2.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the
provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 7/ the
Hague Regulation and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, 8/ in order to protect the
rights of Palestinian women and their families;
3.
Calls upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugee and
displaced Palestinian women and children and those who are political deportees
to their homes and properties in the occupied Palestinian territory, in
compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
4.
Urges Member States, international financial organizations of the
United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and other relevant
institutions to intensify their efforts to provide financial and technical
assistance to Palestinian women for the creation of projects responding to their
needs, especially during the transitional period;
5.
Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor
and take action with regard to the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking
Strategies for the Advancement of Women, in particular paragraph 260 concerning
Palestinian women and children;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation and
to assist Palestinian women by all available means, and to submit to the
Commission on the Status of Women at its fortieth session a report on the
progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.
DRAFT RESOLUTION III
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women*
The Economic and Social Council,
Bearing in mind that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women 9/ is a key international human rights instrument
for the promotion of equality between women and men,
Welcoming the increasing number of States parties to the Convention, which
has reached one hundred and thirty-nine,
Noting with deep concern that the Convention is still one of the human
rights instruments with a large number of reservations, many of which run
contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention, despite the fact that some
States Parties have withdrawn their reservations to it,
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*
For the discussion, see chap. IV.
7/
General Assembly resolution 217 A (III).
8/
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
9/
General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex.
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