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John Kerry joins Angelina Jolie at summit calling for end to sexual violence in war zone
LONDON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has joined actress Angelina Jolie and Britain’s foreign minister in calling for an end to rape and sexual violence in conflict zones.
Addressing the closing ceremony of a four-day London summit, Kerry said it is time to “banish sexual violence to the dark ages in the history books.”
He said the issue was personal to him as a war veteran and father of two daughters.
Kerry echoed appeals by Jolie, a United Nations special envoy. She urged those attending Friday to keep lobbying for action against war zone rape, and concluded: “We can and will end impunity.”
The summit, billed as the largest gathering ever held on the topic, has drawn hundreds of officials, diplomats, activists and survivors of rape in conflict zones.
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