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Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other treaty bodies, and encourages all
relevant entities of the United Nations system to continue to assist States parties, upon the
request of those States, in implementing their international human rights obligations;
12. Welcomes the submission of reports by United Nations specialized agencies, at the
invitation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on the
implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women and the contribution of non-governmental organizations to the work of the Committee;
Cooperation between United Nations agencies
13. Welcomes cooperation between the Commission on the Status of Women and the
Human Rights Council, and the cooperation and coordination between the Division for the
Advancement of Women, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and the Special Adviser on Gender Issues;
14. Also welcomes the work on the advancement of human rights of women and gender
mainstreaming conducted by the recently established Women’s Rights and Gender Unit within
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the continued commitment of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights to integrating the issue of women’s enjoyment of human
rights throughout the United Nations system, and also encourages her ongoing commitment to
raise awareness and promote the universal ratification and implementation of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol and
further welcomes cooperation in the implementation of this resolution;
Human Rights Council
15. Reaffirms its commitment to effectively integrate the human rights of women as well
as a gender perspective, in its work and that of its mechanism in a systematic and transparent
manner including in all phases of the universal periodic review, the Advisory Committee and the
review of mandates;
Universal periodic review
16. Urges all stakeholders to take into full account both the rights of women and a
gender perspective in the universal periodic review, including in the preparation of information
submitted for the review, during the review dialogue, in the review outcome and in the review
follow-up;
17. Encourages States to prepare the information described in paragraph 15 (a) of
Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 through broad consultation at the national level with all
relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations active in addressing gender
issues and the human rights of women and girls;
Special procedures and Advisory Committee
18. Requests all special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the
Human Rights Council and the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee regularly and
systematically to integrate a gender perspective into the implementation of their mandate
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