pledge to undertake further action to ensure their full and accelerated
implementation;
3. Emphasize that the full and effective implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action is essential to achieving the internation
ally agreed development goals, including those contained in the
Millennium Declaration, and stress the need to ensure the integration of a
gender perspective in the Highlevel Plenary Meeting of the General
Assembly on the review of the Millennium Declaration;
4. Recognize that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and the fulfilment of the obligations under the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women are mutually reinforcing in achieving gender equality and the em
powerment of women;
5. Call upon the United Nations system, international and regional organi
zations, all sectors of civil society, including nongovernmental organiza
tions, as well as all women and men, to fully commit themselves and to
intensify their contributions to the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twentythird
special session of the General Assembly.
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