Noting with satisfaction the resolutions referring to women’s rights adopted in regional meetings as part of the preparatory process for the World Conference on Human Rights, especially resolution 13 entitled "Protection of the rights of women", adopted at the African regional meeting held at Tunis from 2 to 6 November 1992, Welcoming Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/46 of entitled "Integrating the rights of women into the human rights the United Nations", and resolution 1992/4 of 14 August 1992 of Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of entitled "Discrimination against women", 8 March 1993, mechanisms of the Minorities, Fully recognizing women’s democratic rights in society and emphasizing the importance of equal access to all aspects of development activities, in particular to education and training, health care, employment, and the use of technologies, Concerned that women in all regions continue to be discriminated against, because of their sex, in terms of being able to recognize, exercise and enjoy human rights and are subject to specific forms of violence such as those listed in the draft declaration on the elimination of violence against women (E/CN.6/1993/12, annex, appendix I), Decides to present to the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference on Human Rights the contribution set out below and urges Member States participating in the Preparatory Committee at its fourth session and in the World Conference on Human Rights to ensure that women’s rights and concerns are considered under all the substantive items of the provisional agenda for the World Conference annexed to General Assembly resolution 47/122 of 18 December 1992. WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND CONCERNS TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS OF THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS I. ITEM 9: GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF OBSTACLES TO FURTHER PROGRESS IN THIS AREA AND WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN BE OVERCOME 1. The prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex is a part of all human rights instruments. Underdevelopment, certain social and traditional practices and cultural patterns and all forms of violence and extremism create obstacles to the full realization by women of all of their rights. Human rights are universal and indivisible and should apply to women and men equally. Violations of the human rights of women have not been fully dealt with by the overall mechanism of human rights instruments, the means for recourse in the case of violations are not adequate and the process of achieving de facto equality has been slow. 2. The work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in advancing a multidisciplinary gender-based approach to the enjoyment of human rights, empowering women in the spirit of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ has made progress in overcoming obstacles related to gender. -34-