A/RES/70/138. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/138
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/138

General Assembly

Distr.: General

29 February 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 68 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/485)]

70/138. The girl child

The General Assembly ,

Reaffirmi ng it s reso lutio n 68/ 146 o f 18 Dece mber 201 3 and all r eleva nt

res oluti ons on the girl chil d, a nd r ecall ing its resol utio n 66 /170 of 19 Dece mber

2011 o n the Inte rnat ional D ay of the Gi rl Child a nd the agr eed con clusi ons of

the Co mmiss ion on the Statu s o f Wom en, in part icula r th ose rele vant to the girl

chi ld,

Recalling all human rights and other inst ruments rele vant to t he ri ghts of th e

child , in partic ular the gir l child, inc luding the Conventi on on the Ri ghts of the

Child,

1

the Con vention on the Eli mination o f Al l Fo rms of Discrim ination aga inst

Women,

2

the Co nvention on th e R ights of Perso ns with Disabi lities,

3

the Opt ional

Proto cols theret o

4

and the Co nvention on Con sent to Marriag e, Minimum Ag e f or

Marr iage and Registr ation o f Marria ges,

5

Welcoming the adopt ion of the outc ome do cument of the Unite d Nati ons

summ it for the adop tion of the pos t-2015 dev elopmen t agend a, entit led

“Tran sforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for S ustainab le De velopmen t”,

6

and the

Addi s Ababa Action Agend a of th e Third Inter national Confe rence on Fina ncing f or

Development,

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and reaff irming othe r in ternatio nally agreed dev elopmen t go als and

comm itments relevan t to the girl ch ild,

Reaffirming all rele vant outc omes of maj or U nited Nat ions summ its a nd

confe rences rel evant to the girl chil d, incl uding the out come d ocument of t he

twent y-s eventh sp ecial sess ion of the Ge neral Ass embly on ch ildren, e ntitled “A

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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 66/138, annex; United Nations, Treaty Series,

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

5

Ibid., vol. 521, No. 7525.

6

Resolution 70/1.

7

Resolution 69/313, annex.