Urges States to base programmes and policies for the girl child on the rights of the child, the responsibilities, rights and duties of the parents and the evolving capacity of the girl child, in accordance with the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Girls
Year
1998
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (1998), A/RES/53/127, OP 3.