UK hails BD\\\'s support to end sexual violence

The United Kingdom (UK) hailed Bangladesh's endorsement of the declaration of commitment to end the sexual violence in conflict, reports UNB.

Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration this week, launched as part of the UK's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.

"I thank and congratulate the foreign ministers and governments of Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan for taking this important and welcome step this week," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague Friday.

The Foreign Secretary mentioned that these three countries are all major contributors to UN and international peacekeeping missions, and they bring invaluable experience and expertise, according to a British High Commission media release.

"We're steadily building the global momentum needed to end the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict once and for all," Mr Hague said adding that these crimes have ruined the lives of millions of women, men and children in our lifetimes.

"We've an opportunity, at last, to transform global attitudes to the use of rape as a weapon of war and shatter the culture of impunity," said the British Foreign Secretary.

Three quarters of all UN Member States endorse the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.