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Recognizing the importance of the effective implementation of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, 3/
Emphasizing the need for full implementation by Governments and
community organizations, non-governmental organizations, educational
institutions, and the public and private sectors, as appropriate, of the
measures set out in the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action,
Urging that Governments allocate adequate
and mobilize community resources for activities
violence against women, including resources for
action at all appropriate levels, as called for
Platform for Action,
resources within their budgets
related to the elimination of
the implementation of plans of
in paragraph 124 (p) of the
Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/27 of 24 July
1995, in which the Council approved resolution 8 of the Ninth United Nations
Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders concerning
the elimination of violence against women and urged the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice to continue to consider the elimination of
violence against women within its priority themes and within the training and
technical assistance efforts of the United Nations crime prevention and
criminal justice programme,
Recognizing the importance of cooperation with the Special Rapporteur of
the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women,
Reaffirming the importance of developing a holistic and
multidisciplinary approach to the task of promoting families, communities and
States that are free from violence against women, and affirming the need for
coordinated and strengthened international support for this approach,
Recalling its resolution 48/107 of 20 December 1993, in which it
reaffirmed the catalytic role that the United Nations Development Fund
Women has played in facilitating the efforts of Governments and
non-governmental organizations at the national and community levels to
innovative activities that directly benefit and empower women and in
increasing opportunities and options for women in developing countries
participate more effectively in the development of their countries, in
with national priorities,
for
support
to
line
1.
Reiterates its appreciation for the advocacy initiatives of the
United Nations Development Fund for Women, including its contribution to and
participation in the follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action, in particular with respect to efforts to combat violence against
women, commends the Fund for its support of catalytic and innovative projects
that strengthen the national capacity to improve the situation of women, and
takes note with appreciation of the Platform for Action which affirmed that
the Fund had the mandate to increase options and opportunities for women’s
economic and social development in developing countries by providing technical
and financial assistance to incorporate the women’s dimension into development
at all levels and that it should review and strengthen, as appropriate, its
work programme in the light of the Platform for Action, focusing on women’s
political and economic empowerment;
3/
Resolution 34/180, annex.
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