General Assembly 58th Session (2003)

• Statements and briefings
• Resolutions adopted
• Documents and reports

Statements and Briefings

• 15 October 2003: Introductory Statement by Ms. Angela E.V. King, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Resolutions Adopted

Available in PDF format.

Agenda item 93a: Sustainable development and international economic cooperation: Women in development

• Women in development (A/RES/58/206)
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Agenda item 110: Advancement of Women

• Women and political participation (A/RES/58/142)
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• Violence against women migrant workers (A/RES/58/143)
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• Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/RES/58/144)
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• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/RES/58/145)
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• Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (A/RES/58/146)
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• Elimination of domestic violence against women (A/RES/58/147)
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• Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/RES/58/244)
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Agenda item 111: Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

• 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/58/148)
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Agenda item 113

• The girl child (A/RES/58/156)
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Agenda item 117 a)

• In-depth study on all forms of violence against women (A/RES/58/185)
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Documents and Reports

Available in PDF format.

Agenda item 93 a): Sustainable development and international economic cooperation: Women in development

• Report of the Secretary-General on women in development: The empowerment of women and integration of gender perspectives in the promotion of economic growth, poverty eradication and sustainable development (A/58/135)
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Agenda item 110: Advancement of Women

• Report of the Secretary-General on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/58/374)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (A/58/169)
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• Report of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/58/38(Supp))
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/58/426)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/58/417)
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• Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the financial situation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/58/547)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (A/58/167)
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  and Addendum (A/58/167/Add.1)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on violence against women migrant workers (A/58/161)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (A/58/341)
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• Note of the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Administrator of the Unidet Nations Development Programme on the activities of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (A/58/168)
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• Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of older women in society (report to be incorporated in the report of the Secretary-General on the Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (A/58/160), agenda item 106)
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Agenda item 111: 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 follow-up to and progress 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/58/166)
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