E/2008/27 E/CN.6/2008/11 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including relevant recommendations, taking into account the information provided by States and relevant international organizations; 12. Decides to consider the question at its fifty-fourth session. Resolution 52/2 Ending female genital mutilation* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 56/128 of 19 December 2001, 58/156 of 22 December 2003 and 60/141 of 16 December 2005, Commission on the Status of Women resolution 51/2 of 9 March 2007 and all other relevant resolutions, as well as all relevant agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, Welcoming the initiative taken by the Secretary-General on 25 February 2008 to launch a multi-year campaign to end violence against women, Reaffirming that the Convention on the Rights of the Child9 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 16 together with their Optional Protocols, constitute an important contribution to the legal framework for the protection and promotion of the human rights of girls, Reaffirming also the Beijing Declaration 17 and Platform for Action,3 the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”,4 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 18 and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 19 and their five- and ten-year reviews, as well as the United Nations Millennium Declaration 20 and the commitments relevant to the girl child made at the 2005 World Summit, 21 Recalling the entry into force on 25 November 2005 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights 22 on the Rights of Women of Africa, adopted in Maputo on 11 July 2003, which contains, inter alia, undertakings and commitments on ending female genital mutilation and marks a significant milestone towards the abandonment and ending of female genital mutilation, __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 71-75. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. 17 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, annex I. 18 Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 19 Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 20 See General Assembly resolution 55/2. 21 See General Assembly resolution 60/1. 22 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363. 16 16 08-29062