Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 08
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Recognizing that female genital mutilation is a harmful practice that violates, abuses and undermines the human rights of women and girls, that it is linked to other harmful practices and violations of such rights, which it perpetuates, and that such practices and violations, in turn, pose a serious threat to the health and well-being of women and girls, including their physical integrity and their mental, sexual and reproductive health,