UN Will Appoint Special Envoy in Fight Against Rape of Women & Children in War

Love| Peace US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led a group of more than 60 countries in asking the United Nations to appoint a special envoy for a global fight against the rape of women and children during war.

Led by Secretary Clinton, the UN Security Council unanimously passed the proposed resolution.

“Even though women and children are rarely responsible for initiating armed conflict, they are often war’s most vulnerable and violated victims,” said Clinton, who visited the Democratic Republic of Congo in August and met with rape victims.

“The dehumanizing nature of sexual violence doesn’t just harm a single individual or a single family or even a single village or a single group, it shreds the fabric that weaves us together as human beings,” she said.