011) and 2225
(2015), and taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed
conflict in Iraq (S/2015/852) and the conclusions of the Security Council Working
Group on Children and Armed Conflict,
Expressing grave concern that the violent extremism and terrorism perpetrated
by ISIL (Da’esh) in Iraq has systematically targeted women and children, especially
those from minority communities, and that ISIL (Da’esh) has committed serious
human rights abuses, and violations of international humanitarian law against all
people, particularly women and children, including those involving murder,
kidnapping, hostage-taking, suicide bombings, enslavement, sale into or otherwise
forced marriage, human trafficking, rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual
violence, further expressing grave concern at the recruitment and use of children by
ISIL (Da’esh) and other armed groups in violation of international law,
Condemning the destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq particularly by ISIL
(Da’esh), including targeted destruction of religious sites and objects a nd noting
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