E/2007/27
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5.
Reiterates that the eradication of poverty is the greatest global challenge
facing the world today and is an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizes that chronic
poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs and protecting and
promoting the rights of girls, and that urgent national and international action is
therefore required to eliminate it;
6.
Invites non-governmental organizations and other civil society actors:
(a) To continue to advocate at the local, national, regional and international
levels against forced marriage, including through building and strengthening
networks among those who may call attention to its adverse consequences;
(b) To continue to increase coordination and cooperation in addressing
forced marriage of the girl child, and to present their observations and conclusions
to Governments;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on the Status
of Women at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
Decision 51/101
Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under
agenda item 3*
At its 13th meeting, on 9 March 2007, the Commission on the Status of
Women took note of the following documents:
(a) Report of the Secretary-General on the elimination of all forms of
discrimination and violence against the girl child; 28
(b) Report of the Secretary-General on progress in mainstreaming a gender
perspective in the development, implementation and evaluations of national policies
and programmes, with a particular focus on the elimination of all forms of
discrimination and violence against the girl child; 29
(c) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint workplan of the Division for
the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights; 30
(d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations
Development Fund for Women on the activities of the Fund to eliminate violence
against women; 31
(e) Report of the Secretary-General on the advisability of the appointment of a
special rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women; 32
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* For the discussion, see chap. II.
E/CN.6/2007/2.
29 E/CN.6/2007/3.
30 A/HRC/4/68-E/CN.6/2007/5.
31 A/HRC/4/069-E/CN.6/2007/6.
32 E/CN.6/2007/8.
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