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Beijing+5: 23rd special session of the General Assembly

General Assembly 63rd Session (2008)

Agenda item 56: Advancement of Women

Under this agenda item, the Third Committee will discuss the following issues:

(a) Advancement of Women

  1. Trafficking in women and girls

  2. Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women

  3. Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations

  4. Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system

Related documents:

  • Trafficking in women and girls – Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/215)
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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women – Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/214)
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  • Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations – Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/216)
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  • Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system – Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/364)
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Resolutions:

  • Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/155. Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (A/RES/63/155)
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  • Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/156. Trafficking in women and girls (A/RES/63/156)
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  • Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/157. Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/RES/63/157)
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  • Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/158. Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (A/RES/63/158)
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(b) Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

Under this agenda item, the Third Committee will discuss the following issues:

  1. Measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

Related document:

  • Measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/217)
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Resolutions:

  • Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/159. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (A/RES/63/159)
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Statements

Opening Statements:

Regional Groups:

Member States:

Permanent Observers:

UN Entities:

Other inter-governmental organizations: