General Assembly 65th Session (2010)
Agenda item 28: Advancement of women
Under this agenda item, the Third Committee will discuss the following issues:
(a) Advancement of women
Related documents:
- Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women – Report of the Secretary-General – Report of the Secretary General (A/65/208)
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- Trafficking in women and girls– Report of the Secretary General (A/65/209)
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- Note by the Secretary-General on the activities of the 51³Ô¹Ï Development Fund for Women (A/65/218)
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- Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the status of women in the 51³Ô¹Ï system (A/65/334)
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Resolutions:
- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (A/RES/65/187)
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- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (A/RES/65/188)
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- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
International Widows' Day (A/RES/65/189)
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- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
Trafficking in women and girls (A/RES/65/190)
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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
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/65/204)
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Resolution:
- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
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/65/191)
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Statements
Opening Statements:
- Introductory Statement by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General UN Women - 11 October 2010
- Statement by Xiaoqiao Zou, Vice-Chairperson Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - 11 October 2010
- Statement by Ms. Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequenees - 11 October 2010
- Statement by Ms. Purnima Mane, 51³Ô¹Ï Population Fund (UNFPA) Deputy Executive Director - 11 October 2010
Regional Groups:
- Australia on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ)
- Belgium on behalf of the European Union
- Chile on behalf of the Rio Group
- Guyana on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Malawi on behalf of the African Group
- The United Republic of Tanzania on behalf of the member states of the southern african development community (SADC)
- Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
Member States:
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Liechtenstein
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Venezuela
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Observers:
UN Entities:
Other inter-governmental organizations:
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Organization of the Islamic Conference