Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 20
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Stresses that some progress has been made in combating female genital mutilation in a number of countries using a common coordinated approach that promotes positive social change at the community, national, regional and international levels, and recalls the goal set out in the United Nations inter-agency statement that female genital mutilation is to be eliminated within a generation, with some of the main achievements being obtained by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2016), A/RES/71/168, OP 20.