Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls
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Declaration,23 at the 2005 World Summit24 and at the high-level plenary meeting of
the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 25 and noting the
attention paid to the elimination of all forms of violence against women in the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the
Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007, as well as in the
Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
of 3 October 2013,26
Recalling that the proposal of the Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals contained in its report27 shall be the main basis for integrating
sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda, while
recognizing that other inputs will also be considered, in the intergovernmental
negotiation process at the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, and in this
regard taking note with appreciation of the reference to gender equality, women’s
empowerment and the need to eliminate all forms of violence against women and
girls contained therein,
Reaffirming the need for the full and effective participation of women in
sustainable development policies, programmes and decision-making at all levels, as
agreed in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development,28 and taking note of the statement adopted by the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its fifty-seventh session on the
post-2015 development agenda and the elimination of discrimination against
women,29 including its emphasis on accountability,
Recalling the inclusion of gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence
in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,30 noting in this regard the
undertakings of its Chief Prosecutor to strengthen efforts to combat impunity for
sexual and gender-based violence, and recalling the recognition by the ad hoc
international criminal tribunals that rape and other forms of sexual violence can
constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to
genocide or torture,
Recalling also the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights:
Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework,31 including
the responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights, bearing in mind
the different risks that may be faced by women and men,
Recognizing the importance of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and its role in leading, coordinating
and promoting the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender
equality and the empowerment of women,
Expressing its appreciation for the efforts to eliminate all forms of violence
against women and girls and the high number of activities undertaken by the United
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23
Resolution 55/2.
See resolution 60/1.
25
See resolution 65/1.
26
Resolution 68/4.
27
See resolution 68/309 and A/68/970 and Corr.1.
28
Resolution 66/288, annex.
29
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/69/38), Part Three,
annex I, decision 57/I.
30
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, No. 38544.
31
A/HRC/17/31, annex.
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