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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/104
23 February 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 111
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/629)]
48/104.
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against
Women
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the urgent need for the universal application to women of
the rights and principles with regard to equality, security, liberty,
integrity and dignity of all human beings,
Noting that those rights and principles are enshrined in international
instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1/ the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2/ the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2/ the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 3/ and the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
4/
Recognizing that effective implementation of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women would contribute to
the elimination of violence against women and that the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women, set forth in the present resolution,
will strengthen and complement that process,
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1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
Resolution 34/180, annex.
4/
Resolution 39/46, annex.
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