A
UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/166
16 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 107
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/630 and Corr.1)]
50/166.
The role of the United Nations Development
Fund for Women in eliminating violence
against women
The General Assembly,
Welcoming the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, 1/
which called for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence
against women and girls and the promotion and protection of all human rights
of women and girls, stressing that acts or threats of violence, whether
occurring within the home or in the community or perpetrated or condoned by
the State, instilled fear and insecurity in women’s lives and were obstacles
to the achievement of equality, development and peace,
Recalling that the Platform for Action called for action to eradicate
violence against the girl child, recognizing that girls were more vulnerable
to all kinds of violence,
Recalling also that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 2/
affirmed that gender-based violence and all forms of sexual harassment and
exploitation, including those resulting from cultural prejudice and
international trafficking, were incompatible with the dignity and worth of the
human person and must be eliminated,
Recalling further its resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993, proclaiming
the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, in which it
recognized that violence against women violated and impaired or nullified the
enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
1/
A/CONF.177/20, chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
2/
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
96-76759
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