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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, and welcomes the efforts made by most special procedures and other human rights
mechanisms in that regard;
19. Encourages the strengthening of cooperation and coordination between the special
procedures and other human rights mechanisms for the integration of human rights of women
and a gender perspective in their work;
Programme of work
20. Decides to incorporate into its programme of work sufficient and adequate time, at
minimum an annual full-day meeting, to discuss the human rights of women, including measures
that can be adopted by States and other stakeholders, to address human rights violations
experienced by women;
21. Also decides that the first such meeting should take place in the first half of 2008 and
that it should include a discussion on violence against women, as mandated by the
General Assembly in resolution 61/143 of 19 December 2006, inviting the Human Rights
Council to discuss, by 2008, the question of violence against women in all its forms and
manifestations, and to set priorities for addressing this issue in its future efforts and work
programme;
22. Welcomes the panel discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work
of the Human Rights Council, held on 20 and 21 September 2007, and decides to incorporate
into its programme of work an annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective
throughout its work and that of its mechanisms, including the evaluation of progress made and
challenges experienced;
Follow-up
23. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
report in 2008 on the obstacles and challenges to the implementation of this resolution by the
Human Rights Council and to make concrete recommendations for action to address such
obstacles and challenges;
24. Encourages States to cooperate with and support the United Nations system in its
efforts to integrate the human rights of women and a gender perspective to take into full
consideration the content of the present resolution;
25. Decides to continue its consideration of both the rights of women and the integration
of a gender perspective in accordance with the programme of work of the Human Rights
Council.
33rd meeting
14 December 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. VIII.]
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