E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 Chapter I Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention A. Agreed conclusions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 1. The following agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission are brought to the attention of the Council for transmittal for information to the review session to take place in 2007 on the outcome document entitled “A world fit for children”, adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh special session. Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child* 1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the twentythird special session of the General Assembly and the declaration adopted by the Commission on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. 2. The Commission also reaffirms the outcome of the 2002 World Summit on Children and the international commitments to gender equality and the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child made at the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development and the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, as well as those made in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and at the 2005 World Summit, and reaffirms further that their full and effective and accelerated implementation are integral to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. 3. The Commission reiterates that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, as well as other conventions and treaties, provide a legal framework and a comprehensive set of measures for the promotion and protection of the human rights of the girl child, including for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against her. In this regard, the Commission welcomes the adoption in December 2006 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 4. The Commission reaffirms the commitment to the full and effective implementation of, and follow-up to, all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies on the girl child, its previous set of agreed conclusions on the girl child, as well as Security Council resolutions 1325 and 1612. 5. The Commission welcomes the June 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which expressed grave concern for the overall expansion and * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 17-26. 07-28248 1