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Advancement of Women: ISTC Review

Task Force on the Advancement of Women in ISTC

Report of the Secretary-General on draft recommendations and conclusions arising from the review and appraisal of the implementations of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women

But reviewing the advances in gender equality must not be treated as a matter of minor importance. A return to growth depends on genuine equality between women and men.

1. Stresses that the 10th anniversary of the Security Council resolution 1325 should mark the start of a reinvigorated agenda for the implementation of 1325 which cannot be advanced without political leadership at the highest levels and increased resources; highly recommends that this issue be duly addressed in the ongoing review of the EU human rights policy when it comes to the elaboration of a comprehensive Human Rights Country Strategy and to the evaluation of the EU Guidelines on violence against ...[+++]women and girls, the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict and combating all forms of discrimination against them;

1. Stresses that the 10th anniversary of the Security Council resolution 1325 should mark the start of a reinvigorated agenda for the implementation of 1325 which cannot be advanced without political leadership at the highest level and increased resources; highly recommends that this issue be duly addressed in the ongoing review of the EU human rights policy when it comes to the elaboration of a comprehensive Human Rights Country Strategy and to the evaluation of the EU Guidelines on violence against ...[+++]women and girls, the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict and combating all forms of discrimination against them;

4. Is concerned at the lack of the rule of law and basic human rights such as freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom of religion; is deeply disturbed by the use of systematic torture and the lack of judicial independence; calls on China to respect minority rights, e.g. those of Tibetans and Uighurs; calls on China to respect women's and children's rights by ending forced abortion and forced sterilisation; calls on China to abolish the offence of “threatening public security”; asks China to allow unrestricted internet access and to do away with the “golden shield” system of internet censorship; ...[+++] recognises the growing awareness of human rights among Chinese citizens; calls for implementation of the moratorium on the death penalty as requested by the UN General Assembly, and regrets the fact that recent executions have been reviewed and authorised by China's Supreme Court; believes that, overall, the cause of human rights in China is not advancing and that there are still major steps to take towards being an open and democratic society and respecting human rights;