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(d) Special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights, in particular
the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To seize all opportunities to raise awareness of the conduct of the study
and solicit contributions, and in this regard notes with appreciation the launch of a
website dedicated to the study 2 and the online discussion that took place from
26 September to 14 October 2005;
(b) To ensure that the conduct of the in-depth study on all forms of violence
against women will be carried out in close cooperation with the in-depth study on
the question of violence against children requested in its resolution 56/138 of
19 December 2001 so as to enable the exchange of appropriate information;
(c) To continue to provide opportunities for consultations with Member
States and other stakeholders and to solicit information, including on strategies,
policies, programmes and best practices, including from regional organizations;
(d) To continue and, where appropriate, to strengthen cooperation with
relevant non-governmental organizations in the preparation of the study on all forms
of violence against women;
Urges all relevant United Nations bodies, funds and programmes to
5.
cooperate fully with the Secretary-General in the conduct of the study and,
whenever possible, draw attention to it, so as to expand opportunities for
contribution to its preparation and follow-up;
Encourages Member States to contribute to the funding of the study in
6.
order to meet the budgetary requirements for the study and to provide, as applicable,
the Secretary-General with updated information on issues to be covered by the
study;
7.
Decides:
(a) To extend the deadline for submission of the report mentioned in
subparagraph (d) of its resolution 58/185 to its sixty-first session, at the latest by
early September 2006, in time for an in-depth consideration at that session;
(b) To consider the report at its sixty-first session under the item entitled
“Advancement of women”.
64th plenary meeting
16 December 2005
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www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/index.htm.