A/RES/58/145 Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 4 and the Optional Protocol thereto, 5 Recalling that, in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6 heads of State and Government resolved to implement the Convention, Recognizing that the equal enjoyment by women of all human rights and fundamental freedoms will promote the realization of the rights of the child, bearing in mind the special needs of girls, and acknowledging the mutual reinforcement of the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child 7 and the Optional Protocols thereto, 8 Welcoming the progress made in the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, but expressing concern about the remaining challenges, Welcoming also the growing number of States parties to the Convention, which now stands at one hundred and seventy-five, Recalling the entry into force on 22 December 2000 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Bearing in mind the recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women that national reports should contain information on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, 9 in accordance with paragraph 323 of the Platform, Having considered the report of the Committee on its twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sessions, 10 Expressing concern at the great number of reports that are overdue and that continue to be overdue, in particular initial reports, which constitutes an obstacle to the full implementation of the Convention, Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General 11 on the status of the 1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;4 2. Expresses disappointment that universal ratification of the Convention was not achieved by 2000, and urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so; Urges States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the 3. Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto5 and to take into consideration the concluding comments as well as the general recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; _______________ 4 Resolution 34/180, annex. Resolution 54/4, annex. 6 See resolution 55/2. 7 Resolution 44/25, annex. 8 Resolution 54/263, annexes I and II. 9 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 10 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/58/38). 11 A/58/341. 5 2