(i)
Report on schedule to the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women regarding the implementation of the
Convention, following fully the guidelines established by the
Committee and involving non-governmental organizations, where
appropriate, or taking into account their contributions in the
preparation of the report;
(j)
Enable the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women fully to discharge its mandate by allowing for adequate meeting
time through broad ratification of the revision adopted by the States
parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women on 22 May 1995 relative to article 20,
paragraph 1, 32/ and by promoting efficient working methods;
(k)
Support the process initiated by the Commission on the Status of Women
with a view to elaborating a draft optional protocol to the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women that
could enter into force as soon as possible on a right of petition
procedure, taking into consideration the Secretary-General’s report on
the optional protocol, including those views related to its
feasibility;
(l)
Take urgent measures to achieve universal ratification of or accession
to the Convention on the Rights of the Child before the end of 1995
and full implementation of the Convention in order to ensure equal
rights for girls and boys; those that have not already done so are
urged to become parties in order to realize universal implementation
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the year 2000;
(m)
Address the acute problems of children, inter alia, by supporting
efforts in the context of the United Nations system aimed at adopting
efficient international measures for the prevention and eradication of
female infanticide, harmful child labour, the sale of children and
their organs, child prostitution, child pornography and other forms of
sexual abuse and consider contributing to the drafting of an optional
protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
(n)
Strengthen the implementation of all relevant human rights instruments
in order to combat and eliminate, including through international
cooperation, organized and other forms of trafficking in women and
children, including trafficking for the purposes of sexual
exploitation, pornography, prostitution and sex tourism, and provide
legal and social services to the victims; this should include
provisions for international cooperation to prosecute and punish those
responsible for organized exploitation of women and children;
(o)
Taking into account the need to ensure full respect for the human
rights of indigenous women, consider a declaration on the rights of
indigenous people for adoption by the General Assembly within the
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People and encourage
the participation of indigenous women in the working group elaborating
the draft declaration, in accordance with the provisions for the
participation of organizations of indigenous people.
231. By relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations system, all
human rights bodies of the United Nations system, as well as the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for
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