The Human Rights and Communications team at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office tweeted part of the actress's speech.
She said: 'Hundreds of thousands of women and children have been sexually assaulted in the wars of our generation. But wartime rape is not inevitable.
'This violence can be prevented, and it must be confronted. I have heard survivors of rape from Bosnia to (the Congo) say that the world simply does not care about them.
'But today I believe that their voices have been heard, and that we finally have some hope to offer them.
She continued: 'It is encouraging to see men in leadership positions speaking out against rape. Rape is not a women's issue, or a humanitarian issue, it is a global issue.'
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