A/HRC/RES/32/19 the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with these resolutions and the annexes thereto, Outraged by the persistence and pervasiveness of all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide, including intimate partner violence, and emphasizing that such violence is a violation, abuse or impairment of human rights and, as such, is completely unacceptable, Welcoming the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixtieth session and at previous sessions, and its decision to consider the issue of the empowerment of indigenous women at a future session, and acknowledging its intention to make this issue a focus of its sixty-first session, Welcoming also the commitment made by States to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda,2 in particular the commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against them, Recognizing the importance of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and its role in leading, coordinating and promoting the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, Recognizing also the important role of the Commission on the Status of Women in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, based on the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, and in promoting and monitoring gender mainstreaming within the United Nations system, and encouraging the Commission to contribute to the follow-up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order to accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, Recalling the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,3 in which States committed to intensifying efforts, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against indigenous peoples and individuals, in particular women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, by strengthening legal, policy and institutional frameworks, and recalling the work of indigenous-specific United Nations mechanisms in addressing violence against women and girls, Acknowledging the important role played by regional conventions, instruments, declarations and initiatives to combat violence against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls, Reiterating the need to intensify efforts at all levels to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, throughout the world, and stressing that women’s economic, political and social empowerment is essential for preventing violence and addressing the underlying causes of violence against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls, Recognizing that violence against indigenous women and girls cannot be separated from the wider context of discrimination and exclusion to which indigenous persons are often exposed in social, economic, cultural and political life, and deeply concerned about indications that indigenous women and girls are disproportionately affected by violence, 1 2 3 2 General Assembly resolution 70/1. General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex. General Assembly resolution 69/2.