The US successfully used the threat of its veto power on the UN Security Council to demand significant changes to a resolution on sexual violence
The altered resolution passed on Tuesday following major changes granted by Germany in the face of demands from the US, sources told CNN.CNN previously reported on the threat of a US veto over simple references to"health services" and"sexual and reproductive health" in a UN Security Council resolution targeting rape as a weapon of war and reaffirming the UN's opposition to sexual violence.
— German Mission to UN April 23, 2019 But activists were angry at the US move."It is unthinkable and bizarre to see the US lining up with Russia and China to block efforts to strengthen the UN's ability to effectively address rape in conflict and to provide sexual violence survivors with sexual and reproductive health services," read a statement from Jessica Neuwirth of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute.A statement from the group attributed to Dr.
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