A/RES/79/153 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 December 2024 Seventy-ninth session Agenda item 27 Advancement of women Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/79/451, para. 65)] 79/153. Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/117 of 9 December 1998, 56/128 of 19 December 2001, 67/146 of 20 December 2012, 68/146 of 18 December 2013, 69/150 of 18 December 2014, 71/168 of 19 December 2016, 73/149 of 17 December 2018, 75/160 of 16 December 2020 and 77/195 of 15 December 2022, Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 51/2 of 9 March 2007, 1 52/2 of 7 March 2008 2 and 54/7 of 12 March 2010 3 and Human Rights Council resolutions 27/22 of 26 September 2014, 4 32/21 of 1 July 2016, 5 38/6 of 2 July 2018, 6 44/16 of 17 July 2020 7 and 50/16 of 8 July 2022 8 and all relevant agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 9 __________________ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 7 (E/2007/27), chap. I, sect. D. 2 Ibid., 2008, Supplement No. 7 (E/2008/27), chap. I, sect. D. 3 Ibid., 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and E/2010/27/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D. 4 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigenda (A/69/53/Add.1, A/69/53/Add.1/Corr.1 and A/69/53/Add.1/Corr.2), chap. IV, sect. A. 5 Ibid., Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/71/53), chap. V, sect. A. 6 Ibid., Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/73/53), chap. VI, sect. A. 7 Ibid., Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/75/53), chap. V, sect. A. 8 Ibid., Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/77/53), chap. VIII, sect. A. 9 Resolution 217 A (III). 1 24-24144 (E) *2424144*