Commemoration of the 15th anniversary by the General Assembly

The General Assembly convened a commemorative meeting during the fifty-fourth session of the Commission in order to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, on 2 March 2010 (Decision 64/530).

• Press release
  
  

Statements:

• H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the United Nations General Assembly
  
  
• Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
  
  

Regional groups:

Afghanistan on behalf of the Asian Group
Equatorial Guinea on behalf of the African Group
Germany on behalf of the Western European and Other States Group
Panama on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group
Ukraine on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States
United States of America - Host Country

Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women:

• H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women