RESOLUTION 1993/10 Resolution E93r010 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting Draft declaration on the elimination of violence against women The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its previous resolutions on the elimination of violence against women, especially its resolutions 1991/18 of 30 May 1991 and 1992/18 of 30 July 1992 related to the elaboration of a United Nations declaration on the subject, Bearing in mind that the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women identify violence as a major obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recognizing that the elimination of violence against women is essential to the achievement of equality for women and is a requirement for the full respect of human rights, Convinced that a United Nations declaration on the elimination of violence against women would make a positive contribution to the achievement of full equality for women, Recognizing that the effective implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, would contribute to the elimination of violence against women and that the declaration would strengthen and complement that process, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1993/14 Resolution E93r014 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting . Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Economic and Social Council, Bearing in mind that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is the most important international human rights instrument for the promotion of equality between women and men, Welcoming the growing number of States parties to the Convention, which now stands at one hundred and twenty, Noting with concern that the Convention is still the human rights instrument with the most reservations, despite the fact that some States parties have withdrawn their reservations to it, Noting the importance of the monitoring function of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as demonstrated most recently by the Committee at its twelfth session, at which the Committee adopted suggestion 4 on the World Conference on Human Rights and also adopted, in substance, and decided to place on the provisional agenda of its thirteenth session for final approval without discussion, a draft general recommendation on article 16 and related articles 9 and 15 of the Convention, to be its contribution to the International Year of the Family, Recalling General Assembly resolution 47/94 of 16 December 1992, Recalling its resolution 1991/25 of 30 May 1991 and other General Assembly and Economic and Social Council resolutions relating to support for the Committee, Noting that the annual session of the Committee is the shortest of all the annual sessions of the human rights treaty bodies, Welcoming the expressed intention of the Committee to strengthen the analysis of country reports provided to it, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1992/17 Resolution E92r017 30 July 1992 40th plenary meeting Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Economic and Social Council, Welcoming the fact that there are now one hundred twelve States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Noting the importance of the monitoring function of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as demonstrated most recently in its general recommendation 19 on violence against women, adopted at its eleventh session, Recalling its resolution 1991/25 of 30 May 1991 and other relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council relating to support for the Committee, Concerned that the duration of the annual session of the Committee, which is considerably less than that of other treaty bodies, has prevented the timely consideration by the Committee of many of the reports submitted to it by States parties, Noting with concern that the Convention is the human rights instrument with the most reservations, and welcoming the decision by a number of States parties to withdraw their reservations to the Convention, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1992/18 Resolution E92r018 30 July 1992 40th plenary meeting Violence against women in all its forms The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its resolution 1991/18 of 30 May 1991, in which it requested that an expert group meeting be held to address the issue of violence against women and to discuss the possibilities of preparing an international instrument on this subject and the elements to be contained therein, Bearing in mind that the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women identify violence against women as a major obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Noting that, in general recommendation 19, adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its eleventh session, the Committee recognized that gender-based violence was a form of discrimination that seriously inhibited the ability of women to enjoy rights and freedoms on a basis of equality with men, Noting also the response of the Committee to the report of the Secretary-General on violence against women in all its forms, the annex to which contained the recommendations and a summary of the discussion of the Expert Group Meeting on Violence against Women, held at Vienna from 11 to 15 November 1991, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1992/10 Resolution E92r010 20 July 1992 32nd plenary meeting Suppression of the traffic in persons The Economic and Social Council, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1982/20 of 10 March 1982 on the question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations, including the slavery-like practices of apartheid and colonialism, 1988/42 of 8 March 1988, 1989/35 of 6 March 1989, 1990/63 of 7 March 1990, and 1991/58 of 6 March 1991, and taking note of Commission resolutions 1992/47 of 3 March 1992 on the report of the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and 1992/74 of 5 March 1992, Recalling also its resolutions 1982/20 of 4 May 1982 and 1983/30 of 26 May 1983 on the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others, 1988/34 of 27 May 1988 and 1989/74 of 24 May 1989 on the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, and 1990/46 of 25 May 1990 and 1991/35 of 31 May 1991 on the suppression of the traffic in persons, Considering that the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Economic and Social Council on the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others still constitutes a useful basis for further action, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Council resolution 