A/HRC/22/18 46. With regard to the situation of Greek Cypriot students in the northern part of the island, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief noted in his mission report that – despite the existence of a Greek Cypriot school in the northern part – there is a general feeling that young people will likely leave the villages and that the community has no long-term prospects in the area (A/HRC/22/51/Add.1, para. 44). 47. Furthermore, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus protested in November 2012 that the de facto authorities had rejected the appointment of a music teacher for the secondary school, a primary school teacher and a nursery school teacher and terminated the appointment of a primary school teacher who had served in Rizokarpaso for two years. After the Government had provided information concerning four teachers to replace those rejected and an additional Greek literature teacher who will serve at the secondary school in Rizokarpaso, the de facto authorities reportedly rejected two new primary school teachers once more on 19 October 2012. In addition, out of the 128 textbooks submitted by the Ministry of Education and Culture, seven textbooks were not allowed to enter the north in September 2012, as they allegedly contain references that are objectionable to the Turkish Cypriot side, including the primary school textbook entitled “I Know, I Never Forget and I Struggle” and the secondary school textbooks entitled “Anthology of Cypriot Literature”. H. Gender perspective 48. In its resolution 1325 (2000), the Security Council called on all actors involved, when negotiating and implementing peace agreements, to adopt a gender perspective, including, inter alia: (a) the special needs of women and girls during repatriation and resettlement and for rehabilitation, reintegration and post-conflict reconstruction; (b) measures that support local women’s peace initiatives and indigenous processes for conflict resolution, and that involve women in all of the implementation mechanisms of the peace agreements; (c) measures that ensure the protection of and respect for human rights of women and girls, particularly as they relate to the constitution, the electoral system, the police and the judiciary. 49. In its resolutions 2026 (2011) and 2058 (2012), the Security Council noted that active participation of civil society groups, including women’s groups, is essential to the political process and can contribute to making any future settlement sustainable, recalled that women play an important role in peace processes, and welcomed all efforts to promote bicommunal contacts and events including, inter alia, on the part of all United Nations bodies on the island. 50. Following recommendations submitted to the two leaders by an expert group comprising Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot women, known as the Gender Advisory Team in July 2011, the project team of the bicommunal “ENGAGE: Do Your Part for Peace” initiative has developed the “Active Dialogue Network”. This process is aimed at supporting a platform for dialogue and exchange on the peace process and for incorporating a gender perspective into the peace process, as called for by the Security Council in its resolution 1325 (2000). In his 2012 assessment report on the status of the negotiations (S/2012/149), the Secretary-General emphasized that women of Cyprus have an important stake in a durable solution to the Cyprus problem, as well as specific needs that would need to be addressed in the context of a settlement and he commended such initiatives from civil society organizations, including women’s groups, which seek to contribute to the peace process (para. 15). The Secretary-General also called on the sides to step up their engagement with civil society and women’s groups, with a view to building public confidence in the benefits of a settlement and ensuring that, once it is reached, the settlement is sustainable and truly representative of the needs and aspirations of all Cypriots (para. 22). 15