E limination of all forms of
discrimination and violence
against the girl child
subsidiary bodies on the girl child, its previous set
of agreed conclusions on the girl child, as well as
Security Council resolutions 1325 and 1612.
5. The Commission welcomes the June 2006 Political
Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which expressed grave
concern for the overall expansion and feminization
of the HIV pandemic and recognized that gender
inequalities and all forms of violence against women
and girls increased their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the
outcome documents of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly and the declaration adopted by the Commission on the occasion
of the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World
Conference on Women.
6. The Commission reaffirms the commitment to
ensure the full implementation of the human rights
of women and of the girl child as an inalienable,
integral and indivisible part of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms.
2. The Commission also reaffirms the outcome of the
2002 World Summit on Children and the international commitments to gender equality and
the elimination of all forms of discrimination and
violence against the girl child made at the World
Conference on Human Rights, the International
Conference on Population and Development,
the World Summit for Social Development
and the World Conference against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance, as well as those made in the United
Nations Millennium Declaration and at the 2005
World Summit, and reaffirms further that their full
and effective and accelerated implementation are
integral to achieving the internationally agreed
development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals.
7. The Commission is profoundly concerned that
previous goals and targets and commitments,
including financial commitments, made with regard
to the girl child remain unfulfilled and that, despite
progress in addressing all forms of discrimination
and violence against girls and recognition of their
rights, discrimination and violations of their human
rights still persist.
8. The Commission recognizes that the empowerment
of girls is key to breaking the cycle of discrimination
and violence and to promoting and protecting the
full and effective enjoyment of all their human
rights. It also recognizes that empowering girls
requires the active support and engagement of
their parents, legal guardians, families, boys and
men, as well as the wider community.
3. The Commission reiterates that the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women and its Optional Protocol and
the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its
Optional Protocols, as well as other conventions
and treaties, provide a legal framework and a
comprehensive set of measures for the promotion
and protection of the human rights of the girl child,
including for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against her. In this regard, the
Commission welcomes the adoption in December
2006 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities.
9. The Commission also recognizes that the difficult
socio-economic conditions that exist in many
developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, have resulted in the acceleration of
the feminization of poverty and that in situations
of poverty girl children are among those most
affected. In this regard, the Commission stresses
that achieving the Millennium Development Goals
by 2015 and all other agreed development goals is
a global effort and an essential element in improving the situation of girl children and ensuring their
human rights. The Commission further recognizes
that, as part of urgent national and international
action required to eradicate poverty, investing in
the development of girls is a priority in and of itself
4. The Commission reaffirms the commitment to the
full and effective implementation of, and follow-up
to, all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly
and of the Economic and Social Council and its
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