General Assembly 59th Session (2004)

• General discussions
• Statements and briefings
• Resolutions adopted
• Documents and reports

General Discussions

• Item 89 b) will be taken up by the Second Committee on Monday, 15 November (3.00 p.m. session) to Tuesday, 16 November (10.00 a.m. session)
• Items 98 and 99 will be taken up by the Third Committee on Tuesday, 12 October (3.00 p.m. session) to Friday, 15 October (3.00 p.m. session)

Statements and Briefings

• 12 October 2004: Introductory Statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women
• 12 October 2004: Statement by Ms. Ayse Feride Acar, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• 15 November 2004: Statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women, on agenda item 89b "Women in development"

Resolutions adopted

All documents are available in PDF format.

Agenda item 98: Advancement of Women

• Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/RES/59/164)
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• Working towards the elimination of crimes against women
  and girls committed in the name of honour (A/RES/59/165)
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• Trafficking in women and girls (A/RES/59/166)
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• Elimination of all forms of violence against women,
  including crimes identified in the outcome document of
  the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly,
  entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and
  peace for the twenty-first century” (A/RES/59/167)
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Agenda item 99: Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century"

• 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/59/168)
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Documents and Reports

All documents are available in PDF format.

Agenda item 89 b): Eradication of poverty and other development issues: Women in Development

• Report of the Secretary-General on the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (A/59/287)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development.
  Addendum: Women and international migration
  (A/59/287/ADD.1)
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Agenda item 98: Advancement of Women

• Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, thirtieth session and thirty-first session (A/59/38) (Suppl. No. 38)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Violence against women.
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the revitalization and strengthening of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and on the future operation of INSTRAW (A/59/313)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on trafficking in women and girls (A/59/185)
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• Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme on the activities of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (A/59/135)
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Agenda item 99: Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century"

• Report of the Secretary-General on the elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, and progress on an in-depth study (also under item 98)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration (A/59/214)
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