A/HRC/RES/27/6 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 October 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 27/6 Panel discussion on realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling also the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Recalling further all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, in particular its resolutions on the right to education, the most recent of which is resolution 26/17 of 26 June 2014, Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in which Member States resolved to ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, would be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and that girls and boys would have equal access to all levels of education, in accordance with the Education for All agenda and education-related Millennium Development Goals, Noting with appreciation the work carried out by all relevant organs, bodies and mechanisms of the United Nations system within their respective mandates, in particular the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as the efforts of organizations and civil society to promote girls’ enjoyment of the right to education, Deeply concerned that, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, none of the Education for All goals will be achieved globally by 2015, despite the advances achieved over the past decade, GE.14-17685 (E) 