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Good morning everybody.
Angelina Jolie and I are delighted to welcome you to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violencein Conflict.
aung san suu kyi We began campaigning, as you probably know, two years ago becau we believe the time hascome to end the u of rape in war once and for all, and we believe it can be done.
We are convinced this is an issue of international peace and curity, that is central toconflict prevention, that it is fundamental to the advancement of women s rightverywhere, and above all that it is a moral issue for our generation.
For centuries the rape of women, girls, men and boys has been a feature of conflict andwarfare.
The crimes have been taking place on a vast scale without many people even being aware ofit.
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And today the facts are beginning to emerge for all to e, thanks to courageous survivors,NGOs, journalists, doctors and activists, many of whom are already here today.
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We know how few of the crimes have ever been punished, but becau of the impunity, theycontinue today in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, to name just a fewexamples.
What would it say about Britain or any other nation if, knowing all this, we cho not to act, wecho to do nothing
As was said of slavery in the 18th century:
Now we know the facts, we cannot turn aside.
And so this week, we are bringing together here governments, experts, civil society, survivorsand members of the public here at the Excel centre, in an unprecedented concentration ofeffort and attention on this issue:
Today, we are hosting young people from across the world to discuss all the issues and to makerecommendations to the Ministers, before the Ministers get here.
Tomorrow, over 1,000 experts and activists will take part in a multitude of events to addressissues from collecting evidence, to protecting children, to tackling xual exploitation.
mid autumn day And on Thursday, more than 117 countries, 70 Ministers, veral heads of state, many faithleaders from across the world will gather here.
We want this Summit to shatter the culture of impunity for xual violence, to increasupport for survivors and to start changing the situation on the ground in the most affectedcountries. There are a whole range of practical actions that we want to achieve:
心绪 We will launch an international protocol that ts out how to document and investigatexual violence, so that tho on the ground have the best tools to collect information andevidence to bring perpetrators to justice.
rampage We will ask countries to strengthen their laws so that there are no safe havens for thoresponsible for warzone xual violence, we will also urge all countries to train soldiers andpeace-keepers to prevent and respond to xual violence more effectively.
We want countries to commit new funds for tackling xual violence in conflict-affectedcountries like Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to do more to protect womenand girls in humanitarian emergencies, and to increa their support for hu
man rightsdefenders who campaign for justice and help for survivors.
And I am plead to announce this morning that the UK will pledge a further 6 million tosupport survivors of xual violence in conflict a further 6 million to help them rebuildtheir lives and rebuild communities.
But governments alone cannot end xual violence in conflict, so this is much more than justa meeting of Ministers.
We also want to help achieve a change in attitudes all over the world to the crimes and youare part of changing tho attitudes.
We want to shift the stigma from survivors onto the perpetrators of the crimes, so that they not the innocent victims bear the stigma.
We want to encourage men to speak out, we want to encourage men to speak out to agreewith us that it is only a weak or inadequate man who abus women. It is not, it s not a sign ofstrength, it is the ultimate weakness and shame.
dirty diana We want to draw attention to the hidden survivors of xual violence, all tho who have feltunable to speak out and who have suffered in silence including men and boys.
We want people around the world to understand the scale of the problem and the urgent needfor action, to recogni the damage it does to international peace and curity and to bemobilid and inspired to work within their societies and with us to bear down on this terribleinjustice.
So each hour for the next 84 hours a British diplomatic post somewhere in the world will beholding an event to mirror what we are doing here in London. This event is round the clock allround the world. And I hope you will help us ensure that over the next three and a half daysthat this Summit reaches the whole world.
We encourage anyone who cares about this issue to visit and to take part with us here: to ethe multitude of exhibitions, performances and films that are on show, and to join in thediscussions here physically and on social media.
I believe that foreign policy is no longer the sole prerve of governments, that we all need towork together in new ways to tackle global problems and this Summit is an example of ourdetermination as the United Kingdom to champion that.
唱诗班男孩 Angelina and I want to thank all the organisations, performers, activists and individuals h
eretoday for your inspiring work and your contributions to this effort, and we will urge all theMinisters to visit and e the exhibitions.
There are some people who say that the problems are so vast that our efforts will be in vain,but they fail to understand what governments, international organisations, civil society andpublic opinion can achieve when we all pull in the same direction.
From the abolition of slavery to the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty, we have shown that theinternational community can tackle vast global problems in a way that was once consideredto be impossible.
There is power in numbers and if we unite behind this cau we can create an unstoppablemomentum and consign this vile abu to history.
With every injustice in the world, with every injustice in the world, a moment comes when thetide turns, when the pressure of public opinion and political will reaches a tipping point.
We have a remarkable opportunity over the next few days to build the momentumneeded to tip the world past that point of no return, so that through hard work
bitch意思andcommitment over the coming years we can remove warzone rape from the world s arnal ofcruelty.
We can t do this overnight, we can t do it overnight. For the British government, and forAngelina and for me personally, this Summit is not the end of the road for our work, it is inmany ways just the beginning.
Over the next few years we must go on to show that what we agree here in London can make abig practical difference.
So in opening the Fringe and the exhibitions this morning, we hope you will all work with us andbe part of this historic endeavour.
I am grateful to you all for being here.
Thank you very much indeed.mops
