Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
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Assembly, to take stock of the outcomes and recommendations of other processes,
including the sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women and
relevant initiatives such as the Generation Equality Forum scheduled to take place in
May and July 2020, and also requests the President of the Assembly to prepare a
summary of the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing prior to the high-level meeting
of the Assembly;
5.
Invites non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council with relevant expertise to register with the Secretariat
to attend the high-level meeting of the General Assembly and the interactive
multi-stakeholder hearing;
6.
Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of other
relevant representatives of relevant non-governmental organizations and civil society
organizations, including individuals whose efforts have supported the implementation
of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action 1 and the human rights addressed
therein, national human rights institutions, where they exist, academic institutions
and the private sector, who may attend the high-level meeting of the General
Assembly to be held on 23 September 2020 and participate in the interactive
multi-stakeholder hearing, taking into account the principles of transparency and
equitable geographical representation, with due regard to the full and meaningful
participation of women and young people, and to submit the list to Member States for
their consideration on a non-objection basis; 4
7.
Invites members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, the
private sector, academia, development partners and other relevant initiatives to make
a fundamental contribution to the process in terms of raising awareness of gaps and
challenges and identifying concrete actions to accelerate the realization of gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and its contribution towards
the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals; 3
8.
Encourages participation in the high-level meeting of the General
Assembly, at the highest possible level, and encourages Governments to present
concrete actions and commitments to accelerate the realization of gender equality and
the empowerment of all women and girls by 2030, including in support of the role of
civil society organizations and youth;
9.
Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union to contribute to the high-level
meeting of the General Assembly;
10. Invites the United Nations system, including funds, programmes and
specialized agencies, regional commissions and relevant envoys of the SecretaryGeneral, to participate in the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, as
appropriate, and urges them to consider initiatives in support of the preparatory process
and the high-level meeting of the Assembly, particularly with regard to sharing good
practices, challenges, lessons learned and urgent actions that need to be taken for the
realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls;
11. Encourages Member States to consider including in their national
delegations heads of national mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls, as appropriate, as well as representatives such
as parliamentarians, representatives of civil society and other relevant stakeholders;
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The list of proposed as well as final names will be brought to the attention of the General
Assembly. Where a name is objected to, the objecting Member State will, on a voluntary basis,
make known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly the general basis of its
objections and the Office will share any information received with any Member State upon its
request.
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