A/RES/59/168
Recognizing that the responsibility for the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session rests primarily at the national level and that strengthened efforts are
necessary in this respect, and reiterating that enhanced international cooperation is
essential for the effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session,
Welcoming the increased attention to the situation of women and girls and the
integration of gender perspectives in the work of the United Nations, in particular in
the outcomes of major conferences, special sessions and summit conferences and
their follow-up processes, as well as the review and appraisal by the Economic and
Social Council of the system-wide implementation of its agreed conclusions 1997/2
of 18 July 1997 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and
programmes in the United Nations system, 3 the inclusion of the question of gender
mainstreaming in its agenda, the consideration of annual progress made in gender
mainstreaming and the attention given to the gender perspective in the outcomes of
its substantive session of 2004,
Reaffirming the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the
Economic and Social Council in promoting the advancement of women and gender
equality, while noting the open debate on women and peace and security held in the
Security Council on 28 October 2004, 4 as well as previous debates,
Bearing in mind its relevant resolutions and Security Council resolution
1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000,
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on
1.
measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third
special session of the General Assembly; 5
2.
Reaffirms the goals, objectives and commitments contained in the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action1 and in the political declaration and further
actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-third special session;2
3.
Stresses the need to undertake further action to ensure the full and
accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, inter alia, through the
promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, the
mainstreaming of gender perspectives into all policies and programmes and the
promotion of full and equal participation and empowerment of women and
enhanced international cooperation for the full implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action;
Underlines the significance of the forty-ninth session of the
4.
Commission on the Status of Women, which will mark the tenth anniversary of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the fifth anniversary of the
twenty-third special session, and at which the Commission will review the
implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the
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3
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/52/3/Rev.1),
chap. IV, para. 4.
4
See S/PV.5066 and S/PV.5066 (Resumption 1).
5
A/59/214.
2