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“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
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