Austria

Austria pledges to build on its contribution to the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) in support of women’s participation, leadership and empowerment in situations of conflict and humanitarian crises, and to continue to engage in its activities through the Funding Board and the Steering Committee.

In April 2016, Austria, as Chairman of the OSCE, organized a high-level retreat on effective peace processes and the inclusion of women, and Austria was able to collect concrete recommendations on how to increase women’s meaningful participation in peace processes.

Austria was one of the first countries to develop a National Action Plan for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. We will take the 10th anniversary of Resolution 1325 as an opportunity to revise our National Action Plan.