General Assembly 56th Session (2001)

• Statements and briefings
• Resolutions adopted
• Documents and reports

Statements and Briefings

• Statement by Ms. Angela E.V. King, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
• Introductory Statement by Ms. Angela E.V. King, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
• Briefing for Delegates by Ms. Angela E.V. King, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women on Items 112 & 113 ()
• Briefing for Delegates by Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Director of Division for the Advancement of Women on Items 112 & 113, and 97 (a) ()

Resolutions Adopted

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Agenda item 112

• Critical situation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/RES/56/125)
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• Situation of older women in society (A/RES/56/126)
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• Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/RES/56/127)
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• Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (A/RES/56/128)
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• Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (A/RES/56/129)
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• United Nations Development Fund for Women (A/RES/56/130)
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• Violence against women migrant workers (A/RES/56/131)
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• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/RES/56/229)
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Agenda item 113

• 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/56/132)
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Agenda item 115

• The girl child (A/RES/56/139)
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Agenda item 97 a)

• Women in development (A/RES/56/188)
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Documents and Reports

Available in PDF format.

• Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the Status of Women in the United Nations system (A/56/472)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (A/56/319)
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  with addendum on the he range of tasks of the Division for the Advancement of Women (A/56/319/Add.1)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (A/56/268)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/56/328)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (A/56/316)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on violence against women migrant workers (A/56/329)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Women in Development: access to financial resources: a gender perspective (A/56/321)
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  and Corrigendum 1 (A/56/321/Corr.1)
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