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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | 1995 | |||||||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action is an agenda for women's empowerment. It aims at accelerating the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and at removing all the obstacles to women's active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making. This means that the principle of shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities. Equality between women and men is a matter of human rights and a condition for social justice and is also a necessary and fundamental prerequisite for equality, development and peace. A transformed partnership based on equality between women and men is a condition for people- centred sustainable development. A sustained and long-term commitment is essential, so that women and men can work together for themselves, for their children and for society to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Adopts the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which are annexed to the present resolution; |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Fourth World Conference on Women, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | We, the Governments participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Gathered here in Beijing in September 1995, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Having met in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action reaffirms the fundamental principle set forth in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, that the human rights of women and of the girl child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. As an agenda for action, the Platform seeks to promote and protect the full enjoyment of all human rights and the fundamental freedoms of all women throughout their life cycle. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Recommends to the General Assembly of the United Nations at its fiftieth session that it endorse the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as adopted by the Conference. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Determined to advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action emphasizes that women share common concerns that can be addressed only by working together and in partnership with men towards the common goal of gender* equality around the world. It respects and values the full diversity of women's situations and conditions and recognizes that some women face particular barriers to their empowerment. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action requires immediate and concerted action by all to create a peaceful, just and humane world based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the principle of equality for all people of all ages and from all walks of life, and to this end, recognizes that broad-based and sustained economic growth in the context of sustainable development is necessary to sustain social development and social justice. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Acknowledging the voices of all women everywhere and taking note of the diversity of women and their roles and circumstances, honouring the women who paved the way and inspired by the hope present in the world's youth, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The success of the Platform for Action will require a strong commitment on the part of Governments, international organizations and institutions at all levels. It will also require adequate mobilization of resources at the national and international levels as well as new and additional resources to the developing countries from all available funding mechanisms, including multilateral, bilateral and private sources for the advancement of women; financial resources to strengthen the capacity of national, subregional, regional and international institutions; a commitment to equal rights, equal responsibilities and equal opportunities and to the equal participation of women and men in all national, regional and international bodies and policy-making processes; and the establishment or strengthening of mechanisms at all levels for accountability to the world's women. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Recognize that the status of women has advanced in some important respects in the past decade but that progress has been uneven, inequalities between women and men have persisted and major obstacles remain, with serious consequences for the well-being of all people, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Fourth World Conference on Women is taking place as the world stands poised on the threshold of a new millennium. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Also recognize that this situation is exacerbated by the increasing poverty that is affecting the lives of the majority of the world's people, in particular women and children, with origins in both the national and international domains, |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action upholds the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and builds upon the Nairobi Forward- looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, as well as relevant resolutions adopted by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly. The formulation of the Platform for Action is aimed at establishing a basic group of priority actions that should be carried out during the next five years. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Dedicate ourselves unreservedly to addressing these constraints and obstacles and thus enhancing further the advancement and empowerment of women all over the world, and agree that this requires urgent action in the spirit of determination, hope, cooperation and solidarity, now and to carry us forward into the next century. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The Platform for Action recognizes the importance of the agreements reached at the World Summit for Children, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development and the World Summit for Social Development, which set out specific approaches and commitments to fostering sustainable development and international cooperation and to strengthening the role of the United Nations to that end. Similarly, the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, the International Conference on Nutrition, the International Conference on Primary Health Care and the World Conference on Education for All have addressed the various facets of development and human rights, within their specific perspectives, paying significant attention to the role of women and girls. In addition, the International Year for the World's Indigenous People, the International Year of the Family, the United Nations Year for Tolerance, the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women have also emphasized the issues of women's empowerment and equality. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We reaffirm our commitment to:] The equal rights and inherent human dignity of women and men and other purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Declaration on the Right to Development; |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The objective of the Platform for Action, which is in full conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, is the empowerment of all women. The full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all women is essential for the empowerment of women. While the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The implementation of this Platform, including through national laws and the formulation of strategies, policies, programmes and development priorities, is the sovereign responsibility of each State, in conformity with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the significance of and full respect for various religious and ethical values, cultural backgrounds and philosophical convictions of individuals and their communities should contribute to the full enjoyment by women of their human rights in order to achieve equality, development and peace. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We reaffirm our commitment to:] Ensure the full implementation of the human rights of women and of the girl child as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We reaffirm our commitment to:] Build on consensus and progress made at previous United Nations conferences and summits - on women in Nairobi in 1985, on children in New York in 1990, on environment and development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, on human rights in Vienna in 1993, on population and development in Cairo in 1994 and on social development in Copenhagen in 1995 with the objective of achieving equality, development and peace; |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | Since the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, held at Nairobi in 1985, and the adoption of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, the world has experienced profound political, economic, social and cultural changes, which have had both positive and negative effects on women. The World Conference on Human Rights recognized that the human rights of women and the girl child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. The full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life at the national, regional and international levels, and the eradication of all forms of discrimination on the grounds of sex are priority objectives of the international community. The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirmed the solemn commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, other instruments related to human rights and international law. The universal nature of these rights and freedoms is beyond question. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We reaffirm our commitment to:] Achieve the full and effective implementation of the Nairobi Forward- looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women; |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The end of the cold war has resulted in international changes and diminished competition between the super-Powers. The threat of a global armed conflict has diminished, while international relations have improved and prospects for peace among nations have increased. Although the threat of global conflict has been reduced, wars of aggression, armed conflicts, colonial or other forms of alien domination and foreign occupation, civil wars, and terrorism continue to plague many parts of the world. Grave violations of the human rights of women occur, particularly in times of armed conflict, and include murder, torture, systematic rape, forced pregnancy and forced abortion, in particular under policies of ethnic cleansing. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We reaffirm our commitment to:] The empowerment and advancement of women, including the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, thus contributing to the moral, ethical, spiritual and intellectual needs of women and men, individually or in community with others and thereby guaranteeing them the possibility of realizing their full potential in society and shaping their lives in accordance with their own aspirations. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | The maintenance of peace and security at the global, regional and local levels, together with the prevention of policies of aggression and ethnic cleansing and the resolution of armed conflict, is crucial for the protection of the human rights of women and girl children, as well as for the elimination of all forms of violence against them and of their use as a weapon of war. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Fourth World Conference on Women | Negotiated soft law | Declaration / Confererence outcome document | [We are convinced that:] Women's empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision-making process and access to power, are fundamental for the achievement of equality, development and peace; |
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