A/RES/68/191 Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls development and advancement of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on a basis of equality with men, taking into account the Optional Protocol to the Convention, 5 Taking into consideration the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, 6 which identifies violence against women as an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace, while emphasizing that such violence both violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming that discrimination on the basis of sex is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other international human rights instruments and that the elimination of such discrimination is an integral part of efforts towards the elimination of all forms of violence against women, Stressing that States have the obligation to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including women and girls, and must exercise due diligence to prevent and investigate acts of violence against women and girls and punish the perpetrators, eliminate impunity and provide protection to the victims, and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by victims of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, Bearing in mind the actions and measures that Member States should take to meet their international obligations with respect to putting an end to violence against women and girls, Recalling the relevant General Assembly resolutions addressing various aspects of violence against women and girls of all ages, Stressing the significance of the updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 7 as a way to assist countries in strengthening their national crime prevention and criminal justice capacities to respond to all forms of violence against women, Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences 8 and Human Rights Council resolution 20/12 of 5 July 2012 on accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: remedies for women who have been subjected to violence, 9 Taking note with appreciation of the agreed conclusions of the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women of 15 March 2013, 10 in which, inter alia, the Commission urged all Governments to strengthen national legislation, where appropriate, to punish violent gender-related killing of women and girls and _______________ 5 Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378. 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. 7 Resolution 65/228, annex. 8 A/HRC/20/16. 9 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/67/53 and Corr.1), chap. IV, sect. A. 10 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 7 (E/2013/27). 6 2/5