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Reaffirming further all other relevant outcomes of major United Nations
summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, as well as their five- and ten-year
reviews, including the Beijing Declaration 9 and Platform for Action 10 adopted at the
Fourth World Conference on Women, the outcome of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality,
development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 11 the Programme of Action of
the International Conference on Population and Development, 12 the Programme of
Action of the World Summit for Social Development 13 and the declaration adopted
by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-ninth session in 2005, 14
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9F
10F
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13F
Reaffirming the Dakar Framework for Action, adopted at the World Education
Forum in 2000, 15
14F
Welcoming the study on violence against children by the independent expert
appointed by the Secretary-General 16 and the in-depth study of the SecretaryGeneral on all forms of violence against women, 17 and taking note of the
recommendations contained therein,
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Recognizing that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the
world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in
particular for developing countries, and recognizing also that chronic poverty
remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and
protecting the rights of children and that urgent national and international action is
therefore required to eliminate it,
Recognizing also that girl children are often at greater risk of being exposed to
and encountering various forms of discrimination and violence, and reaffirming the
need to achieve gender equality to ensure a just and equitable world for girls,
including through partnering with men and boys, as an important strategy for
advancing the rights of the girl child,
Recognizing further that the empowerment of girls is key in breaking the cycle
of discrimination and violence and in promoting and protecting the full and effective
enjoyment of their human rights, and further recognizing that empowering girls
requires the active support and engagement of their parents, legal guardians,
families, boys and men, as well as the wider community,
Deeply concerned about discrimination against the girl child and the violation
of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education,
nutrition and physical and mental health care, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights,
opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving
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9
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.
10
Ibid., annex II.
11
Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
12
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.
13
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.
14
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum
(E/2005/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/232.
15
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World
Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).
16
See A/61/299 and A/62/209.
17
A/61/122 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1.
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