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century”, 3 in particular those paragraphs concerning the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 4 and the Optional
Protocol thereto, 5
2F
3F
4F
Welcoming the declaration of the Commission on the Status of Women on the
occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 6 in
which the Commission recognized that the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the fulfilment of the obligations under the
Convention are mutually reinforcing in achieving gender equality and the
empowerment of women,
5F
Recalling that, in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 7 Heads of State
and Government resolved to implement the Convention, and recalling also that the
2005 World Summit Outcome 8 reaffirmed that gender equality and the promotion
and protection of the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms
for all are essential to advance development and peace and security,
6F
7F
Recognizing that the equal enjoyment by women of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms will promote the realization of the rights of the child, bearing
in mind the special needs of girls, and acknowledging the mutual reinforcement of
the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child 9 and
the Optional Protocols thereto, 10
8F
9F
Noting that on 23 July 2007, at its 792nd meeting, the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women marked the twenty-fifth anniversary
of its work,
Bearing in mind the recommendation of the Committee that national reports
should contain information on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for
Action, in accordance with paragraph 323 of the Platform,
Having considered the reports of the Committee on its thirty-fourth, thirtyfifth and thirty-sixth 11 and thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth 12 sessions,
10F
1F
Expressing concern at the great number of reports that are overdue
(two hundred and fifteen), in particular initial reports, which constitutes an obstacle
to the full implementation of the Convention,
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the
1.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; 13
12F
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3
Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
5
Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378.
6
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum
(E/2005/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/232.
7
See resolution 55/2.
8
See resolution 60/1.
9
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
10
Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531.
11
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/61/38).
12
Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/62/38).
13
A/62/290.
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