2nd Ld: General Assembly okays creation of UN body for gender equality, women's empowerment
UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly unanimously voted on Friday to create a single United Nations body tasked with accelerating progress in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.
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The president of the 192-nation General Assembly, Ali Treki, announced that the Assembly adopted a resolution to approve the Cheap gucci shoes establishment of the new UN body, which is known officially as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
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"Today, you have adopted a landmarking resolution" on the new UN body, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in addressing the General Assembly after the adoption of the resolution.
Miu shoes The new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is the fourth of the women-oriented UN body after the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division Miu shoes for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN- INSTRAW).
Ban said that he will Miu shoes ask UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro "to guide the transitional process" after the formation of the new UN entity.
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Despite major achievements over the years, she said, the world body has come up against serious hurdles, including inadequate funding and fragmentation.
Migiro said UN Women, to be headed by an Under-Secretary- General, "will give women and girls the strong, unified voice they deserve on the world stage," calling today a "positive and exciting moment for all the UN family."
The new body will have two main roles: to support inter- governmental bodies formulate policies, and to assist Member States implement these standards and forge partnerships with civil society.
UN Women will also hold the world accountable for its own gender equality commitments, the deputy secretary-general said.
