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(adopted by the Security Council at its 5916th meeting on 19 June 2008)

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005) and 1674 (2006) and recalling the Statements of its president of 31 October 2001 (Security Council/PRST/2001/31), 31 October 2002 (Security Council/PRST/2002/32), 28 October 2004 (Security Council/PRST/2004/40), 27 October 2005 (Security Council/PRST/2005/52), 8 November 2006 (Security Council/PRST/2006/42), 7 March 2007 (Security Council/PRST/2007/5), and 24 October 2007 (Security Council/PRST/2007/40);

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by the Stop Killing and Stoning Women! Campaign and Women Living Under Muslim Laws

The Global Campaign Stop Killing and Stoning Women! and the Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network, jointly welcome the new report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Mr. Manfred Nowak [1].

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Presented to The Human Rights Council, June 2008 Session, Geneva, Switzerland

We, the Zimbabwean women and women worldwide, urgently call for an end of violence in Zimbabwe and protection of women and girls, in this post election catastrophe. This is an emergency as the country gears up for a presidential run-off on the 27th of June 2008.The violence persists and is real. No election observers are yet in the country, despite our calls, appeals, cries to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations. Zimbabwe is a full signatory to CEDAW.

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By Lisa Goh

SHAH ALAM - Human and women's rights activist Zaiton Kasim passed away at 5am Wednesday, after months of battling cancer.

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Magdalene Toroansi of the Women's Ministry of Bougainville was fired from her Cabinet post more than a week ago, when she opposed the reopening of the Panguna mine. The Panguna mine had been the site of the 1989 – 2002 civil war between Bouganville separatist rebels, on the one hand, and Australia-backed Papua New Guinea defense forces, on the other hand. More than a decade ago, Bougainville communities opposed the Australian mining concession, Rio Tinto at the mine. The ensuing tensions led to the loss of nearly 20,000 civilians and countless incidents of rape and other human rights violations.

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In celebration of the International Women's Health Month, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and WomanHealth organised a public forum which revisited maternal health in the Philippines. Held at on 28 May 2008 at the legislative hall of Quezon City, which recently passed an ordinance on reproductive health, the forum highlighted the deterioration of health services for Filipino women.