E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 Resolution 54/7 Ending female genital mutilation* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 56/128 of 19 December 2001, 58/156 of 22 December 2003 and 60/141 of 16 December 2005, Commission on the Status of Women resolution 51/2 of 9 March 2007 and 52/2 of 7 March 2008 and all other relevant resolutions, as well as all relevant agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, Welcoming the launch of the Secretary-General’s campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women”, as well as the launch during the fifty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the database of the Secretary-General on violence against women, Reaffirming that the Convention on the Rights of the Child 67 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 68 together with their Optional Protocols, constitute an important contribution to the legal framework for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls, Reaffirming also the Beijing Declaration 69 and Platform for Action, 70 the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 71 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 72 and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 73 and their five- and ten-year reviews, as well as the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 74 the commitments relevant to women and girls made at the 2005 World Summit, 75 and the agreed conclusions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-first session, 76 Recalling the entry into force on 25 November 2005 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights 77 on the Rights of Women of Africa, adopted in Maputo on 11 July 2003, which contains, inter alia, undertakings and commitments on ending female genital mutilation and marks a significant milestone towards the abandonment and ending of female genital mutilation, __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 115-118. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. 68 Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378. 69 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. 70 Ibid., annex II. 71 General Assembly resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex. 72 Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 73 Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 74 See General Assembly resolution 55/2. 75 See General Assembly resolution 60/1. 76 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 7 (E/2007/27), chap. I, sect. A. 77 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363. 67 32 10-30576