The General Assembly,
 
      Welcoming the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, which
called for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against
women and girls and the promotion and protection of all human rights of women
and girls, stressing that acts or threats of violence, whether occurring
within the home or in the community or perpetrated or condoned by the State,
instilled fear and insecurity in women's lives and were obstacles to the
achievement of equality, development and peace,
 
      Recalling that the Platform for Action called for action to eradicate
violence against the girl child, recognizing that girls were more vulnerable
to all kinds of violence,
 
      Recalling also that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
affirmed that gender-based violence and all forms of sexual harassment and
exploitation, including those resulting from cultural prejudice and
international trafficking, were incompatible with the dignity and worth of the
human person and must be eliminated,
 
      Recalling further its resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993, proclaiming
the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, in which it
recognized that violence against women violated and impaired or nullified the
enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
 
      Recognizing the importance of the effective implementation of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
 
      Emphasizing the need for full implementation by Governments and
community organizations, non-governmental organizations, educational
institutions, and the public and private sectors, as appropriate, of the
measures set out in the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action,
 
      Urging that Governments allocate adequate resources within their budgets
and mobilize community resources for activities related to the elimination of
violence against women, including resources for the implementation of plans of
action at all appropriate levels, as called for in paragraph 124 (p) of the
Platform for Action,
 
      Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/27 of 24 July
1995, in which the Council approved resolution 8 of the Ninth United Nations
Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders concerning
the elimination of violence against women and urged the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice to continue to consider the elimination of
violence against women within its priority themes and within the training and
technical assistance efforts of the United Nations crime prevention and
criminal justice programme,
 
      Recognizing the importance of cooperation with the Special Rapporteur of
the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women,
 
      Reaffirming the importance of developing a holistic and
multidisciplinary approach to the task of promoting families, communities and
States that are free from violence against women, and affirming the need for
coordinated and strengthened international support for this approach,
 
      Recalling its resolution 48/107 of 20 December 1993, in which it
reaffirmed the catalytic role that the United Nations Development Fund for
Women has played in facilitating the efforts of Governments and
non-governmental organizations at the national and community levels to support
innovative activities that directly benefit and empower women and in
increasing opportunities and options for women in developing countries to
participate more effectively in the development of their countries, in line
with national priorities,
 
      1.    Reiterates its appreciation for the advocacy initiatives of the
United Nations Development Fund for Women, including its contribution to and
participation in the follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action, in particular with respect to efforts to combat violence against
women, commends the Fund for its support of catalytic and innovative projects
that strengthen the national capacity to improve the situation of women, and
takes note with appreciation of the Platform for Action which affirmed that
the Fund had the mandate to increase options and opportunities for women's
economic and social development in developing countries by providing technical
and financial assistance to incorporate the women's dimension into development
at all levels and that it should review and strengthen, as appropriate, its
work programme in the light of the Platform for Action, focusing on women's
political and economic empowerment;
 
      2.    Requests the Fund, as one of the operational bodies of the United
Nations, to take into account the need to strengthen its activities to
eliminate violence against women as part of system-wide efforts of the United
Nations towards this goal, in accordance with the measures set out in the
Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action and the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women and focusing on activities, particularly
at the national and community levels, and calls upon Member States to promote
cooperation with the Fund to these ends;
 
      3.    Also requests the Fund, in undertaking any relevant activities, to
cooperate closely with the relevant United Nations organs and bodies, in
particular the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat, the
Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against
women, the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat, the Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice Branch of the Secretariat and the United Nations
Children's Fund, in order to ensure that its activities form part of the
system-wide efforts of the United Nations to eliminate violence against women;
 
      4.    Further requests the Fund to include in its regular reports
information regarding its activities to eliminate violence against women and
girls and to provide such information to the Commission on the Status of Women
and the Commission on Human Rights;
 
      5.    Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme, in consultation with the Secretary-General, as well as with the
relevant United Nations organs and bodies, in particular the Division for the
Advancement of Women, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights
on violence against women, the Centre for Human Rights and the Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, to consider the possibility of
establishing a trust fund, within the existing mandate, structure and
management of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in support of
national, regional and international actions, including those taken by
Governments and non-governmental organizations, to eliminate violence against
women;
 
      6.    Requests the Fund to include in its regular reports information on
the implementation of the present resolution and also to provide such
information to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on
Human Rights.