United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/66/130
Distr.: General
19 March 2012
Sixty-sixth session
Agenda item 28 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]
66/130. Women and political participation
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the obligations of all States to promote and protect human rights
and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, and guided
by the purposes and principles of human rights instruments,
Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 which states
that everyone has the right to take part in the Government of his or her country
directly, or through freely chosen representatives, and the right of equal access to
public service,
Guided by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, 2 which affirms human rights and fundamental freedoms and
equality for women around the world, and which states, inter alia, that States parties
shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the
political and public life of the country,
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 3 and the outcome
of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000:
gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 4
Recognizing the central role of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) in leading and coordinating action
to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women within the United
Nations system, as well as in supporting all countries’ efforts to promote gender
equality and the empowerment of women,
Recognizing also the important contributions that women have made towards
the achievement of representative, transparent and accountable Governments in
many countries,
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
3
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
4
Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
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