7.
Also requests the Secretary-General to report, in consultation with
Member States, to the Commission on the Status of Women at its thirty-ninth
session, in 1995, and to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-second
session, in 1996, on the implementation of the Declaration, once adopted;
8.
Urges Governments to include an evaluation of the impact of the
Declaration, once adopted, in their preparations for the Fourth World Conference
on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, to be held at Beijing
from 4 to 15 September 1995.
Annex
Declaration on the elimination of
violence against women
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the urgent need for the universal application to women of the
rights and principles with regard to equality, security, liberty, integrity and
dignity of all human persons,
Noting that these rights and principles are enshrined in international
instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 12/ the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 13/ the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 13/ the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 14/ and the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, 15/
Recognizing that the effective implementation of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women would contribute to the
elimination of violence against women and that the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women, annexed to the present resolution, will
strengthen and complement that process,
Concerned that violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of
equality, development and peace, as recognized in the Nairobi Forward-looking
Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ which recommend a set of measures to
combat violence against women, and to the full implementation of the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Affirming that violence against women both violates and impairs or
nullifies the enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and
concerned about the long-standing failure to protect and promote these rights
and freedoms in relation to violence against women,
Recognizing that violence against women is a manifestation of historically
unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over
and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of their full
advancement, and that violence against women is one of the crucial social
12/
General Assembly resolution 217 A (III).
13/
General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
14/
General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex.
15/
General Assembly resolution 39/46, annex.
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