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cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts for poverty eradication at
the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability
and effective allocation of resources are required at all levels in order to ensure that
all the internationally agreed development and poverty eradication goals, including
those set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 32 are realized within
their time frame, and reaffirming that investment in children, particularly girls, and
the realization of their rights are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty
and should be given due consideration in the elaboration of the post-2015
development agenda;
47. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly the
report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on
preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage with a particular focus
on challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps, as well as the
summary report of the panel discussion to be held at the twenty-sixth session of the
Human Rights Council, and decides to consider both documents at the sixty-ninth
session of the General Assembly;
48. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its seventieth session on the implementation of the present resolution,
including a status analysis and emphasis on the importance of implementing policies
and achieving targets on water, sanitation and hygiene as they relate to the girl
child, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies
of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, with a view to
assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well-being of the girl child.
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18 December 2013
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