Arria-Formula Meetings

Does the Security Council meet with women from civil society?

This section monitors Arria Meetings of the Security Council, which provide space for the Security Council to hear directly from civil society and other actors. It is important for the Council to receive information from independent sources on country situations and topics related to its agenda.

This page includes selected Arria meetings with focus on Women, Peace and Security and WILPF focus countries, including the DRC, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Colombia, Nigeria and Cameroon. For a compiled list of all Arria meetings since 1992, please see this website. 

Arria Formula Meetings Related to Women, Peace and Security

• 2 June 2021 Arria-Formula Meeting on “Strengthening an Integrated Approach to Peace and Security in the Sahel through a Gendered Lens”
• 27 July 2020 Arria-Formula Meeting on Women and the Afghan Peace Process
• 21 February 2020 Arria-Formula Meeting on Reprisals Against Women Human Rights Defenders and Women Peacebuilders Who Engage With the Security Council and its Subsidiary Bodies
• 13 May 2019 Arria-Formula Meeting on the Humanitarian Crisis in Cameroon
• 24 January 2019 Arria Formula Meeting on Women, Peace and Security in Middle East and North Africa: The Potential of National Action Plans
• 22 October 2018 Arria Formula Meeting on the Use of Sanctions in Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict
• 12 March 2018 Arria Formula Meeting on Implementing Syria’s Cessation of Hostilities
• 21 February 2018 Arria Formula Meeting on Prospects for the Two-State Solution for Peace for Palestine
• 12 February 2018 Arria Formula Meeting  on the Electoral Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 27 March 2017 Arria Formula Meeting on Increasing the Participation of Women in Global Conflict Prevention and Mediation: Towards the Creation of a Mediterranean Women Mediator’s Network
• 5 December 2016 Arria Formula Meeting on the Synergies Between SC Resolutions on Women Peace and Security and the Convention to End All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW)
• 26 June 2015 Arria Formula Meeting on the Indiscriminate Use of Weapons against the Civilians in Syria 
• 21 May 2015 Arria Formula Meeting on Women, Peace and Security and the 2015 Peace and Security Reviews
• 17 January 2014 Arria Formula Meeting on Women's Participation in Resolving the Syrian Conflict
• 17 May 2013 Arria Formula Meeting on Implementing the UN Security Council's Women, Peace & Security Agenda - Perspectives from the Field: Gender Practitioners in UN Peacekeeping Operations
• 18 May 2012 Arria Formula Meeting on Gender Components of Peacekeeping Missions
• 8 March 2012 Arria Formula on "Women's role in mediation and post-conflict resolution" on International Women's Day 2012
• 19 October 2010 10 years of Women, Peace and Security " Maximizing the Impact of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on the Ground
• June 24, 2009 Arria Formula Meeting Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Peace Negotiations: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1820
• November 25, 2008 Arria Formula Meeting on the Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 25 October 2006 Arria Formula Meeting on the Role of Women in Peace Consolidation
• 25 October 2005 Arria Formula Meeting with the Security Council, 5th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325
• 31 October 2001 Arria Formula Meeting Celebrating the First Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325