A/RES/70/133
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation
of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome
of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
Welcoming progress made towards achieving gender equality and the
empowerment of women, but stressing that challenges and obstacles remain in the
implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome
of the twenty-third special session,
Noting that 2015 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World
Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action, welcoming in this regard the review activities undertaken by Governments,
and noting the contributions of all other relevant stakeholders and the review
outcomes,
Welcoming the holding, on 27 September 2015, of the Global Leaders’ Meeting
on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action, and the
pledges submitted by Governments in that regard,
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 full, effective and accelerated implementation,
Welcoming the work of the Commission on the Status of Women in reviewing
the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, taking note
with appreciation of all its agreed conclusions, and acknowledging the need for their
implementation,
Welcoming also the strengthening of the capacity of the United Nations Entity
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and its
experience in achieving its mandate,
Commending UN-Women for the continued support provided to
intergovernmental processes, including on the linkages between sustainable
development, financing for development and the achievement of gender equality
and the empowerment of women and girls,
Recalling its resolution 64/289, in which it decided that the resources required
to service the normative intergovernmental processes should be funded from the
regular budget,
Taking note of the activities carried out by the Fund for Gender Equality and
the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against
Women,
Recognizing that the participation and contribution of civil society, in
particular women’s groups and organizations and other non-governmental
organizations, are important to the successful implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session, in particular in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of
the Platform for Action,
Reaffirming that gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for
promoting the empowerment of women and achieving gender equality by
transforming structures of inequality, which is relevant to all issues considered by
its Main Committees and subsidiary bodies, including in resolutions dealing with
issues beyond social, humanitarian, cultural, economic and finan cial matters,
Reaffirming also the commitment to actively promote the mainstreaming of a
gender perspective into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
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