Follow-Up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and Full Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action

A/RES/54/141View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 110 Implementation of the outcome of the 4th World Conference on Women, published in 2000.

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5 versions · 1996–2000

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/141	Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action	1,119	21%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/120	Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action	3,045	14%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/231	Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action	1,000	13%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/100	Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action	3,337	20%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/203	Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action	2,416	–

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13 subjects

Conferences Coordination Within UN System Gender Equality Gender Mainstreaming Non-Governmental Organizations Popular Participation Programme Implementation Programme Planning Programmes of Action Questionnaires Resources Allocation Resources Mobilization Women's Advancement

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18 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action;⁴

⁴A/54/264.

Commends the work of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”;

Takes note of the ministerial communiqué adopted by the Economic and Social Council at the high-level segment of its substantive session of 1999 on the theme “The role of employment and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement of women”,⁵ as well as Council resolution 1999/55 of 30 July 1999 on integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits;

⁵A/54/3, chap. III, para. 23. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/54/3/Rev.1).

Welcomes the initiatives and actions taken by Governments, the United Nations system and other international organizations as well as by non-governmental organizations and other actors of civil society towards the accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration2 and the Platform for Action,1 and calls upon them to implement effectively all the critical areas of concern of the Platform for Action by promoting the empowerment of women at all levels and their full participation in all spheres of society through, inter alia, an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective at all levels;

Also welcomes the replies from Governments to the questionnaire on the implementation of the Platform for Action,⁶ and once again invites Governments that have not yet done so to submit national evaluations of the implementation of the Platform for Action, in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/50 of 29 July 1999;

⁶See A/54/264, para. 49.

Recognizes the importance attached to the regional and subregional monitoring of the global and regional platforms for action by regional commissions and other subregional or regional structures, within their mandates, in consultation with Governments, and calls for the promotion of cooperation in that respect among Governments and, where appropriate, national machineries of the same region;

Reaffirms that, in order to implement the Platform for Action, adequate mobilization of resources at the national and international levels, as well as new and additional resources for the developing countries, in particular those in Africa and the least developed countries, from all available funding mechanisms, including multilateral, bilateral and private sources, will also be required;

Recognizes that implementation of the Platform for Action in the countries with economies in transition requires continued national efforts and international cooperation and assistance, as indicated in the Platform for Action;

Reaffirms that, in order to implement the Platform for Action, a reformulation of policies and reallocation of resources may be needed, but that some policy changes may not necessarily have financial implications;

Calls upon Member States to allocate adequate resources for the provision of data disaggregated by sex and age for undertaking gender impact analysis and measuring progress in order to develop successful national implementation strategies for the Platform for Action;

Encourages all entities of the United Nations system, including the programmes, funds and specialized agencies, and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, to continue their active involvement in the preparations for the special session and to participate at the highest level in the special session, including through presentations on best practices, obstacles encountered and a vision for the future to accelerate implementation of the Platform for Action and address new and emerging trends;

Welcomes the initiatives and activities of all regional commissions and other intergovernmental organizations in support of the preparations for the special session;

Reiterates that participation in the special session should be at a high political level;

Invites Member States to include representatives of national machineries for the advancement of women in their delegations to the preparatory committee and the special session;

Reiterates the decision that non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as the non-governmental organizations that were accredited to the Fourth World Conference on Women, may participate in the special session without creating a precedent for future sessions of the General Assembly;⁷

⁷See resolution 52/100, para. 46.

Encourages Member States to include relevant actors of civil society, especially non-governmental organizations and representatives of women’s organizations, in their national preparatory processes as well as in their delegations to the preparatory committee and the special session;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the special session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session an item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the special session of the General Assembly entitled ‘Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century’”.

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