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4.
Reiterates the need for integrating a gender perspective through using
gender-inclusive language in the formulation, interpretation and implementation of human rights
instruments, as well as in reports, resolutions and/or decisions of the Human Rights Council and
its various mechanisms and of other human rights mechanisms;
5.
Encourages United Nations bodies, agencies and mechanisms to identify, collect and
use, including through acceptable and standardized methodology, appropriate data
disaggregated by sex, age and other relevant factors, and gender-specific information in their
activities and to use the tools at their disposal for gender analysis in monitoring and reporting;
United Nations system
6.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on integrating the human rights of
women throughout the United Nations system (A/HRC/4/104) and encourages organs, bodies,
mechanisms and agencies of the United Nations system to work to actively integrate the human
rights of all women and a gender perspective throughout its work, including through exchange of
information, lessons learned and best practices in this regard;
7.
Stresses the need for integrating a gender perspective and the human rights of women
into all United Nations activities, including conferences, special sessions and summits, and their
outcome documents and follow-up;
8.
Recognizes the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts
and in peace-building, the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all
efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security and the need to increase their
role in decision-making with regard to conflict prevention and resolution, and urges the
United Nation system and Governments to make further efforts to ensure and support the
full participation of women at all levels of decision-making and implementation in development
activities and peace processes, including conflict prevention and resolution, post-conflict
reconstruction, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace-building;
Human rights treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
9.
Encourages the efforts of all the treaty bodies to integrate the human rights of
women and a gender perspective into their work, in particular, in their concluding observations,
general comments and recommendations;
10. Urges all States to implement their treaty obligations addressing the human rights of
all women and girls, to withdraw reservations to treaties which are incompatible with the object
and purpose of the specific treaties, and further encourages States to consider ratifying or
acceding to all human rights treaties, including, as a matter of priority, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto;
11. Encourages all entities of the United Nations system, as well as Governments and
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, in particular women’s organizations, as
appropriate, to pay full and systematic attention to the recommendations of the Committee on the
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