A/RES/68/146. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/146
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/146

General Assembly

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4 February 2014

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 65 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/452)]

68/146. The girl child

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reaffirming

its r esoluti on 66/14 0 o f 1 9 Dece mber 20 11 a nd all re levant

reso lutions on t he g irl chil d, a nd r ecallin g th e ag reed co nclusio ns o f th e

Com mission on th e Status of Wome n, in p articul ar thos e relev ant to the gir l child ,

Reca lling

all h uman right s an d ot her instrum ents releva nt t o th e ri ghts of t he

chil d, in part icular th e girl chil d, inclu ding the C onvent ion on the Rights o f the

Child,

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the Co nventio n o n t he Elimina tion of All Form s o f D iscrimi nation ag ainst

Women,

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the Co nventi on on the Right s o f P ersons wi th Disabi lities,

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the Op tional

Prot ocols ther eto

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and th e C onventi on on Consen t t o M arriage , M inimum Ag e f or

Marr iage a nd Regi stratio n of M arriage s,

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Reaffirming

the intern ationall y agr eed devel opment goals, incl uding the

Mille nnium D evelopme nt Goals , as we ll as t he commi tments r elevant to the girl chil d

made in the outcome docume nts of the 2005 Worl d Summit

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and the hi gh-leve l

plen ary meetin g o f th e G eneral Ass embly on the Mil lenniu m D evelop ment Goals ,

enti tled “ Keepin g the prom ise: u nited to achi eve t he Mi llenniu m Dev elopme nt

Goals”,

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and w elcomi ng the outc ome docu ment of the sp ecial eve nt to follo w up

effo rts mad e towar ds ach ieving the Mi llenniu m Deve lopmen t Goals held i n 2013 ,

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Reca lling

i ts res olution 66/1 70 of 19 D ecembe r 2011 on the I nternat ional Day

of t he Gir l Chil d and its rol e in r aising awaren ess of the s ituatio n of g irls ar ound t he

worl d,

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1

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

2

Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.

3

Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.

4

Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531 and resolution 6 6/138, annex; United Nations, Treaty Series,

vol. 2131, No. 20378; and ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910.

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Ibid., vol. 521, No. 7525.

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Resolution 60/1.

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Resolution 65/1.

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Resolution 68/6.