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(d) Realization and implementation of the right to development, as established in the Declaration
on the Right to Development5 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;
(e) Achievement of the goals of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
(1995–2004);6
(f)
Dissemination and promotion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at all levels;
(g) Further support to the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
in the fulfilment of her or his mandate as established in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20
December 1993, as well as the responsibilities set by subsequent resolutions and decisions.
12. Actions to ensure equality between women and men:
(a) Integration of a gender perspective into the implementation of all relevant international
instruments;
(b) Further implementation of international instruments that promote equality between women and
men;
(c) Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on
Women, 7 with adequate resources and political will, and through, inter alia, the elaboration,
implementation and follow-up of the national plans of action;
(d) Promotion of equality between women and men in economic, social and political decisionmaking;
(e) Further strengthening of efforts by the relevant entities of the United Nations system for the
elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women;
(f) Provision of support and assistance to women who have become victims of any forms of
violence, including in the home, workplace and during armed conflicts.
13. Actions to foster democratic participation:
(a) Reinforcement of the full range of actions to promote democratic principles and practices;
(b) Special emphasis on democratic principles and practices at all levels of formal, informal and nonformal education;
5
Resolution 41/128, annex.
6
See A/49/261–E/1994/110/Add.1, annex.
7
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
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