Scope, Modalities, Format and Organization of the High-Level Meeting on the 30th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women

A/RES/79/288View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 27 Advancement of women, published in 2025.

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2 versions · 2019–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/288	Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting on the 30th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women	1,358	68%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/340	Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting on the 25th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women	1,446	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Anniversaries Conferences Empowerment Gender Discrimination Gender Equality Gender Mainstreaming Programme Implementation Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Decides that the one-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women shall be held in New York on Monday, 22 September 2025, during the eightieth session of the General Assembly, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and consist of an opening segment, a plenary segment for general discussion and a closing segment;

Also decides that the theme of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly will be “Recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls” and that this meeting will highlight achievements, best practices, gaps and challenges;

Further decides that:

The opening segment, to be held from 10 to 10.45 a.m., will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly at its eightieth session, the Secretary-General, a representative of China as the host country of the Fourth World Conference on Women, the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, as well as an eminent high-level champion of gender equality, a representative from civil society and a young woman leader, to be selected, in consultation with Member States, by the President of the General Assembly;

The plenary segment, to be held from 10.45 a.m. to 7.45 p.m., without interruption, will comprise statements by all States Members of the United Nations, all members of the specialized agencies that have observer status with the General Assembly, and intergovernmental organizations and entities that have observer status with the General Assembly; a list of speakers will be established in accordance with established practices of the General Assembly and the time limits for these statements will be three minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States;

The closing segment, to be held from 7.45 to 8 p.m., will comprise concluding remarks by the President of the General Assembly;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, with the support of UN‑Women, to organize and preside over an interactive multi-stakeholder hearing on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action following the high-level political forum on sustainable development in July 2025, with the active participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies that have observer status with the General Assembly, intergovernmental organizations and entities that have observer status with the General Assembly, and parliamentarians, representatives of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, invited civil society organizations, national human rights institutions where they exist, academic institutions and the private sector, ensuring the participation and voices of women and girls as part of the preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to take stock of the outcomes and recommendations of other United Nations intergovernmental processes, including the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women and relevant initiatives, and also requests the President of the General Assembly to prepare a summary of the interactive multi‑stakeholder hearing prior to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly;

Invites non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council with relevant expertise to register with the Secretariat to attend the high-level meeting of the General Assembly and to participate in the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non‑governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector who may participate in the high-level meeting, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard for gender parity, to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration on a non‑objection basis⁵ and in any case, no later than July 2025 for the preparatory process, and to bring the list to the attention of the General Assembly for a final decision by the Assembly on participation in the high-level meeting;

⁵The list will include proposed as well as final names. The general basis of any objections, if requested by one or more States Members of the United Nations or States members of the specialized agencies, will be made known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly and the requester.

Invites members of civil society, non‑governmental organizations, the private sector, academia, development partners, youth and other relevant initiatives to make a fundamental contribution to the process in terms of raising awareness of gaps and challenges and identifying concrete actions to accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and its contribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Encourages all Member States, members of the United Nations specialized agencies and observers of the General Assembly to be represented at the highest possible level and to consider including in their national delegations heads of national mechanisms for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, as appropriate, as well as representatives such as parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, youth and other relevant stakeholders;

Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union to contribute to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly;

Invites the United Nations system, including funds, programmes and specialized agencies, regional commissions and relevant envoys of the Secretary-General, to participate in the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, as appropriate, and urges them to consider initiatives in support of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly and the preparations for the meeting, particularly with regard to sharing good practices, challenges, lessons learned and urgent actions that need to be taken for the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls;

Decides that the proceedings of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly shall be webcast; and encourages the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and UN-Women to give the highest visibility to this meeting and its summary, as well as to the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, through all relevant media platforms and information and communications technologies;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to prepare a summary of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly and to bring the summary to the attention of Member States, relevant United Nations entities and other relevant stakeholders.

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