United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960

UN Security Council Resolution 1960
Meeting of victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date	16 December 2010
Meeting no.	6,453
Code	S/RES/1960 (Document)
Subject	Women and peace and security
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Austria  Bosnia–Herzegovina  Brazil  Gabon  Japan  Lebanon  Mexico  Nigeria  Turkey  Uganda
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2010, after recalling resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1820 (2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009) and 1894 (2009), the Council requested information on parties suspected of patterns of sexual violence during armed conflict to be made available to it.^[1]

The resolution was sponsored by 60 countries.^[2] Its adoption was praised by Human Rights Watch, which called it "a tremendous step toward ending this horrendous practice".^[3]