A/71/398
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 September 2016
Original: English
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 27
Advancement of women
Violence against women, its causes and consequences*
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the
General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović, submitted in accordan ce with
Assembly resolution 69/147.
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* The present report was submitted late in order to include up -to-date information from Member
States, United Nations organizations and non-governmental organizations.
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