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List of Relevant Reports and Documents
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Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly (final edited version):
A/RES/S-23/2 
Political Declaration
A/RES/S-23/3 Further actions and initiatives to implement the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Outcome Document)
-GA Resolution
-CSW agreed conclusions
-PrepCom Documents
-Governments' Responses to the Questionnaire
-National Action Plans
-World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
-Statements
| GA Resolutions | |
The
following GA documents contain the mandates and
background for the Special Session:
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| CSW Agreed conclusions on the 12 critical areas of concern | |
Since
1996, the CSW has been monitoring the implementation
of the Beijing Platform for Action. A series
of agreed conclusions have been reached on:
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| PrepCom Documents | |
2000:
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| 1999:
Documents before the Session:
"Enabling" resolution adopted: |
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| Governments' Responses to the Secretary-General's questionnaire | |
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October 1998, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) sent
a questionnaire to Governments requesting information
on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for
Action. As of 18 August 2000, 153 Member States
and two Observers have responded. --Questionnaire |
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| National Action Plans | |
The
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action requested
that Governments, in consultation with relevant
institutions and non-governmental organizations,
develop implementation strategies for the Platform
for Action as benchmarks for monitoring progress.
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| World Survey on the Role of Women in Development | |
| A flagship publication of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs issued every five years, the World Survey has constituted a basic document for the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly in June 2000. Focusing on developing countries, the 76-page report gives a detailed overview of employment and displacement effects of economic trends associated with globalization from a gender point of view. It further discusses the importance of these effects in terms of their influence on women's relative position within the household and the labour markets around the world. Click here for the of the publication. | |
| Statements | |
| Statement
by Ms. Yakin Ertrk, at the workshop on further
actions (October 1999) Statement by Ms Yakin Ertürk, at the ECE Preparatory Meeting (19-21 January 2000) |
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