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Declaration. 1. We, the Governments participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2. gathered here in Beijing in September 1995, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, 3. determined to advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity,
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is widely known as the most progressive blueprint for advancing women's rights. The framework covers 12 areas of concern: Women and the environment; Women in power and decision making; The girl child; Women and the economy; Women and poverty; Violence against women; Human rights of women
Following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023, the Israeli military advanced into the Gaza Strip.This crisis prompted the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Hamas leadership to try to reach a new agreement on a unity government with the goal of reaching a common plan of action for the eventual reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' General Comment Number 4, adopted in August 2016, [31] stressed the importance of inclusive education and condemned segregated education. The Comment was opposed by organizations including the World Blind Union and the World Federation of the Deaf which unsuccessfully argued for a ...
The budget covers the costs of United Nations programmes in areas such as political affairs, international justice and law, international cooperation for development, public information, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. The main source of funds for the regular budget is the contributions of member states.
The Beijing Declaration was signed at the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue among the factions held in China's capital from July 21-23, state broadcaster CCTV said. Senior Hamas ...
Departments of education were established for the Beijing municipality and each of the Beijing districts in 1954. [ 2 ] Dong Jianhong and Chen Tiying wrote that in the Great Leap Forward period school activities were not focused on education and instead were "mostly devoted to political movements and productive labor" which produced a low ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's online safety regime came into force on Monday, requiring social media companies like Meta's Facebook and ByteDance's TikTok to take action to tackle criminal activity ...