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on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 7 the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, 8 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 9 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 10
and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families 11 provide an international legal framework
and a comprehensive set of measures for realizing gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls and the full and equal enjoyment of all human
rights and fundamental freedoms by all women and girls, throughout their life course.
3.
The Commission reaffirms that the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
and the outcome documents of its reviews, and the outcomes of relevant major United
Nations conferences and summits and the follow-up to those conferences and
summits, have laid a solid foundation for sustainable development and that the full,
effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action will make a crucial contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 12 and to achieving gender equality and the empowerment
of all women and girls.
4.
The Commission emphasizes the mutually reinforcing relationship among
achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and the full,
effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action and the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It
acknowledges that achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and
girls and women’s full, equal effective and meaningful participation and decision making in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disaster risk
reduction is essential for achieving sustainable development, promotin g peaceful, just
and inclusive societies, enhancing inclusive and sustainable economic growth and
productivity, ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions everywhere and ensuring
the well-being of all. It recognizes that women and girls play a vital ro le as agents of
change for sustainable development.
5.
The Commission acknowledges the important role played by regional
conventions, instruments and initiatives in their respective regions and countries, and
their follow-up mechanisms, in the achievement of gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls including in the context of climate change,
environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.
6.
The Commission reaffirms the commitments to gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls made at relevant United Nations summits and
conferences, including the International Conference on Population and
Development 13 and its Programme of Action and the outcome documents of its
reviews. It recognizes that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SIDS
Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 14 the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 15 the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third
International Conference on Financing for Development, 16 the New Urban Agenda, 17
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See General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Ibid.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.
Ibid., vol. 660, No. 9464.
Ibid., vol. 2220, No. 39481.
General Assembly resolution 70/1.
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.
General Assembly resolution 69/15, annex.
General Assembly resolution 69/283, annex II.
General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex.
General Assembly resolution 71/256, annex.
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