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initiatives of States aimed at the elimination of all other forms of violence against
women;
(c) The efforts, such as projects, undertaken by United Nations bodies, funds
and programmes, including the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations
Children’s Fund and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, to address
the issue of crimes against women committed in the name of honour, and
encourages them to coordinate their efforts;
(d) The work carried out by civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, such as women’s organizations, grass-roots movements and
individuals, in raising awareness of such crimes and their harmful effects;
Expresses its concern that women continue to be victims of crimes
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committed in the name of honour, and at the continuing occurrence in all regions of
the world of such violence, which takes many different forms, and at failures to
prosecute and punish perpetrators;
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Calls upon all States:
(a) To fulfil their obligations under the relevant international human rights
instruments and to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action7 and
the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly;8
(b) To continue to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate crimes against
women and girls committed in the name of honour, which take many different
forms, by using legislative, administrative and programmatic measures;
(c) To investigate promptly and thoroughly, prosecute effectively and
document cases of crimes against women and girls committed in the name of honour
and punish the perpetrators;
(d) To intensify efforts to raise awareness of the need to prevent and
eliminate crimes against women and girls committed and condoned in the name of
honour, with the aim of changing the attitudes and behaviour that allow such crimes
to be committed by involving, inter alia, community leaders;
(e) To intensify efforts to raise awareness about the responsibility of men to
promote gender equality and bring about change in attitudes to eliminate gender
stereotypes, including, specifically, their role in preventing crimes against women
and girls committed in the name of honour;
(f) To encourage the efforts of the media to engage in awareness-raising
campaigns;
(g) To encourage, support and implement measures and programmes aimed
at increasing the knowledge and understanding of the causes and consequences of
crimes against women and girls committed in the name of honour, including the
provision of training for those responsible for enforcing the law, such as police
personnel and judicial and legal personnel, and to strengthen their capacity to
respond to complaints of such crimes in an impartial and effective manner and take
necessary measures to ensure the protection of actual and potential victims;
(h) To continue to support the work of civil society, including
non-governmental organizations, in addressing this issue and to strengthen
cooperation with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
(i) To establish, strengthen or facilitate, where possible, support services to
respond to the needs of actual and potential victims by, inter alia, providing for them
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