Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the
Prostitution of Others; 41/
8.
Recommends to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat and the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, as well as all relevant
bodies and programmes in the United Nations system, when addressing the issue of
violence against women, to give particular attention to the issue of violence
perpetrated against women migrant workers, and to provide information to the
Secretary-General for inclusion in his report to the General Assembly;
9.
Welcomes the scheduled holding from 27 to 31 May 1996 of a United
Nations expert group meeting on the issue of violence against women migrant
workers, with the participation of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights on violence against women, pursuant to General Assembly resolution
50/168, to submit recommendations for improving coordination of the various
efforts of United Nations organizations on the issue of violence against women
migrant workers, and to develop concrete indicators as a basis for determining
the situation of women migrant workers, for submission, through normal channels,
to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session.
Resolution 40/7.
Attainment of strategic objectives and action
to be taken in the critical area of concern:
women and the media*
The Commission on the Status of Women,
Recalling the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
adopted in 1993, 42/
Referring to the Toronto Platform for Action 43/ concerning the access
of women journalists to expression and decision-making,
1.
Reaffirms the provisions of the Platform for Action adopted by the
Fourth World Conference on Women, 44/ in particular paragraphs 131 and 135 on
violations of the human rights of women and on religious intolerance, violence
and terrorism suffered by women because of their place in society and their sex;
2.
Also reaffirms paragraph 145 (f) of the Platform for Action, which
calls upon the international community to condemn and combat all forms and
manifestations of terrorism;
*
For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 54-56.
41/
General Assembly resolution 317 (IV).
42/
General Assembly resolution 48/104.
43/ Adopted by the International Symposium of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the topic "Women and media:
access to expression and decision-making", held at Toronto, Canada, from
28 February to 3 March 1995.
44/ Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing,
4-15 September 1995 (A/CONF.177/20 and Add.1), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
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