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U.N. General Assembly Convenes Special Session on “gender Equality, Development and Peace in the 21”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2009

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Five years ago, delegates and NGOs went to Beijing to right wrongs and promote rights. To show the world that when women suffer injustice, we all suffer; that when women are empowered, we are all better off. The conference was a success: the result was the Beijing Platform for Action.

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Foreign Policy Bulletin , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 103 - 116
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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References

1. Text from the United Nations [www.un.org].

2. Department of State Press Release, June 8, 2000.

3. United Nations Press Release (A/S-23/10/Rev.1), June 10, 2000.

4. United Nations Press Release (SG/SM/7448 WOM/1214), June 10, 2000.