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17. Invites the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions,
the Peacebuilding Commission, the Human Rights Council and other relevant
United Nations bodies to discuss, by 2008, within their respective mandates, the
question of violence against women in all its forms and manifestations, bearing in
mind the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the
in-depth study on all forms of violence against women,9 and to set priorities for
addressing this issue in their future efforts and work programmes and to transmit the
outcome of those discussions to the Secretary-General for his annual report to the
General Assembly;
18. Requests the Statistical Commission to develop and propose, in
consultation with the Commission on the Status of Women, and building on the
work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, a set of possible indicators on violence against women in order to
assist States in assessing the scope, prevalence and incidence of violence against
women;
19. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a coordinated database,
containing data provided by States, in particular national statistical offices,
including, where appropriate, through relevant United Nations entities and other
relevant regional intergovernmental organizations, disaggregated by sex, age and
other relevant information, on the extent, nature and consequences of all forms of
violence against women, and on the impact and effectiveness of policies and
programmes for, including best practices in, combating such violence;
20. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit an annual report to the
General Assembly on the implementation of the present resolution, addressing the
question of violence against women, and requests that the report include:
(a) At the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, information
provided by the United Nations bodies, funds and programmes and the specialized
agencies on their follow-up activities to implement the resolution;
(b) At the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, information provided
by States on their follow-up activities to implement the resolution;
21. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-second
session under the item entitled “Advancement of women”.
81st plenary meeting
19 December 2006
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