A/RES/74/134. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/134
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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General Assembly

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 66 (a)

Promoti on and prote ction of the rights of ch ildren:

promotio n and protect ion of the r ights of chi ldren

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/74/ 395)]

74/134. The g irl child

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing its resol ution 72/154 of 19 Dec ember 2017 and all relevan t

resol utions o n the gir l child, a nd recal ling its r esolutio n 66/1 70 o f 19 Dece mber 20 11

on the In ternatio nal Da y of the Girl C hild a nd the agree d conc lusions of t he

Comm ission on the S tatus of Wo men, in particu lar thos e releva nt to th e girl c hild,

Reca llin g all human rights and other inst ruments rele vant to th e rig hts o f the

child , in partic ular the gir l c hild, incl uding th e Convent ion on the Ri ghts of the C hild,

1

the Convent ion on the Eliminat ion of All Fo rms of Discr iminatio n agai nst Women ,

2

the Conv ention on the Rights of Perso ns w ith Disabili ties,

3

the Opti onal Protoco ls

ther eto

4

and t he Conve ntion on Consent t o Marri age, Mini mum Age fo r Marria ge and

Regi stration of Marr iages,

5

Reaf firm ing its resolut ion 70/1 of 25 Septe mber 2015, entitle d “Tr ansformi ng

our wor ld: the 2030 Agend a f or Sustaina ble Develo pment ”, and the Addis Ababa

Acti on Agenda of the Third I nternatio nal Confe rence on F inancing for Devel opment,

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and reaffir ming also other internat ionally agree d deve lopment g oals a nd

comm itments relevan t to the girl ch ild,

Noti ng the adoptio n of the Souther n Africa n D evelopm ent Co mmunit y Mod el

Law on Erad icating Child Ma rriage and Prot ecting C hildren A lready i n Marri age,

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1

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1577, No. 2 7531.

2

Ibid., vol. 12 49, No . 2037 8.

3

Ibid., vol. 25 15, No . 4491 0.

4

Ibid., vols. 2 171 an d 2173 , No. 2 7531, and res olutio n 66/ 138 , an nex; U nited N ations , Treaty

Serie s, vol. 21 31, No . 2037 8; and ibid., vol. 2 518, N o. 4491 0.

5

Ibid., vo l. 521 , No. 7 525.

6

Resolut ion 69 /313 , a nnex.