A/HRC/RES/45/28 prevention and resolution, and of their involvement in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and security, and the need to prevent and redress human rights violations, such as all forms of violence against women and girls, especially sexual and gender-based violence, Recognizing the important contribution of civil society to the women and peace and security agenda, and in this regard the importance of sustained dialogue with civil society, including women’s organizations, Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 27 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and the Sustainable Development Goals enshrined therein, including the commitment of all States to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and recalling also the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Welcoming the fact that a significant number of States have adopted national action plans on women and peace and security, and encouraging the adoption of these plans by those who have yet to do so, Expressing deep concern that women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, in peacebuilding and in peacekeeping remains a faroff goal, while violations of the human rights of women and girls, including of women refugees and internally displaced persons in the context of conflict and post-conflict situations, remain widespread and underreported, including sexual and gender-based violence, multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and lack of access to services, Acknowledging that women’s and girls’ empowerment and gender equality are critical to efforts to maintain international peace and security, and emphasizing that persisting barriers to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent mutually reinforcing ones will only be dismantled through dedicated commitment to women’s human rights, empowerment and participation, and through concerted leadership, consistent information and action, and support to build women’s engagement at all levels of decision-making, Mindful of the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security,1 and its operational recommendations for the United Nations and for Member States in the leadup to the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), Acknowledging the need for a comprehensive approach to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights of women and girls and the need to integrate a gender perspective in a more systemic way into all aspects of the work of the United Nations system, including the treaty bodies, and the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, Welcoming the work of the United Nations treaty bodies in promoting gender equality and in the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls at all times, including in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, and noting general recommendation No. 30 (2013) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations, Welcoming also the fact that the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms have made efforts to mainstream the human rights of women and girls at all times, including by documenting, in relevant reports, sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and postconflict situations, 1. Recognizes the crucial role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding and confidence-building, the importance of their full, equal and meaningful participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, and urges States and the United Nations system where applicable to make further efforts to ensure and support the full, equal and meaningful participation of women at all levels of decision-making and implementation of conflict prevention and resolution, mediation, post-conflict reconstruction, peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding; 1 2 S/2019/800.