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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 9
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- Recognizing also that efforts at the local, national, regional and international levels have led to a decline in the global prevalence of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 10
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- Recognizing further the role of regional and subregional instruments and mechanisms in the prevention and elimination of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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Ending female genital mutilation 2008, para. 11
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- Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation and the recommendations contained therein,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Harmful Practices
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- 2008
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 15
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- Concerned about evidence of increased carrying out of female genital mutilation by medical personnel in all regions in which it is practised,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Harmful Practices
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- 2010
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 14
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- Welcoming the holding during the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council of the high-level panel discussion on the identification of good practices in combating female genital mutilation, and taking note with interest of the summary report thereon, prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Harmful Practices
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- 2014
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 13
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- Deeply concerned that, despite the increase in national, regional and international efforts and the focus on the abandonment of female genital mutilations, the practice continues to exist in all regions of the world,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2012
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 14
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- Deeply concerned also that a tremendous gap in resources continues to exist and that the shortfall in funding has severely limited the scope and pace of programmes and activities for the elimination of female genital mutilations,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- 2012
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 9
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- Concerned about evidence of an increase in the incidence of female genital mutilations being carried out by medical personnel in all regions in which they are practised,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- 2012
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 5
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- Recalling General Assembly resolution 67/146 of 20 December 2012 entitled “Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations” and Human Rights Council decision 24/117 of 27 September 2013 entitled “High-level panel on the identification of good practices in combating female genital mutilation”,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2014
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2014, para. 5
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- Recalling also the decision of the African Union, adopted in Malabo on 1 July 2011, to support the adoption by the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session of a resolution banning female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 16
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- Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to end female genital mutilation, in particular the commitment of 10 United Nations entities, announced in their joint inter-agency statement of 27 February 2008 on eliminating female genital mutilation, as well as the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, to accelerate the elimination of the practice,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Gender
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- 2016
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 5
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- Recalling also the decision of the African Union, adopted in Malabo on 1 July 2011, to support the adoption by the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session of a resolution banning female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2012
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 12
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- Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to end female genital mutilations, in particular the commitment of 10 United Nations entities announced in their joint inter-agency statement of 27 February 2008 on eliminating female genital mutilation, as well as the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change, of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, to accelerate the elimination of the practice,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- 2012
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2014, para. 12
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- Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to end female genital mutilations, in particular the commitment of 10 United Nations entities, announced in their joint inter-agency statement of 27 February 2008 on eliminating female genital mutilation, as well as the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, to accelerate the elimination of the practice,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2014
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 4
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- Recalling also its resolution 27/22 of 26 September 2014 on intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2016
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 15
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- Recalling the inter-agency global strategy initiated in 2010 by the World Health Organization to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2016
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 17
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- Recognizing that strong leadership is required to make progress in eliminating female genital mutilation and that a multidisciplinary, comprehensive, coordinated and coherent approach at all levels towards achieving abandonment of female genital mutilation worldwide is required, and welcoming the fact that such an approach is at the core of the United Nations Population Fund-United Nations Children's Fund joint programme to accelerate the abandonment of female genital mutilation,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Children
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- 2010
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 8
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- Acknowledging also the relevance and importance of regional instruments and mechanisms, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in the prevention and elimination of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 10
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- Concerned about the plight of the victims of female genital mutilation and the continuing persistence of the practice, despite these efforts,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2014
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 14
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- Deeply concerned that, despite the increase in national, regional and international efforts, the practice of female genital mutilation persists in some countries and has seen the development of new forms, such as medicalization and cross-border practice,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2016
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 19
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- Welcoming the establishment by the United Nations of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, on 6 February, the theme of which is, in 2016, achieving the new global goals through the elimination of female genital mutilation by 2030,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2016
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2012, para. 15
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- Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- 2012
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 17
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- Welcoming the growing global consensus regarding the need to take appropriate measures to prevent and eliminate female genital mutilation, and understanding that this practice has no relevant religious or cultural basis,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2016
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 2
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- Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the Council of 18 June 2007,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Gender
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- 2014
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 9
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- Recognizing that efforts at the local, national, regional and international levels have led to a decline in the global prevalence of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Gender
- Harmful Practices
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- 2014
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 11
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- Noting with profound concern that the medicalization of this practice will undermine the progress made in eliminating female genital mutilation and achieving zero tolerance of the practice,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- 2014
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Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 12
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- Welcoming the growing global consensus regarding the need to take appropriate measures to eliminate female genital mutilation, and understanding that this practice has no relevant religious or cultural basis,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 16
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- Bearing in mind that States have primary responsibility for creating favourable conditions to prevent and eliminate female genital mutilation, and for achieving zero tolerance of the practice,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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