At its 60th plenary meeting, on 20 December 2012, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee,71 recalling its resolutions 56/128 of 19 December 2001, 58/156 of 22 December 2003 and 60/141 of 16 December 2005, Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 51/2 of 9 March 2007,72 52/2 of 7 March 200873 and 54/7 of 12 March 2010,74 as well as agreed conclusions of the Commission, and all other relevant resolutions, and taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation75 and the recommendations contained therein, decided to consider the issue of ending female genital mutilation at its sixtyseventh session under the agenda item entitled “Advancement of women”.
