The girl child 2001, para. 12

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Urges States to take special measures for the protection of war-affected girls and in particular to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and gender-based violence, including rape and sexual abuse, torture, sexual exploitation, abduction and forced labour, paying special attention to refugee and displaced girls, and to take into account the special needs of the war-affected girl child in the delivery of humanitarian assistance and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
Year
2001
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2001), A/RES/56/139, OP 12.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
12