Urges all States and the international community to respect, protect and promote the rights of the child, taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of the girl child in pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations, and calls for special initiatives designed to address all of the rights and needs of war-affected girls;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2001
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2001), A/RES/56/139, OP 13.