United Nations
A/RES/56/129
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 112
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/576)]
56/129. Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 54/135 of 17 December 1999,
Recalling also the importance attached to the problems of rural women by the
Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1 the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action 2 and the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women, 3
Welcoming the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General
Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the
twenty-first century”, namely, the political declaration4 and further actions and
initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 5
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 8 September 2000,6 in
which Member States resolved, inter alia, to promote gender equality and the
empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger and disease
and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable,
Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing
agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural
poverty,
Noting that some effects of globalization may deepen the socio-economic
marginalization of rural women,
Noting also that the globalization process has had some benefits by providing
opportunities for wage employment for rural women in new sectors,
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1
Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade
for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15–26 July 1985 (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A.
2
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, annexes I and II.
3
Resolution 34/180, annex.
4
Resolution S-23/2, annex.
5
Resolution S-23/3, annex.
6
See resolution 55/2.
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