Bearing in mind that the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women 1/ identify violence as a major obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recognizing that the elimination of violence against women is essential to the achievement of equality for women and is a requirement for the full respect of human rights, Convinced that a United Nations declaration on the elimination of violence against women would make a positive contribution to the achievement of full equality for women, Recognizing that the effective implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 8/ would contribute to the elimination of violence against women and that the declaration would strengthen and complement that process, 1. Expresses its appreciation to the experts, Member States and United Nations organizations that contributed to the elaboration of the draft declaration on the elimination of violence against women by the Expert Group Meeting on Violence against Women held at Vienna from 11 to 15 November 1991, 9/ and the Working Group on Violence against Women, held at Vienna from 3l August to 4 September 1992; 10/ 2. Urges the General Assembly to adopt the draft resolution on the declaration on the elimination of violence against women contained in the annex to the present resolution; 3. Urges Member States to adopt, strengthen and enforce legislation prohibiting violence against women and to take all appropriate administrative, social and educational measures to protect women from all forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence, whether occurring in public or private life, in accordance with the measures contained in the draft declaration; 4. Calls on States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to continue to prepare their reports in accordance with general recommendation 19 on violence against women, adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its eleventh session; 11/ 5. Invites United Nations entities, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to take all possible steps to implement the declaration, once adopted, to disseminate information on it and to promote its understanding; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to provide all facilities and assistance necessary, within existing resources, for the dissemination of information on the declaration, once adopted; 8/ General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex. 9/ E/CN.6/1992/4. 10/ See E/CN.6/1993/12. 11/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/47/38), sect. I. -10-