UNESCO Director-General signs UN Joint Statement to promote the rights of marginalized adolescent girlsThe Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, signed the UN Joint Statement on "Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls". The other signatories are the Executive Heads of UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, ILO and WHO. The statement was launched on 3 March 2010 in New York, during the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, signed the UN Joint Statement on Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls. The other signatories are the Executive Heads of UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, ILO and WHO. The statement was launched on 3 March 2010 in New York, during the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. This Commission is currently conducting a fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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File/document | Joint Statement with e-signatures - FINAL (2).pdf |
Source | BSP/GE |
Publication Date | 04 Mar 2010 |