E/2010/27
E/CN.6/2010/11
21. Stresses that some progress has been made in combating female genital
mutilation in a number of countries and that a common coordinated approach that
promotes positive social change at the community, national, regional and
international levels could lead to female genital mutilation being abandoned within
a generation, with some of the main achievements being obtained by 2015, in line
with the Millennium Development Goals;
22. Encourages all decision makers, at all levels, with responsibilities for
policy, legislation, programmes and allocation of public resources to play leadership
roles in eliminating female genital mutilation;
23. Encourages men and boys to continue to take positive initiatives and to
work in partnership with women and girls to combat violence and discriminatory
practices against women and girls, in particular female genital mutilation, through
networks, peer programmes, information campaigns and training programmes;
24. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant organizations
and bodies of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Children’s
Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organization, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United
Nations Development Fund for Women, the United Nations Development
Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, individually and collectively, take into account the protection and promotion
of the rights of women and girls against female genital mutilation in their country
programmes, as appropriate, and in accordance with national priorities, in order to
further strengthen their efforts in this regard;
25. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on the
Status of Women at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present
resolution, using information provided by Member States and verifiable information
provided by organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and by
non-governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present
resolution on the well-being of women and girls.
Decision 54/101
Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to
gender equality and empowerment of women
At its 20th meeting, on 12 March 2010, the Commission decided to transmit
the following summaries of the discussions held by the high-level round table and
panels convened during its fifty-fourth session to the Economic and Social Council
as input to its annual ministerial review in 2010.
Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the
outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and
its contribution to shaping a gender perspective in the realization of the
Millennium Development Goals
1.
At its 4th meeting, on 1 March 2010, the Commission on the Status of
Women held a high-level round table on the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third
special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a
gender perspective in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.
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