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The Girl Child

A/RES/50/154No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 110Promotion and protection of the rights of children, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 1996–2023
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/188
  • 2023A/RES/78/188The girl childLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/146The girl childCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/134The girl childCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/154The girl childCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/70/138The girl childCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 topics
Child DevelopmentChild HealthChild NeedsChild NutritionEducationEqualityGender-Based ViolenceGirlsHarmful Traditional PracticesMedium-Term PlanPolitical ParticipationPopular ParticipationProgrammes of ActionResources MobilizationRights of the ChildTreatiesViolenceWomen's Advancement

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Urges all States to eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and to eliminate the violation of the human rights of all children, paying particular attention to the obstacles faced by the girl child;
2
Also urges all States, international organizations as well as non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively to set goals and to develop and implement gender-sensitive strategies to address the needs of children, in particular those of girls, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the goals, strategic objectives and actions contained in the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women;
3
Requests all States, international organizations as well as non-governmental organizations to increase awareness of the potential of the girl child and to promote the participation of girls and young women, on an equal basis and as partners with boys and young men, in social, economic and political life and in the development of strategies and in the implementation of actions aimed at achieving gender equality, development and peace;
4
Calls upon Member States and organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in particular, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, to take into account the rights and the particular needs of the girl child, especially in education, health and nutrition, and to eliminate negative cultural attitudes and practices against the girl child;
5
Urges all States to eliminate all forms of violence against children, in particular the girl child;
6
Calls upon States, international organizations as well as non-governmental organizations to help mobilize the necessary financial resources and political support to achieve goals, strategies and actions relating to the survival, development and protection of the girl child in all programmes for children;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the goals and actions relating to the girl child receive full attention in the implementation of the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women through the work of all organizations and bodies of the United Nations system;
8
Also requests the Secretary-General, as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, to urge all the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system focusing on the advancement of women to make commitments to goals and actions relating to the girl child in the revision and implementation of the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, 10/ as well as in the medium-term plan for the period 1998-2002.

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