A/RES/64/145. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2009

• Resolution Number: A/RES/64/145
• Session: 64th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/64/145

General Assembly Distr.: General

1 March 2010

Sixty-fourth session

Agenda item 65 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/435 and Corr.1)]

64/145. The girl child

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 62/140 of 18 December 2007 and all relevant

resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of

Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,

Reaffirming

the equal rights of women and men as enshrined in the Charter of

the United Nations,

Recalling

all human rights and other instruments relevant to the rights of the

child, in particular the girl child, including the Convention on the Rights of the

Child,

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the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against

Wom en ,

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the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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and the

Optional Protocols thereto,

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Welcoming

the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities and the specific attention paid therein to the fact that women and

girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination, including in education

and schooling,

Reaffirming

the internationally agreed development goals, including the

Millennium Development Goals, as well as the commitments relevant to the girl

child made at the 2005 World Summit,

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Recalling

the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage

and Registration of Marriages,

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1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.

2 Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.

3 Resolution 61/106, annex I.

4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; and ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378; and

resolution 61/106, annex II.

5 See resolution 60/1.

6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 521, No. 7525.