A/RES/73/153. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/153
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 153

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

8 Jan uary 20 19

18-222 09 (E) 110119

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 70 (a)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/73/ 585)]

73/153. Child, early and forced marriage

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing its resol utions 69/15 6 of 18 De cember 201 4 a nd 71/1 75 o f

19 Dece mber 20 16 on c hild, ea rly and forced marriage ,

Reca llin g its res olutions 7 2/15 4 of 19 D ecember 2 017 on the girl ch ild and

71/1 70 o f 19 Dece mber 20 16, ent itled “I ntensifi cation o f efforts to prev ent and

elimi nate al l forms of viole nce aga inst wo men and girls: domestic violen ce”, as well

as Hu man Righ ts Counc il resolut ion 35/ 16 of 22 J une 2017 o n child, e arly and forced

marr iage in hu manitari an setti ngs

1

and a ll other p revious r esolutio ns relati ng to chil d,

earl y and fo rced mar riage,

Guid ed by the Unive rsal D eclarati on of Huma n Righ ts,

2

which mar ks its

seve ntieth anniver sary in 2018 , as well a s the Interna tional Covenan t on Econom ic,

Soci al and Cultur al Rights

3

a nd the Intern ational Cov enant on Civ il and Politic al

Righ ts,3 t he Conve ntion on t he Rights of the Chi ld

4

an d the Con vention o n the

Elimi nation of All Forms of Discri minatio n again st Women,

5

toget her wit h the

relev ant Opti onal Pro tocols t hereto,

6

as we ll as oth er relev ant huma n r ights

instr uments, and recal ling the C onventi on on Cons ent to Ma rriage, M inimum Ag e for

Marr iage and Registr ation o f Marria ges,

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1

See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Se venty -secon d Sessi on, Su ppleme nt No . 53

(A/72 /53), c hap. V, se ct. A.

2

Resolut ion 21 7 A (III).

3

See res olution 2200 A (XXI), an nex.

4

United Nations , Treat y Serie s, vol . 1577, N o. 27 531 .

5

Ibid., vol. 124 9, No . 203 78.

6

Ibid., vols. 2 171 an d 2173 , No. 2 7531, and res olutio n 66/1 38, annex; and U nited Nations , Treaty

Serie s, vol. 213 1, No . 20 378.

7

United Nation s, Treaty Serie s, vol . 521, No. 752 5.