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Equality Between Men and Women and Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/3521(XXX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Gender Discrimination Treaties Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations which, inter alia, emphasize the importance of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for ali without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion and for the equality of men and women,

Firmly convinced that discrimination against women is incompatible with human dignity and prevents social progress and the achievement of the goals of development,

Mindful that the continuation of armed conflicts, the arms race, colonialism, foreign occupation, racism, racial discrimination and apartheid hinders the effective realization of equal rights for women and prevents the improvement of the situation of women and their wider participation in all spheres of life,

Noting conventions and recommendations conceming the rights of women adopted under the aegis and within the framework of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and the progress achieved in their implementation,

Noting that ali States are not yet parties to relevant conventions and other instruments elaborated by the United Nations, the Intemational Labour Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other United Nations bcxlies,

Expressing concern' in connexion with continuing discrimination in many countries against women in m.any fields, in particular in labour relations and general and professional education and training,

Aware that women, enjoying fully the rights provided for in the relevant international instruments, should play an equal role with men in all spheres of life, including the ensuring of pe.ace and the strengthening of intemational security, and should fully participate in political life,

Confident that the relaxation of intemational tension contributes to the development and implementation of standards in ali :fields of concem to. women,

84 See Report of the World Conference of the lnternational Women's Year (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.1). Reeolutiom adopted on the reportl of the Tbird Committee

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Calls upon ali States that have not done so to ratify the international conventions and other instruments conceming the protection of women's rights and the elimination of discrimination against women and to implement effectively the provisions of these conventions and other instruments, including declarations of •the United Nations and recommendations of the Intemational Labour Organisation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;

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Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to complete, in 1976, the elaboration of the draft Convention on the Elimination of Discri'minatlon again&t Women;

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Calls upon all States to promote vigorously wider participation of women in the strengthening of intemational peace and in extending the relaxation of intemational tension, on the basis of full respeot for the Charter of the United Nations as well as for United Nations resolutions, in settling the problems of disarmament, in the elimination of colonialism, foreign occupation, racism, racial discrimination and apartheid and in ali other forms of política! life, contributing in this way to the creation of the most favourable conditions for the complete elimination of discrimination against women.