A/RES/67/146 United Nations Distr.: General 5 March 2013 General Assembly Sixty-seventh session Agenda item 28 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/450 and Corr.1)] 67/146. Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/117 of 9 December 1998 and 56/128 of 19 December 2001, Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 51/2 of 9 March 2007, 1 52/2 of 7 March 2008 2 and 54/7 of 12 March 2010 3 and all other relevant resolutions, Reaffirming that the Convention on the Rights of the Child 4 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 5 together with the Optional Protocols thereto, 6 constitute an important contribution to the legal framework for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls, Reaffirming also the Beijing Declaration 7 and Platform for Action, 8 the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 9 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 10 and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 11 and their 5-year, 10-year and 15-year reviews, as well as the United _______________ 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 7 (E/2007/27), chap. I, sect. D. 2 Ibid., 2008, Supplement No. 7 (E/2008/27), chap. I, sect. D. 3 Ibid., 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. 5 Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378. 6 Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378; and resolution 66/138, annex. 7 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I. 8 Ibid., annex II. 9 Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex. 10 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. 11 Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 12-48736 *1248736* Please recycle

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