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Under this agenda item, the Third Committee will discuss the following issues:
(a) Advancement of Women - Trafficking in women and girls
- Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women
- Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations
- Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system
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Resolutions:
(b) Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
Under this agenda item, the Third Committee will discuss the following issues:
- Measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
Related document:
- Measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/217)
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Resolutions:
- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: 63/159. 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/63/159)
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Opening Statements:
- Introductory Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary, General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women - 13 October 2008
- Statement by Ms. Dubravka Simonivic, Chairperson, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - 13 October 2008
- Introductory Statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economics and Social Affairs - 13 October 2008
- Statement by Ines Alberdi, Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - 13 October 2008
- Introductory Statement by Dr. Hedia Belhadj, Executive Coordinator, Global Health, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - 14 October 2008
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