E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 “15. 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 girls against female genital mutilation in their country programmes, as appropriate, in accordance with national priorities, so as to further strengthen their efforts in this regard; “16. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the implementation of the present resolution by using information provided by Member States and verifiable information provided by organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well-being of girls.” 64. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission had before it a revised draft resolution submitted by South Africa, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the African Group, entitled “Ending female genital mutilation” (E/CN.6/2007/L.3/Rev.1). Subsequently Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uruguay joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 65. At the same meeting, on 9 March, the Commission was advised that the revised draft resolution contained no programme budget implications. 66. Also at the same meeting, the representative of South Africa on behalf of the African Group orally revised the text of the draft resolution as follows: (a) In the eighth preambular paragraph, the words “and prenatal” were deleted after the words “adverse obstetric”; (b) In the tenth preambular paragraph, after the words “early marriage” a “comma” was inserted; (c) In paragraph 3, the words “preventive and elimination programmes to address” before the words “harmful traditional practices”, were replaced by the words “programmes to eliminate”; (d) In paragraph 5, the words “within the general framework of integration policies” after the words “to promote”, were deleted; and the words “including when the practice occurs outside the country of residence” at the end of the paragraph, were deleted; (e) In paragraph 10, the words “including enacting and enforcing legislation to prohibit female genital mutilation and protect girls and women from this form of violence, and to end impunity” after the words “necessary measures”, were replaced by the words “to protect girls and women from female genital mutilation including 44 07-28248

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