He said he has formed a working group to put emergency measures in place to address this.

It is also crippling to the United Nations' credibility and protection capacity that women represent only 4 percent of military peacekeepers and 10 percent of police, he said.

Women's meaningful participation in mediation is directly linked to more sustainable peace. But many processes lack inclusiveness, he said.

The participation of women in formal peace processes remains extremely limited. Between 1990 and 2017, women constituted just 2 percent of mediators, 8 percent of negotiators and 5 percent of witnesses and signatories in all major peace processes, he said.

"I welcome the growing sense of urgency from member states, civil society and others to ensure that we are designing more effective peace processes with much stronger participation of women."

Guterres said he has created a high-level task force to review UN funding on gender equality, including in the peace and security pillar. "I will hold UN entities accountable to their commitments to track spending on women, peace and security, with a target of reaching or exceeding 15 percent by 2020."

A gendered approach to peace and security means supporting peacebuilding at the local level, even during conflict, said Guterres. "As peace processes falter at the national and international level, we must consistently support the local women's groups that negotiate humanitarian access and support community resilience; learn from them; and build peace from the ground up."

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