Prof.dr Kornela OblińskaKornela Oblińska, from the University of Warsaw and INIS Senior Research fellow, together with Prof. dr Monika Wysocka, Polish Naval Academy and Senior Research Fellow of INIS, had the great honour to participate in a conference co-organized with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels on the new challenges to Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) Women, Peace and Security on the occasion of its 25th anniversary! Minister for Equality, Katarzyna Kotula, a Member of the Polish Parliament responsible for implementing the UN WPS (Women, Peace, Security) agenda in Poland, delivered a substantive speech.

It is never enough to remind that the Agenda for Women, Peace, Security has four pillars:

• Prevention, i.e. prevention of armed conflicts
• Women’s participation, participation in peace processes, negotiations, etc.
• Protecting women and girls from violence, particularly in armed conflict
• Relief and reconstruction, taking into account the needs of women, girls, children, the elderly and people with disabilities, in humanitarian aid processes

Among experts from all over the world, most of the talks were about the future, possible scenarios and forms of cooperation for common security.