A/HRC/13/71 E/CN.6/2010/8 campaign, 8 led by the African Union, will be launched in early 2010; and consultations were held in November 2009 in collaboration with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific at the 15-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action on the preparations for the launch of an Asia-Pacific campaign. UNIFEM also launched a second phase of the Say NO — UNiTE initiative to promote social mobilization through the interactive and social media website www.saynotoviolence.org. VI. Conclusions 57. UNIFEM will continue its efforts to bridge the implementation and accountability gap by supporting intensified country-level action, as called for by the Secretary-General’s campaign, through ongoing technical assistance, capacity development, broadened advocacy and awareness-raising initiatives, strengthened partnerships within and outside the United Nations system, improved monitoring and evaluation of programming interventions, and the provision of new and innovative learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities and products through its forthcoming online global virtual knowledge centre on ending violence against women and girls (www.endvawnow.org), aimed at developing the capacity of country-level practitioners to implement policies and programmes. __________________ 8 09-65802 Partners include UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM, the World Food Programme, DPKO, WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration. 19

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