1983/30 on the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others, Noting that only a few Member States, United Nations organizations and other intergovernmental organizations have submitted information on the steps taken to implement the recommendations contained in Council resolution 1983/30, Gravely concerned that slavery, the slave trade and slavery-like practices still exist, that there are modern manifestations of those phenomena and that such practices represent some of the gravest violations of human rights, Convinced that the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery will play an important role in the protection of the human rights of victims of contemporary forms of slavery, Aware of the complexity of the issue of the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others, and the need for further coordination and cooperation to implement the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur and by various United Nations bodies, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1991/25 Resolution E91r025 30 May 1991 12th plenary meeting Elimination of discrimination against women in accordance with the aims of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Economic and Social Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, by which it adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 45/124 of 14 December 1990 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/17 of 24 May 1990, Noting resolutions 35/1 of 7 March 1991 and 35/3 of 8 March 1991 of the Commission on the Status of Women, Noting that in resolution 45/124, the General Assembly strongly supported the view of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women that the Secretary-General should accord higher priority within existing resources to strengthening technical and substantive support for the Committee, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its tenth session, Noting that the Committee agreed, in examining reports, to take due account of the different cultural and socio-economic systems of States parties to the Convention, Noting with satisfaction the establishment of the practice of holding a pre-sessional working group three to five days prior to each session of the Committee, Convinced that the close relationship between the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, implies that the secretariats of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child should work closely together, Welcoming the general recommendations contained in the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its tenth session, Noting with appreciation the South Pacific regional seminar on the Convention held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in March 1991, which recommended that all Pacific Island States accede to the Convention, Aware that the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women will take place on 3 September 1991, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1990/46 Member Name E90r046 25 May 1990 14th Plenary Meeting 1990/46. Suppression of the traffic in persons The Economic and Social Council, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1982/20 of 10 March 1982 on the question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations, including the slavery-like practices of apartheid and colonialism, and 1988/42 of 8 March 1988, 1989/35 of 6 March 1989 and 1990/63 of 7 March 1990 on the report of the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Recalling Council resolutions 1982/20 of 4 May 1982 and 1983/30 of 26 May 1983 on the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others and 1988/34 of 27 May 1988 and 1989/74 of 24 May 1989 on the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Considering that the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Economic and Social Council on the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others still constitutes a useful basis for further action, Noting with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/30 on the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others, Noting that only a few Member States, United Nations organizations and other intergovernmental organizations have submitted information on the steps taken to implement the recommendations contained in Council resolution 1983/30, Gravely concerned that slavery, the slave trade and slavery-like practices still exist, that there are modern manifestations of those phenomena and that such practices represent some of the gravest violations of human rights, Aware of the complexity of the issue of the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others and the need for further co-ordination and co-operation to implement the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur and by various United Nations bodies, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1990/17 Member Name E90r017 24 May 1990 13th Plenary Meeting Elimination of discrimination against women in accordance with the aims of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Economic and Social Council, Bearing in mind that one of the purposes of the United Nations, as stated in Articles 1 and 55 of the Charter, is to promote universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction of any kind, including distinction as to sex, Affirming that women and men should participate equally in social, economic and political development, should contribute equally to such development and should share equally in improved conditions of life, Recalling General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, by which it adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Welcoming the events to mark and commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 44/73 of 8 December 1989 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/44 of 24 May 1989, Noting resolution 34/6 of 8 March 1990, adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women, Taking note of the decisions adopted at the Fifth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on 6 February 1990, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its ninth session, Noting that the Committee agreed, in examining reports, to take due account of the different cultural and socio-economic systems of States parties to the Convention, Noting with satisfaction the establishment of the practice of holding a pre-sessional working group three to five days prior to the Committee session, Recalling that the World Health Organization has announced that the theme of World AIDS Day, 1 December 1990, will be “Women and AIDS”, 1. ... Continua