Fourth World Conference on Women

Action for Equality, Development and Peace
4-15 September 1995 - Beijing, China

This was the Official United Nations World-Wide Web page of the Fourth World Conference on Women, set up by the FWCW Secretariat with the technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP established an Internet server at the Beijing International Convention Center, from where the FWCW was covered in real-time.

The following are the options currently available on the FWCW Web page:

Official Documents
Here you can find all the official United Nations documents that were discussed at the conference, including the official version of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action .

Press Releases issued by the United Nations Department of Public Information on a daily basis from the FWCW site. The Daily Journal issued by the ECOSOC office, with the daily schedule of activities. UNDP produced the Beijing REPORT.

Statements by Governments
Statements by United Nations and Inter-governmental Organizations

Statements by Non-governmental Organizations
These are electronic versions of the statements delivered at the Plenary Sessions. They were scanned and posted as they were made available, from an Internet node set up especially for the conference inside the Beijing International Convention Centre.

Photos Gallery
Here you can find a daily selection of official UN photos, from the UN/DPI Photo section. They can be downloaded and reproduced on the condition that appropriate credit be given.

If you would like to get in touch with the conference Secretariat, you may do so by sending email to:
daw@un.org
Web Coordinators in Beijing:
Oliva Acosta, FWCW Secretariat,
Malcolm Chapman, UNDP.