DR Congo: Keynote Speech of SRSG Patten at the high-level side event “Turning Partnership into Protection for SGBV Survivors, insights from the DRC”, 12 March 2026, New York

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Office of the SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict Your Excellency, Stine Renate Håheim, Norwegian State Secretary to the Minister of International Development, Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues, I commend the Government of Norway for its leadership of the ‘Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies’ and thank you and the co-sponsors for convening this important discussion. We gather at a turbulent moment when the scale of global c