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Based on the preliminary discussions held by the Advisory Committee at its first session,
Noting the importance of designating a member of the Advisory Committee to follow
closely the panel discussion and stressing that no financial resources will be required to that end,
Entrusts Mr. Latif Huseynov and Mr. Ansar Burney, who are to be involved in the
preparation of the study, with the task of participating in the said panel and reporting back to the
Advisory Committee at its next session, and recommends that the President of the Human Rights
Council extend an invitation to Mr. Huseynov and Mr. Burney to participate in the panel
discussion of the Council, to be held in September 2008.
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1/4. Integrating the human rights of women
throughout the United Nations system
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 6/30, in which the Council requested the
Advisory Committee to integrate regularly and systematically a gender perspective into the
implementation of their mandates, including when examining the intersection of multiple forms
of discrimination against women and to include in their reports information on and qualitative
analysis of human rights of women and girls,
Taking into account Council resolution 5/1, in which the Council emphasized that the
advice of the Advisory Committee should be implementation-oriented,
1.
Requests Mr. Ansar Burney, Ms. Chinsung Chung, Ms. Purificacion Quisumbing,
Mr. Shigeki Sakamoto and Ms. Mona Zulficar to prepare for the next session of the Advisory
Committee a set of draft guidelines on methods to operationalize gender mainstreaming,
including action-oriented mechanisms that would facilitate the implementation of the
Committee’s mandates;
2.
Recommends that the Human Rights Council authorize Mr. Burney, Ms. Chung,
Ms. Quisumbing, Mr. Sakamoto and Ms. Zulficar to identify proposals for concrete action in
specific areas, special procedures or further measures to enhance substantive gender equality
throughout the United Nations system.
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