A/HRC/RES/29/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 July 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015
29/4.
Elimination of discrimination against women
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and all other relevant
international human rights instruments,
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review
conferences, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document
of the Durban Review Conference,
Recalling further all relevant resolutions on the elimination of discrimination against
women of the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, the Security Council and
other United Nations agencies and bodies,
Welcoming the inclusion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and
girls as a stand-alone goal in the proposed sustainable development goals, and looking
forward to the integration of a gender perspective into the post-2015 development agenda,
Bearing in mind that international human rights treaties, including the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender and include guarantees
to ensure the enjoyment by women and men, and girls and boys, of their civil, political,
economic, social and cultural rights on a basis of equality,
Recognizing that the full, equal and effective participation of women of all ages and
in all spheres of life, on an equal basis with men, is essential for the full and complete
economic, political social and cultural development of a country and for achieving lasting
solutions to global challenges and the realization of peace, and that gender equality and the
empowerment of women benefit women, men, girls and boys and society as a whole,
GE.15-12281(E)
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