E/2010/27
E/CN.6/2010/11
Annex
Declaration on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the
Fourth World Conference on Women
We, the representatives of Governments gathered at the fifty-fourth session of
the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, on the occasion of the
fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in
1995, in the context of the review of the outcomes of the Conference and of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender
equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, and its contribution to
the annual ministerial review of the Economic and Social Council in 2010, on the
theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to
gender equality and empowerment of women”, and the High-level Plenary Meeting
of the General Assembly, to be held from 20 to 22 September 2010, which will
focus on accelerating progress towards the achievement of all of the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015,
Reaffirm the Beijing Declaration 1 and Platform for Action, 2 the outcome
1.
documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly 3 and the
declaration of the Commission on the Status of Women on the tenth anniversary of
the Fourth World Conference on Women; 4
2.
Welcome the progress made thus far towards achieving gender equality
and the empowerment of women, stress that challenges and obstacles remain in the
implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome
documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and, in this
regard, pledge to undertake further action to ensure their full and accelerated
implementation;
Emphasize that the full and effective implementation of the Beijing
3.
Declaration and Platform for Action is essential to achieving the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations
Millennium Declaration, and stress the need to ensure the integration of a gender
perspective in the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on
accelerating progress towards the achievement of all the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015;
Recognize that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
4.
Platform for Action and the fulfilment of the obligations under the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women are mutually
reinforcing in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women;
Call upon the United Nations system, international and regional
5.
organizations and all sectors of civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, as well as all women and men, to fully commit themselves and
intensify their contributions to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
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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, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
General Assembly resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 (E/2005/27),
chap. I.A.
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