A/RES/60/140
Recognizing that the responsibility for the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session rests primarily at the national level and that strengthened efforts are
necessary in this respect, and reiterating that enhanced international cooperation is
essential for full, effective and accelerated implementation,
Reaffirming that gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for
promoting the empowerment of women and achieving gender equality by
transforming structures of inequality, and reaffirming also the commitment to
actively promote the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all
political, economic and social spheres, as well as the commitment to strengthen the
capabilities of the United Nations system in the area of gender equality,
Reaffirming also that the full realization of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms is essential for the empowerment of women and girls,
Reaffirming further that the full representation and full and equal participation
of women in political, social and economic decision-making in society enhances
social and economic development policies and that the empowerment of women is a
critical factor in the eradication of poverty,
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Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General; 4
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Reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the
Fourth World Conference on Women1 and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly,2 and welcomes the ten-year review and appraisal
of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at the
forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the outcome
transmitted to the Assembly through the Economic and Social Council, including to
the 2005 World Summit, in Council decision 2005/232 of 21 July 2005;
Emphasizes that the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the
3.
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third
special session is integral to achieving the internationally agreed development goals,
including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration3 and the
outcomes of United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions, as well as
the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit;
Calls upon Governments, the United Nations system and other
4.
international and regional organizations, all sectors of civil society, including nongovernmental organizations, as well as all women and men to fully commit
themselves and to intensify their contributions to the implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session;
Recognizes that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
5.
Platform for Action and the fulfilment of the obligations under the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 5 are mutually
reinforcing in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, and in
this regard welcomes the contributions of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women to promoting the implementation of the Platform for
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